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Words in the News Canada Elects New Government - 25 January 2006

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete vocabulary and word work before reading an article about Canada. They work with word families by completing worksheets and complete a quiz after reading the article.
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Eurovision Song Row

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students read an article about the controversy surrounding the Serbian and Montenegrin entries in the Eurovision music contest of 2006. They examine target vocabulary from the article and take a comprehension quiz.
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Words in the News: Scientists Find Giant Squid

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss a headline of an article. In groups, they match the new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about a giant squid and answer questions.
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Words in the News: England Wins The Ashes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about the game of cricket. In groups, they match new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about England winning the Ashes and answer questions.
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Words in the News: Venezuela Plane Crash

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what can go wrong during a plane flight. In groups, they work together to match new vocabulary words to their definition. They read an article about a plane crash in Venezuela and answer questions.
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Dumbing Down

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular saying "dumb down." Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the phrase when used in varying contexts. They also consider the derivation of each...
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Street Cred

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular word "cred." Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word when used in varying contexts and when used as a phrase. They also consider the...
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Keeping Your English Up To Date: Bless

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular usage of the word bless to talk about sweet or cute things. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word "bless" when used in varying contexts.
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Bling and Sound-Symbolic Words

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular term "bling" and other sound-symbolic words. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word "bling" when used in varying contexts. They...
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This Just In: Exploreer Neets Wabanaki Indians

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in a research of the Wabanaki Indians using a Social Studies textbook. Then the teacher reviews the information with the students. Then they work in groups to decipher the meaning of a primary source document and write a...
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Estuary

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss how the meanings of words can change over time. Through discussion, lecture, and activities, they identify how words can have multiple meanings and how those meanings can be changed over time. Lesson resources are...
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Shadow Trackers: From Photography to Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the rotation of the earth. In this science lesson, students view photos of various places around the world. Students conduct an experiment in which they can see how the earth's rotation creates shadows on the earth.
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Cambridge University Press: Cambridge Dictionaries Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Search this online dictionary which includes the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, American English, Dictionary of Idioms, and Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and English/Spanish translations. L.9-10.4c References, L.11-12.4c...
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Other

Freelang: Old Norse English Old Norse Online Dictionary

For Students 1st - 9th
Online dictionary of Old Norse to English and English to Old Norse.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

For Students K - 1st Standards
Delve into this wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive picture dictionary. Research up to 1,905 illustrated entries. Each word is used in a meaningful sentence.
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Elemadrid: English Spanish Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
A very effective resource tool in helping both the teacher and the student define unfamiliar words. This online dictionary translates a word from one language to another, in a wide range of languages. Can easily change the languages by...
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Northern Illinois University

Tagalog Online Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Translate to or from Tagalog with these online dictionaries. Site also offers "Tagalog Tutor" - help with Tagalog language issues via email.
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Melodict: English and Russian Online Dictionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Translate any English word into a Russian word with this online dictionary.
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Other

Quick Dic: Free German English Online Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
This bilingual dictionary includes support for cultural expressions.
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Dictionary.com

For Students K - 1st Standards
Dictionary.Com is an online dictionary. It provides definitions, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech. It also provides a word of the day, word games, and much more.
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Odlis: Online Dictionary for Library & Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Need to know the definition of any term related to information searching, finding or sorting? Here's the place to look. Entries contain links to other definitions as needed.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this online dictionary of math terms to get definitions and examples of a wide variety of math terms.
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Other

The Inquiry Net: Native American 'Indian' Sign Language on Line Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about Native American sign language using this online dictionary. An alphabetical listing of terms with directions of how to form the words is included. Also find links to related information .. what the symbols mean, hand...
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Dictionary.com

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Look up any word by typing the entry at the top. Includes word of the day, links to foreign language dictionaries, and link to a thesaurus. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning, L.11-12.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning,...