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1- Use should have, ought to have, could have, and might have to talk about things that were advisable in the past but it didn`t happen. These modals often express regret or blame. Examples: * I shouldn`ve applied to go to university. (I didn`t apply and i`m sorry) *I ought to have taken that job. (I didn`t take the job. That ...

Objective: Students will write a fictional story creating a conflict and resolution, applying sequential writing, using action verbs, descriptive language, and onomatopoeia, in a comic book format with original artwork and/or technology. Directions: Before the project begins, have students bring in comic books, daily comics, and Sunday comics. Read them aloud. Ask the students why comic books have never lost popularity. ...

Crown Heights/ Fires in the Mirror Identity, Bias, and Found Text 90 Minute class period 12th Grade Acting Students Standards Addressed: National Theatre Standard 2: Students will act in formal or informal presentations.  National Theatre Standard 8: Students will relate theater arts to cultures, times, and places.  Diversity/ Multicultural.   Unit Goal(s): Students will understand how theater reflects on society.  Students ...

  High School Juniors 90 Minute Class Period Theatre Arts:  Shakespeare’s World   Objective:  Students will gain an understanding of social constructs of Shakespeare’s time by using quotes from Shakespeare and his contemporaries and cross-referencing with historical information.  Students will use this information to construct a short scene which will express the viewpoints of the characters.  This lesson is used ...

  Helping Teens Find, Get and Keep Jobs     The lesson objective is help students not only prepare for entering the workforce, but also the lifetime skills required to keep a job.   Subjects covered: labor laws, finding openings, etiquette for picking up applications, do’s and don’ts for filling out applications, resume writing, interviewing, hire packets including defining harassment, what employers ...

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Last week while lesson planning, I realized that the material we were covering (multiplying polynomials) lent itself well to some of my favorite learning games. I used two review/teaching games in the same 70 minute period: one covers FOIL and the other contains most other types of multiplication problems: FOIL Bingo I like that this challenges students to problem solve and ...

This study guide is designed to enhance students’ mastery of key content and skills in social studies through examination of recent statistical data about the United States collected from congressional districts, states, and regions of the United States. It is intended to be used in conjunction with The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009 by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, ...

 1)    Read familiar texts   Purpose: to model the reading process, to provide language model, use of partner talk to get children speaking in English and to support thinking, building of schema, enjoyment   2)    Teaching point: Readers cross check using different sources of information as a way of confirming their first attempt when problem solving on text.   3)    New ...

  American Holidays           What do we celebrate on Thanksgiving Day? We celebrate our thanks.   What do we celebrate in Independence Day? We celebrate our separation from England.   Who are we honoring on Presidents’ Day? We honor Washington and Lincoln.    Who are we honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day? We honor MLK Jr.   ...

Part computer game, part educational classroom tool, COOL SCHOOL: Where Peace Rules! is a whimsical interactive game where children, ages five to seven (grades K-2), journey to the fanciful world of Cool School, where everything—from erasers to desks to books to basketballs—are alive and full of personality. Here, in a vibrant and fun setting, children are taught invaluable social, communication, and ...

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Description: Part computer game, part educational classroom tool, COOL SCHOOL: Where Peace Rules! is a whimsical interactive game where children, ages five to seven (grades K-2), journey to the fanciful world of Cool School, where everything—from erasers to desks to books to basketballs—are alive and full of personality. Here, in a vibrant and fun setting, children are taught invaluable social, communication, ...

OVERVIEW: At the beginning of the school year, it's good to get to know each other, whether it be teacher to student, or student to other students in the class. Many students do not know how to develop relationships. Their negative social attitudes and low self-esteem hinder interaction. OBJECTIVES: 1. To express personal characteristics with items from home. 2. To introduce ...

Play musical chairs as you normal do, except place an index card with Vocabulary words students need to learn. Each index card will have a different vocabulary word. When the music stops, the person without a chair tells you which chair he/she was about to sit in. The person who is seated in that chair has to pronounce his word. If ...

Students are divided into 2 teams. The students need to stand in a single file line. The teacher calls out a word. The first student in each line walks to the board and writes the first letter of the word, the student gives the marker to the next student and then they write the next letter, this continues until the word ...

Using the process of elimination and critical thinking skills, students determine the correct answer to questions about geography and world culture and then demonstrate their understanding of the process of elimination strategy by creating their own WorldTeaser Challenge questions. Objectives Students will: • Understand the meaning of process of elimination • Learn how the process of elimination can help in answering ...

Introduce the concepts of slavery and the Civil War when studying this famous American President. Unit Topic Abraham Lincoln Proficiency/Grade Level: Grades 3-6 High Beginning to Advanced students Content Concepts/Skills Social Studies concepts Gr. 2-4: What kind of man was Lincoln? What did he do as president? Gr 5-8: Slavery, freedom, rights Vocabulary: Grades 5-8: Kentucky, President, debate, slavery (slaves), “Emancipation ...

I made this lesson for my drama class (10th-12th grade) but it could be used for younger students. Talk Like a Pirate Day is on September 19th every year, and it gives English (or drama) students a chance to have fun with language. It makes a great opening activity and the kids really get into it. Materials: Strips of paper, List ...

A fairy tale..a gathering of a poem A living doll, everywhere you look. It can sew, it can cook. It can talk, talk, talk... it works there nothing with it. You have a hole, it's poltice. You have an eye, it's an image. My boy it's your lastresort. Will you marry it, marry it, marry it.