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Tell Me a Story
Tenth graders read short story, "The Storyteller" by Saki, and expand on concept of stories for students by reading and evaluating several popular students's stories as well as writing their own original students's stories.
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Active Reading: Finding a Conversation Voice
Students practice reading for comprehension and understanding. In groups, students read, out loud, using a conversation voice. They predict and discuss the story as it unfolds.
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Vocabulary: Talking About Your Work 1
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 sentences about working and choose the best response for the blank word. Students use their best judgment in correct grammar.
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Printable Poem Starter: If You Were an Ornament
Students have the opportunity to finish a Christmas-themed poem about an ornament hanging on a tree. The first two lines establish a simple rhyme scheme that students can follow as they finish the poem. The worksheet includes a picture...
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The Ideal Home
Fifth graders design their ideal home. In this ideal home lesson, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home. Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.
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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for ELA Unit 6-8th grade
Eighth graders explore figurative language through the study of picture books. In this figurative language lesson, 8th graders listen to books and chart the figurative language that they hear. Students discuss examples in groups.
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Mythology Newspaper....The Trojan Times
Students are assigned to a writing group: news stories, obituaries and births, classifieds, comics, gossip, sports and editorials. The newspaper covers mythological figures in history. This is a very clever, meaningful lesson plan in...
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Composting Conundrum
Students research cafeteria composting. In this composting lesson plan, students design a vessel that would allow the cafeteria staff to collect food scraps for composting. Then students build a prototype and present it to the class....
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Curriculum Connections with Keiko Kasza
Learners read books by the author Keiko Kasza and complete critical thinking skills, and connections to different subjects. In this language lesson plan, students connect the books to language arts, social studies, science, math, health,...
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My Community
First graders design a Powerpoint presentation to reflect information about their community. In this community lesson, 1st graders create slides to explain the weather, geography and other information about the city.
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No Form of Tobacco is Safe
Students create an advertisement to convince children to stay away from tobacco products. In this smoking prevention lesson, students discuss the health effects of tobacco use and evaluate current tobacco ads. Students work in small...
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Science of Special Effects
This is a creative, multidisciplinary, well-designed lesson plan provided by Scientific American related to special effects. Learners make their own animated short films and use math and computer skills.
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Bugs-Eye View
Young scholars research different bugs and insects and write letters from bugs' and insects' points of view to humankind.
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Enduring Cultures
Students research the art, dance or a game from the Pacific Northwest Coast Aborigines. In this Canadian Cultures lesson plan, students view a PowerPoint about the Inuits. Students choose a game , type of artwork or dance to...
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Scenario challenge
Fifth graders become familiar with the geography of New Hampshire and the importance of specific sites in history. In this New Hampshire lesson, 5th graders create a brochure including points of interest and showing distances...
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Asthma Survey
Students collect survey data on the prevalence of asthma in a community. They summarize and display the survey data in ways that show meaning.
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The Affects of Environment on Native American Culture
Students research the culture of the Native Americans. In this U.S. History instructional activity, students are given the major geological areas where the Indians lived prior to the arrival of the Europeans, then they create a...
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Energy: Eco-Icons that Electrify
Students examine environmental issues. In this energy lesson, students explore the topic of energy conservation and then create marketing (to be implemented in their school) meant to communicate the benefits of energy conservation.
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The Family Tree
In this patterns practice worksheet, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.
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Using Hyperstudio To Create an Alliterative Picture Book
Young scholars learn to create alliterative sentences, illustrate using graphic design techniques, to scan their illustrations and to create HyperStudio cards with voice over. Students learn to enunciate their words, while adding...
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Unearthing Ancient Greece
Young scholars locate and analyze clues about ancient Greek life. In this ancient Greece lesson, students look at art, architecture, and artifacts to determine what was important to the Greeks and discover details about their culture....
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My Family Tradition
Young scholars examine different family traditions to further explain social patterns. They complete a graphic organizer using educational software.
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Maps in Kindergarten: Rosie’s Walk
Students are read, Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins. In this sequencing lesson, students discover the importance of knowing how to create a map and read it. They listen to the story and complete various map making activities.
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ESL Integrated Literature Unit
Students read and analyze information related to the book Island of the Blue Dolphin. They select appropriate information for the purpose of investigating part of the book.