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Study Guide: The Most Dangerous Game
In this study guide for "The Most Dangerous Game" students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the reading. Students also answer reading comprehension questions.
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The Young Basketball Player
Students explore the history of basketball by reading and listening to a book entitled, "The Young Basketball Player." Afterwards, they create a trivia basketball game and write an interview for their favorite player. As a...
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Ivan the Fool: Lesson 3
Students read and analyze the Eastern European folktale of 'Ivan the Fool.' They discuss the term 'quest,' identify quests in their own lives, and in small groups design a board game that illustrates the czar's quest to find good wives...
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Word Roots 6: PLIC, FAC, COGN Intermediate Level Synonym or Antonym
Word roots can help your class find connections between vocabulary words and develop language skills. This resource asks learners to fill in a synonym and antonym for six words, keeping word roots in mind. There is a word bank for...
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Using Citations in a Research Paper
As a prequel to a research assignment, class members explore writing citations in the modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) formats. In pairs, or individually, researchers use books and magazines...
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Latin Roots dict, duct, and vent: Online Quiz
Readers can check their knowledge of words with the roots vent, duct, and dict in this interactive online quiz. True/false responses allow quiz takers to agree or disagree with usage and definitions of words as presented in the context...
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Spelling Proofreading Worksheet
Looking for a quick spelling activity to use as a quiz or warm-up? This resource provides a paragraph of eleven sentences, all of which contain a spelling error. Young learners list the mistakes on the lines below. Make a game out of...
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Speaking and Listening Skills
Build oral fluency with your English language learners. They use the topic of vacations or holidays to practice posing questions and creating answers. A long list of subtopics is included here. Consider breaking your class into pairs and...
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Magic Squares: The Awakening
After matching words drawn from Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, with their definitions, readers complete a magic square game. Included are instructions for how to develop magic squares.
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The Giver: Vocabulary Bingo!
Bingo! Combine the thrill of bingo with Lois Lowry's The Giver in a fun vocabulary lesson plan. Kids write selected vocabulary words from the novel onto a bingo chart, and then listen for the correct definitions in order to mark off...
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Zach’s Lie: Magic Squares
Individuals match vocabulary words within a magic square, a concept that ties in nicely with math class. The words are all located in Zach's Lie and were specifically selected to increase comprehension of the text. Fifth in a series...
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Lesson 8: Summarizing Information
In this summarizing information worksheet, students read a featured article, summarize the article, identify the story's five W's and one H, and identify appropriate relevant facts.
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Adventures in Creating Hypertext Stories
Use hypertext to make a multimedia choose-your-own adventure story! Young writers incorporate knowledge of story writing elements to write their own stories, and rewrite the adventure with various scenarios and endings. Use technology to...
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Stone Passing Game with Calabash Song
Students discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song...
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Produce a Nonfiction Text
In this language arts learning exercise, students look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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How Do You Analyze a Corporation?
Students analyze corporation whose stock they may consider buying for the Global Stock Game (GSG).
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Uses of Coal
An interesting series of puzzles and word games are available in this multi-page collection, which focuses on coal. Learners practice math and language arts skills as they solve the puzzles, and learn many facts about coal at the same time.
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Rave Reviews
A fun instructional activity that utilizes toys and persuasion! After reading the article, which was written in 2005, pull some advertisements for toys currently being sold. These will be more relevant to your middle and high schoolers....
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"Take my Advice": Poems with a Voice
Discuss the meaning of the phrase tone of voice with the class. They respond to a variety of scenarios where a particular tone would be prevalent. They then read "Mother to Son" without knowing the title and answer some questions about...
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Active and Passive Voice Practice
Active or passive? Young grammarians identify the voice in a series of sentences and then rewrite those in passive voice.
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Vocabulary Charades
Learners explore new vocabulary words by participating in a group activity. In this vocabulary role-playing lesson plan, students collaborate in groups to play a game of charades with new vocabulary words. Learners are given points based...
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GAME CREATOR EXTAORDINAIRE
Students work together in groups to invent new and creative games. They also get the opportunity to teach others the games they created.
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Alfonso Ball
Joey Alphonso made up this game, which is played using a gator skin ball and a tennis racket on a basketball court. The simple rules and strategy of the game are explained. This is a high-scoring, run around activity. Everyone can...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Study Help Essay Questions
Use these study questions to test your class on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. These mostly higher-level questions have the potential to be test questions, discussion questions, homework questions, or essay questions. The...