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Garfield and Friends

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Garfield learning exercise, students watch a video about Garfield and answer true and false, multiple choice, and crossword questions about it. Students complete 3 activities total.
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Persuasion and Political Debate by PBS

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine rhetorical strategies. In this political debate lesson, students research issues of presidential campaigns and deliver persuasive speeches about the issues they research. Students then participate in debates based on the...
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Making Decisions

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students explore how decisions are made and practice solving problems that require choices. They comprehend that solving problems requires a strategy or plan. Students recognize that "common sense" is really practiced decision-making. ...
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Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students watch a video about Alicia Keys and discuss the business side of her career. Groups role-play producers for her new album taking on the responsibility for all aspects, including budgets, contracts, song production, and advertising.
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World Diabetes Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Diabetes Day worksheet, learners complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions, take a...
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Blogs and Other Internet Vocabular

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners explore the definition and derivation of popular internet vocabulary. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word blog and other words used to describe working on the internet. They consider...
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How Do You Learn Best?

For Students 7th - 8th
In this learning styles instructional activity, students, with a partner, take a quiz on how they learn best and discuss what intelligences and multiple intelligences mean.
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The River Sleeps Beneath The Sky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral lesson for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National Standards for Music...
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Tattercoats

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read the English folktale, "Tattercoats," identify basic literary terms, and respond to writing prompts. They compare and contrast with another Cinderella story version and create a graphic response to the story.
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Paparazzi Passives Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students investigate how and why to use the passive voice in text.
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How To Eat Healthy On the Road

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this healthy eating worksheet, students watch a video clip about how to eat healthy on a road trip. Students then match each tip presented in the video to the sentences. This is intended for ESL students but is usable by all.
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Just how broken is the Senate?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the role of the Senate in the United States.  In this American Government lesson, 12th graders read various articles and answer questions to these articles.  Students write a letter to their Senator on a...
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice their pronunciation of their words and stressing certain words when speaking. They use sentences given to them by their teacher to practice.
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IDENTIFYING PARTS OF THE BODY

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils identify and describe the various parts of the body therefore, practicing English vocabulary, pronunciation, and spelling. They discuss the various body parts, some of the inner organs and also, their functions. Finally, students...
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Taxation Without Representation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders empathize with how colonists felt when they were taxed without representation. They use a metaphor of students and a school principal to describe the strained relationship that developed between the colonies and Britain.
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Connecting Ideas Using Coordinating and Subordinating Conjuctions

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in an adult ESL class practice using conjuctions. They write sentences using different conjuctions and combine sentences choosing the right conjuction. They review the concepts as a whole class.
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Absolute and Relative Location

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand the difference between relative and absolute location using the grid map as an example of an absolute location. They observe a class map showing longitude and latitude lines and learn that they provide exact...
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Rather Than or To: Gerunds and Infinitive

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this gerunds or infinitive worksheet, students complete the sentences with rather than, to, or gerunds or infinitives. Students complete 2 activities.
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Toxic River

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore environmental safety by participating in a class game. In this toxic chemicals lesson, students discuss the effect chemicals have on our environment and how to best protect against their dangers. Learners participate in...
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Connecting Ideas Using Coordinating

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize and use coordinating junctions. They also explore subordinating conjunctions.
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Injury Management

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify and act to protect themselves in threatening situations and describe counter-measures for a variety of potentially dangerous situations. They outline the attitudes and behaviors that cause and prevent accidents...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read numerous examples of fairy tales. Using the text, they identify the organization styles and conventions within them and write their own for a class book. They practice using descriptive language and receive...
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Discernment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are encouraged to have a sense of the importance of being able to make wise choices. They discuss alcohol abuse and crime and safety. Students comprehend the nature and consequences of anti-social behaviour. They recognize...
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Write a text about New York

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars write a text about New York. In this New York lesson plan, students discuss the life of New York and then write a letter or report on it.