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Critical thinking Common Core RI.9-10.9 resources
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Declaration of Independence: Delineating and Analyzing the Argument
This is an easy- to- use lesson plan that will guide your students through a point-by- point study of Declaration of Independence. Graphic organizers cover each of the four sections of the Declaration and offer a comprehensive method to “delineate” the document. These pages are outlined with key terms to note persuasive style, language, and structure. They also include brief prompts for modern-day connections with the document’s basic ideals. A detailed sample answer key for each page is provide
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Informational Text Analysis Task Cards | Guided Reading for any Non Fiction Text
Are you looking for a way to help you students dig in to a non-fiction text in a way that will promote long term comprehension? You've come to the right place. I use these cards in a variety of ways in my classroom and have witnessed them to be effective time and time again. Once while using these cards, I had a student say "I don't understand the point. Why do Have to write down the numbers? The only numbers I see are dates." I responded, "Great! Document those dates on your graphic organizer!
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5th - 12th
STAMPED by Jason Reynolds: 45 Close Reading Documents with questions
Making African American History = American HistoryDigital FriendlyReading Stamped is not required for the readings, but their are readings for every topic and issue in Jason Reynold's text.45 DocumentsDocuments will put the power of history in the student's hands and encourage them to make their own meaning through questioning and critical analysis. Students are forced to break from their poor habits as academic receptacles and expected to be active agents in their own learning. This pack of doc
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Stamped by Jason Reynolds Bundle
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) - Power Point Presentation
This is the accompanying PowerPoint presentation for the unit “Teaching CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning: A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a brief lecture on the concept of Claim Evidence Reasoning Model, instructions for students on how to do the activity , and abbreviated instructions for the activity from the unit for the teacher (no solutions). It does not include the "Teaching CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning: A Whodunit Mystery" unit teaching sequence which can be purchased separately.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Literary Analysis of The Prodigal Son
This comprehensive mini-unit provides a literary analysis of the enduring and beloved story, the parable of "The Prodigal Son." Social justice themes, such as poverty and equity, are emphasized through a historic-critical reading of this ancient Mediterranean classic. This lesson attends to three major components of English Language Arts: social perspective taking, critical thinking and inquiry, and composition. The social scientific research article on social perspective taking (Harvard Univer
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Emerson, Thoreau, and Romanticism Aphorisms
"It not the destination; it's the journey." This is the case for instructors when they use this handout of adages to teach the philosophies of Romanticism to their students. This famous aphorism is just one of the many words of wisdom of Emerson and Thoreau that can be found on this printable. But what does this expression really mean? As their assignment, students will use their critical-thinking skills to decipher various words of wisdom and then discuss their conclusions with classmates. T
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography" Review/Assessment with Detailed Answer Key
He was a Founding Father who went from rags to riches and who recorded his initial journey in an interesting, inspirational autobiography. This comprehensive worksheet allows students to understand the aspirations and visions of Benjamin Franklin as they answer critical-thinking questions that investigate tone, style, a list of virtues, and more. It's a perfect printable for individual, partner, or group work. This worksheet/assessment also comes with a detailed answer key.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech: Close Reading & Modern Connections
The activities in this file provide a variety of ways to lead students through a study of William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Reading comprehension skills include identifying main idea and support, evaluating language, and making inferences. Detailed questions guide readers through the text to aid comprehension. Two pages focus on language: one graphic organizer for abstract nouns and one on denotation/ connotation. A split-note page with quotes offers prompts for critical thinking
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8th - 12th
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Motivational Classroom DESK/WALL QUOTES [HORIZONTAL]
This Motivational Desk/Wall Quotes product can be used for BACK-TO-SCHOOL seating activities, analyzing and practicing critical thinking. Indeed, this 150-PAGE product has 7 Categories, 20 Suggested Activities, Black&White Versions, and may be used for decorative and academic purpose to help students navigate literature and informational writing. This product can be used for 6th - 12th grade students. Check it out!This Product Includes:1. 20 Suggested Uses2. 150 pages of Quotes3. 7 Categori
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: THE NEW TEACHER STARTER KIT [BUNDLE]
Exposition Composition unit
This comprehensive composition unit focuses on exposition - the synthesis and analysis of informatory texts. The unit includes a instructional PDF powerpoint demonstrating the primary components of expository writing, several graphic organizers for research and writing, and an original outline and essay for analysis. This expository unit is cross-curricular interweaving writing and research skills, with a scientific essay. The skills developed from this unit are transferrable throughout the c
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Judith Ortiz Cofer: "American History" Worksheet (or Assessment) with Answer Key
This worksheet does not "discriminate" in presenting an abundance of review and discussion questions that seek to elucidate the true significance of prejudice. Integrating literary terminology into questions that reinforce standards, students will be given a chance to examine and evaluate critical aspects of intolerance as well as recognize the climate that permeated the nation after citizens experienced one of America's most shocking and tragic events. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Before Reading Activity: Anticipation Guide
An Anticipation Guide is a researched based strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge. It also sparks curiosity about topics and themes that otherwise, would be uninteresting to the student. Before reading a text, students respond to several statements that challenge or support their initial ideas or beliefs about a particular topic, subject, theme, etc. This resource can be used with any informational or literary text which makes it an invaluable resource for
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Outlining Content Information Resource (Making Outlines of Text)
In the age of the internet, students need skills for acquiring and criticizing information from media. This product is a trove of outlining resources offered by the author of this publication on outlining.Trove includes: rubrics, presentations, samples, computer shortcut tips, and tutorials.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Romanticism and the Romantic Period: Test with Detailed Answer Key
Check student understanding of Romanticism with this comprehensive assessment. Included is relevant vocabulary, true-false statements, questions about Emerson and Thoreau philosophies, and famous quotes. A written component, one which allows student feedback about a relevant topic that pertains to this literary time period, completes the test. A detailed answer sheet is part of the package.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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History Source Interpretation - Primary and Secondary Sources
This handout is designed to assist students when learning how to critically analyse a historical source.It allows them to understand the differences between primary and secondary sources and guides them as they unpack the validity, reliability and the usefulness of individual sources. The questions are designed to provoke higher level thinking and provide scaffolding for students to understand why one source is better or more helpful than another. This source is a great accompaniment to inquiry
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Paper 1: Move to Global War bundle - International Baccalaureate - IB
All Quiet on the Western Front: WWI Preparation Assignment & Detailed Answer Key
Don't "fight a battle" to find the perfect way to begin the study of All Quiet on the Western Front. Here is a worksheet that lists 25 relevant questions which allow students to begin to "advance" their "arsenal" of knowledge about this American conflict. It's the type of "engagement" that is a "win-win" for students and a "victory" for teachers and may be used as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Emerson, Thoreau, and Romanticism Worksheet or Assessment with Answer Key
Teachers need not rely on their "intuition" to decide whether to utilize this review worksheet answer that pertains to Romanticism. The answer is clear: This group or homework assignment allows students to answer questions that directly deal with this literary period as well as the teachings of Emerson and Thoreau. Questions are varied, so instructors may also use them as discussion questions or quizzes. It's the ideal assignment to implement as a share-out activity with individual students, wi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Emerson, Thoreau, and Romanticism Review Activity
Teachers need not rely on their "intuition" to decide whether to utilize these short-answer questions that pertain to Romanticism. The answer is clear: This follow-up assignment allows students to choose from a selection of 10 topics that deal with this literary period as well as the teachings of Emerson and Thoreau. Topics are varied, so instructors may also use them as discussion questions or short-answer quizzes. It's the ideal assignment to implement as a share-out activity with individua
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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