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Flowering Plants
Students take notes and write an essay on a video they watch about flowering plants. In this flowering plants lesson plan, students take their notes and organize them in order to write an appropriate essay about the topic.
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Learning About Weather
First graders investigate natural weather disasters by writing an essay. In this weather instructional activity, 1st graders research one aspect of dangerous weather such as hurricanes, snow, floods, etc. Students take notes on their...
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Natural Resource Wars - who will be the winner
In this natural resources worksheet, students read articles about natural resources and write an essay about the issue they choose. Students answer 4 questions in their essay.
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Groundhog Day
In this Groundhog Day worksheet, students write an essay about Groundhog day using the vocabulary words given to them. Students complete the essay using all 11 words given.
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What Do I Write About?
Second graders write as essay describing the cooperative group drawing they made or describing the process to draw a group picture.
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Discussion Questions for Amber Bechtel's Essay on AIDS in South Africa
Students read an essay by Amber Bechtel on the situation of AIDS in South Africa. After reading, they participate in a class discussion answering questions posed by their teacher. To end the lesson, they reflect on the situation in the...
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Agriculture in Motion
Sixth graders write a poem and an essay about the machines they have learned about that are used in agriculture. In this machines lesson plan, 6th graders compare different kinds of machines and discuss the economic impact machines in...
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What Does Christmas Mean To Me?
Students write an essay about Christmas. In this holiday lesson, students write about what Christmas means to them. They include some ways that they have given to others during the season and proofread their own work.
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Conflicts Among People
Students explore the topic of conflict. In this literature lesson, students read and discuss the central issues in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Flesh and the Spirit," and "Somnambulism." Students write an essay.
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The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway
Students explore The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway. In this characterization lesson, students make notations about the characters as they read the book. Students write an essay on the characters Robert Cohn, Jake Barnes, and Brett...
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Indianapolis Government
Students read about a girl who takes a trip during the time of the State Capital moving to Indianapolis and then write their own essay about a trip that they took. In this Indianapolis Government lesson plan, students use maps and...
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Quilt Codes
Students list criteria to evaluate credible historical sources and defend their criteria in an essay. For this historical sources lesson plan, students review information of historical sources as well as the facts and pictures.
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Inventors and Scientists
Students research a scientific breakthrough. In this science instructional activity, students write an essay on a technology that has changed the world.
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Essay Writing Prompts
In this essay writing worksheet, seven writing prompts are provided. Students can choose any of the topics to write an essay about.
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College Writing
No matter how difficult high school writing may seem, college writing presents challenges of its own. The fourth in a series of 24 handouts from The Writing Center at UNC breaks down the expectations for college writing. Scholars learn...
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Bringing Animal Issues Into the Classroom
An informative worksheet invites learners to compose essays about animals. Some excellent writing prompts are included in this innovative worksheet. Use these ideas with a variety of grade levels.
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Practice Test English Language Arts: Grade 8
As teachers, it is our job to encourage learners to stand up for what they believe in and help them learn lessons from life's events. A set of practice questions designed for the ELA MCAS assessment features passages that teach positive...
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Silas Marner by George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, wrote Silas Marner in 1861. While you're compiling materials for your Victorian unit, consider printing off these essay questions to help readers really explore the text. Some...
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Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism
Tackle Transcendentalist literature with these questions. This resource provides 14 essay questions that cover different works by Thoreau and Emerson. Class members may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...
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O'Connor's Short Stories by Flannery O'Connor
After reading Flannery O'Connor's short stories, provide your high schoolers with these questions. You could use these to prompt higher level thinking for an upcoming test, or provide them as essay prompts.
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Here is an online interactive reading comprehension activity where pupils respond to 11 short-answer and essay questions based on War and Peace. They may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of the page.
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The Way of the World by William Congreve
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions based on The Way of the World. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of...
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Writing an Argument Essay: Planning the Essay
It's time for a quote sandwich! Using the resource, pupils learn about the three parts of an effective quotation: introduction, quote, and analysis. Scholars use the model to peer critique each others' writing to show what they learned.
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Civil Rights Video Essay
Students research an event or a person from a decade in American history when the civil rights movement was an important focus. They create a multimedia project based on the research.
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