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Awesome Adjectives Postcards!
Students create a postcard by illustrating a place they would like to visit and using ten adjectives in a short message describing the pictures.
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A Monster's World
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Abbreviations Quiz
Fifth graders complete an online activity in which they create quizzes for each other on abbreviations and acronyms.
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Hemingway Hangouts
Students use printed maps and websites to estimate driving distances and plan routes to Hemingway's home. They visit several locations online and record facts about each location.They calculate, distances, driving time, and other factors.
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Life in Ancient India
Young scholars study Ancient India and the vocabulary, language, and everyday life associated with India. They build a time capsule representing their own world for future civilizations to discover. They create labels for each item,...
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Inventive Thinking - Future Inventions
Young scholars create marketing campaigns. In this technology skills instructional activity, students keep a log as they build prototypes of their inventions. Young scholars then script and record video commercials to sell the prototypes.
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American Revolution and Constitution Take Home Assessment
In this early American history worksheet, students create posters that feature the branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution. Students also research founding ideals of the nation and use Venn diagrams to compare and...
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The Computation Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "The Computation," by John Donne.
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Storytelling: Carnival Crime
Students participate in the storytelling process. In this language arts lesson plan, students listen to a story and retell the story using pictures. Students draw pictures of a carnival costume.
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Big Hat People
Young scholars investigate visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this collage instructional activity, students read the book by Keith Haring titled Big and discuss the themes and settings. Young scholars discuss how...
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Amusing Animal Adaptations
Students identify how animals adapt characteristics to help them survive or reproduce. In this animal instructional activity, students draw pictures of their animal and adaptation.
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Legends Coming to Life
Pupils prepare an essay that reflect their knowledge of World War II, acquired through research.
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Lightning Lesson Plan
Pupils explore how to read scientific material by reading about the research being conducted by Dr. Rob Cifelli from the Colorado State University.
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Scientific Literacy - Lightning
Students investigate how radar can be used to determine the lightning potential of a cloud. Several readings are provided about the research conducted by Dr. Rob Cifelli. The scientific material is summarized in this lesson.
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A Journey Through France
Fourth graders examine France and its culture. They create a passport, convert collars to francs, listen to French music, research Impressionism and Monet, and compare/contrast the French version of Cinderella.
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Poetry and the American Presidents
Fifth graders choose a poetry activity in order to focus their research about American presidents.
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Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Writing About Art: Comparing Portraits
Students will compare and contrast an academic and an Impressionist portrait through a writing exercise and discussion. Each student will then write a formal commission letter to one of the artists, requesting a portrait. Adaptations for...
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Pbs Learning Media: Weather Is Frightful
Students are asked to explain how climate and extreme weather events affect people's lives in this writing exercise provided by Science Now!
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One Word: Writing Prompt Exercise
This online tool provides a one-word writing prompt and gives the user 60 seconds to write freely on the topic. Note: If you choose to submit your writing at the end of the exercise (not required), One Word may edit and/or republish this...
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Writing World: Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life
A great resource outlining four major ways to make settings appear more real and genuine in fiction. Deals with themes such as motion, experience, mood, and the senses. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Fiction Writing Tips: Creating a Vivid Setting
Some excellent guidelines to consider when evaluating your setting in a short story or novel. Discusses the importance of setting, some examples, as well as practical advice in setting your story. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Braingle: Mentalrobics Creativity
Exercise your brain and creative thinking. Find daily questions, games, and ideas that will force you to brainstorm, create, imagine, and use your creativity on your own or in a classroom setting.
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Pressbooks: Virginia Western Community College: Let's Get Writing!
This is an open textbook created to assist students in their writing efforts. Topics covered include critical reading, rhetorical analysis, writing arguments, steps in the writing process, rhetorical modes, using credible sources, citing...