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11th grade reading simulations
Reading Strategies Classroom Murder Mystery (Word Doc Version)
WHO KILLED MISS JACKSON?
TEACHER'S NOTES
Skills: Analyze text, determine importance, infer, synthesize, question, use background information, monitor for understanding, speaking, and listening
Grades: 6-10
Age groups: 10-17
Materials: Character cards, Character Analysis Worksheet
Time: About an hour
Preparation and Rules
Step one:
Explain to the class that you are going to play a murder mystery game. Everyone will be a character in the game and one of them is the murderer! Give them the ba
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6th - 11th
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 8 & 9 - Gatsby's Funeral & Close Reading {EDITABLE}
If you're teaching The Great Gatsby, you might need a few extra ideas to get you through chapters 8 and 9. How about some small group close reading and throwing a funeral for Gatsby? This product includes a wide variety of lessons to help students through close reading and literary analysis, including a writing project where students compose either an elegy or eulogy for Gatsby. These lessons and activities are COMPLETELY EDITABLE on Google Drive and can be used to supplement your current plan
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby: Activity, Lesson & Assessment Bundle
Unsolved Crimes:Complete Series of 4 Cases
The Unsolved Crimes Series consists of the following cases: Deathboat, Slime 9, Curse of the Mummy, and Alien Invasion.
Case Overviews:
Slime 9: Professor Tarling developed Slime 9 as a means to protect his country from its neighboring enemies – a weapon of peace. Yet it could just as easily be used as a weapon of war – if it fell into the wrong hands. When Tarling ends up dead questions arise as to how he died and who was involved.
Deathboat: When multimillion dollar lottery winner, Waverl
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8th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe Biography Digital Escape Room
In this exciting digital escape room game, students must hunt through the Poe Museum to find clues that will unlock a hidden artifact. Students will be captivated as they play immersed in a digital 360 degree view room. When students get into the escape room, they will be greeted by creepy music and fun interactive puzzles. Volume is a must for this game! Students will start at the "Start Here" button on the front door and work their way through the numbered locks.A pleasant surprise awaits as s
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dear Martin Pre Reading Digital Escape Room
This is an easy and simple way to get students excited about reading Dear Martin by Nic Stone, while giving them some basic content about Martin Luther King, Jr. This is a digital escape room based on a Google Site, but you do NOT need Google accounts to use this escape room!What's included: - Link to the digital escape room website- Detailed lesson plan- Notes sheet to help with escape roomThis digital escape room requires access to a laptop and reliable internet. This can be done individually
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Dear Martin Unit Bundle CCSS Aligned
Harrison Bergeron in 19 Questions
You need a quiz / test for Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron. Ten questions would be too short, but 20 conforms to all the expectations of society. That's why you need a 19-question multiple-choice test with no handicaps whatsoever.
It's always fun to see if a bell curve emerges on these kinds of tests, but for this particular test, it would take on more meaning than usual. Also, be sure to the get free film version of this. It's offered by a conservative group (and they'll send you some other
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7th - 11th
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Unsolved Crimes Series: Deathboat Case
Deathboat Case Overview: When multimillion dollar lottery winner, Waverly Berg is pulled from the ocean the question is, “How did she die?” Was it an unfortunate accident caused by seasickness or could it be that someone on board the luxury ship wanted her to take her last swim?All of the cases in the Unsolved Crimes Series merge science and literacy as students are required to become critical and active readers as they conduct their investigation. Beginning with an evaluation of the crime scene
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9th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Classroom Survival Simulation
An exciting, engaging, and thought-provoking way to introduce William Golding's Lord of the Flies! This three-day simulation requires students to imagine that they have been stranded with their classmates on an island and must make difficult decisions in order to survive.
The goal of this simulation is to provoke discussion and reflection about what human nature truly looks like. Students will surprise each other- and you with their responses.
This is a HIT in my classroom. Students remembe
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9th - 12th
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Starlet's Demise: Murder Mystery Game
Step into the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood with our captivating murder mystery game, "Starlet's Demise: A Hollywood Whodunit." Designed specifically for classroom use, this engaging activity transports students into the thrilling world of intrigue and suspense, challenging them to put their problem-solving skills to the test.In "Starlet's Demise," students become detectives-in-training as they find themselves at the center of a high-stakes investigation set in the lavish mansion of the ren
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9th - 12th
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Animal Farm Class Simulation
Get your students into the novel Animal Farm by using this simulation alongside your instruction. By placing your class into Animal Groups, you will help them internalize the realities of life on the farm.
Your students will never see society and the Russian Revolution the same!
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Animal Farm Unit Plan
Animal Farm Lessons
Animal Farm Reading Responses FREE
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7th - 12th
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Pride and Prejudice Printable Escape Room
This is a PDF file. There is no physical product sent to you.The difficulty of this puzzle is ranked 4/5.1 being easy, 5 being difficult.Plot:A letter has been sent to the Bennet Home, but the girls do not know who it is from nor to whom it is addressed. You must help the girls find out to whom the letter was meant and who wrote it so the recipient may know how to respond. Propriety demands the response to the letter be sent within the hour. You have until then to solve the puzzle and choose a c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literature Jeopardy
This Literature Jeopardy game is fun and exciting yet informative! It can be used as a formative or summative assessment. It has three sections Poetry, Prose and Drama for those students preparing for CSEC English B. You can also change each genre to suit your specific needs or the needs for your students.
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9th - 11th
SPENT Simulator Assignment | Glass Castle Companion Assignment
How do you get students to build empathy when they've never experienced poverty? How do you get a student to care and build background knowledge when they don't understand certain decisions they've never had to make? ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE SPENT SIMULATOR. Prior to reading The Glass Castle written by Jennette Walls, have students participate in this engaging simulation while completing comprehension questions and reflecting along the way. WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS RESOURCE: one Google Doc assignment
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10th - 12th
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Reader's Theatre: Causes of World War 1
Casting call! Looking for actors and actresses to play the fictionalized role of Germany, Austria-Hungry, France, Great Britain, and the US (just to name a few)! Are you looking for an engaging way to teach the causes of World War 1? This reader's theatre explores the causes of World War 1, specifically imperialism and alliances between neighboring countries in Europe. Students impersonate countries and show how the Central Powers and Allies were formed. There's drama, humor, and vengeance in th
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5th - 11th
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Moon of the Crusted Snow: "Surviving An Apocalypse" Pre-Reading Activity!
Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, is a unique and compelling take on the apocalypse narrative, written, this time, with an Indigenous lens. The story follows Evan Whitesky and his community as they navigate a widespread power outage from their reserve in Northern Canada. Published in 2018, Moon of the Crusted Snow is a high-interest novel that engages all learners. Although it was published two years prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many events within the nov
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9th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Plane Crash Simulation/Gamification
Getting kids engaged in a novel like Lord of the Flies can be hard, but what if students had an experience of survival and competition all their own BEFORE the reading begins? This Plane Crash Simulation outlines instructions for creating an engaging, interesting, hands on simulation experience that you can use as a springboard for interest.Divide students into groups and challenge them to organize and govern themselves in a way that gives them the best chance of survival. Groups will complete
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9th - 12th
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Classroom Dystopia- Ready-to-Use Student Dystopian Society
Use this ready-to-use classroom dystopian society before, during, or after reading a dystopian novel in your classroom. This is perfect to help students understand what it might be like to live in a dystopian society. This society pairs best with 1984 and/or Brave New World, but it could easily pair with any dystopian novel. Includes set-up instructions, assignment, list of editable rules, and file to a rules poster.
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8th - 12th
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Jury Simulation #2
This is a reading packet intended to give students a real life experience of our court system. There are multiple testimonies, courtroom vocabulary, and critical thinking expectations. This is a group work assignment, and can be branched out into multiple lessons.Trigger Warning: This reading material references depression, cancer, and bullying[Teacher Notes: It is advised that you read through the court case a few times before teaching this lesson. However, this can be used as a quick substitut
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8th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Survival Simulation Challenge
Before you read Lord of the Flies, engage students in the world with this exciting group simulation activity. Students will build their own governments, choose jobs, and rank important tasks. At the end, each group will see if they live, die, or are able to be rescued!
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9th - 12th
Macbeth Holiday/Christmas Interactive 3D Simulation Theme/Act Writing Activity
Shakespeare's Macbeth's Dagger Soliloquy: Act 2, Scene 1- Holiday/Christmas Interactive 3D Simulation- Appearance Versus Reality Thematic Writing Workshop Activity: This common core aligned resource is a fun and immersive lesson that is a unique and memorable way to get your High School British Literature Classes excited about reading Macbeth and writing their own soliloquies! This beautifully designed resource will excite all of your students as they experience a real-life simulation that bring
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6th - 12th
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Utopian Simulation
Prior to reading an Utopian novel, students will facilitate their own creation of a Utopian society using some teacher suggestions along the way. This activity provides an introduction using an excerpt from, Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper, followed by anticipatory questions leading students to predict what a Utopian society is. Then, students will be guided through items to consider, ultimately creating their own society. Students will realize by the end that attempting to make a perfect soci
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6th - 12th
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Fable Story #26 Bottoms Up
Story about being addicted to alcoholism and that there is hope for someone who wants to quit.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
1984 Class Simulation
Engage students in the world of 1984, by turning your class into a totalitarian state of class separation, power, and mind control.
This simulation takes place over the course of your instruction, helping students to get involved with the novel in a very real way.
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9th - 12th
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Life in Ayn Rand's Anthem - A Class Role Play Activity Lesson
Use this SUPER FUN lesson in your classroom to allow students to step into the shoes of someone living in the setting of Anthem by Ayn Rand. This lesson will encourage students to decide on a name, be assigned a vocation, and allow them to visualize what their day would be like as one living in the dystopian society. Additionally, students will interview their peers to discuss life in Anthem.
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8th - 12th
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