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High school critical thinking literature resources for Easel and for GATE
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Analogies
25 printable or digital pages to help your students solve analogies: Picture analogies - 4 pagesWord analogies - 20 pagesQuiz - 1 pageStudents connect words by relationship: synonyms and antonyms, whole and part, general and specific, thing and characteristic, singular and plural, thing and product, thing and something it does, worker and tool, two members of the same class, male and female, adult and offspring, things that go together (pairs), things that are nearby (spatial). PRINT: I crea
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving BUNDLE - 20 packets of Math and Language Arts
Sudoku Puzzles for Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning Digital and Print
Sudoku Puzzles for Critical Thinking engages students in logical reasoning. Easel Activity included. This file includes a blank sudoku student answer sheet, 10 sudoku puzzles for printing (use in math centers or individually, or for projection on a whiteboard), and 5 sets of 4 puzzles for a group sudoku race to solve. Teacher directions include how to make reusable dry erase answer sheets so you can save ink, and suggestions for teaching Sudoku strategies. A great way to get students thinking! I
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6th - 9th
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Atomic Structure Logic Puzzle a Great Activity for Critical Thinking Skills
Boost Your Students Atomic Structure Skills with This Engaging Brain Teaser!Interactive and Fun Way to Master Chemistry Concepts: This brain teaser is expertly crafted to reinforce key chemistry skills such as identifying energy levels, valence electrons, and calculating the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons based on atomic mass and atomic number. It's an excellent resource for a bell ringer, review session, enrichment activity, or even as extra credit.What's Included:Ready-to-Use Easel
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8th - 10th
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License Plates - Problem Solving - Word Puzzles
180 words or phrases hidden on license plates, like URA QTPI (you are a cutie-pie), BRBDL (Barbie doll), IMB4U (I am before you), DNTJJME (don’t judge me), WTSUP (what’s up), NTVMRKN (Native American), ME1ST (me first), RN4URLF (run for your life), NVRENUF (never enough), and many more. Nine challenges per page. Students decode the nine on the page, identify which one was the easiest and hardest and funniest, and make up three of their own personalized license plates. This activity can be us
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Thanksgiving BUNDLE - 20 packets of Math and Language Arts
Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and Graphs
17 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs on global warming and wind power: Wind farms, Residential wind turbines, Which states are investing money into this renewable resource, How the cost has gone down, The top nations of the world in this industry, Noise pollution from turbines, Injuries to birds, Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, Offshore wind farms, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Also included in: Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
Proverbs and Wise Sayings - Writing Prompts
25 printable or digital activities to help students improve their speaking and listening skills. Each lesson centers around a proverb or wise saying from around the world: Chinese, Italian, Persian, Arabian, Spanish, Swiss, German, English, and more. Students analyze the literal and figurative meaning of each proverb, as well as defining its relevance and importance for today. You will find the contributions of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Mark Twain, Confucius, and many more from both m
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6th - 10th
License Plates - Critical Thinking - Word Puzzles
72 challenging license plates to decode. Each page has six words or phrases hidden on a license plate, like: L8R LGTR (later, alligator), B KWIHIT (be quiet), ON XDNT (on accident), URNTRBL (you are in trouble), I MT BYK (I mountain bike), ON PRPS (on purpose), DVUS (devious), MV OVR (move over), and many more. Students decode six challenges on each page, identify which one was the easiest and hardest and funniest, and make up two of their own personalized license plates. This activity can b
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4th - 10th
Also included in: Brainteasers BUNDLE
Critical Thinking Openers Toolkit
Now updated with fillable text boxes. A terrific independent activity while students are logging in to ZOOM, Meets, etc. Follow with an engaging discussion or move on...Critical Thinking Openers helps 7th-12th grade students learn metacognitive (thinking about thinking) strategies and problem-solving skills. This book provides 64 "openers" formatted for your class projector. Simply display the page and have students respond on binder paper or in their writers notebooks-plenty of opportunities fo
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7th - 12th
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Average Speed Logic Puzzle Great for Building Critical Thinking Skills
This brain teaser asks students to determine the length of the racecourse, the average speed of each skier, and which athletes won medals. Great for critical thinking, enrichment, warm-ups, homework, and extra practice. It's a great puzzle to support students' understanding of average speed because it asks students to manipulate time and distance in terms of average speed and seconds v. minutes, and it gives them practice in calculating average speed.The "Easel Activity" has been created for you
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7th - 9th
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Writing Prompts - Independent Work Packet
100 printable or digital pages of writing prompts: wasting time, short and long-term goals, your best friend, finding happiness, helping others, lying, being judgmental, how to create a strong and flexible mind, what is the truth, decisions, fear, love, missing someone, dreams, choices, boredom, being stubborn, being smart, who taught you life skills, being normal, amazing experiences, getting in trouble, messing up, apologizing, the worst day, causing pain to others, and so much more. Each pa
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Summer Writing BUNDLE
Thinking About What People Say
20 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the wisdom or aphorisms that we hear so often. Students explain what the phrases mean and why they are so powerful, analyzing wise sayings like:Life is too short to worry what others say or think about you.You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re still thinking about yesterday.If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak.The best things in life are free.Think before you speak.The b
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4th - 10th
Also included in: Fall Activities BUNDLE
Analyzing Wise Sayings
20 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the wisdom or wise sayings that we hear so often. Students explain what the phrases mean and why they are so powerful, analyzing wise sayings like:A goal without a plan is just a wish.Actions speak louder than words.Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength.Just be yourself.Everything happens for a reason.Be a voice, not an echo.Live life to the fullest.Think before you speak.The tongue has no bones, but is strong e
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5th - 10th
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JANE AUSTEN 8 Projects and Activities PRINT and EASEL
This is a package of activities that combines historical research and literary appreciation of Jane Austen. Each of the eight small projects stand alone – the classroom teacher can pick and choose which assignments may be done, or the students can be given the option of which ones they want to complete. The activities also make an excellent independent study for a student who wants to pursue an interest in Jane Austen and/or the Regency era.Designed for senior high school students but several
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Women's History Month - Female Athletes
30 printable or digital investigations of female athletes: Serena Williams, Hilary Knight, Cheryl Swoopes, Danica Patrick, P. V. Sindhu, Mia Hamm, Simone Biles, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Vonn, Nadia Comaneci, Abby Wamback, Briana Scurry, Martina Navratilova, Rhonda Rousey, Billie Jean King, Dominique Dawes, Bonnie Blair, Althea Gibson, Lisa Leslie, Wilma Rudolph, Michelle Kwan, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Florence Griffith Joyner, Missy Franklin, Peggy Fleming, Candace Parker, Michelle Ake
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Women's History Month BUNDLE
Will Plants Survive Global Warming
24 printable or digital pages exploring plants and global warming. Students learn about... How we use plants, The evolution of corn, Vitamin C in food, Why we use Christmas trees, Life in the forest, Life in a meadow, Respecting nature, Wandering in the forest, High fructose corn syrup,Botanists, Pomologists, Plant pathologists, Agrostologists, Phycologists, Solar radiation, Coal burning power plants, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Also included in: Flowers, Sunshine and Growing BUNDLE
Women's History Month - Divergent Thinking Activities
25 printable or digital divergent thinking activities for students to reply to open-ended questions like: Which female leaders are making a difference in the world? Which animated characters are positive role models for girls? Why do we celebrate women for an entire month? What activities show that a woman is strong? What challenging jobs do women do in America? Which female superheroes do you like the most? What activities demonstrate that a woman is smart? What might a woman wear on her head?
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4th - 10th
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Analyzing Loneliness - Writing Prompts
Help your students learn to express their thoughts and emotions about loneliness. Your students live in a world of immediate gratification and me-first ideology. They are going to experience moments of isolation and loneliness. So, help them start thinking about it by using the quotes from adults we all know, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift, John Steinbeck, Dorothy Day, Kurt Vonnegut, and more. Each page has one quote, two quotes, or four quotes about lonelines
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5th - 12th
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Critical Thinking - Analyzing a TED Talk at YouTube
Students watch a five-minute YouTube video of a TED Talk on CRITICAL THINKING and then answer questions. Answers included. Plus four more research projects on critical thinking using Google, Wikipedia and other online media. Each activity can be completed in under an hour. Included is a poster on internet safety, and eight FREE pages from some of my other Internet Research packets. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages.
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6th - 12th
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Be a Critical Thinker - Using YouTube and Google
8 critical thinking writing projects using Google and online media. All can be completed in under an hour. For example, students explore critical thinking by watching a five-minute video on YouTube on how to be a CRITICAL THINKER and then answer questions on a handout (answers included). Included is a poster on internet safety, and eight FREE pages from some of my other Internet Research packets. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Language Arts Enrichment BUNDLE
Electricity and Global Warming
24 printable or digital pages on electricity and global warming: Where fossil fuels came from, The scientists who discovered electricity’s benefits, What a climatologist does, The falling cost of LED bulbs and batteries for electric vehicles, How we get power from coal, How we get power from gas, How we get power from wind, How we get power from the sun, How we get power from water, How we get power from plants, How we get power from uranium, Wind farms vs coal plants, The dangers and benefi
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Also included in: Global Warming BUNDLE
Compare and Contrast - Women's History Month
25 printable or digital pages for students to compare and contrast during Women's History Month or March:boys and girls, mothers and fathers, children and adults, school and home, work and play, cats and dogs, winter and summer, talking and listening, anger and fear, being old and being young, happiness and sadness, asking and telling, throwing a fit and being calm, and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Compare and Contrast - Holidays BUNDLE
Story Starters for Gifted Writers - Narrative Writing
12 writing prompts to help students write about the fears and frustrations of life using wildlife photos I took:LONELINESS: Why am I here? What have I done to deserve this? How will I endure the loneliness?BOREDOM: Is this all there is to life, to being? Is this why I stretched and grew and worked? Isn’t there more to being alive than just this drudgery and repetition?CHOICE: When will it end, this aching, this constant need gnawing within me, occupying my mind every second of every day,
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Fiction BUNDLE
Exploring Silence - Wildlife and Wisdom Writing Prompts
35 printable or digital writing prompts exploring the wisdom of the ages: Rumi, Deepak Chopra, Kahlil Gibran, Haruki Murakami, José Rodrigues Miguéis, Mother Theresa, Sylvia Plath, Neil Gaiman, Karen Armstrong, John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolf, W. B. Yeats, and others who write about silence... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a di
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Distance Learning for Middle School BUNDLE (Print + Digital Activities)
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