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The Myth and the Reality: Pioneering in the Midwest

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine the myth and reality of settlement in the Upper Midwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Qu'est-ce Que C'est? Foreign Phrases

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders develop their reading comprehension skills by reading foriegn phrases. They also use the foreign phrases to develop their writing skills.
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Put That in Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and create...
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I Hate English!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to quality literature, examine the Chinese culture, and participate in an oral activity.
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Talk To Me About It

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students present an analysis of a short story. Working in small groups, students prepare a presentation of up to 30 minutes analyzing the major elements in a story they have read. Completed presentations are given to the class and...
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ESL Poetry Unit

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students complete a twelve lesson unit on poetry. They read and respond to different forms of poetry, write a bio poem, complete an online WebQuest, and in small groups present lessons to the class on various types of poems.
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I SPY Art from A to Z

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the Alphabet and acquire basic English vocabulary through the exploration of art. They find the alphabet in a variety of visual art images the teacher provides for them. Students count, sort and categorize Alphabet...
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Writing Book Reviews

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore new authors and genres they might like to read. The understand the ingredients of a book review. They write book reviews using persuasive language to recommend books.
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Fall Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners interpret what a similies and metaphors are. They give examples of similies and metaphors. Pupils write different similies and metaphors using fall or autumn descriptive words. Students base their comparisons on facts, once they...
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Snow Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the effects of a snow day on various people in the community. They listen to the book "Snow Day" by Betsy Maestro, complete a graphic organizer of people affected by the snow day, and write a story from the point of...
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Rough Draft and Peer Edit of Oral Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write a rough draft book review over a book they have finished recently. Using their peers, they revise and make suggestions to correct spelling and grammatical errors. In groups, they practice giving their book report to the...
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Secret Stories: Exploring the Elements of Folktales and Fables

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the characteristics of fables and folktales. In groups, they read and identify the various elements in the stories they read from around the world. For each story, they analyze the setting and the various...
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Dream Streets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Pupils listen to the story "No Blue Food" in this lesson. They then discuss Allegra, the main character, and her hesitation to try new foods. They participate in a matching game in which they match cards to determine a fruit topping...
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Advanced Sentence Completion 10

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this sentence completion worksheet, learners choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence. Students may have more than one blank to fill per sentence.
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Maestro Creativity Challenge

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work in small groups to write an article using the maestro group format. In this journalism instructional activity students break into groups and randomly choose an item that must be incorporated into their article.
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Media Literacy: Discovering and Understanding Propaganda

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study different types of propaganda and select an issue that is significant to them.  In this exploratory lesson students design and create posters on the topic of their choice and write a narrative describing it. 
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Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" from Town Smokes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" to learn about family symbols and social commentary. In this close reading lesson, students read four journal prompts for the story and answer the listed questions for each section.
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Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 12

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are scored...
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Big Cats Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the sounds of big cats. In this animal science instructional activity, students listen to the sounds of the big cats, such as lions and tiger, on a suggested website. Students research how the big cats use their sounds...
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How do we write a report?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write a report on a word processing program. In this report instructional activity, students write about what qualities a hero possesses. They type it on a word processing program and proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation...
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Techniques Used to Convey Messages in Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine different types of media. In this media awareness lesson, students discover techniques used in print, language, symbolic, and technical media as they rotate through classroom station activities.
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Animal Habitats

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Learners create clay animal characters...
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Addressing a Personal Size Envelope

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students correctly address a personal size envelope. In this addressing lesson plan, students organize information such as an address, return address, and stamp on an envelope.

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