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Gathering, Evaluating, And Organizing Information for a Report

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students gather and organize information for a research report on a topic of their choosing. Each students selects a subject for their research. Using traditional and electronic data they reference four or more appropriate resources...
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Research Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review research skills and discuss types of information, e.g. fact/opinion, examples/evidence then research and gather information to answer a given set of research questions. They write a multi paragraph report using the...
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Unlocking New Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of suffixes and prefixes. In groups, they identify the root words and determine the proper suffix or prefix to add to the root. They complete a worksheet and review their answers to end the...
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The Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use factual information to locate historically significant items in a film clip. They navigate the site searching for the answers to the clues listed on the handout. Students write their answers in complete sentences. Some of...
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Inferring Themes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice making inferences on various types of reading material. As a class, they develop a definition of the word "theme" and discuss themes for some of their favorite stories. They use the context of the reading...
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students assess a variety of reading strategies to properly develop a list of grocery words. They draw conclusions about environmental print by matching labels to sentences. Real-life words utilized weekly becomes an asset to the...
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Which or That

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this language arts worksheet, learners look for the places in language that differentiates between the uses of "which" and "that". They use the example for finding the grammatical pattern.
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Where is Tornado Alley? Internet Research and Crossword

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this science and language arts worksheet, students are directed to an Internet site where they do research on tornadoes and Tornado Alley. Students complete a 10 question word puzzle.
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TOEFL Practice Test- Vocabulary #1

For Students Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students practice for the TOEFL test by answering 5 questions. Students read the sentence that has one word surrounded by apostrophes. Students choose the word closest in meaning to this word. Students...
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Searching the World Wide Web for Rudy Autio

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research Rudy Autio. For this research lesson students maneuver through the Internet to better understand the artist Rudy Autio. They examine his background, educational experiences, art production, influences, and style.
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Getting Your Students Started

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders begin by either doing sentences for editing OR a gratitude journal. This is designed so students have a quiet activity which starts immediately at the beginning of class.
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the different types of sentences that are found in common usage including exclamatory, interrogative, declarative, and imperative. They examine samples of the different types of sentences and identify the name for each.
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People Everywhere

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, traditions, and careers and explain how they contribute to the community. Then they create a collage of different people of a community with 100% accuracy. ...
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Adjectives and Descriptive Phrases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the use of adjectives and descriptive phrases to improve their written pieces. In this adjectives and descriptive phrases lesson, students look at demonstrative adjectives, common adjectives, and proper adjectives. They...
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Ready? Set. Punctuate!

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Yo! Yes?  with the teacher, and and discuss the period, questions mark and exclamation point. In this languge arts activity, 1st graders practice motions to go with each mark, listen to the story again, and...
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Go Ahead--Say What You Feel!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read sentences with and without expression and discuss the type of punctuation that is needed. Students then listen to the...
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What is The Main Idea

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students will investigate why comprehension is a major goal of reading. To comprehend the meaning of text, students must know certain strategies in order to be successful. Form a topic sentence that captures the meaning of a paragraph...
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Present Continuous and Present Simple Tense - Online Test

For Students 5th - 6th
For this present continuous and present simple tense online quiz, students enter sentences using the subject and verb that are given along with animated clip art. They write 10 sentences using the present continuous tense and 10...
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Ending Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ending punctuation worksheet, students place a question mark, period or exclamation point at the end of 14 sentences. An answer key is provided.
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Writing a Letter of Inquiry!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and discuss brevity of business letters, create focused and catchy letters, and publish a typed letter that is suitable for mailing.
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Can You Feel the Book?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. As a class they identify different expressions and emotions, then create expression cards. Students then discuss appropriate punctuation for the ends...
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The Great Paragraph Race

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students construct and analyze paragraphs. In groups, students place given sentences in order to form a paragraph. They determine the main idea of the paragraph. Students perform activities to determine the concept of topic sentence,...
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Quiz on Using Quotation Marks

For Students 5th - 6th
In this quotation marks instructional activity, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of quotation marks. Students read the given sentence and type in all needed punctuation marks.
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Thinking Syntactically: Using non-print text to faciliate generation of syntax and analysis of tone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition. They respond to non-print text. Students demonstrate working knowledge of syntactical choices. They construct sentences using descriptive language. Students analyze...