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Fiction teachers.com: How to Write a Mini Mystery
Use the ideas on this page to help your students create mini-mysteries.
PE Central
Pe Central: Aerobics: Dance Project
In groups, young scholars invent and practice a dance to be part of a larger aerobics routine. Also, students must evaluate their project, explain the roles each team member had in the creation of the routine, and write a creative paper...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A ced.a.1: Planes and Wheat
This is an exercise in creating equations from a situation with many variables. By giving three different scenarios, learners will be reviewing their definitions of the variables to emphasize the importance of defining variables when...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.3.a and a sse.a.2: Cubic Identity
This task presents a challenging exercise in both algebraic manipulations and seeing structure in algebraic expressions. Aligns with A-SSE.B.3.a and A-SSE.A.2.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Adjective? What's an Adjective?
What is an adjective? This site features a lesson plan that will allow students to think creatively and work in small groups. This will sharpen your grammar skills.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Lady Macbeth
This varied series of activities is designed to encourage learners to exercise independence of thought when exploring the presentation of Lady Macbeth throughout the play. The tasks draw learners' attention to the varied ways in which...
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Musical English Lessons
Learn English vocabulary and grammar through songs from a wide range of famous pop artists from the Beatles and Elvis to contemporary standouts like Avil Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and James Blunt. Find an exercise by grammar or vocabulary...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Video Game Scores
Standard 5.OA.2 asks learners to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Discover the Art of Playwriting [Pdf]
In this lesson, students participate in interpersonal warm-up exercises to awaken their bodies and prepare them for collaboration. Next, they go through brainstorming exercises to stimulate their imaginations, and this leads into...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Creating a Compelling Story [Pdf]
Using music from a wide variety of cultures, learners will develop good listening skills and write from the heart using their own voices. This aural exercise will help students begin to think creatively.