The way this information is presented, it could get kids really thinking about the realities of college. First, college is compared to high school in terms of time, homework, rules, and opportunities. Then, the nitty-gritty of how one...

Ask your learners to synthesize what they know about Waiting for the Biblioburro by writing a well-organized paragraph. Young writers focus on using transition words and including specific details in their paragraphs. The plan allows for...

Packing for a trip? This activity allows learners to decide how many magazines and protein bars they can buy with twenty dollars. They can organize their work in a chart to track how many items they can purchase. There are two different...

Prepare your pupils for making excellent presentations. Class members discuss elements of a successful presentation, work in groups to come up with their own scripts for the featured video, compare their work to the original...

Where would you go if you were to take a trip around the world in 10 days? After a discussion about famous inspirational quotes, pupils view a short film that shows a trip around the world in 10 days paired with these quotes. Class...

Consider the theme of beauty with discussion about what makes person beautiful and the well-known short film put together by Dove skin care. Class members examine some of the images from the film and discuss the message of the...

What would you do if you got an extra day every week? Partners share some information about their routines and lives and write compositions about one another based on the information. Each partner tries to guess what the other person...

What makes your pupils happy? Find out with a lesson centered around this theme. Class members come up with things that make them happy and write about them in preparation for quick group project. Learners watch and discuss a short film...

Expand your pupils' understanding of the short story genre with a study of John Updike and his story "A&P." This instructional activity, the fourth in a series of fourteen, invites learners to examine literary terms and read and...

Get parents or guardians into the swing of things with a jazzy homework assignment. A detailed six-page guide provides before, during, and after reading suggestions for Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, Andrea Davis...

We need to talk. Learners participate in a science talk by discussing the idea of how insects are important to the rainforest. They record notes about their conversations as they talk. For homework, pupils add to their field journals.

Scholars think of a special place, then represent that place through pictures or written words— a poem, song, or short story. Peers show off their organizational skills by reviewing their binders and notebooks, comparing strategies, and...

In this simplifying fractions instructional activity, students write fractions that simplify to certain fractions and simplify fractions that are given to them. Students complete 9 problems.

In this global studies worksheet, students read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 12 short answer questions about the Allied and Axis powers in World War II.

In this global studies activity, students read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 9 short answer questions about Communist China.

In this global studies worksheet, students read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 8 short answer questions about Japanese involvement in World War II.

In this global studies worksheet, high schoolers read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 4 short answer questions about World War I and Russian history.

In this global studies worksheet, students read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 1 essay and 4 short answer questions about the Soviet Union.

In this ESL activity, learners complete the activities on 9 pages that pertain to emotions and adjectives that describe feelings. Included are matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions. These are geared toward ESL students...

In this global studies activity, students read the noted 8 chapters in their textbooks and then respond to 34 short answer questions about the French Revolution and Imperialism.

In this ESL instructional activity, students complete 6 pages of activities pertaining to prepositions of place. This instructional activity can be used by any ELL but is aimed at students from Thailand.

In this ESL worksheet, students complete 8 pages of exercises designed for ELL students from Thailand. Activities included are writing sentences, completing dialogs, and matching phrases and pictures.

In this sequencing instructional activity, students order pictures, order sentences, describe pictures, and more. Students complete 8 activities.

In this volume of prisms worksheet, students compute the volume of nine shapes. Answers are given on the page, students are directed to show formulas and computations. The worksheet contains two each of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and...