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Exploring Descriptive Language With Different Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice experiencing writing with appropriate language and incorporating the eight parts of speech. They assess that many words have multiple functions when used in different contexts. Each student free writes in response to a...
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Earth and Space Science: Exploring Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore earthquakes. In this earthquake lesson, students research earthquakes and identify where they take place. Students use map skills to track down earthquake locations. There are internet sites suggested in this lesson.
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Helping Ourselves: Why Philanthropy Works

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the concept of philanthropy. In this civics lesson, students investigate the role of philanthropy in our society, and how it makes life better for all.
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Focus on Figurative Language in Prose and Poetry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students place emphasis on the use of figurative language when analyzing prose and poetry. In this figurative language lesson, students explore the tone of a story and its imagery. Students read and discuss how the author uses imagery in...
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Scriptwriting Skill Module

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify and analyze conflicts in plots. In this conflict lesson students recall stories, novels and movies they've read or seen and discuss the conflicts contained therein.  They then complete some written exercises to...
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Tetrominoes and Translations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore geometry by participating in a pattern identification activity. In this tetrominoes lesson, students define the characteristics of congruent and symmetrical shapes. Young scholars practice translating shapes across...
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Mapping Population Changes In The United States

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a choropleth map to illustrate the population growth rate of the United States. They explore how to construct a choropleth map, and discuss the impact of population changes for the future.
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Honey Bee Language Arts And Literature

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students see how nature and honey bees are presented in literature. They find and read poetry that include references to bees. Have them write their own poetry or Haiku.
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"The Science Times"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create their own newspaper after gathering information at the Museum of Natural History's Hall of Biodiversity.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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Predator-Prey Relationships

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students understand ecological systems. They provide experiences to assist citizens to increase their sensitivity and stewardship for the environment.
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The Rain Forest

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explain the basics of the tropical rain forest ecosystem. They list the four general layers of vegetation found in the tropical rain forest.
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Minnesota-China Connections: Writing Prompts

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write a short essay in response to a writing prompt related to a theme or issue raised within the Minnesota-China Connection Web site.
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The Story Project: A Lesson Plan for the Combining Voices Literary Competition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze Simple Answer, by John Cleaveland, and use this image to inspire a short story. They use both verbal and visual language to help them create the characters and the plot. The lesson plan contains steps that helps the...
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The Rights of Bike Riders

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the bicycle helmet safety issue. They gather statistics about bicycle helmet use and discuss the statistics as a class and explain how to interpret the numbers accurately. They...
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Astronomy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm about what they know about the solar system. They study a planetary fact sheet and create a Venn Diagram with the information. They work in groups to examine the names of the planets and information regarding each of...
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Writing with Writers

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students participate in Writing with Writer's, a step-by-step set of directions aimed at improving different genres of student writing. They identify the characteristics of different genres and follow a specified writing process to...
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The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (Letter 4)

For Students 7th - 8th
In this The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis instructional activity, students define six key terms and answer nine comprehension questions after reading the story.
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End & Finish

For Students 7th - 9th
In this noun/verb worksheet, students choose the appropriate noun, end or finish, to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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Say and Tell

For Students 7th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students read sixteen sentences and choose the correct word, say or tell, that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Rob & Steal

For Students 7th - 9th
In this action verb instructional activity, students choose the appropriate action verb in ten sentences to make each one grammatically correct.
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Worksheet 9: Reading: Global Warming

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Using an interesting reading passage about global warming, learners answer true and false questions related to the topic. This 6 question activity could be used in upper elementary or as part of an ESL lesson.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Sequencing Events

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sequencing events activity, students complete 6 sentence starters and write a story using one of 3 provided titles. In small groups students share their work.
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Total English Advanced: Relative Clauses and Explaining Procedures

For Students 8th - 11th
In this relative pronoun and explaining procedures review worksheet, students respond to 8 questions regarding relative pronouns and then write procedures to a completing a task.

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