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Choose Your Defense: Spines, Vomit and Camouflage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate defensive mechanisms of insects and organisms.  For this biology lesson, students draw imaginary caterpillars as well as imaginary parasites that will harm the caterpillar.  Students utilize the Internet to discover...
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Curated OER

The Three Forms Of Business

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify and define, in writing, the three forms of business organizations. After a lecture/demo, 11th graders complete an assignment that's imbedded in this plan. They discover the advantages, and disadvantages, of each...
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Curated OER

Project Whistlestop

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners conduct research and present a part of Kansas City history to the class. They develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research. They use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information.
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Curated OER

Designer Genes For A Designer World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how organisms adapt to their environments through changes in their genetic codes. They create make-believe creatures and environments that have specific characteristics.
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Curated OER

Note Taking

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discover how to transfer information from highlighted articles to note cards. Providing students with an organized system to collect and record data provide them with a lifelong skill.
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Curated OER

Peer Editing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners write a well-organized persuasive essay which contains a thesis, supporting evidence, and uses at least one of the three persuasive appeals. They evaluate a peer's essay for correct use of the above elements.
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Curated OER

Said Is Dead

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students revise writing to improve organization and word choice. They check for logic, order of ideas and precision of vocabulary. Students list different verbs for the word "said." They write dialogue in which the speakers tell a story...
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Curated OER

Writing an Autobiography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify life goals as they write an autobiography. They write a strong introduction for their autobiography. Students write a sequences of events using their Life Map as a graphic organizer. They write facts accurately...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The One-Question Interview

For Students 9th - 12th
In this interview worksheet, high schoolers choose one interview question. The questions deal with the economy, nonprofit organizations, and community service. There are fifteen questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell Organelles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore biology by researching living cells. In this living organism instructional activity, students participate in a role-playing activity in which all the students in class form one plant cell by portraying specific parts of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Peer Editing Checklist

For Students 7th - 11th
A handout to guide peer editors, this checklist delineates common problems with paragraph structure and specific proofreading items to check. It also provides encouragement about the collaborative part of the writing process. Formats...
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Writing
Curated OER

Paragraph Development Exercise: Simple to Complex

For Students 9th - 12th
Looking for an organizational writing pattern to teach your class? Consider showing them how to structure a paragraph using the complexity of ideas as a guide. Provide the example included here to give them an idea of what is expected. 
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Activity
Weebly

Holocaust Diary Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a good interdisciplinary project that combines creative and narrative writing with studies of the Holocaust. Your young historians will compose a diary of experiences from the perspective of an individual living during the time...
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Indian River State College

Argumentative (Persuasive) Essay Guidelines

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a handout that outlines six great steps to structuring an argumentative essay, which can be continually referenced as you teach your class about persuasive writing.
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Activity
Shoop English

Literature Terms Activity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Designed to be used with an independent reading book, this activity provides practice with identifying and explaining literary terms. While they read, individuals find instances of literary devices and elements in use in their books....
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Turabian Teacher Collaborative

Introductions: Formulating Problem Statements

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Describing a problem efficiently doesn't solve it, but a well-crafted argument can move readers to action. High schoolers focus on structuring problem statements by reading examples of strong essays and working in groups to create their...
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The New York Times

The One-Question Interview

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Generate interest in current events, the theme of a new unit, or a research project. Individuals select a question from the list generated by the class, conduct one-on-one interviews, analyze the responses, draw conclusions based on...
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Assessment
Fluence Learning

Writing About Informational Text: The Dred Scott Decision

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Looking for a performance assessment that asks individuals to demonstrate their competency in writing about informational text? Use Frederick Douglass' essay "On the Dred Scott Decision," and an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's 1857 speech...
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Unit Plan
Queen's Printer for Ontario

Composers in Music History

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
What do Johann Sebastian Bach and Miles Davis have in common? Much more than class members might imagine. The comparison of these two famous composers is just one lesson in a unit that investigates many facets of the music industry...
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Unit Plan
Northern Lights Special Education Cooperative

Lessons from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
As part of a study of  Sean Covey, the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens learners write autobiographical e-mails, hold discussions, create a collage, and compose a personal mission statement. Pupils then have a chance to...
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Penguin Books

An Educator's Guide to The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Jack the Ripper terrorized London in the late 1800s. An educator's guide for the novel The Name of the Star places the historical figure in a modern context. Readers complete a pre-reading activity before answering a series of discussion...
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Curated OER

Graphic Writing Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and develop graphic writing webs, writing supporting ideas for a given topic.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

So, Who Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners brainstorm adjectives that describe people, discuss different ways of comparing and/or finding contrast in describing a person, and write drafts of their descriptions.
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National First Ladies' Library

What Does It Mean to Give Your Time?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and consider what it means to sacrifice time and effort in helping others. Then they decide areas where their help may be needed, and pursue this area in the local community. Students also search the World Wide Web to...

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