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Adolescent Obesity and Susceptibility to Disease
Students understand the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and good health. In this health lesson students read text then create their own pamphlet on the cardiovascular system, weight gain, treatments and health risks.
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Do You want? Do You Like? There is/ There are
Pupils understand and recognize the names of various foods. In this food bingo lesson, students work in pairs to practice questioning with the phrases: do you want and do you like. Pupils practice listening and speaking skills while...
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What Is a Newspaper?
In this journalism worksheet, students read and analyze an article about newspapers and complete a variety of activities along with answering twenty four comprehension questions.
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Fish Counting Nursery Rhyme
Students experience The Fish Counting Rhyme. In this counting lesson, students practice counting while listening to The Fish Counting Rhyme.
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The Name Jar
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the literature of Korea. "The Name Jar" is read by students to practice some essential reading skills. This would include the recognition of sequence in a story, characterization, and...
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Short Story
Seventh graders identify the various elements of a short story. After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," students identify the author's purpose in writing the story as well as the elements that make it a short...
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Moral Dilemmas
In this moral dilemmas worksheet, students will cut apart 16 question cards. Then they will take turns reading scenarios about situations involving using one's morals and discuss how they would handle these situations.
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It's Raining Cats and Dog: Studying Idioms
Seventh graders determine the literal and figurative meanings of idioms and research the history of idioms. In this idioms lesson plan, 7th graders read two books by Fred Gwynne and select two idioms from the texts to research. Students...
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Short Story 2
Seventh graders review previous reading of Rikki Tikki Tavi. They discuss prior knowledge of simile, metaphor, idiom, and hyperbole. Students practice using vocabulary words from the story by listing synonyms for them. Students read from...
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Class Field Guide to the Sloughs
Students explore how to use field guides to identify wildlife. In this nature lesson students construct their own plant field guide.
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Vocabulary Building: "ai" Words
In this identifying words spelled with "ai" activity, students use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write twenty-one...
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Traveling Through Time, Wetland Style
Students create a timeline on the development of the Pajaro Valley Area. In this social science lesson plan, students discuss the changes that took place in the area over the past 300 years. They draw a pictures of how the area has...
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Summary Lesson Plans
Students can learn how to write summaries with the help of graphic organizers, and summarization lessons.
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Vocabulary Building: ar
In this vocabulary "ar" worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same activities...
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Vocabulary Building: 2 Consonant Rule
For this consonant rule vocabulary worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same...
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Lesson Ideas for Comparing and Contrasting Content
Here are three lesson ideas to help students learn how to compare and contrast information in any content area
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Lesson 3: Writing a News Story
Start a writing lesson by examining a news video that explains writing clearly, concisely, and correctly. Learners consider the importance of writing news properly to avoid breaking the law, then write their own weekend news stories.
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The Importance of Punctuation
In this writing worksheet, students participate in a variety of punctuation activities. For example, rewrite a text using correct punctuation and unscramble words to create sentences.
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Produce a Nonfiction Text
In this language arts instructional activity, middle schoolers look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.