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8th grade informational text projects for Google Apps
Speech Unit: Mock TED Talks {3+ Weeks: Writing, Speaking, & Nonfiction}
Want a new, authentic, 21st-century spin on a formal speech unit? Help students analyze, write, and present their own mock TED-style talks in your own classroom conference!* This print-and-go unit fully scaffolds students through a process of building background knowledge, drafting and practicing speeches, and then giving confident final speeches in front of a group of peers. It covers public speaking, writing, AND nonfiction reading!Customize it for your Class:• Adjust the EDITABLE pages to you
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Informational Text Passages: 30+ Articles for Reading Comprehension + DIGITAL
This resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills. The journal is designed with 30+ unique informational text articles written by me, The SuperHERO Teacher! Each article is paired with comprehension questions and a hands-on, interactive project or activity. UPDATE: I have added a digital version of this resource for distance learning!!! It is compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom! This resource includes: 30+ original informational t
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â All Things INFORMATIONAL TEXT Bundle: Nonfiction Activities for Grades 7-12
Rant Writing Unit
Rant Writing Unit: Rant writing is an engaging way to bring public speaking and persuasive writing into the classroom. Students rant and complain to each other daily, why not channel that creative energy into some high-quality writing? Rants are an engaging way to get students to write and share their thoughts and opinions in the classroom. This assignment can be used for argument writing or persuasive writing. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learnin
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Oral Presentations Bundle
Biography Research, Body Biography Project For Non-Fiction Mega Bundle
This Body Biography Project Mega Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the civil rights leaders, Nobel Prize recipients, activists, former presidents, authors, poets, suffragists, labor leaders, world leaders, abolitionists, orators, athletes, and true heroes for all generations. This biography study bundle is a collection of collaborative research activities. These are truly unique, with high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project bundle for bringing
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Editable Digital Flipbook Templates in Google Slides - Blank Flip Book Template
Your students will love creating these digital interactive Google Slides Flipbooks for use with any subject or topic! They are perfect for any type of research and writing. There are two templates included… a 7-page landscape orientation template and an 8-page portrait orientation template. Both templates have completely customizable text for headings, body text and tabs. The templates can also incorporate nonfiction text features - cover, table of contents, photos, captions, headings and glossa
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Christmas Holiday Activities, English Lessons for Teens, BUNDLE
If you are looking for quick and easy activities that you can use in December to keep your middle and high school students on task and engaged, then look no more! Every classroom-tested lesson, designed to add rigor and meaning this Christmas season, in this bundle is standards-based, classroom-tested, rigorous, and grade level appropriate for high school level ELA students. This pack includes up to 2 weeks of materials depending on your class periods and how you use what's included.Student Expe
Grades:
8th - 11th
20 Informational Text Passages & Activities TRAVEL JOURNAL Grades 4-8 + DIGITAL
This resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills. 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. This resource is considered a bundle as the digital version is now included for distance learning. It is compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom. This resource includes: Teacher directions3
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â All Things INFORMATIONAL TEXT Bundle: Nonfiction Activities for Grades 7-12
Public Service Announcement Video Project Unit
Students will learn about Public Service Announcements including examples with links, persuasive techniques used, and how to create their very own! The PowerPoint and other Public Service Announcement handouts created by me are all aligned with the CCSS. I provide I CAN statements at the beginning of this powerpoint to set the stage for learning! This is a useful tool for covering presentation standards, analyzing the purpose of information in different types of media, evaluating motives like so
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Community Interview Project and Rubric - How to Conduct an Interview Assignment
This community interview project is perfect for practicing interviewing skills and teaching students how to conduct an interview! Includes a slideshow lesson, interview graphic organizers, and an editable rubric. Based on the "Humans of New York" project, students will write articles after conducting interviews with partners within the school community! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.✨ Updated in 2024 to cater to a wider range of educational environmen
Grades:
5th - 12th
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
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
Tragic Hero Research Project - Hero Archetype Activities - Choices Consequences
A tragic hero doesn’t just exist in literature! Supplement teaching hero character traits and Aristotle's tragic hero archetype with this modern research project! Perfect supplement for Antigone, Macbeth, The Great Gatsby, Oedipus Rex, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, or any other text featuring a tragic hero as a main character!The Modern Tragic Hero project examines notable people in our society who embody heroic traits. Just like the tragic hero archetype, however, the person made a mistake or had
Grades:
8th - 12th
Soda Advertisement Fun Ethos Pathos Logos Rhetorical Activity & Rhetoric Project
Teaching the rhetorical appeals and persuasion? This fully digital Google Slidesâ„¢ activity has everything you need to engage your students in a creative project to demonstrate their understanding of the three rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos. Product file includes:editable directionseditable rubrican examplea ready-to-create slide with drag-and-drop cans and pre-formatted explanation boxesa copy of my ethos pathos logos cheat sheetAttributions:Clipart free for commercial use on Pixab
Grades:
7th - 11th
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CCSS:
Text Feature Application Activity | Creating & Adding Text Features
Are your students ready to move on from just identifying text features? Give them a challenge with this text feature add-on activity! Using several short nonfiction texts, students create a relevant Title, Subtitle, Heading, Subheadings, Sidebar Details, and Graphic Aids with Captions to enhance the design and layout of the existing article!Students start by marking the text to determine the article's main idea, subtopics, and potential keywords. They then use those annotations to chunk the rela
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Authors and Poets, Biography Research, Body Biography Project Bundle
This Authors and Poets, Biography Research, Body Biography Project Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the authors and poets. This biography study bundle is a collection of collaborative research activities. These are truly unique, with high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project bundle for bringing together a growth mindset and a biography study.I adapted the body biography concept to align with informational texts, biography research, nonfiction, a
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4th - 12th
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Public Speaking & Analysis Project: Dramatic Readings of Speeches & Poems
GOOGLE DOCS version now included: Take read-aloud to a whole new level as students practice good physical and vocal speaking skills through dramatic re-enactments of famous speeches and poems!In this 6-page project, students will:• Read directions and choose a speech or poem (from a suggested starter list)• Analyze the purpose and content of the text (reading activity)• Practice their spoken text, getting feedback from a friend or adult• Present their read-aloud to the class (or a small group if
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
FRENCH Canadian Black History Month - Biographies - Digital and Editable
This French Black History Month Google Slides product includes:- a biography about Lincoln Alexander + comprehension questions (answer key included for true and false questions)- a biography about Viola Desmond + comprehension questions (answer key included for true and false questions)- a biography about Jean Augustine + comprehension questions (answer key included for true and false questions)- deeper reflection questions for each biography regarding racism and discrimination - a graphic organ
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Grades:
4th - 9th
DIGITAL Google Interactive Notebook: Informational Text 7-12 DISTANCE LEARNING
DIGITAL Google Drive Interactive Notebook: Informational Text 7-12This is a DIGITAL product in which a link is provided to complete an online version of my Informational Text Interactive Notebook. Students will access the assignment through Google Docs. Students will engage in hands-on, interactive lessons through their technological devices. This product highlights 30 different concepts related to analyzing and evaluating informational text. It is perfect for a "Friday Informational Text Da
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â All Things INFORMATIONAL TEXT Bundle: Nonfiction Activities for Grades 7-12
Life Science and Biology Research Projects and Claim Evidence Reasoning Practice
Are you looking for independent research projects for life science or biology? Maybe you want to incorporate more reading and writing in your science class? Introduce your students to real world discoveries and amazing phenomena with these low-prep research projects. Students will gather information from text and video sources. Then they will craft argumentative or explanatory essays using the CER format.Each project meets life science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin each project
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Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS4-5
, MS-LS4-4
Weekly Current Event Assignment Template: Distance Learning Activity (Editable)
This writing activity featured on google slides can accompany ANY current events news article. There is ZERO PREP required. Students may select their own article from the mainstream news, or use 6 free online student focused news sources included in this product. These sources are especially useful for students who are still on elementary reading levels. In completing the slides students will work on -> A Cover Page -> A Who, What, Where, When, Why graphic organizer which includes: Author
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
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American Immigration Thematic PBL Unit Print & Digital
Build a strong base of evidence-supported writing and appreciation of the main ingredient to America’s world-renown success, the immigrant, with this project-based unit that asks, "What is our American story?" This unit coversCurrent-day immigration and ethnic makeup of theUSEllis Island "new" immigrants of the early 1900sGreat Migration migrants of the mid-1900sVietnamese refugees of the late 1900sThis unit strengthens core skills like Analyzing and evaluating statistical, interview, and artist
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â US History Thematic Inquiry PBL Full Course Bundle Print & Digital
Biography Research, Body Biography Project For Non-Fiction Mega Bundle #2
This Body Biography Project Mega Bundle #2 is filled with all you need to teach and promote the authors, artists, activists, poets, doctors, Supreme court justices, true heroes for all generations. This "growing" biography study bundle is a collection of collaborative research activities. These are truly unique, with high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project bundle for bringing together a growth mindset and a biography study.I adapted the body biography concept to ali
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Informational Text Activity Student Magazine Project (Print & Digital)
Use this fully editable informational text activity to strengthen your students' research, writing, and reading skills! Students will design and share their own custom magazine with their peers and annotate their classmates' informational text articles! NOTE: This resource is included in my 7th and 8th Grade ELA Resources so if you have already purchased that, there's no need to purchase this resource! If you're looking for more resources like this at a discounted price, you might want to look i
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â All Things INFORMATIONAL TEXT Bundle: Nonfiction Activities for Grades 7-12
Research Report / Notetaking Organizers / Template Distance Learning
This is a digital research report/book template that supports all stages of the research and writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. The resource includes brainstorming opportunities, note-taking space (gathering), source tracking, graphic organizers (planning), research reflection and the presentation itself (final product). The slides are already titled (and editable ones awaiting student input), and you can customize the final template for your students. You determin
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Middle School Research Project & Skills Bundle - PDF & Digital
Don't just assign a research project - teach your students HOW to research with this no-prep bundle of research skills activities! You'll be able to easily teach vital aspects of the research process, from citing sources to paraphrasing information to avoiding plagiarism, with this time-saving set of resources perfect for guiding students through their first middle school research project.This resource includes:Vocabulary notesQuizPrimary vs. secondary source comparisonEvaluating sources checkli
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