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Balanced literacy dbqs
The Odyssey:Writing Prompts Constructed Response CCSS Digital Activity
Add this to your Odyssey Unit. This is a very engaging and timely activity that deals with a piece of classic literature that is essential to the goals of the Common Core. Students race to collect textual evidence in disguise as character tweets. After the data collection on several topics, students jigsaw and examine one of the topic sheets. The discussion of this material will become material for a constructed response. I love to make learning a game and this is the ultimate example of that. I
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6th - 10th
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Cause and Effect Lesson Plus other Follow up Lessons
This packet includes everything you need to teach a great cause and effect lesson using the book Old Henry by Joan W. Blos. If you have not read this book, it's a great story about what happens when a neighbor does not take care of his house.
I found it in my school library. If your school does not have it, it's available to order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. This lesson was used in a 4th grade class but comes with multiple resources that will allow you to use it in lower or higher
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1st - 5th
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Vehicular Vengeance! - Crime / Mystery Synthesis
This student centered assignment draws upon many of the skills and standards required in an English or language arts course. Students must close-read texts, make annotations, synthesize, present arguments, and use effective listening and speaking skills in a group setting. The set-up is straightforward. Students are placed in groups (typically 4-5 students per). Each group is given the included packet of clues that must be scrutinized in order to present a solution. The clues reveal little on t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Environmental issues of Europe stations clue hunt
This is a wonderful resource for any Social Studies classroom. It covers the Georgia standard SS6G8 : Explain environmental issues in Europe. It can also be used for Earth Day. I created this station activity for my own social studies classroom. Our district is focusing on incorporating literacy standards in all subject areas. This is a great way to get students reading for information.My students love this activity. I hope yours do too!CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7CCS
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4th - 12th
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Night Frights- The Haunted Mustache Reading Guide and Student Quiz
This product is a reading guide and student quiz selection from Joe McGee's Night Frights The Huanted Mustache (Book 1). This book is ideal for Grades 3 or 4. I am using this guide and ten-question quiz to prepare my students for the 2023-2024 SSYRA Battle of the Books.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
David Robinson “Letter to My Younger Self” Discussion Questions
This google form has discussion questions that go with the text "Letter to My Younger Self" by David Robinson. The questions are all short response that go over comprehension and figurative language throughout the text. You can give this to students as an individual assignment or whole group.
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7th - 10th
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Current Events: 2023 Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Part II
Students will read five document based questions about the current Israeli- Palestinian Conflict and answer questions. Students will then answer the short response question Explain the impact (effect) of the war on Israel, Palestine and/ or America using two pieces of evidence from the text.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
Performance Task: Life in a Dystopia
In this Performance Task, students are asked to read 4 sources, two fiction and two nonfiction, on the topic of dystopias. Students must complete 3 research questions related to the sources, citing textual evidence.Students then complete a writing task based on what they learned from the four sources they read.Could be used as SBAC prep, a 3-4 day lesson on close reading and writing, or an assessment
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6th - 10th
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Current Events: Israeli- Palestinian Conflict 2023
Students will read 5 DBQs on the recent Israeli- Palestinian conflict and answer a short response question using the DBQs
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Current Events: Israel- Hamas War 2023 Parts 1-4
DBQ: The Pledge (Argument & Sources)
This is a resource I created during my first year as an AP Language and Composition teacher. Very similar to the DBQ (Document Based Questions) that students write in History class, this type of assignment is crucial to promoting close reading, text-supported arguments, and visual text.
This activity is designed to:
1) Help students become familiar with the wording of the exam and exam directions
2) Have students take a position on a controversial issue
3) Read visuals as text
4) Practice in-te
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9th - 12th
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The Code Switch
It's not always what you say, but how you say it! "The Code Switch" a realistic fiction about a tender naive friendship that's challenged when two girls become valedictorian candidates. One young girl speaks colloquial English, the other articulates Standard English. The competition causes their special bond to weaken. Will their friendship withstand disagreements and differences? Who will win? Who should win? They ultimately realize the true meaning of two very important facets of life, friend
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4th - 7th
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Reading System for So B. It
This is a comprehensive reading guide that allows the students to read at an independent pace while the teacher can check for understanding The system includes journal questions, worksheets, and a grading rubric. Character traits, setting, sequencing of events, and cause and effect of events are found within these reading systems.
Grades:
4th - 7th
Lupita Manana: Document Based Essay Assignment
At the conclusion of our unit on immigration and after reading Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty my students wrote this persuasive essay pertaining to illegal immigration. It is formatted to match the format of the document based essay on the New York State History Regents Exam. The documents that they use are the book and articles that we read as a class.
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7th - 10th
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Student Group Collaboration Sheet
This is a sheet I use with student groups (up to 4 participants) for collaboration of ideas and notes taken from resources used to address a document-based question (DBQ). Students are provided with a designated area on the discussion sheet to attach their Post-It note with notes, ideas, thoughts, etc. that can contribute to writing the group's answer statement for the DBQ.
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2nd - 5th
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"Why Videos Go Viral" TED Talk Questions
This product includes the transcript of the TED Talk "Why Videos Go Viral" by Kevin Allocca as well as ten multiple-choice questions. The multiple choice questions address author's purpose, central idea, summary, and analyzing the meanings of unknown words.
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6th - 9th
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Text Features: The Picture Walk: Non Fiction Close Reading
Students familiarize themselves with a non-fiction article or text before close reading. By taking a picture walk and paying attention to various text features, it encourages students to use visual clues such as: photographs, captions, headings, diagrams, a glossary, etc. to gain a general understanding of the main idea of the text. This activity has been used independently, in centers either with partners or working within small groups before close reading a non-fiction article. It is very ef
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Paraphrasing Primary Documents
This document breaks down two primary sources related to immigration and Early American Intolerance. Students can define highlighted words and paraphrase each section of the document in a table format.
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9th - 10th
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"The Dangers of Silence" TED Talk Questions
This product includes the transcript of the TED Talk "The Danger of Silence" by Clint Smith as well as ten multiple-choice questions. The multiple choice questions address central idea, structure, figurative language (analyzing, not idenitfying), and perspective/POV.
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7th - 10th
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Reading system for Charlotte's Web
This reading system allows the students to read independently while keeping the teacher aware of the students progress and comprehension. It includes journal questions, graphic organizers, and a grading rubric.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Writing Process: Self-Check and Peer Review
After students have completed the planning stage for an essay or paper, you can use this sheet for students to use as a rough draft. There are questions on the left margin they must address and reflect on, questions for a peer reviewer to complete, and some space for your feedback at the bottom (which I would recommend not doing until they've addressed issues they saw in their reflection and the peer review).
I use these with Document-Based Essays and Mini-DBQs, but they could be used in any co
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Text Based Questions for The Cay by Theodore Taylor
These questions help build understanding of author's moves in the book The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
These can be used after students have read the identified chapters to direct their thinking to important aspects of the text. They should be given a few at a time, or as a bellringer, not as a packet to complete.
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6th - 8th
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Mass Media and the American Revolution
This lesson was initially developed to help teach students about the ways in which mass media have evolved over time, but also about how many of the functions that the media serve today have remained the same for hundreds of years. In my experience, this lesson works very nicely as a gallery walk, but it is also possible to place students in small groups based on readiness or interest level, have each group examine only one document, and then take turns presenting their findings to the whole cla
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7th - 11th
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Wonders Unit 6, Week 3 Reading Response Questions
Wonders 2nd Grade Unit 6, Week 3-Teaming Up to Explore Reading Response Questions
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2nd
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Wonders Unit 5, Week 5 Reading Response Questions
Grade 2-Unit 5, Week 5 Rights & Responsibilities
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2nd
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