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From A Different Perspective

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Emerging writers create a response to their reading. They read Notes from the Trail and discuss whose perspective the journal entry is written from. Then, they write a response to the journal entry in first person perspective as if...
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Media Literacy Skills

For Teachers 3rd
You're on camera! Third graders find a news story and research it to get more information. Everyone uses their found information to write a script and create their own news broadcast!
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 7th - 12th
When reviewing the use of modifiers, this activity could be a useful tool to use. With 20 questions, highlighting a variety of misplaced or dangling modifiers, this learning exercise could be a quick and easy way to go over this topic.
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Writing for the Stage

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Has your class written a play yet? If that type of writing has yet to be done in your classroom, show this presentation to help your writers format their cover page, dialogue, plot, etc. You could also show this PowerPoint before reading...
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ELA Common Core Checklists for K-6

For Teachers K - 6th
In the hustle and bustle of life in the classroom, it's easy for teachers to lose track of the standards they have taught, and those that still need to be addressed. This Common Core checklist provides educators with an easy-to-use...
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Staying Green While Being Clean

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clean up the environment with a lesson that focuses on replacing hazardous cleaning supplies with green, environmentally-friendly products. Using a dirty patch of surface as a control area, kids clean other parts of various surfaces...
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The Great Migration

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the uses of herbal plants. They read the book Pharmacy in the Forest and discuss the vocabulary words that pertain to the structure of a plant. Students create a summary of what they have read and watch a video on...
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How Tragic!

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and study, in-depth, a specific classical tragedy, in this case, Oedipus. They explore strategies from making meaning out of or interpreting texts, as well as strategies for determining how authors create meaning in...
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Teaching Six Big Ideas in the Constitution

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students debate the constitutional principles of the United States. In this U.S. government lesson, students examine the meaning of the text of the U.S. Constitution and analyze other primary documents of the era. Students prepare for...
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Tables

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students design a web page table with rows and columns of text in a gridded display. They write a HTML for integrated layout schemes of text and pictures. They create a table that has different colored cells.
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Story vs. Plot

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reading and discussing the two texts by Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People" and "Greenleaf," analyze the plot, tone, characters, themes and setting in each story. They write their own short stories dealing with a...
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Alkanes and Conformation

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this alkanes and conformation worksheet, students name 10 different alkanes, they write the structural formulas for 4 alkanes, and they write Newman projections for 2-methylbutane. They also write structure of stable conformations for...
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Biomimicry, Nature: Architecture of the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the relationship between nature and architecture. For this cross curriculum history, culture, and architecture lesson, students observe and discuss structures visible in nature. Students view websites in which Native...
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Viewing Bacteria

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the characteristics harmful and helpful bacteria and observe structures within the bacterial cells. They use micro-slide viewers to observe the shapes of various bacteria and the structures within the bacterial cell.
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Mystery Boxes: Uncertainty and Collaboration

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars manipulate boxes with unknown internal structure and contents to become familiar with the concept of uncertainty in science.
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Working with Shakespeare, the Poet and Dramatist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the work of William Shakespeare. They survey the elements of comedy and tragedy and read plays and poems. They discuss the texts they read and recite poetry. They dramatize poems with movement and sounds and write poetry...
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"What is an American?"

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders ponder about what it means to be an "American." They discuss the impact of an author's word choice and sentence structure on text. They identify some major themes and development of the Letters... Compose paragraphs and...
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Identifying the Theme in a Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize Theme through the use of simple, short stories. Using Pro Quest, students begin by researching the literary element, theme, and how it can be identified. They then identify the themes in Aesop's Fables and...
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Determining Center of Gravity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students complete calculations involving the structure and properties of matter. They engage in a variety of problem solving activities to help them determine the center of gravity.
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Determining Center of Gravity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners complete calculus calculations involving the structure and properties of matter and determining the center of gravity.
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Literature: Esperanza Rising

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss the book, Esperanza Rising. After analyzing and identifying the novel's structural elements, they examine working conditions for migrant workers in the 1930s. As part of the lesson, students in groups choose...
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Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read literature and view other media to discover how print and non-print texts answer the thematic question: Who am I? students compare the ways ideas are presented, and create their own portfolios or personal Web pages...
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New Shoes for Sylvia

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore reading comprehension by analyzing a story in class. In this story structure lesson, 1st graders read the book New Shoes for Sylvia and discuss the character and her dilemma in the story. Students answer study...
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Language Arts: Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to define given literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, imagery, personification, symbolism, etc. They are able to identify the use of literary elements in a given text. Students are able to interpret weather...

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