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3003 - English III Internet Resources Listening
- Asking Questions - the types of questions depend on the answer to that first important question: Why am I reading this? Once you establish a purpose for yourself, you can then ask which questions will help you achieve that goal. This page asks students to rank a set of questions on a scale of one to five.
- Can You Follow Directions? - fun worksheet to print and use as classroom activity. [This expired page comes from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.].
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- Critical Reasoning Warm-ups - These are warm-ups for people who are somewhat familiar with critical reasoning questions. These questions are a good way to start your brain thinking before you answer the real questions.
- Following oral directions - online computer activity, students will need pencil and paper.
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- George Washington Teaches Map Directions - Follow directions to create profile of Washington.
- How Well Do You Follow Directions? - Fun worksheet to print or read orally to students.
- How to build a spaghetti and marshmallow tower - follow these instructions to create a tower.
- How to Create A Fun Marble Artwork - follow these instructions to create your art.
- How to Make an Origami Bookmark - follow these instructions to create your bookmark.
- How to make paper beads for Altered Art - follow these instructions to create your art.
- How to Build a Toy Paddle Boat - follow these instructions to create your boat
- How to build a Boat - follow these instructions to create your boat [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
- Listening to instructions - Listen carefully to the messages to find the information you need
- Make me a Copy Please - [designed for grades 5-6] Lesson plan; the need to be articulate and precise when explain steps to another student.
- The Magician's Apprentice - Have students follow directions to do magic tricks!
- Mystery Pictures: Following Oral Directions - focus on the importance of clear, oral communication.
- Questioning Toolkit - seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
- Compose a Thesis Statement - Now that you have decided, at least tentatively, what information you plan to present in your essay, you are ready to write your thesis statement.
- How To Write a Thesis Statement - from the Writing Tutorial Services of Indiana University in Bloomington
- Thesis Statements - What the heck is a thesis, and why do I need one?
- Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements – from the OWL at Purdue
- Thesis Statement - [from LEO] "a thesis takes a stand rather than announcing a subject"
- Thesis Builder - helps build a thesis from a topic
- Write a Thesis Statement - [from Cliffs Notes] includes a "magic working thesis equation"
- Author's Purpose and Tone of Voice - focuses on strategies to use with students to increase their ability to discern tone and offers opportunities to practice those skills.
- Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing - lesson plan with associates links and material to print
- Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
- Paraphrase Craze - Well thought out lesson with lots of chances to practice. If you want to get rid of the horrible background in IE go to Tools, Internet Options, click on Accessibility at the bottom of the General tab and click Ingore Colors. Ahhh, much better.
- Paraphrase Practice Worksheet - two paragraphs to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrase Self Test - Type something in the first box as the base text. Next type your paraphrase of the first text. As you type you will see an evaluation below the second box indicating overlapping language
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- Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words - six steps to effective paraphrasing plus some examples of good (and bad) paraphrasing
- Paraphrasing - instructions on how to paraphrase; good beginning lesson
- Paraphrasing Exercise - [not interactive] five paragraphs to read and paraphrase on your own paper [ Possible Answers here ]
Paraphrasing Practice - a six slide show - one at a time show the slides and allow students time to paraphrase. Note to teacher: Allow students time to read the slide carefully and then press the B key to black out your screen. Press B one more time to get back to the show.
- Paraphrasing Practice - suggestions on how to paraphrase followed by a paragraph to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrasing Topic Sentences - Read five paragraphs and then select the sentence that best paraphrases the topic sentence of the paragraph.
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing - defines each and then tells why and how to use each
- Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
- Scaling Back to Essentials: Scaffolding Summarization With Fishbone Mapping -complete fishbone maps that highlight the main ideas and relevant details from a cause-effect text; lesson plan [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
- Self Test: Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism - excellent examples and tests of the right way to quote, paraphrase and summarize
- Summarizing - interactive lesson and exercise
- 'Summarising' worksheets - worksheets to print and answer keys
- What is summarising? - UK site - understanding how to summarize (UK spelling used)
- Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation - As students give the class presentations, have other students use the Oral Presentation Peer Feedback Form to write their feedback.
- Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing - lesson plan with associates links and material to print
- Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
- Paraphrase Craze - Well thought out lesson with lots of chances to practice. If you want to get rid of the horrible background in IE go to Tools, Internet Options, click on Accessibility at the bottom of the General tab and click Ingore Colors. Ahhh, much better.
- Paraphrase Practice Worksheet - two paragraphs to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrase Self Test - Type something in the first box as the base text. Next type your paraphrase of the first text. As you type you will see an evaluation below the second box indicating overlapping language
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- Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words - six steps to effective paraphrasing plus some examples of good (and bad) paraphrasing
- Paraphrasing - instructions on how to paraphrase; good beginning lesson
- Paraphrasing Exercise - [not interactive] five paragraphs to read and paraphrase on your own paper [ Possible Answers here ]
Paraphrasing Practice - a six slide show - one at a time show the slides and allow students time to paraphrase. Note to teacher: Allow students time to read the slide carefully and then press the B key to black out your screen. Press B one more time to get back to the show.
- Paraphrasing Practice - suggestions on how to paraphrase followed by a paragraph to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrasing Topic Sentences - Read five paragraphs and then select the sentence that best paraphrases the topic sentence of the paragraph.
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing - defines each and then tells why and how to use each
- Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
- Scaling Back to Essentials: Scaffolding Summarization With Fishbone Mapping -complete fishbone maps that highlight the main ideas and relevant details from a cause-effect text; lesson plan [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
- Self Test: Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism - excellent examples and tests of the right way to quote, paraphrase and summarize
- Summarizing - interactive lesson and exercise
- 'Summarising' worksheets - worksheets to print and answer keys
- What is summarising? - UK site - understanding how to summarize (UK spelling used)
- Analysis on Lincoln's second inaugural address - characteristic of speeches made by President Lincoln - example of analysis
- Buzzwords and Slang Bury Your Message - buzzwords and slang can cause misunderstandings
- Cause and Effect Diagrams - Lesson showing how to think through causes of a problem
Cause and Effect Lesson - explore some cause and effect situations using graphic organizers
Cause-and-Effect Writing Challenges Students - The cause-and-effect relationship is both a way of thinking and a format for writing. Teachers who emphasize cause-and-effect writing say that they are helping students learn to think critically as well as write cogently. Read what three experienced teachers have to say about this teaching approach, which can be used with students of all ages. This is an article from Education World magazine .
- Cause and Effect Activities and Quizzes - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Compare and Contrast Activities - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Enthusiasm and Monotones Don't Mix - article on how to avoid monotones with practice exercises.
- Gender-Sensitive Language - suggestions to help you appropriately express gender relationships
- Making The Relationship Explicit Between Your Ideas - from UniLearning - Academic Writing
- Motor mouths Don't Make Sales - Speaking too quickly is one of the most common speech problems
- Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - definitions of 130 figures of speech and other rhetorical terms with links to expanded discussions and examples
- Asking Questions - the types of questions depend on the answer to that first important question: Why am I reading this? Once you establish a purpose for yourself, you can then ask which questions will help you achieve that goal. This page asks students to rank a set of questions on a scale of one to five.
- Critical Reasoning Warm-ups - These are warm-ups for people who are somewhat familiar with critical reasoning questions. These questions are a good way to start your brain thinking before you answer the real questions.
- Questioning Toolkit - seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
Speaking
- Arguments - online quiz
- Argument quiz - Identify each of the following statements as either an argument or a nonargument.
- Basic Essay format - very helpful organizational chart with example and explanations of parts; basic essay format will help you to write and organize an essay
- Basic Essay Organization Practice Test - fifteen multiple-choice questions, each question is on a new page although there is an option to show all questions on one page
- How to Recognize an Argument - article; need to know that the premises are true, and we need to know that the inference made on the basis of the premises is valid, that is, the conclusion follows from the premises.
- On Writing a Paper - article suggesting on how to write a complicated thesis; outline suggestion given along with tips
- Planning an Essay with a Scratch Outline - Supporting Details; possible example questions for each topic sentence
- Supporting Your Thesis - excellent article on supporting details with outline example
- Approaching the Speaking Situation - Audience, Occasion, Purpose
- Delivering your talk - three key aspects to consider
Helpful Hints for Presenters - [16 slides] many good suggestions can be found in this PowerPoint show by Silvi Marina
- Oral Presentation Skills : Body language - using body language in a presentation
- Oral Presentation Rubric - use this to help evaluate presentation skills
- Ordering the Phrases - excellent interactive quiz; learn about the different stages of a presentation and to learn some phrases that tell your audience where you are in your presentation.
- Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words- handout; defines term with example word usage [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Practical Hints For Giving An Oral Presentation - employ these suggestions for an oral presentation
- Principles of Organization - scroll to middle of page to get to this section; four broad principles
- Planning, Writing, and Completing Oral Presentations - quiz with 30 multiple choice questions and 5 essay questions
- 5 Effective Strategies to Conclude a Speech - Speech conclusion tutorial including strategies and speech topics for an effective way to conclude your public speaking speech
- Developing a Strong Conclusion - ideas for concluding a speech
- Effective conclusions are critical to an effective presentation - ideas for concluding a speech [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
Effective Conclusions - article with ideas for concluding a speech
Helpful Hints for Presenters - [16 slides] many good suggestions can be found in this PowerPoint show by Silvi Marina
- Plan Your Conclusion - four major components to a good conclusion
- Strategies for Writing a Conclusion - suggestions and examples
Topic Sentences and Concluding Sentences - four questions, each requiring essay answers - consider printing this and using it as part of a lesson
- Trailblazing Conclusions (6 - 8) develop a sense of ending by using closure and thought-provoking statements
- Writing a Conclusion - tips and examples
• rhetorical question to engage the audience;
- A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices - definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices
- Argument and persuasion rhetorical devices - examples
- Rhetorical Devices - table of some of the more common devices employed for emphasis in Shakespeare
- Rhetorical Devices Quiz - Flash cards - learn, familiarize and test
• parallelism and repetition to reinforce ideas;
• analogies to convey complex ideas;
- Fact Monster Analogy of the Day
- Analogy Quiz which requires students to type the word to complete the analogy
- Analogy Lesson from Diana Dell
- Analogy quiz 1 - at Quia posted by Diana Dell
- Analogy quiz 2 - at Quia posted by Diana Dell
- Awesome Analogies - for one or two players - posted at Quia
- Discovery School Analogy Quizzes
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- Puzz.com has a quiz with 152 analogies - pick one or two a day and practice this valuable skill
Analogy PowerPoint Show template - you make modifications to use with your students
• metaphors and similes to develop ideas on multiple levels;
A Fun Way to Teach Similes - a lesson idea from Bruce Lansky
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- Alliteration or Simile? - Choose whether each statement is an alliterative phrase, simile or neither.
- Bud, Not Buddy - quizzes on similes & metaphors Matching | Flashcards | Concentration
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- Do you know your metaphors? - drag words to make a metaphor
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- Do you know your similes? - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
- Figurative Language - [scroll down] terms, definitions, and an example
- Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
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- Literature-Figurative Language-Part 1 - Read these lines from poems. Identify the meaning you think fits best.
- Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards
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- Metaphor Battleship Quiz - Quia quiz using the Battleship game format
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- Metaphor Quiz - a five-question quiz at Quia
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- Metaphor Quiz - a ten-question quiz at Quia
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- Metaphor Quiz to print
Poetic Devices - a classroom sign about the forms of poetic devices [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Poetry writing practice web [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Practicing onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme, simile and metaphor
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- Simile lesson - includes a printable quiz
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- Similes and Metaphors - Identify the comparison in each sentence as a simile or a metaphor [ignore the email address blank].
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• alliteration to call attention to ideas and fix them in the audience’s mind;
- Alliteration or Simile? - Choose whether each statement is an alliterative phrase, simile or neither.
- Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
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- Literature-Figurative Language-Part 1 - Read these lines from poems. Identify the meaning you think fits best.
- Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards
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• hyperbole or understatement for humor or impact;
• antithesis to establish contrasting relationships;
- Approaching the Speaking Situation - Audience, Occasion, Purpose
- Delivering your talk - three key aspects to consider
- Delivery - article; aspects of delivery that are common to all good speakers; helpful tips
Helpful Hints for Presenters - [16 slides] many good suggestions can be found in this PowerPoint show by Silvi Marina
- Oral Presentation Skills : Body language - using body language in a presentation
- Oral Presentation Rubric - use this to help evaluate presentation skills
- Ordering the Phrases - excellent interactive quiz; learn about the different stages of a presentation and to learn some phrases that tell your audience where you are in your presentation.
- Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words- handout; defines term with example word usage [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Practical Hints For Giving An Oral Presentation - employ these suggestions for an oral presentation
- Principles of Organization - scroll to middle of page to get to this section; four broad principles
- Planning, Writing, and Completing Oral Presentations - quiz with 30 multiple choice questions and 5 essay questions
- Public Speaking Skills - slide show with helpful tips
Technical Tips on Presenting - [48 slides] includes suggestions on the use of color and remarks about audience members who may be color blind to some degree
- Compose a Thesis Statement - Now that you have decided, at least tentatively, what information you plan to present in your essay, you are ready to write your thesis statement.
- How To Write a Thesis Statement - from the Writing Tutorial Services of Indiana University in Bloomington
- Thesis Statements - What the heck is a thesis, and why do I need one?
- Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements – from the OWL at Purdue
- Thesis Statement - [from LEO] "a thesis takes a stand rather than announcing a subject"
- Thesis Builder - helps build a thesis from a topic
- Write a Thesis Statement - [from Cliffs Notes] includes a "magic working thesis equation"
- Analysis on Lincoln's second inaugural address - characteristic of speeches made by President Lincoln - example of analysis
- Buzzwords and Slang Bury Your Message - buzzwords and slang can cause misunderstandings
- Cause and Effect Diagrams - Lesson showing how to think through causes of a problem
Cause and Effect Lesson - explore some cause and effect situations using graphic organizers
Cause-and-Effect Writing Challenges Students - The cause-and-effect relationship is both a way of thinking and a format for writing. Teachers who emphasize cause-and-effect writing say that they are helping students learn to think critically as well as write cogently. Read what three experienced teachers have to say about this teaching approach, which can be used with students of all ages. This is an article from Education World magazine .
- Cause and Effect Activities and Quizzes - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Compare and Contrast Activities - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
- Enthusiasm and Monotones Don't Mix - article on how to avoid monotones with practice exercises.
- Gender-Sensitive Language - suggestions to help you appropriately express gender relationships
- Making The Relationship Explicit Between Your Ideas - from UniLearning - Academic Writing
- Motor mouths Don't Make Sales - Speaking too quickly is one of the most common speech problems
- Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - definitions of 130 figures of speech and other rhetorical terms with links to expanded discussions and examples
- Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing - lesson plan with associates links and material to print
- Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
- Paraphrase Craze - Well thought out lesson with lots of chances to practice. If you want to get rid of the horrible background in IE go to Tools, Internet Options, click on Accessibility at the bottom of the General tab and click Ingore Colors. Ahhh, much better.
- Paraphrase Practice Worksheet - two paragraphs to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrase Self Test - Type something in the first box as the base text. Next type your paraphrase of the first text. As you type you will see an evaluation below the second box indicating overlapping language
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- Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words - six steps to effective paraphrasing plus some examples of good (and bad) paraphrasing
- Paraphrasing - instructions on how to paraphrase; good beginning lesson
- Paraphrasing Exercise - [not interactive] five paragraphs to read and paraphrase on your own paper [ Possible Answers here ]
Paraphrasing Practice - a six slide show - one at a time show the slides and allow students time to paraphrase. Note to teacher: Allow students time to read the slide carefully and then press the B key to black out your screen. Press B one more time to get back to the show.
- Paraphrasing Practice - suggestions on how to paraphrase followed by a paragraph to read and paraphrase on paper
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- Paraphrasing Topic Sentences - Read five paragraphs and then select the sentence that best paraphrases the topic sentence of the paragraph.
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing - defines each and then tells why and how to use each
- Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
- Scaling Back to Essentials: Scaffolding Summarization With Fishbone Mapping -complete fishbone maps that highlight the main ideas and relevant details from a cause-effect text; lesson plan [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
- Self Test: Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism - excellent examples and tests of the right way to quote, paraphrase and summarize
- Summarizing - interactive lesson and exercise
- 'Summarising' worksheets - worksheets to print and answer keys
- What is summarising? - UK site - understanding how to summarize (UK spelling used)
A Fun Way to Teach Similes - a lesson idea from Bruce Lansky
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- Alliteration or Simile? - Choose whether each statement is an alliterative phrase, simile or neither.
- Bud, Not Buddy - quizzes on similes & metaphors Matching | Flashcards | Concentration
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- Do you know your metaphors? - drag words to make a metaphor
![]()
- Do you know your similes? - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
- Figurative Language - [scroll down] terms, definitions, and an example
- Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
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- Literature-Figurative Language-Part 1 - Read these lines from poems. Identify the meaning you think fits best.
- Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards
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- Metaphor Battleship Quiz - Quia quiz using the Battleship game format
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- Metaphor Quiz - a five-question quiz at Quia
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- Metaphor Quiz - a ten-question quiz at Quia
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- Metaphor Quiz to print
Poetic Devices - a classroom sign about the forms of poetic devices [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Poetry writing practice web [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Practicing onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme, simile and metaphor
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- Simile lesson - includes a printable quiz
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- Similes and Metaphors - Identify the comparison in each sentence as a simile or a metaphor [ignore the email address blank].
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- 7 Essential Skills for Teamwork - use to observe how well a team is working together
- Cooperative Group Role Cards - defines responsibilities - gives examples of roles of each member
- Cooperative Learning - strategies and activities to use in class
- Cooperative Project Evaluation- use this template for self evaluation [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
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- Group Roles - definitions of various roles of a group.
- Poetry Co-op - lesson plan - cooperative learning groups and poetry
- Roles in cooperative learning - very good explanation of roles of students and teacher [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
- Teamwork - lesson plan - how to work in teams
- Traits Needed for Effective Group Process - lesson plan - Cooperative learning requires more than just cognitive skills. It also requires specific character traits
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