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Developing Student Web Pages for Showcasing Research

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students employ information literacy skills to research topics. They develop topics using a graphic organizer. They draft, revise and edit research projects. They write an expository essay. They create a web page in Microsoft Publisher.
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Adventure Stories

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students write an adventure story. In this writing lesson plan, students listen to an adventure story and identify the elements of an adventure story. Students use story starters to create their own adventure story.
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Lesson Plan for Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the elements of writing poetry. In this creative writing lesson, 6th graders discuss a book of poetry in the setting of Appalachia. Students incorporate childhood experiences into the development of visual and...
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Tea at the White House

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a research paper and turn it into a speech about a historical person in the United States. For this history lesson plan, 5th graders memorize the speech and present it to the class.
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Making a Treasure Your Own: Lesson Two

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write an essay describing the Curtis Center and what they learned there. In this descriptive writing essay, students discuss the five paragraph essay and review sensory discoveries from their trip. Students draft an outline and...
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Helping Students Do History on the First Day of Class

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about Barack Obama and problems he faces as the president. In this president lesson plan, students write their own list and then compile a class list of problems and discuss them.
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Scientist Are Like Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students demonstrate proper scientific observation skills. For this investigative science lesson, students make observations, record their findings and form conclusions in order to improve their scientific documentation and writing skills.
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Animal Research Project

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders prepare an oral report using Appleworks to present information on their animal. They write a short narrative comparing and contrasting their animal to another students and, after watching other presentations, discuss what...
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Playground Signs-- Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students look at a photograph of 2 warning signs posted in Derbyshire, UK. Students read 10 questions about the information given in the signs and write "true," "false" or "we don't know" next to...
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Draw your Conclusions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze data from a student discussion website and write a report on the outcome of an investigation regarding their local water quality. As part of a larger unit students then post the summary of their investigation on the...
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Lab Report Template

For Students 6th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, learners complete a lab report being as detailed as possible. They identify the problem or hypothesis. Then they write the procedures and record their findings. Students also analyze their results, discuss, and...
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Using Children's Literature to Teach Writing: Oh, Tucker!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are read the book "Oh, Tucker". They write a paper about the positive and negative aspects of having a dog as a pet. They use a graphic organizer to organize their thoughts and they edit them the next day in class.
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1st Grade - Act. 24: Interactive Writing

For Teachers 1st
First graders write about vehicles that float.
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Writing a Cooperative Class Story (3+)

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write a beginning of a story, or as much as they can in 5 minutes. They pass their papers in a given order, then read the other student story and continue it for another 5 minutes.
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The Writings of Robert Boyle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the introductory text describing the various sources for the history of Boyle's life. They produce a poster illustrating the sources of Boyle's life and writings.
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Writing Task

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider parallel relationships in Much Ado About Nothing and the structure of the play within an extended piece of writing.  In this point of view lesson, 8th graders examine relationships and write a discursive...
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The Energy Debate - Conclusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a persuasive essay about the choices in the energy debate. They comprehend the environmental consequences that accompany the decision. Students predict how they will power their future.
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Big Mac Paragraph Format

For Students 4th - 5th
For this paragraph format worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to help them learn the paragraph format of introduction, detail 1-3, and conclusion.
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Who Rocks Your World?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students develop their writing skills. In this business letter lesson, students write a letter of nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame regarding a music artist of their choice. Students read their finished letters to their peers.
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Seventh Grade Essay Unit

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write a five paragraph essay and then branch out from there.
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Rocks and Minerals: Touch the Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete a unit of lessons on rocks and minerals. They conduct research, write e-mail questions to geologists, write daily journal entries, label maps demonstrating types of rocks/minerals found, and create a web page that...
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The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a lesson that covers the genre of narrative poetry. They examine the elements of a narrative poem while focusing upon the characterization. Students compare and contrast the characters while analyzing their...
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Getting Your "Hands-On" a Great Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They learn three ways to arrange a formal outline. Students demonstrate this knowledge by creating an outline as class. They cover the concepts of anticipation, investigation,...
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Stewardship

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore deforestation and cultural mandate. In this stewardship lesson, students complete a KWL chart about deforestation and discuss how stewardship relates to the cultural mandate after reading silently in...

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