Prestwick House
Speak
Speaking your mind and standing up for yourself is the message of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak. Readers review key details about characters, setting, and plot points with a crossword puzzle all about Speak.
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Metaphors Compare Things
This worksheet on metaphors is your ticket to better writing! As learners read ten sentences, they underline the metaphor and circle the two objects of comparison.
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Irish Idioms Exercise
Whether or not it’s St. Patrick’s Day, whether or not your pupils are studying the Gaeilge, they will have a great fun with this worksheet of Irish Idioms. An answer sheet is provided. That’s grand!
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Circle the Subjects
In this grammar worksheet, students circle the subject in fifteen sentences and put in an appropriate subject left out in eight additional sentences.
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Buy Nothing Day
Students discover Buy Nothing Day. In this consumer awareness lesson, students discuss their spending habits and consider the effects of mass consumerism. Students discuss alternative activities to shopping on Buy Nothing Day.
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Robert Frost
Show what you know about Robert Frost, both of his poems and life. Between multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, a lot of information is covered. Dealing more with breadth than depth, this quiz is good for ending a unit about...
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The Kwanzaa Tradition: Pronoun Review
Celebrate Kwanzaa and reinforce grammar skills with one language arts activity. Learners add missing pronouns to sentences in a passage about the traditions and customs of Kwanzaa. Next, they answer four comprehension questions about...
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Santa Claus Around the World
Students investigate how students in various countries celebrate their winter holiday traditions, locate various countries on a map, and draw and tell about various Santa Claus legends.
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Passing Notes
Students demonstrate the importance of sharing compliments. In this character education lesson, students write compliments on post-it notes to one of their classmates.
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The Kwanzaa Tradition…Pronoun Review
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage regarding Kwanzaa. Students fill in the 7 blanks in the passage with the appropriate pronouns and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Halloween for ESL Learners
Students learn history of Halloween. They learn traditional activities of Halloween. They share the fun of Halloween through the Internet.
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Fall and Winter Religious Celebrations
Students discover the unique beliefs and celebrations of the five major religions in the world. In groups, they discuss the terms associated with each religion and are read books about their celebrations. They create their own dharma...
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Passing Notes
Students demonstrate how to give compliments. In this character education lesson, students are given an envelope with strips of paper to write compliments on. Students are asked to give one compliment to each classmate. The students...
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Kwanzaa
Students create a "mkeka" (place mat). They explain how particular symbols and associated colors are used to focus attention to the meaning of an African-American celebration called Kwanzaa.
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Winter Wonderland Stations
Pupils use hockey sticks to strike pucks into a goal, between two cones, or into another target (e.g., bowling pins). They use white rolled up socks as snowballs to throw at a variety of targets that are on the floor or on the wall .
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Eat and Be Merry - Planning a Mexican Posada
Students plan their own fiesta. They study information about a "posada"
and explain the significance of a pi??ata. Afterwards, they construct a pi??ata to be used for end-of-unit party. in addition, they read a story and answer questions...