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Those Busy, Buzz'n Worker Bees
Students research information on worker bees. In this insect lesson plan, students review the body parts of insects and how bees find flowers. They discuss compound and simple eyes and the life cycle of a worker bee.
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Faulty Parallel Sentence Construction Worksheet 2
In this grammar worksheet, learners read and correct ten faulty parallel sentences. Students construct each of the ten sentences where they read grammatically correct.
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House Repairs: ESL Lesson, Beginning Level
Explore the world of home repair using this ESL presentation. With terms like construction worker, painter, and electrician, the vivid and clear illustrations on each slide will help your beginning ESL learners identify various...
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Community Workers
In this ESL community workers worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict citizens in different jobs. Students match these to the word or phrase that describes the job.
Main Memory Network
Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" and Whitman's "Song of Myself"
Although the work Americans do has changed over time, the plight of the American worker has largely remained the same. Facilitate a class discussion aboutAmerican workers using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" and...
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Structure Practice: The Passive Voice
Use this online interactive learning exercise in an ELD class or for younger native speakers. They practice using simple past tense verbs in the passive voice. Many of the constructions are not straightforward, nor often used by early...
The New York Times
A Worker's Compensation
Middle schoolers read about the history of Labor Day in a newspaper article. They discuss difficulties American employees of the past had to face, learn about labor rallies, and conduct Internet research. Part of the intention of this...
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Walls, Floors, Windows, and Doors
Learners develop an understanding of how outer walls, doors and windows are added to construction. They examine the jobs of specific construction workers and how they bring the job to completion. They design a brick laying pattern.
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Ancient Egypt
Pupils complete a series of activities to discover life in ancient Egypt. They create want ads for pyramid workers, design vocabulary flash cards and dictionaries, and research famous Egyptians. They also research the "Curse of the...
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We're Building Heroes
Students discuss their ideas of the qualities a hero possesses. In this attributes of a hero lesson plan, students construct a hero puzzle and identify qualities of a hero in storybook characters.
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Railroad Idioms Art Lesson Plan
Sixth graders research railroad idioms. In this idiom lesson, 6th graders read through a glossary of different railroad idioms and their meanings. They illustrate a chosen idiom.
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Great Wall of China Assignment
In this Great Wall of China activity, students read a 1-page passage about the construction of the wall and then respond to 4 short answer questions and write letters about the benefits of the wall.
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Letter Writing Basics
Students construct a letter about a classroom issue as a class. They then write a letter individually that requests information, file a complaint or complement, or write a letter to the editor/legislator.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 27
In this beginning sentence completion exercise 27 worksheet, students complete ten sentences interactively by choosing the correct word(s), with immediate feedback.
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Advanced Sentence Completion 2
In this sentence completion worksheet, pupils read the sentences and select the best word or words to complete the 12 sentences.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion: 12
In this sentence completion worksheet, learners fill in the blank for the correct word for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.
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Vocabulary Review #85
In this vocabulary review #85 worksheet, students interactively select the correct word to complete 10 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Reading to Calculate
Pupils explore uses of the calculator. They explore using reading strategies to solve problems. Students recognize when calculators are useful. They construct real life situations for calculator use.
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Advanced Sentence Completion 3
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and select the best word or words to complete the 12 sentences.
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Reading Comprehension 6: Level 10
Do your tenth graders need some extra practice with reading strategies? The great idea here is the detailed explanation provided for why one answer is correct. Not only is the strategy detailed, but the rationale for why the other foils...
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Nevada Vocabulary
In this matching terms and phrases learning exercise, students use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks about Nevada. Students write 10 answers.
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Stereotypes in The Diary of Anne Frank
Before reading Anne Frank's diary, discuss stereotypes with your class. This guide is a great prereading activity; pupils complete a list of incomplete sentences in order to showcase common stereotypes. Then, they complete the seven...
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Choose the Correct Homophone II
Homophones are tough! Identify different homophones and how they're different. Common ones like son and sun and plain and plane are included. Some uncommon ones are also included, like bridal and bridle.
English Grammar
Fill in the Gerund with the Correct Preposition
Kids demonstrate their understanding of gerunds by providing the correct preposition and the noun form of the verb indicated in a series of 30 sentences.