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Progressing Towards Graduation

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders write a paragraph about what they are going to do after graduating from high school. As a class, they share how they are going to meet their goals and discuss other options other than going to college. To end the lesson,...
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What's the Purpose Anyway?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Examine author's purpose in newspaper articles, comic books, cookbooks, encyclopedias and other forms of written materials. Working in groups, middle and high schoolers read teacher-selected articles and write an explanation of the...
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Peer and Self-evaluation in Spoken Tests: Tools and Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, each take a different role and are to either ask or answer questions. They explore how to effectively evaluate themselves and others.
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What's Your Style?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a learning style assessment and evaluate the information gained to determine accuracy in terms of what they know about themselves as learners. They then identify and implement strategies related to their preferred...
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If the Career Fits, Explore It! (Part 2)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders brainstorm and discuss various careers and then complete a career interest inventory and two activity sheets called, "Who I Am..." and "Researching a Career." They engage in a comparison of career paths and different...
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Putting It All Together: The Personal Plan of Study

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss their plans for after high school and complete a portfolio. Individually, they use the information from their portfolio to create puzzle pieces of their past to help them plan their future. In groups, they put...
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My Four to Six Year Plan (My Personal Plan of Study)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine what they need to do to meet their career goals. They design a four to six year plan for the classes they need to take in high school after listening to high school mentor tell about their experiences with this...
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Give Yourself Some Credit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify information and skills necessary to transition to high school. They complete a graphic organizer comparing middle school and high school. They discuss earning credits and specific requirements for graduation from...
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Sports and Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
Use prepositions to explain what the people in the picture are doing. For example, the man is swimming in the pool, and the woman is sitting on the edge of the pool. Learners write seven sentences. 
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Capital Letters

For Students 1st - 3rd
Learners trace the capital letters on the page to practice their printing. They trace the entire alphabet five times. Fantastic practice for young writers.
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Review Parts of a Book

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Begin the year with a review of the parts of a book. Exercises in the unit plan ask emergent readers to identify the information on the cover of a book and on the title page, to explain the purpose of a table of contents, and to describe...
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Identifying Features of Nonfiction Text

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore nonfiction text. They identify the cover, title page, and table of contents of a nonfiction book. Pupils work in groups to create a chapter for a nonfiction class book about heroes.
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Building Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Decode and acquire new vocabulary! Readers use new vocabulary in their writing and use synonyms to determine meanings. Visual learners label pictures and group words together to increase understanding.
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Photography Merit Badge Workbook

For Students 7th - 12th
Engage your class in photography with this series of activities! Beginning photographers research and explain elements of photography, camera equipment, and careers in photography. After the research portion, learners complete one of two...
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Public Speaking: merit badge

For Students 5th - 12th
To gain a merit badge, Boy Scouts must prepare an eight minute speech about any topic they've selected. There's a place for them to record any notes, and there are several excerpts from the Guide to Advancement. 
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Word Roots 7: SPECT, STA, VERT Beginner Synonym or Antonym Word Puzzle

For Students 7th - 12th
With a word bank, information on Latin roots, and instant feedback, this resource is a good way to practice vocabulary as well as antonyms and synonyms. For this online activity, learners fill in an antonym and synonym for each of six...
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Choosing Between Affect and Effect

For Students 7th - 11th
After reading a review of the meaning and usage of affect and effect, pupils complete a practice exercise to demonstrate their understanding of this tricky pair. An answer key is provided.
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All Right, All Ready...All Together! Grammar Practice

For Students 6th - 8th
Are you all ready, already? Do your kids confuse all right with alright? All ready with already? All together with altogether? Use this worksheet to clear things up! After defining each term and its homonym, examples are provided that...
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Grammar Practice: Don't Get Frazzled over Fragments!

For Students 6th - 8th
Following a brief definition of the required components of a complete sentence, and models of incomplete or sentence fragments, learners are asked to revise a series of sentence fragments into complete sentences. Suggested rewrites are...
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Grammar Practice: Lie vs. Lay

For Students 6th - 8th
Are your pupils caught in the lie/lay confusion? Give them extra practice with a worksheet that defines the difference in meaning, conjugates the words, and gives examples of how the two verbs are used. Learners then practice with 10...
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Grammar Practice: Parallel Structure

For Students 6th - 8th
Help your young writers improve the clarity of their sentences by showing them how to create parallel structures as they construct sentences. Two exercises give kids practice identifying the correct parallel structure and crafting...
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Grammar Practice: Consistency of Tense

For Students 6th - 8th
After a concise explanation of verb inconsistency, learners study detailed examples and then rewrite a series of sentences to eliminate tense inconsistencies. An answer key is provided. The worksheet could be used as part of a mini...
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Grammar Practice: They're, Their, and There

For Students 7th - 9th
Clear up the differences between there, they're, and their once and for all! A helpful reference sheet clarifies when to use each word, and the next page includes ten practice sentences. A set of answers is available, but it is directly...
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Prepositions Can Show Positions in Time

For Students 6th - 8th
Who knows where or when? The preposition knows! Young grammarians are asked to identify the preposition and the connecting prepositional phrases in 16 sentences. An answer key is provided.

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