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5th Grade Constructed Response Question

For Students 4th - 6th
New to constructed response question worksheets? Here's a model that demonstrates how to construct questions that require readers to interpret graphics found in informational text.
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36 Public Policy Questions to Energize Your Government/History Classroom Debates

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Need topics that are sure to engage your debaters? This list of public policy questions includes such topics as school mascots, regulation of major league baseball, physician-assisted suicide, and violence in video games. A great...
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Classical Academies

Story Openings

For Teachers 4th - 7th
How should you begin a story? Show this presentation to give your class a few ideas. Each slide includes information about story openings and examples of certain types of story openings written by well-known authors. After showing the...
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Albert Shanker Institute

Who Was Bayard Rustin?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Who was Bayard Rustin? Pupils analyze a series of primary source documents to learn about this important figure in the civil rights movement. The lesson contains a short film to watch along with guiding questions and other resources...
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Writing
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Story Opening One

For Students 4th - 6th
In this finishing a story, "Story Opening One" worksheet, students read the writing prompt, use the questions to consider before writing a middle and ending for the story, and complete the story. Students write 2 parts of a story.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 3, Grade 6

For Students 6th
For this 6th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students read selections and respond to open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also respond to 1 essay question.
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Printables
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ELA Unit Planning Template Style One

For Teachers K - 12th
Work with your department or on your own to create organized unit plans that connect to all parts of the Common Core standards. The three-page template includes space to summarize the unit, list standards for each category of the ELA...
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Worksheet
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Past Tense Interview

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
This open-ended activity to review past tense verbs could be used with both younger and older students. Using an interview format, students ask their classmates questions and fill in the answers. For younger students, you would want to...
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Sentence Starters

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Make your learners' stories the best they can be. Use this resource to help them identify and discuss the importance of an engaging opening for their stories. This presentation goes through a series of tips and examples to help make this...
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Aspen Institute

The Voice That Challenged a Nation

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Included here are step-by-step instructions for conducting a close reading of The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman. After an individual and class reading, class members read carefully through the text excerpt,...
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PPT
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Non-Chronological Reports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here is a short, ten-slide presentation which gives your students important tips on how to construct a well-written report. Tips include: putting questions into your report to make your readers think, and, how to end the report. Some...
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Lesson Plan
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Nuclear Scientists Project

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students explore nuclear scientists.  For this nuclear science research lesson, students choose a scientist who has contributed to nuclear theory, research his/her life and accomplishments, and write a paper. Students generate interview...
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Consumerism Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore consumerism. In this economics lesson, students work with a partner to complete an Internet Research consumer scavenger hunt. Students discuss information collected and conflicting answers to various questions.
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Getting into Shape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify 3-D geometric shapes through different pieces of artwork. They examine and identify segments and angles. Students act out shapes and create a piece of artwork. Additional cross curriculum activities are listed.
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Writing Workshop: Writing Process

For Teachers 4th - 6th
If reading seems to be going out the window due to television or other influences, it follows that writing might be close behind. Here are suggestions for setting up a writing workshop in your classroom to keep writing going strong.
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EngageNY

Qualities of a Strong Literary Analysis Essay

For Teachers 6th Standards
Read like a writer. Scholars read a model literary analysis in preparation for a similar writing assignment before annotating each paragraph for the gist. Next, pupils devise a list of qualities of a strong literary analysis essay. 
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Nebraska: Using Pictures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create a scrapbook about Nebraska history focusing on Post Office murals. They choose their favorite murals and write a story to go along with the mural. In groups, students present their murals to the class and visit the...
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Build a Journal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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Just the Facts, Ma'am

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use tables of content, chapter titles, and key words as a strategy for organizing non-fiction information. They write a paragraph with a partner using information from a graphic organizer.
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Creative Writing Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students practice recognizing the elements needed to produce a piece of creative writing and become aware of those elements in their own original pieces of writings. In groups, they creatively write a new story utilizing all the major...

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