Handy Teacher's Guide for Esperanza Rising
Forget about your lesson plan worries! Class set of Esperanza Rising? Check! Teacher guide? Check! Students? Well, I guess you’ll need some of them …
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Uses of Graphing Organizers for Writing
Are you tired of grading disjointed and disorganized writing assignments from your students? These will help!
Continue ReadingTeaching Language Arts: A Lesson Plan Using Back-to-School Poems
Inspiring students to write back-to-school poems in the classroom can be a fun opening activity during the first days or weeks of the school year. For …
Continue ReadingCharacter Trait Description, Types of Characters & Examples Lesson
This lesson plan on character traits will explain traits that characters have, character types and archetypical characters. Activities on how to …
Continue ReadingFlowers for Algernon Activities and Lesson Plans
This unit in our 8th grade Reading curriculum, covers ‘Flowers for Algernon’ and includes great ideas for teaching the short story.
Continue ReadingA Jigsaw Lesson Strategy
The jigsaw method is a great way to allow students to work together in cooperative groups to learn core material. In this middle school language arts …
Continue ReadingPre-assessment Quiz for A Misummer Night's Dream
Before jumping feet first into the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, give students a pre-assessment of the play. This quiz will allow you to …
Continue ReadingBox Ideas and Middle School Projects
The box projects in this lesson are for the middle school language arts classroom. One box activity is to be used with independent novels or …
Continue ReadingWrite an End-of-the-School-Year Poem: Middle School Activity
An end-of-the-year poem is a great way to close the middle school year. The poems should be reflective and humorous. The poem will have four …
Continue Reading"The Martian Chronicles" Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities
This article is for middle and high school teachers, to coordinate with a unit about Bradbury’s classic.
Continue ReadingLiterary Terms Activities and Ideas
Incorporating literary terms into an English class can be done with activities, writing and while reading. Broaden students’ interests in …
Continue ReadingManiac Magee Unit Test in a Chapter by Chapter Format, With Answers
If your students are studying Newbery winners, racism issues or themes about making a difference in the world, Maniac Magee is a great book to use. An …
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