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Literature: Truly Fortunate Ahmed
Students gain an appreciation for Persian literature by reading "Truly Fortunate Ahmed." They select props such as turbans, rings, and clothing as they are revealed in the story. Among assessments from which students choose are:...
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Color Poems
Young scholars listen as the teacher reads several poems from the book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones," "My Many Colored Days," and a teacher created poem. Students choose a color and share some brainstorming ideas with the class. They...
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What is Sound? How Can We Change Sound?
In this instructional activity, students investigate the phenomenon of sound! Students compare and contrast how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases. They explain how length and thickness affect sound. Students know the...
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FACS: Family Dynamics (Family)
Students study the family unit through a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, group activities, and by creating a limerick. They examine attributes and issues related to family life.
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Words Hurt
Learners identify the various forms of bullying in a class discussion and to sort out the situations that can hurt outside and inside. They count the number of bullying incidents posted on the bulletin board to find which occur most...
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Simile And Metaphor
Learners engage in a lesson about metaphor and simile while using them in different contexts. They are asked to share some samples that are designed by them to other members of the class. Students practice writing them with the help of...
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Genes and Inheritance
Students explore genes and inheritance. After listening to a story describing a rare genetic disease, students discuss inheritance and how living things pass on traits to their children. In groups students, students decipher code...
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Electricity
Students watch instructor present demonstrations of the basic principles of static electricity, and then conduct some of their own experiments. In small groups, students build simple circuits, using batteries, to try to light up a light...
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U.S. History: Our Constitutional Amendments
Eighth graders conduct Internet research about Constitutional Amendments and present oral reports on their findings. Their reports also include visual representations depicting their chosen amendment's focal point. Students discuss the...
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Static Electricity
In this static electricity instructional activity, students review terms and concepts relating to electricity. Students place 21 vocabulary words into a crossword puzzle.
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ESL Advanced/Proficiency Vocabulary Worksheet 15
In this ESL advanced proficiency worksheet, students complete each of 10 sentences by choosing the best vocabulary word from the four choices that are given.
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Verb Tenses
In this grammar learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with a form of the verb in parenthesis. They can use any appropriate verb tense. There are 14 blanks to fill in.
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Appropriate Verb Tenses
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in 14 blanks in a paragraph using the correct form of each given verb. They complete a selection about using computers.
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Verb Tenses
This interesting verbs worksheet, has students read a paragraph, and fill in 14 blanks with the appropriate form of the verb tense that is shown parentheses. Very good practice in using the correct verb tense.
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Exploring Play Dough
Students learn to prepare a play dough recipe in order to enhance their measurement, reading, and creative-thinking skills. In this lesson on making play dough, students measure and add the different ingredients, while simultaneously...
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From Vibration to Sound
Students observe a series of demonstrations to illustrate wave movement. In this sound wave lesson, students witness how objects create waves when dropped in a dish of water, use a rope and slinky to produce transverse and longitudinal...
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Water and Ice
Students examine the relationship between water and ice. In this physics lesson, students read the book Amazing Water and participate in an experiment where they freeze water into ice cubes. Students observe the changes in the water when...
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United States Map - Lesson 11
Students explore lakes of the United States. In this geography lesson, students identify noteworthy lakes on a map of the United States.
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Globe Skills Lesson 1 Some Early American Cultures
Middle schoolers apply their knowledge of geography. In this geography skills lesson, students read brief selections regarding early Americans. Middle schoolers respond to the questions included in the self-guided map skills lesson.
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Cloze Exercise: Verb Tenses
In this cloze activity worksheet, learners examine a reading selection and use their language skills to fill in the 14 blanks with the appropriate verb tenses.
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Fill in the Blank Verbs
In this past tense verb review worksheet, students fill in the 14 blanks in a paragraph with the appropriate forms of the verbs listed in parentheses.
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Fill in the Blank: Verb Tense
In this fill in the blank verb tense worksheet, students are given a sentence and a verb. Students choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence.
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Globalization Vocabulary Exercise
In this globalization vocabulary worksheet, students are required to determine the meaning of vocabulary used in a discussion about globalization.
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Endangered Animal Power Point
Students construct a Powerpoint presentation on endangered animals. In this technology lesson, students use the Internet to gather research notes on an endangered animal. Students use an outline to create a Powerpoint presentation on...