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Three Preschool Train Crafts: Transportation Crafts for the Classroom

Tania Cowling
Categories : Preschool crafts and activities for hands on learning

Get on board with these three preschool train crafts. Your class will have a blast with these imaginative crafts that enhances any train or …

"The Story of an Hour" Study Guide: Plot Structure and Theme

Trent Lorcher
Categories : Literature study guides and chapter summaries

This literary analysis of “The Story of an Hour” includes a look at plot structure and a look at theme in the story. It raises some …

"The Story of an Hour" Teacher's Guide: Teaching Ideas & Quiz

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Use this “Story of an Hour” teacher’s guide to review critical elements of the story. I even included a quiz at the end to help …

"The Story of an Hour": Analysis of the Symbols & Irony in Kate Chopin's Short Story

Trent Lorcher
Categories : Literature study guides and chapter summaries

Understanding “The Story of an Hour” requires picking up on the irony and symbols to enrich your reading experience.

A Great Lesson Plan for Teaching The Canterbury Tale Characters

Shelia Odak
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales can be a hard text to teach to students of any level. One of the best ways I have found to present this work …

Middle School Writing Prompts

Margie
Categories : English lesson plans for middle school

Creating middle school writing prompts can be complicated. On one hand, the prompts need to promote solid writing. On the other hand, they must hold …

Preschool Human Body Activities and Lessons for Young Students

Looking for activities to teach your preschool class about the human body? This comprehensive early childhood lesson plan will teach students the …

Creating a Modified Lesson Plan to Help Students Preview and Predict in Reading

Barbara
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

When students with special needs have reading deficiencies that aren’t addressed and yet are asked to participate in a mainstream reading lesson …

Dummy Pronouns in English Grammar: There and It

Heather Marie Kosur
Categories : Help with english grammar & vocabulary

Dummy pronouns are pronouns that lack antecedents, which are the words, phrases, and clauses that pronouns replace. This article explains and …

How To Say I'm Sorry In Chinese: Explanation of Duìbùqǐ (Sorry, Excuse Me) and Bùhǎoyìsi (Sorry, Feel Reluctant)

Sujanti Djuanda
Categories : Help with learning to write and speak chinese

The Chinese word 对不起【duìbùqǐ】can mean sorry, excuse me or beg pardon and is used when a more serious mistake has been made. The word 不好意思【bùhǎoyìsi】 …