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Middle school oral communication basic operations research
Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
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5th - 8th
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Mock Trial Scenarios 1 - court simulation for middle school
Mock Trial Scenarios 1 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteCasesTemplate for the Prosecutio
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6th - 9th
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Selective Mutism & Other Speech Disorders | Exploring Feelings about Speaking
Is it just me, or is selective mutism on the rise? I am seeing kids with this debilitating disorder more and more in our schools these days, and treating them appropriately can be real a challenge. Start with this resource! It's been my go-to for helping children or school teams over the past 10 years. ⭐ Read the reviews and download the preview to learn more.For children with selective mutism, this activity helps the child to communicate their thoughts and feelings about talking...without havin
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PreK - 8th
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Debate for Kids & Tweens (Tips, Outlines, Rubrics & Other Resources)
Teaching students to debate is not just for debate teachers!Attention all 4th-8th grade ELA, social studies, and speech communication teachers! Debate for KIDS & TWEENS is a great way to improve your student's argumentation, organization, writing, research, interpersonal and group communication skills.This file includes the following resources to simplify the complicated world of debate AND to make learning (and arguing) FUN:Page 1 Table of contentsPage 2 Notes for the teacherPage 3
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4th - 8th
How to Debate | Middle School Debating | Lesson and Assignment with Rubric
Students will learn how to run debates in a national style. This middle school language resource demonstrates how to debate in the classroom effectively. I created this resource because, well, teenagers are opinionated. I figured that we might as well try our best to channel their energy into insightful, meaningful debates! This resource is the perfect introductory lesson to debating. Ideal for in-class instruction, my debating resource will help your students practice their writing and verbal c
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7th - 9th
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Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Need secondary speech and debate activities, but want to save money? I’ve put together 6 of my top-selling products, and you’re essentially getting one free! These activities were created for secondary students (grades 6-12), and you are welcome to modify each activity as necessary. Together, these activities will keep your students engaged for weeks, or even months! *Two of the activities were created with Google Slides (sharable online) and the others are print-only PDF files (not online form
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6th - 12th
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It's My Life Real World Math Application Project 4th 5th 6th Grade
There’s nothing better than having your students practice their math skills through real-world projects! In this project students will get to choose their future life. From everything to their profession, home, vehicle, entertainment, meal plan, etc. Through their choices, they will have to calculate and balance their monthly budget. This project requires students to add and subtract whole numbers as well as decimals (hundredths place). Whenever I assign this project to students it always “opens
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4th - 6th
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Real Word Enrichment Activity
Enrich your children while they plan a family vacation through research, math enrichment, and more! This enrichment activities integrates all subjects while engaging your students in a real life skill! Students will go through all the steps to plan a vacation. They can then write a letter to their parents talking them into taking the vacation and create a final project that they would show to their "clients"! How will this enrichment product help your classroom?Engagement- Students will LOVE pla
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Biography PowerPoint Project
Students create a PowerPoint presentation based on a person who has contributed something to society or to history. This is a beginning project for high school or middle school students. The lesson lays out what should be included on each slide. There is a rubric for grading the project as well.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Passion Project Templates for Genius Hour Inquiry Presentation Assignment
Unlock your students’ genius with a Passion Project! These no-prep passion project templates provides students with an excellent opportunity to practice their research skills, oral communication skills, and presentation skills. Designed for Middle and High School, it also allows students to learn about a subject they are PASSIONATE about.As an added bonus, student workbooks have printable AND editable versions! Just PRINT-AND-GO or SHARE DIGITAL LINKS with your students!What you get in this thor
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7th - 10th
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Project Based Learning Bioethics Debate Presentation Genetics Evolution Ecology
Project-based learning is “a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge” from BIE . The Bioethics Debate allows students to choose a side from an extensive list of bioethical topics and work with a partner to research and present both sides of the ethical problem. The project can be introduced by showing the movie Gattaca but is not required.
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8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-ETS1-1
Edgar Allan Poe Death Theory Debate: Research, Analyze, Synthesize, Gallery Walk
Looking for an engaging activity to interest students in Edgar Allan Poe? This lesson gets students researching, thinking critically, analyzing information, collaborating, moving around the room, stating claims and rebuttals, as well as presenting information in a persuasive manner. This activity definitely helps students practice 21st Century Skills. What's included . . . ► Step-by-step instructions for implementation► Printable death theory slips to use for assigning theories► Attractively de
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 - a court simulation
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCasesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteExhibitsJudge InstructionsJ
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6th - 9th
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6th Grade Math Early Finishers in GOOGLE SLIDES DISTANCE LEARNING
This resource is my 6th Grade Math Early Finishers for Google Slides. It includes NO PREP and is PAPERLESS! You will be given a link that you can post in your Google Classroom. Students will be forced to make a copy, and that's it! It is completely set up for students and very study friendly!There are 36 pages. Each page has a word search, unscramble the words, and an activity on the bottom (puzzle or fill-in). You can watch my video to see a preview of each page! The video is also embedded on t
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6th
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Also included in: All 6th Grade Math Curriculum Bundle
Selective Mutism & other Speech Disorders | Boom Cards for Exploring Feelings
These digital Boom Cards™ are a version of my bestselling printable product with the same name. This is a therapeutic activity for children with communication differences. As you know, communication delays and disorders (or learning English as a second language while living in an English speaking country) can affect children emotionally and socially. We can help with that! Using the statement cards and the sorting mats (“Yes, I agree” and “No, I don't agree”) helps children to communicate feelin
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PreK - 6th
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Introduction to Public Forum Debate (Secondary, Google Slides & Printables)
Conducting in-class (or virtual) debate rounds is a great way for students to develop their research, organization, writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills. Using the rules for public forum debate as outlined by the National Speech and Debate Association, “Introduction to Public Forum Debate” has everything you and your secondary students need to learn the basics of this popular style of debate and outline their affirmative or negative cases. *Due to upper-level vocab
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Inventions and inventors NO PREP research project - 3 to 4 hour UNIT
A fun and engaging 3 to 4 hour unit my students loved.TASK 1 - Look for information on the internetChoose one invention and complete your poster / banner (both included). Can also be done in pairs / groups.TASK 2 : 2 options✔ OPTION 1 - Read and take notesChoose some inventions you’d like to know about, read yourclassmates’ posters/pennants and take notes (worksheet included).✔ OPTION 2 - Oral presentationUse your notes and talk about your invention.Quiz your classmates at the end of your presen
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5th - 8th
President Cereal Box Project
After students research a chosen president, students create a cereal box project, displaying the information they learned. This project includes step by step directions, cut outs, and a teacher rubric for scoring each child on their project and oral presentation.
Look for the "My President" Research Outline to help the kids find quality information.
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2nd - 6th
Biographical Informative Speech (Guidelines, outlines, rubric, peer critique)
This biographical informative speech activity is the perfect combination of research, writing, implementation of technology, and public speaking for ANY secondary subject area! Students will choose a historic or modern-day figure who made (or has made) a positive impact on society. They will brush up on their research skills, learn the correct way to cite sources, learn how to organize a 5-part speech, and create an eye-catching and engaging visual aid. Everything you need is in this 11-page,
Grades:
6th - 12th
Biography Research Frames: Paragraph and Speech Templates (Live or Distance Lng)
BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH FRAMES Help students realize how fascinating research can be by giving them nonthreatening paragraph frames that make research projects easy to do and enjoyable to present.“Research” has been identified by the CCSS as one of the essential reading/writing skills for succeeding in college and the workplace. So why not take a skill that has the potential to be uninteresting and have some fun with it instead?Biography Research Frames is a unit that contains 43 illustrated parag
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3rd - 6th, Staff
Debates - 35 Social Issues - Reading, Writing, & Speaking in Social Studies
Debates - Social Issues. Your students will have a formal debate on controversial social issues that are part of society today. This week-long activity is bound to ramp up your classroom discussions. I have done this type of activity for over 20 years and look forward to it every time it comes around. What I love about this lesson the most is that students get to voice their own opinions without being criticized by anyone. It provides them with a safe platform to talk about an important iss
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7th - 12th
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Multiplication: You're Teaching It Wrong (and you really don't have to...)
Multiplication seems like such a simple topic to teach: we show our students a few examples, like 6 plates of 5 cookies, and next thing you know, we're moving on to memorizing the multiplication facts. Bad Idea.
Multiplication is one of the trickiest topics we teach in mathematics, and the things we leave out mean that our students will pay later when they struggle with topics like ratio, proportion and other types of problem solving in their later years. You must prevent this from happening, a
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2nd - 6th
TED Talk Viewing Guide: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the importance of LEADERSHIP!Leadership is something that we wish our students had, and that we ask them to demonstrate, without ever really explaining what that means (or how to do it). While there are many different aspects of leadership, communication (and how to convey your vision in a way that inspires others to come along with you) is fundamental piece of that puzzle. In his TED Talk, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Simon Sinek discusses t
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7th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Ocean Animal Research Project and Expository Writing Practice
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NO PREP PRINTABLE PROJECT---ALL THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU
Are you looking for an eye catching project? Are you tired of flip books and other projects where you can't see students' work? Then this project is perfect for you! The completed project beautifully displays your students' research, writing, and illustrations! The project is NO PREP. Just print and begin. Templates for writing and illustrations can b
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3rd - 6th
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