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Here's an Instant Activity for February 16, 2004
Fourth graders complete a spelling activity that also improves their proofreading skills. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders read a list of words and proofread to find the word spelled correctly in each row.
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Polygons
Fourth graders identify and describe lines, shapes, and solids using formal geometric language. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer and outline of polygons.
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Apartheid and Segregation
Students view a television program that depicts the history South African Apartheid and the United States' system of segregation. They discuss how laws were used to uphold these institutions and compare and contrast racism and...
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People Take Action
Students locate landforms of California on a map. They discuss the problems and solutions that were used to save the lizard from extinction. They discuss how working together to solve problems is useful.
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Same, But Different
Students compare and contrast specific characters in the book, "Old Henry." They discuss similarities and differences between people and define character traits. They assess one's own character traits and have a class discussion about...
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Eye From the Sky
Students are introduced to the concept of aerial perspective and scale. Students will use satellite technology to view their neighborhoods and sketch the area surrounding their schools. They will take part in a neighborhood walk to view...
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Viewpoints
In this map worksheet, students review latitude, longitude, equator, and prime meridian. This worksheet has 5 matching and 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Glaciers
In this glaciers worksheet, students review terms associated with glaciers including esker, till, plucking, and outwash. This worksheet has 14 true or false questions.
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Nets and Surface Area - Mental Math
In this mental math worksheet, middle schoolers use mental math to find the surface area and determine nets of the given shape. They use an information sheet as an aide to find the answer to 30 questions.
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The Scientists’ Way
Students summarize the steps of the scientific method. For this life science lesson, students explain the importance of varying only one variable at a time. They analyze possible flaws in their experiment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revision Strategies: Parallelism
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Parallelism in writing requires aligning words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in similar grammatical structures. This lesson will provide you with strategies to help you...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details: Practice 3
You will practice strategies for evaluating and revising parallel structure in an essay.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Parallel Structure
Defines the term and gives a number of detailed examples of its use. Also includes proofreading strategies to try. L.9-10.1a Parallelism
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Wilbers: Columns on Parallel Structure
This unusual site actually is a set of articles that first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, not exactly the place one would expect to find a discourse on parallel structure. Not only is there an interesting discussion of why we...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar and Writing: Introduction
This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and writing. It focuses on reviewing parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, and properly formating writing assignments using MLA guidelines. The essential questions focus...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)
You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism (English Ii Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: English Ii Writing: Revision Strategies
This is a unit including six different lessons on on English II Writing: Revision Strategies including the following: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language, Strengthen Sentence Variety, Parallelism, Evaluating and Revising a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing Geometric Relationships
Given information in a geometric context, students will be able to use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Parallel Form
This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...
Other
Sjrc Writing Center: Parallel Structure Lesson
This site explains the topic of parallel structure. Numerous examples of sentences with parallel structure are provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Write Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Write the equation for a line that is a parallel or perpendicular to a line given in slope-intercept form and that goes through a specific point. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Parallel Structure
This entry defines parallel structure and provides the five rules of parallel structure complete with explanation and examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism in Writing
An explanation and examples of using parallelism in writing.