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Unit Plan
Santa Ana Unified School District

The Giver

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Wouldn't it be great to live an a community without pain, without danger? Such a society is the goal of the community in The Giver. Using Lois Lowry's dystopian novel as the core text, class members read primary source materials about...
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Dream of a Nation

Creating Awareness through Action Oriented Writing and Research

For Teachers 8th Standards
Middle schoolers aren't too young to feel strongly about politics, social issues, consumer rights, or environmental problems. Demonstrate the first steps toward social change with a project about action-oriented writing. Eighth graders...
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Website
University of North Carolina

Passive Voice

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Why was the road crossed by the chicken? Because the writer forgot to write in active voice. Many myths surround the use of passive voice. Thankfully, an informative handout explains how to recognize passive voice and when it's okay to...
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PPT
Pearson

The Passive

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What happens when a painting is stolen? A presentation themed after Edvard Munch's The Scream is a great way to introduce the passive voice to your class. 
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Grammar Net

Active to Passive

For Students 4th - 10th Standards
Do they inspect the trains, or are the trains inspected? Change twelve sentences from the active voice into the passive voice with a grammar worksheet.
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Curriculum Corner

8th Grade ELA "I Can" Statement Posters

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth grades can master the ELA Common Core standards! Show your learners the connection between classroom activities and assignments and the standards with this set of "I Can" statement posters. Each standard has been rewritten as an...
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Curriculum Corner

8th Grade ELA Common Core Checklists

For Teachers 8th Standards
How close are your eighth graders to mastering the ELA Common Core standards? Keep an eye on progress with these charts, which include every eighth grade identifier and full standard text. As you move through the year and teach, reteach,...
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Unit Plan
Syracuse City School District

Reading Comprehension Unit Plan

For Teachers 8th Standards
A unit plan uses short texts to teach literary elements such as theme and characterization. Included are passages by authors such as Walter Dean Myers and Sandra Cisneros. Activities include quick writes, filling in graphic organizers,...
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K12 Reader

Pronouns as Indirect Objects

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Pronouns used as indirect objects are the focus of this short activity that asks learners to fill in the correct pronoun.
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Worksheet
Spelling City

Verbs and Their Present & Past Participles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Participles can be confusing. Practice the present and past participle of three different verbs with a quick matching worksheet. Class members must read each sentence and select the correct form of the verb from the column on the left...
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Worksheet
Spelling City

Irregular Verbs in Present & Past Tense

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The English language has many irregular verbs. Clear up confusion with a quick exercise. The worksheet focuses on the many forms of three different verbs: Break, shine, and speak. Pupils read each sentence and select the correct form of...