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This activity results in impressive color changes and is really fun to do! Students will use cabbage juice to test various substances for acidity or alkalinity. Purple cabbage juice turns bright pink for acids and bright blue for bases. This lab lists vinegar, tap water, baking soda solution, lemon/lime soda, and bleach solution - but you can easily convert the file to a word document and edit as needed. This is a completely qualitative lab, and it is meant to be done in very little time. The ac

Help students learn to spot literary devices within the book Students can record similes, metaphors, allusions, motifs and symbols as they read each chapter. The goal is to earn 50 points per chapter. Students earn 10 points for each example of a literary device that they find, and 15 points for each one they interpret. This set of worksheets works great in a notebook that students work on as they progress through the book. When combined with the pre-reading guide, chapter-by-chapter reading

Help students to compare and contrast the various characters and analyze their attributes. This set of worksheets works great for in-class activities. Students should work together in pairs, groups, or the whole class all together. Students will: • Compare and contrast the Wiggin Siblings • Consider symbolism within the character names • Analyze leadership characteristics in main characters • Determine the differences in character motivations • Compare and contrast the humans and buggers Also