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Hello! The resources here are suitable for students in classrooms, working one-on-one with tutors, or working with the help of a parent at home. They are simple, easy-to-use, printable PDF files. We hope you find something you like!
Reading Comprehension: Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini
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Reading Comprehension: Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini

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Mr. Pollexfen was at one and the same time right and wrong – a condition much more common than is generally supposed. ‘Captain Blood’ by Rafael Sabatini, first published in 1922, is a classic rip-roaring adventure novel that explores themes of justice, true love, individual courage, and right versus wrong. It influenced many pirate novels and movies that followed it, including ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. The language is flowing and elaborate, a real thrill to read. Here you will find Reading Comprehension resources for Grade 12 students, to take a thorough look at the story, its timeless themes, and its unforgettable characters. Included are: · Before and After You Read Assignment · Written Response and Discussion Questions · As You Read Assignments · Essay Writing Topics · ‘Historical Accounts’ assignment · A portrait – representing Captain Blood, or not? (The novel must be procured separately.) Note to teachers and parents: Most of the descriptions in the book are suggestive without going into great detail, however the first third of the book contains some disturbing violence (though not worse than any history novel with details about topics like ‘blood-letting’ or the beating of slaves). There is good reason for its presence in the story, and should not discourage readers from continuing.
Multiple Choice and Long Answer Test: Ancient Egypt
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Multiple Choice and Long Answer Test: Ancient Egypt

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This test is based on the information on pages 12-21 of ‘Western Civilization, A Brief History’ by Jackson Spielvogel, 4th Edition, used in Advanced Placement High School History classes. You may use some or all of the contents, according to your own study schedule. Contents 52 Multiple Choice Questions 9 Bonus Multiple Choice Questions 1 Long Answer Question Answer Key
Multiple Choice and Long Answer Test: The Israelites
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Multiple Choice and Long Answer Test: The Israelites

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This test is based on the information on pages 23-29 of ‘Western Civilization, A Brief History’ by Jackson Spielvogel, 4th Edition, used in Advanced Placement High School History classes. You may use some or all of the contents, according to your own study schedule. Contents 51 Multiple Choice Questions 5 Bonus Multiple Choice Questions 1 Long Answer Question Answer Key
Cardboard Scraps MOSAICS
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Cardboard Scraps MOSAICS

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Here is a nice way to re-use brightly-coloured thin cardboard from common household packaging! Included are: Detailed instructions with visuals Tips Four small and four large ‘autumn leaves’ templates Four small and four large ‘hearts’ templates Four small and four large ‘snowflakes’ templates samples of completed mosaics Make your empty Kleenex boxes into a pretty craft! Larger cardboard mosaics can be completed by younger children, and smaller ones by older children, teens or adults. Use your completed mosaic to decorate the cover of a notebook, make a card, as a wall hanging, or give it as a gift! Cardboard Mosaics and other similar crafts (such as cut and paste puzzles) are excellent tools for developing fine motor skills. This in turn can improve a student’s ability to play a musical instrument, write neatly, give attention to detail, show patience, and concentrate for longer periods of time. Go slowly and be generous with your praise – fine work takes practise and perseverance!
Sundry Snippets: Level Two (Grade 6 Reading and Writing)
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Sundry Snippets: Level Two (Grade 6 Reading and Writing)

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Explore different styles and forms while reading poems and literary excerpts on a variety of topics; practise your writing with assignments that encourage creative and thoughtful effort! In each Fantastic Fragments Collection there are 20 printable reading and writing assignments. Complement your main curriculum with short age-appropriate texts, each matched with a unique writing assignment. This Collection is especially suited to sensitive students aged 11, or in Grade 6. It may also be used for older students, as teachers see fit. There is no limit to the number of selections you can use. You may work through them in order or choose a topic or assignment to suit the moment. Full instructions are included. For each piece of writing, there are: · A brief introduction to the author and the excerpt · A short ‘As You Read’ guide · Two questions to be answered in writing or in discussion · One writing assignment, specific to the excerpt We used these selections for our daughter as a significant part of her curriculum, and they were an excellent way to prepare her for advanced classical learning-style assignments. Most importantly, they focus on a genuine love of reading and writing, inviting students to notice and appreciate literary form and style without immediately labeling or categorizing elements of good writing. The selections in Level Two are slightly more challenging than those in ‘Sundry Snippets’ Level One.
Sundry Snippets: Level One (Grade 6 Reading and Writing)
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Sundry Snippets: Level One (Grade 6 Reading and Writing)

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Explore different styles and forms while reading poems and literary excerpts on a variety of topics; practise your writing with assignments that encourage creative and thoughtful effort! In each Fantastic Fragments Collection there are 20 printable reading and writing assignments. Complement your main curriculum with short age-appropriate texts, each matched with a unique writing assignment. This Collection is especially suited to sensitive students aged 11, or in Grade 6. It may also be used for older students, as teachers see fit. There is no limit to the number of selections you can use. You may work through them in order or choose a topic or assignment to suit the moment. Full instructions are included. For each piece of writing, there are: · A brief introduction to the author and the excerpt · A short ‘As You Read’ guide · Two questions to be answered in writing or in discussion · One writing assignment, specific to the excerpt We used these selections for our daughter as a significant part of her curriculum, and they were an excellent way to prepare her for advanced classical learning-style assignments. Most importantly, they focus on a genuine love of reading and writing, inviting students to notice and appreciate literary form and style without immediately labeling or categorizing elements of good writing.
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Running'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Running'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Running’, featuring a concerto movement by Brescianello and a piano sonata by Scarlatti. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Journey'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Journey'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Journey’, featuring an Indian children’s song about a Train, a modern piece of music for sitar (and other instruments) performed by Anoushka Shankar, and a short selection for tabla and voice. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Dinner'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Dinner'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Dinner’, featuring two jazz tracks by Paul Desmond: Take Five and Unknown. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Together'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Together'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Together’, featuring a solo singer (with drum and rattle), a Cree Round Dance, and a group of Mohawk Women (The Sweetgrass Singers). ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Wood'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Wood'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Wood’, featuring an Acadian mouth-reeling song, an Acadian folk melody with wooden flute, and a fiddle tune with stomping feet (and other instruments). ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Summer'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Summer'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Summer’, featuring three pieces of ‘Early Music’. First is a song with instrumental accompaniment (Sumer is icumen in), second is a solo piece for viol (Estampie) and last is a madrigal (for several voices). ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Moon'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Moon'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Moon’, featuring performance by a Chinese erhu and orchestra, and a Chinese song entitled ‘The Moon Represents My Heart’ sung by Teresa Teng. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Cake'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Cake'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Cake’, featuring two pieces of music by Brahms. The first is a short Hungarian Dance, the second is a German song (Lied). ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Spooks'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Spooks'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Spooks’, featuring the Variations on an Original Theme in c minor by Beethoven. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here:
Fantastic Fragments: Level One (Grade 7 Reading and Writing)
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Fantastic Fragments: Level One (Grade 7 Reading and Writing)

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Explore different styles and forms while reading poems and literary excerpts on a variety of topics; practise your writing with assignments that encourage creative and thoughtful effort! In each Fantastic Fragments Collection there are 20 printable reading and writing assignments. Complement your main curriculum with short age-appropriate texts, each matched with a unique writing assignment. This Collection is especially suited to sensitive students aged 12, or in Grade 7. It may also be used for older students, as teachers see fit. There is no limit to the number of selections you can use. You may work through them in order or choose a topic or assignment to suit the moment. Full instructions are included. For each piece of writing, there are: · A brief introduction to the author and the excerpt · A short ‘As You Read’ guide · Two questions to be answered in writing or in discussion · One writing assignment, specific to the excerpt We used these selections for our daughter as a significant part of her curriculum, and they were an excellent way to prepare her for advanced classical learning-style assignments. Most importantly, they focus on a genuine love of reading and writing, inviting students to notice and appreciate literary form and style without immediately labeling or categorizing elements of good writing.
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Stars & Sun'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Stars & Sun'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Stars & Sun’, featuring two folk songs: ‘Underneath The Stars’ by Kate Rusby, and ‘Beautiful Dawn’ by The Wailin’ Jennies. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504
Fantastic Fragments: Level Two (Grade 7 Reading and Writing)
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Fantastic Fragments: Level Two (Grade 7 Reading and Writing)

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Explore different styles and forms while reading poems and literary excerpts on a variety of topics; practise your writing with assignments that encourage creative and thoughtful effort! In each Fantastic Fragments Collection there are 20 printable reading and writing assignments. Complement your main curriculum with short age-appropriate texts, each matched with a unique writing assignment. This Collection is especially suited to sensitive students aged 12, or in Grade 7. It may also be used for older students, as teachers see fit. There is no limit to the number of selections you can use. You may work through them in order or choose a topic or assignment to suit the moment. Full instructions are included. For each piece of writing, there are: · A brief introduction to the author and the excerpt · A short ‘As You Read’ guide · Two questions to be answered in writing or in discussion · One writing assignment, specific to the excerpt We used these selections for our daughter as a significant part of her curriculum, and they were an excellent way to prepare her for advanced classical learning-style assignments. Most importantly, they focus on a genuine love of reading and writing, inviting students to notice and appreciate literary form and style without immediately labeling or categorizing elements of good writing. The selections in Level Two are slightly more challenging than those in ‘Fantastic Fragments’ Level One.
French Phrases with Noisette the Cat
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French Phrases with Noisette the Cat

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This story and workbook will introduce you to 100 common French phrases, and to ten basic concepts of French grammar and language. Read about Noisette, a little cat who lives in Paris with the grand-mère, an elderly woman who loves to paint. In this story, they take a journey to visit the grand-mère’s son in Nevers. Every lesson contains a short ‘story’, with French words embedded and translated in the text. After reading, memorize the new terms and learn a bit of grammar. Also included are ‘fill in the blanks’ pages for practise or testing, a complete list of vocabulary, and extra review ideas. Note: as this is not an audio product, the teacher/parent must have a prior basic knowledge of how to pronounce French words.
Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Water'
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Music Appreciation: Pause & Play 'Water'

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Here is a mini-lesson plan to go with the free music file: Pause & Play ‘Water’, featuring two pieces of classical instrumental music: ‘Freedom’ for harp, and ‘The Sea in Spring’ for guitar and flute. ‘Pause & Play’ Music Appreciation mini-lessons are made for elementary-age students and their teachers or parents. Download the free basic file here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12556504