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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tone and Mood

For Students 8th - 12th
How are mood and tone similar? Different? Help your readers understand the difference between the two with this helpful guide. On the first page, they read the definition for both tone and mood and identify words that are describe each....
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Reading Resource

/oo/ Word List

For Students K - 3rd Standards
Choose a flute of cool fruit today. The /oo/ sound is featured in this activity designed to help kids develop the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words. After identifying and highlighting the /oo/ sound in a list of 39...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Parsing Worksheet for The Death of Laocoon

For Students 11th - 12th
Latin learners will complete this parsing worksheet for The Death of Laocoon.  With the word provided on the left, learners will identify the part of speech, the word it derives from, and other basic information to demonstrate...
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Lesson Plan
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Identify the Mood

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this reading worksheet, students identify the mood of a book, story, song, movie, TV show, or play. Students record words and phrases about the characters, setting, and plot. Students also describe their resulting feelings and thoughts.
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Worksheet
Macmillan Education

Understanding Poetry

For Students 6th - 8th
William Wordsworth's "Daffodils" provides young poets with an opportunity to examine how a poet can use powerful images and poetic devices to create vivid pictures in the minds of readers.
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Activity
Candlewick Press

A Classroom Guide to Peter H. Reynolds's Creatrilogy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Help young readers find, identify, and use their voices with a set of empowering activities based on Peter H. Reynolds' trilogy of books. Sky Color, Ish, and The Dot focus on recognizing moods and treating each other kindly, and their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Advanced Critical Reading: Generations

For Students 6th - 10th
In this critical reading activity, students read a passage about cycles of American generations then answer three questions based on the reading.
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Handout
Office of Migrant Education

Poetry: Form, Syllables, Mood, and Tone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Looking for a resource to introduce homeschoolers and other out-of-class learners to the elements of poetry? Check out this packet that defines and illustrates important poetry terms.
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Lesson Plan
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Are You Aware?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read several short paragraphs about farm animals and then answer five multiple questions about each paragraph.
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Organizer
Memorial Art Gallery

Learning to Look, Looking to Learn - Peeling Onions

For Students 9th - 12th
Lilly Martin Spencer's "Peeling Onions" is the subject of a series of exercises that model for learners how to use the elements of art to read a painting. A series of worksheets focus viewers' attention on how Spencer uses color and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury: Questions

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
These questions are designed to accompany Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," and could be used to guide and focus readers or as an assessment of reading skill and knowledge of the elements of a story. Page one focuses on questions of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Author's Purpose and Point of View Pretest

For Students 7th - 9th
In this author's purpose and point of view worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Literary Data Collection Chart

For Students 7th - 12th
Here’s a matrix that could be used with any literary work. For each assigned passage, readers are asked to record information about characters, setting, vocabulary, literary devices, symbols, tone, mood, etc. In addition, they are asked...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Author's Purpose and Point of View Post Test

For Students 7th - 9th
In this author's purpose and point of view worksheet, learners determine the definition of the terms and identify the author's purpose and point of view in given passages.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Music and the Media

For Students 4th - 6th
In this music media worksheet, learners read the statements about television and theme music and then identify the four themes from popular t.v. programs.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Music and the Media

For Students 5th - 8th
In this music and media activity, students read a brief description of theme music and music for film and then complete a graphic organizer and respond to a short answer question.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Composing Your Own Song

For Students 6th - 10th
In this music worksheet, students read about composing their own song and how to get started. They identify the main features that make a good song and the various layers that make up the overall texture. Students also use the three...