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Language Arts: Who Am I?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders write self-identity essays of three to five paragraphs in length. They include topic sentences, transition words, and concluding paragraphs in their essays, They read their essays to classmates.
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Resume Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the basics of resume writing. They review resumes and discuss what is effective and what is ineffective. They select a resume and change it from one format to the other. They review the changes and discuss advantages.
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Organizing Paragraphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm transition words, and utilize word list to order paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays.
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The Fanboys

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore coordinating conjunctions in order to explore how to properly use them in compound sentences. The differences in structure between simple and compound sentences are analyzed.
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So, Who Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars brainstorm adjectives that describe people, discuss different ways of comparing and/or finding contrast in describing a person, and write drafts of their descriptions.
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the Connectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners recognize and explain meaning of connectors, punctuate a compound sentence using connectors, and compose compound sentences using the correct connectors.
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Put That in Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and create...
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Do You Agree?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize bias in a political cartoon, evaluate how the media uses both positive and/or negative political cartoons, and assess the influence a political cartoon can have on a person.
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Location, Location, Location!

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders locate cities, states and countries on maps. They use the cardinal directions to locate places on maps. They describe where they were born by giving clues without naming the exact state. They trade papers and try to guess...
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The Vikings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and explore Viking culture, distinguishing between fact and fiction, and examine their contribution to our society.
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Being an Educated Consumer of Statistics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine kinds of data used to report statistics, and create their own statistical report based on any of the four sources of media information (Internet, newspaper, TV, magazine).
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It is Our Right-Don't Waste It!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the basic rights granted to all American citizens by the U.S. Constitution in the light of women's issues. The women's suffrage movement, the role of Susan B. Anthony, and the timeline of events on voting rights...
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Are things Really More Expensive Today?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the topics of inflation and deflation within the economy. The Consumer Price Index is used to contrast the price of goods today with that of years past.
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Blood Pressure and Heart Disease

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the major causes of heat attacks as the topics of the human circulatory system, blood pressure, heart disease, arteries and veins are examined. Opinions on the topics are developed as researched material is...
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Interpreting a Flowchart

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine insects place in a community. They discover the communities of insects.
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Taste and Smell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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Who Caused What?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine cause and effect in real-life reading selections. They read newspaper articles, headlines, and picture captions, identifying if they are the cause or the effect.
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Figurative Language

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine personification and alliteration in various reading selections. They read magazine articles, brochures, and advertisements, identify the examples of personification and alliteration, and create a business name...
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Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the main characteristics of poetry. They read and discuss a handout on the characteristics of poetry, read the poem, The Road Not Taken, discuss their interpretation of the poem, and research poetry on the Internet.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils identify main idea and supporting details from a short reading selection using a two-column note taking process. For this literacy lesson, students work in groups of three to four, then compare their papers with the other groups'...
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Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers apply reading comprehension skills to poetry and synthesize the information to create a new piece of work.
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Reading Plays

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the role of tone in a comedy play. They also discover how to paraphrase a passage and explain a character's point of view.
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Parenting 101

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students distinguish and comprehend the focus in a passage. They research websites to explore parenting resources.
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Periodic Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.

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