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All About My School
Learners construct a website with several links to pages they create. The site weaves logo titles, photos, animation, and textured backgrounds created and edited in PhotoShop into pages created using Dreamweaver software. The project...
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Writing to See
Students write descriptively and creatively after looking carefully at a work of art.
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Writing a Movie Review
Students view a classic movie in class while taking notes. They write a summary/ review of the movie which includes the name of the movie, who wrote it, the characters and a retelling of the story. They include their opinion and how the...
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Journalism in the Halls
Students examine the Lane Tech murals on the Web or at the school. They conduct interviews with students and professionals as a method of researching the subjects of these murals. They write an article for a special "mural" edition of...
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Extra, Extra, Write All About It!
Students examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story to accompany one.
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Writing About Art: Comparing Portraits
Students write a composition comparing and contrasting two portraits. In this comparing and contrasting lesson, students will observe two portraits and compare them through their writing. They then will write a letter to the artists...
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Examining Redemption in King Lear
Students examine the concept of the tragic hero in Shakespeare's King Lear and explore how it affects the plot of the play. In this theatrical analysis lesson plan, students investigate the redemption or defeat of King Lear and perform...
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Writing a Children's Book -- Young Authors
Students practice their writing skills by creating a children's book. They integrate five elements of short stories into the narrative. They share their stories with their book buddies.
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Extra, Extra Write All About It!
Students examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. For this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Students analyze photographs and example...
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Caption Writing Activity
Students explore the basic principles of caption writing and write captions for assigned photographs.
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English Exercises: Pronouns
In this online interactive English learning exercise, learners watch an embedded video and then respond to 14 fill in the blank questions about pronoun agreement. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Résumé Writing
Students research examples of resumes on the World Wide Web. They use the good examples to write their own resumes focusing on their strengths.
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The Odyssey and The Morte Darthur: Reading and Making Observations for Writing and Discussion
Students read "The Odyssey" and "The Morte Darthur". In groups, they research the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology and the history of the places mentioned in the stories. Individually, they are to write a paper about a hero they...
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"Journalism in Tennessee"
Students listen to headline from National Enquirer or other tabloid, listen to story "Journalism in Tennessee," compare and contrast connections between Twain's idea of journalism with present day journalism, define vocabulary, and...
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How to Combine Sentences
Students practice combining sentences. In this writing activity, students view essays and discuss how it can be revised, using sentence combining. Students practice this skill in their own essays.
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Writing About Art: Objective vs. Subjective
High schoolers examine the sculpture "Head With Horns" by Paul Gauguin. In this perspectives instructional activity, students discuss what the terms "objective" and "subjective" means. High schoolers are shown the sculpture and write...
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum
Pupils analyze art in a museum and write an essay about the responsibilities of museum professionals. For this museum and art lesson, students identify the roles of an art museum. Pupils evaluate the ability of a museum to fulfill its...
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Sense of Place: Our School
Students explore the concept of 'sense of place' through journaling and class discussion. In this community lesson, students discuss what makes them feel like they belong. Students give three speeches that develop the sense of place...
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God's Weaving in Taylor's "Huswifery"
Eleventh graders trace Taylor's use of conceit or extended metaphor in his poem "Huswifery" where he compares the process of cloth making to God's salvation of man, and write a poem in which they compare a personal transformation with an...
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Writing The Resume: Skills And Accomplishments
Learners spend time listing the things they are good at. For this exercise, there are no limits; students are encouraged to list all types of skills. They focus on those skills and accomplishments that are directly related to their job...
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A Course in Basic Skills
Tenth graders complete a course in basic skills in order to meet the standards for sophomore year. Using one of their classmates papers, they identify the main idea, topic sentence and theme. They also identify the transitional words...
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Writing About Contrast- Using Contrast Words
In this writing about contrasts worksheet, young scholars examine two pictures and determine how they are different. They discuss comparative adjectives before writing a paragraph that describes the differences between two restaurant menus.
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Places in a City
In this city worksheet, students look at a map of a city and write direction words to where places are, answer short answer questions, and fill in a crossword. Students complete 3 activities.
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Short Story Writing
Middle schoolers develop skills needed to write short stories. They pick out an object in the room and describe it without saying what it is. They describe their hand and the lines on their hand without using words "Line, finger,skin or...