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Interactive
Curated OER

Idiom Quizzes - Animals

For Students 5th - 10th
Following an exhaustive list of animal idioms, metaphors, and similes (categorized by animal), an online interactive quiz checks reader facility with their use. In each of 20 questions, a sentence has a definition for one expression in...
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Curated OER

I Am, Am Not! Project

For Students 5th - 7th
Get your class writing with this project idea. Kids choose two pictures of objects that are like them and two pictures of objects that are not like them to entice their readers. Then, they write an informative paragraph describing each...
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Curated OER

Similes and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th
What is a simile? What is a metaphor? How are both of these different? First, discuss the difference between the two terms, and then have your emerging writers practice identifying sentences that use either literary device. They are also...
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Curated OER

Fairy Tale Similes

For Students 2nd - 4th
Discuss similes in fairy tales using a simple worksheet. Learners take a look at the fairy tales they have read, talk about the definition of a simile, and list examples. Then, they create an illustration for one of the similes they have...
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Curated OER

The Learning Network: Fill In 2011 Commencement Speeches

For Students 7th - 12th
Meant to be used with the article "Words of Wisdom" also available on the New York Times website, this resource contains a fill in the blank exercise where learners complete the article by supplying missing words. Use words from the word...
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Curated OER

Personification #2

For Students 7th - 11th
Langston Hughes’ poem, Fall Leaves, provides the text for a personification identification worksheet. Pupils underline examples of this literary device and then write an explanation of how it is used in the poem.
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ESL Library

ESL Grammar Practice Worksheets: Future Tense

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Your class is going to get plenty of practice with these future tense worksheets, but will they enjoy themselves? You will have to find out! Learners practice using going to and will in various exercises, practicing with each type of the...
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Curated OER

Reading Non-Fiction: Persuasive Language

For Students 6th - 8th
In this persuasive text worksheet, students read an excerpt from an advertising leaflet and identify the persuasive words and phrases used in the text. Students then read the text about a Greenpeace campaign to identify emotive language.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Who Said It First? Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this original languages worksheet, learners utilize the Internet to access one specific website to find the original languages for eight unique words. Students draw a line from each word in column one to its original language in...
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Greece

For Students 6th - 10th
In this comprehension worksheet on Greece, students read the article presented and then answer the questions that follow. There are 12 short answer questions to complete about Greece, where it is located, the people, celebrations, and...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Back to School - School - What a Wonderful World This Would Be

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this back to school activity, students complete a crossword puzzle by identifying the school subjects that are shown in clip art pictures. They enter and check their answers online.
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Love to Know

Free Capitalization Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Not really a worksheet, but rather, a website that has 10 sentences void of all capital letters. Copy these onto a handout or project them on the wall for your class to use as practice. Answers follow, along with an explanation as to why...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Concept Map

For Students 2nd - 8th
A blank concept map graphic organizer helps learners get their information, thoughts, and ideas organized. One initial concept splits into three sub-topics, which then provide a larger section for more details.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language – Past Tense of Verbs – Regular and Irregular Verbs

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this past tense practice worksheet, respond to 139 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding the appropriate use of regular and irregular verbs.
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Lesson Plan
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Language - Two Adjectives Connected By - And

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the proper pair of adjectives and write them on the blank lines to complete each of 6 sentences. They use adjective pairs from the word bank at the top of the page.
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Activity
Penguin Books

An Educator's Guide to Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Prepare to teach Jan Brett stories by taking a look at this teacher resource, which includes text-based questions, writing assignments, discussion ideas, and vocabulary practice for 18 different stories.
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Assessment
Fluence Learning

Writing a Narrative: How Bear Lost His Tail

For Students 3rd Standards
After reading the first, second, and third parts of "How Bear Lost His Tail", third grade writers answer questions about the story by completing a series of options, including discussion points. Then, they begin to plan a new narrative...
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Fluence Learning

Writing an Argument: Is Electronic Communication Helpful or Harmful?

For Students 7th Standards
Technology has undoubtedly improved the lives of people around the world—but has it improved communication? Seventh graders read two informative passages about the rise of texting and emailing versus in-person conversations before...
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Fluence Learning

Writing About Literature: Exploring Themes About Conformity

For Students 7th Standards
Feeling the pressure to confirm is something any adolescent can relate to. Explore an essential theme with a response to literature assessment that prompts learners to identify main ideas with evidence and supporting details.
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Fluence Learning

Writing About Informational Text: Everybody Can Bike

For Students 4th Standards
A three-part assessment challenges scholars to read informational texts in order to complete three tasks. Following a brief reading, class members take part in grand conversations, complete charts, and work in small groups to research...
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Fluence Learning

Writing About Literary Text: Wise or Foolish?

For Students 4th Standards
A three-part assessment promotes reading comprehension skills. Class members read literary texts and take notes to discuss their findings, answer comprehension questions, write summaries, and complete charts. 
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Assessment
Fluence Learning

Writing an Opinion: Student Council

For Students 4th Standards
A three-part assessment challenges scholars to write opinion essays covering the topic of the student council. After reading three passages, writers complete a chart, work with peers to complete a mini-research project, answer...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Connectives

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Using connectives and conjunctions is an easy way to vary sentence structure. Third graders review the given connectives, then use them to combine two simple sentences. The second section allows learners to use more words and phrases as...
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Curated OER

Word Analogy Questions

For Students 4th - 12th
Looking for analogies? Here are 501.

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