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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Article Usage

For Students 6th - 8th
This tutorial focuses on the articles (a, an, the) including identifying them and the two types of articles: definite and indefinite. It offers 3 slide shows; the first one is non-audio and has students identify articles in sentences and...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Using Articles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The definition of "articles" is followed by examples of definite, indefinite, omitted, and special-use articles. Further elaboration on article usage follows concerning countable and uncountable nouns, first vs. subsequent mention, and...
Activity
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Articles Exercise #2

For Students 9th - 10th
Exercise practicing the use of a, an, and the.
Article
The Balance

The Balance: Sin Tax: Definition, Their Pros and Cons, and Whether They Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Both the federal government and many state governments impose "sin taxes" that tax items and activities which are considered socially harmful. This article explains these taxes and shows how much states and the federal government raise...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Duck & Cover: School Drills During the Cold War

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Workers' Rights and the History of Labor Unions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Article
New York Times

New York Times: The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found?

For Students 4th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke has gripped imaginations for centuries. Now archaeology may be able to provide answers before long. This article describes the history of the...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Women in the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Propaganda: Battling for the Mind" by Shelby Ostergaard

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Lewis Carroll

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Empowering the Black Power Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Valley Forge and the American Revolution" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
To improve students' reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers: activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and...
Unit Plan
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Definite and Indefinite Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an introduction on definite and indefinite articles. Examples in Spanish and English illustrate the difference between a definite and an indefinite article. Singular and plural forms are presented. Students may test their...
Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Piracies, Felonies, and Offenses Against the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains Clause 10 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution beginning with the origins of "Piracies, Felonies, and Offenses Against the Law of Nations." Further historical background as considered by the Constitutional...
Article
Other

Csu: "Art, Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Art"

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent introductory article by Arthur Danto defining "aesthetics." Site has helpful links throughout and great discussion questions at end of article. Danto bibliography included.
Article
Other

The Trinity, the Definition of Chalcedon, and the Oneness

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site employs expository analysis to examine the concept of the Trinitarian, Chalcedonian, and Oneness Movements. The article is loaded with references relative to the argument presented.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Who Was Anne Frank?" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Article
Other

Multimedia Schools: Moving Every Child Ahead the Big6

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...
Professional Doc
Other

The Relationship of Self Esteem and Depression

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An excellent, detailed report, written by author, speaker, and educator Dr. Kathie F. Nunley, focusing on depression seen in adolescents. Research based, this article provides an in-depth look at the relationship of self-esteem and...
Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Tech: North American Free Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides access to the complete text of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Article
Other

Wonderopolis: How Does the Earth's Surface Affect Culture?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Cultural geography is the study of cultural components and how they relate to the geography of the places where people live and travel. This article explains how geography influences culture. Included are activities, and a quiz at the...

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