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Picture Sentences --All About School

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading comprehension/visualization worksheet, learners study 5 pictures. From a list of 4 sentences, students match the appropriate sentence to the picture.
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Techno Author

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a great way to explore language arts by completing a computer activity with classmates. Youngsters read a fairy tale in class and analyze where the beginning, middle and end are. They create their own story using clip art and...
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Great Expectations Quiz

For Students 2nd - 11th
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is full of twists and turns! See if you can keep the book straight by answering these mostly multiple-choice questions about the characters and events.
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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
What kind of sentence is it? This can be a complex subject, so don't compound the difficulty by skipping over the topic! It's simple, just have your class read and go over the information here and then complete the included exercise.
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Active and Passive Voice Practice

For Students 5th - 9th
Active or passive? Young grammarians identify the voice in a series of sentences and then rewrite those in passive voice.
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William Penn's Peaceable Kingdom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain the methods Penn used to attract settlers to his colony. They compare and contrast Penn's account with Daniel Pastorius' account. Students evaluate the effectiveness of Penn's ability to attract settlers to the colony....
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Beautiful River

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this set of comprehension worksheets on the story, Beautiful River, students first read the story, then complete a variety of activities: 12 multiple choice questions, 1 "open response" question, and completion of their own scoring...
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on A Streetcar Named Desire. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Spanish in English

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What do the words alligator, armadillo, and cockroach all have in common? Each one is an English word with Spanish origins. Introduce young etymologists to the joys of discovering word origins with a lesson that asks them to create a...
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Alphabetizing Animals- Part Two

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify animal names and put them into alphabetical order. In this word study lesson plan, students recite the names of animals and alphabetize the names. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up activity.
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Industrialization

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine government regulations. In this industrialization instructional activity, 11th graders look into what was going on inside American factories during the era. Students read excerpts of The Jungle and watch selected...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's style of humor and compare it to other humorists. They discuss the purpose of literary humor and determine how it develops characters and plots in stories. They analyze the use of different...
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Fan Club for Artists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research a famous artist of their choice to experience their lives and achievements. They choose an artist they look up to, a hero perhaps, and share their lives with their peers to develop a banner on that artist to exhibit in...
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Thanksgiving Traditions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Everyone celebrates traditions in different ways. Young writers share the ways their families celebrate Thanksgiving with a journal writing prompt and discussion activity.
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Suffix City

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these spelling worksheets students will focus on words with the -eat spelling pattern. Using these five words students will add suffixes to each word and complete 12 sentences with the correct missing word.
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Help With Paragraphs: Writing A Paragraph

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars complete exercises to practice writing a paragraph. In this paragraph writing lesson plan, students work in pairs to complete activities that require them to read sample paragraphs, organize sentences in sequence, and...
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Quantifier Exercises

For Students 4th - 6th
In this quantifiers online interactive worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by supplying the appropriate adjective that completes each one grammatically correct. Students rewrite 10 sentences using negative quantifiers. Students...
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A Doll's House Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's A Doll's House. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Recipe for Reading: Asian Style Rice and Eggs

For Teachers 6th
Learners read, write about, and cook with rice in this home economics instructional activity. They reflect on the experience eating rice at home or in other ethnic foods.
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A World of Taste--Louisiana Gumbo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the multicultural contributions to New Orleans gumbo through participation in cross curriculum activities. In this multicultural diversity and New Orleans history instructional activity, students shade regions of a map...
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History in the Making: The Tortilla

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the history of the tortilla and extend the study across the curriculum. In this history of the tortilla activity, 4th graders research the background of the tortilla, determine the ingredients, and work with the...
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What’s in an Idiom?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Illustrate the colloquial and literal meaning of an idiom
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Now One Foot, Now the Other

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, working as a whole class, with partners or small groups, use various Web sites to investigate the relationship between generations.
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Intergenerational Friendships

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a variety of activities dealing with the book "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge" by Mem Fox. They take a field trip to a senior citizen's home and conduct an interview, and complete journal entries having to do with...