August House
Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie
How would you feel if you lost your belly button? Read about Billy Brown in Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk. Young learners retell the story, answer questions, focus on the letter B and...
Curated OER
Just "Kid"ding Around: The Truth About Goats
Students examine goats, and read a book based on their history. In this animal lesson plan, students discover the history of the goat, and complete several activities based on the students' knowledge of the animal.
Curated OER
Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
Curated OER
Looking Into the Future- Verb Tenses
In this verb tense worksheet set, middle schoolers complete 6 pages of activities associated with the use of future tense verbs. They use the perfect future, mixed future, and future perfect simple tenses as they complete charts,...
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What Qualities Does a Hero Have?
Study the characteristics of real-life heroes in your history or language arts lesson. After reading about the soldiers of World War I, kids write autobiographies from their future elderly selves, and reflect on their acts of heroism yet...
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Horse Quiz
Students test what they know about horses. This worksheet contains 10 multiple choice general knowledge questions about horses and an answer key.
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More Famous Horses Quiz
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of trivia questions about horses. Page has a link to submit answers for review.
Purdue University
Motif of the Collector/ Historical Appropriation in Ondaatje's Novels
The author of this article discusses Michael Ondaatje's "activity of collecting and transforming particular seeds and scraps of the past in a fragmented and fictional form," and how this is reflected in "Coming Through Slaughter" and...
