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Oral communication Common Core W.8.5 activities
TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
Grades:
7th - 10th
Diagnostic Quiz for Grades 6-8 Writing Skills | Google Form Auto-Graded Test /30
Purpose:Â This quiz assesses learners' in Grades 6-8 on their general understanding and application of writing skills (usage, mechanics, punctuation),the writing process (e.g. brainstorming prior to drafting before revision, etc.) paragraph knowledge, the basics of MLA format, andhow to edit slideshows (for basics in look, amount/styles of fonts, etc.)Instructions:Read each question carefully, and answer all questionsThere are 30 questions for a total of 30 pointsReview your score and feedback (N
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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Back to School Ice Breaker People Search Find Someone Who and Writing Activity
People Search Ice Breaker and Writing Activity. When you go back to school, use this icebreaker at the beginning of the year as a "getting to know you" activity. Find someone who is a people search. Give this to the students and give them time to find people on the grid and have them sign the box when they do. It's fun, and a good way for students to get to know each other. Afterwards, they will do a writing activity about the experience. (You can assign this online as an Easel Activity.) You wi
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Personal Narrative Writing: A Treasured Family Folktale and Oral History
Make Personal Narrative writing assignments meaningful to students and their families. Use this interview form to capture or discover a memory or event to be saved for generations. Parents have written me letters of thanks for this assignment. Students have learned family stories that had never been shared with them before. Often students videotape these interviews to create a lasting oral history of a loved one. The final writing products have been amazing because students are highly invest
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Vaping Culture
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
6 Word Memoir - Back to School Lesson for Junior High
The 6 Word Memoir Back To School Lesson for Junior High is a lesson plan that could be used for 5-12th grade. It includes 2 days of lessons where students create and present their 6 word memoirs as a beginning class activity. The lesson also comes with a grading rubric and notes for students on an "I like", "I wonder" evaluation system.This is a great set of activities to get students writing, presenting, and evaluating within the first few days. I had the students add their index card, notes an
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Debate Topics for Middle/High: Teenage Taboos
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
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