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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge LP
Learners engage in a reading of literature with the intention of working on the reading comprehension skill of identifying the plot of a story. They conduct independent reading looking for the plot and fill in the graphic organizer for...
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Literature: Poetic Devices Review
Tenth graders examine poems by Shel Silverstein and identify literary elements in them. The exercise is part of an examination review about poetic elements. The review concludes with students writing nature poems displaying the devices...
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Students explore subject-verb agreement. They read sentences on the board and fill in a correct subject and verb. Using Lil' Boooie's lyrics, students correct the wrong subject-verb agreements in the lyrics. Time permitting, students...
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Organ Systems: Excretory, Digestive, Immune, and Nervous
Eighth graders identify and describe the components of various body systems. They create vocabulary flash cards identifying the excretory, digestive, immune, and nervous systems and describing their functions. Students complete a...
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Organ System Interactions
Eighth graders who have studied all of the organ systems now discover how they all are related and work together in the human body. They discuss a variety of situations in which more than one system plays a part. They identify the...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: Sound-Alike Words 2
In this listening and speaking skills learning exercise, students will read 20 sentences each containing a misspelled homophone. Students will circle the misspelled homophone and write the correct sound alike word on the line.
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Classroom Items: Crossword Puzzle
In this word puzzle worksheet, students use the 16 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining items used in the classroom.
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The Guy Behind Kinko's
Students explore the concept of starting a business. For this starting a business lesson, students read an article about the founder of Kinko's. Students discuss how Kinko's expanded and tried to avoid centralization and homogenization.
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Present Continuous (advanced)
In this present continuous activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the verbs given in the correct form. Students complete 3 exercises.
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Ecological Organization
Students explain the impact of ecological organization. In this web-based instructional activity, students work through a series of activities to explain how biotic and abiotic interactions occur in ecosystems.
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The Aeneid Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Virgil's The Aeneid. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Quiz
In this Alice's Adventures in Wonderland worksheet, students answer 25 comprehension questions concerning plot, characters, and details from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Anne of Green Gables Quiz
In this Anne of Green Gables activity, middle schoolers determine the answers to questions pertaining to Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Students answer 25 multiple choice questions.
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How Animals Prepare for the Winter
Students study animals. In this hibernation lesson, students are read Stranger in the Woods and they discuss what various animals do in their habitat during the winter. They work as a class to create their own hibernation environment...
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Radius, Diameter and Area
Learners identify the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area of a cylinder and circle. They relate the circumference of a circle to Pi.
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Unit Circle and Triangle
Students apply the Unit Circle to solve ratios of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students derive the different ratios of a triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. They find the angles of a unit circle using a right triangle.
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My 2011 Resolution: Investigate Mathematics of Calendars and Fitness
Ring in the new year with interdisciplinary units related to the development of calendars and getting fit.
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Math
Students, after discussing story detail, make a list of information needed to solve a problem, convert units of time, and discuss the steps to convert units of time.
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Baby Project - Cost Analysis - First Year of Life
Students determine the costs associated with teenage pregnancy and childbirth through the child's first year. They consider prenatal and postnatal care for mother and child, clothing, food, equipment, childcare, etc. They present their...
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Make Your Own Shape Puzzles
Students manipulate puzzle pieces to make them fit into the correct spot. They also learn the shape and design of several shapes and classify and sort shapes.
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China: Dim Sum: K-1 Numeral Recognition Lesson
Students practice counting from one to twenty, identify numerals, write numerals one through twenty and match numerals to object.
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What's In The Bag?
Pupils research a historical figure from the United States and introduce their classmates to items associated with this person. They also predict how that historical figure would fit into today's society.
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Leveled Problem Solving Mean, Median, and Mode
In this mean, mode, and median worksheet, students solve the word problems by finding the mean, median, and mode. Students solve six word problems.
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How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant Sun? Exploring Size and Distance
Learners compare two objects at different distances. They explore the concept that distance affects how we perceive the size of objects.
