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Study Skills- Fact and Opinion
Young scholars engage in a variety of activities in order to achieve the objectives of a layered curriculum unit. They take notes on the differences between fact and opinion. Students also use a newspaper in order to recognize...
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Let's Be Honest!
Pupils investigate the concepts of honesty and take a survey about honesty. They use the New York Times to conduct research to identify the characteristics commonly found in stories about cheating. Students write reflective papers about...
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Letter to the Editor
Young scholars analyze and interpret letters to the editor, and use this information to write their own. Groups of students analyze letters, then submit one of their own design to an actual newspaper.
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Mixed Plate
Students locate a sample restaurant review in a newspaper or magazine. They examine the review to find the opinion of the reviewer and discuss reviews that convey mixed opinions. They compose an original review in a similar style to...
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You've Got to be Taught to Hate and Fear
Students explore themes of prejudice and acceptance. In this character education lesson plan, students listen and respond to several fiction books, poems, and lyrics with a similar theme. Students locate articles with the main idea of...
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Art Smart
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the expression of art that is popular in modern times. They read articles from the New York Times and write reflectively about the featured art exhibits. Students use the newspaper to...
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Every Picture Tells a Story
Young scholars consider controversial photos of Elian Gonzalez and decide how they, as editors of the Times, might have displayed them. They choose, discuss, and write about other famous images from photojournalism to decide what makes the
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Discovering Forest Products
Learners identify attributes of natural and manufactured wood products. In this forest products instructional activity, learners perform independent research to find an article about forest use or forest products. They spread out samples...
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Pictographic Poetry of Current Events
Students discuss recent currents events as a class. Using one of the events, they write a poem about how they feel about the event in question. They choose specific symbols that relate to event and write a poem about it as well. They...
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Calendar Clues Worksheet
In this birthday calendar worksheet, students look closely at a classroom birthday calendar and use the graphic organizer on the worksheet to analyze the data. Then students use the data to write a newspaper story, poem , or story.
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Something Special
Students identify their personal skills and strengths and learn to use the attributes in their own experiences. In this personal attributes lesson, students write down a skill or strength they are proud of. Students then toss their...
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make
For this common English mistakes worksheet, students read 20 sentences and identify the mistakes in each. Students then categorize the mistakes as apostrophe, article, capital letter, clumsy style, comma, extra or missing words, or...
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make 4
In this common English mistakes worksheet, learners read 20 sentences and identify the mistakes in each. Students then categorize the mistakes as apostrophe, articles, capital letters, clumsy style, commas, extra or missing words, or...
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make 3
In this grammar worksheet, learners analyze 20 sentences and mark the one error in each. Students look for errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling or writing style. This page is intended for ESL adults, but is usable for proofreading...
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make
In this grammar mistakes worksheet, learners find the mistakes English native speakers make when using their own language. Students identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to....
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HEALTH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students use the information gathered from the Nick News Special Edition about homelessness. Each student creates a homeless collage poster featuring magazine and newspaper pictures and articles about the topic and a brief descriptive...
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9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward
Students watch and discuss a video about teens living in and around New York and how 9-11 changed their lives. They answer discussion questions, read and discuss newspaper/magazine articles, take a self-test on depression, and create a...
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Preity Zinta
In this famous people worksheet, students read about Preity Zinta and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to synonym matching, sequencing, writing, spelling and vocabulary activities.
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Biome Exchange - Send the "Stuff" Not The Kids
Students exchange ecological information with students from different geographic biomes. They box up the "unique ecologically significant features" of their area, send the box to another class in another area and then receive a similar...
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In The News
Students investigate the life of Amelia Earhart and conduct research using a variety of resources including Scholastic.com. Then they take the information and write a newspaper article. The entire process of writing is completed...
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Current Events Poster
In this language arts learning exercise, students choose a current event topic and look for newspaper and magazine articles. Students read the articles, highlight key points and important words, take notes and write a summary. Students...
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Report on a Reporter
Learners listen as a local reporter visits their classroom. They write them a thank you note and develop their own questions to ask them. They practice using proper sentence structure and grammar.
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The Merci Train
Students investigate the Merci Train and conduct research in order to write a summary about its origination and purposes. They make a boxcar that is designed and made from construction paper and glue and wrapped around cardboard.
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1945 Project
Students investigate an aspect of life in 1945 in their country. They write a newspaper account of the topic they research.