Maine Content Literacy Project
Introduction to the Short Story
How should pupils read short stories? Set them up for this unit with an introductory instructional activity that goes over the main characteristics of a short story and starts learners off reading their first short story of the unit. In...
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Adding & Subtracting (Combining) Integers
Maintain a positive atmosphere in your math class with this fun lesson on adding and subtracting integers. After first explaining the rules for combining positive and negative numbers, this resource uses a comic strip to guide students...
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Adverbs - 6 Foolproof Steps
Students review rules of grammar, specifically those that help find adverbs in a sentence. They practice finding the adverbs in a worksheet of sample sentences.
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Multimedia Valentine's Card
Third graders create a Valentine's card stack for a special person of their choice. They write a clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that create a central idea. Students use the computer to create a HyperStudio two card stack....
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Commonly Mixed Pairs of Words
In this word meanings worksheet, students practice choosing the correct word for the sentence. Students complete fifteen sentences by choosing the correct word for each sentence.
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Sliding into Equations
Ninth graders translate sentences into equations. They translate equations into sentences. They solve real life problems using verbal models to write equations. They create a problem solution graphic organizer in their journals.
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End of Unit On-Demand Informational Writing: Philo Farnsworth’s Invention of the Television and How It Changed People’s Lives, Part 2
Scholars complete the unit by finishing their end of the unit assessments. They arrange sentences for an introductory paragraph in the correct order, provide evidence for their thinking, and write a conclusion paragraph. They then...
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Build a Tasty Sandwich
The subject doesn't sound to interesting, but with a child's imagination even a trip to the store can be an adventure. The class writes a narrative story about a trip to the store. They organize their stories to include an introductory...
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How to Use Commas Correctly
Commas can be quite confusing. Young writers target troublesome grammar skills by focusing on the four most troubling uses: joining two independent clauses, separating introductory materials in a sentence, separating unnecessary...
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Character Sketch
Students view a PowerPoint presentation about Character sketches, and write a four paragraph character sketch. Emphasis is placed on topic sentences having one main idea per paragraph and elaborating. They study and discuss ways to write...
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Introductory Lesson for Lower Intermediate Classes
Students introduce and converse with classmates as they review basic tense structures.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
Middle schoolers explore and review punctuation. They discuss examples of poorly punctuated paragraphs and how it affects writing. Students describe the types of punctuation used for writing. They correctly punctuate a variety of...
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The Random Walk
Deep mathematical thinking is found with just a coin and a number line. Combining computing some probabilities in a discrete situation, and the interpretation of a function, this simple task gives learners a lot to think about on their...
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Rules for Using Commas
In this comma usage worksheet, students review when to use commas and then add commas, as needed, to twenty different sentences.
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Writing Multiple Viewpoints Using Sequoyah
Fifth graders practice using quotation marks and capitalization in writing. In this multiple viewpoints instructional activity, 5th graders read Sequoyah and write ten sentences stating what they believe the character was thinking....
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Common/Proper Nouns
Students sort word card into two categories (common and proper nouns). They copy the class charts. Students create a table in Word including the headings, common noun and proper noun. They put the correct words onto their chart and add a...
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Writing: Lesson 3
Eighth graders are read the material in the boldface print inside the boxes. They study several key elements of composition and examine sentence structure using the English Language Arts Writer's Checklist. They then critique another...
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Out to Lunch
Sixth graders create a menu. In this math lesson, 6th graders use mean, median and mode to determine the prices for the typical cost of an appetizer, entree, kid's meal, drinks and dessert. Students write a number sentence to show how...
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Parts of Speech Review
Students identify and differentiate between the eight parts of speech. After diagramming a sentence as an introductory activity, students create a set of flash cards to aid in the remembrance of the usage of the eight parts of speech. ...
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Technology Integration Lesson Plan: Texas Congressional Delegates
Eighth graders research congressional delegates from state of Texas, create database including delegate profiles, write introductory paragraphs on how census affects Congressional representation, and import information into word...
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Story Problems
First graders manipulate pictures in Powerpoint template to demonstrate understanding of story problems. Students then solve story problems, and write number sentence to correspond to each story problem.
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Expressions Involving Variables
Sixth graders practice translating verbal expressions into algebraic expressions. In this introductory algebra lesson, 6th graders practice writing written/verbal sentences into algebraic expressions and vice versa. Students also review...
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Who is Worth More Than Gold?
Young writers compose an opinion piece that details who they feel is worth more than gold.
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Writing Mythological Narratives
Young scholars compose a creative writing piece based on a painting of a mythological scene. In this creative writing lesson plan, students write about the scene in the painting and tie in their original stories into tales from the...