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Language Arts: Who Am I?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders write self-identity essays of three to five paragraphs in length. They include topic sentences, transition words, and concluding paragraphs in their essays, They read their essays to classmates.
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Resume Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the basics of resume writing. They review resumes and discuss what is effective and what is ineffective. They select a resume and change it from one format to the other. They review the changes and discuss advantages.
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Organizing Paragraphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm transition words, and utilize word list to order paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays.
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The Fanboys

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore coordinating conjunctions in order to explore how to properly use them in compound sentences. The differences in structure between simple and compound sentences are analyzed.
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So, Who Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners brainstorm adjectives that describe people, discuss different ways of comparing and/or finding contrast in describing a person, and write drafts of their descriptions.
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the Connectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize and explain meaning of connectors, punctuate a compound sentence using connectors, and compose compound sentences using the correct connectors.
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Put That in Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and create...
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Do You Agree?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers recognize bias in a political cartoon, evaluate how the media uses both positive and/or negative political cartoons, and assess the influence a political cartoon can have on a person.
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Location, Location, Location!

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders locate cities, states and countries on maps. They use the cardinal directions to locate places on maps. They describe where they were born by giving clues without naming the exact state. They trade papers and try to guess...
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Who Caused What?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine cause and effect in real-life reading selections. They read newspaper articles, headlines, and picture captions, identifying if they are the cause or the effect.
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Figurative Language

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine personification and alliteration in various reading selections. They read magazine articles, brochures, and advertisements, identify the examples of personification and alliteration, and create a business name...
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Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the main characteristics of poetry. They read and discuss a handout on the characteristics of poetry, read the poem, The Road Not Taken, discuss their interpretation of the poem, and research poetry on the Internet.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify main idea and supporting details from a short reading selection using a two-column note taking process. In this literacy lesson, students work in groups of three to four, then compare their papers with the other...
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Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply reading comprehension skills to poetry and synthesize the information to create a new piece of work.
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Reading Plays

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the role of tone in a comedy play. They also discover how to paraphrase a passage and explain a character's point of view.
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Parenting 101

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners distinguish and comprehend the focus in a passage. They research websites to explore parenting resources.
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Periodic Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.
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Living to Eat, Eating to Live

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students develop a five paragraph essay.They write their essays, review rules related to subject/verb agreement and the use of transition words or devices. They find examples of transition words or devices in newspaper or magazine...
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Fact Or Fiction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students demonstrate their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Students identify the features of weather-related adages and proverbs. After reviewing several weather adages, students explain whether they are based in fact.
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Make That Shot!

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students figure out basic percentages by shooting paper balls into a basket, recording results, and calculating individual and team percentages for ten shots.
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Advertising Gimmicks - Critical Thinking Required

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify reasons why advertising works, evaluate reasons for its success, and write commercials.
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Is That Movie OK?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Discuss movies and movie enjoyment with your middle school language arts class. They interpret movie review information, determine appropriate movies, and then write film reviews to share with the class. Focus on using context clues to...
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Introducing the Memo

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Examine the text structure of a memo with this worksheet. Eighth to twelfth graders decide if the purpose of a memo is to motivate an action or to provide information to the reader. They explore new vocabulary and make predictions prior...
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Reading for Information

For Teachers 8th - 12th
What should readers do to prepare for reading an informational text? What should they do during their reading? What should they do after completing such a text? Introduce your pupils to reading strategies and techniques to gain meaning...

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