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Storytelling: Writers' Workshop Learning Center

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Evaluating a variety of narrative texts can help build strong writers. Pupils identify plot elements and their relation to personal experience, then apply what they gleaned from the class discussion to create their own narratives.
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Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars study invention steps and design their own invention. In this invention lesson, students discuss inventions and the process of inventing. Studnets write in an inventor's journal and study various types of...
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Brazilian Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research the animals of Brazil. In this animal science activity, students locate Brazil on a map and discuss the types of animals that can live in its tropical climate. They research a Brazilian Carnaval and see the roll the...
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Literary Response and Analysis

For Teachers 11th
Examine a variety of literary responses to Abraham Lincoln's death and the impact of perception. Your class can work in writing groups to analyze either poetry, eulogy, or a newspaper article. They retell the events of Abraham Lincoln's...
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Getting Hooked, Introduction for a Narrative

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can you interest your reader? Here is a great lesson on reading and discussing the characteristics of a narrative. Elementary schoolers explore writing techniques to hook the reader. They identify their hook and share their...
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100 Questions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students practice problem solving skills by asking questions and participating in a design challenge. In this asking questions lesson, students work in pairs to ask questions to design a solution for a difficult personal problem....
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Survivor Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners discover competition and trickery by participating in a class game. They participate in a role-playing game called "Survivor" in which students utilize critical thinking skills to identify who is the "Bad Guy." Students win the...
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Solving Various Algebraic Equations for Real and Imaginary Roots

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this solving equations worksheet, young scholars solve forty-four algebraic equations for real and imaginary solutions. Types of equations include higher degress polynomials, rational equationals, radical equations, and square roots...
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Degree

For Students 3rd - 4th
A Standardized Test-type of worksheet on grammatical rules of degree awaits your students. They carefully look at ten sentences and focus on the parts of each sentence that is underlined. If the underlined portion has a mistake, they...
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Funny Ears

For Students K - 2nd
Young scientists get a worksheet that has a picture of a dog, a donkey, a person, a mouse, a rabbit, and a cat. Each picture has the wrong ears attached to it! Learners must draw lines matching up the ears with the correct recipient. The...
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Address America: Your Six-Word Stump Speech

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Stump speeches are the focus of this exercise that combines politics and language arts. After learning about this type of speech, the class listens to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign stump speech and answers a series of questions that...
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Blogs

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
The blogosphere may be overwhelmed with content, but there's still room for unique points of view. Creating a blog that stands out, however, is the bigger challenge. A handout on blogs, part of a series of handouts on specific writing...
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Sample Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
For this sentence worksheet, students explore common conversational sentences as they match the question structure on the right to the answer on the left that the question usually prompts for.
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The Economy and Politics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this economy and politics sociology worksheet, students complete 14 fill in the blank questions and 7 multiple choice questions regarding the how businesses operate in different economies and under various political control.
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What makes up YOUR Environment!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create their own land or water environment. They make their environment livable for all the different animals they collect to put in it. Students research the types of animals that they can have in their environment, and how...
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Decision-Making

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students inquire about human psychology by completing a worksheet. For this sexual health lesson, students identify the types of decisions they will need to make in the future regarding sexual activity. Students define vocabulary terms...
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Personally Poetic

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners create an Acrostic poem using notes from biography journals. In this poetry and journal activity, students read a biography of their choice and take notes in their journals. Learners review an acrostic poetry website and use...
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Create Personal Calendars

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create graphic calendars from printed sources.
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How to be a Healthy Person

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss their health and diseases. In this health lesson, students discover the causes of diseases and the difference between infectious and non-infectious diseases. They find ways to boost their immune system. 
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Types of Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct labs to gain an overview of chemical reactions. They observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement and double displacement reactions. They identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.
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Writing Applications: Different Types of Writing and Their Characteristics

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders rewrite a story in a different format to understand the effects of the author's style. In this writing style lesson, 12th graders read Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and rewrite the...
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Types of Triangles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the required functions of the Geometer's Sketchpad. Using the computer software, they construct similar triangles and identify them by angles and sides. Students classify triangles. Afterward, they complete problems...
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Creative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and...
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Statements and Questions

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Teach your class the differences between statements and questions with a simple activity. After reading four statements, third graders rewrite the sentences as questions. They do the opposite in the last section. A helpful activity for...

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