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Bridge to Terabithia: Library Lessons

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Foreshadowing, flashbacks, and imaginary places are the three topics of focus in this two-lesson packet written especially for the book, Bridge to Terabithia. Each lesson also comes with worksheets and activities to support student...
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Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, and Trolls Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls cloze activity worksheet, students read a 4 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks in the piece with words from the provided word bank.
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BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a hypothesis about the attitudinal differences between generations, test their hypothesis with a survey, chart their findings, and present their answers to the class.
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Pronouns and Perspective

For Students 4th - 6th
For this pronouns and perspectives worksheet, students underline all pronouns in short passages and tell whether they are written in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person.
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Comma Splices and Fused Sentences - Exercise 5

For Students 5th - 8th
In this comma slice and fused sentences review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they respond to 20 multiple choice questions.
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Growth and Development

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read the folktale, "The Magical Stone", and discuss questions imbedded in the lesson.
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K12 Reader

Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Readers use context to determine the meaning of words found in a short article about earthquakes and the movement of the earth's crust.
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Rock & Roll through Literary Terms: An Upbeat Lyrical Adventure

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding Rock & Roll music, lyrics, drama and visual art and how they all help demonstrate examples of literary terms. They use Rock & Roll as an effective aid to stimulate their...
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World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun

For Teachers 12th
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Using Prepositional Phrases

For Teachers 5th - 6th
The class reads the book Heckedy Peg. Stopping to point out the prepositional phrases, the teacher models and guides the young scholars to deeper comprehension. Small groups collaborate to read A Sweet Smell of Roses. They thenfind the...
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Rejoice, It’s National Poetry Month!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Cultivate an interest and enjoyment of poetry school-wide!
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When Disaster Strikes: Flooding in Pakistan

For Teachers K - 12th
Students complete various activities after reading about flooding in Pakistan. In this lesson on humanitarian efforts, students read about flooding that occurred in Pakistan, discuss what they have read, and synthesize the information...
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Music Education, The Blues

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson examines both the content and form of lyrics in blues songs. In addition to highlighting the basic musical form of a blues song, it also addresses the use of floating verses in blues music, both within the context of the...
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Western Folklore Presentations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students choose a folktale character to research using electronic encyclopedia, software, the Internet, media center and printed material. They focus their research around specific criteria to force the students to be selective and...
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Take Me to the River! Using the Black River for Earth Science Review

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use maps to identify landscape regions and drainage patterns producing the Black River. They create PowerPoint presentations pertaining to the Black River watershed, its geologic history and highlighting safe rafting...
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Around Town

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this town instructional activity, students label signs, answer short answer questions, label places in sentences, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1-Grade 8

For Students 9th - 11th
In this New York State Testing Program English worksheet, students read a variety of passages and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Map of Kellyburi

For Students 6th
In this map instructional activity, 6th graders use a map to label 12 locations, answer 6 directional questions, write the answer for 17 general information questions, select the word for 10 sentences and read 25 English words for Thai...
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Revision - Various

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this word order activity, learners put sentences in order, match phrases with words, insert question words into sentences, and more. Students complete 3 activities.
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ACE Expert English Homework- July 12, 2006

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL worksheet, students complete 8 pages of exercises designed for ELL students from Thailand. Activities included are writing sentences, completing dialogs, and matching phrases and pictures.
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Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore palindromes and try writing some of their own. A second lesson centers around French food and restaurants. They create a business plan and menu for an imaginary French restaurant.
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Western Folklore

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Western Region folklore. They choose a Western Folklore character and research that character. Students prepare a presentation on their character and present the information to the class.
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Test Your Reading Skills - Understanding Maps 2

For Students 6th - 7th
In this map reading worksheet, students will use their answers from p.62 (another worksheet) and the map of Melton Park on p. 61 (another worksheet) to fill in the missing words on the worksheet.
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City Quiz Series

For Students 6th - 7th
In this United Kingdom cities activity, learners read the sentences about 'A Visit to Derby Industrial Museum at the Skil Mill' and answer the 20 questions.