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Analyzing Perspectives
Students discuss how cultural values and societal beliefs influence perspectives in literature. They identify and articulate how their own culture and society affects their actions and beliefs.
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Trekking to Timbuktu
Students view a television show to provide a context for conducting research into the location and culture of Timbuktu. The students complete a report on the subject in the form of a research paper.
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Parl Ranger in Training
Students develop a research presentation about rock formations and natural erosion. Using traditional and online resources, students gather and organize information about rock formations. Students use their information to create a brief...
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Reading Comprehension Too
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners write sentences with forty five given words. They think about what each conveys and when it could be used.
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Poetry Search
In this Literature worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to poetry. There are 27 words located in the word search.
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Adverbs Sentence Maze
In this adverb worksheet, students connect words in sentences found along a maze path to find their way from the beginning of the maze to the end, focus is on adverbs in sentences.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response to one of the passages.
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Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression
Students read a sample found poem and create one together as a class. In this Great Depression lesson, students select a topic, such as miners, and read primary source documents related to the topic. Students select one narrative as the...
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Poetry
Sixth graders research famous poets. In this poetry instructional activity, 6th graders investigate poets and discover their famous literary works. Students conduct research using Internet resources and prepare a presentation.
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Active Citizenship through the Spectacles of Benjamin Franklin
Students research and identify ways that Benjamin Franklin contributed to society. They identify the core democratic values and how he achieved them. They research organizations in their area that give back to the community.
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It's Symbolic!
Students use symbols to represent different government and economic systems. They explain how the nonprofit organizations and governments work together to supply needs. They interview a foreign exchange student and complete a chart with...
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English Word Search Puzzle
In this English worksheet, learners recall ten literary terms and genres. Students find these words in this challenging word search puzzle.
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Spelling List 4: Sight Words, "al/il," and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, learners copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are sight, academic or have the al/il sound. A reference website is given.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Storybooks and Games
Young scholars explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar Basics: Metaphors
This tutorial focuses on metaphors using a PowerPoint presentation which offers definitions, examples, and various types of metaphors, as well as, similes for comparison. It provides two YouTube videos: the first includes popular songs...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Extended Metaphor
This slideshow focuses on the extended metaphor including defining it, stating its purpose, showing the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor, and providing a literary example -- Shakespeare's "As You Like It"-- with...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile (English Ii Reading)
This lesson focuses on understanding imagery, metaphors, and similes.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor
You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor (English Iii Reading)
You will be able to identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry
This lesson is designed to help students begin to engage with metaphors on a deeper and more abstract level. The lesson will begin with a poem containing metaphors accessible at all levels, and with each poem, the lesson will progress in...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Art of the Metaphor
How do metaphors help us better understand the world? What makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions in this video with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to...
Quia
Quia: Bud, Not Buddy: Similies and Metaphors
These games use the similes and metaphors from the novel Bud, Not Buddy. There are three games: Flashcards, Matching, and Concentration. Flashcards has half of the simile/metaphor on each side of the card; Matching has students match the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Four Metaphor Poetry
Inspired by Mem Fox's Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge which includes four metaphors for memory, this writing prompt asks learners to think of an original abstract noun. Students will brainstorm details as they come up with ideas for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Metaphors the Great Gatsby
The students will explore characters by creating metaphors with pictures. Using a gingerbread styled template and pictures collected from magazines, clip art, or other sources, the students will paste pictures which represent specific...
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