Use Coil Building with Clay to Make Coil Face Jugs in High School Art
Face jugs have been called “ugly jugs, memory jugs, and whimsy jugs”. The jugs were functional, but made interesting by the features used to decorate …
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Bruce Springsteen Songs: Teaching Great Songs With Imagery in Them
Bruce Springsteen’s song lyrics use a lot of hyperbole, imagery, and vivid language. Reading his lyrics helps students understand that poetry and …
Continue ReadingBuilding a Mousetrap Car as a Science Project: Kinetic Energy
Students will build a mousetrap car to demonstrate kinetic energy. In this science lesson plan, middle school and high school students will research a …
Continue ReadingWorld War II Home Front Lesson Plans: Goods Created for the Soldiers
Here is a lesson plan on World War II revolving around a quote from a U.S. soldier regarding shells that turned out to be duds. The lesson has …
Continue ReadingCritical Reading Lesson Plan on 1984 by George Orwell
This lesson plan gives an easy “in” to reading “1984”. Get students thinking critically about the content right from the …
Continue ReadingWriting Lesson Plan: How to Write Dialogue Tags Full of Sensory Details
Sensory details are important when students are writing stories. They help set a scene and bring the reader into the story world. Sensory details …
Continue ReadingHigh School Art Lesson: Making Gargoyles Out of Clay
The word gargoyle comes from the Latin word ‘gurgulio’, not only meaning “throat” but also describing the …
Continue ReadingContemplation Questions for Chapters 1-10 of "The Kite Runner"
This article contains study guide questions I created to help students as they read “The Kite Runner.”
Continue ReadingThe Kite Runner Lesson Plans to Connect the English and History Classrooms
Want your students to wake up and begin paying attention? This article is the first in a series presenting a curriculum unit for novel “The …
Continue ReadingHow to do an Interview: Lesson Plan for High School Students Revealing Interviewing Tips & Techniques
Teach students how to do an interview with these tips and techniques. Before you know it they’ll be interviewing like the pros!
Continue ReadingNarrative Writing Lesson Plans: Writing a Mystery
Narrative writing lesson plans often fall flat because there’s no focus and nothing to model. That’s why writing a mystery makes an …
Continue ReadingWriting a Business Letter Lesson Plan: High School Writing Lesson
Add a little variety in your writing curriculum by teaching students how to write a business letter. This plan walks you through the process.
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