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Literacy Design Collaborative

Betrayal in Literature—Barreiro

For Students 8th Standards
What do Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" and the Book of Genesis have in common? Both are complex texts that model how authors can approach the same concept—betrayal—in very different ways.
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Roald Dahl

The BFG Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A 55-page unit examines the novel, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. Six lessons pay close attention to friendship, dreams, and believing themes while analyzing interesting characters, writing creative vocabulary, smilies, metaphors, an exciting...
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Other

Sweet Briar College: Note Taking Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information for you to evaluate your current note-taking strategies and gives hints on more effective ways to take notes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Line Notes and Space Notes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson will help young scholars determine whether the notes on a staff appear on a line or on a space. Students also will recognize how many lines and spaces are on a staff.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different stages of the Earth's water cycle, and about processes involving water, including runoff, infiltration, and the differences between hard and soft water.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Note Names on the Staff

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plan teaching students the notes on the treble staff. Students learn slogans and practice using a flipchart from Promethean Planet.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Needs of Living Things

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the five things that all living things need to survive and why they are critical for both plants and animals.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Characteristics of Living Things

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses the five characteristics that living things have and nonliving things do not.
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Other

Literature Learning Ladders: Literature Based Web Quests

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A large compilation of high-quality literature-based WebQuests organized by grade range, K-2, 3-6, middle and high (30-50 quests per range). Most relate to specific books; a few explore general themes or genres, e.g., where authors get...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Making Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes on using the reading strategy of making predictions before and during reading to increase comprehension. Notes can be both read and listened to.
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Other

Mauritshuis: "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp"

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery houses an impressive collection of masterpieces from the golden age of Dutch painting, among them Rembrandt's dramatic group portrait of Amsterdam surgeons. View "The Anatomy...
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Pocantico Hills School: State Reports by Students

For Students 4th - 6th
At this site look through these reports written by Grade 5 students in the 1998-99 school year. Click on the state that you are interested in. Please note that not all states have reports.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Eugene Delacroix

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Eugene Delacroix. Includes specific notes for many of his works, including "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi", though there is no reproduction of the painting.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Learning Guides: "In Just " by E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to offering a summary of and a link to the text of "in Just-" by E. E. Cummings, this guide contains notes on themes, a collection of quotes, and a list of study questions suitable for reviewing the poem.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Nathanael Greene Was Born

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A note on Nathanael Greene, a friend of George Washington's and a Revolutionary War hero.
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: How to Read an Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this guide when reading an expository text or any type of essay, as it provides important questions you should ask yourself while you read. You can access this page in multiple languages from the English homepage.
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Rice University

Rice University: Who Wants Pizza? A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
These introductory lessons on fractions provide clear explanations and directions with interactive practice problems. Also includes a "teacher's notes" section with resource and standards information. Each section focuses on a different...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Argument and Persuasion

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A slide show with fourteen slides with notes, tips, and examples on how to write a persuasive essay.
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TES Global

Blendspace: How to Cite Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A twenty-part learning module on citing sources including links to pictures, text, activities, sites, and videos on plagiarism, note taking, MLA formatting, in-text citations, and citation websites.

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