Frankenstein 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 …
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"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 ReadingTry This Pantomime Drama Game to Teach Cooperation to Your Students
This drama game is both useful on its own and is a necessary part of leading students in the process of dramatizing and developing stories for …
Continue ReadingConstructing their Robots: Session Two on Teaching Kids in the Classrooms About Robots with Lego Mindstorms NXT
After constructing the TriBot in Lesson One, your students should be ready to move on to Lesson Two: construction and programming of a more advanced …
Continue ReadingImportance of Teaching Robotics Education in School
Science and technology are extremely popular with today’s youth; they are also a pathway to career opportunities in the future. Engaging in …
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 ReadingUsing LEGO Mindstorms NXT in the Classroom
Robotics education can be used to teach a number of scientific and engineering concepts to youth, but this requires a versatile yet accessible …
Continue ReadingUsing the Lego Mindstorms NXT Kit in the Classroom: Great for Middle School
In the first session with your students, introduce the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit. We’ll cover the basic components and have your students …
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