Worksheet
Curated OER

Proposition 8 Struck Down

For Students 9th - 12th
Have your class examine the issues surrounding same-sex marriage, civil rights, and proposition 8. They read a New York Times article entitled "Proposition 8 Struck Down" and then answer 10 who, what, when, where, and why questions....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Checking the Boxes

For Students 9th - 12th
Checking boxes on any admissions application is par for the corse. How much does race selections factor into admissions decisions? Kids read a New York Times article on the topic and then answer seven who, what, when, where, and why...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Solving the Writing Time-Squeeze

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Expand your writing program across the curriculum to facilitate much-needed practice.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Find the Main Idea in Romeo and Juliet

For Students 8th - 9th
Finding the main idea in a text can be rather difficult! Work with your class and develop this skill. This resource contains an excerpt from Act II, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, and the reader must identify the main idea of Juliet's...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension 6

For Students 8th - 9th
Set the timer for five minutes (or less), and distribute this resource to your class. There's a very short reading passage followed by a set of three questions. What a great tool in prepping your class for upcoming state testing. 
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: "The Transfers"

For Students 8th - 10th
Get ready for state testing with this resource! First, read the short story "The Transfers." Then, answer the questions that follow. While there are quite a few advanced vocabulary words, they are easy to understand in context. A great...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Completion 5: Low-Advanced SAT Level

For Students 9th - 11th
Sentence completion practice not only improves vocabulary, but critical thinking skills as well. Class members will benefit from exercises and the extended explanations that the answer key provides. Great SAT practice or class discussion...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Completion 10: Low-Advanced SAT Level

For Students 9th - 12th
Commiserated, cogitated, ameliorated? Whether used as test prep or as part of a vocabulary study, the problems on this sentence completion worksheet will challenge your learners. Provide them with the detailed answer key and groups can...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Review: Future Perfect Progressive Tense

For Students 7th - 10th
Now that your English language learners are becoming comfortable with their new language, have them review one of the tougher tenses: the future perfect progressive tense. As they read the passage provided, they must conjugate seven...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Exploring Parent-Child Relationships Through Letter Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The PBS film, Bronx Princess, launches a study of complex parent-child relationships. Using the provided reading guide, viewers respond to clips from the film and compare Rocky and Yaa’s relationship to other parent-child relationships....
Worksheet
Curated OER

French Grammar Worksheet: futur simple

For Students 9th - 11th
Help your Francophiles master the futur simple tense. There are five exercises provided here that require the writer to conjugate words in the target tense and create sentences in the future. 
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Curated OER

Plan Ahead for Professional Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
You can learn something new this fall and winter by attending a conference or seminar.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Speak Vocabulary Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A scarlet letter “V” stands for a desktop teaching vocabulary activity designed for Speak. Prior to reading Laurie Hales Anderson’s young adult novel, individuals sign up for a word, design a handout that illustrates the word, includes...
PPT
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Volleyball Notes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pass, set, spike! That's right, volleyball. Teach the basics of volleyball using this presentation. Review court, positions, serving cues, passing cues, and setting cues. Teach the terminology of a volleyball game using this PowerPoint...
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Curated OER

Calculating Stride Length

For Teachers 4th - 12th
How many steps does one take to walk a mile? The number of steps one walks in a mile would definitely depend on the length of his stride. Shorter people may take shorter strides, and taller people may take longer strides. This activity...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 2

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Here is the 2nd of 10 lessons on soccer. These lessons not only focus on skills but also on some of the social issues regarding the sport. The skills lessons seem to be created around the premise that the youngsters already have some...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dancing in 3's

For Teachers 4th - 9th
This dance makes me want to just get up and start moving right now. This dance is done to the song "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins. The lesson includes not only step-by-dance step instructions but also a video. There is a lot of movement in...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Turn Off the TV?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Classroom ideas that provide opportunities for pupils to explore alternative leisure activities during National TV-Turnoff Week.
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University of Arizona

Fusing Firecrackers with Narrative

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Improve your youngsters' descriptive writing. They study an object and write about what they see as a warm-up, then they read an excerpt from Paul Guest's memoir, One More Theory about Happiness. The next part of the...
Lesson Plan
Japan Society

Akutagawa Ryunosuke and the Taisho Modernists

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Japan's Taisho Period was a time when authors like Akutagawa and other Japanese modernists began to experiment with point of view and literary form, making the literature produced during this time period a natural choice for teaching...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Being able to identify and understand the point of view of fictional characters across a wide range of time periods, places, and cultures is a skill that is necessary for becoming a proficient reader. It is also a skill identified in the...
Activity
Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Cover language registers so that your class members can adapt their speech when necessary. The two example activities are interactive and involve authentic interaction. Test your pupils' understanding of speech adaptation with one or...
Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Conversation Skills

For Teachers 1st - 12th
It is so important for learners with multiple disabilities to learn how to communicate for both social and functional reasons. Each child will choose a topic from the list and generate five questions related to that topic. They'll split...
App
Freecloud Design

Monster Physics™

For Students 6th - 12th
Physics fanatics will shriek over this monster-themed construction application! They design an invention with the intention of competing one of 50 missions and test it out with real physics applications. 

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