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Transportation Unit
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song about transportation.
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Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons
Fix fragments and run-ons. Kids practice editing a piece of their own writing, read, and take notes of common examples. They practice connecting independent clauses and then use the information to edit previously written pieces. Note:...
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Transitions
Transitions are the focus of a presentation that includes information about the importance of transitions and types of transitions. Included is a list of commonly used transition words.
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Writing
Fourth graders complete a writing project and tutorial using word processing on a computer. They focus on voice, word choice, details, sentence variety, staying on topic, supporting details and connecting sentences. They edit, save and...
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Dream Book Collage
Students discuss dreams and they types of dreams they have. They read the book "Dinosaur Dream" by Dennis Nolan and discuss the characters and events in the book. They look up vocabulary words and create a collage utilizing as many...
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Conditional Type I and II Review
In this conditional type I and II review worksheet, 7th graders read the examples and explanation of correct usage, then interactively select the correct word to complete 10 conditional sentences, with immediate online feedback.
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Mythology Research Project: Freshmen English
Ninth graders work in pairs and research a mythological figure, focusing on how the myth leads to an understanding of the "human condition." They compile information, summarize the myth, and develop a plan for written and oral reports.
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Connecting Independent and Dependent Clauses
Dependent, independent, coordination, and subordination. Everything you wanted to know about clauses, but were afraid to ask, recorded on this two-page information sheet.
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Question Answer Relationships
Asking questions about what you're reading is an effective way to connect with the text. After kids read passages from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, they identify questions about the passages as Right There, Think and Search, On Your...
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Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 7 Worksheet
Review plot points and character motivation with your class. The activity includes six questions about chapter seven of Wilson Rawls' novel as well as an art activity. Require learners to cite specific passages from the text to help...
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Transition and Closing Words
Provide young writers with a printable that lists suggestions for and examples of transitional sets and closing words. Also included are some suggestions for what to avoid in closing paragraphs.
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Hatchet: Multicultural Strategy
Sometimes it's easier to read one part of a novel when focusing on discussion points. Partners work together to read a few paragraphs of Chapter 5 from Gary Paulsen's Hatchet and discuss the plot and theme of the book.
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Animals Galore
A well-designed lesson which covers the characteristics of the animals found in the six animal groups is here for your young biologists. In it, learners divide up into six groups; the amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, and...
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Extra Practice--Reductions
This worksheet provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of clause....
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Vocabulary Lesson Sequence
Students illustrate new words. In this vocabulary lesson, students learn new vocabulary words and their definitions and draw pictures to illustrate their meaning. Students complete a variety of other vocabulary activities including word...
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Spelling Connections Grade 2
In this spelling worksheet, students read ten sentences with a scrambled word in bold type within them. Students unscramble the word so it would make sense within the sentence. All words have the "or" spelling pattern.
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Said/Told
In this interactive grammar worksheet, 2nd graders type "said" or "told" to complete each of the ten given sentences.
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Movie Genres
In this grammar worksheet, students match twelve movie genres with their appropriate definitions and examples from two answer banks and then translate the titles into Chinese. Students answer six questions regarding personal movie...
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Interactive Noun Quiz #2
In this grammar worksheet, learners identify the type of noun underlined in twenty sentences as a direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition or as a predicate nominative.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #12
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and determine the types of errors that are numbered in sentences. Students choose eight multiple choice answers that correct the errors.
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Pronouns
Students play a game. In this pronouns lesson, students watch a video and read a book about pronouns. Students review types of pronouns, fill in missing pronouns in sentences, read a newspaper article and find as many pronouns as...
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Past Continuous Tense
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students type in the correct past continuous tense of the given words into each of the ten sentences.
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Writing Conventions: Punctuation
First and second graders read the sentences and choose what type of sentence it is based on the punctuation.
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Gratitude
Encourage your class to experience gratitude. In order to do so, discuss what your pupils are grateful for and show them a short film about gratitude. The class watches the video a couple of times before responding to a quotation taken...