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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students, during the last week of the year, are placed into 12 teams to represent countries of the world. All of students participate in a school-wide Olympics that involves 4 rounds of fun activities. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students read and participate in activities based on the book by Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students read about an American writer, and also practice how to write a response to literature. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss writings about the California Gold Rush. They examine works by Robert Frost, Mark Twain and others and then compare the writer's images of the times to other historical documents. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students read Chapter 17 of Mark Twain's, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and create a map of showing the main events of the journey down the river. They discuss the symbolism of the river in the novel during reciprocal teaching sessions. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students experiment with note-taking systems and identify systems that work best for them. They read the Twain essay on the BLM and take notes on the three techniques Twain used to remember his speech. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students take a virtual field trip to the ruins of Pompeii to explore about everyday life in Roman times, then create a travelogue to attract visitors to the site and write an account of their field trip modeled on a description of Pompeii written by Mark Twain. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and analyze an excerpt from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. Students use the Six Traits of Writing to compose an essay on a personal life ambition that each students may have. Students use prewriting strategies and evaluate their own and another's essay. Students use grammatical and mechanical conventions in their essay. Students write a well developed, organized, and interesting essay. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read aloud and perform a simplified version of Mark Twain's novel, "The Prince ad the Pauper." They watch a video version of the novel and then analyze, compare and contrast characters. Each student also writes letters to a character from the point fo view of another character and then create a new ending to the play. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the subtle shift from romanticism to realism in American literature in the post-Civil War period. After an introduction to the period, they work in groups to research various authors, such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain. Included in their presentations are timelines and book covers for their author biographies. Full Review »
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