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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nevada, A to Z

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore U.S. Geography by reading a timeline. In this Nevada history lesson, 4th graders identify the geographic location of Nevada and discuss the history. Students read the book S is for Silver: A Nevada Alphabet and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rhythm, Verse and Rhyme: COMPOSING A LIST POEM

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students are provided an opportunity for self-expression. They collaborate with a partner and compose a list poem. Students practice reading and writing skills. They explore lists and catalogues--both elements of poetry and practical...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 26

For Students 6th - 7th
In this vocabulary activity, students read 10 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. Students select the correct words to complete the sentence from 4 choices.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the importance of using adjectives in writing. They separate into five groups, each group is given a bag with an object inside to describe using just one sense. They write a description of a Hershey's Kiss using adjectives.
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PPT
Curated OER

Poetry Elements

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Need a quick review of some of the elements of poetry? Eleven key terms are defined and illustrated.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this adverbs worksheet, students answer short answer questions about adverbs and identify parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 22 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Whose Voice Do I Hear?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the power of voice in writing by completing a story using words following a particular voice. They take simple nursery rhymes, then attempt to put their own voice to a revised version. An interesting activity on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Persuasive Advertisement For A Novel

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in a project to persuade classmates to read a certain novel. They create a poster using persuasive advertising language. Media can be included in the form of pictures and other graphics to make the visual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

No Title

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify examples of figurative language in the book, "One Day in the Woods," by Jean Craighead George. They illustrate a figure of speech and identify it as a simile or metaphor. Each student then records their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Wyandotte Constitutional Convention: The Issue of Suffrage

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover details about the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. For this Kansas history lesson, 7th graders tackle civil rights concerns as they draft persuasive speeches to secure the rights of young voters in the state.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Stretch the Sentence with Articles, Nouns and Pronouns-Pretest

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this sentences worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions about extending sentences with nouns, articles and pronouns.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Day in the Life of Amenemhet and Hemet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, after watchin the story What Does This Show, summarize everyday life in ancient Egypt by writing about a typical day in the life of an Egyptian man or woman
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading and the Appreciation of Style

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to hurricanes by answering questions. They practice using new vocabulary words. They work together in pairs to compare the words used in different levels of the text.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Irish Eyes: Taking a Look at Local Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create landscape flyers of local landscapes using digital photography, educational software, and examples of Irish landscapes. This creative-project lesson lasts two weeks, including class time spent collecting photographs...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

No Title

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after brainstorming a list of things good friends do for each other, apply prereading strategies to the book, "Be A Friend to Trees," and create similes and metaphors utilizing content ideas. They also sketch an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the use of parts of speech. In this parts of speech lesson, 5th graders review the parts of speech in a teacher led activity that uses a song (not included). They color code the give parts of speech on a worksheet...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learning to Recognize and Use Strong Verbs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving them...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Strong Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial provides a PowerPoint presentation that defines strong verbs, gives examples, and explains why to use them. It also offers a YouTube video of a teacher setting up a "fight" between strong verb and weak verb. The tutorial...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Strong Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on replacing weak verbs with strong verbs in writing. It offers a video of robots Peter and Lucy discussing his need to fix the weak verbs in his writing. This information is summarized in a slideshow that follows:...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: More Than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons to help students use vivid verbs in their writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Vivid Verbs W.5.3.d

For Teachers 5th Standards
This lesson plan engages students in analyzing word choices. Students will write descriptive paragraphs about interesting magazine pictures and ensure that they are using vivid words in their writings.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Strong Verbs: Lesson 1

For Students 4th - 8th
A slideshow explaining how to use strong verbs. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Using Strong Verbs."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Strong Verbs: Lesson 4

For Students 5th - 8th
A video lesson explaining how to use strong verbs. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Using Strong Verbs." [6:27]
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Vengeful Verbs in Shakespeare's Hamlet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Vengeful Verbs in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students will learn to distinguish generic verbs from...

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