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Prepositions Quiz
In this prepositions activity, 6th graders complete 10 multiple choice quiz questions about prepositions. In some questions students are asked to read a sentence and identify prepositions.
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Cite, Sight, and Site
In this cite, sight, and site worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose cite, sight, or site for 45 sentences.
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Big, Bigger, Biggest - Comparatives
In this comparatives activity, the students read a description about comparatives and superlatives. Students fill in the comparative and superlative adjectives in a table for 12 adjectives and fix sentences by filling in the correct...
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Law/Lore
In this law and lore worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose either law or lore for 10 sentences.
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Persuasion and Use of Language
Students discuss connotative language, hyperbole, allusion, and rhetorical question. In small groups, they read one section of the "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and analyze these devices. Groups present their results to the class.
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Connecting Characters and Themes in Julius Caesar
Fourth graders prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put...
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What Do You Call Older People?
High schoolers brainstorm a list of words they use to refer to the elderly. As a class, they discuss the importance of word connotations and explain those used to refer to the older population. They complete a handout and share their...
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Roll Out the Run-ons
Students participate in activities in order to investigate the concept of run-on sentences. They identify a complete sentence and the correct characteristics that it possesses.
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Prepositions of Time--For, During, While
In this prepositions of time worksheet, students discover the rules for using the prepositions "for," "during," and "while."
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History in my Town
Fourth graders research a historical period in their hometown and use PowerPoint to present it to the class.