The book in its whole provides a thorough and accessible approach to understanding genre and its application in classrooms. Chapter 6 focuses on the rhetorical understanding of genre.

An NFL and United Way-sponsored program that teaches middle school students about cultivating and maintaining healthy relationships in the game, in the classroom, and in our everyday lives.

This set of lessons extends over several weeks and incorporates all acts of Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. Students will closely read The Crucible. Students will cite textual evidence and make interpretations about character development.Students will combine the textual evidence with their interpretations and write interpretive statements. In the culminating activity, students will write a character analysis.

This is a lesson plan is meant to assist in teaching and assessing students' ability to identify character development, types, and changes. This resource can be modified to fit a novel unit study, short stories, or plays. The resource is intended to be used as a digital element in an in-person class but can be modified to fit other class types and modalities.Cover image: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash

Sharing quality literature provides the teacher with great opportunities for the class to discuss the interactions and feelings of people. It also allows the students to make connections based on their own feelings and experiences.

An interview with Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. This video is meant to be used in conjunction with the interactive play script on myShakespeare.com.

An interview with Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 4 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. This video is meant to be used in conjunction with the interactive play script on myShakespeare.com.

An interview with Hamlet, Polonius, and Laertes in Act 1, Scene 3 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. This video is meant to be used in conjunction with the interactive play script on myShakespeare.com.

An interview with Horatio and Marcellus in Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. this video is meant to be used in conjunction with the interactive play script on myShakespeare.com.

Using popular trade books students will create a character map by first working on their own, and then in small groups. Students will share their work with the whole class.

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale in Context Elementary - to help students learn about the characteristics of rocks.

This video segment adapted from NASA describes the basic characteristics of our star, the Sun.

Students watch a video segment that shows the reactions of colonists and native people when they encounter one another for the first time during a colony settlement reenactment. Students then select a character and write a letter from that character’s point of view that describes the meeting.

The teacher will demonstrate how to describe how to describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Then fill out a data worksheet collection this information. The teacher will give the student time to work with a partner to describe the main character in a book they have just read and fill out the same information data sheet. Then the teacher will demonstrate how to use that information to complete a Presentation in Mac Keynote Slide and then will allow students time to make their own presentations, which will need to contain components in the assignment rubric. Citation for your thumbnail image: https://clipart-library.com/book-clip-art.html 

The list of ten things about Opal's absent mother that her father shares in "Because of Winn-Dixie" serves as inspiration for students to create their own lists describing literary characters.

In our school and social lives we exist in a mobile electronic world. Each day we "plug in" and charge our electronic devices and equipment. These electronics may range from small items (cell phones) to large items (electric vehicles). While in our own home, our family is most likely responsible for purchasing the charging equipment, and then paying an electric company/provider for the electricity we use.

In this activity about electricity, learners produce a spark that they can feel, see, and hear. Learners rub a Styrofoam plate with wool to give it an electric charge. Then, they use the charged Styrofoam to charge an aluminum pie pan. Essentially, learners build an electrophorus (Greek for "charge carrier"). This resource also contains instructions on how to build a large charge carrier called a "Leyden Jar" using a plastic film can.

Arrange positive and negative charges in space and view the resulting electric field and electrostatic potential. Plot equipotential lines and discover their relationship to the electric field. Create models of dipoles, capacitors, and more!

Move point charges around on the playing field and then view the electric field, voltages, equipotential lines, and more. It's colorful, it's dynamic, it's free.