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NickNews: Winners and Losers
Young scholars view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating...
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Make a TV Commercial for "Brighty-Whitey" Toothpaste
Learners develop the skill of creativity by creating their own brand of toothpaste. The class will present the different projects in front of the class in the form of a speech.
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A Hard Cell
Students examine appropriate and inappropriate uses of personal communication devices. They invent and critique new communication devices. They critique the communication technologies developed.
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Owls and Raptors
Students investigate the predator-prey relationship of owls and raptors. They examine a variety of resources about owls and raptors, develop a list of vocabulary words, dissect owl pellets and identify what owls eat, and play a...
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What's in the News?
In this analysing articles worksheet, middle schoolers read two newspaper articles about the issue of radon and answer six questions that allow students to reflect on how the articles were written and what is left unknown to the readers.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Pen Pal Day
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article on Pen Pal Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short...
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Transformations and Translation of Functions
Students translate functions horizontally and vertically. In this algebra lesson, students identify the parts of the formula that allows the graph to move left, right, up and down. They perform a transformation on the coordinate plane.
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All I Want For Christmas
Fourth graders create wish lists from catalogues and sales ads based on a given budget. They add, subtract, estimate, and budget their given amount of money so they don't go over budget.
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Reporting on WWII in Alaska
Students explain the people and the political, geographic, economic, cultural, social, and environmental events that have shaped the history of the state, the United States, and the world.
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Pasatiempos en Venezuela
Students discuss pastimes in our country and Spanish speaking countries. They listen to a cassette of interviews; identify and explain pastimes of native speakers and create or find material outside of the classroom related to pastimes.
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The Price Is Right - Grocery Store Prices
Eighth graders use the unit price to compare which local grocery store has the best prices. Assign students to work with a partner and a role. One person is the recorder and the other is the mathematician.
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Alliterations Allowed
Fourth graders recognize and create alliterative language in both literary and commercial use. In this language arts lesson, 4th graders analyze pieces of poetry and focus on the use of imagery, personification, and figures of speech.
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Recognizing Propaganda-Loaded Language
Students study a print ad for an abdominal toning device after discussing what strategies are necessary for healthy weight loss and muscle tone. They practice the skill of recognizing propaganda in print advertising.
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Checkbook Math
Twelfth graders simulate balancing checkbooks by applying required mathematical operations. They examine newspaper ads from banks and compare various services they offer. They discuss the uses of credit and debit cards.
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Find That Bargain!
Students explore the methods of calculating percentages, reading and the construction of graphs, and an awareness of consumer concerns in this lesson. The movement of the decimal point often results in uncertainty and confusion. This...
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Preparing for a Job Interview
Students explore the process of preparing for a job interview from the classified search to the actual interview. Lists of potential questions to be asked and answered are prepared and shared with the class.
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Word Picture - Communicating Visually
Students examine how words and visual images are used to influence people. They choose a word to illustrate using both lettering and visual images. They present their work and it is critiqued by a peer review.
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Gold Mountain: Real Gold or Fool's Gold
High schoolers participate in a meeting of one of the Six Companies that serves the needs of Chineese immigrants to California in the 1840's. Jobs are researched, profiles filed, posters designed, Chinese immigrant life examined in this...
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Changing Attitudes: Aging in America Lesson Plan
Young scholars discuss how the elder members of the community are viewed. Using the internet, they research how this view has changed since colonial times. They also identify ways in which this attitude keeps changing in modern America.
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To Market to Market
Fourth graders research a product and participate in an integrated simulation of a free market economy where students will create, buy and sell a good or service. In completing this activity, 4th graders understand the concepts and...
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The Raid on Raters
Young scholars read and discuss the article "Hollywood Rethinks its Rating Process." They discuss their views on the rating system. Students work in small groups to role play a "headhunting" company to find applicants for a new and...
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Create a Book About Your Town
Students explore how to create books about their towns. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow to identify how it relates to their community. They identify environmental print and its importance in early readers. They create books...
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Commercial Success?
Students share and discuss opinions regarding the tone and content of two commercials presented during Super Bowl XLI. They critique a commercial from past Super Bowls and a commercial that ran during a television show.
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Civil War Newspaper
High schoolers investigate the concept of the Civil War while conducting research using a variety of resources. The information is used to create a source for a class project. They create a class newspaper that becomes a summary of some...