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Main Events in Fiction
Students complete a literature analysis of fiction texts to study elements of fiction. For this fiction analysis lesson, students read various fiction texts and examine them to learn about fiction elements. Students learn to draw...
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Tenth graders read I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven. They share interpretations and conclusions in either oral or written form. They deliver a speech that conveys information using clear and concise language.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students read books about animals and describe their structures, how they grow and change, and their life cycles. In this animals lesson plan, students also make animals out of pasta.
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Calder's Balancing Acts
Students learn the vocabulary of contemporary sculpture and distinguish between abstract and realistic sculpture, mobile and stabile, biomorphic and geometric. They write equations using Calder's mobiles
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The Genre of Captivity Literature
Students make reference to previously presented material,
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Pair-Share: Constructing Paragraph Order
Young scholars write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They identify the main idea and explicit details. Students analyze paragraph and essay structure. They utilize context clues to identify organization.
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Alliteration
Students write and illustrate a sentence which names a letter of the alphabet. The sentence should have subject, verb, describing words, and incorporate alliterative techniques.
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Color Your World
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson plan, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs...
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Plane Figures
Fifth graders create polygons requested by their teacher. In this polygons lesson, 5th graders watch a video and listen to a song about polygons. Then, students take turns labeling various polygons and practice making polygons.
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Measurement Mania
Second graders get many opportunities to practice their measurement skills.
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Turin, Geography, Culture And Sports
Students study why certain locations are suitable to host the Winter Olympics. They research the characteristics of Turin, Italy, plan a trip and create a multimedia scrapbook of the trip.
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"Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man"
Students create questions to ask the poet, Ishmael Reed about his poetry. After the poet speaks, students are broken into groups and are to analyze a poem and report back to the class on their findings.
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Hollow Form - Monsters - Beasties That Never Were
High schoolers investigate Medieval art Gargoyles/Beasties and creatures used for animation films, design an original monster, and create a hollow clay form using hand building techniques.
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Holidays Around the World
Pupils use the internet to gather information about holidays around the world. They create a calendar with all of the holidays outlined and calculate the percentages of countries who celebrate each one. They design a greeting card to...
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Investigating Ocean Life
Sixth graders explore the various forms of ocean life. They research a creature that lives in the ocean. Students use their research information to create a series of HyperStudio stacks about their sea creature.
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Adjectives
Learners list adjectives to describe Anakin, his cloak and the mood of the poster to write an adjective-rich description. They then sort the adjectives into categories of what they describe: people, places, or things.
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Commas
Students explore the use of commas. They demonstrate the correct use of commas within lists. Students participate in a listing activity. They discover how commas can assist a sentence in making sense. Students place commas in correct...
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Write a Myth
Students explore myths in ancient times. For this mythology lesson, students read or view a video production of a myth to determine specific characteristics of myths. Students work in groups to write a myth that explains an occurrence...
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Emotions in Motion
Students use dance as a form of communication. In this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.
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Rainforest Resources
Learners explore products of the rainforest. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discover the resources that the rainforest holds and examine products from the rainforest used around the world.
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Case Studies in Journalistic Ethics No. 2
Learners use texts on media ethics and various Web sites to explore real world examples of media law issues. For this media ethics lesson, students examine the Food Lion case using a transcript from the court of appeals session and...
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Growing Seeds
In this science worksheet, learners read 5 different scenarios with varied growing conditions for plants. Students make a prediction for each: Will it grow a little, grow a lot, or not grow at all?
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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Third graders read the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Using the internet, 3rd graders research weather conditions, plants, animals and foods from different countries. After sharing information, they discuss similarities and...