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Who Is Responsible For Repairs?
Students discuss household problems that may be eligible for repair by their landlord. As a class, students discuss the portions of their lease that require their landlord to repair damages and which damages they may be responsible for...
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Family Communication Style
Eighth graders explore the different ways that families communicate with each other. After a lecture/demo, 8th graders generate a list of relationships that might benefit from practice in the art of conversation and communication.
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The Power of Words: Intention and Perception
Students examine different conversations and discuss them. They identify the intention of the words spoken and the perception of how those words came across to others. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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Collaboration and Communication Tools
Students engage in simple conversations with others using email. They send thank you cards to the school staff using email. They choose a greeting card on a specific website and then compose a thank you message for the card.
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Transparency
Eighth graders discover proper use of quotation marks. They examine conversations between characters in comics and magazines. In pairs, 8th graders punctuate sentences correctly. They create a story, with dialogue, involving people in a...
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Verb Forms And Contractions
In this mixed verb and contraction worksheet, student fill in the blank with the proper verb form the first 16 statements. They insert the proper present perfect or past simple verb in 28 statements and insert the proper contraction in a...
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Story Starter-- The Turtle And the Dog
In this writing worksheet, students examine the colorful picture of a turtle having a conversation with a dog. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Team Talk Question Cards
For this team building worksheet, students get to know each other before working as a group. Students cut apart 8 cards which have conversation starters. Students take turns participating in group discussion about the cards.
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Writing Sparks
In this unique writing scenario worksheet, students imagine that they are out taking a walk and run across an animal that they can talk to. Students write out the conversation that they have with the animal.
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Reported Speech: A Bad Student
In this reported speech worksheet, students convert the dialogue conversation into a paragraph of reported speech. Students write the paragraph on a separate sheet of paper.
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This, That, These and Those
In this dialogues instructional activity, students fill in the blanks in two conversations with missing words. Word choices are: this, that, that's, these or those.
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A Flight to Florida: There is/Are
In this to be verbs worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the blanks with there is, there are, is there, or are there for the conversation about a flight.
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Telephone Interview
In this telephone interview worksheet, students read the telephone conversation and compose the questions for the highlighted answers.
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Comparative and Superlative Dialogue
In this dialogue worksheet, students read a series of remarks in a conversation that focus on comparatives and superlatives. Worksheet has no other associated activities.
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Possessive Pronouns
This worksheet reviews types of pronouns, provides a list of possessive pronouns, as well as prompts for writing original sentences using 14 different possessive pronouns. Plus, participants put possessive pronouns in their proper places...
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Ruby Bridges
A two-part lesson features Civil Rights hero, Ruby Bridges. Part one focuses on the heroic actions of Ruby Bridges then challenges scholars to complete a Venn diagram in order to compare themselves to her. Part two begins with a...
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Arrange the Words
In this adjectives worksheet, students categorize adjectives given into 3 categories and read passages that include adjectives. Students complete 5 activities.
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Romeo and Juliet Family Shields
Students create a family shield for themselves as part of the Montague or Capulet family. In this Romeo and Juliet lesson, students divide into the two warring clans. Students each create a shield representing themselves as part of one...
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Romeo And Juliet: Act IV Reading And Study Guide
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 5 vocabulary words, define 2 literary terms, and respond to 15 short answer questions pertaining to Act IV of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.
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The Golden Rules of Story Writing
In this story writing skills worksheet, students consider 6 guidelines for authoring their own stories. Students use the guidelines as they write their own stories.
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Tense Review: The Verb "Have"
For this verb tense worksheet, learners complete a 7 question fill in the blank on-line interactive exercise. Students read a sentence and fill in the past or present form of the verb "have".
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It's Bigger, Faster, and Stronger
In this ESL talking comparative worksheet, students practice conversations as they examine the objects picture in the sheet and talk about them with someone. Students then practice writing comparative words and forming sentences.
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Speech and Language Samples
Students tell a story, describe a picture, share about a favorite toy from home and are recorded using an iPod with a voice recorder. They create a playlist of their voice and reading samples to illustrate progression over time.
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Out of Your Comfort Zone
Students practice their interviewing skills. For this journalism skills lesson, students discover how to use open and closed questions when interviewing a subject. Students prepare for and experience a press conference with a school...