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Racial Violence in America: Lynchings, 1877 to 1920
Learners analyze racial violence in America. Students listen to interviews with survivors of racial violence. They discuss the reasons behind the violence. Learners explore the African-American community's response to racial violence and...
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"The Three Billy Goats Gruff:" Retelling the Story
Youngsters retell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They write a sentence for speech bubbles for a character in the story, identify the phrases that can be used for retelling a story, and in small groups write a sentence for the...
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Listen a Minute: Exercise
Even if they hate exercise, this instructional activity could be a great way to practice writing and answering questions for your ELD pupils. First, a tape-script about exercise (which could be read aloud by the teacher) provides them...
San José State University
Count and Non Count Nouns
Students can review the concept of count and non count nouns in this activity. Using this resource with an overview of the use of count and non count nouns and a short activity, learners can practice this concept.
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Relative Pronouns
Do your learners know what relative pronouns are? How about relative clauses? They can practice identifying both of these by completing this worksheet. There are 25 sentences here for pupils to work with.
Beatrice Public Schools
Sentence Fragments: Worksheet B
Have you diagnosed sentence fragments as an area of improvement within your class? If so, consider this worksheet that asks learners to eliminate fragments. For each question, writers are compelled to create more complicated sentence...
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Korean Foods
An interesting instructional activity to find more information about the subject of Korean foods and their origins in culture. The topics surrounding mealtime, such as religious traditions and etiquette are researched in order to put...
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Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique
Young scholars sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison...
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Fahrenheit 451 Quiz
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions about Bradbury's Farenheit 451. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Breaking News English: Koran abuse
In this Koran abuse learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Hedda Gabler Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Our World of shapes
First graders listen to Shapes and The Greedy Triangle to identify and describe examples of geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes instructional activity, look for geometric shapes in real world places. Students make a...
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Immigration Unit
Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...
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Pre-reading Activities to Generate Student Interest In Novels
Teachers can generate excitement about required reading by engaging in pre-reading activities.
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Stars
Fourth graders examine the life cycle of a star while listening to Roy Gallent's, When the Sun Dies. They conduct Internet research and recreate a star's life cycle after viewing an animation.
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Smoky Night
Second graders compare the neighborhoods they know to those of a different place and time. In this historical perspectives lesson, 2nd graders read Eve Bunting's Smoky Night and discuss the outcome of the story. Students also discuss...
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The Water Nearby
Students explore water located near where they live. In this map skills maritime lesson, students use Google Maps to find their school and the body of water closest to them. Students research the body of water and answer questions about it.
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Cirque Ignites 'Spark'
Students respond to a news article on creativity. In this reading strategy lesson, students use the SQ3R approach to evaluate what they have read. The news article is about Cirque de Soleil and creativity in everyday life.
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Seasonal Cycles And Changes
Second graders recall the affect of direct and angled sunlight on the seasons, describe some results of warming soil and air in spring, predict the changes in buds when twigs are placed in water, and taste a product of tree sap and...
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Black and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
High schoolers analyze the impact of jazz on the novel, "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison. They read and discuss excerpts of the novel, write an essay on the influence of jazz on Ralph Ellison as a writer, and view video excerpts on...
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It's in the Cards
Young scholars discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...
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Exodus History Writ Large
Students view the video Exodus: History Writ Large. They review facts about Moses and his role in the story of Exodus. Students create a list of signifcant events in the life of Moses. They are explained that Moses and the story of...
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Managing Heat
Third graders perform various experiments to show the flow of energy that causes heat. For this heat lesson, 3rd graders understand how heat is transferred or trapped. Students use the scientific method and critical thinking skills to...
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History: Sherman's March to the Sea
Students analyze two sources. First, they will look at a letter written by Sherman to Grant as Sherman's army approached Savannah. Second, they will review the lyrics to the popular song of that period, Marching Through Georgia.