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Assessing Public Opinion Polls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the purpose of public opinion polls. Using recent polls, they determine the demographics of who was interviewed and when and where the interview was conducted. In groups, they develop their own public poll...
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Stock: The Rise and Fall of Stock

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the uncertainties of investing in the stock market. They look at how company profits, good or bad news, and new competition affect share prices. They write and discuss journal entries about share prices before completing...
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One Big Happy Family

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students will explore the role and structure of the family in the target culture and the relationships among family members. The skills help learners make connections to language because the information of the lesson uses personal examples.
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Magic Tree House Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars, while in the computer lab assessing how to use Hyper Studio, utilize computer technology as a vehicle to telling an oral story. They create a title page for their Magic Tree House stories. A variety of technology tools...
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Drugs In Sports

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore why drug testing happens and why drug use is a problem in sports. Students classify the consequences of using drugs while participating in sports. Learners relate drug usage in their own lives and school backgrounds.
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Biographical Account--John Lennon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skills of biographical writing through research. Students analyze a video on John Lennon and his death. Students visit the website on John Lennon still recording details of his death.
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Emotive language

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine emotion-based language. Students read a news story to discover examples of emotive words. They develop a class list of examples of emotive language. As a class project, students select a news story and change it into...
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October Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students engage in a lesson picked by the teacher in the month of October. The lessons are available to be browsed according to title. This is a resource that is a comprehensive list of lessons.
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Frankenstein's Monster

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Using situation and question prompts, students write various essays, letters, and articles concerning the events in the story from different character's point of view.
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Dateline: Troy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read an abridged version of The Odyssey andl write a composition comparing Odysseus or the Iliad with Odysseus of The Odyssey. Students write a speech that King Priam would make in the attempt to persuade his son, Paris, to...
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Larger Than Life Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes six lessons about larger than life figures from the American Literature series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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Study Skills- Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils engage in a variety of activities in order to achieve the objectives of a layered curriculum unit. They take notes on the differences between fact and opinion. Students also use a newspaper in order to recognize opinionated words...
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Go For the Gold!: Ancient Olympics For Grades 4-8

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars create an ancient Greek newspaper with articles about the Olympics. They perform online research on the pentathalon. Students discuss present-day atheletes. They create a map of cities where the olympics were held.
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Unnatural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify quotation marks and demonstrate the uses of quotation marks. They rewrite sentences without quotation marks and discuss how the meanings can change without the use of quotation marks. In addition, they make their own...
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The Nile

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the Nile River played an important role in the lives of ancient Egyptians and still does today. They prepare a newspaper written in English and produced with advanced technology centered around researched information.
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Stanley's Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils create a newspaper story based on the events that occur in the novel Holes. They recall the basic facts of Stanley's story using the 5 W's plus H. Students write a fact based news story based on the information presented in the...
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A Day In The Life

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars create an online newspaper documenting the politics and culture of ancient Rome. Using online tools and websites, they conduct research on ancient Roman politics and everyday culture. The informaiton gathered is used to...
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Skyline Vocabulary: Unit 6

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this Language Arts worksheet, students discover the definitions to 3 vocabulary lists. The lists are organized by category, such as life histories and crime.
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Boundary Crossing

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the issues that arose as a result of boundary crossing.  In this US History lesson, 7th graders research supreme court cases in regards to crossing boundaries.  Students present their findings to the class.
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Found Poems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars summarize articles found in the newspaper and use key concepts to write a poem. In this reading comprehension and writing lesson, students work with a partner to choose a current newspaper article. Key concepts and...
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What are the Economic Functions of Government?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the role of government in market economies. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze the 6 economic functions of government as they explore current newspaper stories and categorize them. Students debate...
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Around Derby Museum and Art Gallery

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Derby Art Gallery activity, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the paintings and information at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Answers are provided.
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Ozone Pollution- Smog Alert

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore ozone pollution. In this ozone pollution instructional activity, students participate in an experiment to simulate smog by using matches, foil, and a covered jar. Students observe how smog effects the environment.
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Checklist for Writing a Newspaper Report

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this writing a newspaper report worksheet, students use the checklist as they write a newspaper report. Seven steps are included and described on the checklist.

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