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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Decisions and Consequences

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Teach young learners that most drug addictions end in one of three outcomes: treatment, jail, or death. After watching a short video segment on the consequences of drug abuse, class members discuss what they viewed and consider what...
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Handout
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Poetic Elements

For Students 9th - 12th
Poetry is all about sound and rhythm. The sound of the words, the rhythm of the lines, and the emotional atmosphere created by these elements and the literary devices poets use, compress whole stories into a few stanzas. The specialized...
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Cliches, Paradoxes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clichés, paradoxes, and equivocations are detailed in a short, animated video that defines and illustrates these writing traps. The resource also includes a quiz and the transcript for the video. Users can register to access free course...
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PPT
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Eng 312: Final Exam

For Teachers Higher Ed
When paired with other powerpoints by Don L.F. Nilsen, this final exam covers topics addressed throughout previous lectures (slide 14 specifies which lectures should be reviewed). Teachers could use this presentation to craft their own...
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Worksheet
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Word Pair Analogies 7: High-Advanced Level (Gre)

For Students 10th - 12th
Analogies are a great way to develop vocabulary and critical thinking skills. This resource directs learners to craft a bridge sentence that makes apparent the relationship between the first pair of words. They then search for the same...
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Word Pair Analogies 6 (high-advanced level)

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Linking words together in an analogy really deepens one's understanding of the word at hand. Use the example provided to guide your advanced English speakers (both native and non-native) in this analogy practice. More than likely, your...
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Ghosts and Spirits

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Connect poetry to a naturally kid-friendly topic: ghosts! Draw on your class's prior knowledge of the paranormal to help them access the classic poem "Haunted House" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. After a fun warm-up activity describing...
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PPT
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Introduction to Writing Traits and Writing Strategies

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Intended for an audience of teachers, this presentation lays out the six traits of writing, the writing process, and the teaching process for traits and strategies. If you are trying to understand the writing process more fully, you...
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Bright Hub Education

How to Write an Essay Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Clichéd and repetitive introductions got you down? Try this lesson on for size! Start off by instructing your class members on techniques for writing introductions and what types of introductions they should avoid. Several general lesson...
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Virginia Department of Education

Editing and Proofreading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This task is best utilized after a rough draft revision is completed. Writers pair-up and identify when the author uses the passive voice, clichés, and wordiness.  Basic examples for the revision points are provided for the instructor to...
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Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
There is nothing more frustrating than discussing theme in literature, and now the Common Core requires that your learners determine two or more, and discuss the development of it throughout the text. This is crazy, but manageable with...
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Metaphoric Self Portrait

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create 3D self-portraits using various sculpture materials that convey different meanings and emotions.
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Worksheet
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Simile Bingo

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simile bingo worksheet, students play bingo with words and pictures on it and fill in the blanks to similes with those words. Students play with 4 players.
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Talk to the Hand

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the significance of various body parts in artistic and social expression. They research a body part and create a museum installation depicting the artistic and social significance of the body part throughout history.
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Read More Than Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, visually read photographs from the Farm Security Administration taken during the Great Depression. They analyze the photos and present their observations to the class.
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That's My Line

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to brainstorm dialogues intended to persuade another person to engage in a sexual activity. They supply creative and persuasive refusals to these requests.
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Identity: A Path to Self-Esteem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a brainstorming activity in which they identify the types of decisions they make everyday. Individually, they complete a worksheet on making decisions effectively. After reading a poem, they identify the...
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The Drake Equation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Drake Equation to calculate the probability of sustaining life on various planets. Through the use of the equation, they determine whether intelligent and advanced civilizations can be developed on planets other than...
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MacBeth Activity Using Alanis Morissette's "Wake Up"

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners analyze Macbeth through the lens of a pop song. In this Macbeth lesson plan, students read Act I, Scene 7 of Macbeth and determine Lady Macbeth's viewpoint. Learners read the lyrics to Alanis Morrissette's song 'Wake Up' and...
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Swipes at the Auto Industry

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the auto industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Humor Helps Hammer a Point Home

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the use of ridicule in cartoons and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Worksheet
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Comforting the Afflicted

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons about defending those who cannot defend themselves. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Every Dog Has Its Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the use of imagery in writing. In this writing lesson plan, students create a writing piece that features sensory images without resorting to the use of clichés.
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How To Be Persuasive in an Entertainment Review

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write persuasively through description and word choice while reviewing a topic of interest to them.

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