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- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Entering History: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nikki Giovanni's poem "The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr." is paired with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, taking students on a quest through time to the Civil Rights movement. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring a Teen's World: Learning SAT Vocabulary Through Drama
Students use SAT vocabulary to create and film a screenplay. They perform all roles, from writing through filming, resulting in a resource for their classmates. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Compare and Contrast Structure in Expository Texts
Students build their understanding of the terms compare and contrast by participating in class discussions, using Internet resources, working collaboratively, and by visually representing information in a Venn diagram. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring the Power of Language with Six-Word Memoirs
What do the words we write really have to say about us? In this lesson, students examine the power of word choice as they write six-word memoirs of their lives. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry
Students explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of freedom, justice, discrimination, and the American Dream in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Family Message Journals Teach Many Purposes for Writing
This lesson encourages children to explore authentic reasons for writing by writing messages to their family in a family message journal. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Fantastic Characters: Analyzing and Creating Superheroes and Villains
Students analyze characterization by creating their own superheroes or super-villains,
complete with related gadgets and settings. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
It's raining cats and dogs! Students explore figurative language through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities, further developing their understanding of the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms.