This scientific article discusses three different hypothesis regarding the extinction of dinosaurs: 1. a meteor impact, 2. a vulcanic eruption, 3. a slow evolutional change makes space for new species. A weblink opens a page with interview questions directed to a German dinosaur researcher. The text child-friendly and appropriate for children of age 8 and up.
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In this lesson, students apply their understanding of the point of view of a literary work and how it affects the story line through writing their own family position paragraphs.
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In this lesson, students complete comparison charts after listening to several versions of Cinderella.
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Sstudents write the correct tense of each action verb to match the rest of each sentence.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students choose a phrasal verb from a word bank to complete the sentences.
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Students will produce words using inflections. Reproducible materials are included in the PDF.
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Sttudents will produce words with variant correspondences. Reproducible materials are included in the PDF.
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Students will identify affixes, roots, base words, syllables, and variant correspondences in words.
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Students are divided into groups. Each group will choose or be given a specific country to study. They must learn what kinds of items are made and sold in their country and decide what things they want to make for their booth at the market. Each group must make a sign for their booth which has the name and a picture of their country. Students are encouraged to find information on the web, at the library, or in their community.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Using resource materials, students will write a biographical research paper.
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In this lesson, students use their research to determine the who, what, where, when, and why of their newspaper article.
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In this lesson, students focus on sequencing using a narrative passage and Make Sense Guided Reading Strategies.
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This resource contains a 60-second listening audio file with accompanying transcript, quizzes, gap fill, and spelling and word jumble activities. Opportunities are provided for students to write, ask questions, and work with a partner. NOTE: The speaker has a British accent.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
A short video resource that demonstrates the beginning steps to analyzing a poem.
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This lesson uses the postmodern picture book Black and White, by David Macaulay, to engage students in a deep analysis of writer's craft. Macaulay's book presents four separate story lines that playfully interact with one another throughout the text. Students explore ways in which authors use words and illustrations to create unexpected plots and connections within a text.
Material Type: Lesson
In this lesson, students will read and analyze several examples of different texts, identifying the different genres represented in each. Students brainstorm alone and together what they need as readers to read and understand multigenre texts successfully. Students share findings and discuss strategies needed to comprehend, and by extension to write, these texts.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This poetry lesson uses hip hop and karaoke to inspire students to write and engage with poetry.
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This resource contains a collection of activities on literary genres.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students will take a trip back in time and look at the lifestyles and classes of people in the late 1800s. Using a WedQuest, text, and graphic organizers, students will learn about the class systems in the 1800s and how the use of symbolism increased the point of interest within the story.
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In this lesson, students read like a writer and analyze figurative language and the author’s word choice, meaning, and tone in Chapter 3 of Bud, Not Buddy.
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