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Character education Common Core RL.8.6 resources
Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio; A PDF and Digital Novel Study
A great character-building resource for helping students with compassion, empathy, kindness, and tolerance. This is a ready-to-use, PDF and Easel by TpT Digital packet designed to use with middle grades who are reading Auggie & Me, which contains 3 WONDER stories (The Julian Chapter, Pluto, and Shingaling), by R.J. Palacio. It includes 36 student pages for printing a student workbook plus the same workbook in digital format (in the form of an Easel Activity) complete with textboxes all re
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5th - 8th
Also included in: A WONDER-ful BUNDLE of RJ Palacio Novel Studies
"The Bully's Redemption" - Short Story / Vocab / SEL / ELA Activities 5-8
Engage your students with "The Bully's Redemption," a powerful short story that explores the complexities of bullying, empathy, and personal growth. This comprehensive learning package is designed to help students in grades 6-9 develop critical thinking skills, emotional intelligence, and a deeper understanding of the importance of kindness and second chances.The package includes:"The Bully's Redemption" short story10 thought-provoking discussion questions5 engaging writing prompts10 project ide
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5th - 8th
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"The Silent Struggle" - Short Story / Vocab / SEL / ELA Activities 5-8
The Silent Struggle: A Powerful Resource for Addressing Bullying and Promoting Social-Emotional LearningInspire your students to become advocates for change with "The Silent Struggle," a captivating story that tackles the issue of bullying and the transformative power of self-advocacy. This comprehensive learning package is designed to help students in grades 6-8 develop empathy, resilience, and the courage to speak out against injustice.The package includes:"The Silent Struggle" short story10 t
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5th - 8th
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Tight Lit Log Lit Log (novel study)
This is a revised lit log by MrsDsEducationalTools for Tight by Torrey Maldonado, a realistic fiction about tough peer pressure decisions. The book is written from the point of view of a sixth-grade boy. It is a great discussion book. The focus skills of the lit log are: * use text to explain/draw inferences/cite textual evidence* determine theme/central idea/summarize* describe/compare/contrast/analyze characters, setting, events* describe/explain/analyze points of view Reading Level
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5th - 8th
Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio; A Google Slides Novel Study with Text Boxes
Great resource for helping students with compassion, empathy, kindness, and tolerance.This is a ready-to-use (text boxes have been inserted), custom-made Google Slides packet for middle grades reading Auggie & Me (which contains 3 WONDER stories: The Julian Chapter, Pluto, and Shingaling), by R.J. Palacio. The packet is designed as independent work for grades 5-8.Included is a 36-page student workbook and a separate answer key in addition to optional vocabulary bookmarks, culminating assess
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Anti-Bullying Story: It's up to You
"It's up to You"
VIDEO TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFzay3Vm860
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- Character Development -
- Leadership -
- Bullying -
Synopsis:
Indirect bullying goes unseen far too often. It's an invisible, draining and negative energy that harms many young children and teens today. We know it's there...the question is, how do we stop it?
This is an educational book for children and teens
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PreK - 12th
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Finding Junie Kim Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for Finding Junie Kim, a realistic fiction by Ellen Oh, a cofounder of We Need Diverse Books. The author was inspired to write this book both to memorialize her parents’ stories and to write about how racism and hatred were affecting her own children. This book has multiple critical and current themes for older elementary and middle schoolers. Key themes are finding your voice, prejudice, racism, and bullying, depression, friendships, multigenerational family, wartim
Grades:
5th - 8th
6 original stop motion films, customized curricula, and worksheets
This bundle includes a download link so you can own all five award-winning films, plus one bonus film! Also includes five extensive lesson plans and student worksheets. You can sample my lessons by downloading three of the 5 lesson plans for free in my store.Additional lesson plans for "The Clown," and "The Telling Tale" are included here.Students love our scrappy stop motion films! Activities include a variety of group and individual projects such as :Comparative literature (comparing oral, w
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lesson plans for "The Gardener"
Students will love this scrappy, 13 minute, stop motion film. “The Gardener - a Cautionary Comedy” is an adaptation of the Japanese folktale, “The Stonecutter.” It is our second stop motion film. To see trailers of my films visit https://lauralewisbarrfilms.comActivities after viewing include:Comparative literature (oral, written, and film of a folk tale)Creating my own version of the story, written or filmed.Using role play to explore empathy and symbolic themesExploring symbol and metaphor in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bestest Buddies Book Bingo (Leadership)
Challenge readers of any age to broaden their horizons and diversify their personal libraries with Mr. Troy's Bestest Buddies Book Bingo!The rules of the book bingo are included as well as four (4) pages of journals to put in entries, and one (1) page of tokens to cover spaces.This Book Bingo was designed with Black History Month in mind, but this Book Bingo is vague enough that it can be used for any time of year. The overarching theme of every book is about leadership. Every space occupied mus
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Not Grade Specific
Lesson plans for "The Linguist"
Check out these free lesson plans for my original film, “The Linguist.” This is part of a 6 film season of adaptations of folk and fairy tales. The film and student worksheets can be purchased in my store. To see the trailer, and other film trailers visit https://lauralewisbarrfilms.com."The Linguist" is a comic riff on the Grimm fairy tale, “The Three Languages.” In this adaptation Daphne tries to please her demanding mother but ends up on her own mystical adventure. This is our seventh stop
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Empathy Development Questions
Questions and advice for teachers to use when supporting students' empathy development. Many questions to accompany the book, Everyone Has Something.
Grades:
1st - 8th
Are YOU a Critical Thinker?
Help students begin to think critically and to make their own logical choices by looking at the elements leading to good decision-making.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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