Lessons and Ideas

Two Truths & A Lie started out as an ice-breaker or a party game. The rules are simple. You say three things about yourself: two are true, and one is a lie. The rest of the group tries to pick out the lie. And in the process, you get to know some ludicrous things about your new friends or classmates. It's a fun, quick way to build classroom culture. But we've taken this game a step further with The Week in Rap. Each week, we create a varying printable activity to accompany the video. This week, students can play Two…

Teach Figurative Language With Flocabulary [jwplayer file=https://s3.amazonaws.com/flocabulary/media-jrev/figurative-language-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images-jrev/figurative-language-image.jpg] Check out the lyrics and more.Listen to Flocabulary’s Figurative Language song. You’ll learn all about allusions, as well as metaphors, simile and more. Our alliteration lesson got your consonants clanging. Hyperbole was the best literary term ever. And last week, you made your words jump with personification. But today, we bring you the literary term that knows about all the cool places in town. It's read all the great books, seen all the best movies, and it's not afraid to tell you about them. Ladies and gentleman, meet allusion. Allusion Definition: A direct…

Brand-New Age of Exploration and Conquistador Songs Are Free This Week! Hip-Hop History of the World, Part One got you walking like an Egyptian. And now we're proud to debut Part Two! We take you from the Age of Exploration to the Age of Globalization--and it's only available at flocabulary.com. This October, we'll release 2 - 4 new World History songs each week for our digital subscribers. Just in time for Columbus Day, we're starting you off with The Age of Exploration and Conquistadors & Slavery. And they're free through Columbus Day! Start off with The Age of Exploration Circumnavigate the globe with Magellan or take a…