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Three ways into the play 'Stone Cold'

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders, in groups, write pieces of a script in a particular style that they are introduced to. They also study how tension and irony work together in scripts.
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Taste Test

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice creating bar graphs by conducting a taste test.  In this graphing lesson, 3rd graders taste several different brands of peanut butter and discuss among their classmates which tastes better.  Students create a bar...
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Mark Twain, Volume 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read and answer questions about the life of Mark Twain. In this biography lesson, students read about the life and work of Mark Twain. Students complete a worksheet about the reading.
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Characters' Feelings Or Motives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the text, "Fair's Fair" to examine how characters' feelings and motives are built throughout a text through descriptive phrases. They look at what a character does and says to record on their writing frames. Finally,...
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Wilderness Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the wilderness by reading magazine articles and discussing with their peers.  In this wild life instructional activity, students read a page from the Natural Inquirer magazine and examine photographs online of...
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When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry

For Teachers K
Students explore feelings. For this language arts lesson, students realize that books help in talking about feelings. Students discuss how they feel during the reading of a story and listen to each other in answering various...
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The Early History of Haiti

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders make list of places Columbus explored on his first journey to Americas, locate island of Hispaniola on map, examine groups of people who have inhabited island, complete blank map and key of Hispaniola, and research early...
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The Higher Power of Lucky

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities using the book The Higher Power of Lucky. In this literature lesson, students read the story and identify the parts of the story. They create a wind chime like that found in the book. 
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students complete activities for the autobiography of Maya Angelou. In this autobiography instructional activity, students write a journal entry about their life and discuss the morphology of the word autobiography. Students use active...
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Great Britons

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students read an online article focusing on discussion work, and practice comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Opposites Attract (Elementary School)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders generate a list of opposites found in the book, "Kaleidoscope of Kids". They use newspaper and magazine pictures to find opposites.
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Power to the Little People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the classic story theme of good versus evil as relayed in folk tales.
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Chocolate Fever

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and interpret each chapter of the book in small groups through various exercises. Vocabulary lists are given, as well as rubrics, quizzes and activity sheets. Students create their own PowerPoint presentations to...
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Haiti: Still in Crisis, but No Longer in the News

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners study the Haitian crisis and learn about the needs and ways to help the situation. In this Haitian crisis instructional activity, students study the Maslow's "Needs Pyramid". Learners study the media coverage of the earthquake...
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Revolution Synectics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss and define the word revolution. In this analogy and revolution lesson, 7th graders brainstorm revolution and create a list of objects that are able to revolve. Students then create an analogy using revolution....
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Among the Hidden Reflection Sheet

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the book Among the Hidden and practice their reading strategies. In this reading strategies lesson plan, 5th graders demonstrate their comprehension by presenting book projects to the class.
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Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate onomatopoeia. In this reading lesson, 5th graders create a list of onomatopoeic words from books read and brainstorm words of their own in small groups.
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Love Your Neighbor: All The Rest is Commentary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the phrases "Love your Neighbor" and "compromise". They interview another classmate to understand their opinions. They compromise with their classmates on a collaborative project.
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Sold!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate what James Zemaitis does for a living based on his picture and discuss the history and function of Sotheby's auction house. Students then study the changing face of modern art auctions by reading and discussing the...
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Reading Partners

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in several activities using a reading partner. They plan and organize reading meetings with their partner, and then review story elements by retelling the stories orally. The partners question each other and make...
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Significant Events

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students identify significant events in Australia's history. They speculate how they have influenced the development of our culturally diverse nation. Students write an imaginary interview with a person whose life was influenced by one...
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Language, Communication, and Successful Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider how communication skills may diffuse conflict. For this conflict resolution lesson, students play a word game and discuss how vocabulary may contribute to creating conflict of diffusing it.
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Communicating My Ideas; Developing Self-Expression in Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, 5th graders predict the meaning of unfamiliar words. Next they find them in a dictionary and use them in a sentence.  
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Lesson Two: Discover a purpose for keywords

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research a topic in nature. In this research lesson, 2nd graders pick a nature topic and discuss the keywords needed to find more information about that topic. They fill their information out on a organizer.

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