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Reading: Chartiy Stops
Students are introduced to the topic of chartiable giving. They examine people who are on tight budgets.
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Integrated Skills and Speaking: Reforming Education
Pupils examine quotes and discuss how education can be reformed. The best ideas are picked and a short presentation further explaining the idea is presented to the class.
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De Vacaciones en Bariloche
Students answer simple questions that do not require much analysis. They answer true/false questions. Students answer multiple choice which would be the best meaning of this word. They use graphic organizers to contrast a cheap vs, a...
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Telling Tales
Students verbally tell partners a personal version of a fairy tale to each other. They listen, analyze, and describe the tales' differences and similarities in a Venn diagram.
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Horses
Learners discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character.
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Audience-Smash Hits case study
Learners become familiar with the term audience after examining a story about the magazine Smash Hits and its decision to quit publication. After students study the magazine and methods currently used to receive music news, they design...
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High-Tech Heaven?
Students read and discuss, "Post-Christmas Comes a Geek's Gizmo-Rama" by David Pogue. They consider how technologies they use impact their lives.
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Could You Make an Oak Basket?
Students listen to an imaginative scenario in which they would need a white oak basket. They evaluate the photographs to determine whether there is enough information to make a basket. They write a brief statement expressing their...
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John's Dilemma
Students read and discuss the story "John's Dilemma". As a class, they answer discussion questions related to peer pressure and responsibility. They compare a quote by Anne Frank to the situation John is going through in the story to...
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Who's Who?
Young scholars study different aspects of making a PowerPoint presentation by becoming experts in the areas of graphics, audio, navigation and aesthetics. They work in teams to create a 5 minute presentation.
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December Celebrations
Students explore the various ways people in our country and other countries conduct celebrations during the month of December. They research the celebration they've chosen and will present this to the class.
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He Never Stopped Moaning! --adjectives
In this grammar worksheet, students discover that careful choice of adjectives can make a piece of writing more interesting and powerful. Students read a story about a girl and her first date with a hard-to-please boyfriend. Students...
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Test Your Reading Skills - Understanding Maps 2
In this map reading learning exercise, students will use their answers from p.62 (another learning exercise) and the map of Melton Park on p. 61 (another learning exercise) to fill in the missing words on the learning exercise.
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Discourse Markets Worksheet
In this discourse markers worksheet, students read 10 sentences and insert the appropriate discourse marker from the word bank that best completes each sentence.
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The Form of the Present Perfect Tense
In this present perfect tense worksheet, students change the infinitive form of the verb into the present perfect form in order to complete sentences.
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City Quiz Series
In this United Kingdom cities activity, students read the sentences about 'A Visit to Derby Industrial Museum at the Skil Mill' and answer the 20 questions.
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Why Survey?
In this survey worksheet, students take surveys and answer questions about famous Americans, inventions, and teen ethics. Students answer questions about 3 surveys.
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World-Class Competition
Young scholars investigate the demographics and team history of some of the countries participating in the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.
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Perspectives
Seventh graders describe an event, a situation, etc. through the eyes of two people or two inanimate objects.
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Follow One Step Directions From Peers
Students practice taking directions from their peers during group activities. With teachers, they practice the directions and then gradually start practicing with their mainstream friends. They are given marks on a chart noting how they...
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Test Your Spelling Skills: Advanced Spelling Challenge 4
In this spelling worksheet, students will look at 3 boxes each containing 10 words. Of those 1o words, 5 words are spelled incorrectly. Students will underline each incorrect word and then spell it correctly. The words are in British...
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Test Your Spelling Skills: Advanced Spelling Challenge 2
In this spelling worksheet, students will look at 3 boxes each containing 10 words. Of those 10 words, 5 are misspelled. Students will underline the misspelled words and write them correctly. The words are in British English.
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What’s the Infinitive...? Test Your Grammar Skills
In this grammar worksheet, students read the definition of the infinitive or the basic form of a verb. They underline the verb in 20 sentences and write the infinitive form on the blank line next to the sentence.
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100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!
In this oxymoron learning exercise, students test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.