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Natural Phenomena That Change the Earth's Surface
Students explore a natural phenomenon. In this science lesson plan, students research a natural phenomenon and create a script about that phenomenon. Students act out their scripts for the class.
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Who is Picasso?
Students create art projects both representational and nonrepresentational. They examine a well known piece of art and discuss the feelings that the art evokes.
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Literature Collaborative Learning Project
Students, in groups, from Israel study literature in English. They practice communicating in the language and to write poems. They create a website in English describing aspects of their country.
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Prisoners in Another War
Students identify violations of the Geneva Convention in video clips. They discover the role of international bodies in dealing with war crimes. They read primary source documents as well.
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In Perfect Harmony: Teaching the World to Sing
First graders listen to music as the impetus to learn about the concept of Japanese harmony as it is understood in Japanese culture. They use the New Seeker's song, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," to compare America and Japan...
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Haiku and Beyond: Exploring Genres of Japanese Literature
Fourth graders compare and contrast the literature of Japan as they study the culture, history and geography of the island nation. They read various genres of literature, describe geographic and landform features of Japan, and find...
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Origami Paper Fun
Learners explore the art of Origami. They listen to various stories about Japan, create Origami shapes by following step-by-step directions, sing Japanese songs, locate Japan on a map, and take a quiz.
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Revision Lesson
Young scholars, through a series of 4 lessons, explore what it means to revise their written work. They revise a bland story together and then practice revising their own papers by identifying the main action and "exploding" that moment...
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Details, Details, Details
Students review paragraph development, use of adjectives and grammar requirements. They incorporate various details in a written paragraph describing a visual image used as a writing prompt.
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A Water Droplet's Experience in the Hydrologic Cycle
Students write a story from the perspective of a water droplet on a journey through the water cycle. They use the 6+1 Traits writing method to focus on voice in the writing as they create characters that their water droplet has...
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Conservation Connection
Pupils work in groups to create a script for a one minute commercial on how to conserve our reusable energy sources. When the scripts are written, explain to the students that a story board is similar to a cartoon.
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Layered Unit: Macbeth
Eleventh graders take notes from lectures on Shakespearean Theatre, Language; kingship, witchcraft and omens, symbolism. Include your reflections as well as copied information (5 pts. per day, must be present).
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The Pigman
Students engage in a novel study in order to appreciate literature and improve reading skills. The most important skill is reading comprehension and students must practice skills to aid in understanding the text.
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WEEK TWO
Students research in books and on the Internet on the Underground Railroad. They work on a constructivist project to promote both group collaboration and individual creativity. Students are given an authentic task: to create a museum...
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Technology: Narrative Procedure Web Site
Pupils use Web page templates to publish how-to instructions on the Internet. The Web sites are used as instructional databases for others to view. Students also participate in electronic message boards to post and answer questions to...
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The Uluburun Shipwreck Project: Interconnections through Trade in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean World
Ninth graders examine causes and effects of the Uluburun shipwreck. In groups, they develop their own ways to categorize the artifacts found on the ship and decide on the research questions they are going to focus on. They use the...
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Understanding and Using Boolean Operators
Pupils identify and define Boolean operators. They differentiate between operators and their intended uses. They use the operators AND, OR, NOT, parenthesis, and NEAR in Internet searches and analyze search results. They use...
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When I Publish
In this language arts instructional activity, students are led through the writing process and they make notes for each step to describe their own work.
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Verb Tenses Test
In this verb tense learning exercise, students complete a 30 question test that includes making sentence negations by filling in the blank with the proper form of the given word. They fill in blanks using the proper form of the given...
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Verb Tenses
In this verb tenses worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 30 sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. It could be a positive or negative verb phrase.
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Verb Tenses
For this verb tenses practice worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the correct form of the verb given in parentheses and use an appropriate form of the verbs in parentheses to complete a narrative paragraphs and ...
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Verb Tense Worksheet
For this verb tense worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the proper form of the given verb. They use the proper verb form to complete the next 5 sentence groups. They write 10 complete sentences using sentence...
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Let's Make Lemonade
Students generate a list of needs for a community project. In this social studies and philanthropy lesson, students listen to the story The Little Red Hen and discuss teamwork. Students plan for a lemonade stand, proceeds of which will...
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Verb Tenses
In this verb tenses worksheet, students complete 30 sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.