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Surveying Salinger with Dialogue and Disillusionment
Find creative ways to teach Salinger's stories by focusing on dialogue, cultural context, and characterization.
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Bully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade
Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.
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Life as a Liberated People
Imagine having no control over your life and then suddenly having to provide for yourself. Such was the challenge faced by many American slaves after emancipation. Class members are asked to consider these challenges are they examine...
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The Talking Stick
Young scholars examine the lives of the Aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan. For this talking stick lesson, students discover dance, art, music, and traditions of the First Nations people. Young scholars design and create a talking...
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More than a Hostess: The Role of First Ladies
A study of the country's First Ladies deepens understanding of their role in history.
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Word Reference Materials
A class discussion on reference materials opens up a lesson on how to use these important resources. They discover that dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses are called word reference resources, and they practice using them. The...
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“The Story of an Hour” Extension Activities: Teacher’s Guide and Notes
Enhance and extend instruction of "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin with one or all of these ideas. You might want to cover characterization and summary, or improve understanding of context clues and irony. You can cover any...
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Elizabeth Started All the Trouble
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a famous suffragette that paved the way for equal rights for women. Readers respond to before, during, and after reading questions based on her story. The resource is a great addition to a lesson during...
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Poetic Elements
Poetry is all about sound and rhythm. The sound of the words, the rhythm of the lines, and the emotional atmosphere created by these elements and the literary devices poets use, compress whole stories into a few stanzas. The specialized...
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Solving Science Mysteries
Young scholars choose a science-related mystery to investigate such as the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot. They, in groups, research theories and give a persuasive talk presenting the theory they feel to be most likely.
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General Grammar Exam
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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General Grammar Exam
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students answer 50 multiple choice questions regarding general vocabulary and grammar skills. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Designed to Scale
Seventh graders construct a three dimensional model of a constellation. In this constellation instructional activity, 7th graders make a blueprint for a scale model of the constellation and create their models. They present their models...
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Designed to Scale
Seventh graders study ratios, scale and distances according to a three dimensional model. In this exploratory lesson students create their own constellation and prepare an oral presentation that describes their model.
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Star Search
Seventh graders explore stars. In this star lesson, 7th graders apply generalities about space objects to constellations and explore the differences between radio waves and light waves by answering essential questions in their research.
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Illogical Comparisons & Mixed Constructions
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding illogical comparisons and mixed construction. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Fragments and Types of Sentences
In this online interactive grammar learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding fragments and types of sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Parallelism
In this parallelism worksheet, students complete a total of 10 multiple choice questions. Worksheet is interactive or can be printed.
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Dependent Clauses and Types of Sentences
In this dependent clause/sentence types worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Answers are included, labeled as a quiz, but may be used as practice.
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Punctuation Review
In this punctuation review worksheet, students determine sentences that are punctuated correctly/incorrectly. Students may correct answers on-line. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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General Grammar Exam
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 47 multiple choice questions regarding grammar skills. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Ingredients of Independent Clauses
For this independent clause worksheet, students complete a total of 10 questions related to independent clauses. Students may get immediate on-line feedback.
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Review of Mechanics: On-line Quiz
In this language mechanics worksheet, middle schoolers complete a nine question multiple choice on-line quiz. Included are questions on capitalization, grammar, punctuation and word use.