Postcards Icebreaker Students create postcards that reflect a summer happening. They use a pen name to sign it and...		The Rights of Bike Riders Students will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in reaction to the bicycle helmet...
Using a Double-Entry Journal with Shakespeare's Hamlet Learn how to incorporate journaling in while teaching Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of...		Olympic Leaders Students will write a one page report from the point of view of an Olympic athlete and present...
Vocabulary Building Games Modify these vocabulary games for any seasonal event, unit of study, or theme.		Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...
Team Teaching Spanish Students become the "teacher" to help themselves and others learn.		Abolitionists Working Together Students learn about the women in the abolitionist movement by reading a poem, a speech, and...
Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.		Life on the Prairie Prairie life in the 1800s will come alive for students as they visit historical websites with...
Election Vocabulary Brainstorm In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will...		Create a Scrapbook Icebreaker Creating scrapbooks about themselves can lead students to studying autobiographies.
Who Are My Representatives? Students learn who their state and U.S. representatives are, discuss major political issues,...		Fall Acrostic Poem Students create an acrostic poem for fall.
Vocabulary Bingo Play bingo with your class to assess their vocabulary knowledge and have fun!...		Word Hunt Share this fun vocabulary game with your students to give them plenty of practice spelling...
Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.		An Illustrated Astronomy Glossary Students will create an illustrated glossary of astronomy terms.
We Care About the Earth Students write and produce public service announcements that ask people to REDUCE, REUSE, and...		Left-Handers Are All Right Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a...