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Reading and Writing Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a magazine article about the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking. They answer questions about the article to test their comprehension. They identify parts of each sentence.
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How do we write a report?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write a report on a word processing program. In this report lesson, students write about what qualities a hero possesses. They type it on a word processing program and proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation and more.
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How Far Away Is Saturn?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work together to create a scale model of the solar system. They write a descriptive paper and a paper comparing and contrasting the Earth to Saturn. They discuss their writings with the class.
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Paragraph Elaboration and Examples

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners discuss the importance of elaboration and supporting ideas in writing. They are given a prompt and must complete it using details and examples.
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WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR A CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main...
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Understanding and Writing Fables

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review with the teacher the characteristics for a fable and what it is. They read one paragraph each from the story, "The Fox and the Stork" aloud. They then answer comprehension questions aloud. Next, they listen to four...
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Writing with Colorful Adjectives

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use colorful adjectives when using their response journals responding to the book The Sign of the Beaver. In this adjectives lesson plan, students also correct a paragraph that has 10 incorrect adjective forms.
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Proofreading and Revising Articles for a Class Newsletter

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students submit their newsletter articles and a newsletter team proofreads them. Revisions are suggested. Writers revise their articles. Using a template from a word processing program, articles are typed in final form.
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...
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Using Logos and Mission Statements to Communicate Sustainable Forestry Information

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars survey forestry foundations to see how they represent important information into their logos and mission statements. In this forestry lesson plan, students use the information to better understand visual representations...
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Mexico: Introduction to History and Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the geography of Mexico (i.e. major cities, surrounding countries and bodies of water, mountain ranges, rivers, volcanoes), They take turns reading aloud information provided (xerox copies) about Mexico. After each...
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A Bus Ride to Remember: Reading Comprehension

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read 4 separate selections and respond to questions regarding each selection.
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Creative Story Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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Canada, Our Neighbor to the North

For Teachers 3rd
Students obtain knowledge of Canadian geography and history. Students work in groups gathering information to create a brochure on Canada. Students discover how French and British history helped shape Canada as a nation.
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Unit One - Introduction to World Religion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine World Religions within this lesson. They can choose which assignments to complete depending on the grade they want to receive. There are no objectives to bounce off of when you view this lesson.
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Using Math to Make Environmental decisions

For Students 5th
In this everyday math activity, 5th graders read short paragraphs regarding the environment and solve to make their decisions.  Students respond to 5 short answer questions explaining their reasoning in the spaces provided.
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The Wild Life: Writing Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this description worksheet, students describe a typical summer morning in a teepee village. Essays should include introductory paragraph, body paragraph, and concluding paragraph.
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Photographic Journal of Maui

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the photo album to write descriptive paragraphs. They write essays that compare the human and physical characteristics between Maui and Oahu.
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How Are Coins Different?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use sets of circulating coins to determine the unique characteristics of each coin. They create paragraphs and illustrations to convey what makes each coin in our pockets special.
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Note-Taking to Summary Writing

For Students 4th - 5th
In this note-taking worksheet, students review an example of notes for a paragraph and then the summary for those notes. Students then read a new passage, take notes over the passage, and then write a summary for the passage.
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Writing Sparks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this writing sparks worksheet, students write a short story as they imagine that they've woken up one morning to find out they had grown two extra pairs of arms.
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Writing Sparks

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing sparks worksheet, pupils write a short story about a situation in which they had to face their worst fear and how they overcame it.
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Capitalization and Punctuation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How many of the pupils in your language arts class can differentiate between a colon and a semicolon? Clarify common conventions, including end punctuation, proper capitalization, and sentence structure, with a series of helpful grammar...
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Point of View

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Incorporate technology into a literature activity with an innovative language arts activity. Middle schoolers read an electronic version of original stories or fairy tales, and after determining the point of view, rewrite the tale from a...

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