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Persuade or Die!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read Patrick Henry's speech. They review prior learning about persuasive writing, and the American revolutionary war. Students listen as the teacher reads Patrick Henry's speech aloud to the class using lots of emotion and...
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Stadium Voices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch NEW YORK VOICES special "New York Sports: Big Shots and Bad Guys," read excerpts from famous novels/essays in hopes of understanding the feelings that sports stadiums inspire, and create a tourist brochure that highlights...
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Character Education: Caring

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners create a bookmark with reminders of simple acts of kindness. In this character education lesson, students participate in a mini-lesson that serves as a great introduction to a service project. Learners first brainstorm ways to...
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Black Boy By Richard Wright

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create a flow chart of the events most influential in Wright's life. They produce a talk show where students discuss autobiographies with other students. Websites imbedded in this plan are used to research Richard Wright.
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"Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger" Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use a word bank from Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger to complete a set of 10 questions/activities.
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Freedom Fighters

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the concept of segregation and explore its affects on society. They participate in a role-play about segregation, read books about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., create self-portraits, sing songs and participate...
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From Different Angles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils participate in Socratic seminar discussing a person's right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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We Are All Different in Many Ways!

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture with only one color crayon. As a class, they discuss how the world would be different if there were only one color crayon to use. After being read a book, they discuss how each person is important even though...
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The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the resilience of the human spirit as it pertains to The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson. They also explore how people with disabilities can overcome great obstacles.
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Proud

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write about a situation where they felt proud. Students have 3 pages to write about their situation.
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Expressions With Break

For Students 5th - 6th
In this expressions worksheet, students complete an 8 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the meaning of expressions with "break".
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The Dragonslayers Ch. 13 & 14

For Teachers 4th
In this worksheet, 4th graders answer 14 comprehension questions from chapters 13 & 14 of the book, The Dragonslayers. An answer key is provided.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion: 21

For Students 4th
In this sentence completion worksheet, 4th graders fill in the blanks with 2 words for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 15

For Students 5th - 8th
In this sentence completion learning exercise, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with one word. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Scary: writing

For Students 5th - 10th
In this writing worksheet, learners write a scary story after they read the writing prompt. Students have 3 pages that they can write their story on.
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Looking at the Man in the Mirror

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on their behavior by listening to an audio tape of Michael Jackson's song, "The Man in the Mirror."
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Rewriting Bloated Sentences

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive grammar worksheet, high schoolers answer 10 short answer questions regarding inflated sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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SAT Identification of Sentence Errors Practice Test 06

For Students 7th - 9th
In this identification of sentence errors worksheet, students choose the form of the sentence that is grammatically correct.  Students have 10 minutes to complete 15 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Your Amazing Brain

For Students 8th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, 8th graders read a passage about the brain. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions about the text.
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When You're Hot, You're Hot...

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the medium of visual arts to demonstrate how colors can evoke different ideas and feelings.
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Impact on Your Essence

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the use of symbolism and how it can change one's view of a piece of art. Using a piece of art, they view it as if they were the artist and create a symbol that accompanies it. They discuss the impact of two-...
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Making Faces: Understanding Artifacts Through Design Elements

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine and discuss drinking container artifacts from Jamestown. They view images of the artifacts, discuss their purposes, draw an original facial expression for a brown paper jug, and write a description of the facial expression.
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Strange Encounters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine a variety of Robert Harris' paintings. Using the characters in the art, they develop a conversation between them in a musical verse. In groups, they identify safety procedures to be used by those traveling in the...
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Group Turkey Wreath

For Teachers All
Students practice the fine motor skills of cutting and rolling as they make a whole class Thanksgiving wreath. They cut strips of paper and roll them on a pencil to make curls to add to a turkey wreath.