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Grade 6-8 Printable Lesson Plans

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Grade: 6-8 Language Arts: Royal Wedding Anniversary Interview...Students take on the role of international journalists, preparing interview questions for the newest UK monarch as she celebrates the first anniversary of her royal wedding.

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Grade: 6-8 Language Arts: Persuasive Writing Activity...Based on these baseballers' stories, take a swing at persuasive writing and supporting arguments in your class.

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Grade: 6-8 Language Arts: Persuasive Writing Activity...Based on these baseballers' stories, take a swing at persuasive writing and supporting arguments in your class.

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Grade: 6-8 Social Studies: Titanic Experience Essay...Engage students' creativity writing skills as they write historical fiction based on the Titanic sinking.

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Grade: 6-8 Social Studies: Identifying Major American Protests...In the The Hunger Games' rebellious spirit, your students will identify and explain major protests in American history.

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Grade: 6-8 Science: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Comparison... The anniversary of the record-setting earthquake in Japan will have your students comparing how earthquakes and tsunamis are related.

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Grade: 6-8 Math: Lotto Probability Problems...What are the odds? Using figures from real life lotto winners, practice problems about the probabilities and percentages that come with games of chance.

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Grade: 6-8 Language Arts: Twitter Parts of Speech Practice...Using the story of one heroic tweeter, your students will identify and explain parts of speech.

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Grade 6-8 Math: Hockey Probability Problems...These twin brothers pull a switch and sink a tough shot that will inspire your students to learn the odds of winning big.

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Grade 6-8 Language Arts: Poetry Practice with "Giant George"...Students give a poetic shout out to "Giant George," the world's largest dog!

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Grade: 6-8 Language Arts: The Me Board with Lady Gaga... Inspired by Lady Gaga's Born This Way, your students will use metaphor, quotes and other symbolic skills to create their own me board.

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Language Arts: Headline Writing Activity...Dive into tabloid journalism with this story-writing activity following Malia's game show scandal.

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Science: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Comparison... Your students will compare how earthquakes and tsunamis are related as they learn about the record-setting earthquake in Japan.

Social Studies: US Government Protest Activity...Tap into this highly-contested political moment to bring US government procedure and citizen's rights to life.

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Language Arts: Bieber Mentor Journal Activity...Let Justin Bieber's success story jumpstart a writing activity about mentors.

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Social Studies: Comparing Egypt to Historic Revolutions...After a short reading about the Egypt Uprising, your students can compare this revolution to historical American revolutions using a comparison chart.

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Language Arts: Interview Activity...Your junior journalists will compose both sides of their interview with this young inventor.

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Language Arts: Speech Activity for NFL Rookie of the Year...With this potential rookie of the year, your students will explore the written voice, dialect and grammar.

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Science: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Comparison...Your students will compare how earthquakes and tsunamis are related as they learn about the record-setting earthquake in Japan.

Social Studies: US Government Protest Activity...Tap into this highly-contested political moment to bring US government procedure and citizen's rights to life.

Math: Comparing Fraction Values... Kutcher's new role on Two and a Half Men kicks off fraction comparison problems for your students.

Language Arts: The Me Board with Lady Gaga...Inspired by Lady Gaga's Born This Way, your students will use metaphor, quotes and other symbolic skills to create their own me board.

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Math: Government Shutdown Budget Activity...Inspired by the government's budget-making woes, your students will chart their own monthly budgets.

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Language Arts: Boss Character Traits with The Office...With the hype surround The Office finale, you can explore the character traits that make a good boss and cast a new Office leader.

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Science: How the Turtle Got His Shell...The story of how the turtle got his shell teaches about evolution and the scientific method explaining it.

Social Studies: Geography and Natural Disasters...This activity gets kids thinking critically about how earthquakes and other natural disasters have an impact on our past, present and future.

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Science: Comparing Storms Lesson... After learning about Hurricane Irene, your students will compare two different kinds of storms: hurricanes and earthquakes.

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Social Studies: Perspectives on the American Revolution... Current global revolutions will tie today's news into historical research and force your students to think critically about the merits of historical primary sources.

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Science: CSI Blood Splatter Graph... Play CSI while practicing valuable skills for tracking and graphing data for experiments.

Language Arts: Creating a Lullaby... Work poetry and wordplay into your classroom by turning students into lullaby composers.

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Science: Creating A Go Green Song... With Justin Timberlake as your guide, get the gist of going green through this musical student activity.

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Math: Stock Market Tracking Activity... In this math project, students will play investor as they choose stocks, track data and present their stock portfolio's performance.

Language Arts: Presidential Dialogue Activity...Inspired by Disney's Hall of Presidents, your students will transcend time to compose a presidential dialogue.

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Social Studies: Time Management Activity...Students learn about the escaped animals in Ohio and practice their time management skills as a fictional zoo keeper.

Language Arts: Halloween Epitaph Activity...In the Halloween spirit, students will put to rest something bad or negative in their lives in this epitaph writing activity.

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Social Studies: European Geography Activity...Students will learn about the new European debt deal and label the major countries of Europe.

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Language Arts: Comparing Reality Show Success...In this reality show-inspired activity, your students will create thoughtful comparisons and persuasive arguments.

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Language Arts: Empowering Adjective Competition...Brainstorm empowering adjectives at the speed of light with this comic book-inspired language arts activity!

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Language Arts: Career Comparison Activity...Twilight Star Robert Pattinson didn't realize the downside of his acting career, but your students will after they've completed this career comparison activity.

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Language Arts: Twitter Parts of Speech Practice...Using the story of one heroic tweeter, your students will identify and explain parts of speech.

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Math: Lotto Probability Problems... What are the odds? Using figures from real life lotto winners, practice problems about the probabilities and percentages that come with games of chance.

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Science: Physical Traits & New Species...After reading about the newly discovered 'jaguar' catfish, students will identify and compare physical traits of three species.

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Social Studies: ABC Africa Geography Project...Learn about the elections in Egypt and Congo as an introduction to a project exploring African culture, countries and geography.

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Language Arts: Bieber's Christmas Story Starters...Never say never, your students will be writing original Christmas stories with the help of Justin Bieber.

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Math: Gingerbread Geometry Activity...Make gingerbread house building an exercise in determining surface area and volume with this creative classroom project.

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Math: Hockey Probability Problems... These twin brothers pull a switch and sink a tough shot that will inspire your students to learn the odds of winning big.

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Science: Venn Diagram Activity with Bear Species...Learn more about Knut and how he is different from other kinds of bears with this amazing animal activity.

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Social Studies: Dream Location Geography Activity...This multi-option project differentiates your geography activity by giving students creative choices to describe their dream location while demonstrating their knowledge of the five themes of geography.

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Social Studies: "My Bag" Self Reflection Activity...This study on the behavior of consumers will jump start a self reflection activity based on your students' material possessions.

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Science: Idol Adrenaline Activity... With help from American Idol, your class can review the human body's response to stressful situations.

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