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Speeches in the Middle School Classroom
Teach middle school students how to write an organized speech. To improve delivery, practice the art of eye contact and the use of volume, speed, and gestures.
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MLK Activities for Middle & High School Students
In this lesson, students complete a Venn-diagram to report research, make a timeline of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and/or compete in an oratory contest.
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Activities to Engage Students Before Break
It can be difficult to keep students learning and working right before a holiday break. Try these three ideas to keep students engaged with hands-on activities.
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Newsletter Book Report
Instead of writing a book report, teachers can ask students to make a newsletter or newspaper that focuses on their novel of choice.
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Holiday Traditions Booklet Activity
Teach students how to write and to illustrate a family holiday traditions scrapbook. It is a fun activity that connects home and school beautifully.
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Tips for Middle School Writing Contests
These tips can assist teachers to help students to write quality essays and poems for writing contests and to steer clear of scams.
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Novel Flip-chart Showcases Literary Elements
In order for students to show their knowledge of common literary terms that may be assessed on their reading achievement test, teachers can assign the flip-chart.
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How to Deal With Rude Middle School Parents
A rude, aggressive or intimidating parent can make the life of a teacher difficult. However, teachers need to remain professional and to keep the focus on the student.
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Contacting Parents of Middle School Students
Middle school is a difficult time for the parents and the students. When students begin to struggle, the first line of defense is to communicate with parents.
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Change Disruptive Behavior by Changing Teaching
Teachers must use a variety of teaching techniques to engage all middle school students. Bad behavior can be a reflection of weak teaching practices.
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Use Binders to Keep Students Organized
A middle school student's locker can sometimes look a trash can. Teachers can teach organizational skills by requiring students to keep a binder for each subject.
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Create Rules & Contracts for Disruptive Behavior
When student help to create class rules, they take ownership in them and will hopefully abide by them. For those who don't, work with them to create behavior contracts.
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Simile Lesson for Middle School Students
The simile is a poetic technique that most students can master quickly. This lesson teaches the poetic device and gives examples for a handout for student practice.
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College Dorm Life Tips for Future Freshmen
Many high school students have not lived away from home before their freshman year of college. Use these tips to be organized and to avoid potential conflicts.
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Write a Thank You Letter Lesson
A thank you letter can be a formal letter typed in the block style or a hand written card. This lesson will give students an opportunity to write both.
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Middle & High School Teacher Project Funding
Educational projects can be funded by a variety of sources if budgets are tight. The first step is to know exactly what is needed and to find funding sources.
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Teach Middle School Students to Write Paragraphs
Students need to write clear, tightly focused paragraphs. It all starts with a solid topic sentence. Add in detail or body sentences and end with strong conclusion.
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Bulletin Boards That Organize & Support a Theme
Middle school bulletin boards can help keep teachers organized and can help support a chosen theme. Try these two bulletin board ideas to jazz up any classroom.
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Fun Middle School Bulletin Boards
Use the popular teen topics of texting and music to make great bulletin boards for middle school students. Add pizazz by using images from magazines or the Internet.
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Illustrative Paragraph Lesson
Students will see an example and discuss the proper way to write an illustrative paragraph. Students will write the paragraph following the writing process.
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Cameras, PowerPoint and Creative Writing Lesson
Ask students to bring in digital pictures from home. Use the photos to inspire students to write a children's story that will become a PowerPoint presentation.
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Easy to Make Middle School Bulletin Boards
Create bulletin boards that are interesting and interactive for middle school students. The message board and current events bulletin boards are simple to make.
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Creative Story Writing Using Magazines
This lesson can help students build the characters, setting, plot, conflicts, turning point and resolution for an original story by flipping through old magazines.
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Pack Cell Phones and Lunch with Care for School
From packing electronics to lunches, get ready because school will start soon. Middle school students have more choices, but they still need parental supervision.
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Teach How to Write to Different Audiences
Help middle school students to understand how to write to different audiences with this lesson. They will discuss, work in small groups and write paragraphs and an essay.
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Classroom Configuration & Organization
Before the school year begins, plan how to configure classroom furniture and how to organize papers. This will make the teacher's life easier the rest of the year.
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Fashion and Cars Through the Decades Lesson
Students can learn the proper way to complete research and learn about popular culture through the decades.
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Bringing Up Grades in Middle School
Parents sometimes need help when it comes to improving their child's grades in school. Try these tips to improve academic performance.
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Use Toys to Inspire Imaginative Short Stories
Students in middle school have favorite childhood toys. Many still have the items stashed somewhere. Use these beloved play things to spark creativity in writing.
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Graduation Planning Checklist
Finishing high school is a momentous event. Proper planning will allow parents to focus on the graduates on their special day.
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Senior Year Planning for Transition to College
Although the senior year of high school is the last year of high school, it will include quite a bit of hard work to prepare for the next stage - college.
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Transitioning to the High School
When the eighth graders leave the middle school, they are nervous about moving to the high school. Here are a few tips to make the transition easier.
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Closing the Middle School Year
Teachers are tired and students are antsy. Here are some ideas for the end of the school year: take a field trip, focus on teamwork or plan a variety show.
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Video Scholarship Contests
Trying to be creative in finding ways to pay for college? A few groups are giving scholarship money to high school and college students for outstanding videos.
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Cheap Middle School Field Trips
In conjunction with a unit of study, a field trip can be a powerful teaching tool. The problem is the cost. Try these ideas to give students a memorable experience.
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Short Story Writing Using Ala Carte Elements
Help students to write short stories by allowing them choose from an "ala carte" list of basic story elements, such as characters, setting, conflicts and plot twists.
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Middle School ABC Review Book
The next time students have a large amount of content to study, direct them make an ABC book. This is a great way to review for terms used on an achievement test.
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Writing Good Directions Lesson
Details and description are important in writing directions. Use die-cut shapes to see how well students can write directions.
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Descriptive Paragraph Lesson
Teach middle school students to go from boring, lifeless paragraphs to interesting, eye-popping ones. It all begins with everyday items and descriptive adjectives.
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Physical Activity Can Improve Scores
Many administrators have cut recess and PE time to get in more study time. However, studies have shown that less recess and physical activity may actually hurt scores.
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Spring Poetry Ideas
Focus on poetry in spring and celebrate National Poetry Month in April. The beautiful weather can inspire students to write vivid poetry.
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Spring Descriptive Writing Ideas
Use the spring air as a muse to motivate students to write good descriptive essays. These essays will be presented to the class.
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Character Profile Poster
Assess student knowledge of characters from assigned novels through posters that can be designed like a Facebook or MySpace web page.
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Scholarships & Community Service in High School
To land a scholarship, it is not enough to have good grades and high ACT scores. Many colleges want their applicants to have meaningful community service experiences.
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Theme, Symbol, Mood and Point of View Poster
Assess student understanding of theme, symbols, mood and point of view of a novel by assigning a poster instead of an essay.
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Fun Poetry Ideas for the Middle School Classroom
Inspire poetry writing with published poems and even paper wads. Help students find poem ideas in student created paper balls or try a copy change poem.
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Successful Middle School Research Paper Tips
Teach students that finding reliable sources, using quotes sparingly, paraphrasing, and summarizing information is key to a great paper.
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Short Research Papers for Middle School Students
Some middle school student feel overwhelmed writing a full-length research paper. Make modifications by cutting the length and teaching important items.
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President Presentation Lesson
For President's Day or any time of the year, assign students to research chosen U.S. presidents, make a visual aid, write the speech and present the information.
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Engineering & Biomedical College Preparation
Students now have many options in high school to find a career path and college major. Engineering, biomedical sciences and the auto industry are a few of their choices.
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Middle School Comparison Paper
Offer a comparison paper as a compromise when a student wants to read a novel that has been made into a movie. The student will compare both in the written paper.
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Middle School Testing
Standardized testing is the tool of choice to assess student learning to meet federal and state mandates. However, the future may allow a broader range of assessments.
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Creating Positive Classroom Environments
Spend a little extra time on teaching positive behavior and reap the benefits of nicer students by creating upbeat classroom environments and by rewarding good deeds.
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How to Identify Personal Pronouns Lesson
Assess students' understanding of personal pronouns. Students sort conjunctions, verbs and personal pronouns. Then, they sort subject, object and possessive ones.
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How to Teach a Midsummer Night's Dream
Make Shakespeare more accessible by breaking it down to the students' level. Hook students by showing that his characters have the same problems many people have today.
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How to Teach Prepositions
Learning the eight parts of speech can be drudgery. Prepositions are especially difficult to memorize. Teach prepositions in a way that students remember and have fun.
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Women's Issues of Clothing Size
Clothing manufacturers and "vanity sizing" - this may help sell clothes.
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Why Tag Size Matters
Just as clothing can show "insight" into attitude and personality, the size on the tag can change a person's attitude. Some women allow the tag size to affect them.
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How Important Are Clothes to Our Self Image?
The clothes that people wear can change their mood and how others identify with them. In addition, men and women view the roles of clothes differently.
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King Arthur & Sir Gawain Comparison Lesson
Students compare the romance stories of Le Morte d'Arthur and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in small groups in five creative activities.
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Beowulf Mead Hall Activity
Teach a memorable lesson based on Beowulf. Students will use problem solving techniques to organize and to produce a mead hall feast for the whole class to enjoy.
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8th Grade SAT Type Test Available
RediStep was developed to help teachers find learning gaps and to show them the students' readiness for high school and college. Is it really needed?
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FASFA Made Easier
The government has streamlined the FASFA form, made a new website for college bound students, and has a program that can forecast an estimated amount of financial aid.
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Eight Parts of Speech Activities
Make learning the eight parts of speech a fun group activity. Students identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, interjections and conjunctions
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YouTube, Cell Phones and Teachers
Who would think that a teacher's bad day could be captured on a cell phone and be posted on YouTube? It can and has been done.
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Make Cooperative Learning Projects Successful
Cooperative learning activities take organization and team work for success. Learning to work in groups will help later in the business world.
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Scholarship Search Help from Websites
College tuition is expensive. One way to defray the costs is through scholarships, grants or fellowships. Many websites offer help, but they are not all the same.
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College Application Help from Websites
Parents and high school students can become overwhelmed with college applications and scholarship forms from colleges. Help is just a click away on the Internet.
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Tips for Successful Parent-Teacher Conferences
Try making invitations, organizing the room and materials, and preparing for difficult parents to make your next parent-teacher conference a success.
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Open House Tips
Make your next open house a positive experience by trying a few of these tips and ideas.
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Invention and Advertisement Lesson
After middle school students write a research paper on a famous inventor, they will create an invention and produce a commercial to advertise the product.
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Team Building Ideas for Middle School Students
Middle school students are social -- period. During the first week of school or any time, build people skills. This in turn will create a positive classroom environment.
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Study Island Helps Improve Test Scores
Thinking about trying Study Island to help students perform better on the state standardized tests? The program has the research to show improvement in test scores.
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Eighth Grade Pitfalls
Some eighth grade students become lazy during their last year of middle school. However, low GPA's can keep them out of fall sports or advanced classes in high school.
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Transitioning to the Middle School
Transitioning from the elementary school to the middle school can be traumatic for the students and the parents. To avoid tears and anxiety, be prepared.
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Electronic College Application and Essays
Colleges are hopping on the bandwagon and posting online applications. Making a good first impression online is just as important as it is on the paper application.
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ACT Basics
The junior year is the time to take the ACT and to look at college requirements. High school juniors have college on the horizon and need to start preparing.
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Story Episode Lesson
Creating a story or an episode portrait is a creative way for students to show understanding of the author's message or main idea in a particular chapter or scene.
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Student Created Bulletin Boards
In this lesson, students create bulletin boards about their favorite novel character. It is a creative book report and saves the teacher a ton of work.
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Dream Room Descriptive Essay
In this lesson, students shop online for favorite items. Most middle school students will be eager to write a descriptive essay with an introduction, body and conclusion.
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Middle School Grammar Problems
Middle school students make similar MUGS (Mechanics, Usage, Grammar and Spelling) mistakes in writing. This lesson explores the most common issues.
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Pros and Cons of Incentive Reading
A new study shows that students increase their reading achievement scores with reading incentive programs. Accelerated Reader (AR) is one such program.
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'Honor a Student' Speech Lesson
High school students rarely get to celebrate each other's lives. In this lesson, students "honor" each other by giving a speech about what makes the individual special.
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Four-Year Time Capsule Project
Eighth grade students write letters to open when they are seniors in high school. The senior packet contains memories they will cherish their senior year.
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Academic Olympics
Teachers can create academic games to review for upcoming high stakes tests by emulating the Olympics. It is great fun and great review.
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Staff Misconduct at School
Many educational staff members are making headlines by getting caught in acts of misconduct. Staff misconduct can include many types of poor behavior.
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Teachers & Social Networking Sites
Middle and high school teachers who have social networking sites may come under fire for what they are posting online. They might even lose their jobs.
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Hyperbole Lesson
Students will learn the poetic technique of hyperbole through classic poems. Later, they will add humor to their own original poetry with examples of hyperbole.
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The Ease of Cheating in School
Because students are able to download so easily, more are cheating than in the past. Many websites on the Internet show students just how easy it is.
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Personification Lesson
Teachers define personification for their students, ask students to identify examples and then direct students to write their own poetry with examples of personification.
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Onomatopoeia Lesson
Students will learn about the poetic device of onomatopoeia, create onomatopoeic slogans or jingles, write a poem using the technique and then share it with the class.
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High Cost of Senior School Year
Most parents saved or budgeted for their child's college education. Many have no idea that the additional dollars spent during the senior year can be in the thousands.
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Hocking Hills Cabin Rentals
Cabin rentals in the Hocking Hills of Southeastern Ohio near Logan offer serenity, natural beauty and adventure. Visitors can spend the day relaxing or hiking.
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Alliteration Lesson Plan
In this lesson, teachers define and show examples of alliteration. Students use alliteration in their own poetry and illustrate a poem to share.
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How Students Can Publish Writing
Students who follow the writing process need to publish their work. Entering writing contests will allow students to get published, and some will win money and prizes.
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Similes and Metaphors Lesson
In this lesson, teachers define similes and metaphors for their students, ask students to identify metaphors and similes and then direct the students to write them.
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Free Verse Poem Lesson
Students learn how to create poetry without strict rules. By writing and illustrating a free verse poem, students will create their own original poetry.
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Teens Employed and Stressed
School, extra-curricular activities, friends, boyfriends or girlfriends, and a job can equal too much stress and too little rest for teens.
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Middle School Clubs
A few of the clubs that students can join are as follows: Mathcounts, Science Olympiad, Envirothon, Future Problem Solvers, Odyssey of the Mind, and Builders Club.
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Middle School Limerick Poem Lesson
Students enjoy the silly limericks. Writing, reading and reciting limerick poetry is a fun Saint Patrick's Day activity or a humorous activity for any day.
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