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7th Grade Poetry: Metaphor Poem
The second lesson in a five-part poetry unit asks seventh graders to construct a metaphor poem. First, pupils examine Emily Dickinson's "The Railway Train" and identify the metaphor. They then select an object and an animal and craft a...
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Antonyms 2
Deepen understanding for 10 vocabulary words by having your class members find their antonyms. Example words include conclusion, mock, and antiquated.  Consider having them write a sentence for both the word and the word's antonym...
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Antonyms 1
Deepen understanding of basic vocabulary with this antonym sheet. There are only 10 vocabulary words; example words include vacate, renown, wan, and expend. The answer sheet is detailed, defining each word on the page. 
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Antonyms 3: Level 10
Identifying antonyms is one strategy for increasing vocabulary and is the focus of a 10 problem, multiple-choice worksheet. In addition to the practice, learners will also benefit from a close reading of the provided answers and...
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Word Roots: Spect, Sta, Vert
How many words can you find? Use this word search towards the end of the unit to reinforce the new vocabulary words. Consider making it a game and timing it to see who can locate the words first.
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Antonyms 1: Level 12
Assuage/inflame, adroit/amateurish. This antonyms activity will challenge your juniors and seniors and the explanations that accompany the answer key will detail for them how to approach such questions. A great exercise to prepare high...
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New Hampshire Unplugged
Young historians explore how technology and science affected life in the state of New Hampshire. They define technology and give personal experiences of how technology affects people and how people have used technology. They compare the...
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Nouns in a Story
Students, assessing a variety of formatting tools with Microsoft Word, utilize a bank of vocabulary words to make a personal dictionary of nouns. They classify nouns for people, places, things and ideas and separate them into common and...
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A Cure for the School-Day Blues
Lessons on the Blues will have students singing for joy!
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Antonyms 5
Here's a list of vocabulary words that will trick even your smartest vocabulary scholars! They have to identify the antonym for each of 10 words listed. Examples include fragrant, sterile, celerity, and apocryphal. 
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Antonyms 5
Develop vocabulary in your pupils. This multiple-choice resource could be used for both native and non-native English speakers. Ten vocabulary words are presented, and learners must identify their antonyms. Example words include...
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Antonyms 5: Level 11
Repudiate abstruse worksheets! Rather than a perfunctory examination of antonyms, the ten prompts, and the meticulous attention to detail found in the answer key provided by this resource, will provide to be salubrious.
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Antonyms 5
Depending on the current level of your native and non-native speakers, this might be a resource worth using. The 10 vocabulary words are difficult, but it's the multiple-choice options that might be daunting to your high schoolers!...
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Text-Dependent and Short Answer Questions: Excerpts from “A Limited Supply”
There's no such thing as an unlimited resource. Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment by reading A Limited
Supply. They answer text-dependent questions and complete a graphic organizer about key terms in the text.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: December Holidays
Find a celebration of winter holidays in a versatile and straightforward worksheet. Learners read a bank of holiday-themed words, including asceticism, solstice, and myrrh, and use context clues to place them in the...
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Word Roots 3: cern, jur, leg Advanced-Definition-Match 3
Try to match the vocabulary word with the definition provided. Vocabulary words include: abjure, discriminate, allegation, perjury, unjustly, secrete, legacy, certify, recrimination, etc. All vocabulary words are based on Latin roots....
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Latin Roots nat, tract, sequ: Matching Exercise
An interactive matching exercise from MyVocabulary.com, this resource highlights 12 advanced-level words containing the Latin roots nat, tract, and sequ. Definitions nicely distinguish among closely related words: nascent, natal, innate,...
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Antonyms 2
Delve deeper into word meaning by exploring a word's antonyms. For each of the 10 words listed, high schoolers must identify the correct antonym from a list of five options. Example words include boon, rapt, laggard, and imperceptible....
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Antonyms 2
Learing antonyms for different words really deepens one's understanding of the vocabulary at hand. Use this resource to assess your learners knowledge of words like wary, recede, peevish, and nurture. 
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My Book of Poems
Copy all pages to create a book of poems during a poetry study. From alliteration to cinquain to acrostic poem, your class won't run out of templates for writing poems! Each sheet serves as a template for an entire book of poems. Other...
Roald Dahl
The Twits - The Wormy Spaghetti
What do spiders' legs and an octopus's eyeball have to do with metaphors? The fourth lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl uses disgusting foods to teach about metaphoric writing.
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Where is Shirley the Elephant?
Young animal lovers engage in a lesson that's all about elephants. They access an elephant sanctuary website and read a story about Shirley the elephant. They perform a series of activities based upon that story, and also study about the...
Facing History and Ourselves
Tactics of Nonviolence
Students analyze the direct action tactics of nonviolence. As a class, they distinguish between a strategy and a tactic and identify tactics used during the civil rights movement. They relate these tactics and how they might be used to...