Lesson Plan: A Guided Reading Plan to Motivate and Excite Students
Get students fired up to answer discussion questions with this outstanding lesson plan.
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Revising Rough Drafts, the Third Step of the Writing Process
After the rough drafts are complete, students should begin the process of revising their essays.
Continue ReadingCivil War Creative Writing Activity -- Writing a Position Paper
The focus of this lesson is writing to take stand for the North or the South and to write a position paper. This American Civil War lesson can be an …
Continue ReadingHelp Students Improve Reading and Thinking Skills
Begin your reading skill instruction with helping students identify main ideas and supporting details.
Continue ReadingRomeo and Juliet Lesson Plans: Banish Classroom Slackers
Admit it. You have a few students you really want to banish. Now you can with this interactive Romeo and Juliet assignment.
Continue ReadingEdward's Eyes Book Summary
This heartfelt book by the author of Sarah Plain and Tall is a good story for a classroom read aloud or for book group studies. Here we discuss the …
Continue ReadingEffective Vocabulary Instruction: Etymology, Analyzing Word Parts, Using Context Clues, Using Language Structure Clues, Using Word Maps
Building vocabulary takes more than jotting down a list of words, copying the definitions, and throwing the paper in the garbage can after failing a …
Continue ReadingCreative Writing Lesson Plan Middle School - Scary Stories
This creative writing lesson plan for Middle School will focus on scary stories. Try to keep them focused on setting, good plot twists, suspense and …
Continue ReadingNewspaper Scavenger Hunt for Middle School Students: Journalism Lesson Plan
Teachers of middle school students can teach journalism basics by completing a newspaper scavenger hunt. Students learn by looking at model stories …
Continue ReadingTeaching News Writing for Middle School: A Journalism Lesson Plan
Have your students write their own news story by following nine steps to choosing a topic, completing an interview and writing a draft of a story. A …
Continue ReadingHidden Word Activity to Build Vocabulary: For Older or Middle School Students
A large and varied vocabulary is important to a student’s academic success. Most people know that the easiest and most common way to build a big …
Continue ReadingMake Charts to Track Character Goals in this Character Analysis Lesson Plan
In this simple yet effective lesson plan, students analyze the goals of a character from a novel or historical reference. In addition to helping you …
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