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Every Day Edit - "Iceman" the Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct mistakes in a short paragraph about the "Iceman" mummy. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Movie Genres

For Students 7th - 11th
In this grammar instructional activity, learners match twelve movie genres with their appropriate definitions and examples from two answer banks and then translate the titles into Chinese. Students answer six questions regarding personal...
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Writing to Persuade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover effective writing techniques to create persuasive essays. In this writing instructional activity, students investigate ways to express facts and points of view through persuasive essays. Finally, the middle...
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Balloons: Math with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the history of hot air balloons by watching one ascent.  In this physics lesson, students utilize a Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon from an earlier lesson and record the temperature, rate of ascent and the volume.  Students...
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Jump-Starting Research with Visual Thesaurus

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students navigate the Visual Thesaurus to find keywords for research.  In this keywords lesson, students use synonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms to find keywords. Students understand why some searches are effective and some are ineffective. 
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The World is a Village

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students observe Americans through the eyes of the world.  In this human population lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to view the World Pop Clock and follow the world's population by the minute.  Students predict what the...
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Heroes and Sidekicks from Popular Culture

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss familiar fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson plan students practice pronunciation of adjectives. They describe the personality of popular characters by answering questions about those characters.
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Images of the Parks

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore U.S. geography by completing a research project about the National Parks. In this scenery image analysis lesson, students identify the different national parks in our country and observe paintings and images by famous...
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World War II: Modern History of Hawaii

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners examine world geography by viewing a documentary film in class. In this World War II lesson, students discuss the role Hawaii played in the great battle and what type conflicts happened among the island chain. Learners view a...
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The Participial Phrase

For Students 6th - 8th
Need a review practice exercise for participial phrases? The assumption here is that young grammarians are already familiar with the grammar principles and terms and are ready to show their understanding of participial phrases, and for...
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the use of slang expressions in literature.  In this literary analysis activity, students examine the use of slang words and expressions in the popular novel Catcher in the Rye.  Students research the various slang terms...
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Window Mural

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze visual arts by creating a presentation in their schoolyard. In this mural lesson, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the web. Students utilize construction paper, markers and paper to create art...
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Vivid Verbs in Writing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore how to incorporate vivid verbs in their writing. They review action verbs in sentences and view a Power Point presentation discussing possible verbs and their meanings. They view a website and retell a Greek myth...
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Going Greek: A Companion Lesson to Accompany the Percy Jackson Series

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Greek mythology by researching a specific God or Goddess. For this children's literature lesson, students read the Percy Jackson series of books and discuss their favorite characters. Students research a chosen Greek...
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They Put on Masks

For Teachers K - 9th
Students discover Native American culture by creating masks.  In this customs activity, students create their own masks in class from plaster and paint.  Students perform a skit in front of their school showcasing their mask making efforts.
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Can You Hear Me Now?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their ability to give and follow verbal directions. They explain steps to guide another student to reproduce a drawing, and evaluate their partner's articulation abilities.
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Academy Awards for Books

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are exposed to literature and create an Academy award for their piece of literature. They play an author or a character and present themselves, a category, and each of the nominees in that category to gain awareness of...
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Grammar and Mechanics Review

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students review and edit writing pieces for grammar and mechanics. They view sentences and discuss how they feel about them. They collaborate in small groups to revise and edit sentences and present them to the class.
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English Skills Assignment 6.204

For Students 7th - 12th
For this English skills worksheet, students complete 12 English skill activities of various topics. These topics include onomatopoeia, word endings, root words, vowels, consonants, parts of speech, anagrams, spelling, and proof-reading....
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Total English Upper Intermediate: More Buying!

For Students 7th - 9th
In this passive voice review worksheet, students examine 8 sentences and rewrite them using passive voice. Students also write a letter of complaint.
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Advanced Sentence Completion 7

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this advanced sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence. Students must fill more than one blank per sentence in some instances.
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Marshland Ecosystem

For Teachers K - 12th
Students classify animals based on their physical characteristics and eating habits.  In this animal identification lesson plan, students investigate the life forms shown on a Parisian ceramic basin, and discover ecosystem the artist was...
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Methods of Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students utilize the scientific method to discover the age of an item.  In this historical dating lesson, students compare and contrast a 400 year old cabinet to one made within a few years by using carbon dating.  Students complete a...
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Kites: Patang - The Indian Fighter Kite

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the history of fighter kites and build their own.  In this aeronautics lesson, students discover how other countries utilize fighter kites and where they originated.  Students create their own fighter kites in class...

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