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Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: June 2011

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Get those pencils sharpened—it's time to see what the class knows! Using the resource, scholars complete a four-part English examination. They read passages and respond to multiple-choice comprehension questions. They also complete two...
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Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Test Exercises 2

For Students 4th - 10th
For this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 62 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of gerunds, infinitives, questions, conditionals, comparatives, passive voice, reported speech, and prepositions....
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Activity
Smarter Balanced

Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
How does poetry differ from other forms of writing? Class members view two writing samples, decide which one is a poem, and then identify the criteria they used to distinguish between the two samples.  
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Unit Plan
Orange Public Schools

Stagecraft

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The house lights dim, the curtain parts, lights slowly come up, revealing the stage. Before the actors appear, before a word is spoken, the audience is drawn in by the lighting, by the colors, by lines of the set, by the props, and...
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Activity
Street Law

Mock Trial - Ricki Jones v. Metro City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Was Metro City negligent? The parents of a young AIDS patient sue the city when their son dies after drinking water from contaminated pipes.
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Study Guide
University of California

Word Analysis Student Workbook

For Students 8th - 10th
Seven strategies for deducing meaning (context clues and signal words, multiple-choice strategies, structural clues, direction, charge, word association, and deconstruction) are presented in a packet designed to develop word analysis...
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Unit Plan
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SOAR

Multicultural Youth Leadership

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Teens of the world, unite! Take your class or club on a multicultural journey through the relationship between cultural values and teen leadership skills. Groups work together to learn about one another's cultures while examining the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water in Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discover the horrible situation of water shortages that many people face by completing Peace Corps activities.  In this global health lesson, students analyze and discuss photographs of people in Africa struggling to find water....
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

Synecdoche vs. Metonymy: Definitions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Ask your class to lend their ears, and eyes, to a short video that defines and offers examples of synecdoche and metonymy. Whether it be brand names like Kleenex® and Band-aids® that have come to stand for all the products in a category,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mineral Identification

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the environment by examining mineral characteristics.  In this mineral lesson plan, students perform scientific observations in groups in which they identify minerals found in everyday objects by using a worksheet. ...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Methods of Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students utilize the scientific method to discover the age of an item.  In this historical dating lesson, students compare and contrast a 400 year old cabinet to one made within a few years by using carbon dating.  Students complete a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Max and Wife

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in a game to see who knows each other best.  In this getting to know you lesson, students discuss several questions and work in pairs to get to know each other.  Students are then asked questions about their partner....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Upper-Intermediate English Grammar Review # 3

For Teachers 6th - 10th
DUPLICATE students complete grammar worksheet.