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The Weekly Text, May 11, 2018, Asian Pacific American History Month 2018 Week II: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Novelist Amy Tan

Posted on May 11, 2018 | Leave a comment

It’s Friday again, as the weeks and years spin by. Mark’s Text Terminal continues to observe Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by offering, as This week’s Text, a reading on novelist Amy Tan with this comprehension worksheet to accompany it. Also, her is an Everyday Edit exercise on Hiroshima (and if you like it, you can get a yearlong supply of them from the extremely generous proprietors of the Education World website.

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Nisei (n)

Posted on May 9, 2018 | Leave a comment

“ni·sei \nē-ˈsā, ˈnē-ˌ\ n, pl nisei often cap [Jp, lit., second generation, fr. ni second + sei generation] (1929)    : a son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who is born and educated in America and esp. in the U.S.”

Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Kindle Locations 248367-248370). Merriam-Webster, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

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The Weekly Text, May 4, 2018, Asian Pacific American History Month 2018 Week I: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on the Chinese Exclusion Act

Posted on May 4, 2018 | Leave a comment

For the first text of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I offer a materials on one of the most ignoble pieces of legislation ever to pass through our legislative and executive branch, the Chinese Exclusion Act.

So, here is a reading on the Chinese Exclusion Act along with this comprehension worksheet on it. Finally, here is an Everyday Edit on the late Senator Daniel Inouye (and if you want or need more Everyday Edit worksheets, I highly recommend visiting the Everyday Edit page at Education World, where you will find the generous proprietors of the site give away away a yearlong supply of them for free!).

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A Short Exercise on the Greek Word Root Oste/o

Posted on May 1, 2018 | Leave a comment

This worksheet on the Greek word root oste/o–it means bone–is another of those Greek roots that produces a lot of words used in the health professions, e.g. osteopathy.

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Astute (adj)

Posted on April 30, 2018 | Leave a comment

Here is a context clues worksheet on the adjective astute. As it means “having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity” I think it’s a word students should know.

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The Weekly Text, April 27, 2018: A Lesson Plan on Using the Personal Pronoun in the Possessive Case

Posted on April 27, 2018 | Leave a comment

It’s Friday again, so it’s time for another Weekly Text.  This week I offer a complete lesson plan on using the personal pronoun in the possessive case. I begin this lesson with this short exercise on the homophones to, too, and two; in the event the lesson runs into a second day, I keep this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the rhetorical question in reserve. The mainstay of this lesson is this structured, scaffolded worksheet on using the personal pronoun in the possessive case. Here, also, is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet to help you get through the lesson. Finally, here is a learning support on pronouns and case that both your and your students might find useful for this lesson–and elsewhere.

That’s it. It finally feels like spring here, so it’s one of the best times of year her in the Big Apple. On second thought, though, aren’t all the seasons marvelous here?

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Parsing Sentences Worksheet: Verbs

Posted on April 26, 2018 | Leave a comment

Here is a parsing sentences worksheet for verbs–and here are four more if you want them. I understand this is an old-fashioned kind of activity, but that doesn’t render it obsolete. In fact, I maintain that these shore exercises are an effective way to help students understand both English usage and syntax in sentences.

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Ptolemy

Posted on April 25, 2018 | Leave a comment

Maybe you can use this short reading on Ptolemy as well as the vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet to accompany it. He’s someone students need to know about for the Regents Examination in Global History here in New York.

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Parsing Sentences Worksheet: Prepositions

Posted on April 24, 2018 | Leave a comment

Here is a parsing sentences worksheet for prepositions that I use in a variety of ways, but primarily to begin an instructional period and get excitable and excited adolescents settled and focused.

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Susceptible (adj)

Posted on April 23, 2018 | Leave a comment

You might find some use for this context clues worksheet on the adjective susceptible. It’s a strong adjective and a word anyone interested in entering the health professions should know.

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