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Middle school informational text independent work packet microsofts
Electricity- Circuits, Series, Parallel, Conductor, Insulator, Symbols, Current
Enhance your electricity unit with this big fat pack! Topics Include: Circuits (series, parallel, closed, open), conductors, insulators, electric current, switches, and circuit diagrams / symbols. In this pack you will find a variety of printables, activities, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included in the pack: (answer keys are included) • PowerPoint review sheets • Series and Parallel Circuits Information reading and comprehension questio
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4th - 7th
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Veterans Day Reading Passage & Questions
Celebrate Veterans Day with this nonfiction close reading passage. Students will discover how Veterans Day originated during World War 1, the similarities and differences between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and some interesting facts about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.This reading passage offers ten higher level thinking questions. The questions include key reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, affixes, comparing and contrasting,
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2nd - 8th
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Understanding Procrastination Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Procrastination and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functio
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Willpower & Decision Fatigue Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about the concept of Willpower and how Decision Fatigue can affect our choices.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understandi
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Civil War Era unit bundle (7th-8th grade), (English and Spanish)
This unit bundle on the Civil War era includes 12 different listings from my TpT store. This unit includes the following listings:Abolitionist interactive choice board assignment (English and Spanish)Uncle Tom's Cabin printable packet and reading passages (English and Spanish)Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 slideshow (English and Spanish)Antebellum/pre-Civil War printable worksheet, digital resource (English and Spanish)Civil War battles digital choice board and graphic organizer (Eng
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6th - 9th
Revolutionary War Unit (7th grade) bundle (English and Spanish)
This unit on the Revolutionary War includes 13 different listings from my TpT store. This unit includes the following listings:British taxes, printable worksheets and reading (English and Spanish)Patriot or Loyalist? Printable worksheet activity packet (English and Spanish)Boston Massacre reading passage and comprehension activities (English and Spanish)Common Sense by Thomas Paine, printable worksheets (English and Spanish)Declaration of Independence printable worksheet and reading (English and
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5th - 8th
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Perfectionism Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Perfectionism and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functioni
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6th - 12th
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: A.I. Is Dangerous, But Not For the Reasons You Think
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the actual dangers of Artificial Intelligence!In this TED Talk, Sasha Luccioni reflects on the pervasive impact of artificial intelligence on society. Addressing the current AI landscape, she emphasizes its role in climate change, ethical concerns, and biases - as well as the possibility that the robots will destroy us! This resource includes digital or printable handouts including:Background sheet on Sasha Luccioni (including the link to the talk
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE TED TALK BUNDLE
30 minute informational essay Modeled --2 essay practice Bonus comp test
This will be your favorite product ever purchased on TpT!"Best informational essay product ever! This bundle is packed!"Do your students need extra writing practice, but you don't have time to have them write multiple informational essays? With this product, students can see that the essay is all connected and practice repeatedly with quick 30 minute essay practice!This product has: 50 slide Power Point with thesis lessons where creating a thesis with text evidence is modeled with 3 different te
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5th - 8th
Immigration Informational Articles and Poems
This is a 2 lesson set exploring immigration through 2 info articles and 2 poems. At the end, students compare the immigration experiences in articles and the poems. This packet contains multiple choice questions and short response questions.
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7th - 10th
Easter Island history unit with reading, writing, and math 3rd 4th grade
Easter Island history unit with reading, writing, and mathLearn all about Easter Island with this 5-day mini-unit! The Islanders who lived on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were amazing builders, creating huge statues that still exist there today. Students will use reading, writing, and math skills while learning about this remote island culture. The unit is aligned with Common Core, so you can teach with confidence (mostly 4th grade, with some 3rd and 5th grade standards as well).This is one of my ma
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3rd - 6th
Patrick Henry's Speech to the Convention rhetorical appeals ethos, pathos, logos
Help students work through Patrick Henry's Speech to the convention and analyze his use of rhetorical appeals - ethos, pathos, and logos - as well as other specific persuasion techniques. This resource explains the broad categories of rhetorical appeals, gives examples of specific persuasion techniques for each category, incorporates options for various online games to reinforce the terms, and offers an opportunity for students to analyze their use in one of the formative texts of American liter
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8th - 12th
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Emergency Lesson/Sub Plans - The Evil Eye Close Read and Superstition Research
These handouts will take students through a Close Read of an informational article about the Evil Eye and provide an extension research activity for further learning about superstitions from around the world. This 2-3 day lesson is what I keep tucked aside in an Emergency Lesson Plan folder, but I have also used it with younger students, reluctant readers, and Fundamentals classes. I would suggest to begin the lesson by asking students about superstitions they are already familiar with. Lead the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson - Rhetorical Devices & Persuasion
As Close Reading and Annotation becomes the go to among English courses, it becomes equally important to choose meaningful non-fiction texts for the students to read and reflect upon. Rachel Carson is the forefront of ecopedagogy with Silent Spring, her attempt to open the eyes of the world to the horrors of DDT. I have created a document with embedded questions and vocabulary to be used as an introduction to persuasive devices and rhetorical analysis. Print and Go or walk students through the d
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Earth Day Bundle - Persuasion, Rhetoric and Authorial Message
Out of Hiding by Ruth Gruener - Reading Log
This is an extensive Google doc for use in book clubs, whole class, or individually, I have written a comprehensive assignment that students work on throughout the reading of the novel, broken down by chapter.This includes not only short answer and paragraph responses, but also:- explicit teaching of how to write well developed paragraphs with cited evidence and commentary- identification of the types of context clues used when reading a word- a culminating essay- links to reliable sources of in
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6th
Substance use and abuse slides, worksheet, craft, activities, digital BUNDLE
Delve into the dangers of drug abuse, with an active learning unit designed to help your students engage with, think and consider reality in our society. Substance abuse is nuanced. It is not enough to inform students about its dangers. Empowerment is a process, not a lesson. This unit allows students to process the information, consequences and dangers individually, creatively, in small groups and discussion. A colorful, animated PowerPoint presentation introduces the long term effects of su
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7th - 10th
Thomas Paine - Article, Power Point, Activities, Assessment (Distance Learning)
The illustrated Article and Power Point feature the author of Common Sense and a leading advocate for American independence. Featured: Early Life, Marriage, Pennsylvania Magazine, Common Sense, American Crisis, Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, Robert Ingersoll tribute. Activities and Assessment included.Lesson includes:- 4-Page illustrated Article- 23-Slide illustrated Power Point Presentation- Multiple Choice / Document Based Question - Assessment + Answer Key- DBQ Scoring Rubric (allows s
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5th - 9th
Webquest for Web Literacy: Reliable Sources
This activity is webquest investigating an "article" written about the dangers of Aspartame. Students begin by reading the so-called factual source, then go step-by-step through applying the Five W's of Cyberspace to check the source's factuality. Students will learn how the author used emotional language/rhetoric to convince readers that her claims are true. They will also understand that Internet sources can make outright lies as factual claims. The 5 Ws of Cyberspace:WHO sponsored the site an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Civil Rights Movement Timeline with activities and links - Web Quest/Virtual
~9 days worth of activities depending on how you split it upThis assignment goes through the Civil Rights Movement timeline, focusing in on the following events/individuals:-Emmett Till-Rosa Parks-Little Rock Nine-Ruby Bridges-Martin Luther King Jr. -Malcolm XThe Word document includes links and spots for students to record their answers. The resource works well for online learning or Web Quests. It is an editable Word document, so you can add and delete resources based on your needs. The first
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
HSPT Verbal Section Study Guide (ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATIONS INCLUDED!)
Have your students prepared for the verbal section with this study guide! We created this study guide to help break down all the essential information on the test, answer key with explanations included!
Grades:
6th - 9th
Informational Article, "What did Dinosaurs Sound Like?
Dive into the prehistoric world with our engaging non-fiction article, "What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like?" tailored specifically for 5th-grade reading levels. This educational resource explores the fascinating mystery of dinosaur vocalizations, inviting students to uncover the soundscape of these ancient creatures. To reinforce comprehension, the product includes carefully crafted multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, providing educators with a valuable tool to assess students' understan
Grades:
4th - 6th
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