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Enhancing Your Writing
Help your class enrich their writing using this presentation. It focuses on direct and indirect speech, and identifies the way to incorporate it into writing. It provides a great way to review punctuation rules and usage as well.
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The Renaissance Period - People
Students study about the Renaissance Period. Then, they choose one person: Michelangelo, Galileo, Martin Luther, and Leonardo da Vinci and write a paper about that person.
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Nutrition: How Much Fat Am I Eating?
How much fat is in this? Scholars first read some background information on the caloric content of fats versus carbohydrates, and then use that knowledge to analyze foods they regularly eat. They will look at 5 package labels for the...
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine activity, learners access the Internet to a specific site to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
Students study the respiratory system, the lungs and air. In this respiratory lesson plan students describe technologies that engineers have found that improve the health of the respiratory system.
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Health Project
Two options for a health class project are presented in this assignment: a persuasive paper or an advocacy project. The persuasive paper is on students' choice of controversial topics, most of which require a high level of maturity. The...
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Could There Be Cancer in My Classroom? Part II
Students collect and record data from a variety of web sites concerning cancer and treatment options. They examine a specific case study of a girl with cancer and determine what her treatment options might be.
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about The Pearl. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Fit To Play?
Students research certain sports-related injuries and who may be at risk for these conditions. They synthesize their knowledge by collectively developing a comprehensive medical history form.
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Level 3--Maintaining Employment
Students examine and define an extensive list of vocabulary words that refer to employment, including the Employee Assistance Program, as well as the keeping of a job. They complete a variety of activity sheets to assist them.
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Diversity Stereotyping
Students discuss the concept of stereotyping and using "diversity beans" process an activity that allows them to examine the negative aspects of strereotyping through candy.
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Vocabulary Questions: Synonyms and Antonyms
In this synonyms and antonyms learning exercise, learners explore three synonyms and one antonym for thirty two words using the dictionary. Students answer seventeen short answer questions about the words they found.
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Would You Believe Your Eyes?
Students study the parts and functions of the human eye. They create dodecagons which are twelve-sided figures with twelve equal angles and share these with the class so that each student can begin to see how many different illusions can...
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Basic Oscilloscope Operation
In this electrical worksheet, students answer a series of 25 questions about the use and understanding of an oscilloscope used by electrical technicians. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed on-line.
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World Blood Donor Day
In this World Blood Donor Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey,...
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Our Town by Thornton Wilder
In this literature worksheet, learners respond to 14 short answer and essay questions about Wilder's play Our Town. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the play at the bottom of the page.
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Mind Over Matter: How Does the Brain Work
Students research previous attempts by scientists to discover the ways in which the brain works, design and conduct an experiment to illustrate current research and present their findings to the class.
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Health and Nutrition
Students examine vocabulary words that deal with the parts of the body. They identify the body parts and organs associated with the five senses. They identify common illnesses, causes and treatments. They research various lifestyle...
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"Children of Loneliness": Understanding the Immigrant Experience
Students research and enhance the Jewish immigrant experience to that of contemporary immigrants to sustain a connection to their personal family stories. A story is shared with the class and then a discussion follows on the possible...
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Managing Medical Conditions
Students investigate more about a medical condition that is of interest to them and write what they have learned about that condition, using the information as a personal resource or to share with others. They record information they...
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Stress
In this stress worksheet, students, with a partner, rank fourteen occupations in order of how stressful they can be, explain the underlined words and phrases in seven sentences and start up a conversation with ten key questions.
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Revising For Parallel Structure Worksheet 3
In this grammar activity, learners read and rewrite the italicized part of twenty sentences to make each one parallel with the rest of the sentence.
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Capitalization
In this capitalization learning exercise, students learn about when to capitalize words in sentence writing and when not to. They then use what they learned to answer 12 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Cloning
In this opinions of cloning usage worksheet, students read phrases of what cloning should be used for and check their opinions in columns yes, not sure, no, only in certain situations, and never.