Beatrice Public Schools
Analogy Practice Worksheet
Clarify word relationships and practice working with synonyms and antonyms by administering an extensive worksheet. Class members determine the relationship between words and complete a series of analogies. Before assigning these...
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When Things Fall Apart
Students examine the impact of colonialism on African nations, researching and analyzing post-colonial literature from those countries. They develop and present a creative display of their novel and its historic parallels.
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans Bring Stories to Life
Students can use technology to enhance and improve their stories using digital storytelling lesson plans.
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Boundaries That Inspire: The Sestina
Students study the poetic term "enjambment". They use one word as more than one part of speech and let words (instead of ideas) inspire lines and non-sequential, dreamlike, compulsive narrative.
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Responding To Literature
Learners prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response activities are included for each instructional activity as well as...
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Differentiated Learning
Young scholars select a method of presenting on a given topic by rolling paper dice which have various presentation methods on them. They produce the activity and share it with the class.
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Paul Revere's Ride
Fifth graders investigate the life of Paul Revere. They compose a timeline of some of the major historical events leading to the American Revolution. The purpose of the ride is the focus of the lesson and the information is later...
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Loc: Poetry 180: Eagle Plain
A poem about the eagle is shared within six, three-line stanzas. The poem allow the reader to look at the American symbol in a different way.
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Texas Gateway: How to Read and Analyze a Poem (English Iii Reading)
This lesson focuses on strategies for reading and analyzing a poetry. Reading poetry creates some interesting challenges because a poem uses lines and stanzas rather than paragraphs in order to create emotions and experiences. Figurative...
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Loc: Poetry 180: Love Poem With Toast
This four-stanza shares a poem that expresses what people want to avoid in order to enjoy life with a significant other.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Locals
This multi-stanza poem describes people who seem to "belong" in their local setting.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Once Upon a Time There Was a Man
This single-stanza poem shares a poem in the form of a fairy tale.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Gretel
In this poem, a female fairy tale stereotype from the story "Hansel and Gretel" is examined within twelve stanzas.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Fight
This two-stanza poem describes a couple's different opinions about their lives in Florida.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Do You Have Any Advice for Those of Us Just Starting Out?
This seven-stanza poem gives advice to poets who are just starting out in their writing careers.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Gratitude to Old Teachers
In this two-stanza non-prose piece, the poet expresses gratitude for old teachers.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Hate Poem
In five stanzas, the poet reflects on items in her life that are detested.
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Loc: Poetry 180: My Moral Life
This three-stanza poem shares a message about speaking out in support of issues to get people elected who will make a difference.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Halloween
This one-stanza poem gives a haunting message about the carving of a pumpkin during the season of Halloween.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Moon
This one-stanza poem describes a half-moon in an original way.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Birth Day
This three-stanza poem expresses his mother's joy in giving birth to her daughter.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Leaving the Island
This six-stanza poem shares the sadness in leaving an island home after a vacation of fun and relaxation.