Students listen to the legend, Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back. They create a new moon for the calendar based on this natural part of everyday life in the seasons. They illustrate it under the story using water color paints.

Students discover that every story has a start, middle and end. In this literature lesson, the teacher models using a picture to show the parts of the story. Students each take a picture and tell a story using start, middle and end.

Students look at Twain, the humorist - considered America's favorite storyteller and the funniest man in the world at the time. Students stretch the truth about a personal experience, and consider how delivery affects impact.

Students identify the clues that folklore provides about Utah's past, and create a piece of folklore for a place or event in or near their community.

Students read a short selection of a story individually or as a class. On their own, they create a story pyramid for the selection and write a one page summary. They use text from the story for their supporting details. To end the...

Young scholars discover the formula for writing limericks and use it to write their own poems.

In this Native Son worksheet, students read a one page passage from the book and then explain how the extract related to To Kill a Mockingbird. Students answer in essay form.

Students study the Native American culture of the Tlingits and discuss relevant information regarding their way of life. Students create their own musical Tlingit rattles using toilet paper rolls and rice. They make and decorate their...

Students, in groups, investigage and demonstrate the science behind the development and characteristics of extreme heat.

Fifth graders collect artifacts of their fifth grade school year and make a technology based Memory Book.

In this Alice's Adventures in Wonderland activity, students check their reading comprehension as they respond to 10 short answer questions covering chapters 1-12.

In these story problems worksheets, students read the math problem story about 'The Secret of E. Quation the Great.' Students solve the question about the secret weights by using a letter to represent the unknown and circle the equation...

Looking for American folktales? Look no more! Choose from famous characters, states, historical events, regional, or ethnic folklore. There are also links to weatherlore and spooky stories.

In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....