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Sandwich Feast
Creative! Youngsters listen to the reading of "Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich" by Shel Silverstein as a warm up activity for a instructional activity in punctuation. They use bread-shaped pages, one for each type of punctuation, to...
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Present Simple Tense Worksheet
In this interactive grammar worksheet, learners read the 25 sentences and create their own questions about the underlined words. This worksheet is focused on the present simple tense.
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Comparing Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction
Students recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts. In this genre study instructional activity, students discuss what nonfiction means and write the definition. Students listen to a read aloud and vote whether the...
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism
Sudents compare specific excerpts from The Red Badge of Courage to first-hand accounts of Civil War battles, in text and images and list elements of Crane's style in The Red Badge of Courage that contribute to its realism.
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Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," from The Jungle Book, offers young readers a chance to examine how Rudyard Kipling uses setting and personification to bring to life the brave mongoose who battles cobras to protect his family. Class members...
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Cinderella Stories
Students read and compare Cinderella stories using a worksheet. They write and illustrate original tales with a twist.
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Story Starters
Students orally tell different types of stories using the assistance of props. For more advanced students, stories may be told according to a specific genre, or the story may have to include a given condition, setting, situation or theme.
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Kalahari Explorations
Students research the area of the Kalahari Desert. They use the online and print resources and evaluate the information they find. They present their information to the class.
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Conflicting Views
Young scholars complete a Venn diagram comparing the United States and Afghanistan. They research the history of the Taliban and how they relate to the United States and its foreign policy. They write a paper on possible solutions.
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Introduction to Traditional Oral Narratives
Students are introduced to the idea of traditional oral narratives and divide them into genres. They explore the genres of context, motifs and variants. Each student finds oral narratives in their own lives and practice retelling them in...
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May Writing Ideas
In this writing worksheet, students explore and discover a variety of ways to help make writing more interesting and creative.
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Nouns and Adjectives
In this nouns and adjectives worksheet, learners choose words from a word bank to fill in two blanks, an adjective and noun, to logically complete sentences. A mini-glossary helps students complete three sentences, some with multiple...
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The Storm Reading Comprehension - Short Stories
For this short story comprehension worksheet, students read a short story about "The Storm" and answer 5 comprehension multiple choice questions and 5 vocabulary multiple choice questions.
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The Greek Gods
In this Greek mythology worksheet, students solve and answer 15 clues pertaining to the Greek gods. Students fill in their answers to the 18 clues in the crossword puzzle provided for them.
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Great Lakes at Stake
Learners explore conservation of the Great Lakes. In this geography and ecology lesson, students identify the Great Lakes on a map and view a video depicting the history and importance of these lakes. Learners work in groups to research...
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A Day in the Life of a Homeless Person
Learners examine the day in the life of a homeless person. In this humanitarian lesson, learners examine the life of a homeless person while discovering the importance of social justice in our society.
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Thanks for Your Service
Students thank their freedom fighters. In this Veteran's Day instructional activity, students honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces by designing a program to pay tribute to them. Students use technology tools to conduct interviews, take...
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days- Lesson 7
Students review a book. In this reading comprehension lesson, students take a vocabulary and comprehension test. Students complete a book review activity of the book Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days, complete a story...
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Harriet Tubman Integrated Unit
Learners organize facts about Harriet Tubman. In this writing instructional activity, students research Harriet Tubman, sort facts about her into two categories, and use the information they have found to write about her life in complete...
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Author’s Purpose Activity
In this author's purpose activity, students read a few sentences about a book and then answer short answer questions about the author's purpose. Students complete 12 questions.
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An Age of Exploration
Students investigate U.S. history by examining North American timelines. In this American exploration lesson plan, students research the events that led to Columbus finding America and participate in a jeopardy game regarding his...
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Jeffrey and Sloth
Students listen to the story Jeffrey and Sloth and explore the six traits of writing. In this six traits of writing lesson, students practice doodling as a method of brainstorming ideas. Students then discover the importance of...
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Drawing Conclusions Based on Literary Elements
Students compare versions of Cinderella and draw conclusions based on the story elements identified. In this literacy comprehension and story elements lesson, students read several versions of Cinderella, complete a "Comparing Folklore"...
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Japanese Inspired Activities for the Classroom
Students become more aware of cultural differences by reading a variety of multicultural books about social issues. They assess various Haiku's by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Kamishibai stories by Dianne Clouet and snapshots from Japan by Peter...