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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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Social Studies: The United Nations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the purposes of the United Nations and write brief paragraphs about them. Included is an explanation of why the United States is a member and the benefits it enjoys from membership. Students discuss the...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and choose the ten most important adventures of the novel for a timeline activity. In this Huckleberry Finn lesson, 12th graders read the novel and list the adventures. Student...
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School Day

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson that involves writing a persuasive essay. They use the prompt of "extending the school day". The paper should contain correct elements of sentence structure with clear purpose that is supported with...
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Thank You, Grandparents!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils share important moments with their grandparents. Individually, they write one paragraph thanking them for being in their lives or for a specific event they have been involved in. They also identify ways they act like their...
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Making a Treasure Your Own: Lesson Two

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write an essay describing the Curtis Center and what they learned there. In this descriptive writing essay, students discuss the five paragraph essay and review sensory discoveries from their trip. High schoolers draft an...
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Predicting: Making a Hypothesis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze information from various sources to create a hypothesis about the origin of a family artifact. Students create a hypothesis about the origin of the item and write a paragraph explaining why they believe the hypothesis is...
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Reviewing Proper Writing Techniques

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use proper writing techniques to write an effective description of the best or worst meal they have ever eaten.  In this proper writing techniques lesson, students review the parts of a composition and discuss was to...
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Brick by Brick

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars use their previous knowledge of the Pyramid Lake War to help them analyze different primary sources of Fort Churchill. In this source analysis instructional activity, students work in groups to study 4 different primary...
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Sunrise Sequencing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine sequencing events by discussing what they do each morning. They complete a four-panel sequence of events assignment, drawing a picture and writing a sentence for each box in the panel.
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Reading the Movies: Another Approach To Teaching Critical Thinking Skills And Writing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the elements of film to analyze character, action, and the themes in the movie, "Quiz Show." The lesson encourages students to make personal connections and real life applications as they view the movie, critically.
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Darwin Day

For Students 7th - 8th
For this Darwin Day worksheet, students read or listen to a tape passage about Charles Darwin, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...
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Introduction to Scientific Theory

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how scientists set up investigations. For this scientific process lesson, 9th graders review the principles of the scientific method and use these skills to answer an open-ended question about how to set up a...
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Programming and PB&J

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students use peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a method for learning computer programming skills. In this computer programming lesson plan, students write a detailed, step-by-step program for how to make a peanut butter and jelly...
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Proofreading: Lesson 9

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in writing a descriptive paragraph with a main idea and supporting details. They generate correct mechanics and spelling while writing this paragraph. When finished, they complete a rubric (that is included...
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Proofreading: Lesson 8

For Teachers 8th
Teacher reads the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes aloud to the students. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student...
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Recounts

For Students 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to review the concepts needed in order to write an individual account of a significant event.
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Who Is That Masked Man?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a narrative essay describing what happened in the classroom after a nystery person has visited.
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Get What You Want

For Teachers 6th
Student writers devise a business letter using the correct order and format required for a block or modified block format. They choose a topic of interest so that they can compose business letters that make requests.
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Giving Things a Name

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars label images seen on an interactive website. In this early writing lesson, students do their best to write the name of the object seen on the screen.
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Persuasive Paper: RFID

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars write a persuasive essay. In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students argue either for or against RFID technology. Young scholars research RFID both as a class and individually, and follow paragraph-by-paragraph...
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Persuasive Letter about Smoking

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners write a persuasive letter to someone they care about who smokes. They must use both logical and emotional appeals in their letter.
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If I Could Have Been Somebody Else

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research a specific person from American history who played a significant role and had an impact on future events and situations. They write a multi paragraph essay which includes three reasons explaining why they would have...