Stones of Erasmus

Cornell Note-taking Templates for Grades 7-12

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Provide middle and high school students with a print and digital version of the Cornell Method of note-taking. Whether you're online, using a Learning Management System, or you're having kids kick…

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• Critical Thinking
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Greek Mythology Series: Athena and Arachne (7-12)

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What is the story of Athena, the Greek Goddess of War Strategy and Wisdom, and Arachne, a young Lydian weaver? — Your students are bound to become hooked on the story…

• 7th
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• Language Arts
• Reading

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• Google App
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Mythology Series: Pandora’s Box (Grades 7-12)

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Engage English Language Arts Students with the ancient Myth of Pandora's Box! — a creation story that pops open the lid on things. Curiosity killed the cat. And Pandora opened a…

• 7th
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• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Social Studies

• Activities
• Google App

2 Frayer Model Templates — Middle and High School

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Put rigor into your daily vocabulary instruction with middle and high school students by implementing frayer models. Do you want your students to learn academic vocabulary related to any topic?…

• 7th
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Greek Mythology Series: Zeus and Metis, First Cons

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Who is the Oceanid of Greek Mythology who becomes Zeus's first consort? When the Olympian Zeus discovers that according to a prophecy he's set to succumb to the same fate as…

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• Language Arts

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Mythology Series: Daphne and Apollo (Grades 7-12)

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Engage English Language Arts Students with the ancient Greek Myth of Daphne and Apollo — a tale of unrequited love gone a bit tree-y! The story of Apollo and Daphne…

• 8th
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• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Google Form Edition

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Teaching Plato's Allegory of the Cave, use our assessment tool to evaluate students' understanding of Plato's theory of reality. I was inspired to create this Google Forms resource when I noticed…

• 8th
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• Language Arts
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• Google App
• Internet Activities

Mythology Series: Orpheus and Eurydice (9-12)

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Engage English Language Arts middle and high schoolers with the ancient Greek Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice — the lovers who lost each other twice! Music began with the gods. And then…

• 9th
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• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Social Studies

• Activities
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Lit Terms: Paradox, Contradiction, and Oxymoron

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Can you fit a square peg in a round hole? What if you went back in time and killed your grandfather? Would you continue to exist? How is the name…

• 8th
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• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
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• Worksheets

Mythology Series: Titans, The Gods of Creation

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Engage Secondary English Language Arts students with the Titans' story, the second-generation gods, and goddesses of Greek Mythology. Learn each Titan's backstory, where they came from, their relationship to the Giants…

• 7th
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• Language Arts

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What Is Myth? 3-Day Lesson Plan and Activity

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What is myth? Popular usage suggest this term means something that is not true or unfounded — as when someone might say, regarding the latest health fad, "Well, detox cleanses…

• 9th
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• Language Arts

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Novel Study Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz

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Jean Fritz's classic autobiographical novel recounts the story of the author's sojourn in the Chinese city of Hankow (modern-day Wuhan) as a young girl in the 1920s.   Add depth…

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• Language Arts
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Mythology Series: Cautionary Tales Unit (7-12)

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Don’t fly too close to the sun. Don’t overstep your boundaries. Don’t feed your own kid as dinner at a dinner party! Don’t throw caution to the wind. Teach a…

• 7th
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• Language Arts

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• Google App
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Mythology Series: Myth of King Midas (Grades 7-12)

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Your students will read about a king with the power to turn whatever he touches into gold. It's a well-known myth, made even more well known by a Skittles commercial and…

• 7th
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• Language Arts

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• Google App

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Mythology Series: The Olympian Myth of Creation

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What is the Olympian myth of creation? How do matriarchal and patriarchal societies differ? Engage middle and high school students with myths of creation from Ancient Greek civilization. Explore and…

• 7th
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• Language Arts
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• Google App
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Editable: 10 Everyday Words and Phrases from Myth

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We often use words and phrases from Greek Mythology and do not even realize it! Have you ever said that you were "caught between a rock and hard place" when you had…

• 6th
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• Language Arts

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• Google App