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Planning for A Letter to the Editor

For Students 5th - 12th
In this letter to the editor worksheet, students brainstorm and fill in the blanks to a graphic organizer that would help them write a letter to an editor. Students complete 12 spaces in the graphic organizer.
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Brain Teasers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fraction story problem activity, students read the 6 story problems and write the answers on the lines provided. The problems all involve fractions.
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Exercise 1: Subject-verb Agreement

For Students 4th - 6th
In this grammar learning exercise, learners choose the appropriate verb in parentheses in twenty-eight sentences that makes each grammatically correct.
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Guess Again!

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this number sense worksheet, students solve 8 story problems in which clues are given for the ages of a group of people. Students figure out the age of each person in the story.
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First Set of Essay Questions on The Hobbit

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and choose two essays to write about the first six chapters. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read the first six chapters of the novel and use a worksheet to take...
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First Conditional Tense

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Helpful for English language learners as well as English speakers, this worksheet focuses on the conditional tense. The picture chart at the top of the page helps to explain that a conditional phrase can be formed  two different...
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Constructing and Visualizing Topographic Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Militaries throughout history have used topography information to plan strategies, yet many pupils today don't understand it. Scholars use Legos and a contour gauge to understand how to construct and visualize topographic profiles. This...
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The Tempest: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Use a handy concept analysis guide as you begin your unit on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. With character descriptions, literary themes, and anticipated affective issues, the guide can help those new to using The Tempest craft...
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Case and Perspective Test

For Students 5th - 7th
In this case and perspective worksheet, students identify case and perspective of pronouns, writing matching letters on blanks. Students then identify words as plural or possessive.
Interactive
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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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Identify Narrative Perspective 3

For Students 5th - 10th
In this point of view learning exercise, students read passages and then write the narrator's point of view and how they know it is such. Students do this for 6 passages.
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What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book, Good Dog by Alexandra Day. In this writing lesson, 4th graders re-write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with many other wordless picture books.
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Ratio, Percent, & Proportions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of percents, ratios, and proportions. In this percents, ratios, and proportion lesson, 7th graders have 237 ounces of beads to weigh. Students work in groups to weigh the beads in a way so that each...
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World Literature: The Inferno Essay

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this literature analysis worksheet, studnets read Dante's Inferno and write an introduction with a thesis statement. Students give a synopsis of the comedy and then write an essay. Students select from the five options to complete the...
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Present Tense: He Likes the Pizza. He Has a Dog

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students examine the use of like and likes as well as have and has. Students write 5 sentences following the directions.
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Pronouns and Perspective

For Students 4th - 6th
In this pronouns and perspectives worksheet, students underline all pronouns in short passages and tell whether they are written in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person.
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Opening our hearts and hands to others

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study the act of charity in Judaism. In this charity lesson plan, students read about the act of giving in the Jewish culture called tzedakah, and give gifts to others.
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Invertebrates and Vertebrate Evolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the major characteristics of the major animal phyla. They describe adaptive features that have contributed to the success of animals on land. Students explain how primate evolution provides a context for understanding...
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Verb Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete template on the conjugation of any tense of verbs in Spanish, and then write teacher-dictated sentences using these verbs.
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Snow Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the effects of a snow day on various people in the community. They listen to the book "Snow Day" by Betsy Maestro, complete a graphic organizer of people affected by the snow day, and write a story from the point of...
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Developing Skills for the KS2 English SAT: Literature

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the literary techniques of characterization and dialogue. In this story making and comprehension lesson, students examine characterization, dialogue, and comprehension.
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Ordinal Numbers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ordinal numbers instructional activity, students follow the 5 directions to help them learn to use ordinal numbers. Students draw on the 5 people and then draw an image using the second set of ordinal number directions.
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Tales of Truman's Travels Fifty Years Ago

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study President Truman and the Whistlestop Campaign. For this US history lesson, 4th graders complete a KWL about President Truman and write letters to stops on Truman's Whistlestop Campaign. Students create a presentation...
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Present Simple Verbs: Letter Gap Fill

For Students 4th - 5th
In this present simple verbs activity, students read a letter to Jackie from Sara and fill in twelve blanks with the appropriate verbs from the word bank that completes each one grammatically correct.