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Twain's Hannibal

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the life around Hannibal, Missouri, during the latter half of nineteenth century. They use various online and print resources to determine what effects this location had on the writings of Mark Twain. Students...
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Historical Events in Utah History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders choose a topic they are interested in related to the history of Utah. Using the internet, they research the topic making sure to cite where they gathered the information and take notes. To end the lesson, they write their...
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Stories That Grow on Trees

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write their own choose-a-plot book. They develop skills in creating plot structure and think through a logical line of story action. They invent characters with striking physical and psychological attributes.
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Stories That Grow on Trees

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners create their own plot-choice story after reading and discussing a commercially published plot-choice book.
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Life Lessons: Imagination

For Teachers K
Students look at clouds and find some that are shaped like various items. They also pretend they are animals and make movements and sounds to resemble the animals.
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Lesson One: Mark Twain and Will Rogers - American Originals

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research the lives of Mark Twain and Will Rogers. They watch videos and research websites to find information and compile examples of each man's writings which they present to the class.
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Novel Evaluation Presentations

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students summarize and make predictions about the novel, "Huckleberry Finn". They discuss their opinions with the class. They give a one-minute novel evaluation about another novel and choose a novel based on their classmate's...
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with A and B

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to explanation of how to put words beginning with "A" and "B" in alphabetical order observing examples. They then complete the worksheet to work on the skill independently.
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Rhyming Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners describe fruits and vegetables using rhyming verses. They discuss the Five Fruits and Vegetables a Day campaign and rhyming words, and create a rhyming riddle using the "Rhyming Riddles" worksheet.
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Billy's Blue Ball

For Teachers K
Students explore the letter B, the /b/ sound, and identify the letter B in words. Students read a tongue twister emphasizing the /b/ sound. They then practice writing the letter /b/ while saying the sound. Finally, they complete an...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this biography worksheet, students read a factual biography of Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain. The students then answer 14 questions. Note: there is a grammar/spelling error in the title on this page.
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Improving Your Style Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing style worksheet, students learn to improve their style by replacing nouns and noun phrases with pronouns. Students complete three activities to help them with pronouns.
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Stink-O-Rama

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners participate in activities that require them to follow clues. In this clues lesson, students do different activities that involve looking and thinking about clues to get them to their answer.
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Writing A Summary - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this literature lesson, students read one of his short stories listed and then summarize the story in a written piece.
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Understanding Genres

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify genres of literature. For this literature instructional activity, young scholars read definitions of the various genres. Young scholars choose books and list clues in the texts that help them identify the...
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)

For Students 8th - 10th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay response to one of the passages. 
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Alphabet Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this alphabet learning exercise, students write one word for each letter of the alphabet. One word for each letter is already given for students.
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Theme: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify at least ten different dinosaurs and name them. Students explain the difference between plant-eating dinosaurs and meat-eating dinosaurs. Students explain how scientists know about dinosaurs.
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Tom Jones Part III

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Tom Jones.
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design: Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Arts, Global Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students gather information about a country and work as a team. They use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represents the country they pick. They explore locations, languages, flags, and emblems for various countries.
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The Painting Ballerina

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students read one or two chapters from The Painting Ballerina, then pick a scene or idea from the story that is very vivid in their imagines and draw it. They display their finished works and talk about them as a class.
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Brainstorming for Consensus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice brainstorming ideas about different topics. They discover how to come to a consensus about a given situation, by evaluating their brainstorming ideas.
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Flat Stanley Letter

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a letter requesting that the recipient assist the student in his/her Flat Stanley project.
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Down And Dirty

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice reading and review holiday language. They practice comparatives and superlativies, and the language of persuasion.

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