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It's a Matter of Opinion
Dissect the parts of an advertisement with your class. Middle schoolers discuss advertisements and locate the hook in them. Then, they create an advertisement for a business, in which they include the name of the business, an...
Clark County School District
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
A thorough lesson plan takes your first grade class through Jane Yolen's beautiful Owl Moon. It crafts the unit with clear objectives, high-level guiding questions, cloze activities and sentence frames, and extension...
Polk Bros Foundation
Meet the Nonfiction Main Idea Challenge
Help your class develop the ability to determine a main idea with a packet of materials that you can introduce and use over a period of time. The packet includes some information for the teacher and rationale for the exercises. There are...
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Strategy for Spelling Success - Proofreading Dictated Sentences
Eighth graders write and proofread dictated sentences. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice writing 4 dictated sentences. They proofread the sentences for spelling, written conventions, apostrophes, plurals, "ie"/"ei" spellings,...
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First sentence completion: 11
In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blank in the first sentence based on what the second sentence is saying. Students complete 10 multiple choice question.
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Organizing Writing/Composing a First Draft
Seventh graders access an organizer from an earlier lesson and transition sentences to begin a new essay. In this organization and composing lesson, 7th graders work in small groups to create a draft of an article about...
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Write A Description
Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.
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Research/Technical Writing: Paraphrasing
Young scholars work in groups to paraphrase an article. For this paraphrasing lesson, each group is assigned a paragraph to paraphrase in one sentence. Other groups critique the sentences to make sure each is...
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Rikki-Tikki Colorful Verbs
Study and practice the vocabulary in Rudyard Kipling's famous story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Pupils underline verbs in a passage from the story, taking special note of vivid or precise verbs. They then write original sentences for five...
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The Future Continuous and Future Perfect Tenses
Practice completing sentences with its correct future verb tense via fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice options, with a 20 question learning exercise.
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Sentence Skills
In this spelling skills instructional activity, students respond to 10 questions in which they must correct misspelled words, identify antonyms, and rewrite sentences.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 13
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are scored...
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How Many Blocks Are There?
In this tracing and writing worksheet, students trace and write sentences about a conversation about blocks. Students complete 5 sentences total.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 13
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers...
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 10
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are...
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Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 12
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are scored...
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Observation Skills
First graders observe a spider and write sentences about what they see the spider doing. For this writing lesson plan, 1st graders draw what they see, then make an edible spider out of marshmallows and twizzlers. A fun, delicious lesson...
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The Big Full Stop Tidy Up
Young readers consider four illustrated sentences about a zebra and put a "full stop" (period) at the end of each. They write a sentence about the zebra, and read it to a partner. A simple, and sweet activity!
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Write a postcard
In this writing a postcard instructional activity, students color the correct word that should be used in the sentences to complete the postcard. Students complete 4 sentences.
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Revising Dialogue II
In this dialogue revision activity, students revise a set of sentences so they sound more natural and fitting for the characters speaking.
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Rhythm, Verse and Rhyme: COMPOSING A LIST POEM
Students are provided an opportunity for self-expression. They collaborate with a partner and compose a list poem. Students practice reading and writing skills. They explore lists and catalogues--both elements of poetry and practical...
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Research Skills - Famous Britons - Part 2
In this research skills activity, students use the library or Internet to determine why 8 famous Britons are still famous today. They write a short answer after completing the research.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 34
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are...
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Writing the Position Paper
Learners write position papers on a form of alternative energy production. They use several class periods to develop and write their paper and them participate in an extensive peer review session.