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Concern over Assam Rhinos
Learners study the illegal hunting of wild animals (rhinos) in India. They read a short news report, review related vocabulary, and complete a vocabulary matching exercise.
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Mandela The Man
Ninth graders explore civil rights by reading several biographies. In this Nelson Mandela lesson, 9th graders discuss the trials and tribulations Nelson Mandela had to face in South Africa and how they were similar to the problems Martin...
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The Declaration of Independence
Young scholars empathize with the colonists. In this lesson plan on the Declaration of Independence, students collaborate to problem solve a school dilemma that enables them to understand the issues and difficulties that occurred in the...
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Using Prepositions with Participial Adjectives
For this using prepositions with participial adjectives worksheet, students read the explanations and examples, then interactively complete 12 sentences with the correct preposition with immediate online feedback.
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Parts of Speech
In this parts of speech learning exercise, students read about the different parts of speech including past, present, future, singular, plural, and more. Students complete a quiz on the parts of speech where they answer 10 multiple...
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Complete Sentences
In this subject and predicate learning exercise, students underline the predicate in 5 sentences, the subject and draw a box around the predicate and writes three complete sentences of their own underlining the subject and circling the...
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Simple and compound sentences
In this simple and compound sentences worksheet, students decide whether sentences are simple or compound sentences. Students also identify homophones, and plurals in sentences.
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Building Believable Characters
Students use descriptive strategies such as physical descriptions, background, and comparison of characters when writing narratives. They develop the topic with supporting details and precise diction to paint a visual image in the...
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Consumer Complaint Menu Role-play
In this role play instructional activity, students participate in a role play about a consumer complaint in a restaurant. Students complete 5 steps in the role play.
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing
Students investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...
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Taxation Without Representation
Eighth graders empathize with how colonists felt when they were taxed without representation. They use a metaphor of students and a school principal to describe the strained relationship that developed between the colonies and Britain.
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Calculating Postage
Learners explore the services available to them at their local post office. As a class, students discuss the function of each method of delivery. Learners choose a postal option appropriate to a scenario the instructor provides. This...
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Understand Dictionary Entries-Verbs
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the correct guidance for how an entry is found in a foreign language dictionary. They use the root and suffixes through breaking the word apart using the graphic organizer.
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Where Do I Fit In The Food Pyramid?
Students discuss how their daily diets fit into the dietary guidelines set out by the food pyramid. They write a paragraph describing good health habits and identify areas where their personal diet can be improved.
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Mixing Races in New Orleans
Students discuss the changes in the legal, social, and political status of African Americans and those of mixed ethnicity after reading the narrative, Haitian Immigration: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
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Shadow Theater of the Mahabharata
Students explore the Hindu epic, Mahabharata, by creating Javanese shadow puppets and performing significant scenes from the story. They combine their artistic ability with their desire to learn an important aspect of the Southeast Asian...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
This slideshow lesson focuses on the passive voice. It defines it, explains the effective uses of passive voice, discusses how to write effective sentences using passive voice, and provides examples.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Active Versus Passive Voice
A description of active and passive voice with examples and explanations.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Teaching Active and Passive Verbs in Context
Thse instructional practices use model or mentor sentences to help students learn how authors use conventions to clarify and convey meaning in their writing. These instructional practices are described in detail in Handout 14: Teaching...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: An Active & Passive Voice Mini Lesson
Lesson which allows students to explore active/passive voice verb choice through numerous online resources, and then apply these principles to their own writing style.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Active and Passive Voice
Know when to use verbs in the active voice or the passive voice. The active voice shows the subject acting. The passive voice shows something else acting on the subject. Most writers consider the active voice more colorful and avoid the...
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Active/passive Voice
This entry explains active and passive voice and how to change active to passive and passive to active in sentences. It provides detailed examples of each.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Active and Passive Voice
A good resource that clearly outlines the differences, uses, and purposes of the active and passive voice, both in writing and in verb construction. Includes charts and examples. Click through all the sub-topics for the complete...
University of North Carolina
The Writing Center at Unc Chapel Hill: Passive Voice
How can you avoid the passive voice in your writing? Explore this website to learn how and why not to use this voice in your writing.