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Engaging English: Create Alliteration Wall-Hangings to Excite Young Learners

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the concept of alliteration. In this sound devices lesson, students use educational software to create alliterative phrases that are accompanied by appropriate clip art, design tools, and graphics.
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All About Kennings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The word kenning is derived from an old Norse phrase. It means, "to express a thing in terms of another." Pupils practice identifying and using kennings in the modern English language. This presentation was produced in Britain, and has a...
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ABA Form in Music

For Teachers 4th
Patterns happen everywhere, in music, math, and language! Fourth graders listen to the "William Tell Overture" visualizing the patterns that they hear. They then discuss and write an ABA poem that matches the ABA form found in the music...
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Total English Elementary: Which Ones?

For Students 3rd - 5th
A reading paragraph to correct, and nine questions related to possessive pronouns awaits your budding grammarians. This two-part worksheet includes a page for the class and one for the teacher. Don't you just love teacher notes?
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Total English Elementary: The Best Thing is...

For Students 3rd - 5th
Given two nouns separated by an adjective, learners create eight sentences using the adjective in comparative form. Example: Jamaica/hot/UK, which becomes Jamaica is hotter than the UK. They then write the superlative form of eight...
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English in Mind Unit 1: Grammar Practice

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this grammar practice worksheet, pupils practice using a or an, write words into number and numbers into words, and select the correct word to complete a sentence. Students answer thirty three short answer and multiple choice questions.
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Woody Guthrie: Life and Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Woody Guthrie will capture the imagination of even your most reluctant learners. Using his work, your class will develop their skills in non-fiction reading comprehension, interpreting primary source material, and use of multiple forms...
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The Art of Nouns: Common or Proper Nouns?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
While short, this presentation would provide a interesting and creative way to discuss common and proper nouns. This is a concept that students have difficulty understanding. In order to be able to write properly, students need to master...
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A Story on a Vase

For Teachers K - 5th
Students associate a hydria with Greek myths. In this Greek art and mythology activity, students examine a scene on a hydria, then choose a Greek myth to illustrate on their own painting.
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The Amazing Maud Lewis

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students investigate cultural art from Canada by reading about Maud Lewis.  In this Canadian history lesson, students identify the work of Lewis by visiting her magazine website.  Students identify other heroes in Nova Scotia...
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Creating a Story that "Stacks" on Itself and Repeats a Catch Phrase

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. In this story structure instructional activity, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Students...
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Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify metaphors.  In this figurative language lesson, students learn about metaphors and listen to various examples.  Students read a story and identify the metaphors present.  Students complete a worksheet...
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How To Interpret a Newspaper Article

For Students 4th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students are asked to interpret a newspaper article. Students will decipher what phrases or catch words are used to capture the reader's attention.
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Dictionary Work

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, learners investigate using a dictionary to determine the meanings of 8 words. Students find the words, write the page number and the definition and answer a yes/no question which shows their understanding...
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Cause And Effect Map

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this Language Arts worksheet, students create a cause and effect map. Students describe three causes, one event or situation, and three effects.
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The Daily Blab

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students are provided a template for which to write a newspaper article. Students complete their own article and provide a picture/illustration to accompany what they have written.
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Writing Conversation: Using Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners learn to use quotation marks in written conversation. Students proofread 5 sentences and add the necessary punctuation. Then learners write a conversation, starting a new line and indenting with...
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Wuzzles And Puzzles 9

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these language arts worksheets, students complete six "wuzzles." Using the clues provided, students decipher the sayings or short phrases of each word puzzle.
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Essential Words- Second 100 Essential Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts activity, students fill in the missing letter in each word in a table of 100 essential words. They write the correct word in the box directly to the right of the word with the missing letter. They complete these...
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Aesop's Fables: Unity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts and literature worksheet, students read 3 separate Aesop's fables that all have the theme of unity. Students then complete 5 pages of essay questions, short answer, detail checking, higher meaning reflections and...
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Word Pairs

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners compare similar words that are often confused. In this Language arts activity, students review meanings of words that are often confused. Learners complete a worksheet and sentences to practice correct usage of these words.
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Reading-Author's Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts lesson plan, students bring in junk mail and in small groups discuss what the...
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A Life For A Life: Irish Tower Houses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students review Irish tower houses. After reading a book about these towers (title not included), students complete 5 short answer questions, illustrate a tower, and have the option of researching other...
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Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Students complete a...

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