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Community Ripple

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Originally designed to be used along with a text that is not included, this plan contains a graphic organizer and word guessing game to help readers use decoding strategies to gain new vocabulary. A set of questions relating to community...
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Declarative and Interrogative Sentences

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners write interrogative and declarative sentences in a short message. After seeing many examples of these types of sentences, students write sentences of their ownl.
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Analyzing Advertising Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils study hyperbole and imagery in advertising. In this advertising techniques instructional activity, students identify hyperbole and imagery in print advertisements.
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Reader's Theater, Rehearsal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils rehearse a play.  In this Reader's Theater lesson, students practice reading a play, Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria by Aaron Shepard. Pupils discuss fluency, intonation, and volume when presenting.
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Argumentation and Logic

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students recognize inductive and deductive reasoning and analyze common fallacies in critical thinking.  For this argumentation and logic lesson, students use role playing activities and specific instances of inductive and deductive...
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Reader Response: Keith Gilyard and Mourning Dove

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students respond to Mourning Dove's Coyote Stories by discovering Native American storytelling. They create a traditional lodge and write their own stories.
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Build a Snowplow

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 40: Rock and Poetry: A Thematic Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Rock music can serve as a way to increase student interest in the curriculum, and a way to help students make sense of who they are and what their place is in the world, so asking students to bring in their own music to teach each other...