If your class is not reading a book at this time ask your teacher if you can chose a book from the list, read the book and do the activities instead of your classroom reading work. 

Look for the title of the book your class is reading or you would like to read. Notice that there are several activities for each book. Click on Activity #1 and carefully read the instructions, then complete that task. 

Open a Word document to record your answers or write the answer on paper or a worksheet your teacher gives you. Continue to Activity #2.  Do all the activities assigned by your teacher.  When you have completed the assignment don't forget to turn it in!!  Be prepared to get a grade for your different activity.

Open a Word document and answer the questions asked in the activity sections.
Save your Word doument to a disk and print a copy to turn in.

From Annenberg/CPB Exhibits

Martha Ballard's Diary (Grades 10-12)

"DoHistory invites you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. Although DoHistory is centered on the life of Martha Ballard, you can learn basic skills and techniques for interpreting fragments that survive from any period in history. We hope that many people will be inspired by Martha Ballard's story to do original research on other "ordinary" people from the past."

Discuss with your teacher expectations about assignments regarding this activity.

New Takes on Old Tales (Grades 4-12)Your mission is to rewrite a classic fairy tale so that it takes place in today's world. Buchenbruder Books (a wholly imagination-owned company) has a problem. For years, their best-seller in Germany was Grimms’ Fairy Tales. But now every family in the country seems to own a copy, and sales have plunged. So they’re trying something new—modern versions of the classic tales. You have been hired to write the first of these modern adaptations. Use the interactive site Grimm's Fairy Tales to find the tale you want to rewrite.

  Open a Word document to rewrite your fairy tale.