“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Ambrose Bierce’s short story, is used to model how structural moves, the decisions an author makes about setting, point of view, time order, etc., can be examined to reveal an author’s purpose. Groups...

Stop the regurgitation of history facts that your writers submit to you as a report by presenting this PowerPoint that reveals how history essays should be done. The presentation covers topics from pre-writing to endnotes, and...

Close reading is key to the analysis and interpretation of literature. A close reading of the title and the epigraph of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” offers readers an opportunity to examine how even single words or names can...

Ninth graders evaluate the effectiveness of literary techniques including figurative language. They demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas, events, or themes of a variety of novels, stories, poetry, other print material, and...

Sixth graders locate, access, and select appropriate information from a variety of resources, including electronic sources. They analyze the audience and purpose of the task to make decisions about content and format.

What does your class know about logical fallacies? They can find out quite a bit and practice identifying logical fallacies if you follow the steps and use the resources provided here! After reviewing ethos, pathos, and logos, ask small...

A Novel Study is the focus of this Literature PowerPoint. A class is about to have author Chris Paul come speak to their class about his novel, The Watson's Go to Birmingham - 1963. Before his appearance, the class is directed to do an...

Students engage in a instructional activity that investigates the elements that are necessary in a short story. Each element is covered separately while they take notes for each part. Then the teacher points out each element while...

Ninth graders are given a wide variety of earth science topics to choose from to write a report on. This instructional activity also has a scoring rubric imbedded in the plan. They utilize the internet and other sources to complete their...

Students demonstrate their knowledge of early childhood practices. In this early childhood lesson, students prepare a portfolio and a resource container following the Early Childhood STAR Event guidelines. Students do the case study in...

Students research and design a hospitality system. In this hospitality system lesson, students design a system of hospitality using the project guidelines and present their system. Students write a paragraph about their system.

Students read and discuss the highlights from the background essay on Jewish women's charitable institutions. They discuss the 1921 "New Year's Wish" cover of The Jewish Woman, the journal of the National Council of Jewish Women. ...

Fourth graders investigate the life cycle of a tree by researching the Internet.  In this plant life lesson, 4th graders observe The Life of a Tree website and discuss the life of a tree from sprout to death.  Students create a...

Students identify ways responsibility is important to productive leadership. In this leadership lesson, students discuss responsibilities of leaders and work in groups to create a list of do's and don'ts for being responsible. Students...

High schoolers identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations, design and conduct a scientific investigation. They also use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.

Students explore different ways geological time can be measured: comparing the time dimensions for each method, the mechanisms of each method, and the materials used.

Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.

Students develop codes to guide individual actions and responsibilities as members of the team. They explore memories, journal entries, etc. about about teamwork. Through prompting questions, they translate these into a draft behavior...