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This document is a basic story starter appropriate for K-2 students with a box for drawing illustrations and dotted lines for writing. The clouds and flowers guide the students to make their letters go from the "ground to the sky".
A unit on exploring John C. Maxwell's book and defining leadership in a high school leadership program
Do you find that your students too often forget the lessons you just gave? This is all students of all subjects, although it is particularly important to the hard sciences, including Math. This is especially important information for teaching Math.
Draft outlines for the new Connect courses
A lesson that helps learners take a closer look at their community in pictures and in words.
I love Language Learning and Teaching
Three modules about how to work with struggling younger readers. Go to T3- Training the Tutors at this website.
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These questions can be used during a lecture on any subject to prompt a quick discussion or review.
This resource is part of the Note Taking Formats collection.
This puzzle is a great way to review for the Act I Quiz.
This resource is part of the Julius Caesar Unit and the English 10 course.
These adaptations (The Great Illustrated Classics by Baronet Books) are terrific for Grade 4 and 5. These books actually read very well. They were quite popular with my International School Grade 4 and 5 students. Modify to suit your needs. Single page Word document, in portrait, copy to both front and back. Creates a bibliography on 1/2 sheet of paper (lengthwise).
Interactive lessons, practice exercises, printable worksheets, open-ended questions to complement Math and Language Arts curriculum for grades K-8.
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A formal assessment quiz on adverbs
I gave these to my students as their "study guide" for the final. Not all of them had been discussed in class. This might be useful for you if you would like to design additional "Analyzing Quotes" activities for your students. It's just a list of extra quotes I pulled throughout the book that they should be able to say something interesting about.
Unit plan for A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
A few weeks before teaching Antigone, I hand out this survey to the staff at my school. From the information I receive back, I create a matching quiz that asks students to match the staff member to a job he/she previously held. I try to put careers on the quiz that are typically associated with one gender. This gives the students a chance to look at gender bias, a key issue in Antigone. We discuss why they assumed things about different staff and careers.
A lesson that helps learners take a closer look at their community in pictures and in words.
This is an adverb lesson plan for introduction to this topic.
These 10 fill-in-the-blank questions about adverbs can be used as an assessment to determine students' knowledge of adverbs.
Poetry Diagnostic
Directions: This is to see how much you already know about poetry. This WILL be graded on your effort. Do your best!Carefully read the poem below and answer the questions.
"Ars Poetica" by Archibald Macleish
A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,
Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,
Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,
Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.
A poem should be equal to:
Not true.
For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea--
A poem should not mean
But be.
1. Parts of a poem:
a. What is a stanza?
b. How many stanzas are there in this poem?
c. Put parentheses ( ) around one stanza in the poem.
d. Number the lines in the poem.
2. Rhyme Scheme:
a. Label the poem's rhyme scheme (example: AA BB, etc.)
b. List 3 pairs of rhyming words in the poem.
3. Literary Devices
a. What is a simile?
b. Write an example of a simile.
c. How is a simile different than a metaphor?
d. Write down an example of a metaphor from the poem above.
e. Write down one examples of imagery from the poem.
4. What is the main idea of this poem? Do the best you can to summarize it in at least 2 complete sentences.
5. Your opinion:
a. Do you like reading poetry?
b. Writing poetry?
c. What's you favorite poem, poet, or both?
d. Other comments:
- What is rhyme scheme?
2. Write the rhyme scheme next to each line of the poem.
3. What is "The Charge of the Light Brigade" about?
4. Why do the soldiers ride to their death?
5. What kind of weapons did the Light Brigade have? What weapons did their opponents have? Who won?
6. What does "Then they rode back, but not / Not the six hundred" imply about the soldiers?
7. What image is created for us by the lines, "Cannon to right of them / Cannon to left of them / Cannon in front of them"? What image is created by the lines, "Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward"?
8. If you were in the army and your commander told you to fight in a battle where you would most likely die, what would you do? Why?
Planning sheet for students to put at the front of their DBQ folders--basically outlines DBQ writing week and maps the days to steps in the writing process.
This resource is part of Unit 10: DBQ Week and the Social Studies 7 course.
A graphic organizer for Langston Hughes' story "Thank You Ma'm." Provides bubbles in which students write definitions and examples of theme, dialect, mood, point of view, and stereotypes.
This resource is part of the Short Stories collection.
Roll of Thunder Budget
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry takes place during the Great Depression, a time when most people were very poor. The weather was pretty bad too, so farmers couldn’t grow as much.
Below is a list of what various items cost in 1932. Assume that you were a ________________________.
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Then and Now: Prices |
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WOMEN'S CLOTHES |
THEN |
NOW |
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Winter Coat |
$28.00 |
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Leather or Suede Bag |
$2.25 |
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Bathrobe |
$1.00 |
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Sweater |
$1.00 |
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MEN'S CLOTHES |
THEN |
NOW |
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Broadcloth Shirt |
$1.00 |
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Wool Sweater |
$1.00 |
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Bathrobe |
$4.90 |
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Overcoat |
$18.50 |
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Pocket Watch |
$15.00 |
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GAMES AND TOYS |
THEN |
NOW |
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Sled that Steers |
$3.95 - $8.95 |
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Deck of Cards |
$.75 |
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Novel (hardcover) |
$1.50 |
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Ping Pong Table |
$23.50 to $37.50 |
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Mechanical Toys |
3 for$.59 |
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Doll |
$1.95 |
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ITEMS FOR THE HOME |
THEN |
NOW |
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Table Lamp |
$1.00 |
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Telephone |
$15.75 |
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Radio |
$49.95 |
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Portable Electric Sewing Machine |
$23.95 |
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Electric Washing Machine |
$33.50 |
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Gas Stove |
$19.95 |
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Gauze Bandages (ten yards) |
$.39 |
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FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT |
THEN |
NOW |
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Movie Tickets |
$.15 |
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Good Meal in a Restaurant (dinner) |
$1.00 |
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For extra credit, fill in current prices.
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Then and Now: Wages |
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WEEKLY WAGES (general averages) |
Taxes |
THEN |
NOW |
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Manufacturing--Production Worker |
$3.40 |
$16.89 |
$500 |
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Cook |
$3.00 |
$15.00 |
$236 |
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Doctor |
$12.00 |
$61.11 |
$1800 |
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Accountant |
$9.00 |
$45.00 |
$700 |
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Sharecropper |
$1.65 |
$8.00 |
$150 |
Based on how much you make, what would you buy? Why? Make a monthly budget for your family, assuming you’re married and have 4 kids. You should spend at least $25 on food, as well as whatever you have to spend on taxes. Use the chart on this page.
Total for the month (weekly wage x 4): ________________________
Item Cost Reason
This pdf is an explanation of SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review).
This resource is part of the Note Taking Formats collection.
This is a very difficult AP exam-type quiz about the reading. I allow the students to use their textbook and I also use the AP-style of grading so as not to punish kids so severely for wrong answers.
This resource is part of the Satire Unit collection.
An explanation of the five paragraph essay
Essay options -- mostly related to themes discussed in depth with this unit.
A format for current events
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation that explains the Cornell Note Taking Format. This PowerPoint was intended for an introductory activity. I recommend demonstrating this concept for the students after the presentation. However, there is really no substitute for practice. Note taking is a skill that requires time and practice.
This resource is part of the Note Taking Formats collection.
A worsplash about poetry. At the beginning of the unit, pass it out or display on an overhead and discuss what the words might mean.
This resource is part of the Poetry collection.
Guided Notes - Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance
- Alliteration is the ............... of .................... sounds, usually at the beginning of .................
- The following letters are consonants:
- It is important to know that two different consonants can make the same sound. These pairs count as alliteration. Some examples of this are:
............... and ............... ............... and ............... ............... and ...............
- Tongue Twisters are examples of alliteration. Read the famous Tongue Twister below. Can you say this fives times fast?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? - Consonance is the close .................... of the same ...................... sound at the end of ................. with ................. vowel sounds.
- These are examples of consonance:
- Milk and drink
- Boat and night
- ......................
- ......................
- These are not examples of consonance:
- shrink and think
- bite and write
- ......................
- ......................
- Assonance is the close .......................... of the same ................ sounds in .........................
- The following letters are vowels: ............................................................
- The following are examples of assonance:
- lake and spade
- night and ride
- ......................
- ......................
- The following are not examples of assonance:
- mail and bell
- trade and ride
- ......................
- ......................
The Hazlitt prompt "On the Want of Money" from the 2006 AP exam is a perfect compliment to the satire unit. I time the students in class to simulate an AP testing experience. The satirical essay examines the "horrible" effects that middle-class life has upon people.
This resource is part of the Satire Unit collection.
Use this template to invite parents into your classrooms to have THEM be part of your review activity. The kids can create their own questions and delight in stumping their parents! The template is based on the popular TV series, "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Chapter 1 questions
1. Write a description of each character:
Cassie Logan -
Little Man Logan -
T. J. Avery - 2. Where does the story take place? What year is it?
3. What is the problem that the Logan kids face at their school? How do they fix it?
4. Who is Jeremy? Why does he get in trouble on the way to and from school everyday?
5. Where is Mr. Logan? Why?
6. How did T.J. get out of trouble? Do you think he did the right thing?
7. What do you think of the story so far? Do you have any questions about it?
something simThe learner will locate her home using Google Maps (or other aerial/satellite imaging) and identify two landmarks nearby. This is a simple and fun activity I created when Google Maps first came out a couple of years ago. Since then there have been many enhancements to Google Maps that will make this activity even easier and more stimulating. .
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One of my students' favorite drills. Objective: The children will practice speech/language words, vocabulary, etc. according to individual goals. Students make toy microphones out of toilet paper tubes. They then go around in a circle and practice saying their speech words into the microphones.
A bingo-like game. Students have boards with numbered raindrops on them. When her number is called, a student practices her targeted drill and covers the raindrop with a sun.
A board for review bingo covering Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Each square has a review question, which students answer in various patterns to make bingo. Or, you can have them answer all the questions and then play bingo by calling the answers.
Fiction Writing Curriculum
Study Guides and Resources for Students reading The Odyssey for the first time.
This is a comprehensive book report template for use with any book. It reviews common reading skills. It can be applied to any grade level as well. However, in K-3, it is suggested that the teacher do the book report and use the information along with a book that is read aloud. The work is in progress and I would like suggestions for changes, especially the questions on the last page.
Language Objective At the end of this assignment the students will share their animal picture and five adjective-sentences in a small group setting.
write a play
B C D F a K A M X P S G A V L N O A Q H E F J R A V U A.
you can do the same with other alphabets too so that the child is able to recognise the print form of the letters.The child has to say the letters aloud and only circle a particular letter (in this case A) Activity 2 : Exposure to alphabet and corresponding sounds . Go through each of the alphabets and familiarise the child with phonics. Next on a sheet of paper write the alphabets ( in random order )using both upper and lowercase. Draw a cap over some of the alphabets. Write only about 8 letters on each row and use large font size. Ask the child to say the name of the letter when he/she reads the alphabet with the cap and in absence of the cap ask the child to sound the letter.
