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Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.
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Language Arts Book 3 Grade 4 Writing Skills

For Students 4th
For this language arts book 3 grade 4 writing skills worksheet, 4th graders read 2 passages, write short answers to 3 questions then write a short essay about one of the passages.
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Grade 6 Language Arts Book 3

For Students 6th
In this grade 6 language arts book 3 instructional activity, 6th graders read 2 passages and write 4 paragraphs using details from the passages. 
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Character and Plot Development Through Comics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to character, plot development, point of view, and tone through the use of comic strips. They, in pairs, identify these four attributes in the comic strip and present their findings to the class.
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Grade 5 Language Arts Test Book 1

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 language arts test book 1 worksheet, 5th graders read 4 passages, answer 20 multiple choice comprehension questions in standardized test format, then write a paragraph with supporting details.
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Let's Find the Main Ideas!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine how finding the main ideas and summarizing increases their reading comprehension. They read "The Sea in Danger" while applying the six rules of summarization in a modeled lesson plan. Next, working in small groups,...
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Sign Language

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create short video tutorials on various American Sign Language signs. This instructional activity is a six-day project that begins with internet research and ends with student self-evaluations of project results.
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Grade 4 Language Arts Test Book 3

For Students 4th
In this grade 4 language arts test book 3 worksheet, 4th graders read a passage and answer 2 questions by writing a paragraph using supporting details. 
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Teaching Awareness of Human Development

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the process of human development and identify the reasons for a good nights sleep. Individually, they write a list of the situations in their lives which are stressful. As a class, they discuss myths about stress and...
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Handwriting: Sign Language H

For Students 1st
In this handwriting and sign language letter H instructional activity, 1st graders trace the upper and lower case letter H and write it one time on their own. Then they color the hand sign for the sign language letter H. 
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Second Grade Language Arts: Topic Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
For this second grade language art topic sentences worksheet, student read short paragraphs and pick the best topic sentence for each one.
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Vocabulary Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th Standards
Students create new words. In this vocabulary development lesson students use five root words and add a prefix and a suffix to make new words. They use the new words in a sentence.
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The World Around Me

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Combining visual and language arts, here is a resource that prompts middle schoolers to write stories based on pictures of their surroundings. They use digital cameras to take pictures of favorite areas in the school. Next, they choose...
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Rest in Peace, Maniac Magee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars read Maniac Magee and create epitaphs for each of the major characters using precise words reflecting the individual characters personality and nature. They will learn what an epitaph is and practice writing their own. They can...
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Listening/Reading Transfer - Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 5th
Work on predicting and making inferences with Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. After every few pages, the teacher asks listeners to make predictions of what will happen next. Develop critical reading strategies with your young...
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Remembering Waiting

For Teachers K - 2nd
After a close study of the pastel drawing Waiting by Edgar Degas have the class imagine the story Degas may be telling through the body language and clothing of the people in the work of art. Your young writers then create a...
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Logs, Charts, and Journals: What's On Your Plate?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Have your writers identify and use words that appeal to the senses. They create a chart of sensory words and record some of their favorites, then write a journal entry in which they describe eating at a restaurant using sensory details....
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Lesson Plan 7: The Elements of Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Budding novelists work on character development by relating to the characters in their stories. They imagine their own hopes and dreams and recall those of characters from books they've read. Learners also consider struggles the...
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Using Color as a Pre-Writing Tool

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
To better understand how to compose a clear and well-organized paper, learners read short passages, write summaries, and make colored graphic organizers. This is a fully developed three-day lesson plan with suggested assessments.
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Come To Your Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Write narratives that include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience, and be sure to use concrete sensory details! Groups utilize a few of the famous I Spy books in order to create narratives that utilize sensory...
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What are the Elements of Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils read the poem "Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes" and analyze the form, figurative language, and mood. They complete a T-chart containing what they have learned about Pablo and the evidence from the poem supporting their conclusions.
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Animation Pre-Production

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Does your class love reading cartoons? Use their talents and interests to examine the process of writing a story they wish to tell through a cartoon. They develop the beginning, middle, and end of a story based on their original...
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Teaching "Theme" with Children's Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this exercise, learners examine the difference between a theme, topic, and moral. After a class discussion on the definition of literary themes, the instructor reads The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler. Next, individuals analyze the...
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Scrambled Stories

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Character development, setting, and plot? Sounds like the makings of a good narrative story. Young authors read and analyze several narrative examples, and then they use what they know to pen an original composition. They work both in...

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