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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Henry's Homework Folder

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Henry who keeps forgetting his homework folder. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Simple Things Principals Can Do to Help All Children Read Well

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore a list of simple things that principals can do to help all children learn to read. Come and learn more about the collaboration process with school administrators, teachers and staff.
Interactive
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Homework Helper: Acids and Bases

For Students 3rd - 8th
As this video introducing properties and uses of acids and bases plays, roll over and click on parts of the presentation to read more information about specific related items and terms, like citric acid, reactions, ionic lights, ammonia,...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Age of Innocence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Edith Wharton's, The Age of Innocence, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including discussion activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Longfellow: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with discussion activities, homework assignments, and essay topics.
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Leo Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Homework Hubbub

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effectiveness of homework. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Nancy Poydar: Zip Zip Homework

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "Zip Zip Homework", written by Nancy Poydar. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Sound Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read some fast facts about sound energy first, then try a fourteen question review quiz. Check your answer after each question.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Forces Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
First, read some fast facts about forces, then take a ten-question, multiple-choice quiz. Check to see if your answers are correct after each question.
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Call for the Wild

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Jack London's, The Call of the Wild, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Bless Me, Ultima

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show,...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Fahrenheit 451

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A description and guide to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics....
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Jeffers: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to the poetry of Robinson Jeffers, including historical information, biographies, discussion questions, and lesson plans. Each one of ten lesson plans has discussion activities, writing exercises, vocabulary, and homework...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Ozick: The Shawl

For Students 9th - 10th
Readers guide to Cynthia Ozick's The Shawl, including historical context, author biography and discussion questions. Included teachers guide contains a ten-lesson unit with discussion activities, homework assignments, essay topics, and...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: A Lesson Before Dying

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Ernest J. Gaines' novel, A Lesson Before Dying, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and ten lesson plans with activities, homework assignments, project ideas and essay topics. A radio show, with...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, with historical information about the novel's Jazz Age setting, an author biography, and access to a radio program (audio plus transcript) of excerpts from the novel and analysis of its...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Joy Luck Club

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Maltese Falcon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show,...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: 5 Homework Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many students with learning or reading disabilities find homework challenging. Here are five research-based strategies that teachers can use to help students.

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