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Awesome Stories: Vincent van Gogh
Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...
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Increase Kindness, Defeat Bullying: Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation
High-interest content captures your most reluctant readers and class participants. Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, in collaboration with Harvard University, seeks to nurture a culture of kindness and reduce bullying. Excerpts from...
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Opinions, Please!
Students discuss the meaning and purposes of polls and surveys. After reading an article, they analyze the results of a poll given to residents of New York City. They create a survey of their own and analyze the data to write a written...
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Facts and Opinions
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students decide if statements are facts or opinions, write facts and opinions, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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What is Your Favorite Christmas Light Color? Bar Graph Recording Sheet
In this opinion bar graph worksheet, students receive a number and record their preference of Christmas light color in the worksheet. They examine the colored boxes at the bottom of the page to make their choice. There are no directions...
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Whose Neighborhood is It? Whose America is This?
Young scholars use electronic resources to study immigration issues, analyze immigration issues dealing with security, economics, lawfulness, culture, and human rights, and discuss possible solutions. Students then express their...
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Opinions and Attitudes
In this ESL conversation starter worksheet, students read 15 controversial statements. Students circle numbers between 1 and 5 to show degrees of agreement/disagreement. Students talk about the statements. Note: The statements are...
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Young scholars write a first draft of an essay reflecting their opinions of Things Fall Apart. They complete their circle diagrams, have them approved by the teacher, and write their essays. They write in their dialectical journals as...