Art Institute of Chicago
Send a Postcard
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and learn how to...
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Frederica: An 18th-Century Planned Community
Young scholars explore life as early settlers in Frederica by pretending to be crafts/tradesmen there and writing letters describing the fort/town to a friend or family member still in Great Britain, debating reconstruction vs....
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Breaking News English: Global Warming
For this Global Warming worksheet, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Breaking News English: Teenage U.S. Mayor
In this teenage U.S. Mayor activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Giving Second Graders the Write Skills
Second graders analyze the steps taken in writing a paragraph in the ten lessons of this unit. Writing for a particular purpose is developed as the conventional grammar skills utilized.
University of Arizona
Found News Poems
Combine informational text and creative writing with one fun activity! Middle and high schoolers write found poems based on newspaper headlines that they find. The resource includes a thorough lesson plan and many links to articles that...
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Breaking News English - ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Disability
Students complete ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary building activities. In this ESL/EFL current events lesson, students read or listen to the article "Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps," (22nd May, 2011). They work on...
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Planning a Funhouse
In this mirrors worksheet, students will design and draw their creation of a "Crazy Mirror Room." They must use a combination of convex, concave, and plane mirrors and they must write a description of what a person's reflection would...
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Writing Bug
In this writing worksheet, students write a response to the following prompt: "You are on a vacation at the one place you've always dreamed of visiting! Write a postcard to your best friend."
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12 Months of Daily Journal Prompts
Imagine a packet of 365 colorfully illustrated journal prompt templates, grouped by month, that recognize themes, holidays, and events. Here 'tis, imagine that.
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Sun and Shadows
Why do shadows look different in the summer than in the winter? What causes day and night? How can a sundial be used to tell time? Answer these questions and more through two engaging lessons about light and shadows. Fourth and fifth...
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Come to My Resort
Pupils in a French II class use new vocabulary terms that are related to items and activities found in summer and winter resorts to create a brochure about a resort in a French-speaking country.
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Developing Editing & Style Through Sentence Combining
Learners demonstrate increased awareness of and ability to edit their sentence errors. They demonstrate a wider range of writing style strategies thereby increasing their sentence variety and length.
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Summer Activities
Students practice saying no to their friends in a role play situation. In this friends lesson plan, students discuss what valuable friendship is, and that it is ok to say no to a friend.
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Experience This!
What would you do if you had to go to school all day every day? Tillie tackles this problem in Sharon Creech’s A Fine, Fine School. After a discussion of how Tillie got the principal to change his ways, brainstorm with your class...
ESL Kid Stuff
Seasons
English language learners celebrate the seasons with games, songs, and readings.
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Minibeasts
Lead young scientists to discover insects outdoors. After investigating, students will record observations, learn about these fascinating creatures, craft, and role play.
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Summer Trip
Seventh graders utilize the Internet for use of search engines to plan a trip. They research and develop expenses for a trip and divide and round the cost of things to the nearest tenth.
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The Relatives Came: A Family Read-Along
Students read the book, 'The Relatives Came' by Cynthia Rylant to revive memories about their own summer vacations and family customs. They write a friendly letter about a fantasy summer vacation--"What I Wish I Did on My Summer...
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The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Students discuss the seasons and what the weather is like during each. In this seasons and weather instructional activity, students discuss what activities take place during each season. Next, students learn the song What Shall We Do...
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KG Lesson Plan
Eighth graders explore the four major components of an autobiography. As they discuss the major characteristics of an autobiography, 8th graders list the advantages and disadvantages of traditional, word of mouth, tales. Individually,...
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Summer Institute on Islam
Pupils explore Muslim beliefs. In this Islam instructional activity, students discuss the daily life of a Muslim teen as well as the some basic Muslim beliefs. Pupils write reflection pieces based on the discussion and discuss how the...
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Writing Inequalities
Ninth graders investigate the concept of an inequality. They begin the lesson by covering relevant vocabulary. They write an inequality for each word problem given. Then they translate problems from words to algebraic inequalities.
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If I Were An Ant - Creative Writing
The teacher reads the story "If I Were An Ant" by Amy Moses. The students then each create a page in a classroom book about what a small object would look like if he/she was an ant. The student writes about their chosen object and then...