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7th grade critical thinking balanced literacy resources for Microsoft Word
TED Talk Worksheet
Use this worksheet as a general guide for any TED Talk! This worksheet asks students to identify the speaker's claim/thesis and support for it. Students then reflect on the information shared in the talk.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Computer Science Webquest: 8 Ways Computer Technology Solves Real Problems
From artificial intelligence to artificial limbs, computer science is changing lives, and the way we work and find solutions to problems. These 8 (actually 10 with an added nonprofit example!) scenarios present problems in life (such as car safety, and graffiti), ask students to think and reflect quietly about these problems cause damage and how computers might solve them, and then show cutting edge videos from the past 3 years that employ solutions using computers and automation. Updated for 2
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6th - 9th
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Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Barren Grounds Bundle
This is the 6 Week Unit on the David A Robertson novel, The Barren Grounds, combined with the comprehension quizzes and the unit test. The unit can be used for face to face learning or distance/virtual lessons.IncludesUnit Overview 95 slide Slideshow for PPT or Google SlidesChapter by chapter vocabulary listCree to English dictionary6 Multiple Choice Comprehension Quizzes Unit Test Drama Assignment Weekly activities in units include:Vocabulary ListsQuick Write TopicsLiterary Device LessonsParts
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5th - 10th
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Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 10th
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The House on Mango Street Quizzes
This product includes Microsoft Word File:Chapters 1-5 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 6-10 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 11-15 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 16-20 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 21-25 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 26-30 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 31-35 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 36-40 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyChapters 41-44 Quiz (12 Questions) with Answer KeyOther Produ
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: The House on Mango Street Bundle
Abridged Lord of the Flies text
This abridged text allows lower-level learners or shortened unit the ability to engage in a dynamic text! Some of the descriptions are simplified; however, all of the major plot points are fully developed. The margins are enlarged to allow students ample room to annotate.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Realistic Fiction Writing Unit
This realistic fiction writing unit includes the following lessons:
1) Making a writing goal and generating ideas for a realistic fiction story
2) Generating Ideas: Imagining Stories from Ordinary Moments
3) Selecting a seed idea/story idea
4) Developing believable characters
5) Giving Characters Struggles and Motivations
6) Planning your story: Story Mountains, Story Booklets, and Timelines
7) Show, Don't Tell
8) Grammar: Punctuating Dialogue
9) Feeling and Drafting the Heart of your Story
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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200 Nonsense Words Flash Cards Silent E VCV
This is a set of nonsense word flash cards that follows the 'silent e' rule.
The cards follow this pattern
CVC"e"
These demonstrate the Long vowel pattern.
Vowels used: A E I O U
I use this for literacy centers, assessment and partner practice.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
240 Nonsense Word Flash Cards CVC CCVC Short Vowels
This is a set of nonsense word flash cards that uses short vowel spelling pattern: CVC, CCVC & CCCVC.
It includes the short vowels: a, e, i, o & u
This can be used in literacy centers and as a formative assessment tool.
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K - 12th
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Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Pixar Short Film - Lou - Scaffolded Student Workbook
Another fantastic Pixar short film with a strong underlying message about bullying, fairness, kindness and returning things that are not yours.This film allows for the teacher to challenge students with some ethical questions while being engaged in a fun literacy activity which is highly visual to cater for all learning needs. Including cloze passage, first to last order, crossword, lots of coloured pictures, short sentence writing and the ability to add and remove sections that suit the needs o
Grades:
1st - 7th
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Mystery Writing Unit Plans
These mystery writing unit plans include the following minilessons:
1) What makes a good Mystery story?
2) Planning Problem/ Solution
3) Planning Clues
4) Planning Characters
5) Planning Setting
6) Planning story: plot beginning, middle, and end
7) Building Suspense
8) Using Mystery Planning Sheet to Help Organize Writing
9) Focusing on Characters
10) Character Personality and dialogue
11) How to Use and Punctuate Dialogue (Conventions)
12) Editing
13) Revising Reminders
This also includes t
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Heroes vs. Villains Argument Claim Counterclaim Counterargument Activity
Students use a graphic organizer to practice creating argumentative claims, counterclaims, and counterarguments using heroes and villains of their choice from fairy tales, movies, comic strips, etc.
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6th - 9th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: ANXIETY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Anxiety is a growing issue in high schools everywhere, and our students need to know the warning signs, its affects, how to cope, and who they can talk to if they're going to be able to tackle it! In this project, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
20 Minilessons - Social Issues Book Clubs (TC Reading)
20 Minilessons - Unit: Social Issues Book Clubs
TC Format - Teacher's College Reading Workshop
Lessons are in TC Workshop Model FOrmat
(Teaching Point, Connect, Teach, Active Engagement, Link, Share)
~~ALL lessons include 2 Active Engagements!! Perfect for ESL students!!
Mentor texts used in this unit include:
Chrysanthemum
The Other Side (by Jacqueline Woodson)
Enemy Pie
A Chair For My Mother
These texts can be purchased on Amazon, or you can easily change the demo. texts to your own exampl
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Inferences, Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation
Students will find and record clues throughout 5 different stations that allow them to practice making inferences. This "real world" lesson asks students to become text detectives to find evidence that supports their inferences. Students must read through eye witness accounts, police reports, a media blast, observe a crime scene, and analyze some forensic evidence to collect information. At the end of the five stations, they must write up a police report. You will need to set up your crime s
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Brain Games from National Geographic: Worksheets (Easy Sub Plans!)
This document contains 3 separate worksheets (2 pages each) and matching answer keys to follow along with the three episodes in Season 1 of National Geographic's "Brain Games." Each episode is approximately 44 minutes long (DVDs available online or full episodes found on youtube or other video websites).
Episode 1 focuses on Optical Illusions & the 5 Senses.
Episode 2 takes a look at Attention.
Episode 3 focuses on Memory & Memorization Techniques.
Each worksheet has three parts:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: HEXAGONAL THINKING
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Hexagonal Thinking is an analysis and facilitation tool that gets individuals, pairs, or groups to make connections between ideas, themes, terms, people, places, and just about anything else they can think of. It generally involves arranging hexagonal tiles together in a ‘web’ or mosaic. The only real ru
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Frankenstein - Quizzes - Final Exam - Activities - Summaries - Terms/Definitions
Dive into the chilling depths of Mary Shelley’s classic, "Frankenstein," with this comprehensive and customizable teaching resource! Designed to enhance students' understanding and engagement, this product features a complete set of:Chapters 1-24 QuizzesDetailed Final ExamEngaging ActivitiesConcise Chapter Summaries, List of key Terms with Definitions. All materials are provided in an editable Word document, allowing you to tailor the content to meet your specific teaching needs. Whether you're
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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