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Francais Interactif Me Voici

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussing families, pastimes, nationalities - telling time all presented with extensive vocabulary lists and utilized in context through audio, video and interview clips - excellent for listening comprehension and cultural exposure. Has...
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The Gutenberg Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
A massive resource featuring the first book printed using movable type, the Gutenberg Bible printed around 1454 in Germany. There are articles dealing with the printing of the book, its history and much more. There is also a section...
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Gone With the Wind: Online Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is on Gone With the Wind. Most information is compiled from the personal archive of David O. Selznick. There is a chronology of the two-year search for Scarlett.
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Lesson Plan
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Alien Rescue Classroom Sample Lesson Plans [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Try a lesson from the Alien Rescue Classroom or modify one of their lessons to meet your unit plan. By implementing the Alien Rescue approach, your students will have the opportunity to enhance their problem solving skills. Requires...
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Vampires Never Die

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing a University of Texas professor's obsession with vampires and how it relates to Slavic culture and history. Read some famous vampire legends and find out what it means to be a vampire.
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Study Guide
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University of Texas at Austin: Metamorphic Rocks Lab

For Students 11th - 12th
A lab with good info on metamorphic rock definitions, factors, grades, types, and composition. These are lecture notes and overheads from a geology class, and useful for review.
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University of Texas: Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
You can find out the conditions for a thunderstorm, the life cycle, types, and wall clouds.
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Tex's French Grammar: Subject Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an explanation of subject pronouns with interactive practice exercises. Includes audio.
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Tex's French Grammar:irregular Verb " Tre" Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of the irregular verb etre, with usage examples, interactive practice exercises (written and audio), and links to its usage as an auxiliary in compound tenses.
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Tex's French Grammar: Definite Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site, with very clear explanation of definite articles and the different usages - Includes written and audio examples and has interactive practice exercises.
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Tex's French Grammar: Gender

For Students 9th - 10th
This French language resource has written and audio examples as well as listening comprehension and interactive written exercises. Lists the endings associated with masculine or feminine nouns.
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Tex's French Grammar: Regular "Er" Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of the "er" verbs, with usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).
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Tex's French Grammar: Possessive Adjectives/determiners

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of the possessive adjectives/determiners, with usage examples (written and audio) and interactive practice exercises.
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Tex French Grammar: Irregular Verb "Faire" Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of the irregular verb "faire," with usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio). Has a link to many different expressions that use...
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Tex's French Grammar: Regular "Ir" Verbs Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar, which is provided by the University of Texas, is a wonderful site with clear explanationsof regular "ir" verbs with written and audio usage examples and interactive practice exercises.
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Tex's French Grammar: Near Future (Futur Proche)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar of the University of Texas is a wonderful site with clear explanation of the near future (form of aller with infinitive) with usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).
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Tex's French Grammar: Irregular Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from Tex's French Grammar, is an excellent site which has a clear, concise explanation of adjectives that are irregular for gender or in forming plurals (doux/douce, faux.fausse, etc.). It provides examples and interactive...
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Tex's French Grammar: Pronominal and Reflexive Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar is a great, succinct lesson on Pronominal (reflexive, idiomatic & reciprocal) verbs. Site has short, very usable written and auditory examples and dialogues which can be used for listening...
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Tex's French Grammar: Irregular Re Verbs Like "Prendre"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a clear explanation of irregular "re" verbs, with usage examples and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).
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Tex's French Grammar: Subject Verb Inversion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides a clear and concise description of forming a question through subject/verb inversion. Includes negation,, using 'est-ce' and 'y a-t-il', compound tenses etc. Provides both audio and written...
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Tex's French Grammar: Regular "Re" Verbs Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site with clear explanation of regular "re" verbs, with written and audio usage examples and interactive practice exercises.
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Tex's French Grammar: Contractions of a and De

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of forming conntractions with the prepositions "a" and "de", with written and audio usage examples and interactive practice exercises.
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Tex's French Grammar: Passe Compose With Avoir

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar clearly explains the uses, formation and negation of the passe compose, using high quality examples, dialogues, (both written and audio), and interactive exercises. Contains link to usage with etre as...
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Tex's French Grammar: Passe Compose With Etre

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tex's French Grammar clearly explains the uses, formation and negation of the passe compose, using high quality examples, dialogues, (both written and audio), and interactive exercises. Contains link to usage with avoir as...