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Anthem: Symbols Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on symbolism in Anthem. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Antigone: Alpha Woman Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on Antigone. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Symbols Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 5 short answer questions about symbols from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Students may check their answers in this timed quiz.
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English Literature Circle Discussion
Students participate in literary circles to analyze characters, critique writing, discuss events, and story elements. In this literary circles lesson plan, students take responsibility for their learning as a member of the group. ...
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School Forest Lesson- Looking at Literature
Students compare what they learned though literature to the school forest. In this environment lesson, students visit the forest surrounding their school to listen to literature and identify objects in nature. Students create a display...
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Response to Literature: Feelings About the Book
Students read chapter 17 in the story NUMBER THE STARS and think about the author's purpose for writing the book. They are encouraged to share with the class their personal reactions to the story.
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Aquarium Crayon Resist
Students create a crayon resist drawing as a literature response. In this literature response and art lesson, students listen to the book, Rainbow Fish, noting all of the colorful fish. They use wax crayons to draw a picture of a fish...
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Have Respect
Students learn the value of respect. For this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.
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Macbeth: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online, interactive quiz on Macbeth asks basic reading comprehension questions, but fails to require any critical thinking or analysis. For this reason, it may be useful for your class to self-assess their understanding, but has...
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Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's "A Mercy"
In order to read and respond to Toni Morrison's A Mercy in this figurative-language instructional activity, students discuss the differences between a literal and a figurative interpretation of a text. They explore figures of speech...
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Making Cents of the Senses
Students explore sight and hearing. In this senses lesson, students read Brown Bear Brown Bear, discuss how eyes are used for sight, and chart the eye color of the students in the class. Students discuss how hearing is important, take a...
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Vocabulary Development
Learners utilize various vocabulary strategies. They use vocabulary logs to record strategies they have been taught, such as the Frayer Model (definition, picture, examples, non-examples), writing their own definitions, and using...
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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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We Have a Dream
Students work as partners to study Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this African American history lesson, students work with their cross-grade partner to study, understand, and memorize the speech. Students meet with...
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Health: Influences on Decisions
Students discover factors influencing their decisions after explaining their reasons for choosing favorite beverages. Working in pairs, they complete worksheets about the influences on decision-making. They write stories about...
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Reading the Movies: Another Approach To Teaching Critical Thinking Skills And Writing
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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Man in Conflict - Vietnam and Literature
Eleventh graders analyze the lyrics of protest music. In this Vietnam War lesson, 11th graders examine conflict as they consider the controversial nature of the war as evidenced in song lyrics. Students also consider the Iraq War and its...
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Langston Hughes
An author study provides learners the opportunity to explore in depth the life of, the influences on, and the works of a single literary figure. Introduce middle schoolers to Langston Hughes with a unit that models how to approach an...
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Creation Stories
Students read and research American Indian creation stories as a way to understand the origins of American Literature. They conduct Internet research utilizing Internet search engines. They create an online report page as well as write...
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body
Students explore body movement. In this shapes and dance lesson, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes. Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose shapes from the book to...
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Book Report Alternative
Students create a video book report. In this literature lesson, students read a book independently and fill out a graphic organizer. Students use a digital camera to record their book review.
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Jacob Marley's Ghost: Fun Trivia Quiz on Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Questions about esoteric facts epitomize Fun Trivia quizzes. Still, this one provides opportunities to review content and focus on details about Jacob Marley's ghost and his early interactions with Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol....
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Freckle Juice
Third graders read Freckle Juice as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good ideas of extensions you can do as your students go through the story.
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Dear Peter Rabbit
Write dear old Peter Rabbit a letter with this lesson. First, youngsters listen to the story Peter Rabbit and analyze the story elements. Then they complete a story map graphic organizer in order to write a letter to Peter Rabbit using...