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Back to School: Your First Lesson of the School Year

By Mrs Difficult

You want to start the school year off right. Do it with a lesson that introduces your students to how they can grow their brain---yes, make their brain bigger, better and stronger by ---working hard in class ---doing their homework ---eating

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Life Skills, Study Skills, Back to School

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, ...

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Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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A Tale of Two Cities with Multiple Choice, Short Response and Essay Questions

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If you're teaching A Tale of Two Cities, you need great questions to keep your students engaged with this challenging text. Have them at your finger tips in this interactive version which contains: --questions on each page --multiple choice

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Close Reading

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

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Readers' Theatre: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

By Mrs Difficult

Whether you want to enliven your class reading of The Necklace with Readers' Theatre, or are looking for a play to perform for Middle or High School, this script has you covered. There are even three musical numbers in the song---but these are

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English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, ...

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RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.8.1...

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Parent Handbook

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This is the perfect handbook to hand out at Parent Workshops. The handbook covers all the ways that parents can support their children's success. Topics that are covered include: --a parent/student/teacher contract that makes the role and

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Human Development, Professional Development, School Counseling

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Staff

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For Parents, For Principals & Administrators

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NONFICTION TEXT STRUCTURES 101

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Every student in grade 5 and above should know what text structures are and how to identify them. This worksheet and teaching notes help students to memorize text structures and identify them within 7 paragraphs. Your students will be crystal clear

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English Language Arts

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

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RI.5.2, RI.5.3

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LATIN ROOTS: HANDOUT 1

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Students will learn basic Latin roots which, when combined with the suffix -ary or -tory, form words such as librarypenitentiarylaboratoryfactoryStudents will be much better able to unpack unfamiliar or academic words and will have fun deciphering

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English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Latin

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

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Activities, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.6

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Five Tricky ELA Exam Questions Your Students Need to Master

By Mrs Difficult

Some questions are easier than others on the ELA state exam. Here are five of the trickiest questions that appear and reappear on the ELA exam. We explain why they are tricky and how to help your students master them.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Staff

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For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

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AMANDA GORMAN: THE HILL WE CLIMB (INAUGURATION POEM)

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On Inauguration Day, Amanda Gorman read her spell-binding poem, The Hill We Climb. This lesson plan enables you to explore this poem through evaluating its literal and deeper meanings and its use ofmetaphorsimileimagerysymbolismand allusion. Your

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English Language Arts

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

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Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.8.1, RL.8.2...

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I believe in integrating lots of dramatic arts into the ELA classroom.

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I grew up in NYC, attended wonderful schools and then spent my high school years in England. I have degrees from Harvard, MIT and NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, U.S. History, European History, World History, World Languages, Latin, Arts & Music, Art History, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Literature, Professional Development, School Counseling, Character Education, Word Problems, Study Skills, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Autumn, Speech Therapy, St. Patrick's Day, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text, For Administrators, Coaching, Test Preparation, Phonics, Close Reading, Women's History Month