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"I Wish" and "If Only" Exercise
In this English vocabulary skills instructional activity, students answer 16 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of the phrases "I wish" and "if only."
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How do we write a report?
Students write a report on a word processing program. For this report lesson, students write about what qualities a hero possesses. They type it on a word processing program and proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation and more.
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Past Simple or Past Continuous
In this verbs activity, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verbs, either the past simple or past continuous forms. Students complete 12 words.
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Appreciating Poetry
Young scholars examine different types of poetry. They choose a poem and write it on another piece of paper practicing their cursive writing. They illustrate their poem and shares them with the class.
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Introduction to Adverbs
Students categorize a list of words into various categories of their choosing. They notice patterns in the lists and discuss -ly words and adverbs. They practice adding adverbs to sentences.
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Meet the Press
Learners give their book reports as oral "Meet the Press" type interviews. They team up with another student "reporter" and answer questions about main idea, details, and the point of view.
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Narrative Writing Outline
Students explore the elements of a narrative for its purpose, type of audience, mood, main character, minor characters, setting, and conflicts in the story. A story outline is developed and a five paragraph essay composed in this lesson.
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The Scavenger Hunt
Students use factual information to locate historically significant items in a film clip. They navigate the site searching for the answers to the clues listed on the handout. Students write their answers in complete sentences. Some of...
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Eager E
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then play a concentration type game, listen to the book "Lee and the...
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Someone is Summarizing
Learners practice summarizing text using James E. Knight's, "Boston Tea Party, Rebellion in the Colonies." They read the story silently before summarizing it using main ideas and supporting details and deciding what type of information...
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Inferring Themes
Fifth graders practice making inferences on various types of reading material. As a class, they develop a definition of the word "theme" and discuss themes for some of their favorite stories. They use the context of the reading...
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Analogies
Seventh graders use analogies to test their understanding of relationships between words or ideas. They practice analogies to improve vocabulary and thinking skills. Students write sentences that use analogies.
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Making a Grocery List
Pupils assess a variety of reading strategies to properly develop a list of grocery words. They draw conclusions about environmental print by matching labels to sentences. Real-life words utilized weekly becomes an asset to the shopping...
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That's Not a Noun!
For this nouns and verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences with a word from the word bank that is commonly used as a verb, but may also be a noun.
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Articles
In this grammar activity, students learn how to use articles in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer the 10 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page.
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Worksheet 4 Clothes
In this clothing vocabulary worksheet, students read 6 sentences and fill in the missing words from a list of 6 articles of clothing.
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words to definitions, solve riddles and complete fill in the blank sentences. Students do the same activities for 4 sets of 20 words.
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Read the Directions
In this comprehension worksheet, 5th graders focus on following written directions. Students seek out and circle specific "direction" words in the 11 sentences given.
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Using Irregular Verbs - Exercise 1
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students complete twenty sentences that help them learn to identify and use irregular verbs.
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Nasreddin and the Pot Exercise 3
In this Nasreddin and the Pot worksheet, students read the story Nasreddin and the Pot and fill in the blanks to the summary. Students fill in the blanks for 8 sentences.
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Whom, Whose, or Who's
In this whom, whose, who's worksheet, middle schoolers use the correct form in order to correctly complete each sentence. Students can get help by clicking on "show a letter."
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Whom, Whose, and Who's
For this whom, whose, and who's worksheet, student choose the correct form to fit sentences in a paragraph about Florence Nightingale.
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Mixed Conditionals Exercise
In this mixed conditionals worksheet, learners practice their grammar skills as they fill in the blanks in 20 sentences by using forms of the suggested verbs.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 5, 6, 7
Students read chapters from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and complete literary response activities. In this chapter analysis instructional activity, students read chapters 5, 6, and 7 and discuss the highlights....