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How Do You Celebrate?
Investigate the customs of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a holiday instructional activity. Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the customs of each holiday before writing an informative paragraph about...
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I Know What You Did this Summer
Students discuss the characteristics of a quality relationship and determine how such a relationship is maintained. After reading a scenario of a relationship, students take one character at a time and place themselves in the character's...
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Haitian Folktales
Seventh graders identify parts of Haitian culture through folktales. They compare and contrast a Haitian folktale with an African American folktale. They read "Bye-Bye" a Haitian folktale. They create and write their own folktale. They...
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SCIENCE ROLE PLAYS
Students create a play in which each person in the group is a "character" or part of a system. In this creative instructional activity students are assigned a process in which they write a script about with characters.
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Autobiographical Writing About Memories
Pupils reflect on fall memories in preparation for creating an autobiographical composition. In this composition instructional activity, students explore how many writers use the changing seasons, fall in particular, to describe a...
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Powerful Poetry Presenting the Writer's Soul
Students research Langston Hughes poetry for his use of figurative language. In this poetry analysis lesson, students research the life and poetry of Langston Hughes and his use of vivid words. Students complete 23 different...
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer
Students read a play and create their own play using Thornton Wilder's Our Townas a resource. For this play lesson, students analyze how theatrical elements contribute to a play's meanings and effects. Students recognize differences...
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Civil War
Young scholars consider what it was like for black regiments during the Civil War. In this American Civil War lesson, students view segments of "Glory," and "The Descendants of the 29th Regiment." Young scholars discuss the conditions of...
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Explore, Analyze and Imagine: The Importance of Body Language
Students develop characters and role-play. In this character portrayal lesson, students analyze the importance of body language, develop a character to portray and interview another students character.
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Arthur's Tooth
Learners practice their reading comprehension by reading a story in their class. In this story map lesson plan, students read the Marc Brown book Arthur's Tooth and discuss the story, characters and setting. Learners create a story map...
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Grandfather's Journey
Third graders explore world cultures by reading a children's story in class. In this Japanese heritage lesson, 3rd graders read the book Grandfather's Journey and identify the characters, setting and plot that takes place. Students...
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Comparing Two Versions of The Mitten
Students listen to two versions of the story The Mitten and create a chart or a Venn Diagram to compare the two versions. In this literary comparison lesson, students create a chart or Venn Diagram and discuss the differences in...
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The Battle of Good and Evil on the Big Screen
Students evaluate how the movie industry depicts heroes, villains, and events, and how these characters and plots relate to the society and time period in which the films are created.
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Helping Your Community-Sharing Stories
In this activity, students in groups will assemble a story bag, which contains objects that represent some type of story to them. Students will then practice sharing these stories in a dramatic fashion.
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Animal Farm: The Complete Project
High schoolers choose chapters from "Animal Farm" to complete a project on. They make connections between the characters and gather any outside information needed. They present their information to the class.
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HAMLET HOOK
Learners their personal reactions to issues of family relationships in light of the the plot, characterization, and themes of the play. They analyze the characters of Hamlet on an emotional level not just intellectual.