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A Zoo Book for All

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A visit to the local zoo launches an integrated life science/ language arts research project into the habitat, feeding habits, offspring, lifespan, and other interesting facts about animals. Each group selects two animals to photograph...
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Narrative Writing--The Hobbit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Hobbits, dwarfs, wizards, trolls, and goblins. Readers track these fantastic creatures through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit noting passages of character description and habitats. Using specific passages from the novel, class...
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A New Word Everyday

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Hobbits, dwarfs, wizards, trolls, and goblins. Readers track these fantastic creatures through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit noting passages of character description and habitats. Using specific passages from the novel, class...
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Fun with Surnames: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students Higher Ed
Covering a unit of surnames, linguistics or the history of the English language? Then this might be a great pre-test or sponge activity for you. Test learners' knowledge of how and where certain surnames originated. As with all Fun...
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Finding an Apartment

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Students practice appropriate etiquette and language when finding an apartment. In this finding an apartment lesson, students role-play examples of manners associated with the task of looking for a place to live. Students work with a...
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School-Home Links: Descriptive Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this descriptive writing worksheet, students learn to add words that describe and make their writing better. Students find words that better describe an apple and write a descriptive sentence about it. Parents or guardians must sign...
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Writing and Understanding Descriptive Sentences

For Students 4th - 6th
In this descriptive writing instructional activity, students read five descriptive sentences and draw a picture of each of the people as they are described. Next students draw five more people, and write their own description of each one.
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School-Home Links: Writing Descriptions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this descriptive writing worksheet, students review the process of descriptive writing. Students choose a topic from the given list and then complete the brainstorming checklist. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Descriptive Paper - And Then There Were None

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.  In this characterization instructional activity, students locate passages that contain character descriptions and settings. Students write a descriptive essay on the...
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Descriptive Words

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore descriptive words. In this writing lesson, students practice using descriptive words that show instead of tell. Students complete a worksheet that requires them to rewrite the sentences using more descriptive words. 
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Writing Descriptive Sentences

For Students 6th - 12th
In this writing worksheet, students choose descriptive words from various categories to write expressive and descriptive sentences. Categories include: age, color, origin, material, adjectives, and nouns.
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Description Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this descriptive words instructional activity, students identify each picture. Students then write three descriptive words that describe the toys in each picture.
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ESL Adjective Descriptions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these English Language grammar worksheets, students learn to write descriptions using adjectives and forms of be. Students complete
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Job Descriptions

For Students 2nd
In these job descriptions worksheets, match the jobs and descriptions, complete the crossword puzzle about jobs, and then rewrite the sentences using he or she for the various jobs.
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Figurative Language Lesson

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write figurative descriptions of common objects using complete sentences. They read and interpret the figurative language of a poem.
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Cake Descriptions

For Students K - 1st
In this Cake Descriptions worksheet, students finish four sentences about four different cakes. Students may also color in a picture of each cake.
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Descriptive Character Analysis

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visualize a character or event and personalize it through drawings.
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Descriptive Prompt

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars create a detailed self portrait, and then write about their appearance.
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story "No Blue Food" in this lesson plan. They then discuss Allegra, the main character, and her hesitation to try new foods. They participate in a matching game in which they match cards to determine a fruit...
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Descriptive Writing About a Picture

For Teachers 1st
First graders word process a topic sentence, two detail sentences and a concluding sentence about an image. They import a picture and change the font color of their writing.
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Daily Language Exercises - Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine how to edit sentences daily as well as answer questions in complete sentences about the topic; in this case, seasons using the sheet provided. They practice editing skills to help them become better writers.
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Language Arts: Reading Non-Fiction

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students read and view information sent from seven high school students who travel to China. The daily reports that they send back to the weblog section of the site should be of high interest to students in Minnesota.
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Photography for Language Use and Awareness

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils make storyboards and take photographs for slides to illustrate stories or "how to" demonstrations and write and recorded scripts to accompany their slides.
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Language Arts: What Makes an Individual

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the teacher read "The Sneetches" prior to creating charts about their individual characteristics. After numerous examples of individuality, they compile them on chart paper. As an extension, 3rd graders write...

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