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Challenging Stereotypes: A New Look at Old Age

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Combine a lesson on the elderly with grammar instruction. Before viewing a series of provided video clips, class members brainstorm a list of words related to senior citizens and organize these words into categories that correspond with...
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National Constitution Center

The Development and Application of the First Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the limits on freedom of speech? While a cherished right in the Constitution, it is not unbridled. Budding historians consider what checks should exist on this liberty using news stories, court cases, and College Board prompts.
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Newseum

Battle for the Bill of Rights: Ultimate Survivor Amendment Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
To understand the importance of the wording of the articles of the First Amendment (freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the press, and freedom to assembly and petition), teams argue before a jury for draft amendments of one...
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Reported Speech 1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this reported speech worksheet, pupils review and discuss five key directives to choosing the grammatically correct verb in ten sentences.
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Reported Speech 2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this reported speech worksheet, students review and determine the grammatically correct verb for ten sentences involving different voice tenses.
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Identifying the Principle Parts of Irregular Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students write the correct form of irregular verbs. Students identify the principle parts of given verbs. Students answer forty fill in the blank questions.
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Sentence Writing and Parts of Speech

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this sentence writing worksheet, students are given sentences with the words out of order and must put them in order so the sentence makes sense. Students are also given adjectives and must divide them into positive and negative...
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Tom's Tempting Tongue Twister Truly Tangled My Tongue

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore what makes a good tongue twister. They identify parts of speech in different tongue twisters and create a tongue twister that truly tangles the tongue.
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Florida Citrus Fruits

For Teachers K - 1st
In this multiple skills worksheet about citrus fruits from Florida, students use letters and letter clusters to fill in blanks and write picture words, trace and write words, write nouns, verbs, and adjectives and use them to create...
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Dolch Homophones

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this effective language arts instructional activity, students study homophones and practice using the correct words as they fill in the blanks to sentences. Sentence ideas are provided in the instructional activity, as is a very nice...
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Imus: How much free speech is too much?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore current interpretation of the First Amendment, including that of commercial speech. Next read background about Don Imus and his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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Imus: How much free speech is too much?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read background about Don Imus and his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. They explore current interpretation of the First Amendment, including that of commercial speech. Students present the findings to class...
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Old Salem Speech

For Teachers 4th
The focus of the lesson is rhythmic speech and 4/4 time. The topic of the lesson is trades common in Old Salem during the colonial period. Learners will practice keeping time with their voices and body percussion. They will then research...
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Appropriate Use of Helping Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Readers of all ages correctly use appropriate verbs in their speech and writing. The focus of this instructional activity is on the proper use of helping verbs.
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Spanish Reflexive Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Why is it that in English you shave, and in Spanish you shave yourself? Spanish uses reflexive verbs. Your pupils can master reflexive verbs with the explanation provided here. Conjugation of this type of verb is described with...
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Using Gustar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Expressing that you like something in English is quite different from expressing that you like something in Spanish. Clarify gustar for your class with the information included here. Pupils can read the information on the webpage to find...
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Three-Meal Weather: Food inspired adjectives from "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete a list of food adjectives based on the book Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. For this adjectives lesson plan, students also compose a 3 part piece of writing based on an entire day of raining food. 
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Parts of Speech Review

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students need to know how to correctly use words in their writing and speaking. By reviewing parts of speech with hands-on activities, students retain and enjoy studying sentence structure.
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The One and More Than One Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore language arts by participating in a noun game. In this part of speech instructional activity, students collaborate in small groups and play a card game based on singular and plural nouns. Learners cut out the cards from...
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Albert Shanker Institute

Dream Under Development

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
As part of their study of the 1963 March on Washington, class members do a side-by-side comparison of the original text of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" with a transcript of the speech he delivered. The take away from the...
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National Constitution Center

AP English Language—Precision of Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Say what you mean and mean what you say. The Precision of Language addresses the importance of words, especially when they concern a person's rights. Scholars take a look at many different examples and complete questions analyzing the...
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Ready, Set, Action

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate parts of speech by analyzing action words in sentences. In this verb usage lesson, students read sentences to each other and identify the action words and verbs used. Students participate in a speed challenge in...
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Gearing up for Grammar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students input autobiographical information to apply in a Diamante' poem that utilizes the different parts of speech. Students interact with each other sharing their autobiographical information completed on the database created....
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Into To Adverbs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the function of adverbs. While taking notes during the class lecture, students explore the parts of speech and label the adverbs. They identify the types of questions that adverbs answer and explore the difference...

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