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Andy Warhol and Silkscreen Pop Art

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore art history by researching famous paintings on-line. In this Andy Warhol lesson, students discuss who Warhol was, his impact on popular art and methods of painting. Students examine his use of silk screen printing and...
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Art as Storyteller

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how paintings tell stories. They read biographies about artists, analyze paintings, research and write the art history of a painting, write a creative story based on the painting, and create a painting in the artist's...
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Language Study: Slang

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
That slang is the bomb! A simple handout explains to learners what informal language is and when it is appropriate. After reading, have your class write a few sentences using both informal and formal English. They can trade papers...
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Designing a Civilization for an Art Room

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ideas of civilizations by researching Gandhi's philosophies.  In this art decoration lesson, students investigate Gandhi's opinions on civilizations, community and ethics.  Students collaborate by...
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Electric Light Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a poem about a single work of art by Flavin.  In this descriptive response activity, students express their feelings about the work and organize words into phrases.  Students arrange word phrases on paper to form...
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Art and Science

For Students 4th - 8th
In this art and science activity, students fill in the blanks to the sentences about art and science by choosing the correct word. Students complete 15 sentences.
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry : Art Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this reading response worksheet, students create a word of art depicting a scene in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students use lead pencils or charcoal to make a picture in black and white because color photography was not...
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The Great Art of Henri Matisse

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners discover the artistic works of Henri Matisse, and examine what his work means. For this art lesson, students observe the different paintings/collages of Henri Matisse, eventually creating works of their own based on his style.
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Spelling Practice (Fine Arts Words)

For Students 4th - 5th
For this spelling worksheet, students explore words that relate to fine arts. Students practice their twenty spelling words by writing them and writing a paragraph using as many of the words as possible.
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Utilizing Art, Literature and Film to Teach Black History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to different aspects of African-American history through literature, art, and films. As a class, they are read a story about the Underground Railroad, identify the main characters and put the events into...
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Young Writer's Workshop- Writing Prompt Worksheet- Art Museum

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writer's workshop writing prompt, worksheet students response and extend a writing prompt that says, "Curt and his mom walked through the art museum looking at paintings. Curt said, 'I think I could...'"
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Up-to-Date Aesop

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students translate one of Aesop's fables into a modern setting with modern language. They illustrate a fable using art supplies or illustration software on the computer.
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Describer-Drawer Game

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What's life with out a little fun and games now and then? This game helps kids practice many different skill sets. Child one takes a card then attempts to dictate how to draw the object to child two. Child two draws an object based on...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
A comprehensive presentation on narrative writing, this should be shown to a class before the writing process begins. There are not activities listed, so pupils can take notes on the elements of narrative writing and figurative language....
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Time Capsule: Oral Presentation

For Teachers 1st - 12th
A great way to gain proficiency when learning a new language is to prepare an oral presentation.  In this foreign language instructional activity, pairs collaborate to develop a Time Capsule which they present to their class using...
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Similes with Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write or dance a simile to show the relationship between two unlike nouns. In this simile and grammar lesson, 5th graders explore dance movements and identify smooth and sharp energy examples. Students review...
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Using Citations in a Research Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th
As a prequel to a research assignment, class members explore writing citations in the modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) formats. In pairs, or individually, researchers use books and magazines...
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My Daily Routine

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Foreign language learners work in pairs to translate the daily routine of celebrities or everyday people, presented in daily planner format, into English. They then illustrate and record their own daily routines in storyboard (film...
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Metaphors, Similes and Expressions

For Students 5th - 10th
“Her cutting words were weapons that inflicted wounds upon my soul.” Figurative language is the focus of a worksheet that asks learners to underline the figurative language used in each example, and then to label each phrase as a...
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Keyboarding: Formatting A Report Using MLA Style

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Introduce your class to the MLA style of formatting. In addition to studying the formatting, learners improve language skills and review word processor features. They use the Interwrite SchoolPad for the first time to assist in proofing...
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Fear Factor Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students develop "Fear Factor" stunts using descriptive language. In this writing lesson, students watch clips from the show "Fear Factor" and develop their own stunts. Students write and explain the stunts in vivid language.
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Derbyshire Accent Project 1

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Compare the Derbyshire accent to Standard English. There are eight common differences between the two languages for learners to discover. A great worksheet to start a discussion on the various forms and conventions of Standard English.
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Transport and Dialect

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Cultivating an interest in native dialects and how they differ from Standard English is an excellent introduction to the study of language. This resource looks at the dialectic words of the British Isles that are used for methods of...
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Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...

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