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Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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"The New Television Set" a Gateway to the Post World War II Era
Eleventh graders demonstrate their knowledge of the effects of television on the political, economic, religious, social, intellectual and artistic life of the US nation from the 1950's. Research how television shaped public opinion with...
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A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Students study and explore the portrayal and development of a major character in a novel from the novel, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. They identify words and phrases that effectively describe the main character in this novel....
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The Importance Setting and Mood in Fiction
Seventh graders examine the setting in pieces of fiction. In this story analysis lesson plan, 7th graders investigate the setting in fictional stories and the importance it has. Students discover new vocabulary terms applying...
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International Literacy Day
In this International Literacy Day activity, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions,...
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Father's Day
In this Father's Day instructional activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions,...
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World Theatre Day
In this World Theatre Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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Gathering Data to Problem Solve
Students, while using reading and writing strategies (subheads, prediction, skim, details, drawing inferences, etc,), solve math problems that involve gathering and representing data (addition, subtraction, multiplication). They practice...
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Washington's Birthday
In this Washington's Birthday instructional activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, unscrambling sentences, writing questions, take a...
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Connection to the Past
Students learn basic interviewing and biography writing skills. They first identify a senior citizen in their community who remembers the Great Depression.
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World Tourism Day
In this World Tourism Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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Making a Line Graph
In this line graph worksheet, students use data given in a table and assign axes, make a scale, plot data and make a line or curve on their constructed graphs.
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Introduction to Presidential Power
Twelfth graders describe the power of the President. In this Constitution instructional activity students reflect on the power given to the president of the United States by the wording in the Constitution. Students give their opinion.
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A Dictionary of Democracy
Students create dictionary of terms for citizens of a democracy, using events and biographies from both their state's history and U.S. history.
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Posters with a "Twist"
Students examine how posters can depict history and reflect societal issues of an era. They apply principles of poster art to create original posters reflecting society in 19th century England.
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Essay Project Syllabus
A traditional syllabus for a traditional expository writing course that produces the traditional five paragraph essay.
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Writing a press release
Learners scan through a selection of newspapers or online stories from the Newsround website and chose one story each. They use the top TWO paragraphs of the story to complete the grid of the four W's.
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ESL Writing Practice:Letters A-J
In this ESL writing practice worksheet, students trace upper and lower case letters A-J. A reference web site for additional activities is provided.
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Writing a Tall Tale
Students study the various aspects of tall tales. They read various tall tales and discuss the characteristics and literature aspects of tall tales. Students write their own unique tall tales.
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What Does Christmas Mean to Me?
Pupils write an essay entitled "What Does Christmas Mean to Me?" In this writing lesson, students express their feelings about Christmas in an essay. Pupils discuss ways they have given to others during the Christmas season, then write...
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A Series of Tragical Mirth
Students read and perform various scenes from the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. They perform each scene as both a tragedy and a comedy, then discuss the difference in the way the scenes were presented.
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Science Inventions
Third graders explore the world of inventions by describing their impact on their own lives. In this technology lesson, 3rd graders practice writing descriptive paragraphs about different inventions that they find...
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The Five Ws of Journalism
Learners write a mock article. In this journalism lesson, students define the word "article" and learn the five W's of article writing. Learners complete a worksheet and write a paragraph using what they have learned.
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I Think Mom Loves You Best
Sixth graders listen to, "The Pain and the Great One", by Judy Blume. They discuss advantages and disadvantages to having a particular position in a family. They write a paragraph from the main character's point of view.