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Common Core RI.7.8 projects
Informational Texts Close Reading Activity and Project
Need a meaningful, standards-based and engaging activity to make it to December break? The Holiday Hustle is the perfect project for Secondary ELA right before the Holidays! This three week unit teaches students how to deconstruct advertisements and informational texts as they study and analyze two different holiday ads and three informational articles about advertising. After analyzing ads and informational articles, students create two projects: a Deconstructing Advertisements Guide for Teens
Grades:
7th - 10th
Argumentative Text Analysis Unit - Analyzing Arguments - Middle School
Here's an interactive way to teach your middle school students how to analyze and evaluate argumentative text! Save tons of time with this easy-to-use printable unit that comes with TWELVE sequential activities that are differentiated, project-based, and engaging!All the work is done! Just make copies and teach!What's included:✅ EDITABLE lesson plans (in bonus file)✅ Day-by-Day Teacher Script (in bonus file)✅ Introduction to the unit (in bonus file)✅ Vocabulary worksheets✅ Vocabulary Word Wall
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6th - 8th
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Scaffolded Informational Text One Pager: Analytical Reading Response Activity
No more boring informational text assignments! This nonfiction one pager activity is designed to keep middle and high school students thinking critically. Pair this resource with any high-interest informational text, and you'll have a recipe for engagement with literary analysis.Like its counterpart, the fiction and narrative nonfiction one pager, this informational text one pager is directly aligned with Common Core standards and scaffolded to increase student success. Blank white pages? They a
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
RI.7.9, RI.7.8, RI.7.3., RI.7.1. - Solve the Mystery of Stuart Smally
This item is a project where students have to analyze conflicting texts to try to figure out what happened to Stuart Smally. The project addresses common core standards:
RI.7.1. - Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.7.3. - Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
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5th - 9th
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STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Black Out Poetry Civil Rights Reading, Writing & Art Project
Resource for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe purpose of these activities is to help students read deeply while reading excerpts from historical civil rights speeches. So often, civil rights leaders like Dr. King are discussed as if they were super heroes. They are, in a sense, super heroes. But it’s important for students to realize that they were also regular people, often with very humble beginnings who found themselves in situations, environments and racist conflicts th
Grades:
5th - 7th
Blackfish Unit-Common Core Aligned!
This is a unit build around the documentary film Blackfish. It includes two study guides for the film, printer-friendly versions of articles related to the topic (both for and against Sea World), handouts on annotating text and writing an argument essay, a vocabulary activity, a jigsaw activity with rubric, a performance task written in SBAC style (argument essay), an extra credit assignment, an exemplar argument essay, and a worksheet on writing persuasive statements. This is EVERYTHING you wou
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7th - 10th
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Leadership Skills Activity Project for Student Council - Book Study Lit Circle
Use this print-and-teach book study or lit circle project to cultivate leadership skill-building in your student council officers. Students choose a book focused on skills they want to improve--developing better habits, building stronger relationships, being a better public speaker. They choose!With the included Dialectic Journal, students engage in self-guided learning and teaching their classmates with the included review and infographic. So many ways to use this:independent, small group, or w
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
Student Portfolio for 7th Grade Reading and Writing
Wondering how to make a student portfolio that's both meaningful and standards based? This student portfolio has everything you need to help students create a PRINT or DIGITAL standards-based portfolio. Students will identify the reading and writing standards they have mastered after each quarter, semester, or trimester. They will attach their work as evidence (using pictures, digital links, or printed copies). Students will reflect on their learning and growth, then set goals for the next part
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7th
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Create a Propaganda Poster Project
Use this project after a lesson on propaganda to check students’ understanding of propaganda techniques.
Assign each student a subject for their propaganda posters. I put the subject ideas in a hat and have the students draw.
Suggestions for subjects are given.
Students choose a propaganda technique, write a slogan, preplan a poster, then draw a final poster.
Students write a paragraph to explain why they chose the propaganda technique.
A grading rubric is included.
CCSS: RI 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Grades:
7th - 8th
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DIGITAL TRAVEL JOURNAL: Nonfiction Articles & Activities for Distance Learning
This 100% DIGITAL resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills through distance learning. The journal is designed with 20 unique informational text articles (from 20 countries around the world)! Each article is paired with comprehension questions and a variety of activities and projects. Perfect for grades 4-7 (depending on reading level). This resource includes: Teacher directionsDIGITAL activities and text compatible with Google Slides and Goo
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â All Things INFORMATIONAL TEXT Bundle: Nonfiction Activities for Grades 7-12
Unsolved Mysteries ELA Research Project - Editable in Google Drive!
ALL instructional materials in this Unsolved Mysteries ELA Research Project are COMPLETELY editable!This resource is perfect for middle or high school secondary ELA teachers who are looking to engage their students in a fun, high-level, creative project. This project is student-centered and allows kids to showcase their creativity! It's perfect for the middle of the year, or even the end of the year, because this high-interest project keeps kids focused and working!In this project, students will
Career Based Education (Social Media Influencer) - Comprehension, Writing, etc.
In this career-based education task, students will explore the path to becoming a social media influencer by engaging with an informative article. The task encompasses a comprehensive reading, followed by a series of comprehension questions to assess understanding. Students will then articulate their insights and plans through targeted writing assignments, culminating in crafting a preliminary strategy to initiate their influencer career. This exercise aims to blend theoretical knowledge with pr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Propaganda Poster Activity
Are you searching for a fun propaganda poster project for your middle school students? These propaganda poster project resources are the perfect solutions! Everything your students need to complete an original piece of propaganda is included in this pdf resource! Beginning with an engaging propaganda Slides presentation (over 20 Slides!), the project is introduced and explained to students. All the requirements for the propaganda poster are included in the Slides! Multiple examples of propaganda
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Propaganda Lesson Examples & Activities
Standardized Testing EOG Boot Camp Test Taking Strategies Middle School
Do you need a fun, engaging way to prepare your middle school students for success on the End-of-Grade (EOG) tests? If so, this Standardized Testing Bootcamp resource is exactly what you need! This Google Apps product is designed to help students master the skills and content needed to excel on their EOG assessments. Students will work hard throughout the week to earn points in order to graduate or pass Boot Camp! Military-themed activities and passages will add to the exciting theme! Included i
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6th - 8th
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Nonfiction - Reading for Information - 7th Grade Bundle - Aligned w/ Common Core
This item bundles 7 nonfiction products for teaching students to read informational text in seventh grade. (You could use this for both 6th and 8th as well, but it is aligned to the seventh grade common core standards). 5 of the products are already posted, but one is new and only appears in this bundle. If you purchased all of these activities separately you would pay $24.00. In this bundle, you only have to pay $15.00. The bundle includes:
*Analyzing an Author's Argument
*Analyzing Struc
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6th - 8th
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The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for High School
Facilitate the process of investigating relevant topics, documenting information gathered, and delivering formal speeches with this low-prep, standards-based research project to complement Susan Beth Pfeffer's dystopian novel The Dead and the Gone, the sequel to Life As We Knew It. The focus of the project is natural and human-influenced disasters, covering twenty topics including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the flu pandemic of 1918, the tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925, the Fukushim
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Dead and the Gone Quiz, Close Reading, Research Project, and Test Bundle
Canadian Financial Literacy for Middle School Printable & Google Slides
Canadian money! Financial literacy and project based learning for grades 5 - 8. Includes 'Making Money', which looks at how young people can generate an income, and 'Grocery Trip Project', which gives middle school students the skills to budget and live within their means. Both resources include a PDF and Google Slides version. Grocery Trip Project includes (25 pages or 30 Slides): about 3 math classes of workMemory verse cover page, (Matt 6:31,33) (PDF only)Review example and questions on addin
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5th - 8th
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Propaganda in Print/Cereal Print Ad and Box Project Bundle
This bundle contains all of the pieces I used to conduct this cereal box project in my middle school language arts classes. This bundle includes the PowerPoint to teach the basic propaganda techniques and introduce the cereal print advertisement project the students would complete. In this project, the students created and designed a cereal, and then created a print advertisement to advertise it using an assigned propaganda technique. Then, the students brought in a cereal box (I collected th
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Historic Non-Fiction Book Project for Middle Grades ELA + Social Studies
OVERVIEW:You Tube Project Overview: https://youtu.be/lrVoZgErq-8This project-based learning experience enables middle grades students in ELA or Social Studies to master Common Core Reading Informational Texts and Writing Standards. Appropriate for grade 6-8, this project has scaffolds to set all students up for success.Designed for 9-weeks (a quarter) where students read a historic non-fiction text from a pre-approved list (included), draft articles for feedback on Edmodo, and create a newspaper
Grades:
7th
Drones: Fun or Dangerous? - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How should we view the increased use of drones?Description:In this project, students are taken through the process of argument writing in a real world scenario reporting on the drone industry.What's Included with this Project:NextLesson Projects are extended lessons based in real life situations or simulations, culminating in the creation of a final idea, interpretation or product. They are specifically designed to be ready to use and compatible with implementing PBL in your cla
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7th - 10th
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Love Letter to a US Amendment: Government Civics Valentine's Writing Activity
This fun Valentine's Day writing activity allows students to show their creative or funny side without getting behind in content. This writing activity requires students to use historical claims to write a love letter to their favorite amendment. Suitable for Civics, US Government, or Comparative Government.IncludesScaffolded instruction page and resource websitesThree Differentiated pages: one scaffolded for ELL/IEP/504 with checklist rubric, one with lines and checklist rubric, and one with a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Podcast Project
Bring podcasting into your middle or high school classroom with this step-by-step project guide! This comprehensive 4-page packet walks students through planning, researching, outlining, scripting, recording, and publishing their own persuasive podcast using Spotify's free podcast creation tools.This podcast project develops key skills:- Persuasive writing and speaking- Conducting research and citing sources - Outlining key points and evidence- Scripting a podcast episode- Practicing vocal deliv
Propaganda Analysis Middle School
Are you wondering how to teach middle school students how to analyze propaganda? These propaganda activities and resources are the perfect solutions! Your students will view examples of propaganda and learn step-by-step how to break down a piece of propaganda! Beginning with an engaging propaganda Slides presentation, students will learn how to find the meaning behind a piece of propaganda by asking the right questions and thinking critically!A graphic organizer is included to help students eval
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Propaganda Lesson Examples & Activities
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