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Dialogue Practice with the Continuous Tenses
Students work with a partner to write dialogues using the present continuous, past continuous, future continuous and present perfect continuous tenses about an real situation. They perform the dialogues in front of the class.
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Present Continuous
In this present continuous worksheet, students view examples of how to put the subject of their sentences into present continuous form with the form to be and ing. Click on "Continue with Exercise" at the bottom of the page to see actual...
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"Every Breath You Take"
Students examine the future continuous tense using the song "Every Breath You Take," by The Police. They identify the future continuous tense in the song, write sentences, place the song lyrics in order, and complete a worksheet.
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Talking About the Future
Students investigate how to communicate about the future using the proper verb tense. For this communication about the future lesson, students talk to a partner about future plans. They fill in an associated chart about the present...
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Continuity and Change
Young scholars identify those freedoms most important to them and identify characteristics of a "good" rule. They then develop "good" rules for the world and identify how decisions or rules made today might affect the future.
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When I'm 75
Pupils pretend they are a senior adult, around 75 years old. After observing pictures of older people, students write sentence, using future perfect and future continuous to answer questions. In pairs, they complete a worksheet and...
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This Land is Your Land
Young scholars use a popular American song to learn the past and present continuous tenses. They complete a web quest about the song "This Land is Your Land" and discuss it.
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Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
Students discuss and analyze the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous forms from a clear context and develop the skill of noticing word stress, weak forms of auxiliaries.
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Population Dynamics
Will human population growth always be exponential, or will we find a limiting factor we can't avoid? Young scientists learn about both exponential and logistic growth models in various animal populations. They use case studies to...
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Squaring Function of Natural Numbers
Eighth graders complete problems where they use the definition of exponents to expand the squaring function of natural numbers. In this squaring natural numbers lesson plan, 8th graders also identify squares form 0 - 12 and complete a...
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One Room School House Reading Lesson
Students explore schools during the Colonial period. For this American history lesson, students participate in a simulation of school days in Colonial America. Students visit a museum and use the schoolhouse as a setting for their...
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George Washington: The Precedent President
Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president, but do your scholars know why that was so important? The lesson plan, the third in a sequence of three, allows learners to understand how George Washington set a precedent...
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Lesson Plan on Tolerance
Students, through discussion, internet and video resources, study the history of Northern Ireland and the religious segregation between Catholics and Protestants. They evaluate the current political situation and predict what the future...
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Parody Hilarity
Upper grade and middle school writers study the art of parody. For this language arts lesson, learners study the work of Lewis Carroll, read and discuss parodies from the book, Alice in Wonderland, and construct their own parody based on...
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Socializing at Work
Students practice social conversation using adjectives and phrases describing good and bad weather. They review the present perfect continuous, present continuous, past continuous and future continuous tenses.
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Percent Rate of Change
If mathematicians know the secret to compound interest, why aren't more of them rich? Young mathematicians explore compound interest with exponential functions in the twenty-seventh installment of a 35-part module. They calculate future...
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Multiplying and Factoring Polynomial Expressions (part 2)
If you can multiply binomials, you can factor trinomials! This is the premise for a lesson on factoring. Pupils look for patterns in the binomials they multiply and apply them in reverse. Examples include leading coefficients of one...
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I Wonder What That Thing Is On My Manduca
Students use the internet to gather more information on the anatomy of the Manduca. They make predictions of what the insect will look like when it hatches and complete a crossword puzzle to practice their vocabulary. They continue to...
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The Customer Service Chain
Students identify and interpret the importance of customer service.
Then they identify the concept of customer chain and the meaning of the quality paradigm. Students also identify and define the role of quality in competitiveness and...
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Lesson plan: Today's young leaders
Students explain teen involvement in integrating society, and determine programs for teens in different organizations.
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Inflation and Unemployment
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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The Best Friend of Charleston, The Charleston Railroad
Third graders explore the Charleston Railroad. In this South Carolina history lesson, 3rd graders examine the impact of the rail line on economy and citizens of the state. Students create posters to advertising...
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The Delicate Balance - Iowa's Natural Resources
Discover the natural resources in Iowa by studying it's history. In this environmental lesson, your students will observe a topographical map of Iowa and identify where its most valuable resources are. They complete an Iowa name...
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Lesson Plan on Girls' Education
Students examine the obstacles in education faced by young girls in developing countries. Through discussion, they explore what international documents protect this basic human right.