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Roald Dahl

The Twits - Mr Twit Gets a Horrid Shock

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Mr. and Mrs. Twit do not treat each other very nicely. The sixth instructional activity in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl explores the way the characters talk to and treat one another. Role play and...
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Poetry4kids

Simile and Metaphor Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Similes and metaphors are the focus of a poetry lesson complete with two exercises. Scholars read poetry excerpts, underline comparative phrases, then identify whether it contains a simile or metaphor. They then write five...
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Curated OER

President Obama's Address to Students Across America

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students write about goals, responsibility, and persistence, and listen to President Obama's speech. In this President Obama lesson students create concept webs, listen with a purpose, and list the challenges of our generation.
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Curated OER

Independent - To Be Or Not To Be

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine national symbols of freedom and speech strategies. They study the constitution, forefathers, and the Declaration of Independence.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Was nonviolent resistance the best means of securing civil rights for black Americans in the 1960s? In this highly engaging and informative lesson, your young historians will closely analyze several key documents from the civil rights...
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Curated OER

Democracy in the Middle East

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain that President Bush's foreign policy to promote democracy is a departure from the Cold War policy of containment, and examine the reasons this policy has been proposed at this time.
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Curated OER

Homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....
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Curated OER

Noun-mania

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study nouns and verbs. In this parts of speech lesson, students use laminated pattern letters and write out as many nouns to spell out the word "n-o-u-n." They then repeat the activity with verbs.
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Curated OER

Nouns Used as Indirect Objects

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this nouns as indirect objects instructional activity, students underline verbs that show action, circle direct objects, and check the indirect objects in sentences. Students complete 10 problems.
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Student Achievement Partners

Laura Hillenbrand's "Unbroken" and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston's "Farewell to Manzanar"

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Passages from Unbroken and Farewell to Manzanar provide the context for a study of the historical themes of experiencing war, resilience during war, and understanding the lasting trauma of war. Appendices include extension...
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Curated OER

Punctuation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar learning exercise, students punctuate seventeen pairs of sentences in accordance with the directions printed below each pair.
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Curated OER

The Verb Do Worksheet 1

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students write direct questions, following the instructions given in twelve sentences. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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Humanities Texas

Primary Source Worksheet: Theodore Roosevelt, Excerpt from Eighth Annual Message to Congress

For Students 8th - 11th
As Theodore Roosevelt reminded Congress in 1908, corporation one is not corporation two. Readers of this excerpt from Roosevelt's Message to Congress have an opportunity to sharpen their comprehension skills as they study this primary...
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Curated OER

Total English Advanced: Reporting....

For Students 5th - 8th
In this reporting verbs practice worksheet, students choose a verb from the word bank to report the direct speech in 10 sentences and then write 6 sentences using the reporting verbs listed.
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Museum of Tolerance

The Pursuit of Democracy and Diversity: The Trial of Pro-Social Injustice in Historical Documents and Accounts

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members investigate The Indian Removal Act of 1830, U.S. Theft of Mexican Territory Timeline, and President Abraham Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley, 1862, and then conduct a mock trial of each of these documents to determine...
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Curated OER

Parts of Speech: Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
This worksheet provides a good explanation of adverbs and several examples as well. Students are asked to underline the adverbs in 18 sentences. This would be a good practice worksheet to us with ESL learners.
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Curated OER

Parts of Speech - Conjunctions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this conjunctions activity, students underline the conjunctions in 20 sentences and write two sentences in using conjunctions.
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K12 Reader

Circle It! Indirect Objects

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
If you give this instructional activity to your class, make sure you know where the indirect object is! Young grammarians work on their grammar skills with a series of ten sentences, each with an indirect object ready for pupils to circle.
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Curated OER

Direction Prepositions 2

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding the use of prepositions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Curated OER

Directing Activities Part 2: trace verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this verbs worksheet, students trace and write the names of different action verbs. Students trace and write the names of 7 action verbs.
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K12 Reader

Conjunctions: Or

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Flower or tree? Rabbit or goat? Hamburger or hot dog? Young grammarians practice connecting nouns with conjunctions in a worksheet that focuses on using the word or.
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K12 Reader

Writing with Subordinating Conjunctions

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Challenge young grammarians to turn sets of phrases into sentences by adding subordinating conjunctions on a short worksheet.
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K12 Reader

Color the Nouns: Turtle

For Students K - 2nd Standards
A joyful turtle comes to life when scholars take yellow crayon to paper as they color all shapes containing a noun the color yellow. 
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K12 Reader

Guess a Noun

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Can you figure it out? A worksheet challenges grammarians to read 28 descriptions and guess what noun each one is describing. 

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