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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: English: Reading: Dictionaries and Indexes Quiz: Level One [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Quiz testing basic alphabetization and dictionary skills required for real-world application. Three levels of difficulty with answers provided.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary Use

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource introduces students to dictionaries. It covers what a dictionary is used for, what types of information you will find in a dictionary, guide words and their purpose, and how to use a...
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EL Education

El Education: A Park Grows in Portland

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This field guide was a cross curricular project created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine. Students engaged in multiple fieldwork visits to the Deering Park (across the street), during which they observed trees, recording with...
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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards Dictionaries and Glossaries

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
View a lesson on using dictionaries and glossaries to determine the meaning of words. Test your skills using Test Mode or Game Mode.
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Other

National Math + Science Initiative: Vocabulary Study: Julius Caesar [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson unit covers vocabulary used in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes list of fifty SAT words with an accompanying glossary and references to the play, grouped under each act. This is followed by a fill-in-the-blank activity...
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Quia

Quia: Parts of a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a matching game in which parts of a book are matched with their definitions. Java is required.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students look through a book to find various text features including: a table of contents, sequence and format, charts/graphs/maps, diagrams/graphics/illustrations, print variations, an index, and a glossary....
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a lesson plan in which learners learn to use a dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson plan utilizes the book The Mitten by Jan Brett and includes...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Addiction: Community Screening Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA Addiction is a film that explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on individuals and society, examines the neurobiology of opioid addiction, and discusses current harm reduction approaches and treatments and how they might be...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Curriculum Center: Science

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize the functions of dictionaries and the types of information available in dictionaries used in schools. They will learn the differences between dictionaries and thesauruses....
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Spurlock Museum: Egyptian Mummification

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual exhibition on Egyptian mummification. Covers the history through different periods of Egypt's history, the rituals, artifacts found with mummies, sources of information about mummification, the materials that were used, and the...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Maps, Time, and World History

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how map projections and chronological constructs are used in the study of world history and help us to understand and interpret the past. Part of a larger site on world history, this unit on maps offers complete reading,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Epic of Gilgamesh. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from Gilgamesh and find dozens of rich and varied...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Homer: The Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...
Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Euripides: The Bacchae

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Bacchae, by Euripides. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the play and find dozens of rich and...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Tale of Genji, byMurasaki Shikibu. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the tale and find dozens of...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Wu: Journey to the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Candide

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: One Hundred Years of Solitude

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Popol Vuh

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Popol Vuh, a Mayan text that combines history and myth. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on Popol Vuh. Read an excerpt from the work...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Roy: The God of Small Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the novel. Read an excerpt from the work and find...