Reading Comprehension Strategies: Understanding How Writers Organize
I used to lose my car keys a lot. One day my wife, while trying to hammer my skull to the wall, hammered a nail into the wood cabinet above my head. …
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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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Elementary School Chorus Music Ideas: How to Choose Choral Music for a Children's Choir
Building your children’s choral arrangement can be an easy process, but for those of you on a tight budget, song selection can be limited. Here …
Continue ReadingThe Hanging Garden of Babylon Lesson Plan: Good for Grade 5 & Up
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was a magnificent structure which was built by King Nebuchadnezzar. Why did he build these and are the gardens really …
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Elements of the Writing Process: How to Write a Rough Draft
After students have completed their pre-writes, they are ready to begin writing the rough drafts.
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How to Edit the Rough Draft, the Fourth Step of the Writing Process
After students have revised, they are now ready for the fourth step in the writing process, editing.
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Lesson Plan: A Guided Reading Plan to Motivate and Excite Students
Get students fired up to answer discussion questions with this outstanding lesson plan.
Continue ReadingRevising Rough Drafts, the Third Step of the Writing Process
After the rough drafts are complete, students should begin the process of revising their essays.
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WWII Creative Activity: Have Your Class Recreate a WWII Era USO
In this fun lesson students will recreate or simulate a USO. This requires “famous” speakers, music, dancing, and costumes. This lesson …
Continue ReadingPersona Journals are Creative Activities for World War II Lesson
Students will research a type of person who was affected by WWII and then write a fictional journal discussing what this person may have experienced. …
Continue ReadingCivil War Creative Writing Activity -- Writing a Position Paper
The focus of this lesson is writing to take stand for the North or the South and to write a position paper. This American Civil War lesson can be an …
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