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Things That Make Britain Great
Take a trip to Great Britain with this fun reading activity! Young learners read an article about many famous attributes of Britain - 101 of them, to be exact - and finish several comprehension and grammar activities about what they have...
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Plagarism and Crediting Sources
Before the lesson begins, the teacher writes a paragraph about a favorite toy from his/her childhood. The paragraph is read to the class, and each of the sentences are closely looked at for details and support of the topic sentence....
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Newspaper Challenge
Here is a clever way to teach students how to write like a journalist. Each of these six slides gives some information about an event. Learners must take that information and use it as if they are writing a newspaper article about the...
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Subject and Verb Agreement
In this subject and verb agreement worksheet, students are given sentences in which they must choose the correct verb form to agree with the subject.
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World Television Day
In this World Television Day activity, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, unscrambling sentences, writing questions, take a survey, and...
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World Habitat Day
In this World Habitat Day lesson plan, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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World Heart Day
In this World Heart Day worksheet, students complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions, take a...
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Kiss and Make Up Day
In this Kiss and Make Up Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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Parents' Day
In this Parents' Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions, take a survey,...
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Breaking News English: Happy Marriages
In this happy marriages instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Breaking News English: Paris Hilton
In this Paris Hilton worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Faulty Parallelism
Practice using parallel structure. Learners correct faulty parallelism in an extensive list of sentences. The faults in each sentence are sometimes subtle, so scholars will need solid background knowledge on parallel structure to catch...
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Journalism: Following Your Lead
Students, in groups, identify the components of news article lead sentences. They visit other classrooms and take notes identifying the lead components on the lesson. Students search local and national newspapers for leads that grabbed...
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Interactive Read Aloud
Learning how to deliver good literacy instruction is key to becoming a successful teacher. This resource isn't so much a lesson as it is a guide to leading children in an interactive read-aloud session to increase fluency, comprehension,...
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Creating Sentences with Onomatopoeia Words
Third graders create sentences. For this sentences lesson students use onomatopoeia words to write sentences. They make a movement to match their onomatopoeia word. The students discuss why an author might use onomatopoeia in their writing.
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CREATE A NEW RHYME
Third graders develop basic narratives. They retell a focused story and create a basic publication using available resources (e.g., pictures, colors, computer, copier). They experiment with different forms of creative writing (e.g.,...
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Newspaper Story Visual Organizer
In this newspaper story visual organizer worksheet, students answer the who, what, when, where, why and how with regards to their own story, then write a lead sentence.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 2
In this sentence completion activity, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.
K12 Reader
Choose the Adjective
Is this learning exercise challenging or chewy? Allow your pupils to choose the correct adjective for 18 sentences in order to find out.
Vanderbilt University
Stories from the Panama Canal
The stories of the Silver People, the West Indies immigrants hired to work on the Panama Canal, come to life in a instructional activity about the building of the Panama Canal. Groups research why the canal was built, how it was build,...
University of Chicago
Using Artifacts for Clues About Identity
Learn about the ancient Near East through a close examination of ancient artifacts. Lead your class into analysis by first observing an artifact as a class. Pupils can then work in pairs to analyze the other artifacts and compile a list...
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Making Inferences: Reading Between the Lines
Have you ever read part of a story and had to figure out what the rest was about? Practice making inferences with several short passages and multiple choice questions.
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Homonyms
In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct homonyms. Students complete 10 sentences where they are given the choice of 2 homonyms for each sentence.
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What Weather When and Where?
Learners learn the difference between hard news and feature writing. They choose one of these news styles to write a compelling weather-related article based on interviews with local sources.