As the class moves through the 'Titanic', they are exposed to the various nautical terms: port, bow, stern, starboard, crow's nest. They practice locomotor skills such as: skip, hop, leap, jump, slide, and crab walk, when the nautical...

Students explore canoes and kayaks. In this canoe and kayak lesson, students research the history, parts, and sport of the canoe and kayak.  Students then practice how to use a paddle for each boat, and go on a field trip in order to use...

A simple worksheet that gives learners practice using the ways to make the long/i/ sound in their writing. Pupils complete a series of excercises which gives them practice in correctly using the various ways to make the long /i/ sound....

Explore poetry by reading the poem "The Walloping Window Blind" by Charles E. Carryl, and completing an analysis with your class. The worksheet provides the entire poem, a graphic organizer to help with summarizing and paraphrasing, and...

The left part of the boat is called what? An informative lesson and accompanying slideshow presentation introduce middle schoolers to the terminology and parts associated with a sailboat.

It's not easy to ask for help. Learn why a boy on a ship struggles with accepting help in "The Glass of Milk," a short story by Manuel Rojas. Six discussion questions prompt class members to make inferences from the text about character...

In this vocabulary instructional activity, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with words that have sc-blends.

An overview of the development of English as a global language fills out these slides. Beginning with statistics regarding how much of the world speaks English and to what capacity, a brief history is then given mostly pertaining to WWII...

Related words are best studied when studied together. The first page of this two-page worksheet looks at doubles, or words that are linked together like optimist and pessimist. The second page looks at triples like rural, urban, and...

Fauna or flora? Vice or virtue? Pupils fill in the blanks on pairs of sentences using related words drawn from the provided word bank. No answer key is provided.

Before reading this historical fiction novel with your class, introduce them to some of the vocabulary they'll encounter. With this magic squares activity, they will learn 16 new words. Example words include stowaway, fore, aft, and...

Eighth graders discuss invention of bicycle and early obstacles to riding, listen to and discuss short story "Taming the Bicycle" by Mark Twain, define vocabulary words from story, and create and present humorous "how to" project to...

Students complete vocabulary work based on the works of Mark Twain. In this vocabulary lesson, students label the parts of a steamboat and examine the use of river and steamboat jargon. They research the word meanings using Internet...

Learners explore birds of prey and food chains. In this ecosystems and birds of prey cross curriculum science and literacy lesson, students brainstorm characteristics of birds after viewing photographs. Learners view a video and document...

Pupils identify jargon in poetry, prose and fiction. In this literature instructional activity, students will read selections from Mark Twain and identify figurative langauge, focusing on jargon.

Students explore direction by reading sailing stories in class. In this navigation activity, students identify the techniques used by sailors in order to travel safely and accurately. Students read stories about sailing in class and...

Students will build a solar panel. In this physics lesson plan, students will begin with a lecture on energy and proceed into research for their solar panel. The solar panels will be field tested and problems and solutions will be shared...

Ninth graders write a poem and participate in a poetry slam.

In this missing words learning exercise, students fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.

Students study web pages on a shipwreck then locate where this took place on a map.  In this marine archaeologist activity students examine what clues archaeologists use to find the location of a shipwreck and  what they might find.

In this Titanic timeline activity, students read the timeline about the events of the Titanic disaster. Students read about 19 events in the timeline.