Students work together to raise money for a community service program by auctioning their services. They brainstorm a list of services that they can provide to parents and other members of the school community.

Middle schoolers discover that when writing a how-to paper, they are telling readers how to do something such as cook a particular recipe. They then choose one of the provided topics and write their own how-to paper.

In this unit of lessons, students make sense of the Census. They examine why a census is taken and participate in activities.

In this commas and appositives activity, students rewrite sentences and include an appositive in the sentence. Students also circle the appositive phrase in sentences.

For this indefinite pronouns worksheet, learners read the rules for writing with indefinite pronouns. They write sentences using everyone/everybody, someone/somebody, no one/nobody, and anyone/anybody. They complete a short story by...

In these adjectives worksheets, students read about the comparative form of adjectives. Students learn how to use the comparative form in the exercises.

Sixth graders read parts of the book Esperanza Rising and define vocabulary words connected to it. In this Esperanza Rising lesson plan, 6th graders illustrate words and discuss the sections of the books they read.

Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.