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Grade 10 ELA Module 3: Unit 3, Lesson 7
What's your style? Writers examine wording to add formal style and objective tone to their argumentative papers. After looking at examples of sentences, learners use turn and talk to discuss which sentences have a formal style before...
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Words Matter: Diction and Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
Watch your tone! Scholars analyze how diction in George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant contributes to the tone of the text. Readers watch a video, participate in a word splash, and work through a PowerPoint instructional activity to...
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Justification for Character and Scene Selection
When it comes to love and midsummer nights, confessions are tricky. Learners place themselves in the shoes of a character from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and explain how a character manipulated another character in...
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Reading for Gist, Answering Text-Dependent Questions, and Determining Author’s Purpose: Industrial Food Chain
A Reading Closely: Guiding Questions handout leads readers to discover the gist of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. While reading, pupils look closely at the words in the text and discuss their meaning. They use dictionaries when needed to answer...
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Classroom Activities for The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo is the featured text in three classroom activities. The first activity asks readers to analyze the description of Edmond Dantes in Chapter XVII, paying particular attention to Dumas' word...
Curated OER
Rooting One's Way To Meaning
Students use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Business Texts: Contracts and Agreements
In this vocational worksheet, students fill in the blanks of a contract with sixteen terms by placing them in the proper sentences. They also locate words in the contract that are synonyms for a list of contractual words.
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Melbourne - Reading Comprehension Podcards Worksheet
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page passage about Melbourne, Australia. They complete approximately 30 fill in the blank questions dealing with the passage. Students also identify seven synonyms. The...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #9
In this spelling worksheet, students read and write given words. They also look up the word in the dictionary and determine its part of speech. There are twelve words to write, which include six pairs of synonyms.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #67
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words which are compiled of synonyms. Students then match a spelling word to another word on the list that sounds the same. Finally, the define two words...
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Using a Thesaurus
In this using a thesaurus worksheet, students read a sentence with a word underlined. Students use a thesaurus to change the underlined word to a stronger or more interesting synonym. There are 5 sentences.
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Word Meanings From Context
In this context clues worksheet, students utilize context clues to help them choose the best meaning or synonym for each of the five highlighted words in five sentences. Students choose their answers from multiple choice answers....
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Using a Thesaurus
In this writing worksheet, students read the definition of a thesaurus. They use a thesaurus to replace an underlined word with a synonym in each of 15 sentences.
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Worksheet 6 Vocabulary Review: Possessives
In this synonyms worksheet, learners read ten sentences and analyze the word in bold type. From three choices, students select the word that means the same as the word in bold.
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Trust Circles
Students explore trustworthiness. In this character development lesson, students brainstorm synonyms for trustworthiness. Students consider two communities to which they belong, and compare and contrast these communities by completing a...
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Open Your Eyes Wide-Shut
Students improve their language skills through 11 activities. In this language skills lesson, students listen to picture books, answer questions about elements of a story, enhance their vocabulary and grammar skills, use 5 W questions,...
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Vocabulary Word Cluster
In this vocabulary word cluster worksheet, students examine the meaning of 6 words as they list the words and their parts of speech. Students also list synonyms, write sentences, and draw pictures regarding the word meanings.
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Safe Passwords
Students brainstorm synonyms for security. In this Computer Skills lesson plan, students compare the home security to password security. Students read an article and review strategies for creating strong passwords. Students apply their...
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Basketball: All the Angles Word Search
In this angles word search, students find a set of 22 words related to basketball, then find the words that are synonyms for the word "angle." Page has links to additional resources.
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Word Hook--Set 2
For this vocabulary worksheet, students complete a word web that has sections for the word of the week, antonyms, synonyms and the word definition.
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Breaking News: Virgin Voyage to the Bottom of the Ocean (7th April, 2011)
Students explore current events by reading about a trip to the bottom of the ocean. In this modern day explorer lesson plan, students read about Virgin CEO Richard Branson and his adventure to the bottom of the ocean. Students complete...
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Are Cellphones Killing Honeybees?
Young scholars read an article about how honeybee are sensitive to the electromagnetic fields generated by cellphones. In this ESL lesson, students work as partners to complete a table of information relating to the many bee species...
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Royal Wedding Likely to Hurt UK Economy
Fifth graders discuss the royal wedding. In this economy lesson, 5th graders take opposite sides of who should pay for the royal wedding, and hold a debate. Students discuss the meaning of debt and do a synonym match.
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Language Arts Worksheet
In this language arts worksheet, students add "ing" to words, match singulars with plurals, add appropriate prefixes to words, identify antonyms and synonyms, and complete a variety of additional activities.
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