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Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this similes and metaphors worksheet, learners write similes for seven given sentences and then change them into metaphors.
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Beyond Science?: Healing Touch

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students apply the scientific method by building a "Proposal for Study." They label the Observation, Hypothesis, and Prediction columns. Students listen as the teacher introduces the alternative healing methods of therapeutic touch and...
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Post-Civil War American History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine significant events in Post-Civil War America. In this Post-Civil War lesson, 5th graders investigate the important events after the war in 19th century America. They read primary source documents about six topics...
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Limericks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders look up the definition of "Limerick" in the dictionary. They listen to the teacher explain a limerick and read an example of a limerick. Students brainstorm rhyming words and write their own limericks.
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The Editing Process

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners edit and critique essays. In this editing and critiquing lesson, students examine a sample essay and edit it. Learners read the essay aloud to determine the areas that need to be revised. Students then write their own essay for...
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Battling Bullies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify aspects of a conflict situation through a story. They engage in problem solving or identification of an aspect of bullying. Applying their knowledge of bullying, they create scenarios that reflect their methods of...
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Dream Book Collage

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss dreams and they types of dreams they have. They read the book "Dinosaur Dream" by Dennis Nolan and discuss the characters and events in the book. They look up vocabulary words and create a collage utilizing as many...
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Narrative Prompt

For Teachers K
Students write to describe a summer activity. They read a book about the seasons. They describe grab bag props and how they are used in summer.
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Parts! Parts! Who Has the Matching Part?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the subject part of a sentence. They receive randomly distributed teacher-made sentence parts. They have either a subject part of a sentence or the remainder of the sentence.
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Nudging Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students choose one topic to write about. They brainstorm ideas about their topic or incident. They use sensory details to visualize their topic. They answer a variety of teacher directored nudging question to help them describe their...
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Shopping With Charlie

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners go shopping and use the information in order to circle the correct words or write the complete sentences.
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Study Of Birds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the Spanish language looking for words related to birds and their habitat. They write phrases and sentences using the words. Gradually they attempt to use the correct sentence structure in conjunction with...
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English as an Additional Language: The Street

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL street-related instructional activity, students respond to 13 matching questions 4 short answer questions, and 4 fill in the blank questions pertaining to what one might encounter on a city street.
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Stating Reasons and Giving Examples

For Students 8th - 11th
In this paragraph construction worksheet, students read a model paragraph regarding Costa Rica. Students respond to 10 questions regarding the structure of the paragraph.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Sequencing Lesson

For Teachers K
Students listen to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and summarize to story to demonstrate comprehension. They review the days of the week and create their own book.
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Comparatives and Superlatives

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
If not the best, then certainly one of the better grammar resources designed for language learners, this packet focuses on comparatives and superlatives.
PPT
Springfield Public Schools District 186

Form and Structure of Poetry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
If anyone suffers from metrophobia—the fear of poetry—the PowerPoint on the elements of poetry may help alleviate their worries. The presentation introduces learners to poetic elements, including simile, metaphor, and personification....
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Virginia Department of Education

Translate and Evaluate

For Teachers 7th
Hopefully nothing gets lost in translation. Pupils translate between verbal phrases and algebraic expressions. They then use candy to determine what values to substitute into the expressions.
Worksheet
Hachette Children’s Group

Our Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Show your class how to experience their world with the five sense. With worksheets on each sense, learners investigate their surroundings and categorize them into sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste.
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Animal Sounds and Passive Voice

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Originally designed by an American language teacher teaching in a public Japanese junior high, this lesson could easily be used for any beginning or intermediate level ESL class. With this plan, your class will review two useful, but...
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Structural Analysis

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the word and sentence structure of reading, writing, speaking, and listening effectively. In this structural analysis activity, 1st graders review the ending of compound words, root words and their usages.
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Animal Riddles

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils write animal riddles. They write three or more sentences describing a selected animal, and draw a picture to go with their descriptive sentences. Students then create a three slide slideshow using Kid Pix 3 computer software.
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Learning About Evaluation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students evaluate the essays of their classmates. In this evaluation lesson, students write two non-fiction essays on two different topics that they may choose. After a lecture on the aspects of the paper that will be evaluated,...
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Personally Speaking

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and write an expository essay discussing choices they have in society today compared with the character Kit.