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Informational text Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Community Interview Project and Rubric - How to Conduct an Interview Assignment
This community interview project is perfect for practicing interviewing skills and teaching students how to conduct an interview! Includes a slideshow lesson, interview graphic organizers, and an editable rubric. Based on the "Humans of New York" project, students will write articles after conducting interviews with partners within the school community! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.✨ Updated in 2024 to cater to a wider range of educational environmen
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5th - 12th
Writing a News Article - OLC News Report Template & 4-Level Rubric - OLC4O OSSLC
Teach students how to write a news article using this lesson, graphic organizer, news report template, and rubric. Prepare for the OSSLT, teach the OLC4O / OSSLC course, or coach essential literacy with this reading comprehension strategy. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with this Writing a News Article Template, Lesson, and Rubric:✏️ How to Write a News Article Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®Teach the Five Questions Model (W5-H)Explore
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7th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for.Seriously. They DON’T!Spice up your lesson plans with this DIFFERENT differentiated unit for Thanksgiving!Your students will:• View and analyze a video clip about innovative humane practices at turkey farms and processing plants.• View a
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4th - 9th
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Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Primary and Secondary Sources digital escape room team building gaming activity
This Digital Escape® Room helps students review Primary and Secondary Sources through fun, interactive puzzles, encoded messages, and other challenges while being 100% DIGITAL. No need to make copies ahead of time or assemble time-consuming breakout boxes. Simply provide a link and students are ready to begin their adventure in minutes!This resource includes:✔️A link to a pre-coded Google Form™ with five engaging, interactive challenges and puzzles to solve revolving around types of sources✔️A
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Fun Digital Escape Rooms for Teambuilding Custom Bundle for T
Reading and Writing News Articles - Slideshow Lessons, Templates, Rubrics OLC4O
Everything you need to teach students to master writing news articles and reading nonfiction text features! Includes sample news reports, reading comprehension questions, slideshow lessons, graphic organizers, assessment guidelines, and more! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets and activities for Google Drive®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Unit for Reading and Writing News Articles:✏️ Summarizing a News Report Slideshow Lesson - Micros
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6th - 12th
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Characterization Unit: Looks Can Be Deceiving- with The Landlady
This 5-day unit has everything you need to teach characterization in a fresh and relevant way that students will love! I don't know about you, but I feel like we do students a disservice if we teach them English in a vacuum. I don't want them just describing characters...I want them to understand HOW and WHY we characterize people in both the real-world and in literature. This unit aims to do just that with a series of lessons and activities that incorporate fiction (Roald Dahl's wonderfully cre
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7th - 10th
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Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
Are you trying to find ways to engage your students in more productive conversation about reading literature and informational text, with less work and grading on your end? Then snag this Chit Chat Cards BUNDLE that focuses on reading literature, informational text, and speaking/listening standards.Included in this reading literature and informational text resource:• What are Chit Chat Cards?• Directions and Ideas for Use• 20-Reading Literature Chit Chat Cards• 20-Informational Text Chit Chat C
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Introduction to Debate
This four lesson unit is designed to be a comprehensive debate tutorial for teachers who are new to debate or who want to implement debate into their current curriculum. I tried to design these materials with lots of explanation where necessary and minimal prep work to finish. I have taught debate for over ten years in the classroom and online and the knowledge and expertise I have gained have gone into these lessons to make them a perfect gateway to argumentation and debate. All lessons are onl
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3rd - 12th
Listening Comprehension Practice Middle School Bundle Digital and Print
Listening comprehension is not an easy skill to teach. Use these resources to help guide your students with how to answer listening questions. This bundle includes a 6 weeks of warm-ups, 5 longer audio practices, and two seasonal freebies. As a large part of most standardized tests, students need to be comfortable and confident when it comes to listening to and comprehending information. This resource is perfect for grades 6-8. It is also useful when it comes to preparing for state standardized
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6th - 8th
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TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
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7th - 10th
Argumentative Reading and Writing Game: The Opinion Game!
This game is the perfect way to get students engaged in an argumentative reading or writing unit or is the perfect debate game to play when you start preparing for it. It engages students right off the bat! This game gets students thinking about how to defend a claim with strong and persuasive evidence. It also familiarizes them with public speaking skills and cooperative learning. It can be played digitally, or can be printed, so the options on how you can engage your students are plenty!What y
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4th - 12th
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Halloween Comprehension Passages - True Crime Nonfiction Bundle of 5 Articles
These spooky comprehension passages are perfect for Halloween! Explore five true crime cases with the nonfiction articles provided in this bundle. Cases include: “The Crooked Queen of Crypto,” “Marty and the Shrink,” “The Lover in the Attic,” and more! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with this True Crime Nonfiction Bundle:✏️ Five True Crime Nonfiction Articles“Death by Immurement,” “The Crooked Q
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6th - 10th
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Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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6th - 8th
Informational Text Chit Chat Cards for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Inspiration…
Do your students ever feel overwhelmed by all of the writing they must do in response to texts we share with them? Do you ever want to give your students a break from the written responses and simply listen to what incredible insights they have to share about given texts? I do too! While it is essential for us to give our students plenty of opportunity to write written responses, it is also crucial that we allow them the opportunity to discuss and speak about text without a writt
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
Christopher P. Curtis's "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" - 30 Common Core Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Christopher Paul Curtis’s, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded e
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6th - 8th
Project Based Learning Bundle - PBL Units for English Reading, Writing, Speaking
Bring your English Language Arts curriculum to life with this project-based learning (PBL) bundle! This package includes units that blend reading, writing, speaking, and listening with real-life applications, engaging students in a truly authentic learning experience. This bundle includes a mock trial outline, a vacation planning project, a book trailer assignment, a community interview activity, and a debate outline.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save over 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with this Projec
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7th - 12th
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Group Discussion Questions, Sentence Starters for Academic Conversation
Student-friendly discussion starters for academic conversations will add depth and rigor to your next discussion activity, literature circle, Socratic seminar, or fishbowl conversation! A discussion starters menu of options and slideshow provides student choice as they engage in small group or whole class discussions of any fiction or nonfiction text(s) of your choosing. If you're looking for a way to grow academic conversation and discussion skills, this is the speaking and listening resource f
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5th - 8th
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Nonfiction Writing Bundle - Information Text Lessons and Writing Activities OLC
Break nonfiction writing down into engaging and approachable steps with this unit! This nonfiction writing bundle includes slideshow lessons, graphic organizers, writing activities, and scaffolding materials to help students master information writing. Includes digital resources for Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Nonfiction Writing Bundle:✏️ Summarizing Nonfiction Texts Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides® & PDF✏️ S
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6th - 12th
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Primary and Secondary Sources Paper Based Escape Room teambuilding game
Are your students learning about the difference between primary and secondary sources? Teach this difficult concept in a fun, interactive, collaborative way through this paper-based, themed escape room!This resource includes:✔️A pdf with introduction, setup instructions, and tips to differentiate✔️ Four engaging, funny, themed challenges and activities to solve✔️ Signs to label physical folders for each activity✔️ Recording sheet for students as they work through the activity✔️ Answer key for al
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Primary and Secondary Sources Teambuilding Escape Room Bundle
Arranged Marriage: EXPOSITORY, NON FICTION Text, Questions, Printables, CCSS
It's no surprise that the new Common Core standards (CCSS) have put much more of an emphasis on informational text throughout the curriculum.
Help your students MASTER these tough CCSS standards through this engaging lesson, which includes:
***Teacher Guide
*** Activating Prior Knowledge Warm-Up
***Front-loading Vocabulary Activity
***13 Text-Dependent Questions aligned with the text
***3 Versions of the text and questions for DIFFERENTIATION
***Paideia Seminar and Goal-setting
***Reflection
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” – 20 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, "The Cask of Amontillado." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded ex
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6th - 10th
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Growth Mindset Activity Middle School: Intro TED Talk, Questions, & Fun Quiz
Looking for some engaging no-prep activities to introduce your middle school students to growth mindset? Teachers know how important it is to teach students about growth mindset, but it’s not enough to hang some posters or teach them some popular catch phrases about effort. This kind of well-intentioned instruction will only lead to students who feel bad about themselves and are a challenge to teach. Growth mindset is more than just a belief in effort. Students need to understand the brain scien
Grades:
6th - 8th
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