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Rap as a Modern Poetic Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners write and listen to rap songs. They discover how common themes in rap are indicative of the problems, as well as the empowerments, that can be seen in our urban cultures today. They discover how rap is actually an evolution of...
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Renaissance Realities

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze passages by Niccolo Machiavelli and Francis Bacon as an analysis of Renaissance ideas in contemporary situations. In this Renaissance writings lesson, students read excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince and multiple...
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Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom/ Chicka Challenge (Elementary, Literature)

For Teachers K Standards
Is your Kindergarten class about to read the book, Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom? If they are, and you want a few wonderful activity ideas to reinforce phonemic awareness and letter identification skills, look no further. Here you'll find over...
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Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Images of Faulkner and the South

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners research one aspect of the life of Faulkner and the culture of the South.  For this As I Lay Dying instructional activity, learners explore a webpage on Faulkner and write a summary.  Learners analyze the images...
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Run-on Sentences

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph, finishing each unfinished sentence by joining it to a finished sentence next to it with a conjunction.
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Identifying Adverbs IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...
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Drawing with Carl

For Students Pre-K - 6th
Who is Carl? Carl is a little monster that will help your learners draw and create in any way imaginable. Get those kids to activate creative and imaginative thinking skills with a really fun app. There are endless options that can...
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Gift of the Magi LP3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils read the story of "The Gift of the Magi" and identify the theme and elements in the story. They discuss allusions, situational irony, simile, metaphor, allusion, irony and plot structure. Students share about sacrifices they...
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Science Fiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore writing science fiction books. In this creative writing lesson, students become familiar with science fiction and write their own science fiction story. Students use correct sentences and paragraph structure to write...
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Lesson 1: Figurative Language

For Teachers 2nd Standards
The story Once in a Blue Moon by Nicola Morgan is full of figurative language. Second graders choose one idiom from the story and create an illustration of its meaning. Handouts and structured vocabulary practice is included...
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Gift of the Magi LP2

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read the story, "The Gift of the Magi" and identify examples of allusion and situational irony. They define and give examples of situational irony. Students plot sequence, structure, define allusion and give examples.
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Kate and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils gain a deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre by reading fractured versions of familiar tales. In this Kate and the Beanstalk lesson plan, students read a variety of fairy tales and fractured fairy tales in order to compare...
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Final Steps - From Cinderella Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students culminate a service project associated with a Cinderella study. In this service project lesson plan, students write letters to thank donors and sponsoring organizations for their donations of shoes. They practice their...
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Comparing and Contrasting Information and Forming an Opinion - Santiago and Morris

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a T-Chart about a therapy dog and write a paragraph using the compare and contrast organizational structure. In this compare and contrast lesson, students discuss therapy dogs and complete a Morris T-Chart for...
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Number the Stars Chapter 15

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students analyze the theme of bravery in the book Number the Stars. They create a list of possible themes in Number the Stars. They review elements of a story, focusing on climax. They debate over the climax of the story.
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Adjective Clause

For Students 4th - 5th
For this combining sentences worksheet, learners practice their use of adjective clauses and relative pronouns. Students are given ten sentences to combine using the relative pronoun provided and adding an adjective clause.
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A Formal Analysis of Science Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a five paragraph expository theme. They explain in their theme how the story they read qualifies as science fiction. Students write using all the conventions of English correctly.
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Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discover facts about ancient Egypt and find information and pictures of structures in Egypt. They write a story using as many hieroglyphic symbols as possible. Stories are made into a display on bulletin board.
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Comparing and Analyzing Literary Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read two short stories by the same author. For each story, they identify the main structures and style of the author. They use the text to write a summary about each story and how the author used literary techniques.
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Earthquakes!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with the concept of earthquakes while completing a lab with marshmallows, toothpicks, modeling clay and firm Jell-O and rectangular pan. They explore what kind of soil earthquakes do the most damage in and how...
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Reading Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use and recognize new vocabularies of the weather and a simple writing structure --Today is __________.
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Understanding Flashback

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to the definition of "flashback" in that writers use it when they want to reveal to readers something that happened in the past. Then Students write a short story using a flashback scene and then move...
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Journeys

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars write a story using their journey to school as the setting. In groups, they discuss their experiences and browse through books to get ideas for their story. They practice using a thesaurus to find new verbs or adjectives...
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Swing and Sway

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the destructive force of the wind. In this science lesson, students design and build a wind resistant structure. They explain why they chose a particular design and present their structure in class.

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