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June 6, 1933 - Drive -In Movies
In this writing prompt instructional activity, students learn that June 6, 1933 was the day the first drive-in movie theatre opened in the United States. Students write about whether they would rather watch a movie and a drive-in or...
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Every Day Edit - New Jersey "The Garden State"
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the state of New Jersey. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Star Wars in the Classroom
"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Days 13 and 14
How important are sound effects in films? In stage plays? In radio programs? To gain an understanding of the impact of these special effects, class members watch a short video spoof of the sound in a scene from Star Wars: A New...
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Present in Context: Identifying present tense verbs
in this present tense verbs worksheet, students choose the correct present tense verb from the highlighted words. Students complete 9 problems.
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Devising a Measure for Correlation
How well does your class understand the concept of correlation? Use an activity to explore different methods of calculating correlation. Working alone and then in groups, your class will make decisions on what math to apply to the...
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Essay Writing: Components of an Essay
The multi-paragraph essay is the subject of a presentation designed for high schoolers. Color codes are used to highlight for viewers the different elements found in each paragraph. Unlike some presentations, the same essay is used...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Al Gore Heats up a Debate
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Political Dr. Seuss
In this historical events activity, students analyze political cartoons by Theodor Geisel. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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Leveled Problem Solving Order of Operations
In this order of operations practice learning exercise, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Sentence Parts: Quiz
In this sentence parts worksheet, learners determine the "problem" in a set of sentences: punctuation, pronoun-antecedent agreement, spelling, or subject verb agreement.
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Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
Young scholars explore the concept of adding integers. In this adding integers lesson, students simulate the battle of the 300 spartans at Thermopylae. Young scholars use colored game pieces to represent positive and negative numbers. ...
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Contractions
What are the Spanish contractions? Review the contractions, and then provide your class with this practice sheet. For each of the 13 sentences provided, your learner must identify the correct translation out of the four options listed....
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Setting And Plot
Pupils investigate the concept of setting with the use of reading different excerpts from multiple samples of texts. They execute well-thought out statements of the setting considering the important details that point it out during the...