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Oral communication Common Core W.6.1b resources
Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds! This product contains:- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions. - these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparati
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions
A Person I Admire Guided Planning for Essay or Talk Preparation
This pack guides students in a focused study of a person a student admires or looks up to. Quick print, low-prep!Includes...Materials for starting discussion around the concept of admirationPlanning and research sheets in questionnaire formatBody biography diagram and guided promptsAccompanying PowerPoint...plus a previous version with editable Word documents and Google forms.You might also like...Six Word Memoir | Icebreaker | Differentiated | Middle and High SchoolPeer Assessment Carousel | Es
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Inventions Project Based Learning | Digital & Printable | Google
Who doesn't dream of creating your own invention and making tons of money on it? What better way to get students to use real-life skills such as reading, math, writing, speaking and listening skills than with this high-interest, engaging Create Your Own Invention project? With this project, students will get an opportunity to design their own invention and try to persuade their audience to invest in their product. This project-based learning activity is designed to supplement your practical livi
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Creative ELA Bundle for Slacker & WhatsHisFace I Print & Digital Versions
This is a bundle of two Gordon Korman products: discussion questions and creative writing projects for his two novels "Slacker" and "WhatsHisFace."Each one contains discussion questions by chapter. The discussion questions are purposely open-ended and subject to opinion to encourage debate and discussion in your classroom.This resource also contains essay and creative writing prompts. All projects are related directly to each book and many are also subject to opinion to encourage students to su
Grades:
5th - 7th
Persuasive Writing Unit | Collaborative Learning Task
Opinion Writing BundleCollaborative Simulation LessonsThese two opinion writing mini lessons are the epitome of collaboration through court room stimulations for two very well known stories. Both mini lessons follow an identical sequence, reinforcing persuasive writing techniques in a fun way.Students will work together to prove their "innocence" creating alibi's and answering probing questions. Discover for yourselves, through creating the scenarios, suspect profiles, taking notes as a detectiv
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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This or That: No Prep Writing and/or Speaking Practice
What it isArgument or opinion writing practice for middle or high school. The Activity:Students are presented with two would you rather styled options and choose one to argue for. Sentence frames are included.What’s included:18 Google Slides with directions and 13 "would you rather" questions with pictures.Why I love it:This small structured writing practice gets students engaged and gives them a choice in their writing. I like using this at the beginning of the year or as time fillers to build
Grades:
6th - 12th
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"The Great Debate"
Get students arguing! That's not usually a statement we want to hear in the classroom. However, with this activity, students will be engaged in a structured mini-debate applying and practicing reasoning and explanation skills. This is a PDF of an activity for an Argument Unit in which students draw "fighter" cards and "attribute" cards. They then have to make the case to their group why their fighter (with the given attribute) would win in a battle. The group votes at the end of a set time and a
Grades:
6th - 8th
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