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Willie Nelson: All Together Now!
Students recite Willie Nelson's lyrics in one voice and then analyze their tone and vocabulary usage. They research Willie Nelson's history and dramatize the song: "On the Road Again."
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The Family
In this online/interactive identifying pictures of family members activity, learners observe pictures of individuals and choose their identity from the pop-up menus and complete a crossword of family words. Students answer 16...
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Anglo-Saxons
This interactive web site invites exploration of Anglo-Saxon history, culture, and daily life. It is easy to navigate, has clear information, and nice features like pop-up definitions when the cursor moves over the highlighted...
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Pete And Repeat
Students draw a picture of a person from popular culture, then "clone" it using printing techniques in this Art instructional activity that tackles the questions surrounding cloning, DNA, and current scientific techniques. An emphasis is...
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Torn Paper Collage Portrait
Middle schoolers watch demonstrations on how to create a collage out of different materials. Using town paper, they create their self-portrait and view art by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. To end the lesson, they discuss a career in...
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Limu and ME!
Students explore limu. In this cross curiculum botany and art project, students view a limu-picking film and then collect several species of limu. Students follow a sequence of instructions using limu, card stock and wax paper to create...
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Magical Musical Tour: Using Music Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements
While music lyrics are often used to teach literary elements, the richness of this resource comes from the wealth of exercises, activities, and support materials provided in the packet. Although designed for gifted learners, the...
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ReQuest and Motor Imaging with My Side of the Mountain
Fifth graders read "My Side of the Mountain." They create a pantomime using vocabulary words from the story. Students create three questions about the reading. They discuss the passage they read and act out words to help them better...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Preface and Chapter 1
Students complete chapter analysis activities for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.In this chapter analysis lesson, students read the preface and chapter 1 and complete vocabulary activities, journal activities, and use the...
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Babushka Baba Yaga
Students read books by the author Patricia Polacco and complete different activities for the 4 books. For this language arts lesson plan, students read the books Babushka Baba Yaga, Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom, Pink and Say, and...
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Compound Word Match #6
In this vocabulary worksheet, students generate compound words by matching word cards. Students answer 10 compound word questions. The word cards are not included.
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Advertising Slogans
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students match famous advertising slogans with their advertisers. There are 33 questions with an answer key.
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Composition in Journals
Carlos Fuentes’s The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait and Jaspre Bark’s Journal of Inventions: Leondardo da Vince serve as models for an assignment that asks class members to create a personal journal they will use...
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"So, What Do You Think?"
Take a stand! Even the most reluctant speakers find their voices if the topics are engaging. Use pictures, photos, or word prompts (I think pizza is the best lunch on the school menu. What do you think?) to stir responses. Encourage...
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I Wonder What That Thing Is On My Manduca
Learners use the internet to gather more information on the anatomy of the Manduca. They make predictions of what the insect will look like when it hatches and complete a crossword puzzle to practice their vocabulary. They continue to...
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!
Pupils complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Musical Moments
Learners listen to popular music in French. In groups, they identify and practice speaking the words they are unfamiliar with and examine the context of the song. They complete a worksheet with a partner to end the instructional...
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Japanese Culture
Seventh graders make connections with the history of Japanese art with the modern use of ancient warriors in the popular Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards. They journal and reflect upon the research and comparison of the ancient to modern art.
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Making Three Letter Words
In this three letter words learning exercise, students write a letter in each butterfly wing to make a three letter word. Students use the letter on the butterfly body as the middle letter for each word they create.
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Hector's World
Students discover how they can protect a computer from a virus. In this computer awareness lesson, students discover that strong passwords can protect computer files. Students watch a video regarding technology in their world...
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Corrugated Cardboard Relief Print Project
Students use corrugated cardboard to create a printed relief project. Using the cardboard, they review geometric designs, shapes and discover how to use vertical and horizontal lines. They practice relief printing with different materials.
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Lines: Invisible Journeys
Learners create visual roadmaps and follow them with gesture to create lines. They draw lines with a white crayon on paper and then paint to create a crayon resist.
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Crimes from Mother Goose
Students use Nursery rhymes in a discussion of crimes and criminals in order to study how criminal law has developed and changed to maintain an organized society. They decide on the identity of criminals, the crime, and the name of the...
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Gospel Music
In this music instructional activity, students read about the origin of gospel music. Students answer ten essay questions related to their reading.