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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Moon WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research basic information about the moon and identify the phases and order of the phases of the moon. They conduct Internet research, complete a moon WebQuest, and write a magazine article about the moon using their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bigger Than Life

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the life of Jackie Robinson.  In this American History lesson, students examine different examples of courage.  Students read an article about Jackie Robinson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Courage in Action

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore what it takes to be courageous.  In this social studies instructional activity, 7th graders analyze different character traits.  Students explain their feelings on their specific character traits. 
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Article
TESL Journal

Internet Tesl Journal: Content Based Esl Curriculum & Academic Lang. Proficieny

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a scholarly article on the rationale for content-based curriculum in English as a Second Language programs. It is an excellent reference for those who are setting up ESL programs.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Sentence Variety: Strategies for Variation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson offers suggestions to help you fix short, choppy sentences, combine sentences with the same subject, and revise sentences that sound the same. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style
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Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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Professional Doc
University of Oregon

Big Ideas in Beginning Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The goal for teachers from the academic content standards is every child to be reading by 3rd grade. This site will help teachers to teach the "big ideas" in reading: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text,...
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Website
TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Vocabulary Quizzes Easy

For Students 3rd - 8th
These tests for English language learners by ELL teachers are self-scoring and reinforce beginning English language learners with vocabulary important in both social and academic settings. Many exercises are devoted to building...
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Website
TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Vocabulary Quizzes Difficult

For Students 9th - 10th
These self-test, self-scoring quizzes developed for English language learners by ELL teachers are designed for intermediate-to-advanced English language learners. Features include vocabulary important to both social and academic...
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Professional Doc
Teaching Channel

Teaching Channel: Exploring Poetic Elements

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a teacher demonstrating and discussing teaching students poetic elements: learning the literary terms, their definitions, and how to apply the information when analyzing poetry.