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Brown Paper Bag Family Memories

For Teachers K
Students explore and study how families do a variety of activities together. They recall and describe a family memory, collect an object that represents a family memory as well as draw and write about a family memory. They become aware...
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Gwendolyn Brooks

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars write a poem. In this writing lesson, students learn about Gwendolyn Brooks, a famous poet. Young scholars discuss shape poetry and how it is written. Students choose an object from nature and write their own shape poem.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson plan, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out...
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Pop Goes the Popcorn

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the phoneme /p/. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then identify words from word cards that contain the phoneme /p/. Students trace and write the letter P, listen to the book...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
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Choo, Choo!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letters Ch. Students listen to word pairs and identify which word in each pair contains the /ch/ sound, and...
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Careers: Exploring the Job Market

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore career opportunities by completing job applications, writing resumes, and composing cover letters. After discussing careers, they compile job portfolios using items contained in their job kits. Once students have set...
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It's Your Opinion

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view "Inkheart: Speak Your Mind" by Cornelia Funke. They read several letters to the editor of a local newspaper and underline the 'opinion' portions of the letters. They discover how a literary selection can expand personal...
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The Panama Canal, The World's Most Important Shortcut

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars, through teacher lecture and online activities, study the Panama Canal. They discuss how it was made and the hardships the workers encountered while building it. Through the eyes of one of these workers, they write a short...
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Outlining Essays (Grades 3-6)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students brainstorm story idea in preparation of writing an expressive essay. They study how to outline essays to assist them in writing an expressive essay. Each students conclusion should summarize their main idea and restate their...
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Awesome Spelling

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners are introduced to spelling words as a whole class by viewing a PowerPoint. They spell the word, repeat and spell the word again as a whole class. Pupils create a sentence orally using the list of words. Students work in small...
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Organizing One’s Thoughts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the organization of written pieces. In this writing skills lesson, students examine transitions, repetition, parallelism, and other organizational patterns in writing. 
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Business Writing Lesson Plan: Common Misused Words

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners learn the importance of business writing, including content and presentation. They avoid using commonly misused words and phrases.
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Zooming In, Zooming Out

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing lesson, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.
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Language Arts: Two Specific Documents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to read and analyze the essential parts of two specific types of documents, the informed consent document and the position paper, used by scientists to communicate information about their research to two different kinds...
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Look at me!

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it. They take pictures with a digital camera, scan pictures, and add them to a document.
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The Gentle Art of Persuasion: Techniques for Persuading Different Audiences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the use of persuasive arguments to varying audiences. They define persuasion, read and discuss an article on whether P.E. should be optional, summarize the pros and cons of P.E., and write a letter or a speech.
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Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read Romeo and Juliet and then write an essay from the point of either Lord Capulet or Friar Lawrence persuading someone to adopt their views concerning marriage.
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You Be the Judge

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners explore nonfiction writing by completing a worksheet in class. In this research questions lesson, students read several stories about the Wild West icons Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. Learners answer study questions about the...
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Creating Personalized Stationery

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students write, format, enter, save, revise, edit a full block style letter with open punctuation for printing. They produce a personalized letterhead using a computer and access information from the Internet using a variety of search...
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Global Warming and Climate Change

For Teachers K - 9th
Students explore the environment by writing a persuasive letter. For this global warming lesson, students identify the key problems with our energy consumption in the United States. Students complete worksheets and write a letter...
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Name Game

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice writing names using a Scrabble type activity.  In this letter writing lesson, students participate in a name writing game in which they must utilize other student names to spell their own on the same grid....
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Take Service Learning Online

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research ways to use technology to raise awareness for refugee camps and the conflict in Darfur. In this world conflict and technology lesson, 4th graders work in groups as researchers, writers, and artists to create a...
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Writing a Letter Using the Book "Mole's Hill"

For Teachers K
Students are read the book "Mole Hill" by their teacher. As a class, they identify whether statements are true or false based on the story. They also examine any problems or solutions mentioned and identify points to write a letter. ...

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