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Chapters 4 and 5 of Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading response worksheet, students complete 10 questions or activities about Chapters 4 and 5 of Holes by Louis Sachar.
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From Athena to Zeus: Digital Stories Through the Eyes of Greek Gods and Godesses

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Practice creating digital presentations based around Greek Mythology. Your class will create digital books dedicated to individual Greek Gods.  They will utilize their photography skills and multimedia labs to create a digital...
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Movie Music

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners discover film making by participating in a music performance.  For this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers.  Learners collaborate...
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An Interview With the Past: Ancient Roman and U.S. Government Leaders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students produce a modern television interview show where they present information about Ancient Rome and its influence on modern governments. In this governments lesson plan, students produce shows in groups.
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study sequencing while reading an Australian folk tale. In this sequencing lesson plan students read a folk tale using Reader's Theater and discuss what happened first, second and last. Students also create animal ears and...
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Comprehension Review for Fifth Grade

For Teachers 5th
In this comprehension review for fifth grade worksheet, 5th graders answer 9 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about the main idea and details of two passages.
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The American Dream Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze how poetry can reveal themes of 'The American Dream.' In this poetry themes lesson, students discuss the elements of poetry and define imagery. Students read 'Lost Sister' by Cathy Song and complete a related worksheet....
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Predicting Outcomes I: Pre Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this predicting outcomes worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about predicting outcomes of different stories. Students answer 8 questions total.
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Come On, Rain!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners read and analyze the story. In this language arts lesson, students read Come on, Rain! and examine how mood and tone are created, the use of figurative language and the characteristics of the genre. Learners research the...
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Mayflower Arrival Day 3

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write a letter describing their arrival on the Mayflower.  In this Mayflower arrival lesson, 7th graders research the passengers, comparing and contrasting ocean travel then and now.  Students take a passenger...
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Ancient Rome: Map Work

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the Roman Empire. In this ancient Rome lesson, 7th graders participate in activities that require them to examine the history , political structure, chronology, and significant figures of the empire.
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Social Roles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play in order to better understand the social roles of the Colonial period. In this Colonial period lesson plan, students guess what role the student is playing based on social role cards.
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Bad Bard/Good Bard: Coming to Character through Preconceptions of Shakespearean Acting

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their own acting skills. In this Shakespeare lesson, students participate in choral readings and reenact scenes from The Taming of the Shrew. Students then discuss the difficulties of Shakespearean acting.
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Moby-Dick

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners take on the persona of a sailor or a captain of a whaling vessel in New England in the 1800s and write five journal entries as that person.  For this Moby Dick lesson, students research the whaling industry in 19th...
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The Call of the Wild Vocabulary Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words to definitions and complete a word search for vocabulary from The Call of the Wild. Students complete 10 words for each exercise.
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Heroic Images: Visualization and Media Messages

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils examine media messages. In this media awareness instructional activity, students analyze online messages about heroism as they complete a jigsaw reading activity.
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Deshawn's Days

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read about a boy while exploring poetry.  For this poetry lesson, students discuss how Deshawn's neighborhood and family are described.
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Musée des Beaux Arts Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetic themes worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Musée des Beaux Art," by W. H. Auden. Suggested reading activities related to the poem are also provided.
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Stories Of Seasons

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story "Henry and Mudge Under The Yellow Moon," and write their own story based on a season. In this writing lesson plan, kindergarteners are assisted in "writing" their story by an older student or the teacher....
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Japanese Noh Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners examine Japanese theatre and create their own face masks which display certain emotions, props, costumes and perform in improvisational theatrical games.
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What Can We Do Today?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages fluently and with expression. They are assessed by their partner, using a fluency...
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Measure for Measure: Are You Talkin' to Me?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students rehearse and perform an exchange from act three, scene two of the play, Measure for Measure, in pairs. They read the lines from the point of view of a different character in the play, and perform for the class.
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Character Study in Macbeth

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze a Shakespeare soliloquy by writing a prose summary of it. They keep a character journal, following one character through the play and analyzing what the character does and says, as well as, might have done or...
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Identifying Types of Native American Stories

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read Native American stories and record information on forms about them. They identify the type of story, its significance, and purpose. Students determine what the readers/listeners should learn from the stories.