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High school informational text lesson interactive whiteboards
21st Century OCTOBER DAILY COMPREHENSION: High Interest Reading Activities
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN OCTOBER!ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!For years you've loved our Daily Comprehension Series... Now we've created a whole new series emphasizing captivating events that have happened in the 21st Century!Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed
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4th - 12th
Informational Text to analyze Engineering Design Process MS-ETS1-1 (Editable)
Looking for a way to implement READING and WRITING from the Common Core into NGSS Engineering? Here's your solution!
This lesson uses "Scientific Informational Text" to define and analyze the use of the Engineering Design Process in the creation of a device that turns salt water into drinking water using solar power. Students read article on how a group of students created and designed this device. The students are then asked to analyze the article and apply it to the Engineering Design Proc
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5th - 9th
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Annotate Informational Text about Malala Yousafzai
Students will learn about Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban because she fought for her education. This is a high interest topic engaging students immediately! This lesson may be done in a class when discussing slavery and literacy in the United States or literacy as a global issue. In this differentiated lesson, students will learn how to annotate informational texts using text symbols which will help them become more comfortable with informational text.
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7th - 10th
Sons of Liberty - Power Point Full History Facts Information Pictures Sam Adams
Sons of Liberty - Power Point Full History Facts Information Pictures Sam Adams
Powerpoint on the full history of the Sons of Liberty the group of American colonists who started a revolution
Great information pictures - all the facts
Grades:
5th - 9th
Paraphrasing versus Quoting
Citing Evidence is a major part of the Common Core State Standards. This three day lesson introduces the students to the difference between paraphrasing versus quoting. As well as the importance of using in-text citations and a works cited page. The lesson involves guided notes, practice activities, and a short research activity based upon the students individual names. It is scaffolded to allow for students to grasp this concept. It is high-interest and a good way to introduce this concept to y
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7th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Strategies, tips, presentation
This is a slideshow with tips and strategies to use before reading, during reading and after reading. I use this with my whole group teaching, as well as with my small group and intervention reading group. It is nice to put it on Google Classroom for them to refer to weekly.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Synthesizing - Using a Magical Illusion for infering and research/Train Escape
TEACHER INFORMATION
PURPOSE: This activity combines the mystery and intrigue of an amazing illusion and students ability to synthesize new information. Students have a hard time understanding the process of synthesis. This very engaging activity will have students go through the process of synthesis by combining information presented in different media (media and text) to develop a better understanding of the topic, and draw evidence from informational text to support analysis, reflection, an
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5th - 12th
Main idea - Graphic Organizer & Mentor Texts
When teaching students to identify the main idea (central & key idea) we need to take time to make sure that students are able to differentiate between the topic, supporting details and main idea statement.
This powerpoint was created to show how an author writes a paragraph and builds it using these features.
The powerpoint is fully editable and can be loaded with any content area passages. To promote full mastery and employ higher-order thinking skills, have students create their own ma
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5th - 11th
Martin Luther King - Letter From a Birmingham Jail - First 4 Paragraphs Analysis
This analysis of MLK's first four paragraphs from "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is an excellent tool to teach common core standard R.I.8. It includes slides to introduce vocabulary, figurative language, summaries of each argument and graphic organizers to teach structure. This is a model text to teach before persuasive writing.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Crabbe by William Bell - Omens Note and Student Fill in the Blank Version
Crabbe by William Bell - Omens Note and Student Fill in the Blank Version(editable Word doc)This Omens note goes along with the events in Journal 4 of the novel. There is a teacher version of the note that you can project onto the board, as well as a student version in which there are blanks that students must fill as you go along. This helps students maintain focus as the information is given. I also have a "Create Your Own Good Luck Omen" Activity in my store.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Crabbe by William Bell - Novel Unit Resources
Main Idea Lesson w/ Achieve 3000 Article: New States, New Trouble
This is a Google Slides presentation with the Google app Peardeck embedded into it to encourage engagement. You can use the slides without Peardeck though. These slides include: objectives, before reading poll, context clues practice, vocabulary, background on the creation of new states during Westward Expansion, minilesson on main idea, along with teacher examples and student practice slides. This also includes the exit ticket slides in which students need to read an excerpt from the article, s
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3rd - 9th
The Amazon Rainforest is Burning - Central Idea and Objective Summary
Using a recent article written by the Washington Post, this interactive Pear Deck presentation will give students the ability to respond to close read questions in real time. This Google Slide presentation uses gifs as well as still photos. If you use the Pear Deck presentation to present it, the gifs will not work. Students will decide on appropriate evidence from the article, determine the central idea, and use the SWBST strategy to create an objective summary of the article. Covers Common Cor
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8th - 9th
Teach With Infographics - Innovative, Inclusive, Interactive
The Teach with Infographics resource is a read and respond resource based on the excellent “In 5 Minutes – news and events visually” infographic series by the QMi Agency addressing multiple grade level reading and writing curriculum expectations (Copyright material, used with permission). 7 FULLY planned language lessons include (with connections to math and other subjects):1. Feeling HappyTips on how to feel happy.Reading focus:- word meaning (from context)- analyzing text (reaction to)- makin
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6th - 10th
Martin Luther King - Letter From a Birmingham Jail - First 4 Paragraphs Analysis
This interactive analysis of the first four paragraphs of MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" contains instructional vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers and text. This is a great tool for teaching common core standard R.I.8. I use this as an introduction to persuasive writing.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Media Studies: The Problem with Pornography
Package is a Smart Board lesson that introduces the prevalence and problems of pornography. We use it after we have used my Media Studies Introduction units, which include lessons on explicit and implicit media images and on the construction and reconstruction of problematic social norms of women, men, race, and violence through implicit media images. After this Introduction, we find it effective to show the TED Talk, "Why I Stopped Using Pornography." All of this material is available here on T
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Media Studies Bundle
Deconstruction Lab - Discovering Main Idea
This is a STEM and Inquiry based lesson which the objective of having students discover organization and main idea. It was designed to be a common experience for students as the beginning of a unit on Main Idea.
The lesson meets the Language Arts common core standard:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Students actively engage with a given text to uncover the writing's structure and orga
Grades:
6th - 9th
Close Read- Cloning for Struggling Readers grades 3-9
Are you having a difficult time finding interesting nonfiction articles to coincide with the new shifts in the CCSS? If so, this close read may be right for you.
This close read is about cloning and has two separate articles included in it. The first article is at a 3rd grade level and is designed to both introduce the concept of cloning, promoting background knowledge, and boost student confidence as they move to the second article. The second article ranges between grades 6-9 and is more adva
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3rd - 9th
Summarizing Lesson and Graphic Organizer
This lesson focuses on teaching students how to write an effective informative summary. It uses an effective strategy using the main idea and categories to help the student identify important information.
It is a scaffolded approach to teaching summarizing with a gradual release process. The lesson encompasses the following:
-28 SmartBoard Slides
-Content objectives
-Vocabulary
-Activating Prior Knowledge
-Teacher Instruction (Gradual Release)
-Student Practice
-Links to articles used in les
Grades:
6th - 9th
Point of View, Word Impact, Text Structure Practice - Gender Equality Speech
This is a Peardeck assignment that can be utilized in whole group instruction or as independent student work. This assignment uses the speech given by actress and advocate Emma Watson at the HeForShe Campaign of 2014 and includes a video of her giving the speech. It covers 8th grade LAFS standards RI.2.4, RI.2.5, and RI.2.6. Students have 6 short answer responses to answer throughout the text and a final 3-5 sentence paragraph they must write at the end. They are given three questions to choose
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8th - 9th
America the Beautiful Song Lyrics
This eleven slide Smartboard file teaches students the first verse of the song America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates . Each slide has one line of the lyrics with a picture. Activities include a) random image selection with multiple choice responses. Pictures and words are: sea, fruit, sky, grain, brotherhood, mountain, America, purple, majesties and good. b) A cloze reading exercise is a summary and includes eight missing words from the lyrics for the students to complete. The answer
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PreK - 12th
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Beowulf Pre-reading Unit on Anglo Saxons and characters- ACTIVINSPIRE Flipchart
Notes, discussion topics, information for students as you prepare to dive into the epic poem Beowulf. I created this flipchart via ActivInspire over the past 5-10 years. Can be transferred to Power Point or other presentation software easily...Great info and notes that elicit discussion on:Anglo-Saxon warfareWarrior mentality and valuesBeowulf characters and vocabulary introductionScops, riddles, life in Anglo Saxon timesFun riddles for the kids to try to solve from Anglo Saxon times
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9th - 12th, Staff
Free The Princess Bride: Background Novel Introduction Google Slide
This is a very informative Google Slide about The Princess Bride. It includes background information about the author, main characters, plot, setting, and literary techniques. I use this to give background information about the novel.I have also included vocabulary for Chapter one on the Google Slide to get the students started. You may wish to use this on your Smartboard as well.Here are some other cool products to check out:The Princess Bride Chapter QuestionsThe Odyssey Major TestHero Project
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9th - 12th
Also included in: The Princess Bride Unit Bundle of Lessons digital resource
What time is it? (SMARTBOARD FILE)
This is an interactive file intended to teach ELL students how to tell time in American English. Vocabulary includes: clock, grandfather clock, hour glass, watch. Once slide is matching English to English synonyms such as: AM/ in the morning, an hour/ 60 minutes, half an hour/ 30 minutes, a quarter of an hour/ 15 minutes, it's 12:00/ it's noon etc. As students match the synonyms a secret picture is revealed: Salvador Dali's painting Clocks That Melt. Also includes informational text in a sh
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3rd - 9th
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AP Language Charlie Hebdo Paris Cover Argument Practice Smart Notebook
This is an editable Smart Notebook file containing a quick write regarding the Nov. 18 Charlie Hebdo cover (visual rhetoric) in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris on Fri. Nov. 13. The quick write leads into a review of the types of claims, types of thesis statement, and types of evidence. Follows nicely with Chapter 3 in The Language of Composition textbook, but is not necessary to have the textbook to implement the lesson. Check out my word document file that follows along with the less
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Grades:
11th - 12th
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