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Football: It's Not Just for Jocks!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a variety of football-themed activities. They develop creative writing projects with a football inspiration, research and interpret football statistics and practice football skills in P.E.
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Poetry Creator | Verses

For Students 2nd - 8th
Construct from a canvas of words, lyrical expressions that your budding poets can share and post.  Based on refrigerator magnet poetry, creative writers can develop their poetry independently, or from a given prompt from their instructor.  
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover the thematic connections between classical literary and popular song lyrics.  In this English instructional activity, 11th graders research a specific topic to be presented to the class.  Students analyze song...
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High School Poetry Writing Workshop

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners are given an on-screen overview of the Poetry Writing Workshop, including how to access and navigate the 2Learn Site and the web page, prior to signing up for the workshop or commencing work on the site.
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Pink Floyd and the Carpe Diem Theme

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to Pink Floyd's "Time" in order to apply the theme of carpe diem to other works of literature and to their own life.
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The Concept of the Hero

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the symbolic implications for the concept of the hero with a focus on the Beowulf theme. In this hero concept lesson, students find specific examples of monsters from Beowulf to complete the chart. Students list the...
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Hamlet: Quotations

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Hamlet worksheet, students read passages from Hamlet and answer the prompts for each one. Prompts include identifying the speaker, describing the context of the quote, and explaining the significance of one of four literary...
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Macbeth: Quotations

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Macbeth worksheet, students read passages from Macbeth and answer the prompts for each one. Prompts include identifying the speaker, describing the context of the quote, and explaining the significance of one of five literary...
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Mardi Gras Madness

For Teachers 8th
CStudents create a sensory chart in on the topic of Mardi Gras. They design a brainstorm web using Inspiration and complete creative writing assignment. Students write a poem about Mardi Gras that is presented to the class at the final...
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Introduction to Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are introduced to poetry and music. They discuss what the two have in common. They identify a song as their favorite and explain why.
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Female Poets Speak For Themselves

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Student examine selected works of twentieth-century female poets that speak to the stereotypes about women inherent in Western culture. Individually, students explore these stereotypes and their experience with them. Students create a...
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Ode to a Nightingale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read poems about Tuberculosis by John Keats. Using the poems, they identify similies, metaphors, personification and imagery. In groups, they make connections about the author's outlook on life and how his disease impacted his...
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Mending Walls: Barriers in Communications

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore a literal and figurative wall. In this communication lesson, students examine and discuss barriers in communication as they analyze Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and Robert Frost's "Mending Wall".
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The Bard, the Globe, the Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 6th
Students complete a unit of lessons to learn about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre. In this William Shakespeare lesson, students complete 7 lessons of activities to study William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, and the play 'A...
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Poetry Unit Test

For Students 5th - 12th
In this poetry worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on different aspects of poetry. Students complete 40 questions total.
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Writing
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Newspaper Writing in Various Genres

For Students 9th
In this newspaper writing in various genres worksheet, students create 8 newspaper articles in different genres (list provided), following the examples given, with grading rubric included.
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Reading Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the poem "Still I Rise" and discuss the different ways it can be told and read and brought to life. In this poetry lesson plan, 10th graders read aloud and silently, and compare different works of poetry.
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Style and Voice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Develop the writing skills of your high school class. Writers consider their personal style and voice, read selections by other authors, and then write pieces that challenge them to experiment with their own style.
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What About Fighting?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are the positive and negative consequences of violence? Elementary and middle schoolers discuss how some see violence as the answer to resolving conflicts. They identify the positive and negative aspects to using violence, and ask...
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What's So Bad or Good About Conflict?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners of all ages discuss how conflict can be negative and positive. First, they create a class bulletin board about conflict, and provide their thoughts and connotations surrounding the word. In a class discussion, they ask questions...
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Write a Harry Potter Script

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Examine the technique of writing a script and complete a worksheet in which young writers summarize a favorite chapter in a Harry Potter book. They practice public speaking by acting out the summarization scenes for classmates. Handouts...
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Making Connections: I Know Why Caged Birds Sing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars discuss equality and fairness by reading a Maya Angelo poem.  In this U.S. history lesson, students read the poem I Know Why Caged Birds Sing, and discuss how the era it was written in affected the words.  Young scholars...
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Allen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. They read and analyze poems by Allen Ginsberg, conduct Internet research, collect examples of art of the 60s, and create a presentation.
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Truman Capote: Other Voices, Other Rooms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars read and analyze Truman Capote's autobiographical short story, "A Christmas Memory." They discuss writing styles, conduct Internet research on Truman Capote, write a book review, and write a short story based on one of...

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