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Romeo and Juliet Newspaper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a newspaper after reading the play "Romeo and Juliet." They include an appropriate title, wedding announcement, an advice column, an obituary and classified advertisements.
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Argument in an Athenian Jail: Socrates and the Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider how Socrates might have responded to extenuating circumstances: for example, if his sentence had been imposed by a tyrant rather than in a trial, or if it had been influenced by prejudice.
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Nursery Rhyme Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students become familiar with many different nursery rhymes. They use nursery rhymes for a variety of creative activities including writing, singing, poetry and acting.
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It's in the Paper! (Newspaper In Education Unit)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of the kinds of information found in newspapers, present examples, and state how reading a newspaper is useful to them and people they know.
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"Twelfth Night": What's so funny?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm and discuss elements of modern humor. They compare humor in their own lives to the humor that Shakespeare used in "Twelfth Night". They perform portions of "Twelfth Night" focusing on its humor.
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American Aloha Lesson Plan: Perpetuating Indigenous Cultural Traditions in Diaspora

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the culture and decline of the culture of native Hawaiian people as the islands were colonized. They study issues of cultural identity for Native Hawaiians.
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Practical Writing in the Intermediate Grades

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss lists of interesting topics on which to write. They explore those things that interest them, excite them and express themselves freely. They organize the value of their own thoughts and use their individual lists that...
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Animal Story: An Informational Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the computer to research information and publish creative narrative stories about the life of a specific Everglades animal. This lesson uses many educational, computer programs including the iLife suite, publishing...
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Mocking Modern Life

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read "The Nun's Priest's Tale" and "The Rape of the Lock" then brainstorm possible topics for a contemporary mock epic and possible "grandiose" words and phrases for common objects and activities. They write a mock epic...
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Working With Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research a topic of their choice using the internet, magazines, and books. In this research lesson plan, 5th graders are graded on their research and delivery skills of their presentation.
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Wondrous Water

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the different properties of water. They experimenting with different activities, each one explaining a different property of water. Students read an article "Small, Ues, But Might: The Molecule Called Water." and then...
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Macbeth

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners engage in a variety of activities in order to complete a unit about the Shakespeare work of Macbeth. The lessons are part of a layered curriculum. The objective is to create a portfolio to create more layers.
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To Kill a Mockingbird

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars participate in a layered curriculum unit in order to give them opportunities to master objectives. Students pick the activities and this allows a differentiated instructional activity to occur with many opportunities for...
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Lesson Plan 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". As a class, they discuss what they daydream about and discuss why the character in the story does it. To end the lesson, they identify the characters, indirect and direct...
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Ways to Share Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this book report idea sheet, students are given a list of 20 possibilities for creating a non-traditional book report (e.g., making a diorama; making a poster).
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 7)

For Students 7th - 8th
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis learning exercise, students define ten key vocabulary words using only one or two words and answer nine comprehension questions on letter seven.
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Students Information And Interest Survey

For Students 5th - 6th
In this personal information activity, students fill out this form to give details about their personal history, prior experiences and preferences. This could be used for information gathering or as an icebreaker activity.
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Benjamin Franklin

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students take part in a variety of activities that are under the theme of Benjamin Franklin. They could be a word search or puzzle.
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Spelling Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
For this literacy worksheet, learners work together to find the words that are necessary to solve the word search puzzle. Spelling is emphasized.
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Baseball Word Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students solve a word search based upon the theme of baseball. They also have access to other puzzles that are related.
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Soccer Theme Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the answers to the activities that are based on the game of soccer. They include word searches and some other puzzles.
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Blends Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a word bank with 40 words which contain consonant blends. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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Sight Words A-F

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sight words A-F worksheet, students review, pronounce and utilize in speech twenty four sight words and then locate and circle each one in a word search worksheet.
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Spelling Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students use the spelling words in order to set the context for a series of activities that include a word search or puzzles.

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