Bilingual Main Idea Graphic Organizer
A bilingual (English and Spanish) graphic organizer and lesson script for teaching students to distinguish a text's topic from its main idea using a nonfiction read-aloud.
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A bilingual (English and Spanish) graphic organizer and lesson script for teaching students to distinguish a text's topic from its main idea using a nonfiction read-aloud.
Upper-intermediate ESL lesson plan teaching students about biographies vs. autobiographies through vocabulary study, reading comprehension, and grammar practice.
A 2-hour lesson plan for grades 6-12 offering choice-based Black History research options: Harlem Renaissance poetry analysis, a Civil Rights document-based-question (DBQ) essay, or a digital presentation connecting historical events to a contemporary issue.
Black History Month: I Have a Dream Speech Teaching Resource This teaching resource, appropriate for Grade 5, Grade 7, and Grade 8 students, provides a comprehensive examination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Download and discover the ultimate no-prep resource for blackout poetry, also known as found poetry, that will teach your students the art of word choice , literary techniques, and poetic language through a fun and hands-on approach.
A full-day, ready-to-use substitute-teacher lesson plan for 2nd grade built around a 'boats' theme, integrating reading response, math, writing, and social studies activities aligned to Common Core standards.
Cross-curricular unit (reading, writing, math, vocabulary) on the human skeletal system for grades 3-4.
Provide a rubric and presentation-based framework for running a secondary-level classroom book club that assesses reading comprehension and discussion skills.
Provide a language, literacy, and AAC/communication-focused companion to the picture book 'The School Bus Driver from the Black Lagoon' by Mike Thaler, for students with emergent literacy or complex communication needs.
Provide a 12-day high school Language Arts unit of study companion to Brandon Stanton's book 'Humans,' exploring narrative nonfiction, photography-based storytelling, and themes of humanity, struggle, and personal identity.
Support shared reading of the picture book 'My Friend Rabbit' by Eric Rohmann with language, literacy, and AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) activities focused on a target letter, core vocabulary, comprehension, and story retelling.
Guide students through a multi-week project comparing a novel to its film adaptation, culminating in a Common Core-aligned compare-and-contrast essay.
An advanced (C1-level) ESL/EFL lesson plan on books and literature, teaching literary terminology (genre, protagonist, antagonist, theme, narrative, plot twist, foreshadowing, cliffhanger, symbolism) through flash cards, listening comprehension, reading/vocabulary exercises, and an extra-study writing/cloze activity, with full answer…
An upper-intermediate (B2-level) ESL/EFL lesson plan on books and literature, teaching genre vocabulary, plot/character description, and discussion skills through flash cards, listening comprehension, reading exercises, and an extra-study cloze/narrative-tense writing activity, with full answer keys for teachers.
ESL/EFL intermediate (B1) lesson on describing and discussing types of literature (novels, poetry, plays, non-fiction), including reading, listening, and speaking practice.
Teach a complete literature lesson on Gary Soto's short story 'Born Worker,' focusing on theme, characterization, figurative language, and reading fluency.
A 5-day unit study on bottlenose dolphins combining suggested videos, readings, and printable worksheets to teach animal facts, life cycle, and research/reading skills.
A comprehensive 220-page novel study unit for 'Bridge to Terabithia' covering reading comprehension, vocabulary in context, figurative language, and writing across 13 chapter-based lessons for grades 4-6.
A literature resource guide supporting classroom teaching of the novel 'Bridge to Terabithia,' organized around a 'Thoughtful Education' learning-styles framework to build comprehension and critical thinking.
A nonfiction reading-strategy assignment teaching about British immigration to Canada, scaffolded through prediction, prior-knowledge, comprehension, and response activities.
A comprehensive Grades 5-6 literature-kit teaching guide and student handout set for the novel Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, structured around Bloom's Taxonomy comprehension levels.
A 5-day novel-study unit for 'Buffalo Before Breakfast' (Magic Tree House #18), combining reading, videos, worksheets, and hands-on activities across Language Arts and Social Studies.
This resource is a Build a Snowman | Emergent Reader & Writing Activities. Directions on how to assemble the book are included. After reading the book, students can create a snowman with the parts.
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study about the endangered bumble bee, combining ELA, science and research skills through videos, readings, worksheets, and activities, aimed at homeschool/co-op families.