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The Sound of Music: Do-Re-Mi
Seventh graders create a simple melody using the Solfedge syllables. In this melody lesson plan, 7th graders watch the movie The Sound of Music and focus on the "Do Re Mi" clip. Students examine solfege syllables and create a melody...
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Thank you Ma'm Langston Hughes-Devoloping the concept of Theme
Students complete various activities linked to several stories and movies, to reinforce the concept of theme in a story.
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Social Security
Students investigate the inception of Social Security benefits provided by the Government. In this Social Security lesson, students debate whether or not people should be entitled to receive money from the government. Students view...
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Minding the Media
Students reflect on the fairness of rating movies, television, radio, books, magazines, Web sites and other media. They submit their own entries for a media rating guide.
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Modern Advocates for Change
Learners make a list of "modern day prophets" and explain how they have made considerable contributions toward the common good. They write a letter to a community leader in which they advocate the solution to a problem or issue in their...
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Elements Video
Young scholars watch a video on the elements of design. During the video, they take notes and complete a worksheet on the material. To end the lesson, they review their answers to the worksheet and view examples of each element of design...
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Haiku, Limerick, Acrostic
Students brainstorm about favorite types of movies and why they are liked. They investigate different types of poetry from examples given in class. Using the examples they attempt to generate their own poems.
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Jennifer Lopez
In this famous people worksheet, students read about Jennifer Lopez and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to synonym matching, sequencing, writing, spelling and vocabulary activities.
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Preity Zinta
In this famous people worksheet, students read about Preity Zinta and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to synonym matching, sequencing, writing, spelling and vocabulary activities.
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An Immigrant's Journey
Young scholars use books, resource CDs, and the Internet to research and collect images of the experiences of immigrants in 1907. They are divided into groups of four to write journal entries for a fictional, yet historically accurate,...
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Rubric Rating
Learners develop a rubric or scoring guide to assess newpaper articles. They rate the story and write the reasons for the rating. An Essay Scoring Guide is attached for reference.
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Language Arts: Native Americans and Onomatopoeias
Fifth graders read the Native American tale, "The Frog and the Crane," focusing on the use of onomatopoeia in it. In groups, they brainstorm list of words that are examples of the device. Finally, 5th graders write their own stories...
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INVENTION CONVENTION
Students examine inventions with this lesson plan. They contract for a grade and then decide which assignments they plan on doing. There are no objectives for this lesson plan to critique or review.
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Principal Parts of Verbs
In this parts of verbs worksheet, students review the principal parts of verbs: present, present participle, past, and past participle. Students then underline the main verb in each sentence and write present, present participle, past,...
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Solving Mysteries!
Students solve a mystery. In this lesson on journalism, students learn how writing an article is like solving a mystery by answering the 5 "W" questions. Students solve a mystery provided to them on an attached worksheet.
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Spelling Practice (Fine Arts Words)
In this spelling worksheet, students explore words that relate to fine arts. Students practice their twenty spelling words by writing them and writing a paragraph using as many of the words as possible.
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The Allegorical Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Students write and discuss the definition of an allegory. They read the story, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and analyze the style and allegorical elements within the story.
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Dialogue Practice with the Continuous Tenses
Pupils work with a partner to write dialogues using the present continuous, past continuous, future continuous and present perfect continuous tenses about an real situation. They perform the dialogues in front of the class.
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Disease and Culture through Literary Time
Students select books to read that include disease as a plot or theme component. They fill out a matrix for the disease in their novel and write a five-paragraph paper about their book. Students use the rest of the week's classes to...
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English Skills
In this English skills review worksheet, learners complete 60 questions pertaining to vowels, word endings, anagrams, parts of speech, proofreading, root words, onomatopoeia and spelling. There is no instruction on the page.
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Can......Can't
In this can and can't review worksheet, students respond to 10 questions and interview a classmate using the same 10 sentences. Students also write 5 original sentences using the information from their interviews.
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Prints and Patterns
Students learn the art of lifting a fingerprint and write about the procedure.
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Cinematic Poetry
Eighth graders explore the genre of poetry through the creation of a multimedia presentation. Students write a poem and create an Avid presentation of their poem for the class. The poems and presentations are peer-reviewed.
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Print Advertising: Past and Present
Twelfth graders identify the way advertisements are constructed to influence out lives and our values. They review advertisements from the 1800s and 1900s and how they may have influenced people living in that time. Using this ad, 12th...