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Express Yourself Lesson Seed 9: Climax

For Teachers 6th Standards
Conduct a close reading of chapter 9 of The Cay. Read the chapter again and ask pupils to respond to a list of included text-dependent questions. Finish the class with the provided writing assignment, which asks learners to use textual...
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PreKinders

Lions

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Roar! Learn interesting facts about lions with an informative set of images. Each pages features one fact about lions, along with an applicable picture.
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A Nation Divided

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars compare the physical and human characteristics east and west of the 100th meridian to answer twelve questions. They write a summary of their findings.
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A Map is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars read the story, "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell. They discuss specific parts of the story with a group and put their lists on the board. They write a summary of the plot and setting of the story.
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Paraphrasing

For Students 6th - 12th
In this paraphrasing worksheet students are tasked to paraphrase five short passages. Students write their paraphrase and can then self check against sample answers.
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Reading Fiction: Analyzing Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate sentence construction in fiction.  In this sentence construction lesson, students examine examples of fiction work and discover why sentences are a certain length.  Students create their own passages...
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Rise of the Revolution

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the French Revolution. In this French Revolution lesson, student research citizen action and public policy during the war. Students write essays regarding their research findings.
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Rosa Parks Autobiography

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students write the story of Rosa Parks from the perspective of someone who was sitting on the bus that day.  In this Rosa Parks/biography lesson, students read the story of Rosa Parks and discuss it in small groups.  After...
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A Doctor's Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the bioethical dilemmas faced by doctors and write case studies about relevant issues within a particular medical decision.
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United Nations Day

For Students 5th - 10th
For this United Nations Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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America, A Home for Every Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the many cultures that are represented in America. In this American culture instructional activity, students look at the food, languages, music, and traditions that immigrants have contributed to the face of America....
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John F. Kennedy Center

Jazz music, Dance and Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students view video and become familiar with the type of movement in jazz dance.  In this jazz dance instructional activity, students write a cinquain about jazz dance.  Students recognize the elements of jazz dance and the...
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Twelfth Night Act 3 Sc 1

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read, act, and write about an act from the play Twelfth Night. In this play analysis activity, students read a summary of the act and discuss various segments of the play. Students identify literary and vocabulary points and...
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Synthesize, Don't Summarize

For Students 10th - 12th
In this reading and writing analysis worksheet, students read two passages, one a summary of Flowers for Algernon and one a synthesis of the novel. The goal for students is to understand the effectiveness of synthesizing a piece of...
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Lesson Closure

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this lesson closure worksheet, learners complete 6 sentences with a summary or recap of the lesson that was just completed. For example, one sentence is started as, "One key idea was..." and students fill in what a key idea was of...
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Weekly Current Events Summary

For Students 7th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students read a news article of their choice and then respond to 9 short answer questions about the article.
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Descriptive Writing About a Picture

For Teachers 1st
First graders word process a topic sentence, two detail sentences and a concluding sentence about an image. They import a picture and change the font color of their writing.
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Retelling the Main Event in Sequence

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the key events in a fiction book. In this literacy lesson, students read the book Harry and the Lady Next Door and work in pairs to discuss the main events of each chapter to develop a short summary.
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Writing Letters Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students compare slang and formal writing. In this letter writing activity, students use formal language to write letters to political leaders regarding a current issue.
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Describing How Something Works/ Describing a Process

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars browse through and take notes from the "How Stuff Works" website and choose a topic to describe in writing. They draft a summary of the text and present their writing for feedback. They revise their writing based on...
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Lesson Plan for Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the elements of writing poetry. In this creative writing lesson, 6th graders discuss a book of poetry in the setting of Appalachia. Students incorporate childhood experiences into the development of visual and...
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A Picture Book of George Washington

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the character traits of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson, students read A Picture Book of George Washington, discuss the book, and complete worksheet activities about Washington's self-discipline and...
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Building a Nation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the main ideas of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. They read and discuss text, read and summarize a section of the Declaration of Independence in small groups, and write a paper on why the colonists felt it...
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A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Engage young marine biologists in a reading of Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab with a fun hands-on activity. Given a set of clipart images of the different aquatic animals that appear in the book, children identify each one...

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