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Horse Character: Ceramics Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Animals oftentimes elicit various characteristics which make them symbolic or representative of human feeling, action, or emotion. The class creates horse characters out of clay to show character action and symbolism. This is a great...
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"Ing" Words as Descriptors

For Teachers K - 4th
This clever lesson has your students listen to story about bugs, work together to brainstorm list of "ing" words that describe bugs, create t-chart of words, choose words to place in poem template to create class poem about bugs, and use...
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Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Spice up your writing! Your amateur writers will benefit from concentrating on understanding and improving verb use in writing. An introductory activity addresses weak verbs. A second exercise helps them see the importance of strong...
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Magic Mountain Mansion Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students think about and discuss what their personal dream mansion in the mountains would look like. They decide on adjectives that would best describe their building which they write on a chart with markers. Using art supplies, they...
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Grammar Shots

For Teachers K - 8th
Scholars take pictures of people, places, and things around the school and glue pictures onto the correct noun categories. They will put together a "grammar shots" portfolio identifying pictures with the correct noun category and write...
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The Daily Scoop

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils report classroom news. First, they write complete sentences using adjectives and adverbs to describe events. Next, they take turns presenting interesting news to the class using appropriate volume and clarity. As an extension,...
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A Weigh we Go!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here are some cross-curricular activities whil should help your kids understnad weight measurements and grammar. In this grammar and math lesson, students read the book Skittles Riddles and practice counting and balancing skittles. They...
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Reading and Writing about the Solar System

For Teachers K - 2nd
A superb interdisciplinary approach highlights this lesson which incorporates space science knowledge and narrative skills. After reading The Magic School Bus, two excellent poems, and watching a video, all about our solar system, young...
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"The Gunny Wolf": American Folktale

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
While you tell the story of "The Gunny Wolf," your class will actively participate by asking questions and clarifying. Next, they answer questions about the story to increase comprehension before creating a storyboard to document the...
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Forming Plural Nouns

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Interactive SMART Board activities provide young grammarians with practice changing singular nouns to plural nouns. Learners then create collages on which they inscribe the singular and plural form of the noun label.
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President Obama's Address to Students Across America

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students write about goals, responsibility, and persistence, and listen to President Obama's speech. In this President Obama lesson students create concept webs, listen with a purpose, and list the challenges of our generation.
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The Physics of Cell Phones

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explain how cell phones work. For this physics lesson, students describe the advantages and advantages of having one. They identify the different parts of a cell phone.
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Take Apart Sentences

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the two main parts of sentences, subject and predicate. They, in groups, mix up their sentence strips and then place them face down and have a contest to see which group can rebuild the sentences correctly in the...
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Modify My Action

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to directions as they perform a theatrical role.  In this vocabulary lesson, 3rd graders listen to and observe the adjectives given to them during a practice of their performance by the director.  Students identify...
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Adjectives - A Dream of Bunyips Dancing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "A Dream of Bunyips Dancing" by Elise Hurst. They discuss the book and identify the adjectives used to describe the bunyips. They paint a bunyip expressing the adjectives from the story.
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Boundaries That Inspire: The Sestina

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the poetic term "enjambment". They use one word as more than one part of speech and let words (instead of ideas) inspire lines and non-sequential, dreamlike, compulsive narrative.
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Subject/Verb Agreement and Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pronouns need to learn how to get along with their antededents. Learners practice making subject and verbs agree as well as pronouns and antecedents agree. They work together to analyze the sentences using legos. They know they are...
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Writing Descriptive Paragraphs

For Teachers 4th
Show a Powerpoint presentation about descriptive writing. Fourth graders brainstorm a list of writing topics and place them in graphic organizers. Then they write their own paragraphs describing topics of their choice and create...
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Language Arts: Bringing Verbs to Life

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners create action words collections to use in their own writing projects. After listening to several books, they select action verbs to dramatize and take digital photographs of their acting. Once the photos are printed, they...
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Fear Factor Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students develop "Fear Factor" stunts using descriptive language. For this writing lesson, students watch clips from the show "Fear Factor" and develop their own stunts. Students write and explain the stunts in vivid language.
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Stimulating Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create an art project and write a process paper  as a response to literature.  In this literature response lesson plan, students listen to Lynn Ehlert's, Snowballs before decorating a construction paper snowman. They write a...
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Sea to Sky Adjectives Booklet

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Adjectives build better sentences! First, second, third, and fourth graders design adjective booklets that feature words to describe everything between the sea and the sky.
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Similes with Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write or dance a simile to show the relationship between two unlike nouns. In this simile and grammar lesson, 5th graders explore dance movements and identify smooth and sharp energy examples. Students review similes and...
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Sentence Puzzle Race

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create sentences based on the word cards they are given. In this sentences lesson plan, students work in teams and get points for correct sentences.

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