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Informational text Common Core RI.7.2 projects
Growth Mindset Research Projects - 3D Projects and Activities for Growth Mindset
During this project, students will first learn about growth mindset by reading an informational article about Carol Dweck’s work. Then, they’ll select a famous person in history with a growth mindset. They’ll choose from 14 famous leaders and pioneers in their fields for the basis of their research. Students will research their famous person as they respond to targeted research questions. While researching, they’ll be on the lookout for ways that the famous person had a growth mindset. Next
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4th - 8th
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American Revolution Spies Reading Passages & Project - Main Idea & Details ELA
Teach your students about main idea and the American Revolution with this cross curricular activity! Perfect for upper elementary reading or social studies, students will practice main idea reading skills while learning about the spies that impacted the Revolutionary War. Assign digitally or use the printable version to meet your students' needs.Students will answer short comprehension questions and fill in main idea graphic organizers about the texts. They will be asked to find text evidence to
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4th - 6th
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Non-Fiction One-Pager Assignment - Informational Reading and Writing - Creative
Discover the perfect one-pager assignments tailored for non-fiction and informational texts right here! If you're in search of engaging activities that allow students to create visual summaries showcasing their comprehension of texts, your quest ends now.This resource includes:Teacher's Guide: Get the guidance you need to effectively implement these one-pager assignments in your classroom.Rubrics: Streamline the grading process with detailed rubrics to assess students' work.Project Guidelines: C
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6th - 9th
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Informational Texts Close Reading Activity and Project
Need a meaningful, standards-based and engaging activity to make it to December break? The Holiday Hustle is the perfect project for Secondary ELA right before the Holidays! This three week unit teaches students how to deconstruct advertisements and informational texts as they study and analyze two different holiday ads and three informational articles about advertising. After analyzing ads and informational articles, students create two projects: a Deconstructing Advertisements Guide for Teens
Grades:
7th - 10th
Digital One Pager for Informational Texts and Nonfiction Analysis
Looking for a tech-savvy, convenient way for students to respond to informational texts? Try a digital one pager! Students can be creative and resourceful as they think about what they have read, incorporate elements that are relevant both to the text and their lives, and practice important technology skills along the way.DIGITAL ONE PAGER CONTENTS:A tech tidbits video to help students get started with Google Slides featuresA secure PDF version of the Google Slides included A link for a Google S
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7th - 10th
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Scaffolded Informational Text One Pager: Analytical Reading Response Activity
No more boring informational text assignments! This nonfiction one pager activity is designed to keep middle and high school students thinking critically. Pair this resource with any high-interest informational text, and you'll have a recipe for engagement with literary analysis.Like its counterpart, the fiction and narrative nonfiction one pager, this informational text one pager is directly aligned with Common Core standards and scaffolded to increase student success. Blank white pages? They a
Grades:
7th - 10th
Evolution Bundle! {Covers NGSS MS-LS-2 & MS-LS-4}
All three resources in this bundle are hands on and very engaging. Students will enjoy analyzing, researching and applying concepts of evolution in each resource. 1st Resource - Whale Evolution ***Best Seller***Students will be introduced to the scientific phenomena of why whales are mammals and not fish in this fun and engaging activity! This activity is broken down into two parts.Part One - Whale Sorting Activity Students begin the activity by drawing a picture of what they think whales m
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
Mexican Independence Day Depth and Complexity Activities for El Grito de Dolores
This Mexican Independence Day Activity Pack is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Mexican Independence Day and/or El Grito de Dolores while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts and Social Studies standards. It's perfect for teacherIf you're looking for a way to teach students about Mexican Independence Day that is culturally sensitive, has lots of activities, and uses the Depth & Complexity framework, this activity pack is perfect!You'll find Mexican I
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE
Create a Propaganda Poster Project
Use this project after a lesson on propaganda to check students’ understanding of propaganda techniques.
Assign each student a subject for their propaganda posters. I put the subject ideas in a hat and have the students draw.
Suggestions for subjects are given.
Students choose a propaganda technique, write a slogan, preplan a poster, then draw a final poster.
Students write a paragraph to explain why they chose the propaganda technique.
A grading rubric is included.
CCSS: RI 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
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7th - 8th
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Central Idea Infographic Project -Great Assessment Activity for Middle Schoolers
This central idea activity is a great way to assess if your students have mastered determining the central idea of informational text. The best part is that students get to research ideas and topics they are interested in, so their engagement and excitement about the activity will be through the roof! For this activity, students will...1. Research a topic they are interested in.2. Find three quality articles related to their topic.3. Complete a central idea graphic organizer for each article.4.
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6th - 8th
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DIGITAL TRAVEL JOURNAL: Nonfiction Articles & Activities for Distance Learning
This 100% DIGITAL resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills through distance learning. The journal is designed with 20 unique informational text articles (from 20 countries around the world)! Each article is paired with comprehension questions and a variety of activities and projects. Perfect for grades 4-7 (depending on reading level). This resource includes: Teacher directionsDIGITAL activities and text compatible with Google Slides and Goo
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4th - 7th
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The Diary of Anne Frank Museum Project - Nonfiction Novel Study Unit Activity
This project is perfect for secondary ELA or any class studying Anne Frank (any version of the story). Ideal for wrapping up your unit in a meaningful way!Here’s what you’ll get:✅ Detailed Teacher Guide: Step-by-step instructions to help you plan and execute this engaging project with ease.✅ Directions and Requirements: Clear guidelines and expectations for students to ensure everyone knows what to do and how to do it.✅ List of Possible Artifacts: A variety of artifact ideas to inspire students
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7th - 10th
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Identity Activities for Middle and High School Students
Looking to dig into identity with high interest texts to engage your middle and high school students? This unit designed to examine the effect of stereotypes on a person's identity. Activities include standards aligned questions, written short response, narrative writing, and a choice board with digital options are perfect for middle and high school students. Included texts are:America Ferrera’s TED Talk “My Identity is my Superpower”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story”
Grades:
6th - 12th
Shark Tracking
What kid doesn't love sharks?!? In this 1 hour (modifiable) activity students will learn the basics behind shark tracking and tagging. They will then track a shark on their own using Ocearch's digital tracking website. After selecting a shark students will complete the "My Shark Summer Road Trip" activity which allows them to display their shark's journey and create a "Twitter" account for their shark! Who doesn't love sharing their travels on social media for the world to see! This activity con
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1st - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-5
, 2-LS4-1
, MS-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-4
Middle School ELA Argumentative Writing Activities - 3 Argumentative Essay Units
Each product in this bundle is a Common Core aligned resource that is the perfect way to teach your students how to compose a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. It will allow your students to take part in a real world project that includes the use of technology and several research based strategies. Students will love the ability to research a real world topic that they can relate to and the chance to voice their thoughts on the subject. Teachers will love that this engaging and rigorous produ
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5th - 8th
FREEBIE American Revolution Main Idea Cross Curricular Spy Profile
This is a FREE SAMPLE from my larger CIA American Revolution Spies Passages product! Give your students a behind the scenes look at the American Revolution with this cross curricular activity! Students will practice main idea reading skills while learning about the spies that impacted the Revolutionary War. Assign digitally or use the printable version to meet your students' needs.Students will answer short comprehension questions and fill in main idea graphic organizers about the text. They wil
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3rd - 6th
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Brains in Clay: Interactive Brain Anatomy Activity for Middle School
Brains in Clay: Interactive Brain Anatomy Activity for Middle SchoolEngage your middle school ela and science students in an interactive exploration of the human brain with this comprehensive activity pack! This resource includes six nonfiction articles focusing on different parts of the brain, a teaching script, brain diagram handouts, and detailed instructions for group dynamics during the activity.Key Features:Assign students articles like "Unveiling the Brain Stem" and "The Frontier of Cogni
Grades:
7th - 9th
World_ Russia Advances in Ukraine_Current Events Reading Comprehension_2024
Current events PDF lesson plan. Russian troops captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine. This conquest marks Russia’s biggest gains since capturing the industrial city of Avdiivka. Russia’s advances in the eastern Donetsk region come days after the US passed a $61B aid package to Ukraine.Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling read
Grades:
7th - 11th
Central Idea Application Activity - Engaging, Creative, Collaborative
Discover the extraordinary world of rats and turn your classroom into a hub of creativity and learning with "Rats, Rats, Rats"! This is a unique digital resource designed to inspire your students to creatively apply their understanding of central ideas. This resource seamlessly blends reading comprehension, critical thinking, and creative expression, offering an engaging way for students to delve into the remarkable world of rats while honing their skills in identifying and applying central idea
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6th - 8th
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Titanic Infographic Task: Aligned to Common Core Standards
This task is designed to be used when teaching, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord, but could be used with any text dealing with the RMS Titanic. The task could also be modified to fit any nonfiction text.
The task includes example pictures (included ONLY so the students can see the layout of an infographic), task checklist, scoring rubric, and self/peer evaluation teamwork rubric.
This task is aligned to common core standards, and is meant to be used as a culminating task after the book is c
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5th - 8th
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Colonial America and Revolutionary War Unit- ABC Book Research Projects!
These ABC book projects are an engaging and relevant activity to review and introduce Colonial America and Revolutionary War content. These ongoing projects incorporate CCSS for domain specific vocabulary, main idea/details, summarizing, inferences, and using multiple sources. STUDENT SAMPLES, teacher notes, a parent letter, two differentiated student templates, word banks, rubrics, and a mega Colonial literature resource section provide everything needed for students to work independently rev
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5th - 8th
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Paired Texts (Monument Series) - Mount Rushmore
This no prep Middle School Extended Sub Plan with Paired Texts for Mount Rushmore is great for daily activities, sub plans, group work, or a week of focus on specific standards. It is packed with engaging activities for students to do while practice strong reading habits that build reading comprehension and promote critical thinking. The Mount Rushmore set includes 7 tasks, each aligned to common core ELA standards - reading for literature (RL), reading for information (RI), and writing (W). Tas
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6th - 9th
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To Ban or Not To Ban? That is the Question (Banned Book Week Lesson)
The Banned Book project is an engaging project for students during banned book week. Prior to the project, discuss and read about both sides of the argument of banning books. This project allows students to illustrate their opinion on banning books by creating a book jacket that can be used as a display in the library, classroom, or around the school.
Grades:
7th - 12th
RI 6.9 Memoir/Autobiography and Biography Middle School Project
Directions and how-to-use:This project should be completed over the course of 4 weeks with the rubric to guide students towards achieving cross-curricular criteria and demonstrate mastery of content standards: RI 6.1- 6.9; W 6.2a.-f.; W6.4-6.9; SL 6.4-6.6; L6.1-6.6; RH6-8.1-8.2, RH 6-8.4; RH6-8.7-8.9; WHST.6-8.2-8.10 Week one- students will identify the person of interest for their essay assignment based on a list of available book options in class or appropriate options to research and request
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