Students practice their critical thinking skills by examining current issues in the campaign. They write an essay stating what they would to do solve problems if they were president. They share their solutions with the class.

Middle schoolers explore reasons for supporting and opposing hydraulic mining. It was the most efficient and used mining method until 1884. A simulated court hearing is held where a decision is made whether to allow the continued use of...

Students share their interests and characteristics by making patches about themselves. The patches are joined together to make a class quilt.

Learners use Microsoft Word to create the family newsletter which can be mailed out with the family Christmas cards.

Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.

Students create an ABC book with short biographies of famous African Americans in history. They utilize teacher-selected and/or student-researched library sources about African Americans in history.

Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.

Seventh graders modernize a fairy tale, then compare their version with he original version and determine whether or not they've changed the author's original intent.

Fourth graders engage in a lesson which teaches the parts of an expository essay and how to organize and write an expository piece from a given topic. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which...

Students brainstorm animals with unusual characteristics such as a giraffe with a short neck or a zebra without stripes. They write paragraphs about their animals and work in peer editing groups to refine their stories.

Sixth graders identify word parts, such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words by cutting and pasting. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice working with these parts of speech.

Students discuss character traits, and complete a character map and a Venn diagram for selected characters in their assigned text.

Third graders are introduced to character, plot development, point of view, and tone through the use of comic strips. They, in pairs, identify these four attributes in the comic strip and present their findings to the class.

Students study the appropriate formats for giving examples in American discourse style. A ladder approach is used to demonstrate the concept. They write paragraphs about abstract concepts, such as beauty, wealth, and love, using methods...

Fourth graders read and discuss the book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. They create an original story that follows the Harris Burdick formula, and illustrate the story in the style of Chris VanAllsberg.

Students identify different types of questions such as recall, comprehension, and synthesis. They generate questions for different subject areas throughout the school year.

Students examine and participate in an inquiry process. They brainstorm recall, comprehension, and synthesis questions for a research topic, and write the questions on sentence strips.

Students identify key words, synonyms, and key phrases from their previously written research questions. They utilize the key words, synonyms, and key phrases to search resources for answers to the research questions.

Students examine books nominated for the Mark Twain Award. They visit various authors' Web sites and read stories, explore the authors, and perform related activities.

Students randomly draw presidents' names and conduct research for a written report on their chosen president. They color portraits of their president to accompany their reports.

Learners share unique information about themselves, and solve crossword puzzle based on clues that come from the information they shared.

Students review prefixes and root words then complete a Root Words worksheet. An answer sheet is provided with the lesson.

Students investigate the various techniques that studenT book illustrators utilize such as paper collage, die-cut pages, and object stencils for relief printing.

Students are placed in a circle seated in a chair. They follow directions from one student who is in the middle of the circle. They discuss how each of them are alike and how they are different.