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Acronyms - Characters in Hawthorne's Stories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create acronyms for book characters. In this literature study, students learn about and create acronyms for characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories The Minister's Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown. High...
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MYSPACE Profiles - Romeo and Juliet Characterization

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Romeo and Juliet worksheet, students create a MySpace website as a characterization analysis for the play Romeo and Juliet. Students complete a characterization sheet for the activity.
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Are You Money Smart?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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Expression in Action

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read different sentences with and without expression and discuss the differences. In small groups, they read the short...
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Writing for the Real World: Get Well and Sympathy Card

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students follow read about features of a get well/sympathy card, then follow directions to make a card, and choose another occasion and make an appropriate card.
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Conflict

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners outline the action in their narrative writing assignments by brainstorming about conflict. In this conflict analysis lesson, students define conflict and discuss the different types of conflict. Learners brainstorm about a...
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Breaking News English: Winnie the Pooh to Make a Comeback

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Winnie the Pooh to Make a Comeback," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Look at Philanthropy in Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to stories about different philanthropic acts. They work together in groups to create a list of the needs of their community. They chose a service project which could be completed by their class.
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Puppets 'n' Plays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reinforce communication skills, create the puppets, write or improvise dialog for them, and put on a play.
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Heeeeeere's Pea O'Vee!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders assume the roles of characters in familiar fairy tales and participate in a panel discussion using a talk show format.
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Managing the Teaching-Learning Process

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders begin to recognize how 2,400 year-old dramas are applicable to their lives after reading OEDIPUS THE KING, AGAMEMNON, ANTIGONE, MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, and FROGS.
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Demon Masks

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, using a story for inspiration, create their own demon mask. They are to use lots of color, texture and imagination.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use vocabulary related to the Underground Railroad. They identify key facts related to the Underground Railroad, evaluate their personal responses to the Underground Railroad and make a judgment about the morality of the...
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A Magic Flower of Wishes

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars discuss which values are most important to them and their families. They read poetry and fairy tales to find a story that has the same value they find most important. They create a presentation and share it with the class.
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Tuck Everlasting and Economic Decision-Making

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use a decision-making grid and list the alternatives and criteria for deciding to drink the Water of Immortality. They examine advertisements and list the product for sale, where it is sold, and why consumers should buy it,...
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I Can Read With Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards...
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Dracula

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read the book, Dracula and complete a variety of listed activities including: class discussion, vocabulary study, rewriting a section of the book in modern language, drawing characters, making a family tree of the characters, etc.
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Twelfth Night

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Twelfth Night worksheet, students complete a love triangle from Act One, underline words that describe Sir Toby, answer four questions about characters, and look at the relationship between two characters. Students answer twelve...
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Puzzle Fun for Kids

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete 2 different word puzzles. Students read the clues and insert the answers in the puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Proofreading a Paragraph

For Students 7th - 8th
In this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.
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The Flat Stanley Project

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book Flat Stanley. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students participate in earth-friendly activities based upon the book. This lesson includes ideas such as using recycled paper to make a "paper pal."
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading skills worksheet, students complete several literature-based skill building activities for the book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
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First Graders, Fluency and FUN!

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop their reading fluency during the school year. In this language arts instructional activity, 1st graders discover what skilled readers do when they are reading, such as chunking text or thinking about the meaning of...

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