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Prestwick House

Understanding Language: Slant, Spin, and Bias in the News

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
We live in a time of fake news, alternative realities, and media bias. What could be more timely than an activity that asks class members to research how different sources report the same topic in the news?
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Curated OER

Working on the Slant

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Compare and contrast a major news story from various newspapers. How does the perspective change? Are certain things included in some of the stories and left out of others? Have pupils complete a graphic organizer to compare how...
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Curated OER

Comparing Poems

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...
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Curated OER

Slanted Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine biased words in news articles, suggest synonyms, then rewrite the sentences to demonstrate how word choice can alter meaning.
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Curated OER

Advanced Synonyms and Antonyms - Multiple Choice - Verbs 2

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners complete 6 multiple choice questions where they choose the best synonym for each verb given. Then students complete 6 multiple choice questions where they choose the best antonym for each verb given.
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Curated OER

Trace and Color Pre-handwriting Practice

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this tracing and coloring pre-handwriting practice worksheet, students color two pictures, trace the words point, pigs, and park, and trace straight and slanted lines. Students complete forty-two activities.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Bog Child

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You are destined for an engaged and happy class as they read Siobhan Dowd’s Bog Child because there is nothing missing from this study guide, seriously. This might be the easiest novel to teach because you don’t have to do a thing in...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Emulating Emily Dickinson: Poetry Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers analyze mood and voice in Emily Dickinson's poem, "There's a Certain Slant of Light." After the analysis, students write a poem of their own emulating the Dickinson poem, and then write a one-page essay describing what...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
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Curated OER

"Journalism in Tennessee"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to headline from National Enquirer or other tabloid, listen to story "Journalism in Tennessee," compare and contrast connections between Twain's idea of journalism with present day journalism, define vocabulary, and...
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Curated OER

Handwriting: Group Upper and Lower Case Letters

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize and practice characteristics of upper and lower case letters. They assess how to write letters in a straight line, a slanted line and in a curve and then write the letters covered on their individual dry erase board or...
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Curated OER

We Write to Read

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to cursive handwriting as a symbolic language system. In this cursive handwriting lesson, students apply the Peterson sequence approach and practice gross motor patterning and action word rhythm. Students then...
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Curated OER

Prewriting Exercise 3

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this prewriting practice learning exercise, students trace and write downward and upward slants, vertical and horizontal slants, and the manuscript letters V, X, M, and W. Students practice writing nine slants and letters.
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Curated OER

Prewriting Exercise 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this prewriting practice worksheet, students trace and write slanted, horizontal, and vertical lines and capital manuscript letters V, A, N, and Z. Students complete eleven writing exercises.
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Curated OER

Printing Practice: Slash Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this prewriting practice worksheet, students trace and print vertical slant lines from left and from right, and from the top and from the bottom. Students practice four slash figures.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Spider Map

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students examine a blank spider map which could help organize ideas for a report or book response. Students write their topic in the center circle and the main ideas on the slanted lines that connect to...
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Curated OER

Printing Practice-- Upper And Lower Case Letter Jj

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students analyze and trace 4 examples of both upper and lower case Jj. Students form their own letter J on the lines. Students then trace 4 words which begin with letter J. Note: This appears to be...
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Curated OER

Prewriting Exercise 4

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this prewriting practice worksheet, students trace and draw straight and slanted vertical lines from the top line and the middle line. Students practice writing five different lines.
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Curated OER

Freedom: A History of US - What's the Slant?

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore how experiences, beliefs, values, traditions, and motives shape history.
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K5 Learning

The Music Concert

For Students 2nd Standards
Second graders read an informational text passage on music concerts and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Curated OER

Sight Words and Letter Sounds

For Students K - 2nd
Is your elementary class learning letters and letter sounds? This take-home sheet provides a week's worth of practice for your learner at home. The repetitive nature helps learners remember! 
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PPT
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Diagramming sentences

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In an orderly fashion, go through diagramming sentences with your class. Beginning with a simple sentence and the placement of subject and verb, subsequent slides slowly add on more branches and lines with explanations of sentence types...
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Southern Poverty Law Center

Analyzing How Words Communicate Bias

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Words are powerful ... can your class choose them wisely? Scholars evaluate news articles to discover the concepts of tone, charge, and bias during a media literacy lesson. The resource focuses on recognizing implicit information and...
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Curated OER

Checking Sources For Accuracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will paraphrase a resource without plagiarizing. Then rewrite after reading text. They then evaluate the site or reference they are using for accuracy. In the end, they complete a note-taking organizer.