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High school english language arts scaffolded note videos
Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" & ALS WebQuest (Intro to Tuesdays With Morrie)
To introduce students to Tuesdays With Morrie, here is a great resource!This resource includes: Notes on the "Last Lecture" given by Randy Pausch, who was battling pancreatic cancer. "The Last Lecture" recap clip, which can be found on YouTube (click here), shares a synopsis of Pausch's lecture on topics of life and death, death, dying, cancer, faith, family, mentors, and love. [The full version of the lecture can be found here to supplement/extend learning]ALS Web Quest to help students dive in
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9th - 12th
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Fallacies with Commercials
This slide show features numerous logical fallacies with corresponding commercials for students to visualize and understand the fallacy being used. There are two warm-up activities for students as well.
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9th - 12th
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Opinion Claim Essay Writing using Google Slides
Editable, Color coded, Writing essay example, RubricsTimers, Scaffolded Instructional Videos, Assistive Technology VideosGoogle Docs downloadable and uploadable to Google Classroom or other Learning Management SystemsFor Middle and High School
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7th - 10th
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Artificial Intelligence "Year Million" Documentary Discussion Questions
"Year Million" is a six-part docu-drama from National Geographic, explores what it will be like to be human 1 million years into the future. This product provides 10 discussion questions based on the first episode. Each question starts with quoted material from the documentary, includes a time stamp of when that quote is stated, and then proposes a question for students to consider and respond to. When I use this in class, I pause the video after each question, allow students time to respond on
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9th - 12th
Language Arts and Film Clips: Characters and Conflict
Use film clips to teach Language Arts concepts! This package includes film clips from Akeelah and the Bee (2:32 mins) to teach characterization techniques and students will classify details as either direct or indirect character presentation. Once students have mastered detecting direct and indirect characterization they can move onto the film clip from Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (9:00 mins) to continue looking for characterization as well as internal and external conflicts. There are six w
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7th - 12th
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Video: How Can You Write a Great Informational Essay (Including on a CAASPP PT?)
If your students are asked to write an informational essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 18-ish minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by looking through notes on astronauts to come up with a main idea. (Which winds up being that it is difficult but fun to become an astronaut!) It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we sta
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3rd - 11th
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Science PowerPoint use with Guided Notes Local and Global Winds Coriolis Effect
This is an 18 page PowerPoint that includes notes, graphics, embedded videos, quick review, and social studies connection. I have created a one page guided note worksheet that is set up Cornell note style for students to use with this PowerPoint as a guide and to fill-in. The guided note sheet is in a separate listing. You can facilitate this whole group or students can work independently through the PowerPoint.*** Again guided note sheet is not with this download. It is in a separate listin
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5th - 10th
Video: How Can You Write an Excellent Narrative (Including on a CAASPP / SBAC)?
If your students are asked to write a narrative essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible?This 15-minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by describing characters and the setting with details from the sources, including dialogue, and choosing strong words!It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we start so they have a sense of what they
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3rd - 11th
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11:37
How to Make an Outline with Microsoft Word
This video describes the process of making an outline with the help of Microsoft Word.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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John Steinbeck: Video Questions
From Electric English...
Here, you have questions that align with the biography produced by A and E, "John Steinbeck" An American Experience". If you do not own a copy, you may be able to find this particular film on-line or check it out from your local library branch. The library, I find, always has a great selection of educational materials. The questions will stand on their own too; after all, the information is similar no matter what :) This documentary is a small part of a bigger unit I hav
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9th - 11th
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Hemingway: Biography 2-Column Notes
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template accompanies the A & E Biograp
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10th - 11th
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John Steinbeck: Video Questions Key
From Electric English...
This is the key that accompanies the questions for the biography described below...
The questions align with the biography produced by A and E, "John Steinbeck" An American Experience". If you do not own a copy, you may be able to find this particular film on-line or check it out from your local library branch. The library, I find, always has a great selection of educational materials. The questions will stand on their own too; after all, the information is similar no
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9th - 11th
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Mark Twain: Biography Assessment
From Electric English...
This is an assessment for the A & E Biography, "Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures". It asks students to make inferences from their reading, from Twain's life experiences, and from their class discussions, then apply that knowledge to the questions on the assessment. The questions for this assessment are more rudimentary than I normally like to ask, but hey, every once and a while, it's nice to throw the kids a bone. And, I mean that idiom in the best way :)
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10th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe: Video (Two Column Notes)
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template covers A and E Biography's, "Edga
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10th - 12th
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Video: Frederick Douglass (Two Column Notes)
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template covers A and E Biography's, "Fred
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10th - 12th
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Walt Whitman: Biography 2-Column Notes
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template accompanies the PBS Biography, "W
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10th - 11th
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Video: Mark Twain (Two Column Notes)
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template covers A and E Biography's, "Mark
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10th - 12th
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Poetry Analysis: My Father Would Not Show Us by Ingrid de Kok
This lesson takes learners through a detailed study of the form, language and structure used in this poem. The powerpoint poses challenging questions alongside supportive comments to ensure that all learners can take something away from this lesson. The questions and activities are engaging and thought provoking and includes a video clip to help hook interest. This is available individually and as part of a Bundle on Relationship Poetry based on the Edexcel collection.
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Relationship Poetry Bundle (15 Poems)
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How to write a theme essay
Step by step instructions to help learners write an essay discussing the theme in a novel study. Examples used are from The Outsiders by S.E Hinton but the ideas can be applied to any novel of a similar level. This video is appropriate for learners aged 13-16 years.
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8th - 10th
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Civil War/Stowe/Cummings Background Videos & Guided Questions
Directions: While watching the introduction videos, keep the following focus questions in mind. Typing out a response to each question is not required, but active participation in our discussion is expected.Video 1: Causes of the Civil WarVideo 2: Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?NPR Interview: American Dirt author, Jeanine CumminsThis activity sets the stage to cover texts during the pre Civil War era. A key for the questions pertaining to the first video is included in the preview as a screenshot.
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9th - 12th
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Effectively Teach an Introduction Paragraph with Creative Hook
Help students develop a more powerful essay with a creative and meaningful hook that grabs the reader's attention. This packet provides my explanations along with two pages of notes to handout to students in which they are guided through my examples of 3 powerful types of creative hooks. I demonstrate how to go from hook, to transition sentence, to thesis very clearly and effectively. I doubt you will find a clearer presentation for your students. This lesson has worked so well for all my studen
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Edgar Allan Poe: Biography Assessment
From Electric English...
This is an assessment for the A and E Biography, "Edgar Allan Poe". It asks students to make inferences from their reading, from Poe's life experiences, and from their class discussions, then apply that knowledge to the questions on the assessment. The questions for this assessment are more rudimentary than I normally like to ask, but hey, every once and a while, it's nice to throw the kids a bone. And, I mean that idiom in the best way :)
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10th - 12th
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Video: John Steinbeck (Two Column Notes)
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template covers the biography produced by
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Grades:
9th - 11th
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Video: Jack London (Two Column Notes)
From Electric English...
Here, you have a two-column note template that includes prompts on the left-hand side. Two-column notes are not for everyone; I get that... However, this models for the students one way to disseminate information and organize it in an effective manner. This will help the kids find their own way to deconstruct material, find what works best for them. It might involve two column notes, then again, it might not!! :) This particular template covers the video produced by Kult
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9th - 11th
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