Reading
Extra Credit Assignment
chadmin -
Friday, September 21, 2007 - 7:29pm
Tags: ESL • Language Arts • Reading • Social Science • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12
Overview
Have students earn extra credit by submitting funny words of the day and by finding film clips that relate to the reading in the class.
Class time needed: NA
End of the Year Project
Anonymous -
Monday, January 8, 2007 - 10:53am
Tags: ESL • Language Arts • Reading • Social Science • Technology • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12
Overview
This end of high school scrapbook is great for English class but can be used in most content areas. It could easily be adapted to middle school as welll. High school seniors (or those leaving middle school) put 8 individual assignments into a scrapbook containing memories from high school.
Class time needed: One week
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Storyboard Lesson
Anonymous -
Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 6:39am
Tags: ESL • Language Arts • Reading • Grades 3-5 • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12
Overview
Watch the original cartoon How the Grinch Stole Chistmas and follow the plot structure. Students will illustrate the story plot structure on this storyboard form.
Class time needed: 1 hour
Interactive Theme and Motif Project
chadmin -
Sunday, December 3, 2006 - 7:37am
Tags: Reading • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12
Overview
This group project has students create a interactive poster to depict one motif and one theme of a book. The interactive part is the hard part. Students must make something on the poster move.
Class time needed: 2 hours
Story of Mike the Headless Chicken
chadmin -
Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 8:07pm
Tags: Language Arts • Reading • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12
Overview
This is a short reading comprehension warm-up exercise I made for my English class.
Class time needed: Under 30 minutes
