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Lesson Plan
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The Sundance Kids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss independent filmmaking industry, focusing on the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. As a class, students develop a storyboard for their own independent film, then write movie reviews from the point of view of a film critic on...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Great Gatsby: Novel Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Some people believe that no matter how hard a man works, the American dream will always remain out of reach. A study guide for The Great Gatsby explores the themes, such as the illusory American dream, and elements of F. Scott...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Incredible Journey: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
There's no place like home. Three family pets prove this in The Incredible Journey as they head out to find their way back home. Scholars read about the dangers the pets face on their journey while they learn eight vocabulary words from...
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Study Guide
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The Wizard of Oz: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
There's no place like home. Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz wonders if she will ever make it back to Kansas after a tornado drops her in a magical land. Scholars learn about the friends she meets along the way, and they have fun of their own...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Review with Creative Writing

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Connect a wide range of literature concepts where writers demonstrate mastery through creative writing.
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Organizer
Curriculum Corner

Book Study: The Polar Express

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
All aboard! Pair a reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg with a set of literacy activities. The packet of worksheets includes task cards, sorting activities, a synonym match, comparing and contrasting activities, writing...
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Handout
Aurora City School District

Do Not Try to Kid a Kidder: The Art of Persuasion

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The power to convince others of your argument lies in your knowledge of rhetoric! A thorough packet covers the basics of persuasion, including logical appeals and fallacies, and applies strategies to letters to the editor,...
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Lesson Plan
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Movie Analysis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss main concept, supporting details, plot, setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolution in two short stories. They apply these terms to a movie of their choice. They compare analysis of movies to...
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Lesson Plan
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Analyzing a Science Fiction Movie

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch the movie "Contact" and write a review. They discuss in their review how scientists deal with technological problems, the movie's connections to the nature of science and how technology affects science. They share...
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Worksheet
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Movie Cloze

For Students 5th - 7th
For this movie worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.
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Worksheet
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)

For Students 4th - 6th
For this verb review worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions pertaining to the correct usage of present tense verbs, past tense verbs, and future tense verbs.
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Worksheet
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Worksheet 8: Vocabulary Review

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
This activity is a good vocabulary review to use with students if you would like to spur discussion. While it is a 10 question multiple choice activity, students may find that they choose more than one answer. A discussion of their...
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Lesson Plan
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The Passion has reviewers passionate

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students present in writing their reactions to the given prompts. Students watch some of the trailers for filming online. Students attend a showing of the movie on their own and write a review of it through analysis and utilizing their...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Find What the Adjective Describes

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Adjectives can appear anywhere in a sentence, so spotting the nouns they describe can be tricky. Practice identifying parts of speech with a quick review worksheet in which learners circle the nouns in eight sentences that each adjective...
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Lesson Plan
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It's All an Allusion: Identifying Allusions, in Literature and in Life

For Teachers 11th - 12th
To allude, or not to allude, that is the question: whether ‘tis better to make a reference and engage your audience or risk confusing them or sounding dated. After reading an article about, and loaded with allusions, class members take a...
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PPT
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Screenwriting

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Who knows? You may inspire the next George Lucas or Steven Spielberg with a script writing presentation that provides some basic tips. Young film makers begin by reading scripts for movies they know, scripts for movies they don't know,...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
If the walls could talk, you might hear Hugo from The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Hugo lives in the walls of a train stations in Paris. Scholars read and complete worksheet activities as they discover Hugo's secrets. They show their...
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Activity
Orlando Shakes

Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!): Study Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do Ebenezer Scrooge, the Grinch, and Frosty the Snowman have in common? They're all characters from beloved holiday movies that viewers revisit in the play Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!). Scholars conduct research...
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Worksheet
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Pronouns Review

For Students 5th - 7th
In this pronouns review worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions that require them to choose the appropriate pronouns to complete the sentences.
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Worksheet
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)

For Students 4th - 7th
In this English verb review worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 41 sentences using the past or present tense forms of the verbs in parentheses.
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Worksheet
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Reviewing the Past Tense

For Students 5th - 8th
In this past tense verb review worksheet, students fill in the 10 blanks using forms of the verbs in parentheses. Students review past tense verbs.
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Worksheet
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Language Review #7

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this language review #7 worksheet, learners edit and punctuate 3 sentences, write fact or opinion for 2 sentences, select words that are spelled correctly and write synonyms for 2 words.
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Interactive
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Vocabulary Review #22

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary review #22 worksheet, students complete 7 sentences by selecting the correct word with immediate online feedback.
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Interactive
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Vocabulary Review #105

For Students 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary review #105 worksheet, students interactively select 10 American English words that correspond to the British English words that are given, with immediate online feedback.

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