A Midsummer Night's Dream With themes of love and friendship, your students will enjoy studying Shakespeare's comedy,...		Same or Different Students compare pairs of sentences to determine if they mean the same thing.
O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Find the full text of the classic short story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi." This is an...		Of Mice and Men Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men contains...
Journal Writing Introduce students to autobiographical journal writing with this lesson plan.		The Pearl Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's The Pearl provides...
Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Six Tips for Successful Oral Reading Sam Sebesta, a specialist in Readers Theatre, gives teachers six tips for a successful oral...		Repeated Reading Use a variety of repeated reading activities to improve reading skills.
Paragraph Writing: Similarities and Differences In this activity, students write paragraphs about the differences and similarities among the...		The Red Pony Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's The Red Pony provides...
Be Clear Encourage students to write more clearly by having them fix the sentences on this handout.		The Redwall Tales Enhance reading comprehension with a with a guide that provides synopses and activities that...
Alphabet Soup Teach your students to develop deductive reasoning skills by associating letters with objects...		Weather Terms Test your students' knowledge of weather-related vocabulary with this word list.
Mind Bogglers Students will use their reasoning skills with words and spelling to figure out these word...		Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...
Cat Web Practice using the graphic organizer of webs to organize writing.		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Tests & Project Ideas Check your students' comprehension of the classic book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever...