Writing
Great Schools

Different Types of Writing

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
What type of writing is this? Learners read a brief introduction to various types of text: instructions, explanations, poems, folk tales, novels, informative, and arguments. The introduction doesn't explain these, so...
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K12 Reader

Change the Point of View: First Person and Third Person

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
How is a story different when told from various points of view? Learn about first and third person points of view with an activity based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Readers examine a passage written in first person,...
Interactive
Sensetype

How to Type: Keyboarding Tutorials

For Students 5th - 12th
Become an efficient typist who can easily perform online research, type assessments, and take online exams. With the link to a free keyboarding interactive website, any child will become a professional with their keyboarding skills.
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K12 Reader

Change the Point of View: Third Person to First Person

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Use Jack London's The Call of the Wild to help young writers learn the difference between first and third person points of view. After they read a passage from the novel, they rewrite it in the first person point of view.
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K12 Reader

Point of View: Who Is Telling the Story?

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
See how famous books of literature have different perspectives with a short learning exercise. After reviewing the difference between first and third person points of view, learners look over six passages from various novels and...
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Judicial Learning Center

Types of Court Cases

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How can one court acquit someone of a crime, while another convicts the person of the same one? It's all because of the differences between civil and criminal trials. An informative resource provides scholars in the field of criminology...
Activity
Franklin Covey

The Habits of Highly Effective Teens

For Students 7th - 12th
Sally and Joe both want the last cookie in the jar, so they split it in half. That's an example of a win-win situation, one of the many principles Sean Covey outlines in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Using the...
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K12 Reader

Inference Practice: Who Am I?

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Have a little fun teaching your class about inferences with this short and simple guess who exercise. Provided with five short passages describing different types of people, young learners must read each one...
Lesson Plan
California Department of Education

What Matters to Me?

For Teachers 10th Standards
Whether you're a self-starting entrepreneur or a cubicle commando, finding a career that suits your personality is a must! The second lesson in a series of five career and college lesson plans focuses on work ethic and values. Learners...
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Curated OER

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Me Test

For Students 5th - 8th
Get to know your scholars with this in-depth survey that asks learners to rate, answer true or false, write short answers, and draw abstract visuals about their academic and personal preferences.
Lesson Plan
Peel-Public Health

What Is Respiratory Infection?

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Empower your pupils to be germ stoppers! The heart of these lessons lies in stopping the spread of germs and keeping clean hands in order to prevent cases like a respiratory infection. It includes a game to simulate how germs can...
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Berkshire Museum

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Sorting Through Personal Choices

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Raise children's awareness about the importance of conservation with this hands-on science lesson plan. Start by breaking the class into groups and having them collect trash from around the school or local park. Students then use the...
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
Lesson Plan
Manchester College

What’s Your Point of View?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Work on deciphering the point of view of various pieces of literature. As readers review the concepts of first, second, and third person perspective, they apply what they know to different passages.
Lesson Plan
California Department of Education

Telling My Story

For Teachers 12th Standards
Entrance essays are the ultimate sales pitch! Show your seniors how to market themselves in the first of six college and career readiness lesson plans. Pupils discover the do's and don'ts of writing personal statements through research,...
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K12 Reader

Narrator and Point of View

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Point of view is important when choosing a narrator. Help young writers distinguish between first and third person point of view with an activity that features excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. After reading...
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Relationships and Sexuality

For Teachers 8th
Adolescence is a tumultuous time for the learners in your class. Guide them through the rocky world of friendships, risks, personal health, and emotional turmoil with a set of lessons about teenager relationships and sexuality.
Organizer
Starfall

Short U - Classification (Person, Animal, Thing)

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word sort instructional activity, learners will sort five short /u/ words into their proper categories: person, animal, or thing. Students will use a word bank with pictures.
Activity
Union Elementary School District

Famous Dead People Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Despite the slightly off-putting title, the instructions and activities detailed in these project guidelines for researching a noteworthy figure will serve as a fantastic supplement to your next famous person research...
Handout
Georgetown University

Tips and Techniques for Taking Notes in Class

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
From reading the class syllabi or listening for lecture indicators to considering typing vs. handwriting and formatting, read through this list of suggested note-taking tips that can help learners discover which techniques work best for...
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Willow Tree

Data Sampling

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some say that you can make statistics say whatever you want. It is important for learners to recognize these biases. Pupils learn about sample bias and the different types of samples.
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The New York Times

Collateral Damage? Researching a Connection Between Video Games and Violence

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Hook your class into an exploration of and discussion about violence in video games with a cute animal clip and a video game trailer. After a quick discussion about how media can affect mood, class members read a related article and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Home Sweet Home: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Through grand discussion, picture cards, and poems, enhance language proficiency with a Home Sweet Home themed unit created to support English language development. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that...
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Oxford University Press

Language Focus: Imperative Sentences, Future Progressive Tense

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Finish your homework! Kids work on imperative sentences with a grammar learning exercise, which also focuses on future progressive tense (going to). After they use a word bank to write instructions for a person going on a trip, they fill...

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