Students will be able to apply problem solving strategies similar to problems they will encounter while reading Romeo and Juliet. Students will rank reasons (good and bad) to be angry. This lesson is used as a pre-reading activity prior to students reading the play.

This activity will be used to review all the forms of linear equations and to review graphing linear, their parallels and their perpendiculars. All the forms of linear equations will be reviewed for testing purposes. Students will participate in a round robin activity to help students master objectives before unit test.

This cross-curricular lesson was designed to give students an understanding of the relationship between the coordinate grid in math and latitude and longitude in science.

This resource provides a lesson pertaining to characterization. Students are tasked with charting the development of significant characters within the novel The Great Gatsby. Afterwards, students will view the 1974 film adaptation to complete a new chart based solely on the same characters and their development in the film. Afterwards, students will complete a Venn-Diagram to examine the similarties and differences in characterization provided by both mediums.

In this lesson, students are drawn in by a classic story of guilt or innocence as they discover the story of Al, a young man who begins to doubt the innocence of his mentor and father figure. Students are introduced to the elements of a short story and forget that they are learning how to write an argumentative essay in their zeal to defend their opinion with evidence from the text.

This reading and writing lesson is designed to help students learn about writing opinions based on textual evidence.

Students read a biography and then write an essay based on what they have learned.

This lesson introduces the literary element of tone. It will allow students to apply their knowledge of mood and audience to determine the tone of a text.

Students are introduced to the discrimination, exploitation, isolation, and execution of the Jews during the Holocaust.

Students will complete a data table using authentic tide predictions from the NOAA. Next, students will use their data table to create a line graph that will show the relationship between the tidal range and moon phases. Lastly, students will analyze their graph to explain how the occurrence of ocean tides is related to the moon's phases.

This lesson will allow students to become familiar with the concept of equivalent ratios and similar objects. Through an open investigation students will develop methods to find equivalent ratios. This is a lesson to be used as part of a unit with Painter Problems and How Far Can You Leap found in ALEX.

This lesson will allow students to become familiar with the concept of unit rate. Through an open investigation students will develop methods to find unit rate with a table, equivalent ratios, or an equation. This is a lesson to be used as part of a unit with "Painter Problems" and "How Big Should It Be?"

Students will experience force and speed by constructing model cars in cooperative groups. The students will explore ways to move their cars at different speeds. Each group will create a PhotoStory describing their cars.

In this lesson, students focus on sequencing using a narrative passage and Make Sense Guided Reading Strategies.

Students will participate in this discovery activity intended for them to uncover the role each variable plays in the graph of a line in the form y = mx + b. Students will actually demonstrate lines in slope intercept form on a life size graph. They will compare different graphs to see what effect adding negative signs and coefficients to the variables have on the graph. They will also analysis what happens to the graph when a constant is added or subtracted from the variable.

Featuring the India Arie song "I Am Not My Hair," this lesson takes students through the pre-writing, production, and editing phases of an informative essay.

In this lesson, students become motivated reades as they read, comprehend, and interpret a short story. Students will present plot diagrams in slideshows and additional information about the author in a brochure.

Students will learn about the Alaskan Iditirod race and improve their fitness by taking part in a walking race and competition that mirrors the Iditirod.

During this lesson students will measure the effects of the height of an inclined plane on the force a marble produces to move a plastic, foam, or paper cup across a table. Students will discover that the higher the incline plane, the more force produced by the marble, which moves the cup a greater distance. Students will also learn how to graph data and discover the appropriate graph to use for comparison.

In this comprehensive lesson, students work collaboratively to learn about the eight planets. They will research a planet's size, its comparison to other planets and its characteristics and use the information they find to publish an acrostic poem to share with their classmates. They will also produce a poster and create a technology presentation such as a Prezi or a PowerPoint.