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Credible Sources / Reliable Sources Lesson Activities, Assessment
Help students to identify and analyze credible sources on the Internet with this easy to use lesson. A presentation with notes, guided practice, independent practice, extension interview activity, and quiz all help students to feel confident about Internet research. For many students, identifying a credible source can be confusing and frustrating. Many acronyms and systems create even more confusion because students lack the schema to think critically. Using the 5 W's strategy, this complete les
Grades:
5th - 12th
Research Skills | Asking Questions | Source Analysis | Text Citations
Following on from the success of our GOOGLE SEARCH like a BOSS resource, this unit builds a deep understanding of how to RESEARCH INFORMATION FROM ANY SOURCE so that students ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, EVALUATE INFORMATION and then reference it correctly through Citations.It provides OVER 100 PAGES of content to ensure your students have the essential research skills to source and interpret information. It's fully EDITABLE and DIGITAL, so you can pick and choose what you like / or need for your s
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4th - 8th
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Black History Month Biographies Mega Bundle - Athletes and Stem Innovators
How much do your middle schoolers actually know about Black History? Black History Month activities are a great way to begin introducing students to influential African Americans. Discover with your students inspiring athletes and influential STEM innovators! People of Color have made incredible contributions to the sporting world and to the scientific community! Help your students broaden their understanding of Black History by going beyond the handful of traditionally studied figures and disco
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6th - 8th
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Titanic Research Guide (Magic Tree House: Titanic)
This nine page research packet is to be used with Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #7: Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic. This book is an excellent supplement to a unit on the Titanic. The text is full of facts and this guide scaffolds student reading and note taking as they read the book, chapter by chapter. It may be used by younger grades (targeted reading level: grades 2-5) or as a simple supplement for older grades. This guide helps students na
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2nd - 7th
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Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2
This upload has eight activities. There are creative exercises which include making a dramatic monologue, making a newspaper article (which also has a marking grid), and also working on poetry to present a spell with a rhythm and rhyme scheme. There are a series of activities which involve research, comprehension questions which aim at eliciting skills in deduction, paraphrase, justification, analysis, speculation and risktaking. How Shakespeare constructed iambic pentameter verses are also s
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
Murder on The Orient Express Pre-Reading Activity (Lindbergh Kidnapping)
Pre-reading activity for Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.After watching the video, reading the article, and answering the questions that go along, I have my students write a three paragraph response stating whether they believe Charles Lindbergh was involved in the case.Murder on the Orient Express is partly based on the Lindbergh Kidnapping case. I introduce my students to the Lindbergh case first with this activity and then let them make that connection (hopefully) as we read Mu
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6th - 8th
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The CRAAP Test Lesson | Slideshow for Teaching Students How to Evaluate Sources
This original slideshow lesson teaches middle and high school learners about the CRAAP Test -- a method (set of questions) to evaluate the validity of online or print texts. This lesson is perfect for most English, literacy, ESL, and social sciences courses and other writing or communication units.The lesson works as -----a standalone lesson on The CRAAP Test for multiple ages and grades/subjectsa visual prompt for the classroom about The CRAAP Test (easily printable)a precursor to teaching MLA
Grades:
7th - 12th
Guided note taking graphic organizer for a research paper.
This simple, but effective template serves as a great first start to students starting a research paper. This is the modern version of the note cards we use to use in college. Simply convert to a google document and send to your students. Implementing this document and step into my students research has greatly improved their organization, fluency, and evidence-based writing skills.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Socratic Seminar/Research Articles + Annotation Template: Video Games
Planning a research unit with ELs? Try the research question Are Video Games Good or Bad for Kids? Students will enjoy engaging in a topic with which they have personal experience, plus they'll learn some new research skills along the way! This product includes 3 articles from NewsELA, embedded in an annotation template that helps students find PROS and CONS of video games. You'll also receive a document with more article options as well as a predicting text document for students to review befor
Grades:
6th - 9th
Research Paper- Peer Editing Workshop Guidelines
Helping students work through the writing process to create an original thesis-driven research essay?
Let students be their peer's teacher with this Peer Editing worksheet!
The worksheet is designed to help advanced writers organize and synthesize evidence in a multi-paragraph essay. The worksheet contains a checklist that is helpful to use during the drafting and revision stages of the writing process. Students will evaluate a peer's draft and provide focused feedback on the introduction and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fake News and Internet Awareness
Recently, the issue of fake news has become front and center in public discourse. This unit has selected non-fiction readings which allow students to examine the problem of fake news in great detail. This literacy unit has different activities, such as summary writing, online research of fake news, connecting to personal experience, creating fake news headlines, and using success criteria to write a fake news story.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Evaluating Online Sources for Reliability: Fake Photo Test *Answer Key Included!
This online Google Drive activity is a great introduction to a research unit to show students the importance of evaluating information online. It's a fun way to start learning how to weed out false information and research using only reliable resources. Students enjoy examining the photos and becoming investigators in search of the truth about what really a happened in the pictures! Not only do students have to do an online investigation, they also have to provide evidence for their answers abou
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6th - 12th
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Reading Strategies Using Informational Texts: Mountain Men
This is a unit about mountain men that includes all of the texts and articles, including the worksheets that accompany them. Collaborative and individual assignments are part of the unit, which is about mountain men. The unit will teach students about exploration and settlement in the west while teaching them how to find details and information from nonfiction texts.
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3rd - 7th
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Titanic Jeopardy
I created this Jeopardy game to help students learn about the tragedy of the Titanic.
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5th - 12th
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Native American Creation Myth Comparison PPT
This presentation includes three comparison activities for Native American creation myths.
The first activity asks students to compare how each story exemplifies Native American storytelling. The second activity is a group activity in which students discuss and support ideas about personification and supernatural occurrences in creation myths. The last activity involves researching Native American cultures and creating a myth about the origin of something in nature.
Great resource for stud
Grades:
7th - 11th
Poor Richard's Almanac Project
This projects allows students to take proverbs and interpret them for their meaning to them. They can use proverbs from Poor Richard's Almanac, the Bible, or any other website that you choose to allow them to use. It requires students to get beyond the surface and the words and truly interpret the meaning. This can be done as individual work or group work.
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7th - 10th
Animal Farm by George Orwell Research Project
We as teachers understand the importance of the author's purpose and theme throughout works, but often that concept can be lost on students. However, I have found that requiring students to conduct research before/after reading a work, it has a great deal more meaning to them because of a few factors. Not only are they going and finding the information themselves on why the novel or play that they are reading is significant, but when they are to find out the significance on them/the society they
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Animal Farm by George Orwell Interactive Growing Bundle!
Hurricanes Vs. Tornadoes Compare/Contrast Chart with Writing Activity
With this activity, students will use nonfiction books to determine important elements of both hurricanes and tornadoes. They will fill in the given chart to see the similarities and differences between the two natural disasters. Following the chart activity, students will generate written paragraphs about how hurricanes and tornadoes are the same and different. This is a great activity, which incorporates meteorology, reading skills, using mulitple sources, and writing. Cross-curricular lea
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4th - 10th
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The CRAAP Test (for Evaluating Sources) | Lesson and CRAAP Checklist Handout
This CRAAP Test handout is a short lesson and CRAAP test checklist to support middle and high school learners evaluate the validity of online or print texts. This handout is perfect for most English, literacy, ESL, and social sciences courses, as well as other writing or communication units.Page 1:CRAAP test defined CRAAP test acronym explainedCRAAP test rationale -- why use this method?Page 2:CRAAP test checklist for learners to apply the test to any text of their choosingRelated Products ---"C
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7th - 12th
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Frightening Friday--The Mystery of the Sodder Children
On Christmas Eve, 1945, the home of the Sodder family tragically burned to the ground. The parents, George and Jennie Sodder, and four of the nine children in the home escaped. Five were never seen again. What happened? Did their bodies disintegrate in the fast-burning fire? Why was the family convinced that foul play was afoot? Using the Smithsonian article, "The Children Who Went Up in Smoke" by Karen Abbott, students will read the story of the Sodder family fire and the strange circumstance
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6th - 12th
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GOOGLE FLUENCY TUTOR: STUDENT RECORDED READ ALOUD INTERVENTION STUDY
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This preliminary investigation examined the effects of a computerized independent reading program on the oral reading fluency, reading growth rates, vocabulary development, Common Core State Standards information text comprehension, and comprehension of fictional story passages of four Hispanic students and one Caucasian student identified as being a struggling reader and receiving special education services in the sixth grade. Participants were selected for this study based on having b
Grades:
3rd - 8th
I Survived! A Lesson on Information Literacy -Introductory Activity for Research
Are you having your students research? So many students can find information and then get STUCK! Many just don't know what comes next.
Help them understand the bigger context of research by teaching them about the Digital Age and the Importance of Information Literacy! This lesson provides students with a platform and common lexicon as they learn the importance of responsible research practices.
This creatively designed PowerPoint has14 slides of detailed information (with transitions and anim
Grades:
6th - 10th
CHAMPS Classroom Strategy PowerPoint
CHAMPS is a strategy that teachers can individualize for their classroom needs. It focuses on manipulating five behaviors that promote better student behavior:
1. Structure your classroom to prevent misbehavior
2. Teach your expectations regarding how to be successful within the structure you created
3. Observe whether students are meeting your expectations
4. Interact positively with students
5. Correct misbehavior fluently, briefly, calmly, consistently, immediately, and privately
This Power
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education
Extreme Activities: A Middle School Literacy Unit
The following unit gives a sample of extreme sports that give people the adrenaline rush they need. The readings and activities are varied, and they give students the opportunity to connect with activities they have already tried or hope to try in the future.
The idea is to have fun with this unit. The final assignment is inquiry based, where students have the chance to research an extreme activity that they are also interested in.
A number of critical literacy skills are needed to be succes
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Extreme Activities and Dark Tourism Literacy Bundle
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