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Persuasive Language

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read a persuasive story study persuasive language. They then write a 50-word online advertisement for a target audience to try and sell an unusual item to a targeted audience.
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Animal Feeding Strategies

For Students 4th - 6th
How do different animals eat? This cross-curricular instructional activity has biologists describing types of eaters and giving examples. Eight short-answer questions prompt learners to identify a carnivore, herbivore, omnivore,...
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The Economy and Politics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this economy and politics sociology worksheet, learners complete 14 fill in the blank questions and 7 multiple choice questions regarding the how businesses operate in different economies and under various political control.
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Making Questions 1

For Students 4th - 9th
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students answer 2 fill in the blank questions that require them to rewrite statements as questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Making Questions 11

For Students 4th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 2 fill in the blank questions that require them to rewrite statements as questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Simple Past: Wh- Questions

For Students 5th - 11th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 5 fill in the blank questions that require them to rewrite statements as questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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All Aboard! All Aboard! The Essay Train

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders enjoy a train ride with The Little Engine That Could and discover how to create a five-paragraph essay train. This clever instructional activity has students use each boxcar of the train as a template for a paragraph.
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The Hamburger Essay - AKA The Sandwich Essay

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss how a five paragraph essay has five basic parts. They compare this to a well-made hamburger. They create a mind map of a five paragraph essay using the graphic of a tasty hamburger sandwich.
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Making Questions 13

For Students 4th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 2 fill in the blank questions that require to change statements into questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Making Questions 14

For Students 4th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 2 fill in the blank questions that require them to change statements into questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Reading

For Teachers K
Students recall the animals in the story by writing sentences of what they saw with an accuracy of four out of five. They tie in inventive spelling and sight words. Students discuss what animals can be found on a farm and what their...
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Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and review punctuation. They discuss examples of poorly punctuated paragraphs and how it affects writing. Students describe the types of punctuation used for writing. They correctly punctuate a variety of sentences and...
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Creating Personalized Stationery

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students write, format, enter, save, revise, edit a full block style letter with open punctuation for printing. They produce a personalized letterhead using a computer and access information from the Internet using a variety of search...
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Personification Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Personification poems can get students writing and thinking poetically.
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Clauses, Verbs, and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read 23 sentences and mark the noun clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause. They read 20 sentences to find a noun phrase, verb phrase, or prepositional phrase. 
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Banking Grammatically

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify the different roles involved in banking. They list and create defintions for the different types of banking services offered at a branch office. Students write sentences using verbs in present and past tenses....
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Traditional Irish Music

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Celebrate sean-nós, céilí, and the lilting music of the Emerald Isle with a set of language arts activities! Learners complete word puzzles, vocabulary exercises, and comprehension questions about traditional Irish music.
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Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills. 
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Camels Theme Unit

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Camel themed activity, learners create an alliteration, an acrostic poem, and work with similes. The unit consist of three pages of language arts work, based on Camels.
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Transition and Closing Words

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Provide young writers with a printable that lists suggestions for and examples of transitional sets and closing words. Also included are some suggestions for what to avoid in closing paragraphs.
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May Daily Activities

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Five weeks of daily activities for the month of May! With a new activity for each day of the month, your youngsters will utilize a variety of skills and practice everything from sight words and spelling to counting by twos or coloring...
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Invest in Yourself

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the different ways that people can invest in their human capital for a better future? Pupils participate in an engaging hands-on activity and analyze data regarding unemployment, the ability to obtain an education, and median...
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The Laughing Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate real-object writing. They discuss a leaf that has human attributes, and using a real leaf write a story about a leaf that tells them a joke, and create an illustration of themselves and their leaf.
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Car For Sale!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils practice their writing and editing skills by developing a plan for and then writing a grammatically correct description of an item (car or otherwise) that they would like to sell.