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People Who Make A Difference: American Heroes
Students think about the characteristics of a hero so they can later evaluate which historical figures on the heroes chart meet the criteria.
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I Am Super!-- Full Color Copy
In this reading worksheet, students create a small book by stapling 10 fully illustrated pages together. The story depicts family and community members as super heroes, ending with the dog as a super dog.
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World-Water Hero
Students make up a superhero. In this water quality lesson, students create a superhero with super powers that can improve water quality and availability.
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Super Seniors
Students research senior citizens who were heroes during the Reconstruction Era. They interview senior citizens who they believe to be heroes and write a biography about them. They explain how small acts can contribute to the common good.
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Kalsu, Tillman Define Heroism
In this article analysis activity, students read an article titled "Kalsu, Tillman Define Heroism," take notes on the article, define 2 words from the article, and write summaries of the article.
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Willy the Super - Ant
In this reading learning exercise, students learn to distinguish between the words "want" and "what" by reading a story about a super-ant. Students read or listen to the story and draw 7 cartoons to show events in the story. In each...
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Strip Designer
Let everyone bring out their inner Stan Lee, and practice creating visually-pleasing comic strips that represent and liven up their stories, essays, personal experiences, and the personality of the creator.
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Elements of the Oral Tradition
Various genres of oral tradition are outlined and defined in these slides. Give your class examples of folk tales, fairy tales, parables, fables, legends, and myths before reading an example of one of these stories. This overview acts as...
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Subject Verb Agreement
In this subject and verb agreement learning exercise, students read 10 sentences and choose the correct singular or plural verb form that agrees with the subject and best completes the sentence.
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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Students read chapter 2 of "White Tigers." They discuss the text in class, and a copy of the translation of the Chinese poem about Mu-Ian. Students read it in class and discuss what goes on in the poem. They complete the worksheet for...
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Wondrous Water
Students explore the different properties of water. They experimenting with different activities, each one explaining a different property of water. Students read an article "Small, Ues, But Might: The Molecule Called Water." and then...
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World-Water Hero
Learners explore why clean water is essential. For this environmental lesson, students identify the "powers" we need to improve the quality of water. Learners share their descriptions of world-water superheroes.
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Oscar Grammar
Students practice listening, grammar skills and reading comprehension as they complete an "Oscar (the dog) Grammar" worksheet.
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Top 10 Games of 2007
In this top ten games of 2007 worksheet, students review each game and its genre and then answer four discussion questions, complete a writing task and then write an outline for a computer game story with a script.
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Narrative Cartoons
Learners create a narrative cartoon. In this narrative lesson, students use a Peace Corp website to collect information and photographs that they add captions to and use to create their own narrative cartoons.
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Narrative Cartoons
Students create narrative cartoons based on the activities of the Peace Corps. In this narrative cartoons lesson plan, students create comic strips where they draw and write about various activities that the Peace Corps is involved in.
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Narrative Cartoons
Students compare and contrast the traditional superhero cartoon with a narrative cartoon. Students research water resources and usage in Africa and create original narrative cartoons showcasing their findings.
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Superhero Comic Strip Using Greek and Latin Roots
Young scholars create comic strips in groups and explain to the class the Latin and Greek roots of their superhero names. In this Latin and Greek root lesson plan, students get into groups and come up with superhero characters to...