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Origins of Cinderella

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders compare the original tale of Cinderella with the Disney version of the story. They listen to the book "Yeh-Shen," complete a Venn-diagram and discuss the similarities and differences in small groups, and participate in a...
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Disease and Culture through Literary Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars select books to read that include disease as a plot or theme component. They fill out a matrix for the disease in their novel and write a five-paragraph paper about their book. Students use the rest of the week's...
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Language Arts: Native Americans and Onomatopoeias

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the Native American tale, "The Frog and the Crane," focusing on the use of onomatopoeia in it. In groups, they brainstorm list of words that are examples of the device. Finally, 5th graders write their own stories...
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To Kill a Mockingbird

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a layered curriculum unit in order to give them opportunities to master objectives. Students pick the activities and this allows a differentiated lesson to occur with many opportunities for assessment.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson Plan 3

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read the story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," and create a characterization chart to define the stock characters in the main story. They predict whether Walter Mitty will be a static character or a dynamic character....
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Fragments and Run-ons

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, pupils determine if a group of words is a complete sentence or a fragment. Students rewrite the fragments to make complete sentences. Pupils correct run-on sentences by adding appropriate punctuation. Students...
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Worksheet 12: Modals, Part 1, Expressing Ability

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
When learning vocabulary, students have to identify the subtleties in word usage. This worksheet, which has students practice basic grammar and vocabulary, requires students to distinguish the meaning of a word in context in 12 examples.
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Which Word Does Not Belong in Each Group

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word classification worksheet, students examine 10 sets of three words. They determine which word does not belong in each group and bubble in the circle next to that word.
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Roll the Tape! Roll the Tape!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning activity, students use iMovie to create a video highlighting their middle school in order to share with incoming students.
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Nouns and Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nouns and adjectives worksheet, learners recognize nouns and adjectives. Students look at six sentences and pick out the adjectives, nouns used as adjectives, and nouns for each sentence.
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Expressing Cause and Effect: Discovering Effective Sentence Patterns

For Students 5th - 8th
In this cause and effect practice activity, students collaborate as they complete 6 exercises that require them examine sentence patterns.
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Solving Mysteries!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students solve a mystery. In this instructional activity on journalism, students learn how writing an article is like solving a mystery by answering the 5 "W" questions. Students solve a mystery provided to them on an attached worksheet.
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Humpty Dumpty Sequencing

For Teachers K
Students complete activities for the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty.' In this nursery rhyme lesson, students recite the rhyme and act it out. Students discuss the rhyme and make up their own. Students bring and discuss hard boiled eggs,...
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Spelling Practice (Fine Arts Words)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students explore words that relate to fine arts. Students practice their twenty spelling words by writing them and writing a paragraph using as many of the words as possible.
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Journalistic Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars role play as the editor of the student newspaper and make decisions about printing stories. In this newspaper editor instructional activity, students read the given journalism scenarios and determine if they, as editor,...
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Stampin' Around Chicago

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the United States Postal Service and choose an artifact from one decade. In this art lesson, students research how the artifact chosen relates to Chicago and the United States. Students create their own postage stamp...
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January Internet Facts Hunt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this January worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about January facts to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 14 questions total.
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Babar's Travels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story The Story of Babar and have a class discussion about his travels, discuss their families, design a map, pick music, and more. For this cross curricular musical lesson plan, students create a music map for each of...
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Nicole Kidman

For Students 4th - 8th
For this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Nicole Kidman 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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Student Voices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a video based on their own interests. In this language arts and technology lesson plan, students take pictures and compile them so as to create a storyboard on whatever each student wishes. Additionally, students edit...
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Camera Movement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students focus on different ways director and cinematographers use the camera to convey meaning, setting, tone, point of view, personal style, as well as telling a story.
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For Sale! Part 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a new document in a graphic organizer. They add main ideas to their document and reorder the items. They share their organizer with the class.
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Completing Conversations: Future Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this future tense worksheet, students complete short conversations, using phrases given at the top of the page; conversations focus on the future tense. Appropriate for ELL, but not exclusive.
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Writing About Race

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore racial discrimination focusing on Jim Crow laws. They read an excerpt from Richard Wright's autobiography and discuss how viewing the subject from the his point of view affects their opinions.

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