This lesson plan, with practice worksheets, will teach students to use commas and semicolons correctly.

In this lesson, students will learn how to combine and split sentences in order to improve the clarity of their writing.

In this lesson, students will practice how to combine sentences using semicolons and colons and use these skills in order to revise their own narratives.

In this lesson, students learn sentence combining using semicolons and colons and also learn to split sentences for clarity of intention.

In this lesson, students will learn how to sentence combine with semicolons and colons in order to improve their narratives.

This lesson explores the twofold concept of "arete" (virture and excellence in sports) focusing on the ways in which the concept of arete bridges the gap between philosphy and sports. Students will read and critically evaluate an academic essay arguing that through the concept of arete, the ancient Greeks created a specialized athletic culture.

This is a unit introduction for any unit that has a thematic focus on the concept of "home." The first activity asks students to use critical thinking with art from the Smithsonian collection. Students will ask questions and look at commonalities. The second part of the activity asks students to look at an artist's sculptural interpretation of the idea of "home." The final piece of the activity involves students watching a video ("Fatima's Drawings") about a young girl who had to leave her home in Syria due to war and violence. Student are asked to analyze her concept of home and how it evolves.

These activities engage students in deep discussions and thinking about the concept of evil. Students explore the idea of evil in the works of Poe and then apply it to the world around them. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on grammar, students will explore the proper use of apostrophes in writing. Discussion questions and additional resources are linked in the sidebar.

In this lesson, students learn the difference between a hyphen and a dash and when to use each one. Students take notes on the topic before practicing hyphens and dashes with a written paragraph.

Say the word "doubt" aloud. What is that "b" doing there? Does it have any purpose? This three-minute video explains the long and winding history of "doubt" and why spelling, though it seems random at times, is a wink to a storied past.

In this lesson, students will create their own zoo of death after reading Chapter 2 of The Princess Bride. Students will list all of the five levels of the zoo of death as Prince Humperdink in the novel and create their own while researching animals and habitats and create poster with colored pictures of animals and environments.