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Context Clues that Define Pretest
In this context clues activity, students define context clues and use them to define words in a reading passage.
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Sherlock Holmes Characterization
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer questions based on characterization techniques used in the Sherlock Holmes series.
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Apostrophe + S
In this apostrophe worksheet, students rewrite sentences that have contractions as sentences with no contractions. Examples of apostrophe use are given at the top.
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Pocket Change
Students explore algebraic relationships using the coins in their "pocket." Interactive games that demonstrate the use of estimation in algebraic problem solving help them build a framework for understanding word problems in a way that...
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Home S-s-sweet Home The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Young scholars investigate the eastern massasauga rattlesnake's habitat. They examine how the habitat allows the snake to survive by completing a variety of activities.
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Native American
Students investigate how early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected peoples. They comprehend that Europeans had misconceptions about Native American literacy...
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Canada's Immigration Policy: Mock Immigration Hearing
Students explore the Canadian immigration process, and assuming the roles of immigrants from varied backgrounds, and take part in mock immigration hearings.
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VH1 Driven: Shakira, Lesson 2
Young scholars watch a video about the life of Latin singer/pop star, Shakira. They research various foreign music styles and discuss how they influence American pop music today.
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The Concept of Wa III
Twelfth graders continue to compare the ways Japan and the United States resolve disputes. In groups, they are given a case in which they apply the concepts of wa to resolve the issues. They predict how the judge in the case dealt with...
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Sh! Be Quiet
Students practice writing, sounding out, and listening for words with the /sh/ digraph. Students participate in a chant Sh! Sh! Stop that Noise. Then they listen to "Book Shadow" and identify the words with the /sh/ digraph.
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Art and Power
Learners study the complex relationships between art, artists, and the political establishment in the 19th and 20th centuries. For this art and history lesson, students study various photos, paintings, and sculptures and learn about the...
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Dialogue: Languagae Learning
In this dialogue about language learning worksheet, students read questions and answers concerning learning various languages.
Childnet
Childnet: The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the Smart Crew: Translations
This is The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew translated into French and German. This website focuses on internet safety for children ages 7-11.
Other
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust: Learn Ar: Learn French
A learning resource that incorporates augmented reality (AR), using a camera, where students must translate words from English to French. The home page for this site has a PDF resource that explains how AR works and provides printable...
CommonLit
Common Lit: French and Indian War
A learning module that begins with "French and Indian War" USHistory.com, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Google
Google Language (Translation) Tools
Find language tools, developed by Google, that perform machine translations of short passages of text or of entire Web pages, from English into over 10 world languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,...
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Depuis, Pendant, Pour "For"
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a good explanation of the three prepositions in French, depuis, pendant and pour, that are translated as 'for' and are used to indicate the duration of an event. Provides usage examples and...
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: Project Gutenberg: The Human Comedy (Honore De Balzac)
The entire collection of Balzac's novels and short stories, translated to English, is available here in plain text format.
Other
Contribution a L?anniversaire De La Mort De Proust
Bilingual site dedicated to Marcel Proust and his work. Includes biography, bibliography, pictures, excerpts of his work, critical analysis, and links. Some sections are translated into English.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: French and Indian War's Impact
This elementary-friendly site from the Department of Humanities Computing at the University of Groningen provides information on the French and Indian War. The print is large and the vocabulary is manageable. Contains some awkward...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Dreams by French Firesides Stories by Richard Von Volkmann
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Dreams by French Firesides Stories by Richard von Volkmann (1890) a collection of children's stories and fairy tales translated from French.
Other
The Tale of Aucassin and Nicolette
A description of the tale as different kind of fabliaux with links to English translations written for different age groups.
Princeton University
The Charrette Project
An outstanding example of what can be done on the web around the editing of a medieval text (Chretien de Troyes's "Le Chevalier de la Charrette"). It includes a critical edition, variants, a modern French translation, manuscript...
Other
Juno Beach Centre: The Italian Campaign
This page recounts the Canadian role in the Italian Campaign. Quotes, French translation, and pictures are available here.