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Actions
Learners focus on plot and sequence as they read the story Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes. The entire class will follow along with the teacher as she reads and models her thinking about the plot of the story. When instruction...
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Verbs
Ready, set, action words! It's all about verbs as scholars examine 12 words and write down the six that are action words. They use the six words to complete six sentence frames, each accompanied by an image to assist grammarians in...
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Heroes
Students read the story of Paul Bunyan and identify the characteristics and actions that make him a hero. In this heroes lesson plan, students explain their answer and draw pictures.
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Lesson 3: Looks, Actions, and Feelings
Remember that boy David from the David, No! books? He's back, and youngsters draw a picture of him from a scene in the book David Goes to School. They write a sentence describing his appearance, actions, and feelings...
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Actions
Students pair up and one of the students acts out an action while the other draws conclusions from their actions by drawing a picture of what they are doing. In this actions lesson plan, students play charades and guess what each other...
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Actions (D-F)
In this actions learning exercise, students match actions with pictures starting with letters d - f, match definitions of actions with pictures, complete sentences, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Actions (A-C)
In this actions worksheet, students match actions with pictures, choose the correct picture for the action, and fill in missing letters to actions. Students complete 3 activities.
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ESL What are They Doing? Worksheet
In this ESL verb identification worksheet, students look as small black and white pictures of people doing different things. They answer questions based on the pictures such as "What is he doing?"
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Characters' Feelings Or Motives
Fourth graders use the text, "Fair's Fair" to examine how characters' feelings and motives are built throughout a text through descriptive phrases. They look at what a character does and says to record on their writing frames. Finally,...
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What Are You Doing?
Students use current time indicators while learning to talk about on-going action. In these vocabulary lessons, students works with power point presentations, games, flashcards, worksheets and video slides.
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Actions Match 2
In this ESL actions vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that show actions. Students match these to the vocabulary words that name the actions.
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Actions 2
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict actions. Students match these with the verbs that describe them.
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I Can...
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict children in action. Students match these with sentences containing the verbs that describe them.
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Philanthropy, You, And Your World Lesson 1: Characterizing Philanthropic People
Students determine the meaning of philanthropy and list attributes of philanthropic people. They examine philanthropic acts of themselves and others using a song and Post-It note activity.
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Following in Their Footsteps
Students discuss earlier lessons on tikkun olam. They plan their own tikkun olam project and set deadlines for its completion. They reflect on the project after it is finished.
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Why Do People Do What They Do?
Students, in groups, develop questions on topics listed on a worksheet. They compare the results with other groups.
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Mapping Shakespeare
Twelfth graders read a Shakespearean play focusing on a character. They create "Mind Maps" of their characters and act out a selection of the play.
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Yes, No, Maybe So!
Students view various pictures and identify those that show action verbs. They write sentences to summarize the actions shown in the pictures.
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The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: What a Character!
In this lesson, students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the...
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Theory Into Practice: Cognitive Dissonance
This site from the Theory Into Practice website provides a simple and straitforward explaination of the Cognitive Dissonance theory. The page gives a good example of the theory in action and references for further information.