In this trickster tale, Bear and Hare are involved in a gardening partnership. Industrious, clever Hare makes a deal with BearÄ Hare and his family work Bear's land and split the crops in half. In the end, Bear learns that he has to do hard work to be rewarded.

This Informational text focuses on the migration habits of the grasshopper/locust and the gray whale.

The interactive explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves.

This unit has been adapted for 4th Grade ELA sentence combining to be used as a whole-class activity in order to introduce writing with sentence variety.This lesson was originally intended to teach Intermediate and Advanced EFL students how to build longer sentences in English. In this lesson, students will learn the different types of sentences in English syntax the ways they can be combined. This lesson is a segment of an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) course which is meant to advance learners' abilities in the four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.  

Two ants, along with others from their nest, set out to gather crystals for their queen. Initially staying and keeping crystals for themselves, the two ants eventually learn to be happy in their familiar nest.

Diphtheria has broken out in Nome, Alaska. Teams of sled dogs carry medicine 800 miles over snow and ice to prevent an epidemic. Everyone was brave but one dog, Balto, made the difference between failure and success.

"Cocoa Ice" is set in the early 1800s and describes the exchange that occurs when a trading ship from Maine travels to the Caribbean village of Santo Domingo. The story is told in two parts, each part narrated by a girl who lives in one of these locations.

Through a progressive series of composition projects, students investigate the sonic organization of musical works and performances, focusing on fundamental questions of unity and variety. Aesthetic issues are considered in the pragmatic context of the instructions that composers provide to achieve a desired musical result, whether these instructions are notated in prose, as graphic images, or in symbolic notation. No formal training is required. Weekly listening, reading, and composition assignments draw on a broad range of musical styles and intellectual traditions, from various cultures and historical periods.

These series of lesson are designed to help students understand the theory of plate tectonics. This content could easily be adapted to reach younger or older audiences.

The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.

This less will cover the correct use of past tense in the Egnlish language to faciliate comprehensive and effective communication. Students will learn the correct conjugation of regualr and irregular verbs commonly used in conversation, and will practice the verbal and written use of these verbs. In addition, students will develop an understanding of how these verbs can help support effective professional communication in a job interview setting.

ŕHow Animals TalkĚŇ is an informational, nonfiction selection describing how various animals communicate or send messages. Animals communicate with each other to warn of danger, to share feelings, to attract a mate, and even prove dominance.

This expository nonfiction text is about how an oak tree may become vulnerable to disease from its bark being damaged by a bear clawing it.

Julian meets Gloria, a new girl in his neighborhood. Together they make a wish kite, with wishes fastened to its tail; both wish for lasting friendship.

This fable is about a boys search for knowledge. To achieve his goal, the boy barters with characters ranging from a carpet maker to a merchant. At the end of the fable, the Grand Master offers two moral lessons and helps the young man realize that he already has knowledge.

This is a corpus of four rubrics for second language classes. The rubrics include Discussion Board Rubric, Interpersonal Communication (Participation) Rubric, Presentational Speaking Rubric, and Presentational Writing Rubric created by Joshua Nave at Southwest Tennessee Community College. 

In this engaging unit, students will design and plant a square-foot garden that will be their central tool. Through the growing season, they will explore nutrition content in their everyday lives and see how it relates to what they are growing.

“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean MyersSee Overview attachment for lesson details.

In this story, Jangmi moves from her home in Korea to a new home in the United States. At first she is sad about leaving behind her friends and Korean customs and traditions, but once she arrives in America she begins to adjust. She becomes hopeful that someday America could feel like home, too.