Playbooks
Reader's Theater Exercise: The Night Before Christmas
Yes, Virginia, there really is a reader's theater script for "The Night Before Christmas." The exercise is a great way to productively channel pre-holiday energy.
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Dada and Neue Sachlichkeit
After the abstractists and the Cubists of the early 20th century left their mark, the Dada and Neue-Sachlichkeit movements began. Examine the interesting world of these movements and have your class consider their impact on current...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Silly Stories: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
ESL/ELD learners are provided extra support with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on silly stories by this packet of activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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Collaborative Discussion: Common Core Basics for Back-to-School
Listening may be the most important skill of all for Common Core collaborative speaking standards. Prepare yourself for a class experience that boosts listening and speaking skills, with a great article. Attached lessons, excellent...
McGraw Hill
Study Guide for Frankenstein
Help the class uncover the story of Frankenstein. Learners answer questions and complete activities to respond to the text Frankenstein as they read. Scholars learn new vocabulary, respond to personal and text-dependent questions,...
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Common Homonym Errors Worksheet
If you're unsure of your homonyms, then this activity is for you. So much better than some, there are two columns of exercises, and they're fun too.
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Arlington Springs Man: Lesson Plan 1
Learning to craft quality questions is a skill that can be taught. Class members use the Question Formulation Technique to learn how to create and refine both closed-ended and open-ended questions. They then view West of the West's...
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Rhythm and Rhyme
Students, after talking about form, create a more focused learning space with a collective purpose.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions based on Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass.
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Historical Background of Nightjohn Lesson Plan
Eighth graders use first-hand slave narratives that show conditions of slavery. They paste text into Appleworks and publish with a picture clipped from web sites. They create a group account of life during slavery to prepare for reading...
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A Literature of Democracy
Eleventh graders analyze how American literature shows a lot of different genres. In groups, 11th graders create a short report about the passage they have chosen.
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Chicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities
After reading Chicken Soup with Rice, by Maurice Sendak, incorporate some of these great extension activities into your lesson plan. Ideas include focusing on knowing the months of the year, or studying the illustrations and how...
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Dinosaurs
Students are introduced to the various types of dinosaurs and write in their journals about their favorite one. After listening to a story and watching a filmstrip, they color a few pages in their Dinosaur Friends Book. They also examine...
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If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War.
Students investigate major characters of history that are represented in children's literature. They conduct research using a variety of resources and each character is put into a class book as a presentation. The character includes a...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. The words all correspond to the theme of Valentine's Day.
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Outstanding African Americans Activity
Challenge historians to investigate influential African-Americans through this online research activity. Learners undertake this task using online links, some of which require investigative searching. Print the worksheet out first, so...
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The Outsiders: Chapter 5
In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions covering chapter 5 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
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Values: Read and Reflect
In this values worksheet, 3rd graders will read a passage about a boy who is nervous about an oral presentation. After reading the passage, the students will choose from a list the main value demonstrated in the story and tell why it is...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Ruby the Copycat
Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore vocabulary words used in Ruby the Copycat. Students assess the meaning of new vocabulary words and record their new words in a word journal.
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Alliteration Activities and Lesson Ideas
Alliteration is an entertaining literary device to utilize in reading and writing instruction.
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Birthday Soup
Students utilize the story, "Chicken Soup With Rice, " by Maurice Sendak to compare the number of days in each month, research their birth date and navigate their way through a calendar.
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Tales From Around the World
Students read stories. In this culture lesson plan, students read stories from different regions around the world. Students look for each region on the map and listen for interesting cultural details in the story. Students then discuss...
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Sounds Like Christmas, Exploring Hearing
Students see that the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Also, students explain that sound can produce patterns. They engage in a wide variety of activities that focus on the sense of hearing.
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Discovering Dewey's Decimal System
Students discover the Dewey Decimal System. In this fractions lesson, students utilize education software to discover how the Dewey Decimal System works. Students create a PowerPoint presentation in groups or a informational...