Students will have completed at least one full length writing assignment. Two introductory paragraphs from these assignments are selected to be circulated in class. Ideally these paragraphs will each ...

This National Poetry Day Live Lesson for KS2/2nd Level pupils explores the theme of 'change' and includes reading, performance and critical analysis of similes and metaphors. The programme ...

This lesson has two objectives. The first is to review some of the major concepts in academic writing (thesis, motive, structuring an argument). The second related goal is to critique each other’s ...

Effective writing is readable — that is, clear, accurate, and concise. When you are writing a paper, try to get your ideas across in such a way that the audience will understand them ...

Teachers can use a mix of approaches to overcome students’ attention span limits so they stay engaged in learning.

This activity gives students the opportunity to collaborate, boosting engagement and deepening their understanding of class ...

By Natalie Proulx Are you easily distracted? If so, you’re in luck! This lesson will help you practice your ability to pay attention. By Jeremy Engle How can food feel like home? Read the ...

Come with us on a Live Lessons virtual school trip to Newstead ... by heart recognise different forms of poetry and use similar writing as models to create imaginative poems, experimenting with ...

Students put objects and materials into groups based on their observable properties, test materials for strength and absorbency, and use their results to make a boat that can hold the most pennies ...

Global Competence Outcomes and Rubrics Download global leadership performance outcomes and rubrics with benchmarks from kindergarten through 12th grade ... Yihong Wei’s 9th graders from the George ...

Only about 53% of local public school students are considered proficient in math, according to last school year’s state test ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A school dedicated solely to the education of high school freshman opened this year in the College Community School District, completing the district’s 10-year facility plan and ...