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A film-study ELA lesson plan built around the movie 'The Christmas Chronicles' (2018), combining pre-viewing vocabulary/discussion, viewing guide questions, and extensive post-viewing analysis and writing activities.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a mysterious castle, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
A short creative-writing prompt activity centered on the Giant's Causeway (a geological rock formation), asking students to imagine finding 'the Giant's boot' at the site and invent a backstory.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity set at a dog show, using descriptive word banks, character creation, and dialogue writing.
An ESL reading comprehension and writing activity built around an informational passage about homeschooling, for secondary ESL/EFL learners.
An Earth Day activity packet teaching reduce/reuse/recycle vocabulary, pollution facts, and persuasive/informational writing about environmental care.
Inspire creativity and build narrative writing skills in grades 1-3 using Halloween-themed character cards and the SWBST (Somebody Wants But So Then) narrative structure.
Deliver a full-year (36-week) grade-3 reading comprehension program combining weekly fiction/nonfiction passages, vocabulary practice, comprehension questions, and an open-ended writing prompt.
Guide high school students through close reading and textual analysis of Act 4, Scenes 4-5 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing-activity worksheet built around a single nonfiction passage about the maypole (European spring tradition, origins, and regional variations), used to practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and English writing skills.
No-prep reading comprehension and writing book companion to accompany a read-aloud of a St. Patrick's Day story about a leprechaun.
A simple class-book template for a Thanksgiving gratitude writing activity, combining a cover page with an individual 'I Am Thankful!' writing/illustration page for each student to compile into a class book.
Narrative/creative writing activity for grades 2-5 where students build a Valentine's Day story from randomized story-element choices (setting, characters, event, treat) and self-edit using a checklist.
Give ESL/EFL students at middle and high school level a nonfiction reading passage about Davos, a Swiss Alps town known for its winter tourism and history as a sanatorium destination, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false argument questions and personal or comparative essay writing prompts.
A set of 20 open-ended math journal prompts, two per month for a school year, that have students explain their mathematical reasoning in pictures, numbers, and words, with an included rubric for marking.
An emergent-reader packet built around a Christmas-themed prayer poem, used for early reading practice, guided writing prompts, and a related coloring/poster activity during the winter/Christmas season.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a treasure hunt, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about the animated franchise Scooby-Doo to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
A dice-roll creative-writing game ('Roll With It!') that prompts young students to invent a story by rolling a die to pick characters, setting, and a sequence of plot events, plus matching writing paper.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about fall-foliage viewing traditions and destinations around the world, paired with comprehension questions, vocabulary/definition work, true/false reasoning, and personal/travel-diary writing prompts.
Extend a viewing of Interstellar with activities that connect new vocabulary, personal responses, and narrative writing. Students record film details and word meanings, then reflect on a favorite scene and the movie as a whole. The diary task asks students to retell three scenes from a chosen character’s perspective. Discuss the character’s thoughts and feelings first, then use those ideas to support the written response.
Introduce students to narrative poetry as a genre, using video clips, guided discussion, language-device practice, and a full worked example (the poem 'Matilda') plus an independent homework poem.
Give middle-school students a Halloween-themed creative writing task to practice narrative story writing, individually or in collaborative groups.
Provide blank, spring-themed decorative pages (with or without rulings) that teachers can repurpose for writing, drawing, math, or music activities.