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Worksheet
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I Have a Friend Who?

For Students 8th - 10th
In this word riddle activity, students solve a problem by finding the spelling pattern that describes the two lists (likes and dislikes) of words.
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Worksheet
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Character Profile

For Students 4th - 5th
In this character analysis worksheet, students complete a profile for a character they've read about in a story. Students write words that describe character's personality, actions, and physical self. Students then write what they like...
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Worksheet
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Puzzle-"I Have a Friend Who..."

For Students 4th - 7th
In this word puzzle worksheet, students read 2 lists of words and try to determine "why my friend likes certain things and not others?" Page has links to answers and additional resources.
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Worksheet
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Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms #9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this synonyms and antonyms worksheet, students choose the best synonym for the first 6 words and the best antonym for the next 6 words.
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PPT
Pearson

Non-Action Verbs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A verb is something you do — but can you always see the action? Use a slideshow presentation to clarify the differences between verbs that describe actions, and verbs that describe senses, preferences, and emotions.
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Activity
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The Little Prince: Venn Diagram Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Compare and contrast your learners' traits to the characters in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Éxupery. After they complete a Venn diagram comparing themselves to a peer, kids create a three-part Venn diagram to compare themselves...
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Lesson Plan
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"Meet and Greet"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners demonstrate communication skills in speaking and listening by introducing another student to the class. Working in pairs, classmates interview each other. During the 10-minute sessions, they listen, take notes on an index card,...
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Writing
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Reading Response Journal Lit Logs

For Students 3rd - 6th
Here is a worksheet presenting many ways to create topics and start sentences. The writing prompts are best used for young writers who are creating reading response journals or literature logs. Sometimes, all a writer needs is a good...
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Lesson Plan
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Sports Personalities in Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 9th
During a series of four activities, class members examine and deconstruct advertising that features famous athletes. They determine target audiences, analyze ads, explore "emotional climate," and role play a meeting between a sports...
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Interactive
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The House on Mango Street & Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories - Essay Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
For this literature worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions about the works of Sandra Cisneros. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
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Cruzin' to the Arctic

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, in groups, study life in the Arctic Region and connect their own life experiences to the experiences of students in the Arctic.
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Lesson Plan
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Green Food Graph

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore graph making by investigating St. Patrick's day food. In this holiday food lesson plan, students discuss their favorite green foods in honor of St. Patrick's day. Students create a graph based on the data of which green...
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Lesson Plan
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Poetry And Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create visual poems using crayons, making a connection to an important aspect or event in their lives.
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Lesson Plan
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"Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine the expressive and descriptive language used in the books "Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets" and "Planet of the Robots." In pairs they take notes about each other's physical appearance and conduct interviews, identify the...
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Organizer
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Character Study

For Students 5th - 6th
For this character study worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer with 6 boxes. Students complete the sentences in the boxes that are written in the first person from the point of view of the character. Example: Other people...
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Lesson Plan
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Book Report Alternative

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students create a video book report. For this literature lesson, students read a book independently and fill out a graphic organizer. Students use a digital camera to record their book review.
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Lesson Plan
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Introducing the Narrative Account Web Page

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. In this narrative writing lesson, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Learners create a similar webpage that contains a narrative account based...
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Lesson Plan
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What A Pair! A Cross Grade Writing Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
What a pair! Older pupils interview younger ones and use what they learn to write a short, illustrated storybook that features the youngster as the main character. The youngster responds with a thank-you note in which they identify their...
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Lesson Planet Article
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A Year of Reading

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Utilize literature books for youth as a means to engage new readers and celebrate reading accomplishments.
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Printables
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Reading Response Prompts

For Teachers K - 8th
Get your learners going with frames and starters designed for responding to a text. The starters come in speech bubbles, arrows, and other fun shapes that you can cut out and use in a variety of different ways. Also included are pages...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing a Book Review

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce literary analysis, writing skills, and purposeful reading with a book review. Pupils answer five questions that ask about plot, characters, language used, story elements, and the main character. This is a wonderful way to start...
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Worksheet
Road to Grammar

Fame

For Students 6th - 12th
Smile for the camera and find out how your English language learners feel about fame! Class members read three different points of view on fame and then discuss ten questions about the topic.
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PPT
Curated OER

The Setting

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
One of the most important elements of a story is the setting; when and where the story takes place. This presentation gives young writers excellent tips on how to create a setting by using visuals, time, description, and interesting...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Identifying an author’s choice, especially choices that concern craft and literary devices, is a difficult skill to teach. Here's an activity that will make your job easier. The resource breaks down how to teach the skill to novice,...

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