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Express Yourself Lesson Seed 10: Character Development

For Teachers 6th Standards
Make a study of Timothy and his development as a character over the course of the first half or so of The Cay. This idea focuses in particular on chapters 10 through 12. Learners start out by working on double-entry journals created in...
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Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

So B. It

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Looking for supporting materials for a study of So B. It by Sarah Weeks? This resource includes a summary of the book, questions to answer and discuss, a journal starter, a list of related activities, a list of similar books, and links...
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Alice in Wonderland: Nonsense and Logic in Literature

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is known for its fantastical imagery and nonsense verse. This unit plan offers a basic exploration into nonsense verse through poetry and teacher read-alouds. It incorporates activities involving...
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Experiment Report (Normal Form)

For Students 4th - 8th
Here is a handy handout to give any science class as a guide to writing lab reports. It is a blank outline that you can have aspiring scientists fill out when they experiment, or imitate as they record their experiments in a lab journal....
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Star Wars in the Classroom

"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 1

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
"Now is the summer of our happiness/Made winter by this sudden, fierce attack!" Luke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson plan unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope. Using Star Wars® as...
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Foundation for Water & Energy Education

How is Flowing Water an Energy Source? Activity B

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore the world's water without leaving the classroom! In this second of three uncomplicated but wonderful activities, physical science learners feel the pressure of water. They discover that the deeper the water, the stronger the...
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Cal Recycle

Conserving Natural Resources

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Trying to plan an engaging elementary science unit on natural resources? Conserve your energy! This five-part series of lessons and hands-on activities has exactly what you need to teach young scholars about the importance of conservation.
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Psychology

For Students 9th - 12th
Psychology, the scientific study of the human mind and behavior, is a popular major for many college students. An informative handout outlines common assignments in psychology courses. Scholars see how to design a research proposal,...
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Attic Hunting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate how journal writing helps preserve past, present and future history. They discover how different groups of people keep different types of journals and what the journals show about the lives of the writers.
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A Voyage of Endurance

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students apply the three different types of journal writing by composing one of each type on the subject of Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. They also write a dialectical journal summarizing the facts of the expedition and...
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Dog Salmon

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study the life cycle of the Dog Salmon while practicing naming the outside parts of the salmon in both English and Athabascan. They record observations in journals.
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Journaling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore journal writing. In this writing instructional activity, students are given writing prompts such as "how the choices I make affect our water quality?" and use critical writing skills to express their feelings in a...
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Personally Poetic

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners create an Acrostic poem using notes from biography journals. In this poetry and journal lesson, students read a biography of their choice and take notes in their journals. Learners review an acrostic poetry website and use...
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P.H.A.T Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete a P.H.A.T Log which records their nutrition and daily activities. They complete a reflections journal based on the entries.
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Studying Pillow The Book

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate the content of The Pillow Book. They conduct research and complete journals about the readings. There are target questions to guide the writing and reflection process.
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Lesson 10: History of Illinois 1700's Dual Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a journal that includes historic events that occurred in Illinois in the 1700's that features entries on the same topics from different perspectives.
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Extended Families

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the various combinations that contemporary extended families take on. They identify how strong communication skills are important to the health of the family after reading a an excerpt from a first-person fictional journal.
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People Changing the Atmosphere Lab

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils examine ways to reduce the greenhouse effect. Students keep a "CO2 Journal" to help establish a connection between their own behavior and its impact on global warming as well as discover ways to reduce global warming.
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the different stages of the water cycle. They conduct Internet research and complete a water cycle WebQuest. Students identify what happens at each stage of the water cycle, and write about each stage in their...
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Reading Comprehension Strategy Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in pre-reading activities, journal keeping, vocabulary lists and other reading comprehension boosters. These activities can be applied to many genres.
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Math in My World

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders record in their journals the many ways in which mathematics is part of their world.
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Question of the Day Counting

For Teachers 1st
First graders answer daily questions, then count to see how many responded with yes or no. They record their answers in math journals and discuss the results.
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Geo Jammin'-Day2, Lesson 7: Roll, Roll, Unroll the Scroll

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write in journals, recording personal thoughts about what they learned and/or something they are wondering about.
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Take Home the Bear

For Teachers K
Students take home a suitcase with items from the classroom to help them feel safe. They work with their parents to write in their journal about the things they did while the suitcase was home with them. They read their journal entries...

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