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Writing the Essay
Relate the structure of the essay to the structure of a building. The class compares an essay to a building, with the writer being the architect, the introduction being the foundation, and so on. They use the visual representation of a...
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Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet
Using your school's media center, internet research, and a SMART board, 7th graders research a chosen poet and write a research report. Additionally, 7th graders explicate one poem by the poet within their report. Several resource links...
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The Daily Idiom
What is an idiom? Learners identify and read common idioms. They discuss what idioms are, and are given a black line master embedded in the plan that has 100 common idioms. Next, they complete "The Daily Idiom" worksheet, which is...
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Student Opinion: Who Inspires You?
Inspire your class to write about role models and personal heroes with this resource from The Learning Network. Class members read a New York Times article excerpt about basketball star Jeremy Lin and how he inspired the author. After...
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7th Grade World Religions Research Worksheet
A perfect resource to guide your young research analysts as they dive into a paper about any one of the major world religions. It includes very basic questions that pertain to the information necessary to compose a good expository paper...
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Developing an Outline
A lot of writers don't like creating an outline before writing the first draft of their paper. Introduce them to what an effective and organized outline looks like with this presentation. Designed for higher education, you could easily...
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Credible Sources on the Internet: What to Trust, What to Dismiss and When to Cite a Source
Wait, you mean researchers don't all use Wikipedia? Teach your class about intelligent research with a lesson about evaluating digital sources. The lesson starts with a quickwrite and includes vocabulary exercises and several...
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"How Do I Love Thee?" Supporting Ideas
Show your class what poem the famous line "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" comes from. Class members read Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem and respond to one question with a short paragraph. The question asks learners to use...
Polk Bros Foundation
Answer the BIG Question with Cited Examples and Evidence
Close up your unit of study with an examination of one of the guiding or essential questions as it relates to what your class has studied and other research. Class members first write down the question. Then they note down information...
Energy for Keeps
The Energy Times
Extra! Extra! Read all about past and present energy use in a classroom-made historical newspaper. Useful as a cross-curricular assignment between science, history, and language arts, the project is sure to get young journalists...
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Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing
Rome wasn't built in a day, but researchers can be with proper scaffolding. This writing unit has scholars write a research paper through scaffolding of various parts of the process. Learners begin with identifying a topic and crafting a...
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Food Labels in the Classroom
Students study the nutritional information on food labels and become familiar with the basic dietary needs of the human body. They write letters to food companies.
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Calligraphy, Handwriting And The Alphabet
Students produce calligraphy projects using writing skills and unique tools in this six-day Art activity. Emphasis is placed upon the work of Portland, Oregon calligraphy artist Inga Dubay and her experiences with "Italic" writing...
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Keyboarding: Formatting A Report Using MLA Style
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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This, That, These and Those
Read ten sentences and choose the correct pronoun: this, that, these, those, or that. Completes each sentence to be grammatically correct. Answer sheet is provided.
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There, Their and They're
Read ten sentences and choose which word completes each sentence correctly: there, their or they're. Answer sheet is provided.
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Either and Neither
Choose the correct pronoun, either or neither, to complete ten sentences. Make each one of them grammatically correct. Answer sheet is provided.
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Mixed Modals
In this grammar learning exercise, students choose in ten sentences the appropriate mixed modal of the action verbs may and can that make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Prepositions after Nouns
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate preposition in ten sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
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Hundred and Hundreds
In this grammar instructional activity, students choose the appropriate word, hundred or hundreds, to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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May or Might
For this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate verb, may or might, to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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Family
For this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate family or extended family member to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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No & Not
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate adjective or adverb, no or not, to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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Must & Can
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate verb, can or must, to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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