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Oral communication close reading projects
Holidays Around the World Christmas Research Project - with Digital Resources
❄️ Explore Holidays Around the World with this comprehensive bundle, featuring a lapbook, stunning slides with real photos, and informative research fact sheets. Discover the diverse celebrations and traditions in 20+ countries, including Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, England, France, Germany, and many more. ❄️The Holidays Around the World Lapbook Bundle offers: 5 informative slides for each of the 20 countries, featuring real photos Engaging flip books to delve into each country's ho
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Wax Museum & Biography Writing Project
This item is a great tool to help students learn about researching, biographies, taking notes, and writing a multi-paragraph paper.You'll find everything you need to put on a wax museum as well! Items include:*a student tracking sheet to help you keep track of historians, assignments, and due dates*note-taking and rough draft pages for 5 paragraphs (these paragraphs include an introduction, early life, contributions, later life, and conclusion*final copy paper that includes a place for students
Grades:
1st - 4th
Colonial Days: A Social Studies Unit for Upper Graders
This resource contains everything you need to explore life in the American colonies. It is a great mini-unit or supplement to add in critical thinking and rigor! Fifteen activities cover reading comprehension, collaborative activities, and higher level thinking.Included in this resource:-Close read passage with comprehension questions-Colonial chore list for children with narrative writing activity-Dodecahedron group project and template-4 map-making activities-18 vocabulary cards with definit
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The Bundle: Colonial America and the Revolution
One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
This One Pager Bundle is a great deal if you are a fan of the one-pager project like me!One-pagers are the highlight reel of a student’s analysis regarding a particular subject. It requires them to really asses what is the most essential information, such as the most important quotes, symbols, themes, or connections... among many other things.One Pagers are awesome for so many reasons... here's a few:They are an appealing alternative to the traditional worksheets.They make great summative tools
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create a Podcast | Media and Language Unit
Unleash your student's creativity by combining technology and 21st century media literacy in this interactive, fun podcast unit. This printable and digital unit is conveniently designed for you to scaffold the process of creating podcasts. Begin with interactive lessons to teach students about the components of a podcast and then allow their creativity to soar as they create their own. Suitable for grades 3 and up, this unit includes editable portions to adapt it to your learning goals. Teacher
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Language Writing Units Volume ONE
National Parks Reading Research Project End of the Year Yellowstone Passages
End of the year project made simple! Save time planning about National Parks and the beauty of the United States with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities!This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs. This writing pack will help your students complete a National Park research project. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts
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3rd - 5th
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September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 4th, 5th, 6th grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about Sept.11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 1-3. Click here to view.This resource includes lesson plans for students to:Pose inquiry based questions based on 9/11 photograph
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4th - 6th
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50 EDITABLE Projects and Assignments for ANY NOVEL STUDY
This bundle contains 50 projects and activities for ANY NOVEL STUDY in secondary English Language Arts. Use these projects, activities, handouts, and lessons to enrich your students’ close reading and analysis of any novel unit in your curriculum. THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS BOTH A PDF VERSION AND AN EDITABLE MICROSOFT WORD VERSION SO THAT YOU CAN ADAPT THESE RESOURCE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AS NEEDED!This bundle includes the following projects, activities, lessons, and handouts:1. FreeChoiceReadingChal
Grades:
6th - 12th
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TED Talk Project
Empower your students to engage, inspire and connect with an audience through explicitly teaching public speaking skills! Ready-to-go printables to scaffold the planning and delivery of any TED Talk! TED Talk viewing activities, public speaking tips, planning templates, assessment and more!
In a world where people’s ideas can be easily shared through various forms of social media, effective communication is crucial. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ‘stand out’ and have your ideas h
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Not Grade Specific
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Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle - Appeals & Devices, High School Rhetoric Unit
Looking for a no-prep rhetoric unit that contains engaging, relevant, and rigorous materials? Fortunately, this 5-6 week Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle represents 21st Century learning at its best! Students will participate in a variety of analysis activities: from analyzing historical speeches and viewing modern advertisements to watching and analyzing movie speeches aimed to motivate and inspire audiences around the globe. Then, when students have mastered how to evaluate rhetorical strategie
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Animal Habitat Research Project Reports - Differentiated Reading Passages
Animal research for beginners is made easy with these scaffolded animal habitat projects that are just right for beginning readers! Use differentiated reading passages to give students loads of comprehension practice, and flipbook animal reports to practice informational writing.**This bundle gives you a 30% discount on ALL 5 of my Animal Habitat Research Packs plus an "Any Animal" Report Pack!**Click the preview to see it up close! ^^^Help students develop these critical reading skills:Re-readi
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1st - 2nd
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Tiny House Design for ANY Character: Reading project for inferences, symbolism
Tap into the popularity of the growing Tiny House Movement by assigning a literary analysis that students will LOVE. This is a hands-on assignment that brings STEM into the English classroom! This Tiny House lesson can be used with ANY character, author, historical figure, or student! You will get: ⭐1 Exemplar tiny house design for Harry Potter's tiny house⭐1 Student planning guide for evidence-based answers ⭐1 set of instructions for using the free website Floorplanner.com ⭐1 Youtube video with
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Crucible Unit Plan Bundle -- Worksheets, PowerPoint, Handouts
Everything you need for your unit plan on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is here in this mega bundle. With more than 100+ pages, you'll get:
• A 46-slide Introductory presentation with personal photos of Salem, MA (PPT is NOT editable but includes formatted blank slide for you to customize if needed)
• Lots of pre-reading activities
• Vocabulary guide
• Quizzes for each act with answer keys
• Quotation study guide
• Acting activities for each act
• Review grid game/activity for each scene
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Holidays Around the World Research Fact Sheets & Questions | with Diwali
Teach your students about how other countries celebrate the Christmas season through these Christmas Around the World Research Fact Sheets. Digital and printable fact sheets and question pages are included.IMPORTANT: These fact sheets were designed to accompany a Holidays Around the World Lapbook which is available as a bundle at a discount price.Click here for the Holidays Around the World BundleThe countries/celebrations included in this bundle:-USA-Hanukkah-Kwanzaa-Englad-France-Germany-Rus
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Fences by August Wilson Unit Plan Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Projects
If you're teaching August Wilson's play, Fences, you need this teaching bundle to help shape your unit and lesson plans. Included in this bundle:• 56 task cards with engaging critical thinking questions for every scene of the play• Anticipation guide• Writing activities for each scene• Acting activities• Sample pacing guide• Troy as a tragic hero• Uncle Remus allusion close-reading activity• 7 Characterization chart activities• Video worksheet for film on the Negro Baseball Leagues (film availab
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Book Talk Oral Book Assignment
With a book talk you can lose the traditional book report and still hold your students accountable for their independent reading. Having your students complete book talks helps them practice their oral speaking skills and allows other students in the class to hear about (and get excited about) other books. This resource includes a student guideline sheet, graphic organizer, student success criteria checklist, peer evaluation form, and full teacher rubric.*** This resource is also included in
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 4th to 6th Grade Essential Year-Long Curriculum Bundle
September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about September 11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 4-6. Click here to view. This resource includes:Detailed step-by-step lesson plans (easy to implement) Visual inquiry antic
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1st - 3rd
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The Three Little Pigs vs. Mr. A. Wolf (Three-Week Opinion Writing Unit)
In this three-week writing unit, students will read both sides of the Three Little Pigs tale and analyze the different points of view. They will form their own opinion of who is innocent and defend their argument with evidence from the text. This experience gives them the opportunity to practice these important opinion-writing skills using familiar and entertaining texts.This unit includes detailed lesson plans to guide your teaching, graphic organizers to walk students through the opinion-writi
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Antarctic Animal Research Nonfiction Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report
Do your students love learning about animals? Do they get excited when they hear about new and interesting animals? If so, they'll love these Antarctic Animal Research Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report Activities.Animals in this Antarctic Reading Passages include:AlbatrossBlue WhaleElephant sealEmperor PenguinLeopard SealOrcaThese six informational animal articles are perfect for students who want to learn about animals that live in the Antarctic. The articles are full of interesting
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Halloween Activities Mini Unit BUNDLE Lesson Plans for English
If you are looking for quick and easy ideas to use in October to keep your middle or high school English students on task and engaged, then look no more! Add rigor and fun to October! This pack includes up to 3 weeks of materials depending on your class periods and how you use what's included: Use them all or use pieces to provide differentiation to your different groups. This mini Halloween unit with poetry, nonfiction, fiction, research, and writing will help you SURVIVE the holiday season wh
Grades:
8th - 10th
Biography Writing Activity - Interview a friend, family member, and more
This writing activity is the perfect way to get your students excited about writing biographies. Students will love interviewing a family member, friend, community member, or special person. The interviews are an engaging way for students to get to know more about someone else by sharpening their listening and speaking skills. They can then use the biography outline pages, checklist, publishing pages, and examples to write their own biography successfully.What's Included:* Biography poster (colo
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2nd - 5th
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Digital Endangered Species Project ⭐ Research PPT / Google Slides Presentation
EVERY year, my students tell me this is their ALL-TIME favorite project!From my experience, I can confidently share that students will develop digital research and oral presentation skills whilst growing in being able to read and interpret informational text and global awareness and advocacy for Endangered Species through this project. This resource is designed to encourage student choice, voice, independence, and creativity!Students will choose a unique Endangered Species from the World Wildlif
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5th - 8th
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Oral Presentation Rubric
This rubric can be used for any subject area when I student or group of students presents in front of the class! There is a space for comments at the bottom, as well as the final grade at the top! Keep this in mind for common core (speaking/listening) This also could be used at multiple grade levels, as it is very generic :)
Enjoy!
Grades:
K - 12th
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Informational Text Structure Activity
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach text structures in upper elementary? THIS is the activity that you need! Engage your students in practicing the five text structures with a brochure activity that is fun and rigorous for them and SO easy to prep for you! The Activity: Your students will become the newest “employees” of the coolest brochure designer in town. After reading informational text passages (two per location) about one of five locations, they will create a new brochure
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
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