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Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech learning exercise, students are given words and they choose which part of speech it is. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Peeking At Pumpkins
Students listen to a read aloud about the life cycle of the pumpkin and discuss the process. They complete a life cycle booklet.
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Word Round Up: Developing Superior Sentences
In this sentence development activity, student complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions related to writing better sentences. Learners may click on a link for answers.
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Night by Elie Wiesel Chapter One
Students participate in a layered curriculum unit with varied difficulty activities like this one: Write a brief narrative (300 words) Discuss your answers to the following questions: What do you know about the Holocaust? Where did you...
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Dissecting the Media
Students examine an editorial point of view in journalism and explore how this contributes to the West's understanding of events in the Middle East. They discuss the concepts of objectivity and subjectivity, and how tone and vocabulary,...
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Overview of World events during the Deerfield Colonial Period
Eighth graders explore the political, social, religious, and economic world and national context in which the events of Deerfield occurred.
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The Lunar Disk
Students analyze lunar material using actual moon rocks that were brought back by Apollo astronauts. The teacher and student activity sheets are well-designed.
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Getting From Here To There
Students plan a driving trip using maps. Working in pairs, students receive a destination card and must create a plan for arriving at their destination using only a map. Trip plans should include, mileage, distance and time...
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Learning to Use Indefinite Pronouns
In this grammar worksheet, students learn to use indefinite pronouns in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer the 8 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Art Analysis and Creative Writing
Learners write an acrostic poem and analyze a work of art. In this art lesson plan, students look at a picture and answer questions about it, write a poem, write about the setting in the painting they saw, and answer short questions...
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Perimeter and Area of a Rectangle
Sixth graders fill out worksheets to find the perimeter and area of rectangles. In this perimeter and area lesson plan, 6th graders color in the area and measure the perimeters.
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Looking at Portraits: Reading Poe
Students compare the daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe by an unknown photographer with Poe's writings in an effort to discover the character of this mysterious author.
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What will you be for Halloween?
First graders construct a story sticking to the topic with 2-4 sentences.
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Reverie
Fifth graders read the poem "1755", answer questions on vocabulary, and talk about creating things with the imagination.
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Altars, Shrines and Tributes
High schoolers design an original altar, shrine or tribute in clay and other media.
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Consequences Role Play
Students take on the role of being another person in order to create an appreciation for different people. They fill in the answers to a survey and use the answers to swap papers and pretend to take the role of the other person with the...
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Stretch the Sentence with Articles, Nouns and Pronouns-Pretest
For this sentences worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions about extending sentences with nouns, articles and pronouns.
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Letter from the Chateau
Students write a friendly letter based on their observations of a painting by Poussin.
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Tuck Everlasting and Economic Decision-Making
Sixth graders use a decision-making grid and list the alternatives and criteria for deciding to drink the Water of Immortality. They examine advertisements and list the product for sale, where it is sold, and why consumers should buy it,...
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The Cyrano Project
Students participate in a variety of activities in a thorough study of the play, Cyrano De Bergerac. They discuss the themes of the play and how they relate to their own lives. They produce and perform their own interpretation of the...