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Word Confusions: Lesson Eleven

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A very basic presentation about homonyms, this slide show might be too short for your grammar lecture. However, if you pair it with the other presentations to which it is linked, you might be able to implement it more successfully. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Advanced Synonyms and Antonyms - Adjective 7

For Teachers 8th - 10th
For this synonyms and antonyms worksheet, students read the definitions of synonyms and antonyms before answering 12 multiple choice questions. They choose the best synonyms for the first 6 words and the best antonyms for the last 6....
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Lesson Plan
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Words In The News

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A complete resource from BBC World Service provides informational text for English or ESL classes to teach vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills. Learners participate in small group work, whole class discussions, and role-plays to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skills 6.206

For Students 7th - 12th
In this English skills worksheet, students complete 12 English skill activities of various topics. These topics include alliterations, rood words, vowels, consonants, parts of speech, anagrams, word meanings and proof-reading. Students...
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Worksheet
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English Skills Assignment

For Students 7th - 12th
In this English skills activity, students complete various English skill activities. There are 12 activities in total, with topics including proof-reading, word puzzles, alliteration, consonants, vowels, word meanings, anagrams, and...
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University of North Carolina

Conditionals: Verb Tense in “If” Clauses

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
"If you give a mouse a cookie, then he's going to ask for a glass of milk." These iconic words from Laura Numeroff's classic tale offer a great example of conditionals, a topic covered in the handout as part of a larger writing series...
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Worksheet
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2-Grade 8 (2010)

For Students 9th - 11th
Get ready for state testing with this resource, which focuses on listening and writing skills. While a complete description of the writing assignment is provided here, the listening portion is not included. You could use the graphic...
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Handout
San José State University

Adverbs

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
While designed for college students, this review of adverbs could be used in a high school classroom as well. The worksheet begins with a detailed overview of adverbs which is followed by a six-question activity.
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Understanding the Indoor Environment: Word Walls

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students study vocabulary words about indoor air quality. In this indoor environment lesson, students create a word wall with vocabulary words about indoor air quality and pollutants.
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ACROSTIC POETRY

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use newspapers or magazines to create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chesapeake Scramble

For Students 6th - 9th
In this environmental science worksheet, students identify the different animals that live and visit Chesapeake Bay by completing 6 word scrambles.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

At and To Preposition Exercise

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English language skills worksheet, students answer 12 fill in the blank questions regarding the meaning the use of "at" and "to".
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Better Your Vocabulary Instruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Use the magic squares activity to develop vocabulary and make reviewing target words fun!
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Worksheet
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Double Negatives Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students underline each correct word in parenthesis in twenty sentences. Students choose the appropriate words that are not double negatives.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Thanksgiving: Simple Present Tense Review

For Students 1st - Higher Ed
This Thanksgiving-themed activity provides learners a way to practice using the correct verb. With 8 fill-in-the-blank questions students have to identify the meaning of the sentence in order to choose the correct verb form.
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Credible Sources on the Internet: What to Trust, What to Dismiss and When to Cite a Source

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Wait, you mean researchers don't all use Wikipedia? Teach your class about intelligent research with a lesson about evaluating digital sources. The lesson starts with a quickwrite and includes vocabulary exercises and several...
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The Amazing Prefix Race

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students participate in a competitive game of reviewing prefixes.  In this word parts lesson students are given a prefix and one member from each team must race to the white board to write a word that contains the prefix.
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Reed Novel Studies

Johnny Tremain: Novel Study

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Scholars read Johnny Tremain to see how Johnny's terrible accident helped him become a part of history. Learners write two poems, analyze characters by matching descriptions, and create...
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Diagramming Sentences

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Show this presentation to demonstrate how to diagram sentences. Meant for more advanced grammarians who know the difference between indirect and direct objects, this PowerPoint adds on new elements to each slide. The graphics and sound...
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University of North Carolina

Style

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Just like you choose your clothes to ensure they fit the occasion, you should choose your words deliberately while writing. Style, the main topic of one handout in a series on writing skills, involves choosing words carefully and paying...
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Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Definition Context Clues

For Students 7th - 10th
Model for young readers how to recognize definition clues and how to use these clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Then distribute this worksheet that offers them an opportunity to practice recognizing the clues and...
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Worksheet
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Magic Square Vocabulary

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Before getting too far into The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, support your learners by introducing and practicing some vocabulary that might be unfamiliar to them. The vocabulary exercise here includes 16 words from the third and fourth...
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"Lawd! Lawd! Lawd!"

For Teachers 7th - 10th
From British accents to Texan drawls, a character's dialect can be an important part of the reading experience. A Six-Trait writing activity guides learners through the analysis of a character's dialect (Daniel Keyes's Flowers for...
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Lesson Plan
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Exploring the Complexities of Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
An interview with Dr. Rosemary Beam de Azcona launches a study of the complexities of language and how meaning changes across languages and cultures. The investigation continues as class members view clips of the film, The Tailenders,...