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Prestwick House

Frankenstein

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Science Fiction? Gothic Novel? Romance? No matter the label, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has captured the imagination of readers for over 200 years. Whether used to test how well readers remember the key events and characters in...
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Penguin Books

Using Thirteen Reasons Why in the Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher helps bring difficult, but important, topics such as suicide and bullying into the classroom. An educator's guide for the novel provides activities and discussion questions to help teens explore the...
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Penguin Books

An Educator's Guide to Matched by Ally Condie

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Even supposed Utopian societies have their flaws. Using an educator's guide, individuals explore the society Ally Condie creates in Matched. Reflective writing prompts double as discussion questions and cover key themes in the novel, as...
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EngageNY

Making a Claim: Emma Burke’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath of the Earthquake

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sharpen those pencils; it's time to write! Scholars begin writing the first body paragraph of their literary analysis essays. Additionally, pupils use graphic organizers to analyze a character's point of view from Laurence Yep's...
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Health Smart Virginia

Compliment a Character

For Teachers 6th
Compliments are true, specific, and positive. Crafting those compliments can be a challenge. Graciously accepting a compliment can also be a challenge. The first lesson plan in the Health Smart series designed for sixth graders provides...
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Curated OER

"Spelldown" by Becky Mushko

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners read Spelldown, by Becky Mushko and consider how it portrays the Appalachian community. They define and discuss vocabulary presented in the story and write a comparison/contrast paper analyzing two of the story's characters. The...
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Curated OER

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Read and analyze the book, The Teacher From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler with your class. They will compare/contrast the two Mrs. Greens with a Venn diagram, design a new book cover, create a paper mache mask, and complete a story...
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Curated OER

The Ramayana: Showing your Dharma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify characters and events from the Ramayana. They discuss ways in whcih the images convey non-verbal information and messages. They discuss similarities and differences in the visual and verbal tellings of the Ramayana.
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Curated OER

Introducing the Properties of Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Practice relating linear equations to quadratic equations and identify the properties of a quadratic equation. Draw a quadratic equation and assess how the coefficients a, b, and c affect the shape of a parabola. Create a model of each...
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Curated OER

History in Literature - The House of Dies Drear

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Hook your learners with a great project. They research the underground railroad and civil rights movement through literature, view the video The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery, and read the book House of Dies Drear in...
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Curated OER

Writing Myths I

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explain a natural phenomenon in an original myth. After researching the phenomenon they have chosen, young readers use factual information to include in their myth.  They find synonyms and new phrases to create vivid images as they...
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Curated OER

Design a Colonial Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore botany by completing an art design activity in class. In this gardening history lesson, students identify the plants and crops utilized in the Colonial era for both food and medicine. Students utilize geometry to create...
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Curated OER

Growing a Native American "Three Sisters" Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore plant life by creating their own gardens in class. In this food growing lesson, students discuss the types of gardening methods Native Americans used in order to keep healthy. Students plant corn seeds in their school...
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Curated OER

Starting an Indoor Container Garden from Seed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an indoor container garden. In this container garden lesson, students explore seed germination. Students discuss edible seeds.
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Curated OER

So Much Water, So Little to Drink

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore salt and fresh water. In this water lesson, students investigate the amount of Earth covered by water. Students compare the amounts of salt water to fresh water. Students create a visual representation to aid comprehension.
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Conserving Water through Art!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study water conservation. In this water conservation lesson, students investigate the scarcity of water and determine reasons for conserving water.  Students estimate how much water they use in one day and identify ways to...
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Curated OER

Snack Smart!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover healthy snacks. In this healthy snacks instructional activity, students create a healthy snack. Students sample a simple healthy snack.
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Stabilization Wedges Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Teamwork and critical thinking combine to for a creative lesson on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Ebullient environmental studies learners play a game in which they strategize how to place colorful energy wedges together to create a...
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Curated OER

Editing Marks, Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Dander from the show Twisted Whiskers and characters from My Little Pony are featured in this three part lesson that explores using story pyramids to scaffold ideas, adding sensory details to enrich writing, and editing using common...
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Curated OER

ELD Lesson Plan: Courage

For Teachers 6th
What is true courage? Your class can explore the answer with these three Houghton-Mifflin stories ("Hatchet," "Passage to Freedom," "Climb or Die," and "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"), which feature courageous characters and...
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Curated OER

A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale quiz

For Students 7th - 10th
Check students' understanding of A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, the clever spin-off that borrows characters and ideas from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Plenty of detailed questions keep scholars on their toes. Answers...
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Curated OER

Who Says What in Shakespeare?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Use quotes from characters in a multitude of Shakespeare plays to identify the speaker. Some of the questions have hints about the play they come from. Ten multiple-choice questions challenge the Shakesperean reader.
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Curated OER

A Twelfth Night of Quotes

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Look at exact quotes from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Each answer contains four characters to choose from as the speaker. See how well your class knows this play!
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Curated OER

Titus Andronicus Part 3

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Here you have the last of three quizzes posted online for Titus Andronicus. A variety of questions about staged productions, time periods, and characters are included. Challenge your class with this quiz!

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