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Divulging in Detail
Students rely on their senses to write descriptions of an object within their view. They incorporate different parts of speech in their descriptions. They write a descriptive paragraph about their object.
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Writing About a Christmas Day Celebration
Students write about a Christmas Day Celebration they have experienced. In this personal narrative lesson, students use descriptive words to tell a story about their own family's Christmas. Students organize plot and develop the story as...
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Breaking News English: Britain's Sick Day Culture
In this English worksheet, students read "Britain's Sick Day Culture," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Flirting vs. Sexual Harassment
Eighth graders become more aware of the kinds of sexual harassment that take place all the time and for them to know how to deal with it.
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Prairie Activity: Imagist Prairie Poems
Students write an imagist prairie poem. They explore various websites, view images of prairies, read examples of poems, and write an original poem that creates a mental image in the mind of the listener through the use of descriptive...
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Poems in Sections: The Mosaic Format
Students explore poetry.  They examine metaphors.  Students discuss and write examples of  "figurative" and "literal" language.  They read mosaic poetry.  Students write a poem in mosaic format.
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Is It Hot in the Light?
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight.  In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them.  To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...
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Britian of the Future
Students explore the issues touched on in the programme extracts and generate ideas about what Britian might look like in the future.  They  develop a picture of this imagined England and explore how the relationship between Scotland,...
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Help Me Find My Keys
Fourth graders write a five-paragraph essay on the topic: What mistakes have you made and then learned a life lesson from that experience?
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Landforms All Around
Students create a "Landform Dictionary". They develop an overlay map and participate in hands-on activities to identify the key characteristics of landforms. They discuss the plant and animal life of these areas. Handouts for the lessons...
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Static Cling
Students work together to discover the concept of static electricity.  They participate in an experiment in which they test different objects charge.  They make observations and record them for later use.
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Winter Wonderland Activities
Ideas to help keep the motivational fire in your classroom burning.
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What's That Tree?
Fifth graders identify trees along a nature trail. Using a dichotomous key, 5th graders answer questions to aid in their identification of trees along a specified nature trail. Observations are recorded in their science journals. Sample...
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Whole Numbers
Student are assigned one of the sections on whole numbers.  After reviewing the content, they teach their assigned sections to other class mates.  They publish their findings on a PowerPoint slide show to use when they teach their section.
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Nocturnal Navigators
Young biologists take a look at some of the unique ways that nocturnal animals survive in the dark. After reading a terrific student handout which is embedded in the plan, learners work together to answer questions about what they have...
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Add the Prepositions to Complete the Story
What is a preposition? How many can you list? This worksheet has learners fill in the blanks with prepositions listed at the top of the page. Great practice opportunity!
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Writing Bug- Let it Snow- Writing Prompt Worksheet
In this writing worksheet, students write an essay that describes what it is like to be in an area of the world where it snows in the winter. They write the essay from the point of view of educating someone who has never seen snow before.
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Let's Learn About Energy Sources
Second graders identify at least four energy sources through sensory experiences.
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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Heat Energy- Temperature
Second graders investigate the meaning of temperature. They determine what happens to a thermometer when the temperature rises or falls. They place thermometers in different classroom locations in order to compare the temperature in a...
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Inferences: An Experiment with Ice
In this inferences:  an experiment with ice worksheet, students follow the procedure for the experiment with ice, then write inferences from their observations.
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Slang Quiz: Mixed 1
In this slang worksheet, students select the meaning of the slang word used in each example sentence. There are 10 exercises.
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Résumé Writing
Students research examples of resumes on the World Wide Web. They use the good examples to write their own resumes focusing on their strengths.
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Liquid Crystal IR Detector
Middle schoolers experiment with one method of detecting infrared radiation. They simulate the detection of infrared radiation using a liquid crystal sheet.