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Informational text lessons for staff
Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Informational Text & Reading Literature with Film Clips: Grade 6-8 Lesson Bundle
Teach EVERY middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using inspirational and engaging videos (Printable & Digital! 15 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with VIDEO CLIP ACTIVITIES - plus grade 9 - 12 lessons for scaffolding, differentiation and gifted
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Air and Water Pollution Worksheets Webquest
**UPDATED HYPERLINK TO WEBSITE ON WORKSHEET A ON PRODUCT**These activities and worksheets are designed to introduce students to the causes and effects of air and water pollution on our environment. The activities are student-directed and include using websites to research and answer questions on the worksheets provided. There are 2 worksheets available at different levels:* Worksheet A - low literacy learners (included very literal questions and lower order thinking and listing)* Worksheet B - h
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Fun ELA Middle School Music & Video Activities & Lessons | Printable & Digital
Music as Poetry and Short Films to teach inferencing, reading and writing skills to middle school students (Printable & Digital) - 33 no prep Grade 6 - 8 ELA lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, answer key, PowerPoint slides, Google Doc and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Teach EVERY secondary reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using song lyrics and inspirational and
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
2nd Grade Writing Workshop BUNDLE - Writing Plans for the ENTIRE Year!
2nd Grade Teachers - This is it! Everything you need for the ENTIRE year to teach writing to your 2nd grade students! As we all know, teaching writing is much different (and more difficult) than assigning writing. Teaching writing is much more than giving your 2nd graders a writing prompt! If you want to see true growth in your students' writing then this is what you are looking for...
This bundle contains it all: First 20 Days of Writer's Workshop, Narrative Writing, Opinion and Persuasiv
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2nd, Staff
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Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
Are you trying to find ways to engage your students in more productive conversation about reading literature and informational text, with less work and grading on your end? Then snag this Chit Chat Cards BUNDLE that focuses on reading literature, informational text, and speaking/listening standards.Included in this reading literature and informational text resource:• What are Chit Chat Cards?• Directions and Ideas for Use• 20-Reading Literature Chit Chat Cards• 20-Informational Text Chit Chat C
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Teach Reading Comprehension Skills using Music as Poetry | Printable & Digital
Teach high school reading comprehension and analysis skills using music as poetry activities (Printable & Digital): Use song lyrics and music videos to teach EVERY high school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard to cover entire Grade 9 - 12 English Curriculum. All 15 lessons include editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.C
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Valentine's Day Cupcake Bulletin Board Kit or Door Decor with Writing Activity
This cupcake bulletin board kit is perfect for February. Everything you need to make this bulletin board is included. Just print the pieces on paper, cut them out, and then attach them to your bulletin board or to your door. Please click the preview to view the pieces of this kit. Please note that this bulletin board kit is part of a BUNDLE. If you are interested in getting a year's worth of bulletin boards, including this one, at a huge discount, click HERE to check out my growing bundle.***My
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3rd - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
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Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims- Complete Unit
Over 60 pages!!! This unit will save you so much time. Everything is done for you and in one place. This is a 2+ week unit on the book Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims By: Clyde Robert Bulla. There are skills, assessments, lesson plans, activities, and more! The unit is common core aligned, and includes all levels of Bloom's questioning. Your class will love this book and this unit!Included:All lesson plans for the unit.Activities and practice for target skills: Sequencing, Inferencing, Perspectiv
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3rd - 4th, Staff
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Revolutionary Rhetoric Resources + ESCAPE ROOM Bundle - Persuasion
Practice rhetorical analysis with the foundational texts of the American Revolution with these analysis resources, as well as an engaging and challenging ESCAPE ROOM! During this escape room, students will critically read and analyze the rhetoric of texts like "Speech at the Virginia Convention," The Declaration of Independence, "Common Sense," and "American Crisis."Click on the individual products below for more information/previews!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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RACE Text Dependent Analysis Strategy PowerPoint Three Little Pigs Example
This 15 slide fully editable PowerPoint introduces the "RACE" Restate Answer Cite Explain strategy used for Text Dependent Analysis questions and turns it into a fun to watch and figure out example using The Three Little Pigs. The Pigs go through each step of answering the question:The wolf in “The Three Little Pigs” says that everyone is wrong about him. Do you agree that everyone has the wrong perception of him? Use evidence to support your response.Each slide adds more to the answer with fun
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1st - 9th, Staff
Tech Lesson - Snapchat "Privacy" Policy {Technology Lesson Plan}
Snapchat boasts about its confidentiality..."Don't worry, the message is deleted. You don't have to worry about anyone seeing that again."
Ever hear those lines?
The world-wide app has offered a 'free' service to its users to share photos, videos, texts, and stories to one another. However, many students and users use this application without knowing the legally-binding agreement they made when they signed-up for Snapchat.
Made for use with:
PC
Mac
Chromebook
All resources are organized for a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Goal Setting and New Year Resolutions - Growth Mindset Activity for Anytime
Goal Setting and Resolutions for New Years, Back to School, Spring Break ... any of these are great times to guide your students through a goal setting growth mindset activity. Call them goals, call them New Years resolutions, call them whatever works.
Students will:
* Learn what makes a quality goal
* Compare weak goals and quality goals
* Write quality goals for these 9 categories of life:
1. Family
2. School
3. Work
4. Health
5. Spiritual
6. Play
7. Friends
8. Giving
9. Attitude
No guil
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Informational Text Chit Chat Cards for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Inspiration…
Do your students ever feel overwhelmed by all of the writing they must do in response to texts we share with them? Do you ever want to give your students a break from the written responses and simply listen to what incredible insights they have to share about given texts? I do too! While it is essential for us to give our students plenty of opportunity to write written responses, it is also crucial that we allow them the opportunity to discuss and speak about text without a writt
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
College Preparation: Managing Expectations and Skills/Strategies for Success
It is a part of our responsibility as the teachers of secondary students to prepare them for the realities of college. High school students are often unaware of just how different the responsibilities of a college student can be in comparison to those of a typical high school student. Making students aware and offering them the skills and strategies to deal with these changes is necessary.This unit exposes the major differences between expectations of the typical high schools students and colleg
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fun Reading Activities and ELA Lessons! Music to Teach Reading Skills! Bundle
Use popular music as poetry activities and song lyrics to teach EVERY upper elementary and middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standards for grades 3 - 5 reading skills - Editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides, Google Doc and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.COMPLETE GRADE 3 - 5 ENGLISH CURRICULUM.TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL? DOWNLOAD MY GRADE 6 - 8 BUNDLETEACH HIGH SCHOOL? DOWN
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3rd - 5th, Staff
3rd Grade FSA Informational Text BUNDLE
This product was designed using Florida State Assessment Item Specifications, however it is compatible with CCSS as well!This resource can be used for instructional purposes, independent work, collaborative centers, or even completed for homework.Included11 passages Comprehension questions6 graphic organizers1 Writing Prompt Answer KeyQuestion TypesMultiple ChoiceMulti-SelectHot-TextShort ResponseEvidence Based Writing Prompt* 3.RI.1.1: 1 passage with comprehension questions* 3.RI.1.2: 1 passage
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3rd, Staff
Gender Expectations: Toxic Masculinity and Passive/Sexualized Femininity
This bundle supports a deep dive into the ways our expectations of 'manhood' and 'femininity'/'womanhood' have developed and evolved and the way that those expectations affect our real lives. The unit covers theways in which society represses men's ability and opportunities to express their emotions, the dangerous effects of toxic masculinity on our society and its connection to violence, binge drinking, self-medication, and mass shootings. It also looks at one character's journey from toxic mas
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Rhetorical Analysis SPACECAT graphic organizer for 3-minute Ted Talks
**This resource is also available in the Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle!This resource helps students think through all aspects of rhetorical analysis using the SPACECAT acronym (similar to SOAPSTone - below). I've linked in 4 different 3-minute Ted Talks, so that students can apply their knowledge of SPACECAT and analyze in short sprints. Students love the length of the Ted Talks as an easy entry to speech analysis. The chart helps students organize their analysis with questions to prompt their
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Non-Fiction Text Features - PowerPoint/PDF Slides & Lessons
Are you a librarian or teacher needing an introduction to Non-Fiction Text Features? Save your time with this 12 slide, animal-based PowerPoint lesson, which guides students and educators through this essential skill. The PowerPoint is also offered as a PDF for those without MicrosoftOffice.This power point explores the following Non-Fiction text features:Table of contentsHeadings and subheadingsTable of ContentsIllustrations and PhotosLabels and CaptionsBolded WordsGlossaryIndexPlease take a mo
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K - 7th, Staff
Also included in: Research Skills for Successful Research Projects Bundle
Journalism Code of Ethics: Analyzing and Making Ethical Decisions
This Omega English product contains an in depth Common Core Aligned lesson plan on Journalism Ethics. The lesson plans highlights the Danielson Domains to ensure effectiveness. The lesson contains a aim, do now activity, vocabulary acquisition section, mini-lesson, model, assessment section, grouping section, etc. It is unlocked so teachers can make edits they feel necessary. During this lesson students review and analyze the SPJ Code of Ethics. It contains 5 differentiated graphic organizer
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fossils and the Rock Layers Powerpoint (PPT) Distance Learning
Fossils and the Rock Layers is a Powerpoint (PPT) that teaches students what the different rock layers can tell them about ancient environments and climates Students will also learn about the type of fossils that can be found in the rock strata . It also includes focus/comprehension questions at the end of the Powerpoint.This resource is great for distance learning. Students can access the Powerpoint from a website or download it to their computers, smartphones and iPads. Purchase and download t
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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"Healthy Alternatives" Challenge
What was the last craving you had? Did you give in?
Do you sometimes try alternatives of your favourite
snacks that are marketed as being healthy?
Have you ever wondered if they were actually better for you?
This assignment will give you the opportunity to research the snack foods that you crave and compare them with those that are marketed as healthier alternatives. In the end you decide, which are better. You may be surprised by what you discover.
Use in the classroom or for your own p
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Adolescent Identity Development: Psychology of Erikson and Marcia
It is during the teen years that adolescents start to pull away from their parents to find their own identities. There are many ways to approach the teaching of adolescent identity development, but the one focused on in this unit is the psychology of identity. Through the study of the 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development, a theory by Erik Erikson, and The 4 Statuses of James Marciaś Identity Theory, which adds on to and accompanies Erikso´s theory, students are able to determine in which stage a
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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