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Speaking Activity: What Did Your Parents Teach You?
This is a speaking and thinking activity for small groups. The students read the sayings/lessons that all parents teach, and then they rank them in the order that they would put them. Each group shares the first three and the last three on their list. (There is one sort of strange saying from my own mother. I wrote an explanation for it.) I hope yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Parts of Speech Reference Sheet with Exercise
This is a reference sheet with several sentences that tells what part of speech each word is in each sentence. On the second page there are five sentences for students to practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 4
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Review for Vocabulary Chapters 1-3 The War of the Worlds
This is a gap exercise for vocabulary words from Dover Publishing�s Children�s adaptation of The War of the Worlds. I use this with my 10th grade class because it is only a little over a hundred pages, and we can read it before Halloween. I have also included a puzzle with a hidden message and an answer key. In my worksheets, I have two more handou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Recycling Christmas Cards
This is a craft my sister-in-law taught me twenty years ago. It is a lesson about not only recycling Christmas cards but also reading and following directions. The photos at the end are the Christmas card ball ornament she made for us many years ago. On the last page, there are a few questions to answer about the main purpose of the lesson.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 6
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The Summary Analysis of The War of the Worlds
This, again, is based on the book from Dover. I have the summary analysis of the plot, which explains how it is an allegory, a graphic organizer showing the placement of the plot elements, a letter tile puzzle, and a maze. There is an answer key for the letter tile puzzle. Please copy and remove it before you print the puzzle.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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"Fire and Ice" Analysis
This is a mini-lesson about the analysis of Robert Frost�s poem "Fire and Ice." There is a different poem at the end for students to analyze.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 11
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Alliteration in the poem "A Who�Z Who in the Horrible House" by Wes Magee
I am so sorry that it didn�t upload right the first time. This is a cute alliterative poem by Wes Magee. I illustrated it and provided the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Quotation Marks
This worksheet explains the rules for using quotation marks, and it has a seventeen-sentence exercise. There is also an answer key for the exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Icebreaker: Draw Your Name
This activity is for the beginning of the school year. It is a way for the teacher and students to introduce themselves. You can also incorporate the spelling of the objects if your students are at that level. I hope you find it fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 15
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Werewolves
This is a cloze activity for Halloween. There is some interesting information about werewolves that I tried to keep at a student level. Check out the website to find out more information. Happy Halloween!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Ballad: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
I use this song to teach ballads. It is based on a true event that I give background information for. I have a link to a Youtube video, several pictures, choose-the-correct answer checklst for ballads, and a wordsearch. I hope it is helpful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Albinistic Animals Are Awesome
I have tried to give a very basic explanation for why some animals are albinos. There are several CUTE pictures. I also explain how the title is an example of alliteration, and the different parts of speech "albino" can become when the spelling is changed and when it describes a noun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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"Autumn Fires" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Activities
This is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. I illustrated and defined a couple of the words, explained alliteration, and explained that it was contrasting summer and fall. Finally, I have a few questions and a wordsearch. Happy Thanksgiving!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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"The Face in the Trees" Lesson
This is a poem about polluting the environment and how nature is personified as a face in the trees. I have defined "illusion" and "sigh," and I created a small wordsearch. (There is a hyperlimk to a dictionary.)This lesson is to make us more aware of the environment and how poetry can be a vehicle ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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The Family Wants a Pet
This is a short exercise about animals that can be pets. The student needs to know how to correctly spell the animal�s name and what it looks like.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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Short Story Terms
The student chooses the correct word to match the definition, and then finds the word in the puzzle.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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"At the Sea-Side" by Robert Louis Stevenson
This is a children�s poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. I added some illustrations, and I define similes and imagery.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
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Halloween poem
This is a Halloween poem that explains couplets, synonyms, and antonyms. It has some illustrations, questions, and a wordsearch.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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The Call of the Wild Vocabulary Exercise
This exercise explains the difference between personification and anthropomorphism. It has 10 beginning vocabulary words with their definitions, an exercise, and a wordsearch.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Thanksgiving Poem and Activities
This ia a short Thanksgiving poem that I illustrated and created a few questions. There is also a fact about our President and a wordsearch. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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