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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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Lord of the Flies Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How does a society influence and shape individuals? Class members ponder this essential question as they read Lord of the Flies, as well as primary source materials about the historical background of the novel. As a final assessment,...
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Fragments Wanted (Not)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners rewrite newspaper employment ads using complete sentences.
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Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 4: Let's Create the Pages!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups to share their lists of A-B-C ideas they came up with from the previous activity. They review page layouts taught during lesson two. Students complete a rough draft of their page. They create a colored...
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Everyone's an Author

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine variety of written pieces of quality fiction, discuss what different story elements are present and how those elements make stories as effective as they are, and create a class story.
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Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students summarize the "Tri-County Project" section of the nebraskastudies.org web site using a scavenger hunt.
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Pronoun Case Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar learning exercise, students choose the correct pronoun in parentheses for twenty sentences. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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Selecting the Best Material to Use While Solving Technological Problems

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine natural resources and discuss their pros and cons.  In this sustainable environment lesson, students describe reasons to use specific resources when faced with different problems, specifically why wood is a great...
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Putting it all Together

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take notes and summarize information. In this communication lesson, students summarize information by taking notes using the various methods that their instructor presents to them.
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Commas and Nonessential Elements Exercise 2

For Students 5th - 8th
In this comma worksheet, students are given ten sentences and must determine whether the sentence is correctly written. Students must correct the sentences and identify nonessential information.
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My Wilderness Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use a story starter and given questions to continue their adventure. They use the Internet and books to research about winter survival skills, how to find food, water and shelter in the snowy mountains and discover...
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Top Ten Facts

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students, in pairs, complete research about an assigned person. One student does research in the library and the other on the Internet. They come back together, compare their research, and compile a list of 10 main facts about their person.
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Keith Haring Posters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners observe visual art by utilizing the Internet in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students define the art which Haring has created over the years and examine previous art work online. Learners complete worksheets in class and...
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Book Club Discussion: Things Fall Apart

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners read and discuss Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. Students are guided to analyze the text through consideration of the author's use of 6 literary devices. Learners also evaluate the text according to their personal...
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Newsletter Requirements Sheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this newsletter activity worksheet, learners read a book and complete a newsletter activity as a novel analysis project. Students include a newsletter title, advertisements, news story, and obituary.
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Proofreading: Lesson 8

For Teachers 8th
Teacher reads the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes aloud to the students. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student...

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