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Conflicting Views

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete a Venn diagram comparing the United States and Afghanistan. They research the history of the Taliban and how they relate to the United States and its foreign policy. They write a paper on possible solutions.
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Creative Writing Lesson Plan: Combination Creature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students navigate through an online interactive virtual zoo to create imaginary animals by combining different parts of real animals. They write a short story about their combination creature.
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New Year's Resolutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write about New Year's Resolutions made about personal improvement, family and friends, and school and the outside world. They write a first draft and a final draft of a five-paragraph essay about their resolutions.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch the video Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. They participate in daily lecture, and create vocabulary cards. Students participate in oral reading evaluation, and complete a writing assignment:Do things like those that...
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Wisdom of Ben Franklin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin. They examine a list of proverbs of Ben Franklin and select a proverb to paraphrase. In addition, they create a modern proverb that has the same meaning as the one they picked by...
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Geography, Ecology, and Folklife

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify how do geography and ecology influence a region's folklife. Then they investigate this question and consider how an outsider might view their own region in this lesson plan. Students also identify how the natural world,...
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Ancient Greece

For Students 5th - 7th
For this ancient Greece worksheet, students read a factual story giving the basic history of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Students answer 8 questions.
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The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (Letter 6)

For Students 7th - 8th
In this The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis worksheet, students define six key vocabulary words using only one or two words and answer seven comprehension questions regarding the story.
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Separating Sentences With Commas and Conjunctions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students analyze and correct ten sentences with proper commas and conjunctions. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Fragments

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read forty sentences and rewrite the ones that are fragments into complete sentences and place a c next to the ones that are correct as is.
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Finishing Unfinished Sentences

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, students finish each unfinished sentence by joining it to a finished sentence next to it with an expression like to see, to walk or to give.
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Nouns Used Correctly

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students change any incorrect underlined words to their correct forms on the lines provided in twenty sentences. Students place a c in the blank if the underlined word or words are used correctly.
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Parts of Speech- Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined words in twenty sentences as one of the following parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction or preposition.
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Winter with the Mandans

For Students 4th - 6th
For this Lewis and Clark's winter with the Mandans worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this matching, essay, and multiple choice worksheet, students answer fourteen questions.
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Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this regular and irregular plural nouns worksheet, students determine words to complete sentences and change them to plural tense. Students fill in the blank to complete ten sentences.
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Vocabulary Worksheets Basic Grammar 3rd Edition Chapter 8: Expressing Past Times Part One

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this past tense verbs worksheet, students fill in 11 blanks by using the correct form of one of the verbs in each word pool. There are three paragraphs to complete.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #1

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and identify errors in numbered words and phrases. Students choose eight multiple choice corrections for the errors in the passage.
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I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read a story by Dr. Seuss and create characters from the story. In this lesson about reading a story, students will read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. Students make a tiger tail with a felt strip, attach it to...
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Character Study

For Students 5th - 6th
In this character study instructional activity, 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...
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Word Choice - Exercise 1: Their, There, and They're

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
They're going to their house over there. Ah, those pesky homophones! Use this set of 20 fill-in-the-blank questions to assess your classes' skills with the three words there, their, and they're. Practice makes perfect!
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Sharing Our Knowledge

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students evaluate their participation in an animal welfare service project. In this animal welfare lesson, students reflect upon their experience by using their feelings and descriptions in their writing. Students share their experiences.
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Reading: Messy Yards

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a detailed text about the problem of mess yards in residences in a county in Virginia. Students then answer 6 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Proofreading a Book Report and Story

For Students 4th - 5th
For this proofreading a passage about the book Mutiny! and five short stories worksheet, students read the report and passages and answer questions to correct the grammatical errors. Students choose 21 multiple choice answers and click...
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Expressions With Run

For Students 4th - 5th
In this filling in the blanks to complete sentences worksheet, students fill in the blanks after the word run with the correct prepositions. Students choose 12 multiple choice answers and check them by clicking the online/interactive...