Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Meaningful Affixes

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Invite learners to determine which affix and base word combinations create new words. This activity allows pupils to play around and create words that match specific meanings.
Activity
Mrs. Perkins

21 Dolch Sight Word Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Strengthen your pupils' understanding of Dolch sight words with a packet of ideas. Kids can create stories, play bingo, make booklets, compose silly sentences, alphabetize, and much more.
Writing
Novelinks

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Biopoem

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Explore characters in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer through biopoems. Pupils follow the specific formatting presented here to write 11-line poems about characters in the novel.
Worksheet
E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 6

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Practice discerning fact and opinion with a instructional activity that contains 25 statements. Once learners determine if they are fact or opinion, they circle their answer and write a sentence explaining how they know.
Worksheet
E Reading Worksheets

Fact and Opinion - Worksheet: 2

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
After reading a statement, learners decide if it is a fact or opinion. Then, they write a sentence explaining how they know their answer is correct. The sheet contains 25 fact and opinion sentences.
Worksheet
Prestwick House

Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Learners won't consider a practice crossword puzzle on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar proves to be the unkindest cut of all. As they complete the puzzle, high schoolers review key concepts and characters from the play, checking both...
Activity
Orlando Shakes

A Christmas Carol: Study Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has delighted readers for generations. An in-depth study guide gives an overview of an adaptation of the classic story for the stage. Along with summaries of the plot and key characters, theater...
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Little Prince: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Do our eyes play tricks on us? The Little Prince narrator begins with a discussion of the difference in what grown-ups and children see. Scholars read how he puts this to the test using a drawing and find synonyms to vocabulary...
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Runaway Ralph: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Maybe the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Ralph, a mouse character in Runaway Ralph, thought that summer camp had to be better than dealing with his mother, uncle, and cousins. However, camp has its troubles, too. Worksheet...
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Arabic Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students research the evolution and cultural significance of the Arabic ghazal form of poetry. They, in groups, compose an original ghazal poem and read it aloud to the class.
Lesson Plan
Novelinks

The Hobbit: Biopoem

For Teachers 6th - 12th
As part of their reading of The Hobbit, readers create a biopoem for one of Tolkien's characters.
Lesson Plan
National Education Association

Read Across America Classroom Activity Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th Standards
Celebrate the legendary Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a plethora of activities set to five stories—The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and Green Eggs and Ham. Activities...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Julius Caesar: Fate Versus Free Will

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders engage in a study that is about Julius Caesar while reading a play. The role of the main character is examined while looking for motive and tension presented by Shakespeare. They write a summary and critique of the play.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing/Performing One Act Plays (all, Reading/Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading one-act plays or scenes from plays, compose a short, one-act play which involves two characters.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Past and Present Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this question writing worksheet, students review past and present tense questions either using "ing" or not. They complete 50 fill in the blank examples by writing question to go with the given responses.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Shakespeare and Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read Shakespeare and Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play by Stewart Ross. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the play and Shakespearian culture. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Play With Clay-'ay' Word Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this 'ay' word family worksheet, students color a picture, read a sentence and circle correct answers to questions about it and trace and write the word clay.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Writing Accuracy, Air Write

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Young scholars use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Whodunit? Creating Mysterious Plays

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine mystery plays by reading a number of five-minute mysteries. They write and perform their own plays.
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 4 2005

For Students 4th
In this 4th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice activity, students respond to 2 writing prompt questions.
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Present Simple Tenses

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions that require them to use forms of "to be" appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Memory Play in American Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at a memory play. In this American drama lesson, students read Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie and analyze it as a memory play. Students discuss the linear and non-linear aspects of the play prior to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Play's the Thing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the life and works of William Shakespeare. They investigate the art of playwriting and write a play of their own.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Using Plays in the Language Class

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students improve their reading and speaking skills. They experiment with language, tone of voice, body language as they write a play. They write a script to a play. They act out roles of the play.