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St. Patrick's Day: pictures

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students match words with pictures representing the day, watch a video, and fill in the blanks to sentences. Students complete 12 matches and 18 sentences.
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Recognizing Elements of a Short Story

For Students 6th - 8th
In this elements of a short story worksheet, learners are given definitions and must choose the element being defined.  Students are also given a selection to read and answer questions about.
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English Worksheets, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Mark Twain learning exercise, students fill in 24 blanks in 2 selections from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They use the words that are shown under each selection which include victory, appointed, conflict, and grotesque.
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The Great Gatsby: Intensely Thematic Quotes

For Students 10th - 12th
In this quotations from The Great Gatsby worksheet, students discover quotations that have great significance in terms of theme, character revelation, or plot significance.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 7th - 8th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words correspond to the theme of Memorial Day.
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Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Discover the origins and traditions of Halloween with a crafty lesson plan! Second graders create bats, monsters, witches, and ghosts with masks and puppets. Next, they share their work with their classmates in a fun...
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students listen to The Ballad of Ira Hayes and write paragraphs about his character. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson plan, students read the verses and chorus of the ballad aloud and make notes about Ira Hayes. Students write a...
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Egyptian Pyramids

For Students 3rd - 5th
A wonderful worksheet on the Egyptian pyramids awaits your students. In this reading comprehension and world history worksheet, students answer questions about the pyramids, and create a comic strip about one of the pyramids. Very nice!
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"World Enough, And Time"-Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze the poem, "To His Coy Mistress," by Andrew Marvell. They identify the theme of each stanza, complete a worksheet, take an online quiz, and write about a single metaphor or image from the poem.
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Reading Comprehension 7

For Students 8th - 11th
Use this reading comprehension assessment to prepare for a state test, or to assess your students' reading. After reading a four-paragraph passage, young learners answer seven questions on literary devices, tone, and author's purpose. An...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Halloween

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Halloween vocabulary learning exercise, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the complex options that all relate to Halloween.
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Agriculture is a Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore cycles in nature. In this cross curriculum agriculture lesson, students define "cycle" and research weather and planting folklore. Learners make a bracelet in which individual colored beads represent the many "cycles" of...
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Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete a chart of adjectives by typing in an adjective into the twenty text boxes.
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The Media and Social Justice in the United States

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate why the hip hop is sometimes called the CNN of black youth. They explore the political themes in American hip hop. Students examine the connection between art, media and social justice in hip hop.
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Deadly Dancing: Failure Proof Field Trips

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are given an opportunity to role play a particular period of American History. They engage in a field trip that is then reflected upon and further research is done in the class. Their final project is to act out a play they...
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Dealing With Tragedy in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Students compose a letter, organize a group effort, discuss the idea of patriotic symbols and explain their importance, use visual representations to express feelings and explain the importance of sustained volunteerism.
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Zombies at the Door

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Zombies at the Door worksheet, students read a 1 page story titled Zombies at the Door and then answer comprehension questions about it. Students answer 12 short answer questions.
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Seasons--Winter

For Students 3rd - 4th
This well-designed seasons worksheet has students look at 33 words, circle the words that are associated with winter, and complete 8 sentences by circling the multiple choice words that completes each sentence correctly. Students...
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Analyzing Poetry and Characters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate historical context by reading poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students discover the work of Michael Longley and examine his poem "Ceasefire."  Students identify the sonnets used in the piece and...
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In Flanders Fields and Comprehension Questions

For Students 8th - 11th
Especially appropriate for classroom use on Veteran's Day or Remembrance Day, this poetry activity asks learners to read Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's famous poem "In Flanders Fields." After reading, class members answer comprehension...
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Youngsters practice retelling a part of their favorite Native American tale to a small group of their peers. Peer partners assess each others performances. To keep comments positive and constructive, consider giving your class sentence...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 8th - 11th
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students enhance their personal vocabulary by learning words that begin with FL-blends. Students are allowed the use of dictionaries.
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Commas - Exercise 2

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Use this resource to reinforce punctuation and sentence structure skills in your grammar unit. Middle schoolers read the sentences and choose the option that corrects the error in comma usage within the sentence. The questions are...
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Poet Analysis: Ciaran Carson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students analyze lyrics and narration by reading poetry.  For this language arts lesson, students read and examine the poem Belfast Confetti.  Students discuss the topics and questions asked by the author Ciaran Carson.