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11th grade oral communication literature circles under $5
Think, Pair, Share Graphic Organizer
Think, Pair, Share Graphic Organizer Great for encouraging classroom discussion and developing English Language Skills for your multilingual students. This awesome graphic organizer has helped my students with the new Speaking and Listening Anchor standards under Common Core, specifically having discussions, while tying it to the Writing Anchor Standards. After reading a text excerpt from a fiction or nonfiction book, newsela.com, or Scholastic Weekly, I give my students a question to discuss wi
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2nd - 12th
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Accountable Talk Bubbles for Literacy & Problem Solving
BEST SELLER! This 24 page packet includes 20 accountable talk bubbles with conversation stems, a "Talk with Respect" poster with mini talk bubbles, a mini lesson, and 4 mid size blank talk bubbles. Student led conversations accountable to the learning content or text is the heart of accountable talk. Accountable talk can be taught and used in any grade level or subject area. The talk bubbles are simply a visual reminder of how people respectfully share opinions, ideas, and thoughts.For more clas
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K - 12th
Accountable Talk: for Middle School and High School
50 DIFFERENT SENTENCE STEMS AND QUESTIONS WILL KEEP YOUR STUDENTS TALKING AND ENGAGED!! These Cafe Conversation Cards were created to help students learn how to ask thought-provoking questions and engage with classmates for an academic purpose. Simply make enough copies for each group, have students choose a question or prompt and then sit back and enjoy listening to your students take over the class! When the conversation fades, students simply read off of the cards and fill in the blanks w
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5th - 12th
The Greatest Gift Reader's Theater Script -Questions -Philip Van Doren Stern
George PrattGive me just one good reason why I should be alive. I’m sick of everything! I’m stuck here in this mud hole for life, doing the same full work day after day. Other people are leading exciting lives, but I…well, I’m just a small-town bank clerk. I never did anything really useful or interesting, and it looks as if I never will. I might just as well be dead. Sometimes I wish I were. In fact, I wish I had never been born!The StrangerWhy, that’s wonderful! You have solved everything. You
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Hitch-Hiker: Spooky Reader's Theatre Story -Halloween -Ghost
The Hitch-Hiker Summary:Doctor Edward Stevens has just finished visiting a patient from a house call on a dark and rainy night. As he is driving home, he sees a girl waiting at a bus shelter in the middle of the night. He picks her up and she introduces herself as Layla. She was attending a party, and her friends dropped her off at the bus shelter. She requests to be taken to her parents home since they are worried about her. As Doctor Stevens speaks to Layla, he suddenly notices something odd a
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Conversation Hearts | Discussion Cards with Accountable Talk Moves | Valentine's
Elevate Student Discussions with CONVERSATION HEARTS Talking Chips, just in time for Valentine’s Day activities!! These heart-shaped discussion prompt cards are ready to use with accountable talk moves & Visible Thinking Routine Sentence Stems, to promote rigor & active engagement in discussions. In our classes and PLCs, this Cooperative Learning Tool promotes equity, active listening, communication skills, and SEL/ Social Emotional Learning. (plus fun & cute hearts!) Use with readi
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K - 12th, Staff
An Inspector Calls Revision Activity Immersive and Interactive Drama Circle
Transform your learning experience and bring the world of “An Inspector Calls” to life with our immersive Drama Circle Activity! This engaging activity brings the plot, characters, themes, context, and key quotes of the play to life through interactive exploration.What is a Drama Circle?A drama circle is a practical way to explore information. In drama circle activities, each student gets a card at random. They have to listen for a cue, read a small paragraph in bold and then perform an action o
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9th - 11th
Student-Led Literature Circles
Give your students ownership and freedom over their reading with this interactive literature circle unit. This bundle covers 11+ weeks of instruction, and it includes a suggested unit calendar, connected CCSS, self-assessment tools, digital submission forms, clearly defined roles for each week, and a final project. The main Google Slide presentation features all the instructions for students, and the calendar contains suggestions for success.
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6th - 12th
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12 Angry Men Socratic Seminar
Engage students in complex discussions on morality and justice with this Socratic seminar centered around "12 Angry Men." Guided by 10 thought-provoking questions, students will dissect moral dilemmas, biases, and the power of language depicted in the play.Through active participation, students will analyze themes such as morality, injustice, and semantics, fostering critical thinking and communication skills. A rubric is provided to assess students' contributions.
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9th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar Practice (Speaking & Listening) Conversation Bingo Activity
Fun activity to get students engaged in discussions, critical thinking, and Speaking and Listening Skills.
This activity uses bingo cards, both beginner and advanced, to help students develop academic conversation skills.
The lesson is great practice for Socratic seminars as well as a way to consistently practice Speaking and Listening skills.
The following files are included.
Advanced 5x5 Bingo Cards (3 Variations)
Beginner 3x3 Bingo Cards (3 Variations)
Teacher instructions
Student Instruc
Grades:
4th - 12th
Conversation Cards: CLARIFYING Reciprocal Teaching, Discussion Stems
Student Discussion & Conversation Cards for CLARIFICATION help students work together and collaborate in small group discussions, via close reading & reciprocal teaching! These activities help put the 'social' in Social Emotional Learning! Use the CLARIFYING discussion cards for Cooperative Structures like Talking Chips, Inside -Outside Circle, Small Group discussionsBoth student & adult learners have fun with Cooperative Learning conversation cards! The small group structure requir
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3rd - 12th
The Hockey Sweater Reader's Theatre Script -Comprehension Questions
Roch CarrierMy mother had pulled the blue and white Toronto Maple Leafs sweater over my head and put my arms into the sleeves. She pulled the sweater down and carefully smoothed the maple leaf right in the middle of my chest. I cried out to my mother: “I can’t wear that!” Mrs. CarrierWhy not? This sweater is a perfect fit. Roch Carrier“Maurice Richard would never wear a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater.” Mrs. CarrierYou are not Maurice Richard! Besides, it’s not what you put on your back that matters
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Room for the Night: Spooky Mysterious Reader's Theatre Story
Room for the Night Summary:Joan and Rupert are lost on a country road one night. They drive past a big old house and knock on the door to see if anyone inside knows how to get back to the city. Elderly Mrs. Jenkins opens the door and offers them tea and a room to stay in for the night. Joan and Rupert offer to give her money for her hospitality but Mrs. Jenkins refuses. The next morning, Joan places an envelope with money on the coffee table and they exit. While having breakfast at a diner, Rupe
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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"The Wife's Story": Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 12 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to "The Wife's Story." Readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives from their classmates.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Discussion Starters: Student Conversations - Horizontal
Discussion Starters: Unlocking Student PotentialInclusive and Diverse Content: This handout offers a wide range of discussion starters, catering to students of varying backgrounds, interests, and language abilities, fostering inclusive learning environments.Fostering Critical Thinking and Communication: These discussion starters stimulate critical thinking, helping students express thoughts and improve language skills, vital for students with language acquisition challenges.Federal Progress Moni
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Animal Farm Chapter One Group Discussion Circles
I taught this discussion lesson at the beginning of each school year to show the students what higher level critical thinking questions actually are. I reviewed and posted Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning pyramid beforehand. I enlarged each numbered discussion question individually and printed them on colored card stock. I probably should have laminated them, but that didn't happen. Then, I took each class to our media center with tables because my classroom couldn't handle 28+ students in rotating
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6th - 11th
SpongeBob's First Christmas Reader's Theater Script
SquidwardI am not writing a letter to a figment of your imagination. SpongeBob SquarepantsBut, Squidward, when Santa arrives, you will be the only one without a gift. SquidwardSpongeBob, how many times do I have to say it? I don’t believe in Santa Claus! SpongeBob SquarepantsCome on, Squidward, all you have to do is write a letter. What have you got to lose? SquidwardMy self-respect. My sanity, and my lunch.*****************************************************************************************
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4th - 12th
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It's a Wonderful Life Reader's Theater Script -Questions
George BaileyYou mean, you actually heard my prayer up there? ClarenceYours and over a dozen others. You would be surprised how many people are concerned about you. George BaileyNot after they find out that I’ve ruined their lives. ClarenceYou haven’t ruined their lives, George. Besides, it wasn’t your fault. George BaileyI’m the president of the company. I’m the one to be held accountable. Ask Mr. Potter. He will tell you. ClarenceAnd you think killing yourself would make everyone feel hap
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Co-op Learning DIGITAL Conversation/ Accountable Talk Moves cards SET 1
Both student & adult learners have fun with Talking Chips conversation cards! The structure requires thoughtful participation in discussion, and gives choice as to which thinking stems to use and which order to use. The movable Jamboard "chips" or discussion cards are valuable for both distance learning and in-class - or in PLC- discussions (devices and no printing)! The ready-made Jamboard is based on the Cooperative Learning structure Talking Chips. Student conversation is structured so ev
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"The Millennial Mermaid Mystery" & "Dogs Wanting a Home" BUNDLE
Two Discussion Guides: A question for you, "In what ways are Bridget Whitlock and Miss Scarlet alike?" Did you hear a reference in "Miss Scarlet and the Duke" Season 4 Episode 1 (PBS.org) to the Whitlock case (Is this serendipity or Does this mean I have followers in the U.K.?)Book 1: "The Millennial Mermaid Mystery" where the major character, Bridget Whitlock, is a female detective who tries to find her husband's murderer. The imagery of a mermaid fits her well because she is a limnologist by p
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Academic Conversation Placemat
The Academic Conversation Placemat is two-sided. One side focuses on prompting sentence starters , while the other contains response sentence starters. The Prompt and Response Sentence Starters are divided into the following categories: * Synthesizing & Building * Explaining & Clarifying * Paraphrasing & Questioning * Supporting & Challenging There are 37 prompting starters and 39 response starters. Example sentence starters from the placemats include:- Can y
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4th - 12th
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Terror at 5 1/2 Feet Treehouse of Horrors Reader's Theatre Script Simpsons
Terror at 5 1/2 Feet Synopsis:Bart boards the school bus on a rainy day. He looks out the window and sees a gremlin tearing the school bus apart. Bart tries to alarm everyone on the school bus but no one believes that there is a gremlin on the side of the school bus. Will Bart be able to convince the principal and his classmates about the gremlin before it's too late? A hilarious parody of the Richard Matheson Twilight Zone episode.Included in the Terror at 5 1/2 Feet Reader's Theatre Package:16
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Conversation Sentence Starters
These are conversation/sentence starters for students to use during discussions with peers! I have broken them down into the different types of transition sentences that they may need guidance, which are:
-Beginning Conversation Starters
-Agree/Disagree
-Making Connections
I have seen a HUGE difference in the ability and depth of student-led conversation that my kids are having, and I hope it helps your kids too!
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3rd - 12th
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Spider-Man No More! Reader's Theatre/Radio Play Script and Questions
Spider-Man No More #50 Summary:Peter Parker is tired of Spider-Man ruining his life!Spider-Man breaks up an attempted robbery of a bank. However, the bank manager sees Spider-Man as a menace despite thwarting the bank robbery. Peter is astonished at how well newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson's attacks on him through his Daily Bugle newspaper and television show have worked on eroding the public's trust in Spider-Man. Shortly afterward, Peter arrives to his and Harry Osborn's apartment only to
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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