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Sports and Hobbies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore vocabulary related to sports and hobbies. They consider their interests in sports and hobbies in relation to other students. They discuss music and describe a piece of music using simple adjectives.
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Surrealist Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a game of Exquisite Corpse. By looking at a painting by Ren?? Magritte and creating their own Surrealist "room," students further explore the Surrealist idea of placing common objects in unusual locations.
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The Sentence Contest

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars review the definition of a sentence and identify the sentences (complete thoughts) from a list of possibilities. Students evaluate complete and incomplete sentences by being judges at a sentence contest.
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Sports

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Sports and sport-related vocabulary are the focus of a instructional activity designed for language learners.
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8 Comma Rules

For Students 5th - 6th
In this comma rules learning exercise, students read 30 sentences and add commas where needed. Detailed rules for the use of commas are on the page to help.
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Student Mad Libs

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this "The Tell-Tale Heart" worksheet, learners write an essay about how Edgar Allan Poe keeps the reader in suspense. The worksheet helps students construct the essay through eleven different scaffolding steps.
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Book Illustration

For Teachers K - 4th
Students view a video and discuss what illustrations in a book show and don't show.  In this observation lesson, students look at the details on a page in Alice in Wonderland and create an illustration.
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Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Fix fragments and run-ons. Kids practice editing a piece of their own writing, read, and take notes of common examples. They practice connecting independent clauses and then use the information to edit previously written pieces. Note:...
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Reductions in Sentences

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sentence reduction worksheet, students create shorter sentences by using one of three types of reductions. Students use either a time adverb clause reduction, a cause/effect adverb clause reduction, or an adjective clause...
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How Does It Sound?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play game that uses the elements of grammar in an inappropriate way, and transform the inappropriate grammar into grammatically correct statements.
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Lexis: changing attitudes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students notice lexical items as chunks of language. They use grammar of multi words and are introduced to a lexical set connected to money. Students are given a chance to peer teach. They are encouraged to use dictionaries.
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General Grammar Exam

For Students 8th - 11th
In this online interactive English skills worksheet, students answer 50 multiple choice questions regarding appropriate grammar. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Parts of Speech Review

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice the parts of speech using index cards to label words in a sentence.
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Sentence Work on Derivative Nouns

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students, after reading about derivative nouns, bring in a rough draft to class.
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Writing Thesis Statements in Sociology

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover methods for writing strong thesis statements. In this writing skills lesson, students follow the steps their instructor outlines to review the strengths and weaknesses of their sociology thesis statements.
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Rules For Succeeding At Work

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss and list examples of work ethic and job motivation. Appropriate dress for different job types is discussed as well as proper work etiquette including absenteeism and tardiness. Students create rules for succeeding at...
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Prepositions for Place

For Students 5th - 8th
In this prepositions worksheet, learners choose the correct word for the prepositions for place in each sentence. Students complete 40 sentences total.
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Stating an Exception

For Students 5th - 10th
In this but not or except learning exercise, students choose the correct form of the words but not or except to complete the sentences. Students complete 14 sentences.
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Periodic Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.
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Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns

For Students 7th
In this reflexive and emphatic pronouns worksheet, 7th graders refer to a story, read the examples and rewrite 20 sentences using the correct pronoun form.
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Memory of a Kiss

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read, discuss, and memorize the poem "Jenny Kissed Me." as an example of lyrical poetry. They write a letter to Jenny reliving the memory of her kiss from an elderly person's point of view. They illustrate their poems.
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Valentine Cinquain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students review parts of speech by using Inspiration. They brainstorm vocabulary that fit a Valentines theme. Students watch as the teacher demonstrates the parts of a cinquain poem. Students write their own poem and create a KidPix...
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Multiple Meanings

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this multiple meanings worksheet, students pick a word that fits both meanings in 2 different sentences. Students complete 9 sets of sentences.