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Read Write Think: Essay Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A printable four-point rubric to use when evaluating essays for focus/details, organization, voice, word choice, and usage/mechanics. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas are also...
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University of Wisconsin Stout: A Rubric for Evaluating Student Blogs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rubric that can be used for assessing students' contributions to a blog.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: How to Use the "4 C's" Rubrics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
"Rubrics describe what good critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity & innovation look like in the context of Project Based Learning." The collection of rubrics does not evaluate content for a specific subject...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Michael Best: Assignment #3: An Explication

For Students 11th - 12th
This is an assignment to write a detailed 850-word explication over one of two passages in Shakespeare's Othello. In the assignment, he explains what an explication is and is not and how to go about writing one. He also explains exactly...
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Read Write Think: In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Build a greater understanding of poetry and poet's voice. Develop and interpret a poem for a oral performance. Links include presentation rubrics and participation rubric.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Producing Multimedia Products in Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are text, digital cameras, scanners,...
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The Kennedy Center: Writing Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
With this lesson plan learners can examine creation myths, then write their own unique story. Provides plenty of links to more information, an assessment rubric, and thirteen extension ideas!
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Center for Educational Resources: Sky Paths

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson activities where students observe and describe the movements of objects in the sky in both daytime and nighttime. They learn how early cultures regarded the skies, and the stories they told about them. Students will be given the...
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Better Lesson: Collision Course (Part 2)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This is part 2 of a two-part lesson on understanding how speed changes when two objects collide. Students will conduct an experiment, collect data, and draw conclusions about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide....
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 1: Orientation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this first unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students are instructed in how the entire course is organized, what to expect, what course symbols mean, rubrics used in assessment, and what plagiarism is. The next section explains...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Calling All Kid Presidents

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars will watch a video of Kid President giving a speech and another of a student's winning speech to be vice-president of the student council. They will also read an excerpt...
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Better Lesson: Examining Point of View

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Who is telling the story? Students analyze whose eyes the reader is looking through. Students will learn that there is more to point of view than knowing who is telling the story. This instructional activity will teach them about the...
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Better Lesson: Text Feature Diagrams

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
At the end of this instructional activity, students will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams,...
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Better Lesson: Visual Representations in Informational Text

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will look at examples of illustrations and diagrams in informational texts and discuss how each one helps enhance the text. Students gain the knowledge that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words because a complex idea...
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California State University

California State University, Northridge: Amazing Egg Drop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teams must protect a raw egg from an eight feet fall with a container they designed. To construct the container teams must use only materials given to them in a bag and must do it in an allotted time frame. Lesson plan includes a...
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Read Write Think: Abc Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Six 50-minute lessons build vocabulary through the content areas by making an ABC book. It can become a classroom resource. Links include a non-fiction book list, checklist, word list, rubric, and a storyboard chart. There is also a link...
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Read Write Think: Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This very detailed lesson plan includes readings, discussion questions, handouts, interactives and a rubric, all aimed at helping students construct a themed memoir while documenting the artistic process they used to create it.
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Read Write Think: Designing Museum Exhibits for "The Grapesof Wrath"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Integrating various creative formats with solid, researched fact, allows students to show what they have learned. The resulting "museum" can be shared with an audience in any of a number of ways. Includes handouts, rubric, and...
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Read Write Think: Writing Alternative Plots for Robert O'brien's Z for Zachariah

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson in which students are required to write an alternative plot to O'Brien's science fiction novel. Includes an interactive graphic organizer, handouts, and a rubric.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: A School Wide Performance Assessment System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Look into a school using a portfolio project to measure students success during their four years of a school using PBL. Site includes both an article and a video. Also learn how school-wide rubrics are...
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Better Lesson: Jigsaw Lit Circle Discussions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will participate in a discussion of a text by preparing for a literature circle. This lesson is an example of the Jigsaw Method. A student video and grading rubric are provided.
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Better Lesson: Covering and Filling: Surface Area & Volume of Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Students apply their knowledge of surface area and volume to solve some problems for a box company. This lesson plan contains a detailed lesson plan, video explanations, rubrics, group work guidelines, slides containing problems, and...
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Ohio Department of Education: Cell Division and Differentiation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students use hands-on activities and journaling to learn about the process of mitosis, meiosis and cell differentiation. Hands-on activities include modeling of the mitosis and meiosis processes with model building and...
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Romare Bearden (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This 4-day lesson plan asks students to explore artistic points of view, explore the elements and principals that contribute to mood, and discuss social themes that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance. The 4-day process involves...

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