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Characterization Lessons for Middle School Students
Students learn characterization by writing about a special person in their life.
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September 11 Lesson Plans
By interviewing family members about 9/11, students can provide material for deep and meaningful discussions.
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Media Lessons Help Students to Better Understand Persuasive Language
Beginning a media unit by taking a closer look at advertising, and persuasive techniques can keep students engaged.
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Banned Book Week Lessons
Students are surprised when they discover how many books are challenged each year.
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Nocturnal Animals Lesson Plans
Creatures of the night aren't scary, but elicit much wonder and delight. Check out these nocturnal animal lesson plans for teaching ideas.
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Good Classroom Management Can Lead to a Great Year
My top techniques for effective classroom management and a great year.
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Using Memoirs to Open Doors to Research
Interesting memoirs can be a springboard into some very enjoyable research assignments.
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A "How To" Project in the Science Fiction Genre
You can have students use science fiction elements to create a "How To" brochure that can stir the imagination.
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Precision and Accuracy in Measurement
In this Algebra I worksheet, students differentiate between precision and accuracy is measurement. The four page worksheet contains thirty-five problems. Answers are not included.
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Kingdom Animalia ~ A Look at the Five Major Classes
Biological taxonomy masters examine the five main classes under phylum chordata. Pupils compare and contrast the identifying characteristics of the various organisms. They explain why taxonomy is important in classifying organisms. You...
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Leveled Problem Solving Simplifying Expressions
In this simplifying expressions practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Diaries and Memoirs
Students analyze how personal diaries and memoirs record actual events, compare and contrast diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust, and engage in journal or diary writing as a way to explore one's own feelings and self.
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Choose a Method
In this choosing methods to problem solve worksheet, students use a chart, draw pictures, and ring sets to find the answers. Students solve six problems.
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Diaries and Memoirs
Seventh graders analyze how personal diaries and memoirs record actual events. In this World History instructional activity, 7th graders compare and contrast diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust. Students write as a way to...
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Money Matters
Students practice spending money by completing math word sentences. In this economics lesson, students utilize problem solving strategies to complete word problems written on the board involving making purchases with money....
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TAKS Quiz-Adjectives of Number
In this TAKS quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on identifying adjectives of number. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Fishing for Foods
Students practice using the food pyramid and know which food group familiar foods belong in.
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States And Shapes
Students work together and investigate the shapes of 50 states. They identify the states that they find hardest to recognize. The group then list the states in order from most difficult to just difficult to recognize and create a...
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Fantasy, Fables, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Young scholars identify the differences between fantasies, fables, myths, legends and fairy tales. In groups, they create their own versions of the different genres. They practice identifying the examples, as well.
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Rain
Students create a dance based on the sounds they hear during a recording of rainstorm. They learn the elements of dance and explore the environment.
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Building Friendships
Students describe the characteristics in which make a good friend. They participate in four activities to help them to get to know their classmates. They role-play different situations.
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Vegetarianism
Students classify ways to stick on a vegetarian diet. Students survey the reasons why others make it or fail on these types of diets. Students aim to improve their understanding of vegetarianism.
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Home And Hobbies
In this ESL worksheet, students interview their classmates about where they are from and what their hobbies are. Students fill out a chart to help organize their information.
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Identify the Underlined Part of Speech
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined part of speech in twenty sentences. Students check their answers when done.