Oral communication Common Core W.6.1c resources

Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds

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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

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, W.6.1

, W.6.1a

...

Also included in: Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions

A Person I Admire Guided Planning for Essay or Talk Preparation

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Pagecraft ELA

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

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Writing-Expository

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.1

, W.5.1a

, W.5.1b

, W.5.1c

, W.5.1d

...

Also included in: Speaking and Listening BUNDLE | Oral Communication | Discussion | Presentation

Inventions Project Based Learning | Digital & Printable | Google

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Teresa Dempsey - Now's the Time Design

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

Subjects:

Economics , For All Subjects, Oral Communication

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.2.7

, W.2.8

, W.3.1

, W.3.2

...

Debate Graphic Organizer | Debate Topics | Persuasive Writing

Created by

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Help your students develop and identify good strategies for debate, persuasive speaking, and argumentative writing skillsThis resource contains a CLICKABLE Link for Google Classroom.Go completely paperless! Please check out the PREVIEW for more details about what is included in this resource!These debate organizational exercises are meant to be used before students plan their own debates. They are the means to take them through the language, elements, and planning of a successful debate.This act

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Life Skills, Oral Communication

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

W.4.1

, W.4.2

, W.5.1

, W.6.1

, W.6.1a

...

Also included in: Debate Graphic Organizers | Debate Template BUNDLE

Creative ELA Bundle for Slacker & WhatsHisFace I Print & Digital Versions

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A Nest in the Rocks

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

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Oral Communication

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.6

...

Persuasive Writing Unit | Collaborative Learning Task

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By Bek

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

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Oral Communication, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Simulations, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1

, W.4.1

, W.5.1

, W.5.1a

, W.5.1b

...

Roadmap to Transition & Linking Words

Created by

Brightfire Teaching

One-pager / printable with example transitional or linking words and phrases. Roadmap metaphor and visual helps students understand how to differentiate the purpose of each group of transitional words so they can find the appropriate word or phrase for the structure of their writing or argument.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Writing

Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.6.4

, RI.6.5

, RI.7.4

, RI.7.6

, RI.7.9