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Script Reading

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate propaganda techniques. In this media awareness lesson, students watch drug commercial clips and identify the purpose of pacing in advertising. 
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Pre Reading Strategies

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use their journals in order to predict what will happen in a text for a prereading strategy. In this prereading lesson plan, students list the 5 strategies they learn and use them before they read.
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You Be the Judge

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore nonfiction writing by completing a worksheet in class. In this research questions lesson, students read several stories about the Wild West icons Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. Students answer study questions about the...
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Re-Enact "The Mitten"

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners re-enact The Mitten by Jan Brett.  In this acting lesson, students select a part and perform the story as it is being read.  
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Decision-Making Model

For Students 4th - 10th
In this decision making learning exercise, students fill out the choices, skills, cost, and more when making decisions. Students fill out 25 boxes total.
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The Writing Process

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze well written and poorly written essays and define the four steps in the writing process. For this writing lesson plan, 5th graders edit poorly written essays.
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Modern Love

For Students 8th - 10th
In this modern love worksheet, learners, with a partner, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with modern love, weddings and long-lasting relationships.
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Sunny Times News: Movie Guide for Local Theaters

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this movie review learning exercise, learners read through a movie guide and review. They then answer 6 questions about the information they reviewed.
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A-Scripting We Will Go

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write script for a puppet show. In this writing lesson, students write a puppet show script using facts from a previous lesson. They listen to DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan's, City Green before discussing the characters and which ones...
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Project Assessing the Need

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners determine ways to serve the community. In this service learning lesson, students list human wants and human needs and repeat the activity for community wants and community needs. Learners contact local agencies to conduct a...
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Newspaper Scavenger Hunts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine newspapers to find information. In this newspaper lesson plan, students collect newspapers from their homes to use for the lesson plan. They work in groups to complete scavenger hunts by locating specified...
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Pulp Friction

For Students 8th - 10th
In this reading comprehension activity, students have 12 minutes to read a text entitled "Pulp Friction" and answer comprehension questions based on the article. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Skimming Exercise

For Students 6th - 8th
In this skimming for information learning exercise, students read a passage quickly to find the main ideas. Students have a short period of time to read the passage and complete the questions.
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The Future Continuous Form

For Students 5th - 6th
In this future continuous worksheet, students fill in blanks with given verbs, using the future continuous tense. Students then write their own examples. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Ethics and Hazelwood: What Journalists Should and Can Write

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the code of ethics in journalism. In this journalism ethics instructional activity, students use Hazelwood and Tinker to explore journalism ethics. Students compare ethics of journalists and pirates, read a related...
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Fighting Disease

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of medical intervention in African nations. In this geography lesson, 7th graders research primary and secondary sources in search of information regarding Guinea worm disease. Students use their...
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A Different View

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Readers need to understand how their personal view point may differ or change how they see the view point found in a written text. Third graders read two informational pieces and fill out a graphic organizer to help them differentiate...
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Luisa Diogo

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Luisa Diogo and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.
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Gripping Details

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine literature for examples of paragraphs that are developed with gripping details. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which gives them a chance to rate the piece of literature...
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Critical Analysis of Arthurian Internet Website

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a worksheet to rate the material on different websites. They complete a critical analysis of the site. They demonstrate information they learned during viewing of the different websites.
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice reading orally with expression. Students are divided into pairs and receive the book "The Big Wide Mouthed Frog." The partners take turns reading the book with a lot of expression. The students rate each others'...
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Jump on the Expression Express

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars read for comprehension and practice reading fluently with expression. After a reading demonstration, and discussing how to recognize punctuation, students read given stories to a partner. Young scholars rate their...
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Reading Log

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading log worksheet, students fill in a reading log, noting title, author, genre and rating on a scale of 1-5. Students then write, "telling about the book."