You might not be able to put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes but you can generate interest in A Midsummer’s Night Dream in that length of time. As an introduction to Shakespeare’s comedy, pairs of students assume the roles of...

Students read and complete activities for the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson plan, students discuss the themes, characters, and literary devices used in Act 2, Scene 5 of the Twelfth Night. Students complete...

Students explore Act 1, Scene 2 of "Twelfth Night." In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss the provided reading analysis questions, note the mix of tragedy and comedy within the scene, and respond to journal prompts.

High schoolers read and discuss act 2, scene 2 of Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students read and discuss this scene line by line while investigating the themes of gender roles and levels of love. They also...

Yes, Virginia, there really is a reader's theater script for "The Night Before Christmas." The exercise is a great way to productively channel pre-holiday energy.

"O pun" the door on this activity. Have your pupils compare the puns and word play in scenes from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to those in Gary Blackwood’s The Shakespeare Stealer. Warm up and introductory activities, as well as...

After reading Elie Wiesel's Night, watching the movie Life is Beautiful, and researching World War II, class members write a comparison essay on the book and film. This includes a prior knowledge activity, discussion in whole and small...

Connect a scene from a class play to events in your middle and high schoolers' own lives. First, they act out a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream in pairs. They work to role play a scene as an extension of the one they have read,...

Students complete close reading activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. For this Twelfth Night lesson, students read act two, scene three of the play and discuss the characters of Malvolio, Maria, Toby, and Andrew. Students complete...

Young scholars explore act 2, scene 4 of Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson plan, students watch a video segment of the scene and discuss the plot as well as literary devices.

Students read a scene from Twelfth Night and complete close reading activities for the play. In this Shakespeare instructional activity, students read Act 1, Scene 1 and then define the characterization of Olivia and Duke Orsino....

Students complete play analysis activities for Act 1 Scene 5 of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson, students read a summary of the scene and complete close reading discuss activities. Students analyze the...

Students read and complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson, students read Act 4 Scene 1 and a summary of the scene. students complete close reading activities in discussion points,...

Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Students read Act 4, Scene 2 for the play and a summary. Students complete close reading activities including discussion points, themes, literary devices....

Students explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education lesson, students interview people about driving on prom night. Students design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the topic in the...

Students discover that the Earth rotates on its axis in a cyclical fashion. They examine how this rotation results in day and night.

Third graders view a classroom simulation that demonstrates how the Earth's rotation creates day and night.

Think about your favorite place ... now, think about what it looks like at different times during the day. How does the change in lighting affect the colors you see? Young artists explore the tools available in digital art software to...

Students explore the book A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this literature instructional activity, students identify main characters and vocabulary words from the text. Students participate in a book discussion group.

Students create a motivational star banner to inspire the writing of poetry. As a class they read poems, songs, and quotes about stars and night skies, view and discuss "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, then create a star banner on...

Learners work collaboratively to take and download digital images, use iMovie software, and create an iMovie to show at a Back To School Night event. They discuss how to organize the information into a clear and cohesive movie. Then,...

Students perform a close reading analysis of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Act 2, Scene 1.  Students examine the characters of Sebastian and Antonio and discuss themes, particularly those of the potential for tragedy within a comedy...

Students create representations of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" using the main artistic elements of color, line, balance, movement, and space. The class is then asked to discuss the creative process.

Students create a bug night light. In this craft activity, students use salt shakers to make a night light. Students catch lightning bugs and put them in the salt shakers.