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Adult-Teen Relationships: What are the Facts?
In this teens worksheet, students answer ten true and false questions about teen sex, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
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Outsiders Unit Plan
Students complete novel analysis activities for the The Outsiders. In this novel analysis lesson plan, students complete three weeks of lessons that help them analyze the text and character education lessons within the novel.
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The Future Continuous Form
In this future continuous activity, students fill in blanks with given verbs, using the future continuous tense. Students then write their own examples. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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The Future Continuous
In this verb tenses worksheet, students read the statements and fill in the missing words with a verb in future continuous tense. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Gender Equity: Gender Role Assignment
Students analyze and compare personal and societal perception of gender roles. In this gender roles activity, students record their personal point of view on various tasks such as doing dishes or car maintenance. Students then work in...
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INFUSING EQUITY BY GENDER INTO THE CLASSROOM:A Handbook of Classroom Practices
Students examine how gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination impacts their lives. Students examine behaviors they believe are acceptable for males and females and will compose an essay based on their findings.
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Exploring the Past: Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations
Fifth graders research the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations and identify contributions they made to modern society. In this ancient civilizations lesson plan, 5th graders look at maps of where they were located.
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Infusing Equity By Gender Into the Classroom:
Students analyze personal perception of gender role assignments. They complete their "personal" point of view, then complete the "societal" view as a group.
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Ld Online: Teaching Adolescents With Learning Disabilities, Part 1
This article discusses, in-depth, the idea of "watering up" the curriculum for adolescents with learning disabilities. The article begins by explaining that accommodations usually seem to "water down" the curriculum and decrease...
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Ad lit.org: Expect Students to Activate, Connect and Summarize Daily
The activate, connect, and summarize daily routine can help struggling adolescent readers acquire new content. It consists of asking students to activate (what did we learn yesterday?), connect (draw a connection between your life and...
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Ad lit.org: A Closer Look: Closing the Performance Gap
The performance gap - what students are expected to do versus what they can do - is compounded each year a child falls short of acquiring expected skills. As a result, underachieving high school students are at great risk for academic...
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Ad lit.org: Content Area Literacy: Mathematics
Of all the academic disciplines taught in middle and high school, the one we least expect to entail reading extended texts is in mathematics, but math texts present special literacy problems and challenges for young readers.
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Ad lit.org: Creating a College Going Culture for English Language Learners
Some English language learners may not know what to expect from the college application process. Others don't start thinking about college until their junior or senior year. One way to ensure that students are prepared to apply for...
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Ad lit.org: Successful Parent Teacher Conferences With Bilingual Families
How can you hold an effective parent-teacher conference with the parents of English language learners if they can't communicate comfortably in English? This article provides a number of tips to help you bridge the language gap, take...
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Ad lit.org: Social Support: An Essential Ingredient to College Success
Social support strategies that sustain the preparation and success of all students are critical to improving academic achievement, raising expectations, and increasing the college-going rates of underserved students.
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Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Academic Attainment Over Time
Chances for success are improved when adults offer children, starting at a young age, positive expectations and aspirations about what they can do and achieve. Learn ways to help parents support students' long-term success in school,...
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Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Good School Attendance
Poor school attendance is a strong predictor of school dropout. Children can't learn if they aren't present in school, so attendance is a must. Parents are best positioned to ensure children attend school and to build the expectation...
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Ad lit.org: Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for High Schools
To close the gap between what is expected of a high school graduate and what the world beyond high school demands, state leaders will need to develop coherent policies that equate earning a high school diploma with being prepared for the...
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Ad lit.org: Dropping Out Is Hard to Do
Recent research shows that some high schools have much lower dropout rates than would be predicted based on the composition of their student bodies. Moreover, requiring students to work harder and complete a tougher academic curriculum...