Lesson Plan: Analyzing "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
This lesson is designed for 8th grade regular English/Reading students, but could be adapted for other grade levels. It could also be incorporated in …
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Latin Phrases to Practice in High School
Expand students’ worldview by discussing some fun Latin phrases and then writing about them too.
Continue ReadingCreate a Street Name and Describe Life There: Creative Writing Lesson Plan for Middle School
Help students explore their creativity with a fun project that will allow them to do computer research and use their writing skills.
Continue ReadingFrankenstein Unit Test for 8th Grade
This essay test is tailored for Honors/Pre-AP 8th grade, or 9th grade regular English/Reading students. In it we look at Mark Shelley’s …
Continue Reading"And Then There Were None": Test for 7th Grade Students
This test is designed for regular or Pre-AP 7th graders who have read Agatha Christie’s classic novel about a set of murders on an isolated …
Continue ReadingNothing but the Truth Test
This test uses identification and short-answer questions to assess student learning and comprehension of Avi’s documentary novel about a boy who …
Continue ReadingComma Rules for the Classroom: Lesson Plan on Using Commas Correctly
I calculated the amount of time I have spent correcting comma errors: 2,374 hours. That’s 2,374 hours of my life that I’ll never have …
Continue ReadingLanguage Arts Games for Parts of Speech
Make a game of identifying the eight parts of speech: Stick-it the Quickest. Assign students to work together in teams to find nouns, verbs, …
Continue ReadingPrepare Students to Write Using Photo Prompts
Help students become accustomed to writing from photo prompts as they move into the world of standardized testing. They will enjoy viewing art and can …
Continue ReadingSentence Sort Game -- Eight Parts of Speech: Team Activity
Students will learn their eight parts of speech by working in a team of two. Each team will create five sentences and create a “key” of …
Continue ReadingDevelop an Essay Grading Scale & Policies and Grade Papers Fairly and Easily
Students sometimes find essay grading policies confusing and unfair. Not anymore.
Continue ReadingVerb Activity for Middle Schoolers
This lesson will show students why they need to learn to identify verbs. To write effectively, students need to learn to identify both types of …
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