Puns - A humorous play on words based on the similarity of the sounds of two words. Example: When kissing flowers, tulips are better than one. Directions: You are given two words to help you focus your topic, and your job is to create a pun.

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.

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.