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On the Other Hand

For Students 3rd - 6th
Do you live in the country, city, or suburbs? Use this conversational starter to discuss the advantages and disadvantages to living in a certain area. There's a small chart for your learners to take notes. 
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Do You Have Any Plans for the Weekend?

For Students 3rd - 5th
What are you doing over the weekend? Pair up your class members for a speaking opportunity. First, they decide what they're going to do over the weekend, and then they share these things with a partner. Have them share their plans with...
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Good/Well Practice

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this good and well practice worksheet, young scholars read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 15 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in the sentences with "good" or "well."
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Lead Up Skills for Bowling Bingo

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Players learn how to roll a ball with accuracy and the proper amount of force. They practice using their dominant hand as well as learning how to use their non-dominant hand to roll a ball. Cues are given for rolling a ball and for...
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Searching for Meanings Beneath the Surface of the Poem

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze poetry. In this cultural perspectives lesson, students read the poem "Soccer Until Dusk" by Mark Brazaitis. Students analyze the poem and consider the cultural perspective it reveals.
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What is Good Use of Time?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the best uses of time in other cultures. In this time use instructional activity, students read the poem 'Soccer Into Dusk' and 'The Meaning of Time' as analysis of time usage in other culttures. Students complete a...
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Green Transportation System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Consider the effects of green transportation. In this environmental stewardship lesson, determine how transportation has changed throughout history and then collaborate to solve New York City transportation issues.
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Finding Your Big Voice

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use their diaphragm to create vocal vibrations, vocal sounds, and project sounds through an open space. In this sounds lesson plan, students learn how to use their voices to project through an auditorium.
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After School Snacks

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this after school snacks worksheet, students look at food labels and determine how much "phe" is in foods. Students complete 22 problems total.
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Listening and Punctuation and Grammar, oh my!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A great way to practice listening, punctuation, and proper grammar is playing this great partner activity. Learners must work together to read and write different sentences. 
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Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 4th - 5th
Adjectives and Adverbs are the focus of this Standardized Test-type of worksheet. Learners consider ten sentences, and make changes, if necessary, to the underlined portions of each sentence. This worksheet would provide excellent...
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Transitions and Managing Change

For Teachers 6th
Intended to help sixth graders move on to middle school or junior high, this presentation discusses ways to cope with stress caused by change. While this cute and friendly format may invite good healthy discussions, it may not appeal to...
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Managing Conflict: Channeling Anger

For Teachers K - 3rd
Help kids learn how to cope, manage, and channel their angry feelings. This slide show provides space for learners to discuss how they feel when they are angry, ways they can channel their anger, and several alternative strategies for...
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Do You Have a Blog?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ask learners about their personal writing habits, such as whether they keep a journal or a blog, or if they'd ever want to. Though this is not a fully developed lesson, you can use this article and question to provoke discussion and...
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Values Clarification

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
From 34 possibilities (and two blanks for other options), class members choose their top 10 values and rank them in ascending order to focus attention on what they want to prioritize in life. To the list, I'd add "service to others" and...
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The Gerund Phrase

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your young grammarians need extra practice identifying gerund phrases? After reading a short definition and studying examples, learners underline the gerund phrases in 20 sentences. This worksheet could be used as the basis of a...
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The Complex Sentence

For Students 7th - 9th
Develop the writing skills of your middle and high schoolers with this worksheet on complex, compound, and simple sentences. This resource assumes your learners are familiar with simple and compound sentences, so only the complex...
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Integrating Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries Effectively

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Integrating quotations, paraphrases, and summaries into a paper can be a challenge. After the terms are defined and the difference among them illustrated, viewers are shown correct and incorrect inclusions of quotations. Preview the...
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Proofreading

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reading backward and moving from word to word with a pencil are just two of the many strategies employed by proofreaders that are included in a presentation about the editing stage of the writing process. In addition, viewers are asked...
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Guided Imagery: Canyons, Chapter 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Individuals use words or illustrate what they experience during a reading of a passage from chapter eight of Gary Paulsen's Canyons. Complete directions for the guided imagery exercise, and a suggested passage, are included with the...
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Monster: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How would you feel if you were on trial for murder—and you were only 16 years old? Put yourself in Steve Harmon's shoes before reading Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Kids listen to music that fits the theme of the book before listening to...
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Much Ado About Nothing: Guided Imagery Exercise

For Teachers 12th
“Be glad that all things sort so well.” To make text-to-self connections to Shakespeare’s play, class members engage in a guided imagery exercise prior to reading Act IV, scene i of Much Ado About Nothing (the wedding of Claudio and...
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Night: Guided Imagery Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prior to reading Night, class members engage in a guided imagery activity that helps them make text-to-self connections to Elie Wiesel’s account of his experiences with his father in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Complete directions, as well...
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Pudd'nhead Wilson: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Inspire thought around some of the themes of Pudd'nhead Wilson with a visualization activity. As you read a passage, learners close their eyes and picture the scene. A writing exercise and discussion follow.

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