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Curated OER

Short Stories: The Puzzle Pieces of Life

For Teachers 9th
Students distinguish the elements of fiction in a short story. In this fiction elements lesson, students complete nine lessons of activities to learn about the elements of fiction in short stories.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Really Caused This?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students read a copy of the Conscription Act of 1863  and respond to 7 short answer questions about its content. The text of the act is not included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Pregnant Briton Faces Death Penalty

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Pregnant Briton Faces Death Penalty," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Al-Qaeda Warns of More Attacks

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Al-Qaeda Warns of More Attacks," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Indonesia President Slams Cohabitation

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Indonesia President Slams Cohabitation," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words and Phrases

For Students 10th
Become acquainted with the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases frequently used in English texts.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
Become acquainted with the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases frequently used in English texts.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Become acquainted with the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases frequently used in English texts.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Italics and Underlining: Foreign Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing foreign words in a sentence.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Origins & Meanings of Foreign Words & Phrases: English Ii Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will be introduced to selective lists of words. These words can help enrich your language, deepen your understanding of what you read, and broaden your sense of the world.
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Handout
Rice University

Rice University: Loan Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhaustive and comprehensive resource on the definition, process, and uses of "loan words" in English. Includes several examples of words grouped by subject and language of origin. Excellent site.
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Handout
Other

Kryss Tal: The English Language: Words Borrowed

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible comprehensive list of "borrowed words" in the English language, grouped by the languages from which the words are borrowed. Provides and describes dozens of languages and literally thousands of loan words. Highly recommended.
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Unit Plan
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Possessive Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a lesson on possessive adjectives.An adequate number of examples enhance the explanation. The student can test his mastery of the grammar principle with a short quiz at the end of the lesson.
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Unit Plan
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Possessive Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th
This explanation of possessive pronouns in Spanish offers examples that illustrate their use. Students may test their mastery of this concept with a quiz that follows the lesson.
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Handout
Other

Word reference.com

For Students 9th - 10th
By simply using the side, blue navigation bar, you can get very complete dictionary-style references for English-Spanish and Spanish-English translations. Easy to understand. Idioms are included. There is also a free download which...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Strategies: Multiple Choice Review: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lessons on roots and affixes, denotation and connotation, context clues, origins and meanings of foreign words, cognates, and reference materials help determine word meanings. These lessons told you HOW to use these word discovery tools....
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Study Strategies (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apply previous lessons, (1) Linguistic Roots and Affixes, (2) Denotation and Connotation, (3) Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words, (4) Cognates, and (5) Reference Materials, to improve fluency and comprehension.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: American Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Turner, Mahan, and Roots of Empire

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the development of American foreign policy in the latter part of the 1800s, and what Frederick Jackson Turner and Alfred Thayer Mahan did to further American imperialistic interests.
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Handout
Monmouth College

Monmouth College: English Loan Words in Other Languages

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of words in English which have been borrowed from other languages. Includes the languages of Italian, French, German, and Japanese.
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Website
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: History & Highlights

For Students 9th - 10th
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a quick look at the history of Israel. Use the blue toolbar at the top to read about biblical times, foreign domination, and statehood. Clicking on the underlined words will take you to even...
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Foreign Language, Esl, Ell, Lep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page offers links to about 1500 words for foreign languages including French, Spanish, Italian, etc.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Irregular Plural Nouns: Foreign Plurals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Identify nouns borrowed from other languages and their plural forms!
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Cognates (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will focus on English and Spanish cognates. You will learn tips for identifying cognates, (words from other languages that have similar spellings, pronunciations, and meanings) and for using cognates to improve your...
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Handout
Other

Yellowbridge.com: Chinese Loan Words in the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting language resource which details some of the few "loan words" in English from the Chinese language. Provides information and a list of Chinese words and characters.

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