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Writing a Weather Report or Weather Forecast

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine their geography skills. In this weather forecasting lesson, students select a location and research it. Students write a weather report or forecast for the chosen location based on their research.
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DNA Extraction

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners extract the DNA from a strawberry. In this DNA technology lesson, students describe what they think DNA looks like. They use a procedure to isolate and extract the DNA from a strawberry.
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Produce a Nonfiction Text

For Students 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, learners look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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Descriptive Persuasive Texts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read about persuasive writing. Students read an example and complete a chart that organizes the information into facts and opinions.
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Reading and the Appreciation of Style

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to hurricanes by answering questions. They practice using new vocabulary words. They work together in pairs to compare the words used in different levels of the text.
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Why Do People Do What They Do?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, in groups, develop questions on topics listed on a worksheet. They compare the results with other groups.
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Junior High School Lesson Plan: Conditionals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners investigate conditional verbs. In this conditional verbs practice lesson plan, students explore the use of conditional verbs as they review the verbs and practice their grammatical skills by completing a worksheet.
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Breaking News English: Chrysler Cars Announces Huge Job Losses

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Chrysler Cars Announces Huge Job Losses," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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McLean Train Yard

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct online research and incorporate graphics and maps into a Powerpoint presentation that details life at the McLean train yard in its heyday.
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Making Meaning from the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read Ella Lyon's autobiographical poem, "Where I'm From" as the impetus to critically reflect on key images, memories, and events from their own lives and communities.
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Escape to Freedom

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners read 'They Called Her Moses," create a wanted poster for Tub man, compose a journal entry imagining they are William Still, and in groups, create a newspaper depicting the incident of the runaway slaves and events from the time...
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Real Estate Project

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students develop their dream house complete with a real estate ad. They examine actual real estate ads on the internet to compare their house.
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Musical Moments

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a song in popular culture. Using the lyrics, they identify the theme and share their conclusions with the class. While listening to the song again, they complete a worksheet along with defining new vocabulary words. ...
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Writing a Short Story -History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a short story set in a selected period of history. They conduct research on a selected period of history, write and edit a rough draft of their short story, and submit a final draft of their story that includes details...
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Writing a Short Story - Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use the information they wrote about on the topic they chose in studying About Weather. They then write a short story using the information choosing a theme, setting, characters, and the plot.
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Learning About Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students decide what type of weather they would like to write about such as tornadoes, hurricanes, snow, hail, floods, or another type of weather. Then, they look up the information and jot down notes about that particular subject....
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Everyday Government

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils discover how the government impacts their daily lives. As a class, they identify the people in their community who make it a wonderful place to live. Using the Internet, they discover how and the importance of voting in elections.
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Using Authentic Texts to Teach Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students read an article identifying any new vocabulary words they are unfamiliar with. Using the text, they discover antonyms, synonyms and word families. They answer comprehension questions and review the vocabulary to end the lesson.
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Breaking News English: New Zealand's Election Terror Scare

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "New Zealand's Election Terror Scare," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Infectious Diseases

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a brochure for a fictional pharmaceutical company.
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Texas Gateway: Sentence Structures, Rhetorical Devices, & Transitions

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The most effective expository and procedural texts contain rhetorical devices, transitional words and phrases, and a variety of sentence structures. Students will learn some...
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Fun Trivia: Sentence Structure Challenge Trivia Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A ten-question exercise where students read each sentence and decide if it is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence. When finished, students can check their answers and see the correct answers to any questions missed.
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Quia: Sentence Structure

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A twenty-four-question, interactive quiz asking students to answer questions about and to identify simple, compound, and complex sentences. When finished, students can submit answers to see the correct answers as well as their percentage...
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Blendspace: Sentence Structure

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module including links to information, exercises, and learning games on dependent and independent clauses as well as simple, compound, and complex sentences.

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