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Producing Commercials for Videotaping

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explore television commercials to classify them into categorizes. For this commercial categories lesson, students brainstorm about commercials that catch their attention. Students analyze the categories for commercials and then...
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Listen a Minute: Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Even if they hate exercise, this lesson plan could be a great way to practice writing and answering questions for your ELD pupils. First, a tape-script about exercise (which could be read aloud by the teacher) provides them with...
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Breaking News English: Croation Homosexuals Make a Stand

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Croation Homosexuals Make a Stand," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Ku Klux Klan Arrest for 1964 Murders

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Ku Klux Klan Arrest for 1964 Murders," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Writing: Lesson 6

For Teachers 8th
Teacher reads aloud to the students the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student...
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"I am Not Well": Unspoken Endings and Unscripted Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze Act 4, scene 1 from the play, Merchant of Venice. They hypothesize the content of an unscripted moment and response, look for evidence in the text to support their hypothesis, rewrite the scene, and perform it for...
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About the Author: Kate DiCamillo

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the writing process of Kate DiCamillo, the author of "Because of Winn-Dixie." They read author's comments, watch a slideshow narrated by the author, complete a free-write activity, and discuss Kate DiCamillo's top five...
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Are Exams a Waste of Time?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this test taking strategies worksheet, learners, with a partner, to discuss and complete a variety of questions associated with exams and an English test.
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Simple or Progressive

For Students 7th - 9th
Proper verb usage is reviewed in this worksheet. Students fill in the blanks in 10 multiple choice questions relating to verbs.
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Teen Living: Six Basic Emotions

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Helping teens recognize and identify the six basic emotions, this activity involves a game in which they match feelings with statements on cards. No game card content is attached. View film clips first with no sound to evaluate body...
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Martin's Big Words

For Teachers 1st
Martin's Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport, is a story about Martin Luther King. Encourage your learners to create a list of questions before beginning the reading. Also, learners should be working on monitoring and clarifying to...
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Henry Howls

For Teachers K - 1st
Let's learn the letter h! Elementary learners will hear the sound, learn a catchy tongue twister, and identify the sound in different words the teacher says. After some writing practice, read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle,...
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Street Language and Learning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the type of language they use on the street in the city. In groups, they brainstorm ideas about a topic they decide on from a cluster of words. Using those ideas, they organize them into a written paper using...
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Performing Modernized Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students select a piece of text from a play and prepare it for performance to the class based on their modern setting.
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Future 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this future worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about responses to future questions and statements. Students complete 20 questions.
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Keep

For Students 4th - 8th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions to fill in the blanks for sentences containing the word "keep". Students complete 20 questions.
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Bloody Mary – Counter Reformation

For Students 7th - 12th
In this British history study guide worksheet, students explore the life of Mary I and read about the Counter Reformation. Students read 7 sections of information and examine photographs.
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Verb Tense: At a Restaurant

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete ten sentences with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. All sentences are about eating in a restaurant. This is an on-line interactive worksheet.
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Meting Out Justice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the murder case of Emmett Till and identify the missing pieces from the case. Through research, they then work to fill in the gaps to create a basis for examining how justice might be served anew in this...
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Active & Stative Verbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this active and stative verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with present simple and present continuous verbs and correct the mistakes they find in sentences. Students complete 2 activities.
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Aaron's Hair

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story Aaron's Hair. They make predictions while listening to the story. They select where the /h/ sound is heard in the pictures that represent the word.
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Turn off the TV: Vocabulary Skills

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, learners answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding television-related words. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Vocabulary Fill-In-The-Blank: "Wishes Again"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students click on a set of multiple choice "button" to find the correct word that completes a sentence. Page contains links to additional activities.
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Girl Talk: Using And and But

For Students 6th
In this grammar worksheet, 6th graders read conversations between teenage girls and fill in the blanks with the words and or but to complete the sentences. Students fill in 8 blanks.