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Lesson: Tomma Abts: Abstract Painting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
One must first learn how to analyze art before they can properly respond to it. Here, young analysts examine six abstract pieces in a systematic and formal way. They then respond to one of the pieces in either a poem or an essay. An...
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The New York School: Action and Abstraction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the influences and similarities between the New York School poets and Abstract Expressionist artists. They analyze paintings and poems, and write original poetry.
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Abstract Nouns and Concrete Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Practice identifying concrete and abstract nouns with a activity that offers three different ways to show what enthusiastic grammarians know. First, pupils read a passage and identify the nouns; second, they think up three more of their...
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University of North Carolina

Abstracts

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Some of the best information to include when writing a research paper doesn't come from books, magazine articles, or informational websites—it comes from dissertations. However, reading an entire dissertation is often a daunting task....
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K12 Reader

Find the Abstract Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A worksheet challenges scholars to read 20 words then identify and circle the 11 abstract nouns. 
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National Gallery of Canada

My Abstraction

For Teachers K - 3rd
What makes a color warm, and what makes a color cool? Explore colors and abstract art through an observation activity and an art assignment. Learners look at images and talk about colors before making their own compositions with...
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th
The focus of this colorful worksheet is concrete and abstract nouns. Youngsters complete four activities to help them distinguish concrete from abstract nouns. They sort a list of concrete and abstract nouns, put a box around abstract...
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More Joy of Abstract Nouns 1

For Students 5th - 8th
Students are provided with a list of 20 adjectives that they must generate abstract nouns to match. For example, the first term, luxurious, would prompt the answer luxury. Directions for this activity explain that abstract nouns don't...
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More Joy of Abstract Nouns 2

For Students 5th - 8th
Continue your classes' study of related vocabulary with a second list of adjectives that have corresponding abstract nouns. Students must fill in the missing abstract noun for each provided adjective. For example, satisfying (satisfied)....
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Abstract Nouns

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
In two similar worksheets contained in this resource, learners circle the abstract noun contained in 13 or 14 sentences. Unfortunately, an example given is "courageous," which is an adjective. This is a resource for home schooling, but...
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The Joy of Abstract Nouns

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
Help your class understand how adjectives can be related to abstract nouns by analyzing a list of 80 adjective/noun pairs. Example: luxurious/luxury. There are no questions on the page as this is a word list but it is a useful reference...
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns Coloring

For Students 5th - 7th
Use a noun coloring worksheet to have your learners read 60 nouns, each in their own rectangle. They will then color rectangles with concrete nouns yellow and the rectangles with abstract nouns blue. Note: This does not include an answer...
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Arbitrary Arrangements: Daniel Sprick's Release Your Plans

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate abstract artists as storytellers.  In this art analysis lesson, students observe the small details in the painting called "Release Your Plans" by Daniel Sprick.  Students collaborate in groups to create their own...
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Prestwick House

Introducing Symbols–The Beach

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Looking for a way to introduce class members to the concept of symbolism and multiple levels of meaning? Readers examine two different passages about the beach and consider how the writers use concrete objects, and places to represent...
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Packing Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Play a noun game with your class. Put a suitcase in the middle of the room and have each class member, in turn, name a noun that begins with a specified letter of the alphabet. To ramp up the challenge, assign concrete, abstract, proper,...
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Abstract Nouns: Sentence Search

For Students 4th - 8th
This is a creative way to read the sentence parts and then connect the words with horizontal and vertical lines to form sentences with abstract nouns. Great for groups and whole class discussions. Also a great resource for ELD/ESL
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TAKS Quiz-Abstract Nouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this TAKS quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on abstract nouns. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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The Abstraction Ladder (Using Examples in Essays)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils study the appropriate formats for giving examples in American discourse style. A ladder approach is used to demonstrate the concept. They write paragraphs about abstract concepts, such as beauty, wealth, and love, using methods...
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Natural Inquirer Lesson: Scientific Abstracts

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students practice scientific observation by writing abstracts.  In this science reporting lesson, students identify the 4 segments of a scientific abstract, what the problem is, how it was studied, what was found and the importance of...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kinds of Nouns

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
With so many different kinds of nouns, it can be hard for young learners to keep them all straight. Help clarify this important part of speech for your class with this series of worksheets which clearly addresses the difference...
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The Abstraction Ladder (Using Examples in Essays)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine and discuss most appropriate format for giving examples in the American discourse style.
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Research, Production, and Presentation of Abstract and Pop Art

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art using both print materials, Take 5 Art prints and the Illusion4 Palm OS program. They complete a research and art production project that focuses on one artist from the two...
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Amos and Boris: Text Study

For Students 3rd Standards
Twenty insightful questions follow a read aloud of the story, Amos and Boris by William Steig. Scholars then show what they know through completion of a cause and effect chart, reading fluency assessment, and a written explanatory or...
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Writing Session: Writing a Summary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The similarities and differences between academic and everyday summaries/abstracts are explored in this PowerPoint. After reading "Historiographic Reflection on Israel’s Origins: The Rise and Fall of the Patriarchal Age,” and abstracts...

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