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Figures and Charts

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Sometimes words aren't the best way to get information across to the reader. The eighth handout in the 24-part Writing the Paper series describes different type of figures and charts to display complex information in a paper....
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Springfield Public Schools District 186

Form and Structure of Poetry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
If anyone suffers from metrophobia—the fear of poetry—the PowerPoint on the elements of poetry may help alleviate their worries. The presentation introduces learners to poetic elements, including simile, metaphor, and personification....
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ProCon

President Ronald Reagan

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
At 69 years old, Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to be elected president in the United States. After reviewing a thorough history of Reagan's presidency, pupils read the main pro and con arguments to determine if he was a good...
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Lesson Plan
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Fred Seibel, the Times-Dispatch, and Massive Resistance

For Teachers 4th Standards
A lesson challenges scholars to analyze editorial cartoons created by Fred Seibel, illustrator for the Times-Dispatch, during the Massive Resistance. A class discussion looking at today's editorial pages and Jim Crow Laws leads the way...
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EngageNY

Speech Writing: Identifying Criteria for a High Quality Conclusion

For Teachers 5th Standards
Learning is never-ending. Scholars learn about effective conclusions as they continue watching a video of an opinion speech. After analyzing the speech's conclusion, they work in small groups to write an ending for their own speeches. 
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Curated OER

Paragraph Unity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how to develop a complete paragraph using a piece of paper folded into a large fan. They SEE how each sentence relates to the topic.
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Curated OER

Writing Example Paragraphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore language arts by writing basic paragraphs. In this writing techniques lesson, 6th graders define an "example" paragraph and discuss techniques to prove a point in one paragraph. Students practice writing their own...
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Curated OER

Reading to Learn: How Do We Sum That Up?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the topic of summarizing. They read the book, Dolphins at Daybreak, to practice summarizing. They determine what information is important and choose sentences to summarize the passages they read. They write a summary...
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Curated OER

Similes and Metaphors Information

For Students 7th - 9th
In this similes and metaphors worksheet, students write a descriptive practice paragraph in which they describe a place, idea, person, event, or concept without telling what the subject of the paragraph is.  Students then pair up to try...
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Curated OER

Reading and Writing Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a magazine article about the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking. They answer questions about the article to test their comprehension. They identify parts of each sentence.
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Curated OER

The Gold Rush: An Introduction

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the Gold Rush in relation to "To Build a Fire." They research a website and view a Power Point presentation on the Alaskan Gold Rush. They write notes on a graphic organizer and write a sentence supporting their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problems With Space Exploration-Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about problems with space exploration, then complete a set of comprehension activities, including writing 2 paragraphs about a given topic.
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Curated OER

Regents Exam Questions A.A.2: Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this writing expressions worksheet, students solve 2 multiple choice questions. Students write an equation given a sentence and write a sentence given an equation.
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Curated OER

Around the Farm

For Students K - 1st
For this farm animal worksheet, students will write the correct preposition to complete a simple sentence about where to find a farm animal on a farm.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What's the Weather Like-- Weather Diary

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather worksheet, students record the daily weather for one week by cutting the appropriate picture which matches the day's weather and finishing a sentence. Students choose from sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy or snowy.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What Time is It?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students learn how to tell time to the hour on digital and analog clocks by making a matching card game. Students cut out six clock cards and match them with six sentence cards. Example: "It's three o'clock."
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Curated OER

Inverse, Converse and Contrapositive

For Students 9th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students identify the inverse, converse and contrapositive of each sentence. They find logical equivalence. There are 14 questions with an answer key.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Diabetes

For Students 5th - 10th
In this diabetes worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Curated OER

Adjectives And Adverbs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students read 10 sentences about a variety of topics. Students complete each sentence by filling in either an adjective or adverb.
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Curated OER

Adjectives And Adverbs

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read 10 sentences about a variety of topics. Students complete each sentence by filling in either an adjective or adverb.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digital Story Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Learners create a photo story.  In this visual arts lesson, students choose a sentence about a specific topic, create a picture to go with their sentence, and take a digital photo of their picture.  The teacher compiles all of the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Environmental Issues

For Students 8th - 10th
In this environmental issues worksheet, students are given 10 current topics that are problems in our environment today. They complete sentences about each topic by filling in the blanks with the appropriate terms. Some of the issues...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Skills

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 sentences from a variety of topics. Students put a circle around the letter of the best answer to each question or comment.
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Curated OER

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students read 15 sentences about a variety of topics. Students underline the pronouns that agree with their antecedents.

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