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Classroom Capers: Creating a Magazine

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders build language skills in the context of creating a classroom magzine. They participate in activities which help students communitcate ideas and information for a variety of purposes and for specific audiences using the...
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CHRISTMAS FILM REVIEW

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write reviews of films they have seen over the Christmas holidays. They study what the ingredients of a film review are, and examine the difference between fact and opinion.
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Reading Restaurant

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete book reports. They are given the following jobs; chef, who organizes them into genres; maître d', who calls students to share the menu; and waiters/waitresses, who take orders for books from customers, pass out...
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Writing a Book Review

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine the different formats book reviews can be presented. As a class, they brainstorm what they already know about writing a book review adding to a concept web. They write their own review using the tips giving to them and...
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Our Book Club

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review a book considered to be their favorite for inclusion in a recommended books list. As a part of a book club, each student selected book will be included in a list of recommended books for a young adult's personal reading....
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"FLIP-FLOP GIRL" BY KATHERINE PATERSON

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore websites about the book "Flip-Flop Girl" and author Katherine Paterson. There is also information about some of the major themes in the book such as the death of a parent, living with grandparents, and emotions.
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Literature: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine websites about the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons, along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
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Usc Annenberg: Online Journalism Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A review of journalistic issues and news, the OJR covers journalism worldwide, especially in cyberspace.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on research sources by listing 10 types of sources: books, periodicals/magazines, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, databases, reviews, interviews, lectures, media (film, television), and websites. It...
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Telerama

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on tele to read reviews about upcoming films and shows on TV.
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Pete Hautman's Website

For Students 9th - 10th
The author's personal site offers a listing of his works, his appearances, some teachers' guides, background information and some writer's tips.
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Broadway.com: Broadway Buzz

For Students 9th - 10th
Broadway Buzz provides editorial coverage of all aspects of the theater, including the latest news, interviews with actors and playwrights, opening-night reviews, and top theater headlines.
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Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds

For Students 6th - 8th
This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.
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Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
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Dave's ESL Cafe

Esl Quiz Center: Grammar & Verb Tense Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Ten-question review quiz written by Dennis Oliver to test ESL verb tense. Answers are evaluated once all questions have been marked.
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Dramatists Play Service: Fragments by Edward Albee

For Students 9th - 10th
This website does consists of a partial list of Albee's plays, excerpts from some reviews of his play "Fragments," and two quotes from Albee about "Fragments."