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Reviewing Main Events in Fiction
Students analyze elements of fiction while reading. In this reading analysis lesson, students read specific texts and retell the information they remember. Students discover how sequential storytelling works.
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Life Size Characters
Sixth graders analyze character traits and create a life size character outline. For this character analysis lesson, 6th graders analyze character traits of a character using character webs and poems. Students then create a life size...
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The Pied Piper
A learning exercise on "The Pied Piper" prompts learners to read the story, answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions, and conduct simple research on rats.
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The Bo Who Cried Wolf
In this story worksheet, students read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," then answer discussion, comprehension and extension questions and do simple research on shepherds.
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Using Onomatopoeia to Tell the Story of an Imaginary Field Trip
Students explore language arts by utilizing word choice to compose a paragraph. In this phonetics lesson, students discuss the importance of a "voice" in their writing as they read the book Rattletrap Car. Students write paragraphs about...
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Stories of Life in Canada
Students examine Canadian history through William Kurelek's artwork. In this art analysis instructional activity, students discuss the ideas expressed in the picture book A Prairie Boy's Winter and A Prairie Boy's Summer. Students view...
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The Story of How Deerfield Came to Be
Eleventh graders explore how the native peoples had lived in the Connecticut Valley for nearly 10,000 years, prior to the English settlement and how their culture and life ways were markedly different from that of the English settlers.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
In this comprehension activity, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Emperor's New Clothes. Students complete 14 questions.
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The Ugly Ducklings
In this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Ugly Duckling. Students complete 14 questions.
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Cinderella
In this "Cinderella" worksheet, learners read the story, answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions and conduct simple research on another "Cinderella" story.
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JIP: His Story
Students are provided with a three-column chart about a fictional character named Jip: looks, personality, and situation. After chapter 1 and chapter 2, students make notes on the charts and share that information with one other. They...
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Cinderella Stories
Students listen to the Scottish tale, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, creating a character chart. They develop a newspaper containing news stories, personality profiles, and editorials regarding The Princess and the Golden Shoes.
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The Tortoise and the Hare
In this The Tortoise and the Hare instructional activity, learners read the story, then complete a series of comprehension and discussion questions and conduct simple research on the 2 animals.
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Rapunzel
In this story worksheet, learners read "Rapunzel," then answer comprehension, extension and discussion questions and conduct simple research on castles.
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Proportions in Stories
Students solve problems dealing with ratios and proportions. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems using equations and symbols. They correctly convert between percents and decimals.
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Assembling A Story
Pupils observe, discuss, and interpret Radcliffe Bailey's work "By the River" by creating a personal narrative of the 18th or 19th century. Internet access is required and related links are offered for teaching aides.
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What's Your Story
Students rewrite word problems using equations. In this algebra lesson, students relate the concept of equations and symbols to the real world. They graph their solutions on a graph and analyze it.
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Assembling a Story
Students observe, discuss, and interpret Radcliffe Bailey's work, By the River. They create personal narratives of people who came to the U.S. during the 18th or 19th century.
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Exercise Require Mathematical Operation 3
In this math skills activity, students solve 1 multiple choice problem that requires them to read a story problem and select the appropriate number sentence that represents the problem. Students may view the correct answers.
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Exercise Require Mathematical Operation 10
In this math skills activity, students solve 1 multiple choice problem that requires them to read a story problem and select the appropriate number sentence that represents the problem. Students may view the correct answers.
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Exercise Require Mathematical Operation 14
For this math skills worksheet, learners solve 1 multiple choice problem that requires them to read a story problem and select the appropriate number sentence that represents the problem. Students may view the correct answers.
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World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
Population Connection
The Peopling of Our Planet
How many people live on the planet, anyway? The first resource in a six-part series covers the topic of the world population. Scholars work in groups to conduct research and make population posters after learning about the global...
Blake Education
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The motto for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry warns that one should never tickle a sleeping dragon, but learners will definitely be tickled by the activities in a packet of materials designed to accompany a reading of the...