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Discussion Guide for Jane Eyre
The ambiguity in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre makes the novel a perfect choice for a shared inquiry discussion. Readers respond to open-ended questions with evidence drawn directly from the text.
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Which or What
In this which or what instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to the sentences with the words which or what. Students complete 13 sentences and write 4 of their own.
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Steven Spielberg
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Steven Spielberg and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Bored or Boring?
In this adjective instructional activity, students learn the difference between the "-ed" and "-ing" adjective forms. Students analyze 14 adjectives in a word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences.
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Unit 4 (Grammar and Word Choice Quiz)
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a 3 page, 15 question multiple choice quiz on correct word use. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from 4 choices.
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Sleepy, Sleepy- Dictionary Work with Words Related to Sleep
In this ESL dictionary use worksheet, students look up a list of word that are related to sleep such as drowsy, nap, siesta, and sleepwalking. They place the 8 words in the appropriate places in a cloze paragraph
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Determine Who Wore Which Costume
In this problem solving activity, learners determine who wore which costume from the four given clues. The solution is provided.
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English Exercises: Passive Voice
In this passive voice activity, 6th graders read the explanation and examples, then rewrite 10 sentences and identify which of the 4 cases it represents, with immediate online feedback.
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English Exercises: Conditionals Exercise
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 32 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions that require them to use verbs appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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ESL: Verb Activity-Past Simple Tense
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students put given verbs into past simple tense and choose correct forms of verbs. A link to audio and additional resources are given.
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ESL-Places in Towns
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students match places to sentences, fill in blanks to complete names of places, correct spelling mistakes and complete true/false questions.Questions have multiple components.
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Poetry Appreciation – "The Raven"
Introduce your class to "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe with this series of activities, exercises, and worksheets. Class members examine an image, analyze a movie trailer, read a prose version of the poem, look up vocabulary, and pick out...
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Think of an Ending
Good endings are hard to find. And write. This, the final lesson in a six-part series devoted to study of the ingredients of a good story, focuses on crafting endings. Class members draft ideas about what should happen to each of their...
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Tales of the Supernatural
Students explore the origins and development of a literary genre. They investigate how shared imaginative concerns link the members of a literary period and compare works of literature from different eras.
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Teaching About Genocide
Students can find that genocide is a prevalent theme in world history.
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Charles Baudelaire: Poète Maudit (The Cursed Poet)
After learning the main ideas of the Decadent movement, learners work in small groups to read and translate poems by the French poet Charles Baudelaire using basic etymology skills. They then read the accurate English translations to see...
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Exploring the Circular Motion of a Tennis Ball
Students are introduced to the concept of circular motion. In groups, they participate in experiments to discover the law of inertia. They describe how forces act on objects during a circular motion. To end the lesson, they use these...
Facing History and Ourselves
Analyzing Historical Evidence
High schoolers examine World War I war crimes. In this world history instructional activity, students use primary and secondary sources to research and understand the systematic nature of the Armenian Genocide. High schoolers reflect on...
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Mixed Phrasal Verbs #1
In this language arts learning exercise, students read 8 sentences and choose the word or phrase that means the same as the phrasal verb used. This page is intended for ESL use.
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ESL: Sentence Completion Activity
In this ESL sentence completion instructional activity, students correctly complete sentences, choosing words from a drop down list beside each. Score can be checked online.
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Quentin Tarantino
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Quentin Tarantino and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Screening the Silver Screen
Students write New York Times Movie Guide Reviews using descriptive and persuasive language.
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Movie Cloze
In this movie worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.
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???The Hell of Mirrors??? by Edogawa Rampo
Learners read and analyze the story "The Hell of Mirrors," by Edogawa Rampo. They watch a video excerpt, answer discussion questions, construct a periscope, complete handouts, define key vocabulary terms, take a quiz, and write a book...