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The 5 Creepest Urban Legends that Happen to be True!
The 5 Creepest Urban Legends that Happen to be True! I got the information for this reading from cracked.com. It�s really interesting reading and has challenging vocabulary. The last page is a chart where students write what they think various underlined words mean and what text made them think that. Then students look up the words to see if the...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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Katy Perry - Waking Up in Vegas Grammar Assignment
This is a cross-over lesson that reviews grammar (through correcting incorrect grammar/slang), word choice (your/you�re, it�s/its), and figurative language (simile and metaphor) with a popular Katy Perry song.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Figurative Language Drawing
This is an assignment that has students create and draw their own figurative language examples. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 0
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Halloween Readings-- 3 Short Stories and Fun Assessment!
This assignment is one I do every Halloween with my students, and they love it!
There are three short Halloween stories (Bloody Mary, Dancing with the Devil, and The Golden Hand). These stories have elevated vocabulary and are scary without being inappropriate.
Once students have read the stories, they pick the one they liked best and illu...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 48
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Katy Perry "Self Inflicted"
This song is from Katy Perry�s hit CD and it�s loaded with figurative language. Students will read the song and identify as many examples of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification as they can. Then, students will write those in the corresponding chart below!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Eight Parts of Speech Handout
This is a basic handout to help students with the eight parts of speech. It includes the word, a basic definition, and a few examples. I use this as a reference handout.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 10
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Eliza- Murderer- reading comprehension
This is a two page reading comprehension with 4 pages of activities. The first activity page is a graphic organizer, the second is a context clues/ vocabulary chart, the third is a set of short answer questions and the 4th is reading comprehension and literary term questions. The story is for mature readers-- it�s about a woman who fakes her own p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 23
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Cutter- a scary reading comprehension!
This short story comes with reading comp. questions, short answer questions, and a vocabulary/ context clues activity. It�s recommended for mature readers!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 30
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Paragraph Organization Practice
Students will cut out the eight sentences at the top of the page. Next, they will paste them in the correct order on the lines at the bottom of the page. Finally, the students will explain in the box how each sentence connects to the previous sentence and why they put them in the order that they did.
Students enjoy this activity because they ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet
Subject Verb agreement worksheet focusing on "is" "are" "was" and "were"
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Classroom Games & Activities
This is a collection of 15 games/activities to make learning fun in the classroom! Most of these center around grammar and vocabulary development, but you can modify them to whatever you are covering.
I have compiled these from my 4 years of teaching, and my students LOVE them! Some are technolo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 73
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Grammar Mistakes in Songs
This is a powerpoint that has different song lyrics that are grammatically incorrect in some way. Have students identify the errors. Some of the errors include: subject verb agreement, double negatives, pronoun antecedent agreement, irregular verb mistakes, etc.
Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 36
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Common Mistakes in Writing- Correct Word Choice
This PowerPoint teaches students the correct uses for words that are commonly used incorrectly.
Lessons include: there/their/they�re, your/you�re, to/too/two, than/then, its/it�s, buy/by, chose/choose, passed/past, good/well.
After each explanation, there is a mini quiz (3 to 5 questions) t...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 8
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Making Predictions Based on Clues in the Text
This PowerPoint includes three stories taken from a book called, The Worlds Shortest Stories. Each slide gives the students a sentence from a story and then asks them to make predictions based on the text. My high schoolers love this lesson because of the twists at the end of each story!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 33
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