Students will understand that words that sound the same are called homophones. Students will choose the correct homophone to complete a sentence.

Students will learn what homophones are, look at some commonly used homophones and then practice a few examples. 

I created this activity/game to provide my students with practice using frequently misused homophones. I begin this activity by reviewing what homophones are and having the class identify some examples. This activity/game provides practice for SOL 4.4b.

This is a list of common use "IR" verbs. There is an activity, a Quizlet Card set , and a list both have answers. You can use them after you teach IR verbs and/or Stem change verbs.

This activity is an engaging way to allow students to practice genre identification. Students will work in pairs to find an example of each type of genre listed on the form. This is an engaging activity to help students to learn to identify different genre types. This is an engaging activity for SOL 4.5d.

This activity is an engaging way to allow students to practice genre identification. Students will work in pairs to find an example of each type of genre listed on the form. This is an engaging activity to help students to learn to identify different genre types. This is an engaging activity for SOL 4.5d.

This is an activity to help students find the imperfect stem for irregular verbs in French.

The importance of sleep lesson is designed to help students create healthy sleep patterns by infusing creative writing skills. Created By: Kristy Henderson of Powhatan County Public Schools

Students will be defending the main character’s hero or villain status by analyzing the author’s choices within a text to create an analysis essay. Students may have the option of selecting the text/author/main character/villain or hero and will have the option of selecting the author’s choices to analyze.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

There are 3 parts to this project:How group works togetherA Google SiteA skit This is how it will work:Each group picks the name of an infectious disease at random.Group will designate the following roles: a doctor, a nurse, a scribe, and a patient. If you have a 5th member they can be a specialist.

Sort the words that help label if integers are positive or negative.  This can be done as a class or independently.   Then students complete the slides.  

Students today have heard much about the tragedy of 9/11, but most likely have little knowledge about terrorism of the twentieth century or worldwide terrorism.  This lesson was inspired by a lesson in the Virginia Department of Education’s Enhanced Scope and Sequence for World History II which included the questions and charts which are used in this lesson (found on pages 193-195).  The chart is attached below and questions have been added to a Google Form. This lesson introduces students to terrorist activities around the world and culminates in a cooperative learning experience in which students will research different terrorist events and create a timeline of those events.

In this lesson plan, it provides students the opportunity to explore the rules of adding postive and negative integers using the online tool of Desmos. This is a lesson that encourages blended learning, class discussion, student discovery and provides multiple entry points for all students to actively participate.The plan includes the Desmos activity "Adding Integers" with the goal of creating two card groups with the same amount. The goal is to use the most cards to create equal groups. The level of difficulty increases with each new challenge. It begins using all positive integers then moves on to include negative integers. The lesson plan also includes suggestions on where to pause the activity to hold class discussions and another online tool to explore zero pairs using virtual integer chips. Suggested discussion questions are included to help lead students to the main idea if they are struggling. 

Introduction to Illegal Drug Use is a lesson designed by a Health and Physical Education Teacher to support Health instruction. Created By: Willie Miles Powhatan County Public Schools

Students read about and explain the process of transgenic manipulation to produce crops resistant to herbicides and pests. Afterwards students evaluate the pros and cons. Next, students read various pro/neutral/con articles about genetically modified foods and evaluate the perspective of the author. Finally, students use evidence from the reading to write a CER stating their opinion on GMOs.

This activity is designed to have students investigate the basics of forces and how they affect motion. They will also have the opportunity to participate in a PHET Simulation by the University of Colorado on Force and Motion and use the simulation to create a simple Experimental Design and collect data.

This is a complete 5 E lesson covering weather and weather maps. Materials will be available that can be used for teacher instruction on weather maps. Students will have opportuities to investigate and analyze weather maps and make predictions using maps for impending weather.

Students explore the meaning of zero(s) of a function given functions represented in graphs, tables, and equations.

Students will analyze data from the "State of the Bay" reports from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation while reviewing and completing the scientific method. The final assessment is a mission for students to create a persuasive speech or advertisement that will call for action to make changes that will positively impact the watershed with reasons why change is important.