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Informational text Common Core W.11-12.8 resources
Research Paper Writing Unit - Lessons, PowerPoint, Handouts, Research Bundle
This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes five resources to help make teaching resource paper writing a breeze. This research writing unit includes lessons on paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, 9th edition MLA format and citations, research paper writing, and academic vocabulary. This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes everything you will need to help your students master research writing.The main research paper writing unit includes:An engaging and editable, 72-slide PowerPoint
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7th - 10th
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Lizzie Borden: Infamous Murder Case Nonfiction Unit, Tone, Bias, Persuasion
Lizzie Borden was tried and ultimately acquitted for the MURDER of her PARENTS in the 1890s. The trial was controversial. How could a WOMAN possibly hack her parents to death and why? How could this have happened while she was HOME if she didn't do it? In this nonfiction unit, students will read articles about the case and then decide for themselves if they think Lizzie Borden is INNOCENT or GUILTY. If your students like this nonfiction unit, be sure to check out the Bespoke ELA activity on
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Games for Secondary ELA
This bundle of argument and rhetoric games for secondary ELA contains SEVEN unique games that target the skills of argumentation in a fun and high-interest format.The games included in this bundle are:Rhetorical Devices BINGO GameIn this game, students fill out BINGO cards with rhetorical devices, and they have to identify devices used in quotations read by the teacher. Five in row WINS the round! This game tests students' ability to identify rhetorical devices in texts.Would You Rather? Card
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Using the CRAAP Test to Determine Source Credibility! Customizable Google Slides
Do your students tend to hit "share" "like" or "retweet" before checking a source is legitimate? Can your students determine the difference between a credible source and fake news? Do they know what to look for when analyzing articles, online material, tweets, and images for credibility? Do they understand which sources are acceptable to utilize as evidence in a writing assignment? In a world where misinformation can be spread like wildfire via social media and the internet, it is vital that stu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Survival Literature Research Project - Survival Skills - Man vs. Nature Conflict
Enhance your survival unit with survival skills tests, analysis activities using thematic songs on survival, and a research project on real-life teens who survived person vs. nature conflicts! This includes teenagers and young adults who survived natural disasters, animal attacks, or being lost in the wilderness!The materials support and enhance survival literature units and will compliment your reading of novels with survival themes!The activities are also great way to reinforce text-to-world
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8th - 11th
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Prove It! Teach Students to use Evidence to Support Argument Claims
Teaching students to meet the Common Core’s expectations for argumentative writing can be a challenge. Teenagers seem very skilled at making claims (perhaps due to their natural inclination to having very strong opinions!?), but seem to struggle to find and use effective evidence to support those claims. This 3-day lesson is designed to ease students into using evidence to support claims. Students first learn to identify and evaluate the six main types of evidence before being asked to find evid
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7th - 12th
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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
Ramen Noodle Summarizing and Cow Cud Paraphrasing | Nonfiction Text
Are your students having trouble with summarizing and paraphrasing? Students plagiarize often because they don't know how to perform those two processes correctly. If they know how to do it, they'll be more likely to take the time to try during the research process. This two-lesson, ten-handout resource builds on Marzano's research about the value of using analogies to help students connect with content. Examples and practice exercises are funny, relevant, and teen-oriented.These two lessons are
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: AP English Language & Composition Synthesis Essay Bundle - AP Lang Exam
The Zombie Apocalypse-- Persuasive Speech Activity
In this activity, students will role play that they are trapped in their school by the zombie apocalypse. They have to decide whether to stay at the school... or whether to leave the school for an alternate location. In order to make this precarious decision, they must weigh the pros and cons of both scenarios and then craft a persuasive speech to convince the class (the rest of their group) to go or to stay.Now included as part of the Ultimate Zombie Literary Unit found HERE!In this high-inte
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: THE Ultimate High-interest Halloween Bundle for Secondary ELA
Annotated Bibliography Mini Lesson
An introduction to the annotated bibliography that will provide your students with an overview of the annotated bibliography as well as opportunity to practice what they learned. Mini Lesson Includes:- Introductory PowerPoint that gives students an overview of the annotated bibliography including its purpose, an example, and needed materials *NOTE: This is a PowerPoint SlideShow and cannot be edited- Guided Notes Sheet for students to use during the PowerPoint lecture- Research question and link
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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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Infamous Criminals: A High-Interest Nonfiction Research Project
In this project, students will research the life of a famous criminal and compile a bibliographic research project to share with the class. The criminals included in this project range from fraudsters to gangsters and from pirates to drug lords. There are plenty of options here to captivate the interest of secondary students. After selecting a criminal, students will compile an annotated bibliography as they go through the research process while preparing to create their final projects. Stud
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9th - 12th
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Research Projects for High School English and Middle School ELA 7th-11th Grade
These research projects for high school English and middle school ELA align with common literature themes! The short-term research projects support the following concepts: survival, tragic heroes, perseverance, self-identity, journeys, choices and consequences, and person vs. nature. All the materials that you need to facilitate the research process from start to finish are included!This bundled resource includes the following activities and projects sold individually:✅ Surviving in the Wild: Re
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8th - 11th
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Argument Games - A Fun Way to Get Students Practicing Their Argument Skills!
⚞The Argument Games bundle⚟ will provide you with five collaborative, active games that will have students:➫ creating arguments ➫counter-arguments ➫ evaluating perspectives ➫ evaluating the sufficiency of evidence!↬A list of interesting and unique arguable topics are provided in this unit. ↬Signs for gameplay are also included. Looking for more great resources for your classroom?This unit is a part of mysemester 2 bundle AND my Full Year English Curriculum Bundle. These curriculum bundles wil
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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News Writing - Studying the Newspaper & Writing a News Article: A Unit Plan
This complete, 3-week unit plan contains materials designed to teach students about journalism, newspapers, and news writing. This unit is a terrific way to connect to the Common Core Standards’ emphasis on informational and non-fiction reading and writing. The unit packet contains a daily breakdown of lessons, activities, worksheets, a quiz, as well as a project sheet and rubric to use for a final assessment in the unit.In this unit students read a variety of news articles to expose them to cur
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6th - 12th
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Tragic Hero Research Project - Hero Archetype Activities - Choices Consequences
A tragic hero doesn’t just exist in literature! Supplement teaching hero character traits and Aristotle's tragic hero archetype with this modern research project! Perfect supplement for Antigone, Macbeth, The Great Gatsby, Oedipus Rex, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, or any other text featuring a tragic hero as a main character!The Modern Tragic Hero project examines notable people in our society who embody heroic traits. Just like the tragic hero archetype, however, the person made a mistake or had
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8th - 12th
Paraphrasing Lesson, Poster, Task Cards, and Steps to Avoid Plagiarism
Paraphrasing Lesson and Steps to Avoid PlagiarismMakes the task of teaching students how to do a research report without plagiarizing easier by teaching how to paraphrase.Give them the five steps and strategies for paraphrasing. Great for learning proper note-taking skills and perfect for students working on informational writing, completing research papers, or writing expository text. I used to struggle years ago with teaching my young elementary students how to paraphrase and put things into
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Not Grade Specific
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GRIT: A Growth Mindset Unit for Upper Grades
As teachers, we know that effort and determination are the biggest factors in our students’ success. All too often, this message doesn’t get communicated to our students. We often hear, “I can’t...It’s too hard...I’m not good at that.” The best way to shift that negative/fixed thinking is by implementing a growth mindset program. I created this week-long unit for upper grades (specifically high school or advanced middle schoolers) because I could not find quality age-appropriate resources to tea
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8th - 12th
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Full Year High School English Curriculum: Secondary ELA 9-12 Common Core Aligned
If you are teaching a new high school English course this year, or you're looking to upgrade your current high school English class curriculum, this full year ELA curriculum is for YOU! This Common Core Standards aligned English Language Arts curriculum will help you create meaningful learning experiences for your secondary English students AND protect your time outside of contract hours.This English curriculum is perfect for you if are looking for...creative, effective activities for you and yo
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9th - 12th
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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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Synthesis Essay Workbook
Teach your students how to analyze multiple sources and bring them together to form a cohesive argument. This is a great AP Language and Composition resource to teach the synthesis essay! It's also perfect as an introduction to research, analyzing sources, and defending claims. This workbook will walk them through the process step-by-step: 1) understanding your requirements2) understanding the task/prompt3) analyzing sources related to that prompt/task4) creating a thesis statement with a claim5
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9th - 12th
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Power and Corruption Research Project - Leadership - Ambition Abuse of Power
Examine the concepts of self-identity, absolute power and corruption, leadership and influence with this high-interest resource! Learn the common traits of powerful people and discover how absolute power can be used to improve society or to devastate and destroy. This modern research project takes a fascinating look at the world’s most powerful and influential people throughout world history - including those who are living in today’s world. Students will select and research a person of power,
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9th - 12th
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In Text Citation Mini Lesson MLA and ICE Method
Students will learn to embed quotes and paraphrases using the ICE method (introduce, cite, explain) and use in-text citations correctly in this quick, no-prep mini lesson. The topic and sources focus on the problems of fake news in contemporary society. This is the first in a series of writing mini-lessons aimed at older or more advanced high school students. Get the second mini lesson on introducing counterclaims HERE!ORGet a discount on all three writing mini-lessons HERE
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Devil in the White City Lesson Plans and Teaching Guide
A twenty-day unit designed by The Pedantic Project with a nod to the 11-12 ELA Common Core Standards. The unit begins with a gallery walk that requires students to make predictions and form opinions. After that, the students will divide into groups and use technology to research six components of the late 1800s, including the Gilded Age. Each topic has a graphic organizer (with a teacher key). Students will complete the research and prepare presentations for the class. Rubrics are provided.
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9th - 12th
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