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Section 1: Analogies
Introduce your freshmen to analogies with this packet of prompts that also includes strategies for solving these critical thinking puzzles.
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Compare and Contrast Essay Checklist
Are you looking for a basic checklist your writers can use as they edit a peer's compare/contrast essay? Reviewers simply check yes or no for each of the criteria listed in three categories, and then use the space at the bottom...
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The Wednesday Wars: Question Answer Response Strategy
Readers of The Wednesday Wars respond to model "Right There," "Think and Search," "On My Own," and "Author and You" (QAR) questions before crafting their own for class discussion.
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The Orphan Train
What do a girl in foster care and a 91-year-old widow have in common? A crossword puzzle related to Orphan Train highlights some of the similarities the two characters share in the book. The puzzle pulls out key details from the novel to...
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Curriculum Guide: The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter may be a classic, but keeping high schoolers engaged in the reading of Hawthorne's vocabulary, syntax, imagery, and historical references presents it own set of challenges. Here's a guide that offers readers...
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Advanced Forming Questions – “When”
In this interrogative sentence worksheet, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "when."
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Advanced Forming Questions – “What”
In this interrogative sentence activity, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 sentences including the interrogative pronoun "what."
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Advanced Forming Questions – “Where”
In this interrogative sentence instructional activity, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "where."
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Question Practice Review (past, present, future)
In this grammar practice worksheet, students rearrange words in sentences to form interrogative sentences. Students form 10 questions total.
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Advanced Forming Questions Why
In this interrogative sentence worksheet, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "why."
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Quiz 1: Similar Words and Homonyms in Sentences
In this confusing words worksheet, students complete a ten question, multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Students read two sentences with similar or confusing words in bold type. Students choose and mark the sentence that is correct.
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Change of Perspective
After reading an example of a Cultural Connection about a particular person, class members are asked to think about what this person might experience on a daily basis. They then craft a narrative from the subject’s point of view.
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Present Perfect 2
Get your budding grammarians ready to finish sentences. There are 12 sentences on this online worksheet, and all of them are missing their present perfect verbs. All they need to do is type the correct verb into each blank and then click...
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Identifying Noun Clauses Worksheet
For this identifying noun clauses worksheet, students identify the type of noun clause in each sentence. Students decide if the clause is a direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, predicate nominative, subject or...
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Pronoun Reference
A standardized test-type of worksheet awaits your students. They consider ten sentences which each have portions underlined. Learners look at the underlined portions, and decide if any changes need to be made. If no changes are...
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Who? What? When? Where? Asking Questions
Sixth graders interview Veterans or role play to answer who, what, where, when questions. In this Veteran's Day questioning activity, 6th graders learn about the events in the military service of veterans. Students may simulate...
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Writing Goes Wild
Young scientists develop their observation and writing skills as they craft and then post a detailed description of a plant or animal they have spotted and photographed.
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Poetry Creator | Verses
Construct from a canvas of words, lyrical expressions that your budding poets can share and post. Based on refrigerator magnet poetry, creative writers can develop their poetry independently, or from a given prompt from their...
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Writing Example Paragraphs
Sixth graders explore language arts by writing basic paragraphs. In this writing techniques lesson, 6th graders define an "example" paragraph and discuss techniques to prove a point in one paragraph. Students practice writing their own...
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Parts of Speech: Nouns
Second graders discuss nouns. In this language arts instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss nouns and pronouns. Students identify various types of nouns on a worksheet. Students play "Popcorn" Nouns.
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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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Johnny Appleseed Reading and Writing
First graders explore language arts by reading a classic story in class. In this word choice lesson plan, 1st graders read the story of Johnny Appleseed and identify the descriptive words and sentences the author used to entice the...
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CSAP Preparation: Don't Wait for the "Eleventh Hour"
Fifth graders participate in language arts activities designed to prepare them for taking standardized tests. The language arts format covers science and social studies content. Handouts and worksheets are included in the lesson.
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Word Choice in Writing
Sixth graders explore language arts by writing dialogue. In this vocabulary choice lesson, 6th graders identify synonyms and the importance of using a thesaurus while writing dialogue in their own original work. Students revise and edit...