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The Guardian

Guardian: Alberto Fujimori Sentenced to 25 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Guardian correspondent Rory Carroll discusses the trial and sentencing of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. Links to related articles are provided. (April 7, 2009)
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The Guardian

Guardian: Ben Ali Sentenced to 35 Years in Jail

For Students 9th - 10th
Guardian correspondent Jo Adetunji discusses the trial and sentencing of former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife. (June 20, 2011)
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Articles: Word Stress and Sentence Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by Josef Essberger entitled "Word Stress and Sentence Stress: The Golden Key to English Pronunciation" explaining the meaning of stress, word stress, and sentence stress in English pronunciation.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 10th Grade Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on what grammar 10th graders need to know to be successful in the upper grades and college. These include the following: parts of speech, sentence structure/syntax, types of sentences, types of clauses, parallelism,...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Creative Writing Lesson Plan Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on ideas for lessons to teach creative writing such as Brain-Scrambler, Five-Sentence Paragraph, Obfuscatory Sentences, and Two-Sentence Response.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Grammar Identify Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on identifying objects in sentences including direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. Examples of each are provided.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 4th Grade Grammar

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This article focuses on the grammar of 4th grade including the beginning of more adult conversation, a grammar review from previous grades, more irregular verbs, prepositions and prepositional phrases, and improved sentence structure.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 1st Grade Grammar

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article discusses what grammar first graders need to know including how to count out syllables by clapping, what nouns and verbs are and the differences between them, and basic sentence structure (subject-verb-object).
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George Mason University

Chnm: The Most Brainiest Man

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating article about how a conversation about Lenin led to the conviction and six-month jail sentence for Joseph Yenowsky. Excellent article shows the extreme fear of Reds and communism in the 1920's.
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US National Archives

Nara: Declaration of Independence Stylistic Artistry

For Students 9th - 10th
On this National Archives and Records Administration web site, Stephen E. Lucas describes how the Declaration of Independence is a persuasive piece of literature. Lucus goes into details of the Declaration of Independence studying, at...
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BBC

Bbc: Week of 11 25 13: Steubenville Officials Charged With Blocking Rape Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
Nearly a year after the two rapists in the high-profile Steubenville, Ohio rape case were sentenced, a grand jury has stated that four adults within the school system worked to cover up their crimes. Learn how the state intends to pursue...
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BBC

Bbc News: Week of 12 23 13: Ugandan M Ps Pass Life in Jail Anti Homosexual Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In Uganda, a bill has recently been passed that will allow gay people to be sentenced to life in jail because of their sexual orientation. Learn why bill has been condemned by President Obama, and is causing many to flee for out of fear...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: College Writing Ctr at Meramec: Prepositional Phrases [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF demonstrates how to determine the subject and the verb in sentences with prepositional phrases and provides a list of the most common prepositions used in prepositional phrases.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 21 Homographs That'll Make Your Facebook Friends Scratch Their Heads

For Students 9th - 10th
This article features comical sentences that contain homographs.
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Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Talking Points Paper

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This article by Byron Walsh focuses on writing a talking points paper for a public speaker which consists of researched, accurate information provided in bulleted lists with follow up sentences on specific topics.
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Get It Write

Get It Write: Distinguish Between "Effect" and "Affect"

For Students 9th - 10th
"Effect" and "affect" are tricky words to keep straight. Each can be used as a noun or a verb, depending on the meaning of the sentence. This tutorial gives clear examples and explanations on the use of these two words. A brief quiz...
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Other

The Digital Scoop: Using Skitch in Kindergarten

For Teachers K - 1st
In this article, a teacher explains how she taught kindergarten students to take photographs. They were then shown how to open an iPad app called Skitch and add words to accompany their pictures. This was followed by a Math activity...
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Other

Texthelp: Making Essential Digital Communications Inclusive & Accessible

For Students 9th - 10th
Online content is often made inaccessible by our choices in font type, color, and size; the lack of captions on videos and alt tags on images; our use of complicated sentence structures; and, the lack of formatting and structure - to...
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Facts About the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

For Students 9th - 10th
The attack by a group of Islamic fundamentalists announced the growing threat of terrorism on US soil. Eighteen minutes after noon on February 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the basement parking garage below the north tower of the World...
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Towson University

Towson University: Active / Passive Voice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn the difference between active and passive voice as well as several way to change passive sentences into active voice.
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Other

Grinnell College: The Function of Word Order and Parallel Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fairly simple demonstration of the importance of word order in English sentences, with several examples. Also, a brief explanation of parallel structure, with examples. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style
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Other

Margie Holds Court: Six Thoughts on "Punctuation After "Yes" and "No""

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This is a discussion by a court reporter on when to use a comma or period after yes and no in response sentences with examples.
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Other

English Made in Brazil: Erros Comuns (Common Errors)

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the most common grammatical errors that Portuguese speakers are likely to make in English. Each error is analyzed, with special attention to mistakes Portuguese speakers typically make when translating their language's...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 9th Grade Grammar

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on 9th-grade grammar including the expectation for good grammar skills in all subjects. Things like run-on sentences and fragments are no longer tolerated.

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