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Word Play

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the Japanese folktale, Monkeys Grasp for the Moon. In this multicultural literature lesson plan, students discuss the theme of the folktale. Students choose animal folktales from other Asian cultures for comparison.
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Word Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the work of Xu Bing. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the art piece "Monkeys Grasp for the Moon" and compare it to the Buddhist folktale on which it is based. Students create animated flip books based on the...
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Literature

For Teachers K
Students listen and respond to poems about rain. Then they review the continent of Asia and the country of Japan. They listen to a Japanese folktale about a peach boy. Next they listen to a story from Germany about musicians.
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Presentations

For Students 4th - 10th
In this sentence completion instructional activity, learners choose the correct words to complete a presentation, sentences, a profile, and more. Students complete 4 sentences total.
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Fantastic Facts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to expository texts. They dwell to formulate the comprehension and gain the main ideas. Students encounter explicit comprehension strategies to help them transition into this new type of text.
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The World of Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to traditional and nontraditional Cinderella stories and watch a video entitled "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters." Individually, children draw and illustrate the stories they have heard, create a story sequence, and...
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Article Or No Article?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this article or no article worksheet, students decide if the blanks in ten sentences should have an "a", "an", "the", or "no article" in each one to make them grammatically correct.
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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adjective worksheet, students read about comparative and superlative forms, then complete sentences correctly. Students then make up some sentences of their own using comparative and superlative adjectives.
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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINE EXPRESSIONS THROUGH PORTRAITURE

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a work or art as a springboard to a personal narrative or descriptive writing, create a collage to identify tone through art, and use inference to discern what might have caused an individual to feel the emotion that is...
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Writing Lesson Plans: Practice for SAT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice writing after completing research on a given topic. They use a writing sample to practice for the SAT writing section, then review sample essays and gain classmates feedback.
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American Transcendentalism and Buddhism:

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study American transcendentalism through readings of Emerson and Thoreau. They make cognitive connections to the similarities to Buddhism in these writings. The connection of the literary movement is explained in the art...
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Articles with Uncountable Nouns

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate articles, adjectives and/or adverbs to make ten sentences grammatically correct.
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Other, The Other, and Another Review

For Students 5th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in the blank in each sentence with either "other", "the other", or "another". There are 8 sentences on this worksheet to fill in the missing word.
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Singular to Plural

For Students 4th - 5th
In this singular and plural nouns worksheet, students read the sentences with singular nouns. Students then rewrite the sentences, changing the singular nouns to plural nouns and correcting other grammatical elements.
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Lesson Ten: Direction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the concept of relative location. In this map lesson, students read I Hate English by Ellen Levine and consider how maps and globes help people to familiarize themselves with an area.
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China Journal Response

For Students 5th - 6th
For this China journal response worksheet, students imagine they are asked to take a job promotion in China. Students write about what part of the country they would want to live in and why.
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Subject/Object Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this pronouns worksheet, learners choose the correct object or subject pronouns for sentences and rewrite sentences and eliminate a word. Students complete 3 activities.
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The Relative Clause

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this relative clause worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct relative clause. Students complete 17 multiple choice questions.
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Direct Objects

For Students 6th - 8th
In this grammatical skills instructional activity, students examine 20 sentences and identify the action verbs and directs objects in each of the sentences.
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Translating Confucius

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand the quotes of Confucius. In this Confucius lesson, students complete a worksheet to explain the quotes of Confucius.
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Meet a Creature From Ancient China

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view an image of a Chinese chimera and complete a chart describing what they see and understand about the creature. They compare funerary customs today to those of ancient China. They compile a list of items that might be...
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Finding the Salt Front

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners discuss definitions of estuary, salinity, and the salt front. They listen as the teacher explains the Hudson River Miles and ways the upriver and downriver sections relate to the north and south. Students graph the salt front...
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Year of the Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze Korean culture from their literature piece. They investigate the theme of oppression by an occupying army. Students encounter courage, resistance movements and explore the underground railroads.
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Getting Oriented

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the geography, culture, and philosophy of Asia using all five senses and information about China and Japan. This lesson is detailed and may take several days of in-class activities to complete.