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Middle school critical thinking outlines
Weather and Climate Interactive Notebook
The Earth Science Interactive Notebook: Weather and Climate chapter showcase student's ability to:Identify major types of air massesName and identify symbols of frontsDescribe themain types of storms and conditions in which they formExplain how weather forecasters predict weatherDescribe what can be learned from information on a weather mapIdentify factors that influence temperature and precipitationExplain what causes seasonsIdentify factors that can cause climate changeExplain how human activi
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Earth Science Interactive Notebook - Complete Bundle
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format - Debate Outline, Graphic Organizer, and Rubric
Looking to engage your students in a style of debate that they’ll love? This debate outline teaches the Lincoln-Douglas debate format with a slideshow lesson, debate graphic organizer, teacher moderator script, and an editable debate rubric. Suitable for online learning with digital slide decks for Google Classroom®!Included with this Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Outline:✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint®, & PDF✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Deba
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6th - 12th
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Debate for Kids & Tweens (Tips, Outlines, Rubrics & Other Resources)
Teaching students to debate is not just for debate teachers!Attention all 4th-8th grade ELA, social studies, and speech communication teachers! Debate for KIDS & TWEENS is a great way to improve your student's argumentation, organization, writing, research, interpersonal and group communication skills.This file includes the following resources to simplify the complicated world of debate AND to make learning (and arguing) FUN:Page 1 Table of contentsPage 2 Notes for the teacherPage 3
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4th - 8th
Introduction to Public Forum Debate (Secondary, Google Slides & Printables)
Conducting in-class (or virtual) debate rounds is a great way for students to develop their research, organization, writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills. Using the rules for public forum debate as outlined by the National Speech and Debate Association, “Introduction to Public Forum Debate” has everything you and your secondary students need to learn the basics of this popular style of debate and outline their affirmative or negative cases. *Due to upper-level vocab
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Debate Bundle for Grades 4-8+ (Vocabulary, Outlines, Topics, and More!)
This DEBATE BUNDLE for grades 4-8+ includes everything you need to teach an engaging debate unit! Topics, outlines, printables, activities, word wall, and rubric included! This bundle includes:Debate for Kids & Tweens (Tips, Outlines, Rubrics & Other Resources)Debate Around-the-Room for Kids & Tweens50 Debate Topics: Think, Research, Write, Speak Persuasively!3 Parts of a Debate ArgumentDebate Vocabulary Word WallFeel free to ask questions before purchasing. Enjoy!CLICK BELOW to c
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4th - 9th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: Step-by-Step Student Booklet
Inquiry Based Learning: Everything teachers need to know to get started includes over 25 pages. A step-by-step student booklet allows for teachers to guide students through the process of developing and researching an inquiry based question to engage all learners in higher order critical thinking skills.
A How-To for Teachers
Inquiry based learning is a pedagogical approach to learning that is gaining momentum in mainstream education in many countries. It is not a new approach but rather a mor
Grades:
4th - 8th
College and Career Readiness High School Goal Setting Individual Growth Plan
An alternative to SMART goals, Individual Growth Plans or IGP is an assignment that forces students to engage in reflection and metacognition skills multiple times per quarter. This assignment also forces students to be organized and in charge of their own learning as they set the deadline, standards, and their own rubrics. As the teacher, it is our job to help students understand and create achievable and specific goals that become their quarterly focus. This assignment is not meant to be a “po
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Core Competency Planning Chart
This Core Competency Planning Chart will help you plan out how to teach the specific skills of each of the Core Competencies in the BC Curriculum.This layout gives checkboxes to plan which term to work on each specific skill of the Communicating, Thinking and Personal Social Core Competencies (with the changes made January 2021).Each one is broken down into its subcategories and specific skills. Each skill has been worded in a way that can be used as a comment on a report card or on an e-portfol
Grades:
K - 12th
Differentiated T-Chart Graphic Organizer Template
Check out this fun and engaging T-Chart graphic organizer! The product comes with 5 differentiated formats for teachers to assign to different students accordingly and/or use in different capacities. Some formats include bullet points with lines, while others include boxed off regions to fill in. Students will love the fun and clear layout and will build foundational skills while interacting with it!
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Grades:
PreK - 10th
Humorously Relevant Debate Topics for Tweens & Teens
If your secondary students enjoy debating, they will LOVE these totally relevant (and somewhat humorous) debate topics and supporting materials! Topic areas include social media, video games, superheroes, school rules, and more! Sample topics:- The longer the Snapchat streak, the stronger the friendship.- Rap music is harmful to the teenage brain.- Emojis improve our ability to communicate. They’ll want to debate for hours! In addition to the topic list, you’ll receive everything you need to tea
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Engineering Design Process - Design and Technology Unit
This unit is a ten week unit where students will follow the Engineering Design Process!The Engineering Design Process is a series of steps a person can take to create something which solves a problem. 1. Define the Problem 2. Do Your Research 3. Develop a Possible Solution 4. Design Your Solution 5. Build a Prototype 6. Test It 7. Evaluate Your SolutionsIn the first week students are introduced to Engineers and the Engineering Design Process. They then follow the engineering design
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Technologies - Year Long Lesson BUNDLE! (Upper Primary)
Close and Critical Reading Strategies A Nationally Published Teacher Resource
My resource is nationally published located in the SBAC Teacher Resource Library, UCLA. A must have for all teachers when it comes to teaching reading strategies that deal with complex text. Excellent for all subject areas. My students thrive when working with various complex text after mastering these strategies. It also shows on their state test scores. I published this in 2013 and yes these strategies still work today! Support your students by giving them the tools that will help them break d
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Original Oratory Outline- Speech and Debate
This is absolutely essential for anyone teaching or coaching Speech and Debate! The Original Oratory event is wonderfully creative but requires a certain structure to stand out against opponents. This outline follows the structure suggested by the National Speech and Debate Association.
This can also be used for students writing graduation speeches or even speeches as an assessment in their core classes.
Note- the watermark is removed upon purchase.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Research Essay Guide & Rubric - Clear Step-by-Step Guide to Writing! Literacy
This research essay guide contains all the essential steps for students to write an effective essay. At each step, the student must show their work to their teacher and gain approval. As teachers, we realize that many students lack proper researching skills and often resort to the "copy and paste" method. This research essay guide helps students develop proper researching and writing skills and, therefore, avoid plagiarism. Included in the package is a grading rubric as well as all other ess
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7th - 12th
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Art Brainstorm
Are your students having difficulty developing ideas? Yes? You need this worksheet! This step-by-step guide is an easy way to get their creative juices flowing or narrowing down ideas. The format is suitable for upper elementary through foundational high school art classes.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
The Ultimate Middle School Debate Packet
Debate can be intimidating for both teacher and student. This middle school debate packet has it all. The packet includes: potential debate topics, debate guidelines, key terms glossary, research outline, and debate rubric. This packet will ease your students through debating from start to finish. This resource could also be used for first-time debaters of any age.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Democrat Vs Republican: A Matter of Perspective
This resource is aimed at 7th to 10th grade.The political landscape in the United States is deeply polarized, with Republicans and Democrats often having starkly different positions on many issues. Here are ten hot contentious topics that hav been prominent in the political discourse. These topics are highly dynamic, and the positions associated with each party can evolve over time, influenced by current events, leadership changes, and public opinion. Always consult the most recent sources for t
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7th - 11th
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Pedaling Perspectives Compare & Contrast Tour de France to Other Sports! Essay
Title: "Pedaling Perspectives: Compare & Contrast the Tour de France to Other Sports! Essay Writing" I/GCSEThis essay delves into the comparison and contrast between the Tour de France and other sports, with a specific focus on essay writing. It explores the unique aspects of both the Tour de France and the essay writing process, drawing parallels between them.For pupils, this sample answer serves as a valuable learning tool to understand the concepts of comparison and contrast, as well as e
Grades:
6th - 9th
My Budget Project
This is a great end of year math project! You can give students a career with a realistic salary and challenge them to create a monthly budget. Each slide will need to depict a different monthly cost like rent, car payment, etc. This will give the students a good real life look into the cost of living. At the end of the slides, there is an example project for to show students.
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8th - 11th
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Course Outline Summary: Exploring Computer Science
Exploring Computer Science course outline summary is part of a new curriculum aim for 9th graders originating from the Western Massachusetts school district designed to peek and broaden the student's interest and participation while igniting their passion for computer science. The full course is an introductory as a 5 -10 weeklong curriculum and spread across 8 modules with hands-on and digital projects and assignments links along with Google Lesson Slides available. In addition, there are vario
Grades:
8th - 10th
AP Language Synthesis Essay Planning & Writing Organizers
This resource helps students break down the AP Language Synthesis prompt and chunk the thinking / writing process required of planning the synthesis essay. In the Synthesis Source Planning Guide, students have a clear process to creating a "Pro/Con" T-Chart and aligning sources according to their position. This is an integral thinking / planning step and helps students internalize the quick-thinking required when integrating sources on the synthesis essay. In the Synthesis Brainstorming/ Writing
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Logic Puzzles - Puzzle Piece Template Bundle - 100 Jigsaw in Puzzle Pieces
Introducing the Puzzle Piece Bulletin Board Bundle - a captivating collection of 100 Puzzle Pieces designed to inspire and engage students in grades K to 4th. This versatile bundle is tailor-made for teachers seeking interactive and creative learning tools for their classrooms.Within this comprehensive bundle, you'll find an array of Puzzle Piece Templates that teachers can easily cut into small, intriguing puzzle pieces. These educational tools are perfect for fostering critical thinking, probl
Grades:
PreK - 7th
Debate Topics all about Sports (Secondary)
Need an activity that will engage all of your secondary students? They'll get fired up over these "Debate Topics all about Sports!" This 8-page PDF zip file includes everything you need to conduct debate rounds with your classes. If you've never taught debate, I've got you covered! Included are two debate formats (full-length and modified) and an easy-to-understand debate vocabulary list!INCLUDED IN PRINTABLE PDF FILE:Debate Formats (Full-Length & Modified) 20 Sports Debate Resolutions (
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
"Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston - Discussion + Essential Ques, Vocab, Author Info
In this quick teacher's guide for Hurston's short story are Analysis questions for activities such as Annotating, Discussions using Accountable Talk, Cooperative Learning Strategies such as Placemat or Character Analysis Tasks such as Mind Mirror.Also included is a Vocabulary Bank, Essential Questions to consider, as well as a formatted Hurston Biography with a short written response. You can have student participate in a Turn and Talk after completing and supplement with more historical context
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: The African American Voice: Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights
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