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Discourse

For Teachers Higher Ed
Explore the different types of discourse and language with your lecture students in this presentation, which explores "sweet language," "stuffy language," and "poetic language," among others. Helpful for English, Sociology, Semantics, or...
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Discourse on Method

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive literature quiz worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Discourse on Method

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive philosophy learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Rene Descartes's Discourse on Method. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive learning exercise.
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Lesson: Dongducheon: A Walk to Remember, A Walk to Envision: Interpreting History, Memory, and Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Cultural discourse can start through a variety of venues. Learners begin to think about how our minds, memories, and identities shape our attitudes toward culture and history. They analyze seven pieces from the Dongducheon art exhibit...
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Applying Discourse Analysis in the

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Pupils investigate the use of discourse markers in context using a written film review. They infer meaning and correct usage of target language through context by means of inductive exercises.
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Raising Students Awareness of Intonation at Discourse Level

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop their listening strategies, by raising their awareness of intonation at discourse level, particularly pitch level.
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Discourse on Inequality

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Discourse on Inequality

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 35 multiple choice questions about Discourse on Inequality by Rousseau. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Discourse on the History of Language

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Analyze and make inferences from the information used by linguists to construct the evolution of languages. They research different dating techniques to explain how scientists infer age with evidence.
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Direct And Indirect Discourse

For Students 7th - 8th
For this direct and indirect discourse worksheet, students review and discuss how to recognize direct and indirect discourse in sentences and circle the indirect discourses in five sentences.
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Discourse Markets Worksheet

For Students 6th - 7th
In this discourse markers worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and insert the appropriate discourse marker from the word bank that best completes each sentence.
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"Some Excellent Dumb Discourse:" Caliban as native American

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Explore The Tempest and how language and power are intertwined in the play. Through a series of questions (provided) and an intense activity that has groups translate Caliban's speech into American Sign Language, learners recognize...
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Friends of Fort McHenry

Citizens For and Against the War of 1812

For Teachers 8th Standards
Use this exceptional resource to examine the discourse and debate that occurred at the start of the War of 1812 with your class. Learners will first consider their own position on the war in a silent journal writing activity. Then after...
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What So Proudly We Hail

The Meaning of America: Enterprise and Commerce

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using Mark Twain's The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, invite your learners to consider the concept of virtue in a democratic society devoted to gain and self-interest. This stellar resource guides your class members through a close...
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Total English Advanced: Our Points of View

For Students 7th - 10th
In this discourse markers and colloquial expressions worksheet, students identify the writers and artists in the box and match them to the colloquial phrases listed. Students also choose a subject from the provided list to organize a...
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Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.
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Bacteria - Our Invisible Friends

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A concise, yet comprehensive note-taking guide is provided by this collection of slides. Using the bullet-point format, the different types, shapes, and characteristics of bacteria are listed. This resource would be of great value as an...
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The Meaning of America: Equality

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What if society sought equality by handicapping the gifted and dispelling any traces of diversity? Kurt Vonnegut Jr. offers one possible answer to this question through his incredibly engaging and thought-provoking satirical...
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The Meaning of America: National Identity and Why It Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Combining a close reading of a classic American text with the study of history can be a very powerful strategy, and this is most certainly the case with this resource using Edward Everett Hale's The Man without a Country. Consider themes...
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Social Awareness Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...
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"Some excellent dumb discourse:" Caliban as native American

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore some of the colonial implications of The Tempest, analyzing how language and power interrelate in the play and using another American voice, American Sign Language, to consider the different forms of communication...
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Topical Discussions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Engaging in topical discussions can be a great way to teach kids how to build strong arguments and support their opinions with concrete evidence. High schoolers choose a controversial topic, build an argument for or against that topic,...
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Lesson Plan 10: Writing Really Good Dialogue

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Boring dialogue can run a great story into the ground; get your novelists using dialogue as a tool to move their story into deeper and more developed territory. As part of a larger writing series, this lesson has a worksheet that can...
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Persuasion Through Rhetoric: Common Devices and Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Context, purpose, and thesis, the three elements of rhetoric, are highlighted in a presentation about persuasive discourse. Designed to accompany a high school or college-level lecture, the resource does provide the necessary basic...

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