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George Orwell 1984: Fun Trivia Quiz
Tests readers' comprehension of the plot of George Orwell's famous novel 1984. Although most questions only require the test taker to recall information about the novel's plot, some questions ask for analysis. Instant feedback and...
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A Farewell to Arms: Fun Trivia Quiz
A useful resource to use as a check for basic understanding or completion of reading, this quiz tests readers' ability to recall plot information but does not require any critical or analytical reading skills. As with all Fun Trivia...
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Jeopardy 8th Grade (Science)
There are so many topics touched upon in this Jeopardy-style science game, that it is difficult to classify! The categories include electricity, matter, ecology, earth and space, and scientific investigation. This would best be used at...
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Shakespeare's "Macbeth": Fun Trivia Quiz
Quizzes basic comprehension of factual information from Shakespeare's play Macbeth and provides immediate feedback. Questions on this quiz in particular are rather simple or easy to deduce so content should be reviewed before the quiz is...
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Great Expectations: Fun Trivia Quiz
This Fun Trivia quiz focuses on the characters in Charles Dickens' classic novel Great Expectations. A useful resource to check for understanding or completion of reading, this quiz can be used to test readers' ability to recall...
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"Gone With The Wind" Challenge: Fun Trivia Quiz
Like most Fun Trivia quizzes, this quiz tests the takers ability to recall specific and often trivial elements of plot. Although it may be a useful tool to check for completion of the reading, the content should be reviewed before it is...
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Keith Anderson
Review researching skills using this resource. Learners can use the Internet and other resources to find the answers to this series of questions about the musician Keith Anderson.
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Chet Atkins
Review comprehension and research skills using this resource. Learners answer 15 questions relating to the country singer Chet Atkins. They can hone research skills by using the Internet to find answers to their questions.
Center for Learning in Action
Introducing Physical and Chemical Changes
Young scientists investigate chemical and physical changes to the states of matter—gas, liquid, and solid—as well as solutions and suspensions with a variety of demonstrations, grand conversation, and an interactive quiz to check for...
Cambridge English
Words Related to Weather: Vocabulary Activities
Study all things weather with a packet of weather vocabulary activities. The 12-page packet includes three crosswords varying in difficulty, a mixed letter sort, a sentence sort, weather word search, and fill-in-the-blank sentences with...
Prestwick House
A Separate Peace
John Knowles' A Separate Peace is the subject of a literary crossword puzzle that asks readers to identify key events and characters in this coming-of-age story.
Reading Through History
Early History and Exploration Unit
We all know about Christopher Columbus, but who else explored the Americas, and specifically, the future United States of America? Learners find out these answers and more in a resource that includes four different reading sections,...
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Language Arts: Punctuation and Characterization
Students prepare for a test on punctuation and characterization by completing practice assignments. While completing the assignment, they note the difference between direct and indirect characterization and explain how punctuation...
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Getting Started with Math By Hand Concept App
Pupils build number sense skills and gain confidence at math by hand. Review how to perform algorithms for the four basic operations. A step-by-step mode emphasizes place value in the base-ten system for each algorithm. Learners identify...
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Cool to Rule: A Game of Prediction and Measurement
Students demonstrate measurement and estimation skills. In small groups, they are given a measurement, predict what object in the classroom is equal to that specific measurement, and record their data in a table that includes the...
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Light Travels As A Game
Students identify ways that light can travel and why. In groups, they develop an experiment to show that light can travel because it is a form of energy. They use this information and apply it to other forms of energy to end the lesson.
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Enjoyable Assessments
First graders participate in two place value games for review. In groups, they work together to assess themselves before their test over place values. They review any questions they have before their assessment.
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Regular And Irregular Plurals
Sixth graders engage in a lesson that covers the use of regular and irregular plurals. They practice using four different games which work for keeping the student level of engagement high. Students review the rules of basic plurals and...
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Verbs and Synonyms
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students review the definition for synonym and find examples using the verbs in the box to complete the 15 exercises.
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Genre Jeopardy
Students play a Jeopardy game in which the questions are about different genres. They can use this activity as a review before a test.
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Unit Planning For Social Studies
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the skill of unit planning. They practice developing multiple lesson plans based upon one unifying theme that becomes the unit. They practice a Jeopardy Game lesson plan to model the...
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Health Jeopardy
Learners test their knowledge on a previously taught health chapter. A jeopardy board is drawn on the chalk or dry erase board. Each column on the board can represent a topic from the health chapter being reviewed.
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Sixth graders investigate the concept of prime and composite numbers. They use a review of multiplication to help explain factoring. Students are taught the definition of a prime and composite number and then practice independently.
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A Whole New World
Students examine a timeline of a sequence of events displaying how the colonies were founded. They analyze Jamestown and Plymouth recruitment posters, write journal entries, and play a Jeopardy game with questions about the colonies.