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Literature: Porgy and Bess

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the various portrayals of African-Americans in literature, focusing on the opera, Porgy and Bess. They conduct Internet research on African-American culture between the two World Wars. Students write fictional or...
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Four Vocabulary and Word Work Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th
In these vocabulary and word work worksheets, students fill the blanks with proper endings, make adverbs from adjectives, determine incorrect words in sentences, and match pictures with the proper nouns. They complete four pages.
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Using Nouns and Pronouns

For Students 5th - 6th
In this use of nouns and pronouns learning exercise, students complete short paragraphs using the correct form of the words in the word banks. They fill the blanks with nouns or pronouns.
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You've Got to be Taught to Hate and Fear

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore themes of prejudice and acceptance. In this character education lesson, students listen and respond to several fiction books, poems, and lyrics with a similar theme. Students locate articles with the main idea of...
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Quiz: Subjects and Objects

For Students 4th - 6th
In this subject/object worksheet, students follow an example and describe grammatical structure of 9 additional sentences, showing subject, verb object, preposition and object of preposition.
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Possessive Nouns and Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this nouns worksheet, students read eight paragraphs and study the pictures that go with each. Students fill in the blanks with the correct form of the noun or pronoun in the word box.
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Comprehension Questions for Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

For Students 4th - 5th
In this comprehension questions for Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear worksheet, students read the book, then answer 12 comprehension questions
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Drama and Dance

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a dance that tells a story then they use the dance for inspiration and write their own. In this drama and dance lesson, students discover how the May and Aztec would dance to covey a concept or story. Students work in...
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Present Simple and Present Continuous

For Students 5th - 7th
In this present simple and present continuous worksheet, students rewrite sentences in the negative form, interrogative form, affirmative form, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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What Is the Language of Television?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the language of moving pictures. By creating and understanding the basic building blocks used to form a video sequence (wide shot, medium shot and close-up),they discover how communication is enhanced. A great,...
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Adjectives/participles Used As Adjectives --"ing" And "ed"

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, learners learn to use adjectives which end in "ed" and "ing" by completing 10 sentences. Students choose from 2 words to best complete the sentence. Example: What an ----trip! (exhausting, exhausted)
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The Contender: Chapters 12 and 13

For Students 10th - 11th
In The Contender chapter questions worksheet, students complete several questions that cover information from chapters twelve and thirteen. This helps students advance their understanding of the text.
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English and Literacy: Children's Rights - Expanded Paragraphs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write expanded paragraphs about children's rights. For this writing and children's rights lesson, students listen to Caroline Castle's, For Every Child, noting the points about children's rights on each page. They discuss each...
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Although, Despite, and Inspite of Exercise

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word choice activity, students read the sentences and complete them with the words although, despite, or inspite. Students complete 10 exercises.
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Short Vowel A: Find and Circle

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short A words worksheet, students read 15 words in a box that all have the letter A. Students circle all the short vowel words and write them on the lines.
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Simple Present and Present Continuous

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this simple present and present continuous instructional activity, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.