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Music and Lyrics
Eighth graders analyze lyrics from songs from a variety of genres. For this musical analysis lesson, 8th graders write an essay about their life plans in which they discuss the lyrics of U2's song, "One." They tell how the writings of...
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Analysis of Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Pupils analyze a photo of Dorothea Lange and make connections to its historical context by creating a written and visual response. In this photograph analysis lesson, students analyze Lange's photograph and explain the historical impact...
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The Art of Persuasion
Students practice persuasive writing by creating a travel brochure. In this creative writing instructional activity, students research a popular tourist destination they would like to visit and create a brochure enticing readers to...
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The Book Project
In this book project worksheet, students select a container to decorate and fill with questions, vocabulary, and other items that depict the elements of the text in some way.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
In this Harry Potter worksheet, students complete a project. Students design their own school with the curriculum, its physical location, design and management, school uniform, school rules, recreation and entertainment, occupations and...
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Persuasion: Analyzing Persuasive Writing
Students examine and create persuasive essays. In this writing instructional activity students engage in activities that allow them to understand how a persuasive essay is constructed so they may compose their own.
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Galaxies – Descriptive Writing
Students explore the five senses and how to incorporate them into their writing to make it come to life. In this descriptive writing lesson, students must describe objects by touching them without seeing, and describe different smells. ...
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Recycling
Students examine biodegradable materials. In this recycling lesson, students research biodegradable materials. Students break into groups and design a product that is completely made of biodegradable materials. Students list the items...
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Examining newspapers
Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...
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Freedoms of the Press
Students examine journalism ethics. In this journalism lesson, students complete a think, pair, share activity about the journalistic code of ethics. Students then discuss an ethics scenario.
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Recording the Deed: Note-Taking on Heroes
Students prepare to write summaries of heroes. In this note-taking lesson, students listen to a guest speaker discuss the attributes of unsung heroes and take Cornell method notes.
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Investigative Reporting: Module 3 'On Assignment'
Students choose and create an investigative journalism piece. For this journalism writing lesson, students work in groups to develop and investigative television show. The end result is for students to create a video with a 40 minute run...
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Protecting Man's Best Friend
Students read about how dogs help people. In this language arts lesson, students select a topic and create a presentation about dogs. Students choose the type of presentation to create.
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We Write to Read
Students are introduced to cursive handwriting as a symbolic language system. In this cursive handwriting lesson, students apply the Peterson sequence approach and practice gross motor patterning and action word rhythm. Students then...
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Anatomy of the Brain
Students explore human anatomy by completing a quiz. In this brain lesson, students read assigned text which discusses the different elements of the human brain and how they are used in everyday experiences. Students answer a multiple...
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Internet Pen Pals
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Love Poetry
Students are introduced to poetry an a vehicle that is used everyday. They realize that they deal with poetry everyday via the radio. Students begin to analyze all the amazing things one can do with words and form. They listen to, read...
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Writing a press release
Students scan through a selection of newspapers or online stories from the Newsround website and chose one story each. They use the top TWO paragraphs of the story to complete the grid of the four W's.
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December Celebrations
Young scholars explore the various ways people in our country and other countries conduct celebrations during the month of December. They research the celebration they've chosen and will present this to the class.
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Persuasive Letter about Smoking
Young scholars write a persuasive letter to someone they care about who smokes. They must use both logical and emotional appeals in their letter.
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Build a Journal
Students prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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Adventuring in the Archipelago
Students study Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle and his visit to the Gal??pagos Islands. They click through an interactive map of the Gal??pagos Islands to read actual and fictional journal entries from a fellow eco-tourist.
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The Great Scientists
Students discuss the characteristics of competent scientists. By researching selected scientists on the Internet, they gather and organize collected information into a cohesive paper.
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Mythology Newspaper....The Trojan Times
Students are assigned to a writing group: news stories, obituaries and births, classifieds, comics, gossip, sports and editorials. The newspaper covers mythological figures in history. This is a very clever, meaningful lesson in mythology!
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