Dan Hemdal

The Veldt is a short story that questions technology and parenting. Included are 16 comprehension questions that were created to go along with the story. Also included is the Answer Key to those same questions. The story itself is NOT included in this. This activity can be used as an assessment at the conclusion of reading this story or it could be used for comprehension and can be completed while reading this story.

This is a summative assessment project for the Scarlet Letter. This is a two part project. The first part of this project is an essay. It asks students to explain how if they were required to wear a letter for a mistake that they had made, what would it be? It requires them to go back to the text and compare how they would feel to specific events where Hester was looked down upon or scrutinized based on her situation. There is a rubric provided in the directions. The second part of the projec

I created this three-part budgeting activity for my Practical Math class. I went online and found a weekly advertisement for a local grocery store and used that for this assignment. However, if you have access to newspapers at your school, you could use any weekly ad from a grocery store for this activity. The first of the assignments is a basic introduction to the activity, they must look through the advertisement and can pick ANYTHING they want to eat for dinner. In this first assignment,

This document is a list of comprehension questions varying from 8-20 questions of all the chapters from the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Included with this is the answer key. There are over 200 questions AND answers included in this document.

This activity asks students to do some research on the Son's and Daughter's of Liberty, and answer some basic questions about them. Once they are done their research, the assignment is to use that information to make recruiting posters for these organizations. There is a basic, easy to understand rubric attached to the bottom which gives clear expectations of the assignment.

This activity is to be used after you introduce how to write checks. It is a worksheet that starts with the students receiving $500 and throughout the worksheet they have the choice of buying certain items. They must subtract each check from their balance. At the end of the worksheet there are two "check layout" questions asking the students to answer what information goes in certain spots on the check. There is no answer key provided because students can choose different options throughou

This can be used as a summative assessment or final project for The Giver. This project requires students to put on the shoes of a member of the community and create a Brochure advertising the community. Students are asked to recall rules, assignments, and other specifics about the community as well as using their own creativity to create this brochure. Attached is a rubric as well as an example brochure.

This activity DOES NOT include the text of "The Monkey's Paw." This activity was made to be done after completion of the short story "The Monkey's Paw." Students are asked to use an "8 1/2 x 11" size piece of paper, and create a colorful warning label that would deter anyone from ever using the Paw if they crossed paths with it. By completing this assignment, students will show their creativity and also show their comprehension of the story since most of the warnings are taken from events fro

This is a basic behavior intervention plan template along with a data collection sheet. This can be used in the special education setting as well as used for RTI/MTSS.

This is a worksheet that can be used in a Consumer Math class. There are 7 questions on this worksheet and each one gives 3 bits of information: 1) How much money you make an hour? 2) The hours you worked in the morning. 3) The hours you worked in the afternoon. Students are asked to use this information to calculate how much money they would make in a day. I have no included taxes in these problems, I felt like that would be better suited for an activity later in the year. This is simply

This is an assignment used in a History class. It asks students to do research into their heritage, and create a powerpoint presentation answering certain questions asked on the instructions. This DOES NOT ask students to look specifically into their personal heritage. For example, I am half Italian, so if I were asked to complete this assignment I would do a research project on Italian Immigration to America.

This activity can be used when talking about the George Washington and the first Cabinet. This asks students to find the three pieces of information for each member of the Cabinet. These pieces of information are: the name of each position, a description of each position, and the name of the person who was in Washington's Cabinet.

This project asks students to do outside research on one of the major battles of the Revolutionary War. Students are given the choice of selecting one of six major battles. Once they have selected a specific battle, they are then asked to answer seven questions about that battle, and include a picture. Once this poster is complete, students can either be asked to present their poster to the class, or students can be asked to hang out their posters around the room, and the class can circulat

This creative assignment asks students to create 5 different "Help Wanted" posters for specific jobs throughout American History. This assignment can either be used during a specific time in America or it can be used for students to review previous times covered throughout the class. Each poster is worth 20 points which in the end will total 100 points. I graded my students on creativity and color for 10 points, and another 10 points for historical accuracy.

It is important to use this activity BEFORE you read the story because some of the vocabulary is difficult, so if the students complete this activity they will be more familiar with the vocabulary when they read the story. This activity is used before you start reading the short story " A Monkey's Paw." A triple entry journal is a strategy used to help with vocabulary. The paper is split into three columns. The first column the students are asked to write the word down. The second column

This assignment includes two recipes for desserts. The original recipe is listed on the worksheet, and the assignment is that the students need to make more than they originally thought. They must go through and, using their skills of adding and multiplying fractions, create new larger recipes. There are two columns on this assignment for each recipe. One column is for the recipe to be doubled and the other column is for the recipe to be made 4 times bigger.

This project can be an individual or group project. This assignment gives the students the option of choosing one of three different types of pyramids. They must include specific information about the pyramids and translate that information onto a poster. There is a rubric attached to the directions. One of the pieces of the rubric is for group work, so that may need to be omitted if you are assigning this as an individual project. In the directions, it states that this is the first part

This activity can be used for any Character analysis work. This specific example is about creating a Vertical Name Poem for the two main characters in "The Gift of the Magi," Della and James. To set up this poem students must write either name vertically down the side of their paper. They must write a sentence or a word (depending on academic level) that starts with one of the letters of their name. This is difficult to explain, which is why I provided an example on the worksheet. The poem

This activity asks students to pick either the Southern, Middle, or New England colonies, and create a brochure advertising that region. The directions layout specific instructions of what information needs to be included in this brochure. There is no rubric attached to this assignment.

When you ask students to think about the American Revolution and draw a flag representing it, almost all of them will draw the American Flag. However, there were many, many flags that were used throughout the Revolution which represented a number of different groups and organizations. This activity will ask students to explore these flags and answer basic questions about the groups they represent.