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Linguistic Humor and Language Play
By George, there are so many literary devices illustrated here! Help your pupils create interest in their writing by presenting one or two of these literary devices at a time. The slides contain examples and beg participation from the...
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Humor, Rhetoric, and Prose Styles
A handful of quotes are presented in these slides referencing writing and rewriting. Learners will be encouraged by well-known writers to practice, grow and refrain from perfectionism. Quotes also reference how to write for your audience...
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Ghosts of Holidays Past
Students write in their journals to analyze the use of nostalgia. After reading an article, they identify aspects that are universal for holidays. They describe and examine their own memories of a specific holiday and interview someone...
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The Kwanzaa Tradition: Pronoun Review
Celebrate Kwanzaa and reinforce grammar skills with one language arts activity. Learners add missing pronouns to sentences in a passage about the traditions and customs of Kwanzaa. Next, they answer four comprehension questions about...
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Foods and Languages of the World
Students explore cultures around the world. In this cross-curriculum geography lesson, students listen to This is the Way We Go to School , a Book about Children around the World , and locate various countries on the globe and a map....
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Bratislava Old and New
Students explore the capital of Slovak. In this World History lesson plan, students read an article that describes specific details about Bratislava, Slovak, then complete numerous activities that are centered around the article, such...
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Too Many Tamales
Students listen to the story "Too Many Tamales" by Gary Soto. Students use the internet to find recipes from around the world. They print out a recipe and put their name on it. The recipes are then combined into a class recipe book.
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The Snowman
Students view the wordless book The Snowman. In this Snowman book lesson, students discuss the events in the pictures of the book. Students write a sentence with illustration to respond to the book. Students paint CD's and create a...
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Simile Bingo
In this simile bingo worksheet, students play bingo with words and pictures on it and fill in the blanks to similes with those words. Students play with 4 players.
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A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on A Walk to Remember. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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At the Crossroads
Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...
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The Kwanzaa Tradition…Pronoun Review
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage regarding Kwanzaa. Students fill in the 7 blanks in the passage with the appropriate pronouns and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Rainforest- Plants
In this rain forest worksheet, students read for information as they study a three paragraph text about the rain forest. Students answer 4 short essay questions.
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Digital Storytelling PowerPoint Lesson
Students investigate traditions by creating a PowerPoint Presentation. In this holiday tradition lesson, students research their favorite holiday tradition using a computer. Students utilize their data to create a multimedia...
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Write to Read
Students discover how to write to improve their reading skills. In groups, they take pictures of a variety of school events and compile them into a PowerPoint presentation. To end the lesson, they add a narration to the slides and share...
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Jewish Assimiliation in Contemporary American Literature
Students read a collection of stories and watch videos to learn about the Jewish assimilation in American literature. In this American literature lesson, students watch videos about Judaism, read stories from a contemporary Jewish...