Students practice using adverbs of manner by combining two sentences. Students must change the adjective in the second kernel to an adverb before combining a sentences.

In this unit, students will become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions and will see how stories change when transferred orally between generations and cultures. They will learn how both types of folktales employ various animals in different ways to portray human strengths and weaknesses and to pass down wisdom from one generation to the next. Use the following lessons to introduce students to world folklore and to explore how folktales convey the perspectives of different world cultures.

Very unique site that presents Aesop's Fables with traditional and modern pictures. Pictures are created by art students at University of Massachusetts Amherst. There is an index to search by individual stories.

In addition to providing full texts of over 600 fables by various authors, this website is a complete source for biographical, historical, and critical information. Many fables include Real Audio narrations so you can listen while you read! Consider using the lesson plans for integrating fables into classroom instruction.

Students practice recognizing the difference between affect and effect by rewriting sentences with the correct word.

This tutorial video focuses on affixes; it defines all the associated terms, explains how affixes affect the meaning of words, gives examples, and ends with a rap music clip about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. [6:10]

The Anansi tales are told by the Ashanti people of Ghana, West Africa, and have been passed down through the generations by oral tradition. Here you can watch "Anansi's Rescue from the River" performed.

Our Teacher's Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the achievements, perspectives, and experiences of African Americans across U.S. history. Below you will find materials for teaching and learning about the perspectives of slaves and free African Americans during the American Revolution, the work of the Freedman’s Bureau during and after Reconstruction, the artistry of Jacob Lawrence, the reality faced by African American soldiers returning home after fighting in WWI, the songs and efforts of the Freedom Riders during the long civil rights movements, and the works of Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Maya Angelou.

Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.

Students practice writing complex sentences by combining two sentences using after or before. Students are provided the correct joining word to use on each prompt.

Learn some facts about sea turtles in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.

This full text of Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World," is preceded by a brief paragraph introducing the book, its context, and its plot.

Matching, concentration and flash cards to help with understanding antonyms. Word search is also an option, but doesn't appear to connect with antonyms. Words appropriate to upper elementary.

Students choose the correct relative pronoun from the underlined choices throughout a text.

Students use the method of their choice to combine two sentences based on an excerpt from the novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Students practice using various types of phrases and clauses to convey meaning and add variety to combined sentences.

This lesson introduces allusions and gives explanations and examples of four different types of allusion including literary, historical, religious, and mythic. [4:36]