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7th grade critical thinking other (ELA) homeschool curricula
Complex Sentences - Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This product focuses on complex sentences and identifying independent and dependent clauses. There is a variety of activities for your students to practice identifying the independent and dependent clauses of a complex sentence. Your students will be challenged and learning needs will be met. It’s a comprehensive look at complex sentences and how they are different than compound sentences as well. These are great activities for the classroom for in-class work, small group work, or homework. All
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5th - 7th
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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3rd - 9th
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.
This activity is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of Rights by h
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7th - 11th
Radio Theater Unit Drama Class Aligns CCSS 7.7 Audio Storytelling Foley Artists
Part of a Bundle One of my most popular products! Get in on the excitement for your classroom, too! Got reluctant students in your classroom? Did you know that podcasts are the newest home for radio theater? Try radio theater--your students will find a place for themselves to participate in this unit! It is my radio theater unit ONLY. No script is provided. This TEN DAY unit, 43 pages in length, however you can use as little or as much as you like. It is suitable for middle and high school d
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7th - 9th
Middle School 3D Art Paper Mache Bird Sculptures - Painted Recycled Art Lesson!
Painted Recycled Art for Middle School Art or a 3-D High School Art Unit! Easy Papier Mache Bird Sculptures! ⭐Papier Mache is a fun art project that can be made almost for free! An engaging 3-D Spring or Summer-themed Lesson or timely Mother's Day gift item! Cardinals and Winter Birds could be created as well!Cross-curricular science lesson! Bird Anatomy!Student-tested with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students will have a great time making this easy-to-teach bird sculpture while learning about
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
APA Format Style Guide | Instructional Packet, Worksheets, PPTX Presentation
APA Format Style Guide | Instructional Packet, Practice Worksheets, PPTX Presentation for teachers!For everyone teaching APA formatting, your style guide resources are here! We think this is the most beautiful and useful APA teaching & learning packet on the internet. Inside you get all of this: ❤ A high-quality PDF containing a detailed guide to the most common formatting tasks, including page layouts, in-text citations, paraphrasing, and references. Distribute this part to the students. ❤
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Pronoun Case {Subject, Object, Possessive} Foldable, PowerPoint, Chart, and Quiz
Pronoun case {subjective, objective, and possessive} is HUGE in sixth grade. However, you could easily use this file as a preview or review of pronoun case. This file contains:
***A PowerPoint of pronoun case with examples
***A foldable for students' interactive journals or notes WITH a blank version, a Cloze Notes version, an answer key, and teacher tips
***A classification chart that you can use for ANY mentor text, short story, poem, or class novel
***A quiz over pronoun case WITH an answe
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5th - 7th
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Math Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzle Games Worksheets in Print or Digital
Here's how to keep your gifted and talented sports fanatic engaged with logic puzzles and math brainteasers. These 10 challenging sports puzzles provide great math brain teasers with fun for kids! Quick and easy setup provides no prep ease for teachers, too. Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the Middle School Math bundle.Students will love solving these printable or digital worksheets and will ask for more. These worksheets will engage students with whole or small
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers in Print or Digital Worksheets
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Drawing Conclusions
Engage and challenge your kids with nonfiction reading passages to teach English or social studies students how to make inferences about real events! These eight drawing conclusions reading passages with questions concern people, events, or procedures related to American history and will give your kids the critical thinking practice they need to make inferences or form conclusions from reading. Higher-level short pieces help students think outside the box, and your kids will love them! Click her
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7th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
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6th - 12th
Evaluate the Claims in an Author's Argument
This Common Core reading lesson covers how to evaluate the claims in an author’s argument. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will determine if an author’s claims are supported or unsupported based on reasons and evidence from the text. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of independent practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
This lesson is a
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5th - 7th
Amari and the Night Brothers (B.B. Alston) Self-Grading Quizzes (No Prep!)
Amari and the Night Brothers, by B.B. Alston, is one of my favorite middle grades reads! These self-grading Google Forms chapter quizzes (one for every two chapters) are quick, easy, and perfect for virtual, hybrid, or in-person learning. For each two chapters, there are 5-6 CCSS-alligned multiple choice questions. Please note: the last three chapters are grouped together because they are much shorter. In total there are 16 quizzes!This resource is a great check for understanding!
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5th - 8th
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Can You Prove It? Digital Choice Board
This resource includes a digital choice board with 9 “debate/opinion” themed writing activities for your students to work on. This choice board is perfect for digital/distance learning but can also be used in a traditional classroom as well. A few of the activity choices will encourage students to include their families in their learning. Some choice board examples include: Family Debate Night, Write a Yelp Review, Create a Movie Trailer, and many more! Aligned with 6th grade CCSS.
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4th - 8th
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
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7th - 11th
Mesoamerica: the Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Presentation
4,000 years ago the Olmec civilization rose to prominence in Central America. They became the mother civilization for all of Mesoamerica. Their religion was adopted and modified by all the other cultures, as were their agriculture practices and architectural structures. As sudden as their appearance, the Olmec disappeared leaving behind many questions about their civilization.Featuring: -academic vocabulary and concepts-reflection-discussion-academic writing-questions with answersIntroduce yo
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient History Growing Mega Bundle
Macbeth - The Mock Trial drama curriculum
Have you ever thought about putting one of the characters in a Shakespeare play on trial? With this drama curriculum students can read a 30-minute play of Macbeth (included) to get familiar with the storyline and characters, act it out, then choose a prosecution and defense team and go through the lessons to create their case and put Macbeth on trial for the murder of King Duncan.We've done formal mock trials with middle school students, so I know what the kids are capable of doing. I've found l
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6th - 12th
MAKING LISTS Activity| Fun Fridays| Morning Meetings| Transitions| Quick Writes
THESE SLIDES ARE A MUST FOR ANY TEACHER WHO WANTS A FUN AND QUICK ACTIVITY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS! PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!❤️ COMMENTS:My kids have LOVED these! The list ideas have been great for me to teach the kids about how they could take a simple list and use an idea from it to write in so many different formats! Great job!My class loves this, and I love all the ideas! They ask to make lists now every day.We had so much fun sharing our lists. Thank you.Great attention-grabbing bellringer!
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4th - 7th
Jack and the Beanstalk - The Mock Trial drama curriculum
Why just perform a play when you can take it a step further by creating a mock trial with this drama curriculum? A mock trial is a great way for students to dig deeper with the characters in a fairy tale play and its conflict. The Case: After losing her husband and being left with nothing, the Giant’s wife is suing Jack for the loss of her property. Can you put together a case and gather witnesses that can save Jack, or will you represent the plaintiff and help the Giant's wife win the case?We'v
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4th - 8th
Think You Know Your Rights? A Bill of Rights critical thinking worksheet
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how these Amendments apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.This worksheet is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of
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7th - 11th
The Age of Pirates
Ahoy! Embark on a fascinating historical study of the Golden Age of Piracy in this brand new mammoth unit (over 100 pages!).We’ve all seen pirates in works of fiction and pop culture but what was the age of pirates really like? You’ll dig into it all in this study geared for ages 10-15 (I’m using it with my 16 year old too!). Some of the topics you’ll explore are: Privateering vs Piracy Geography of Piracy Day in the Life of a PiratePirates and Democracy Notorious Pirates of the Golden Age Navig
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5th - 10th
Design Your Own Home - Architecture Unit
Students learn the basic stages of designing a house, from planning to final design, in this two week unit. Critical thinking plays a large role in this activity. The unit has a strong emphasis on the preliminary planning stages of designing a home: spaces that are necessary vs. those that are amenities; defining public vs. private spaces; room locations and relationships; and working within a square footage budget. Just as an architect does, students will develop a preliminary floor plan, refin
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6th - 12th
Types of Pronouns Stations/Centers Activity {Common Core Aligned}
Do your students love working in stations or centers? Mine do! This activity is a WONDERFUL way to have small groups target specific pronoun types. I used it for a formal evaluation by administration and got rave review, and best of all, my students asked me when we could do it again!
You can use this with its companion lesson, Types of Pronouns Foldable in my store (or with your own direct instruction!).
This file contains:
***A Teacher tip sheet
***A station over identifying pronouns (
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5th - 7th
Cursive Writing for Older Students (Middle School) *FREEBIE*
This is a free sample of my Cursive Writing Curriculum! It includes the 26 letters of the alphabet. If you find it helpful, please consider purchasing the full product here! About the Cursive Writing Course-book:184 unnumbered pages so the book can be printed as a "book" to be spiral bound, placed in a 3-ring binder, or as individual worksheets.Five units, 120 lessons Mastering the AlphabetIncludes a full page worksheet for each letter of the alphabet with capital letters, lowercase letters, and
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4th - 8th
Run-On-Sentences Worksheet
Students will correct run on sentences by adding a period, semicolon, comma, or a coordinating conjunction.
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3rd - 10th
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