In this lesson, students compare the similarities and differences between themselves and their classmates by helping to create a class quilt. Each student will contribute a square of the quilt by drawing a picture of an important event or special time in their lives. Each student will have a turn to describe their square, then the class will examine and discuss the quilt together. The class idscussion will highlight the similarities and differences among classmates' squares.

Using classified advertisements, students work in groups to draw conclusions and make inferences about the writer of the ad and to whom the ad may appeal.

In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer to clarify information for a presentation.

In this lesson, students will develop, draft, and elucidate information for a research topic. Students will work collaboratively to write a paper as practice for the final task of writing their own papers.

In this unit, students explore Colonial America through the building of timelines and investigating primary and secondary sources. This study of significant events in the colonization of North America and the aspects of everyday life in Colonial America is designed for students to gather, record, and organize their own Colonial Notebook. Students will take on the role of colonist in a given region and work with other 'colonists' of the same region to develop a report and presentation. The study will take students through the life and times of those early settlers and will have them preparing a colonial meal representative of their region of focus

In this lesson plan, students complete a coloring activity and practice where like fractions are actually used in real-life situations. Problem solving involves using fractions with common denominators utilizing think, solve, and explain format.

In this lesson, students calcuate the out-of-pocket money needed to purchase a discounted item taxed at a certain percentage of sales tax.

This pre-writing assignment prepares students for literary analysis. Writing one body paragraph gives students the flavor of the analysis. The students locate, interpret, evaluate, and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme.

Through this activity students will understand that there is conservation of mass and energy when matter is transformed.

In this lesson, students will utilize their knowledge of RNA transcription and translation in order to make a protein. They will use a paper strip DNA template (portion of the DNA that will code for the protein) to determine the appropriate m-RNA and t-RNA sequences for that protein.

In this lesson, students research information on inventions that occurred during the second part of the Industrial Revolution, and then write and publish articles on a selected invention.

In this lesson, students gain an understanding of the oral language tradition of Anglo-Saxon poetry and identify how existing lines were affected by this tradition.

Students will develop characters as part of a narrative involving creatures that reside in a student's imagination.

This lesson uses creatures created from students' imaginations to teach hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and alliteration in association with creative writing.

In this lesson, students create a poster in the shape of a shield to represent their individual lives for the purpose of a one-minute personal introduction speech.

In this lesson, students work in groups to create inventions using common objects then draft expository essays explaining the purpose of the invention.

In this lesson, students select a reading genre and write an essay persuading the class to read that genre.

In this lesson, students watch the movie for "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and visually discover the elements of the novel.

In this lesson, students respond to a fictional letter to defend Mark Twain and the study of "Huckleberry Finn" using persuasive techniques, appropriate word choice, and correct letter format.