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My Wilderness Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a story starter and given questions to continue their adventure. They use the Internet and books to research about winter survival skills, how to find food, water and shelter in the snowy mountains and discover information...
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Silly Nilly

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create their own stories with a life activity and illustrate them.
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Cool It! Comprehension - Chart 2

For Students 7th - 8th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students read chart 2 about how people contribute to climate change and then complete a quiz, list energy sources and modes of transport. Students answer several comprehension questions about...
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Dear Darla

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students write a letter. In this language arts lesson, students play the role of an advice column journalist. Students respond to a letter asking for advice.
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Figurative Language Lesson

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write figurative descriptions of common objects using complete sentences. They read and interpret the figurative language of a poem.
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Interjections

For Students 6th
In this grammar activity, 6th graders focus on interjections.  Students take the online test by reading each of the given sentences and clicking on the interjection in each.
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ESL: Could/Managed To

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL could/managed to worksheet, students complete 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences, choosing the correct form of either "could" or "managed to" from drip down boxes. Score can be checked online.
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The 3 R's of Common Denominators (Language)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars solve various word problems that deal with common denominators, and write the mathematical explanations they used to obtain the solutions.
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Symbolic Poem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze several highly symbolic poems. They create their own symbolic poem, read it to the class, and discuss whether they can guess any hidden meanings.
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Teaching Pronunciation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Using repetition, students communicate with the instructor by isolating the phrase or words to promote better pronunciation.
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The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This lesson goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Linking Civilizations and Personal Heritage Through Multimedia and Art

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore images, symbols, and the relationship they establish with their own personal heritage. They discuss Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations. Students interview their family about their own personal heritage. Additional cross...
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Grammar Bytes: Exercise 1: Finding Fragments in Short Passages

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Twenty short passages each containing one sentence fragment which students are asked to choose. Feedback for each answer is given along with the option of reading an explanation of why the answer is correct or incorrect. Passages and a...
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Pen and Page: Proofreading Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this proofreading exercise, students read a sentence and determine if there are errors in it. If no errors are detected, they leave Correct in the box; if they find an error, they select the type of error found using the drop-down...