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World Literature: The Inferno Essay

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this literature analysis worksheet, studnets read Dante's Inferno and write an introduction with a thesis statement. Students give a synopsis of the comedy and then write an essay. Students select from the five options to complete the...
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Letters of Inquiry

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners compose letters of inquiry. In this written communication lesson, students read sample letters of inquiry about sites in Washington, D.C. Learners then write their own letters of inquiry to the Washington, D.C. Chamber of Commerce.
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Opposites

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this opposites activity, students choose the word that is the opposite of the word given. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Preposition Pizazz

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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"All About Me" Paragraph

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a paragraph titled "All About Me" in the computer lab after they have drawn graphic organizers to fill in background information about themselves and used a "10-Point Writing Checklist" to do peer editing.
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Practical Writing in the Intermediate Grades

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss lists of interesting topics on which to write. They explore those things that interest them, excite them and express themselves freely. They organize the value of their own thoughts and use their individual lists that...
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Time Management

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils are taken through the design process to develop a system of time management for themselves and others. They practice participating in a critique of other students' time schedules and modify and improve their initial time schedule...
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Basic Letter Response to a Writing Prompt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students respond to a writing prompt using appropriate letter format. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss the format for letter writing and use the worksheet format to write the heading, inside address, and salutation....
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Christmas Carol Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a researched presentation comparing and contrasting holiday celebrations from the period surrounding Charles' Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' In this Christmas celebrations lesson, 8th graders discuss differences...
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HI! HELLO! GOODBYE!

For Teachers 1st
First graders study common forms of courtesy, greetings, and leave-takings appropriate to the time of day. They use common forms of address appropriate to one's relationship with another person's age, rank and number. They draw two...
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What Am I?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this different types of text worksheet, students in pairs write a description of a picture and read it to the group to see if they can guess what's on the card.
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Cooperative Learning Groups Cooperate

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students apply Bloom's Taxonomy to reading selections. They prepare questions for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and exchange them with other groups to answer. They answer another group's questions and report to one another.
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The Giver: A Research Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a reading of Lois Lowry's, The Giver, and determine a social problem the effects the "utopian society." They research information about the social problem using a number Internet, print, and media resources. They...
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Gift of the Magi Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read "The Gift of the Magi" and review the elements and theme in the story. In groups, students sketch another students' outline on butcher paper. They use the body parts to relate the characteristics of Della and Jim. ...
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Emotion or Reason?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars use persuasive devices to construct oral or written arguments. In this arguments lesson, students discuss the types of persuasive devices used in arguments and form groups to select a topic to research. Young scholars...
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African Novel Study

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in literature circles as they read African novels. They read, work on word studies, and complete comprehension activities. They share their reading with other literature circle groups in the class.
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Class in the Media: Writing a Television Show

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students look at popular media presentations to determine what type of messages they convey about class and class-linked behavior. They listen to contemporary music to explore how the songs touch upon social class issues. They read...
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Personal / Group Magazine

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete the magazine template in the Macmillan "Writer's Journal" available through the basic skills department using word processing, spreadsheet, graphic, and electronic resource (i.e.-Internet) skills
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Subject-Verb Agreement

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore subject-verb agreement. They read sentences on the board and fill in a correct subject and verb. Using Lil' Boooie's lyrics, students correct the wrong subject-verb agreements in the lyrics. Time permitting, students...
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Subject Verb Agreement

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that investigates the concept of identifying prepositions and their coinciding phrases. They also develop the skill of connecting the right form of a verb with its subject. Then students take a quiz...
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Plot Structure

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders review the parts of a plot sequence for a short story. They think of a famous Disney movie and plot the events of the movie in the correct plot sequence. They do the same for a comic strip, labeling the exposition, rising...
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Star Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and categorize apostrophes. They create maps of the solar system and write simple sentences using apostrophes that describe each planet's characteristics.
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Dream Streets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Lesson on Education for Global Peace

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For this human rights lesson, 5th graders create their own country, country flag, and charter of rights and freedoms after they have studied the Canadian Charter of...