Worksheet
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Junie B.'s Silly Dictionary

For Students K - 2nd
In this Junie B. Jones activity activity, students try to find funny or silly words that Junie B. makes up in her stories. Students define the silly words too.
Activity
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
Lesson Plan
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
Lesson Plan
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
Lesson Plan
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars complete various activities based on books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to a number of books written by Curtis and Cornell, then complete worksheets by finding...
Interactive
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Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 4

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are scored...
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Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
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Genres in Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students analyze and differentiate between various genres of literature. They view a slideshow, take a true/false quiz, create an Idea Pad file, and create an idea map of the various genres.
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A Day Full of Popcorn

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use the "tool" popcorn with activities in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, P.E., Music, Art, Science and EATING.
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The Maya

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students demonstrate an understanding of the Mayan Culture. This is done by developing and answering questions about cultural traditions. They also label geographical regions on a map to incorporate Geography.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore desegregation as it occurred at various stages in United States history. They specifically chronicle the role of South Carolina in the desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education.
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The Importance of Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss how trade affects the products they use everyday. In groups, they identify the clothes they are wearing, the food they eat most often and the cars their families drive. Using the internet, they research how these...
Lesson Plan
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Adam, Abby, and the Stolen Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
Worksheet
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Food: Sayings

For Students 7th - 8th
In this British food and food sayings learning exercise, students complete matching, and fill-in-the-blank activities in order to gain a better understanding of British terminology around food. Some conversation starters embedded in the...
Lesson Plan
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Max's Magic Magnets

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /m/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /m/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thomas Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read "Far from the Madding Crowd," in its entirety. The text of this Thomas Hardy novel is organized by chapter and it preceded by a brief paragraph introducing setting, plot, and characters of "The Madding Crowd."
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "A Mad Dash to Disaster": The First World War

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "'A Mad Dash to Disaster': The First World War" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From Far From the Madding Crowd

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Madness of Humanity Part 3: Tribalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Madness of Humanity Part 3: Tribalism" by Marcelo Gleiser, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Hamlet: Ophelia, Gender and Madness

For Students 9th - 10th
In his portrayal of Hamlet and Ophelia, Shakespeare raises troubling questions about gender and madness. These activities encourage students to compare these two central characters, and how they have been used to reflect changing views...
Article
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History Matters: Robert Bagnall on "The Madness of Marcus Garvey"

For Students 9th - 10th
Marcus Garvey, African American entrepreneur and advocate of the Back to Africa movement, had his critics in those who did not agree with his separatist ideas. Read this article by NCAAP leader, Robert Bagnall, who spelled out his...
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Julian Emperors: Reign of Caligula

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the insanity of Caligula in William Morey's 1901 textbook.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
An intimate look into the poetry of Robert Lowell, with a short biography and links to critical essays on thirteen of his poems. Click on the "Online Poems" link to read the full text of the highlighted poems.
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Readers to the Rescue

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Visusal mad-lib reading game in which students help rescue storybook characters, including Pinocchio, Humpty-Dumpty and Sleeping Beauty and win rewards of animated short films and access to 36 books that can be read online for free.