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Words in the News: Carol Thatcher Wins TV Show

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about reality television. In groups, they use new vocabulary words to match to its definition. They read an article and answer questions about reality television.
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Pollution in Our Watershed

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students conduct an experiment.  In this pollution instructional activity, students review the vocabulary words watershed, pollution and pesticide.  Students create watersheds, spray pesticides on them, create precipitation and...
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Words in the News: Education Bill Backs India's Poor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss different groups of people who have been discriminated in the history of the world. They practice using new vocabulary words. In groups, they match the word with its definition.
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Words in the News: Final Round of Aceh Disarmament

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the different ways national and local disputes have been settled. In groups, they work together to match a word to its definition. They read an article and answer questions about the Aceh disarmament.
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Poetry Appreciation – "The Raven"

For Students 7th - 9th
Introduce your class to "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe with this series of activities, exercises, and worksheets. Class members examine an image, analyze a movie trailer, read a prose version of the poem, look up vocabulary, and pick out...
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Surprise at Pearl Harbor

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils review the concept of courage and relate it to their daily life. As a class, they are introduced to the events of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Using a map, they locate Hawai'i and label the islands. They use the internet to...
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Santa Claus Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learn about the legend of Santa Claus around the world in ESL holiday plan. In it, learners explore the many ways that Santa Claus is depicted in cultures around the world. There are some excellent masters included in the plan that help...
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Retelling Information

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This scripted lesson suggests using the journalist’s five W’s (who, what, when, where, why) to teach readers how to summarize a story and to how to distinguish between significant and supporting details. A template and rubric are...
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Experiments with Photovoltaic Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how sunlight is converted to electricity. In this series of physics instructional activity, students study how varying the characteristics of the light source affect photovoltaic cells. They research their different uses...
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Tree Identification

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the characteristics of trees and different techniques to identify them. They distinguish between a deciduous and a coniferous tree. Students describe at least four characteristics used to identify trees....