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Editing to Eliminate Fragments
Students practice their writing skills. In this writing revision lesson, students read the provided writing samples and make corrections to the sentence fragments that are evident in each of them.
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Talking About the Future
Students investigate how to communicate about the future using the proper verb tense. In this communication about the future instructional activity, students talk to a partner about future plans. They fill in an associated chart about...
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Persona Interests, Likes, and Dislikes
Students practice listening to and discussing their personal interests and opinions. In this communication lesson, students listen as the teacher talks about his/her personal interest. They work with a partner to verbally share their own...
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Why do People Migrate?
Second graders examine the reasons for human migration. In this human migration lesson plan, 2nd graders make lists of reasons why people migrate. Students view pictures of people who have migrated and discuss why. Then the students...
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What is effective communication?
Students practice a series of communicaton activities. In this communication skills lesson, students role play listening and active listening strategies to improve communication. Students write a set of guidelines for improving...
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Shopping For Groceries
Young scholars communicate to purchase groceries. For this communication lesson, students create a photo book showing how to purchase groceries. Young scholars practice communication, vocal noises and making facial expressions to show...
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Kindergarten Constitution
Students create their own classroom constitution. In this leadership skills lesson, students work together to solve problems. Students discuss why rules are important and brainstorm ways to solve classroom problems. Students vote on the...
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Character Education: Honesty
Students explore traits of honest communication. In this character development and communication lesson, students are given 6 simple statements and work as a group to alter the meaning of each statement through body language, facial...
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Calling Jobland
Students explore communication in the work environment. In this communication and careers instructional activity, the class discusses ways in which coworkers communication, then work in pairs to role play a conversation coworkers in a...
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Creating Posters
Students analyze posters from 1839 and from 1948-1953. In this literary interpretation lesson, students use posters to answer a series of questions and suggest ways the posters could be improved, then create their own posters.
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You Know, Jack
Increase communication skills, especially among your ESL population, with this activity. Get children up and out of their seats asking clarifying questions about their hypothetical friend "Jack." A chart categorizes questions into "last...
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Ready, Set, Action
Learners identify propaganda techniques used in commercials created by their classmates. In this active listening lesson, students use the provided scoring guide to evaluate commercials that their classmates made that feature propaganda...
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Tuesday Tours: Communication
Students explore communication skills. In this career traits instructional activity, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication...
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Youth Perspectives as Primary Sources
Students examine primary sources. In this primary source lesson, students explore the impact of personal experience and perspective as they read assigned articles and share their impressions of the article with others in a blogging...
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Communication and Listening Skills
Students explore the attributes of effective communication. In this communication lesson, students determine how to effectively send and receive messages as they role-play the process.
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Communication – The Total Impact of Your Message
Students explore the facets of verbal and nonverbal communication. In this conflict resolution lesson, students discover multicultural communication dynamics as they discuss the implications of gesture and tone. Students practice verbal...
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MDG Bingo
Students explore Millennium Development Goals. In this community issues activity, students identify and define community issues. Students use their problem solving skills to brainstorm strategies to combat the problems that plague...
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Student-Led Parent Conference
Students prepare for student-led parent conferences. In this communication lesson, students collect data to build portfolios for use during parent conferences. Students practice their presentations in preparation for the actual conferences.
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Honesty in Writing
Eighth graders analyze the conveyance of honesty in written products. In this writing skills lesson, 8th graders discuss bias and fabrication in writing. Students practice sincere writing as they write statements regarding the common...
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Emotions in Motion
Students use dance as a form of communication. For this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.
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ESOL Career Advancement
Students discuss basic interpersonal communication with coworkers and new vocabulary words. They role play new situations and then play a cooperation and positive attitude in the work place game.
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Blindfolded Building
Students build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Dear Abby or Dear Ann
Students practice their writing skills by composing an opinion letter in response to a topic identified by a writer to Dear Abby or Dear Ann Landers. Effective communication skills form the basis of this lesson.
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Friends Helping Friends
Learners practice effective communication skills by giving a speech on emotional health topics researched on the Internet.