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Persuasive and Emotive Language Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore persuasive language. In this emotive language lesson, students consider the use of language that incites readers as they participate in reading and writing activities that require them to describe a tourist...
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students prepare for a trip to a museum and review the elements of art. In this museum and art lesson, students define the difference between looking at a reproduction of art and an original. Students identify the elements of art in and...
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Pinwheel Modern Art Styles

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore artistic design by creating pin wheel models in class. In this modern art activity, students examine historic art work of Van Gogh, O'Keeffe and Mondrian before emulating their work on construction paper. Students...
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African Art: Ntan Drum

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners study African history, anthropology and culture using the lens of the art object, Ntan Drum. Lesson and instruction is differentiated for elementary, middle and high school students.
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Language Arts Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this online interactive language arts review worksheet, students respond to 36 multiple choice questions regarding literature and grammar. Students may submit their answers to be scored. A reading selection is missing for a small...
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test--Grade 8 (2009)

For Students 7th - 9th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts learning exercise, students read passages and write an essay responding to the selection.  Students use a graphic organizer to plan their essay.
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Language Arts: Vocabulary Words

For Students 5th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students unscramble the letters of 15 vocabulary words and spell them correctly. The worksheet contains the solution.
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Japanese-Inspired Sea Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the Japanese influence on Cincinnati artist Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, by examining her metal works, Basket and Chalice. They research a sea creature using nonfiction books or Internet resources. Students...
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Read My Expression

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create a facial expression in clay using slabs of clay and coils that convey a feeling inspired by a poem in this excellent cross-curricular instructional activity suitable for the Laqnguage Arts or Art classroom. National...
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A Master Production

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create an "art garment" incoporating personal writings and found quotes with images of life and dreams on a disposable or recycled garment. This lesson includes scoring rubric.
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Formal and Informal Language

For Students 7th - 9th
Use this resource to prepare your class for an interview unit, a presentation activity, or to simply rid their writing of informal expressions. It prompts learners to identify whether listed expressions are formal or informal. Note: The...
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Written and Oral English language conventions: Independent Practice

For Students 5th - 7th
Sit or sat? Passed or past? Assess your pupils’ mastery of verb usage with 10 multiple choice questions. Learners must select the correct sentence from the listed four options.
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Written and Oral English Language Conventions: Independent Practice

For Students 6th - 8th
Sit/set, past/passed, except/accept, rise/raise, lie/lay. Are some of your pupils still misusing these verbs? Here are 10 multiple choice prompts that will provide them with extra practice. The worksheet could be used in class or as...
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Days of the Week

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
"TH" is for "Thursday." Language learners practice pronouncing the English names for the days of the week, write these names on cards, and then place the cards in order.
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Spruce up a class reading of the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback with this fun series of activities. Starting with a list of reading comprehension questions and key vocabulary to address during a teacher...
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Lesson Plan: The Tour Starts at Noon

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva is a piece that represents characteristics, meanings, and ideals common to those who practice Buddhism in Japan. Learners fully analyze this piece, then take a virtual trip to examine the Buddhist...
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Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...
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Details, Details, Details

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...
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Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A thorough lesson plan takes your first grade class through Jane Yolen's beautiful Owl Moon. It crafts the unit with clear objectives, high-level guiding questions, cloze activities and sentence frames, and extension...
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Lesson Plan: Blending Observation and Imagination

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Upper graders analyze the work, Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase by Maria van Oosterwyck. They consider the value of her paintings and how they are still relevent and sought after, 350 years after they were created. The blending of...
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Lesson Plan: Wide Open Spaces

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What's the difference between city space and wide open space? Young analysts explore each space through writing, critical thinking, and discussion. They use what they learn to create collages that exemplify both worlds. Great discussion...
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Lesson: Before You Go...Travel Recommendations from the Experts!

For Teachers K - 5th
Here is a lesson that sounds like a lot of fun. Kids discuss the artistic elements and motives for the painting, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. To get the scope and scale of this oversized masterpiece, they use butcher paper and the...
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Lesson: Animal Journeys

For Teachers K - 5th
Here is a great way to get the brain going. Children look at an image of the sculpture, Jar and then imagine what an animal would look like as it moved inside the sculpture. They then use clay and cookie cutters to create a...
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Lesson: A Fitting Situation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In the Enemy's Country is a painting that depicts several Native Americans dressed and ready for war. Youngsters analyze the artistic and storytelling elements the artist used to convey his idea. They then write a creative piece from the...

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