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Self-Monitoring Strategies and Vocabulary Games
Middle and high schoolers identify how to discover a word's meaning by exploring context clues and any pictures, diagrams, photographs, and charts that might be included. They continue this process with other examples and locate one on...
Film English
Coca-Cola Ad
Have your class members consider how their lifestyle choices may differ from those of their grandparents when they were younger. After brainstorming and discussing differences in lifestyle, pupils watch a Coca-Cola advertisement that...
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Getting Ready to Learn About Human Rights: Close Reading of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Introduce young readers to informational texts with a well-designed, ready-to-use, and Common Core-aligned unit. Young readers learn a variety of skills while studying the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). As the first...
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Close Reading: The Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
As part of a group of lessons, your class will return to the primary text for this unit, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Key vocabulary as well as close reading strategies continue to be the focus skills; however, this lesson...
Rock A Lingua
EL Juego de las Preguntas (Quiz Yourself!)
Put your Spanish skills to the test with an interactive self-assessment tool. Class members select the correct Spanish translation of an English phrase to score ten points and win the game!
Lee & Low Books
First Come the Zebra Teacher’s Guide
Accompany a reading of First Come the Zebra written and illustrated by Lynne Barasch with a teacher's guide equipped with before reading, vocabulary, and after reading activities. Additional social studies,...
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Setting Purpose for Research: What are Fair Working Conditions?
Life may not be fair but working conditions should be. Scholars research working conditions at Wegmans by studying the company website. They complete a working conditions anchor chart and discuss their findings in a think-pair-share...
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End of Unit 1 Assessment: Close Reading and Powerful Note-Taking on My Own
As the final lesson plan in a larger beginning-of-the-year unit to establish routines and teach close reading skills, this plan is designed as an assessment piece. Using the story, The Librarian of Basra, learners independently...
Curated OER
Reading Readiness 2
Support young learners with developing their reading, writing, and vocabulary skills with this fill-in-the-blank learning exercise. Provided with a word bank including the...
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Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America
Informative writing is emphasized in the standards. Help your learners reach that goal with the plan for paragraph writing outlined here. After reviewing the work from the day before and adding to their vocabulary notebooks, class...
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Notices and Wonders of the Second Stanza of “If”
Here is an instructional activity that asks pupils to analyze poetry and sparks discussion about two different types of texts: asking how is the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling alike and different from the story, Bud, Not Buddy by...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 1
Words stir emotions and bring out feelings. As readers listen to a letter written by Martin Luther King Jr, they stop, think about, and discuss their reactions to the words they hear. They analyze the impact of King's words. A final...
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Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about Poison Dart Frogs: Eggs and Tadpoles
Poison Dart Frog babies are the focus of a lesson that challenges scholars to compare and contrast two informational texts. Beginning with a read-aloud, followed by a discussion, readers complete a practice page that examines the main...
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World Café to Analyze Theme and Character in A Long Walk to Water (Chapters 16–18)
Here comes a surprise ending! Readers discuss their thoughts about the ending of A Long Walk to Water by answering probing questions. They participate in a World Café where they work in triads to complete a chart and a prompt during...
Curated OER
Advanced Synonyms and Antonyms- Multiple Choice Verbs 5
Improve word choice and vocabulary skills with a straightforward grammar worksheet. As young readers observe the highlighted words for 12 multiple-choice questions, they choose the best synonym or antonym for each.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise IX
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, students respond to 20 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise VIII
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, students respond to 15 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Grains Vocabulary 2
In this online interactive English skills worksheet, students answer 4 fill in the blank questions that require them to match the grains pictured to the names of the grains. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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English Exercises: Vocabulary Builder
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to define words. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise IV
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, students respond to 15 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise 2
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, students respond to 10 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise III
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, learners respond to 20 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise V
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, students respond to 15 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise VI
For this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, learners respond to 20 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.