Activities for Teaching Quatrain Poems
Poetry quatrains can be fun to write. Focus on the poetic devices of alliteration, hyperbole and onomatopoeia. Students will write quirky and …
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Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8
Showing guides and explainers filed under Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8.
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Lesson Plan on Writing Rhyming Couplets for Teaching Couplets
Use this couplets activity to start a fun poetry unit. Poetry does not have to be somber and serious. It can be quite fun and cute.
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Teaching How to Write a Setset and Sestets Poems
Poems have stanzas, and a sestet is one such type. Try this lesson that teaches students how to write a sestet and focuses on rhyme pattern or rhyme …
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Easy Watercolor Art Project for Fall or Spring: Leaves or Flowers
This easy watercolor painting project can be done in the fall or the spring using similar watercolor painting techniques. The students will find it …
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Harry Potter Websites & Webquest Questions: Research Activity on Harry Potter
Hop on the Hogwarts Express to learning fun with Harry Potter webhunt questions. Send your students on an educational webquest.
Continue ReadingTeaching How to Write a Biography: Lesson PLan
Teach students how to write a biography of a favorite historical figure or fictional character with this lesson plan.
Continue ReadingHistory Lesson Plan for Middle School: Interesting Facts About George Washington
Take your middle school students on a tour into Anerican history to learn about George Washington. They may learn a new way to look at the actions of …
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History Lesson Plan for Middle School: World War II Food Rationing
While the soldiers were fighting courageously overseas, US citizens dealt with food rationing among other things on the home front. Students will …
Continue ReadingHistory Lesson Plan: What is the Underground Railroad
This history lesson plan serves as an introduction to the underground railroad. Take your students on a journey in their minds as they learn about …
Continue ReadingStereotype Activities: Why do Authors Stereotype Characters?
Literary stereotypes serve two functions: they help readers make quick assumptions; they can also prejudice readers one way or another against a …
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