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Linguistics 472
Students write an essay on a specific topic but using their own imagination.
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Apples Personified
Students write a creative writing piece by personifying apples. For this creative writing lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the writing process and brainstorm about apples. Students write a rough draft about their apple and peer...
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Holocaust Nightmare Revisited
Fourth graders read the autobiography "Night" and discuss why Elie Wiesel was ing to relive this time of his life through writing. They write an essay covering Elie Wiesel's purpose for writing the book.
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Weave a Web of Words
Fifth graders write a first draft of an oral presentation about the American Revolution and take their work through the writing process.
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World without Trees Composition
Fourth graders write a composition on what they think the world would be like without trees. They brainstorm ideas of what they think the world would be like treeless, and creative a story. A rubric is distributed to the students which...
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No Path Without Pain
Students analyze the message of John Lennon's "Imagine." In this promoting peace lesson, students complete a cloze activity on the song and discuss its meaning. Students then write their own versions of "Imagine."
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Crazy Critters are Figuratively Fantastic
Eighth graders use creatures created from their imaginations to practice hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and alliteration in association with creative writing. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their writing.
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A Life Lived Well
Learners write poems based on words and phrases found in an obituatuary. They write autobiographical obituaries that imagine their own lives and future accomplishments.
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Islam--Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha
In this writing worksheet, students imagine they are a journalist and have been asked to write an article for a magazine for young people entitled, 'A Good Read.' Students explain why reading is important and critique three individual...
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Dream Bed
Students design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design instructional activity, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Students use descriptive...
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Stormy Sailing
Students access a website that show portraits of the Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada. They talk about what it might feel like to be on one of the sailing ships in stormy seas. They write diary entries while role playing that they are on...
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Friday and Friends: A Journey with Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear Stories for the Young Child
Students are read a series of stories with the use of puppets. For each story, they write their reflections and share them with the class. They discuss why it is important to be social with others and create their own invitation to...
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Subject/Verb Agreement
Young scholars recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using...
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The "Real" Fairy Tales
Students write a Fairy Tale from the point of view of the "bad guy".
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Science Inventions
Third graders explore the world of inventions by describing their impact on their own lives. In this technology instructional activity, 3rd graders practice writing descriptive paragraphs about different inventions that they find...
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Predictable Chart/Sentence Building with "Goodnight Moon"
First graders work on a series of modeled reading and writing lessons based on "Goodnight Moon." students work on pages of a predictable class book.
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Transportation Through Time
Students write a short story illustrating the past and imaging the future in transportation. In this transportation lesson plan, students explore artifacts that have to do with transportation in the past in Chicago.
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Tracks
Fifth graders watch as the teacher projects a series of pictures on the wall showing bird tracks heading toward each other but not meeting, two tracks converging into one, and two tracks converging and then being scuffed up. They write...
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Helping Students Do History on the First Day of Class
Students watch a video about Barack Obama and problems he faces as the president. In this president lesson plan, students write their own list and then compile a class list of problems and discuss them.
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My Pet Rock
Young scholars learn about and create a pet rock. In this creative expression instructional activity, students pick a rock to make into their "pet". Young scholars use various art materials to create their pets and write a...
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Show The Movie!
Fifth graders deliver story presentations that establish a setting with descriptive words, contain a plot and show, rather than tell, what happens. In this language arts lesson plan, 5th graders utilize sentences from the book, "Tuck...
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To Create Your Own Comics With Stick
In this writing worksheet set, students follow the directions and use the varied comic book page templates to write an original comic book. They model their comics after the character, "Stink."
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St. Valentine´s Story
In this Valentine's story worksheet, students fill in the blanks to the story with words given, choose the correct synonym for words, write forms of verbs, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Early Christian St Columba
In this St. Columba activity, students read about the St. Columba, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and write about a voyage. Students complete 4 activities.