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Limerick

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students determine the solutions to a numerical limerick.  The one page instructional activity contains one problem with the solution. 
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Theology…the Use of Silence in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Immerse your class in the Middle Ages with a thorough history instructional activity. After viewing examples of illuminated manuscripts such as the Book of Kells, they discuss how these were the mode of keeping and storing...
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Reading Closely for Textual Details: Grades 9-10

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Pay close attention! After finding details in a picture, scholars begin to find details in videos and text. They work together in groups, discuss in pairs, and carry out independent reading to answer guiding questions. Organizers, tools,...
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Introduction to Theme

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of theme and how it fits in the writing of a poem or other type of literature. Students practice reading different poems looking critically for the theme to identify and define them.
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SOUND VIBRATIONS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student designs a test that uses their sense of hearing to judge the effectiveness of different solids to transmit sound vibrations. Pupils experience vibrations using several of their senses.
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Final Phoneme CK

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss types of rhyme and identify the words in a poem that end in ck. They write their own stories about a mouse and his amazing adventure.
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Online Collaborative Writing Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write poetry and post it on the Internet for others to see.
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Pablo Neruda

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the life and works of Pablo Neruda. They complete an author map concerning his personal and professional life. Students identify the key components of an ode. They write an ode to a common object around their...
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CSAP Preparation: "Strike While the Iron is Hot"

For Teachers 6th
Students survey several concepts in literature, science, history, and geography as a preparation for the CSAP standardized testing experience. This nine lesson unit provides exposure to the format and content of the test.
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Song Writing

For Students 6th - 10th
In this music instructional activity, students identify specific tips for composing a song. They use strophic form where each verse has the same melody. Students also select a chord sequence and use cadences at the end of each phrase and...
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Figurative Language

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students put poetic interpretations back together to explain the poem. Starting with cliches, students learn what various phrases mean. They analyze words, phrases and levels of meaning.
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Architecture : A Reflection of Our Times

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore types of architecture and how it has changed throughout history. They predict what homes of the future may look like. Students investigate a variety of well known architects from around the world and from different...
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Adopt a Poet

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research an assigned poet's life and times and read examples of their poetry. They prepare a word-processed paper analyzing the poems by their poet, and answering the essential question then they give an oral...
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Are You Money Smart?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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When were you selfless today?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, after reading and discussing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gutknecht, discuss specific recent acts of selflessness and then write a first draft paper on selflessness. They compare/contrast their own lives to the poem...
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Forget Us Not

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students read a literary selection about the Holocaust. They examine a website with art and poems created by students regarding this topic. Then they create poetry that demonstrates their understanding of the literary selection on the...
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Images and Indirection

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students closely analyze a true event or moments associated with their life, then present the scene, and personal emotions and/or actions generated by that incident in a free verse poem. They learn the difference between words defined...
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Autobiographical Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore, examine and study the style of autobiographical writing and the relationship with the author. They rad three different types of autobiographical writings: narrative, poetry and newspaper article. Each student...
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Madrid Train Bombings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the terrorist train bombings in Madrid, Spain. The class evaluates the value of memorials in the struggle to deal with the grieving process. Groups design a memorial and/or poem to commemorate those lost in the...
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Thankful List

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying...
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Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore similes and metaphors. They discuss and define similes and metaphors, identify the similes and metaphors in two poems, and create three original examples of each.
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Bookmaking

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make and assemble parts of a book, read and respond to classmates' work, read aloud from their own book of poetry. They use the writing process and written language skills, participation in fine arts experiences, appropriate and...
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A Novel Idea

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars use Moodle to participate in a chat session to complete a character analysis for a novel they've studied. In this novel analysis and technology instructional activity, students are assigned a character from a specific...
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Spring Slide Show

For Teachers 1st
First graders work cooperatively to create a sprintime poem, slide show and book entitled "Who Said It's Spring?"

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