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The Clause That Refreshes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students define specialized terminology involving parts of speech. They identify main and subordinate clauses and create complex sentences. They edit and revise writing to incorporate complex sentences and identify parts of speech...
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Writing a Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students edit a bibliography. In this three part writing lesson, students edit and revise a first draft of a bibliography.
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Sentence Construction

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Switch it up! Present young writers with suggestions for how to add variety and interest to their writings. Using a draft of one of their papers, viewers bracket the first words of their sentences and use the provided questions to...
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End of the Year Writing Portfolio Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Ask class members to reflect on their year-long writing experience by creating a portfolio of their work. Here's a resource that details what should be included in such a portfolio, and provides a rubric that can be used to assess the...
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Language Arts: Take Me to the Hall of Fame

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars write persuasive letters supporting a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Once they have written the letter, they respond to it from the coach's point of view. In addition, students compose various conclusions to their...
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What Is Courage?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students brainstorm definitions of the word "courage." They work in cooperative groups to complete tasks related to critical lense statements. Students write an essay of critical analysis. They write a first draft, and peer edit . Essays...
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Defining Character Traits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze an extended definition in preparation for writing an extended definition of a CHARACTER TRAIT. They use analogy as a definition strategy to tailor writing to a particular audience. Finally, students SHARE...
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students write an essay comparing and contrasting Frank Parris and George Ballad. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson, students brainstorm vocabulary used to show comparison and create a model thesis statement. Students write their...
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Parts of Speech: Active Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use White Fang to help them study active verbs. In this grammar lesson, students define active verbs and find examples in the the novel White Fang. Students then use ProQuest to research a place they'd like to visit. Students...
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Writer's Chair

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students peer edit and present a piece of writing to the class.  In this writing lesson, students work in groups of three to peer edit their favorite piece of writing.  Students take turns sitting in the "Writer's Chair" and presenting...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2, Unit 2, Lesson 12

For Teachers 9th Standards
Ninth graders demonstrate their understanding of a central idea in Oedipus the King with a mid-unit writing assessment. Writers formulate a claim about the connection between prophecy and Oedipus's actions and craft an in-class essay...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 17

For Teachers 9th Standards
Eighth graders demonstrate their understanding with the final assessment in a literary analysis unit based on Karen Russell's short story, "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves." Having prepared for the assessment in the last few...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2, Unit 2, Lesson 20

For Teachers 9th Standards
Oedipus' lack of literal and figurative vision does not mean he cannot see his guilt in the terrible fates of Laius, Jocasta, and all the lives touched by prophecy. Conclude a literary analysis unit on Sophocles' Oedipus the King with a...
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Literacy Design Collaborative

The House on Mango Street

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street, class members craft an essay in which they use evidence from a variety of vignettes to demonstrate how Cisneros develops Esperanza's character.
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Scrapbook

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars, using photos as their inspiration, develop six personal narratives, then edit and revise them.
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Irish Eyes: Taking a Look at Local Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Direct your class’s attention to the elements that make their community unique. After examining sample travel brochures, groups select something from their community to use as the subject, and then research, create, and publish a...
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Who wouldn't want to create their own holiday? Use the 12 elements of a holiday to have learners of all ages create their own holiday. These days, it seems like we make any excuse for a holiday! Consider having some fun with your kids...
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Rockin' Picture Books

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners demonstrate their knowledge of the rock cycle by creating picture books.
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Word Wake

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Put your common writing errors to rest with this resource, which prompts high schoolers to create eulogies and tombstones for overused and incorrect words. They work on correcting common errors in spelling and usage mistakes in their own...
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Persuasive Elements

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Investigate letters to the editor and their persuasive qualities. Break your class into reading groups and give each one a different article. As they read, they complete a graphic organizer to record their thoughts and opinions. There is...
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Greenewables

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students form expert engineering teams working for the (fictional) alternative energy consulting firm, Greenewables, Inc. Each team specializes in a form of renewable energy used to generate electrical power: passive solar, solar...
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The People's Design Award

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students analyze, critique, and evaluate information from various sources and learn about the design process. In this design lesson, students critique work submitted to People's Design Award and create a design of their own to present to...
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Digital Dreams

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a speech.  In this dreams lesson, students define the word dreams and list their own dreams.  Students read and discuss Langston Hughes work, read and discuss excerpts from speeches by JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr., and...
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Surviving AIDS

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Enhance your middle and high schoolers' research skills with this lesson. After viewing a video clip about HIV and AIDS, high schoolers identify the facts and issues surrounding the disease. They work together to create a newspaper...

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