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Word Bank Power Tool for Writing
Students use a word bank to help them do their writing and reading. The idea is that they would keep adding to this list as they move from grade to grade.
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Silent Letters
Pupils know and apply methods to help learn and remember correct spellings. Students relate certain spelling of words to the Harry Potter knight bus story. Pupils express what exactly silent letters are and how to identify them.
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Spider Activities, Experiments and Projects
Students examine seven spiders and put them into two or three groups based on their structural similarities. In groups, they create a cladogram proposing possible ancestral relationships. Students design an experiment related to their...
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Bar Graphs
Seventh graders visually represent and analyze data using a frequency table. They recognize what values in a data set are bigger by looking at a bar graph and answer questions about certain bar graphs and what they represent. Students...
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7th Grade Math Solving Equations Review
Seventh graders review how to simplify and solve equations. They work on turning word problems into equations on white boards, recall making function tables and predicting the future with math equations.
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Area of Composite Polygon
Eighth graders are shown a blueprint of a house and must determine the amount of carpet needed. In groups, they calculate the area of rectangles and triangles and apply them to the shapes in the blueprint. To end the lesson, they...
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Setting And Plot
High schoolers investigate the concept of setting with the use of reading different excerpts from multiple samples of texts. They execute well-thought out statements of the setting considering the important details that point it out...
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Genetics -- Midway Review
Students spend the lesson reviewing for their Genetics exam. In groups, they compare and contrast the structures of DNA and RNA and discuss how DNA can cause mutations. To end the lesson, they share their knowledge on the contributions...
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Creative Autobiography
Learners brainstorm and outline ideas for their autobiography. They begin composition of it as well. Students create a timeline of important events to help them get started and discuss the elements of a what makes a good story.
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Primary And Secondary Succession
Students cover the topics of primary and secondary succession with interest to its ties in the study of ecosystems. They study how the introduction of an insect can effect the ecological balance. Students make predictions and write them...
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Poetry Continued
Students are introduced to the elements in poetry. After listening to music, they discuss how it made them feel and what the lyrics mean to them. Individually, they are given specific elements to write their poem and share it with the...
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Symbolism Lesson Plan
Students define the terms symbolism and mood. In groups, they read a poem by Robert Frost and identify the concepts in the poem. As a class, they discuss how the two elements give a meaning to the writing. They also give their own...
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Imagery Lesson Plan
Students are introduced to the term imagery. Individually, they read "The Dream Deferred" and note examples of imagery in the poem. To end the lesson, they write their own poem making sure to use the five components of imagery.
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Essay Editing Lesson Plan
Students discuss reasons to edit their written work and observe how to correctly use proofreaders marks to correct a paragraph. In groups of four, students exchange previously written papers and write suggestions and comments for...
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Fraction Song
Students investigate the concept of fractions with the use of a song. The song helps memory for conducting different operations transferring them to long-term memory. A guitar is used to help the students practice the fraction song.
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Types of Galaxies
Eighth graders take a quiz to review the different objects in space. As a class, they define terms related to galaxies. In groups, they make a model of the Milky Way galaxy using materials provided to them by their teacher. To end the...
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Gift of the Magi Test
Students explore literary elements, plot structure, and story elements. They read "The Gift of the Magi," and identify its theme and elements of the story. Afterward, students discuss the story and take a test over the material studied.
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Gift of the Magi Project
Students read "The Gift of the Magi" and review the elements and theme in the story. In groups, students sketch another students' outline on butcher paper. They use the body parts to relate the characteristics of Della and Jim. ...
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Graphs Review
Seventh graders review different types of graphs such as bar graphs, line graphs, box & whisker plots. As a class, they read a story and construct graphs to solve the data in the story. Students play "Graph Jeopardy" which requires...
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Hyperbole, Idiom, Oxymoron
Fourth graders identify the usage of idiom, hyperbole, and oxymoron in literary passages. They apply this knowledge of figurative language through a composition exercise. The writing of teacher generated examples is also helpful.
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Haiku, Limerick, Acrostic
Students brainstorm about favorite types of movies and why they are liked. They investigate different types of poetry from examples given in class. Using the examples they attempt to generate their own poems.
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Introductory Exponents
Students participate in a lesson plan combining language arts with mathematics. First, they write a paragraph explaining what it means to multiply two numbers. Then students practice using exponents in different problems.
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Intro to Nouns
Students, practicing with a given piece of writing, recognize common, proper, abstract and concrete nouns. They make a list of nouns found within their classroom and then classify them into groups of either common, proper, abstract of...
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Intro to Parts of Speech
Students are introduced to, identify and define the eight parts of speech. They view a variety of sentences and identify each word in each sentence as one of the eight parts of speech.