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Short 'A' and Phoneme Blending

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your class explore the short /a/ sound. They will pronounce isolated consonant and short /a/ sounds and then blend the sounds to make a word.  An assessment sheet is provided.
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"Uhh..Did I do that?" - Phonemic Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice using the letter u in order to understand letter-sound correspondence. In this letter-sound correspondence lesson plan, students write, read, and say different words with the letter u in them.
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Worksheet
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Sentence Completion 8 (low-advanced SAT level))

For Students 11th - 12th
Proficient English language learners or native English speakers develop vocabulary with this five-page packet. The first page contains six fill-in-the-blank questions, and learners must decide which word or words best completes the...
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Deciphering the Document: Unlocking the Meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Help your learners truly understand the Emancipation Proclamation by asking them the put it into their own words. After reading the document out loud to the class, and briefly discussing the legal language, split your class into small...
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Sentence Building

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sentence building instructional activity, students make a sentence using the word given. The instructional activity offer eight words in order to practice sentence building.
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Subordinating Conjunctions and Subordinate Clauses

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Trying to help your learners improve their writing? Experiment with complex sentences with this handout and short exercise. This handout presents definitions of different types of clauses, a table explaining subordinating conjunctions,...
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Walk Two Moons: Magic Square Vocabulary Assignment

For Students 7th - 9th
Readers work alone or in groups on complete a vocabulary exercise designed to be used with Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons. Using the magic square format, learners match the vocabulary words with their definitions. An answer sheet is...
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The Shadow Knows - Creating Shadows

For Teachers K - 1st
Young learners recognize a shadow and witness how shadows occur when light is blocked. They access streamed video, standard video, and websites in order to engage in their study of how light is naturally blocked to create shadows. An...
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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and participate in whole class discussions. They evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information in the text in order to explain character motivation and action. Students produce an essay...
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Alphabet Sideshow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice sound and recognition of letters in alphabetical sequence. They gain an understanding of letter sounds and order. They create a slide show with graphics and text. They present their slide show to the class.
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Editorial Writing

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Use your class's knowledge of pollution and water treatment to write an editorial to town citizens. They apply prior knowledge in order to compose a letter intended for newspaper publication, focusing on writing to an appropriate audience.
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Maus: Problematic Situation Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Do people really need “a newer, bigger Holocaust” in order to change? Or is it possible that by making text-to-self connections to the stories of others people that they can change? In order to connect to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, class...
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Shapes and Their Insides

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learners follow a series of instructions for drawing and coloring different shapes in order to learn the difference between the perimeter and area of a polygon. Then they are asked to find the perimeter and area of a 3x4 rectangular...
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Watch Out Books! I'm Reading with Expression!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how to read with expression. By reading and rereading decodable words in connected texts, students study the importance of expressions and how it can make a book more enjoyable.
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Yo! Conventions!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners get in groups, take a list of words, put them into story form, and punctuate them. They present their story to the class and consider how punctuation changes meaning. Great excercise. 
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Lord of the Flies: Chapter 1 Reading and Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 13 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 23 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 1 of The Lord of the Flies in order to help them better understand the...
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Total English Advanced: Academic English

For Students 8th - 10th
Advanced English language learners use the vocabulary bank at the top of the page to complete several sentences. Word choices include emphasise, notably, more, yet, regard, etc. Although the instructional activity guide (page two)...
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Dolphin Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this dolphins learning exercise, students read 10 definitions of words that pertain to dolphins. Students match these definitions with vocabulary words in a word box.
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Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's "A Mercy"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In order to read and respond to Toni Morrison's A Mercy in this figurative-language instructional activity, students discuss the differences between a literal and a figurative interpretation of a text.  They explore figures of speech...
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What's Organic?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars discuss background information presented by the teacher and read dictionary definitions for the words "organic" and "synthetic." For this gardengin lesson, students complete a worksheet on the material. Young scholars grow...
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PPT
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Semantics

For Teachers Higher Ed
Use this PowerPoint in your college linguistics, English, psychology, or communications studies course. Not flashy, this presentation is still full of high-level concepts and vocabulary regarding semantics and verbal ambiguities, irony...
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Worksheet
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Sentence Completion 18

For Students 6th - 8th
English language learners are assessed on their vocabulary. For the eight questions provided, learners must identify the correct word or words to complete the sentence. A detailed answer sheet is included that defines each...
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How to Use Commas Correctly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Commas can be quite confusing. Young writers target troublesome grammar skills by focusing on the four most troubling uses: joining two independent clauses, separating introductory materials in a sentence, separating unnecessary...
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The ABCs of Conservation

For Teachers K
Students identify the letters of the alphabet and corresponding sounds and words that begin with that letter.

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