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Til Death Do Us Part

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read Romeo and Juliet. They complete a character analysis on one of the major players and present it in an informative and entertaining way. They rewrite and perform one scene from another character's point of view.
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Feature Stories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are taught the basics of writing a feature story. They choose a topic for research. Students use the library and internet research skills to investigate their topic. They proofread their own writing or the writing of others,...
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The Texas Cowboy: Myth and Reality

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders distinguish fact from myth when discussing the history of cowboys. They observe, discuss, and analyze works of art that refer to the cowboy lifestyle.
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Picturing The Past

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils engage in a lesson that is concerned with the interpretation of images. people. They look at photographs and derive stories from them and tell the personal significance to others in class discussion. The lesson contains questions...
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Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these alphabetical order worksheets, learners write the matching lowercase or uppercase letter next to the given letters. Students then write the correct lowercase or uppercase letter in alphabetical order. Learners then rewrite the...
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine the works of Noam Chomsky. They collaborate in small groups to read and identify vocabulary words and historical questions. They answer their questions and role-play as emissaries to locate remaining answers. They...
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Creating A Different Point Of View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Indian marriage customs and culture.They connect and compare their own experiences with the experiences of characters from the short story Diamond Dust and rewrite a scene from the story from another point of view.
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Storytelling

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. For this storytelling lesson, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Editing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Students journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...
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Street Language

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students consider the impact of language. In this literacy lesson, students read an article about literary classics being rewritten in "youth speak" (the article is not included). Students read and discuss the article.
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Class Conscience

For Students 10th
In this algebra worksheet, 10th graders rewrite algebraic expression using algebra. They follow specific steps to solve this word problem. There is an answer key.
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Dracula

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read the book, Dracula and complete a variety of listed activities including: class discussion, vocabulary study, rewriting a section of the book in modern language, drawing characters, making a family tree of the characters, etc.
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TE Activity: Tears in Rain

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine photographs before writing captions for them. They develop visual literacy as they see how photographs are manipulated to show the effects of acid rain. They rewrite the photo captions after a class discussion.
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Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
For this literacy worksheet, students unscramble the words and rewrite the answers in the spaces provided for the six questions. The solution is found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Scramble

For Students 5th
In this literacy worksheet, 5th graders find the solution to the scrambled words and rewrite the words. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Scramble

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the correct spelling for each word and rewrite the new word in the spaces provided. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Hairy Bear Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students unscramble the words in order to find the correct spelling and rewrite them in the spaces provided. The answers are found by clicking the button found at the bottom of the page.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students focus on modifiers as a part of speech.  Students study 8 sentences and rewrite each in its correct format.
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Ordering Numbers to 20

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number order worksheet, students study the 5 lists of numbers and rewrite each set so the numbers are ordered from least to greatest.
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Ordering Numbers to 50

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number order worksheet, students study the 5 sets of numbers and rewrite each set by ordering the numbers from least to greatest.
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Commas Worksheet (Part 1)

For Students 8th Standards
One of the basic rules of commas is that they are similar to pauses that occur in speech. This is what this learning exercise practices. The basic rules of commas will have to be reviewed before the page can be issued, but when it is in...
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Play Reporters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given an article from a local newspaper. They summarize the article and participate in a broadcast over the articles.
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Map Work: Using the Index and Grid References

For Students 4th - 5th
In this maps learning exercise, students use the Oxford First Atlas to answer 20 questions about cities in Great Britain. Students will need to use the index and grid references to locate cities or countries.
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The New Organon

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Francis Bacon's The New Organon. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.