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Asking For Directions
For this asking questions worksheet, students solve a word problem involving asking the minimum number of questions for directions. Students complete 1 complicated higher order thinking problem.
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Comparisons: Well-Known Sayings
How familiar is your class with basic idioms? Eight idioms and their explanations are listed here, and learners must match each explanation with the correct idiom. Looking for a way to extend this activity? Have your learners choose one...
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Less vs. Fewer
When should you use less, and when should you use fewer? Straighten out this dilemma with a helpful resource about using less vs. fewer based on sentence context clues. After reading detailed instructions and examples, young learners...
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An Introduction to The Catcher in the Rye
Who is J.D. Salinger? Give your class some information on the famous recluse before reading his only novel, The Catcher in the Rye. His life and works are detailed, and there are even a few slides dedicated to controversies and criticism...
Edmond Public Schools
8th Grade Science Resource Book: Unit 2 - Physics
Get things moving with this extensive collection of physical science resources. Covering the fundamentals of measurement, graphing, lab safety, and experimental design as well as the specific scientific concepts...
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The Power of Autobiographical Writing
Students explore the concept of injustice. In this nonviolent resistance lesson, students discuss how autobiographical writing may be used to promote justice. Students read an excerpt from Gandhi's autobiography and determine how his...
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Dishonesty
Students consider the impact of dishonestly. For this ethics lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of dishonesty.
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Multicultural Fairy Tales -- The Stuff of Magic
Third graders are introduced to the characteristics of fairy tales. After being read some examples, they write their own fairy tale based on their adventures on a magic carpet ride after making a chart to organize their thoughts. To...
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Humility
Students explore the character trait of being humble. They read the story of "The Hare and the Tortoise" and discuss the hare's character. Afterward, students read, "The Sailor Man." They compare and contrast "The Hare and The Tortoise"...
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The Art of Persuasion
Students analyze images using several perspectives or entry points. They create images and develop accompanying texts that support a specific purpose or function. Students assess the effectiveness of collected images and those of their...
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Analogies
In this analogy worksheet, middle schoolers answer seven questions using their problem solving skills and vocabulary skills to discover how words are related to each other. Students are encouraged to use dictionaries.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?
Students look over 10 sets of words and choose which one in each set does not belong. A good worksheet to have your students practice choosing words in the correct context.
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Vocabulary Worksheets Basic English 3rd Edition Chapter 16: Making Comparisons
In this making comparisons instructional activity, students match well known sayings to 8 explanation sentences. This is a matching instructional activity.
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Which Word Does Not Belong
In this grouping words worksheet, students recognize the word that doesn't belong in a group. Students complete ten questions by choosing the word that doesn't belong with the other words.
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Independent Novel Project
Students complete activities for an independent novel project. In this novel project worksheet, students follow the 13 steps to analyze and complete a comprehensive project about a novel they've read.
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Good Character: Honesty
What is honesty? How can you be an honest person? Find the answers to these questions as well as discussion questions, essay prompts, a self-evaluation quiz, and activity ideas.
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: An Arthur Interactive Comic: Francine's Tough Day
Explore the topic of honesty in this interactive comic, Francine's Tough Day, based on the characters and storyline from the PBS children's series ARTHUR.
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Writing Fix: Memoirs About Telling Lies That Hurt
Book reviews about Walter Dean Myers' Bad Boy and Madonna's Mr. Peabody's Apples are given on this site. The author suggests that using these books to help illustrate the concept that it better to tell the truth than to suffer the...
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Npr: Lying, Cheating, Stealing
A four part NPR series on contemporary ethics, one part talks starts with whether one should eat a grape in the supermarket without paying for it, and then expands the topic. The second part is corporation/business ethics. The third is...
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Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Workshop: To Be Perfectly Honest
Think about a time you lied. You are going to write a description about a time when you were less than truthful. When you are ready to begin writing, get some scratch paper and a pencil, then click the button and follow the directions on...