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Informational text Common Core RI.7.2 research
Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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Argumentative Writing Unit - Middle School Argumentative Essay - 4 Day Week
This Common Core aligned resource is the perfect way to teach your students how to compose a multi-paragraph argumentative composition. This debate centers around whether students believe that a four-day school week is a better option than a traditional five-day school week. It will allow your students to take part in a real world project that includes the use of technology and several research based strategies. Teachers will love that this product contains teacher models for each task, a Power
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5th - 8th
HIV & AIDS WebQuest
Bonus Activity Now Included: An AIDS RAFT Writing Activity!!This is an updated WebQuest that explores the definitions, statistics, social issues, and other factors of one of the deadliest diseases of the last 40 years, HIV/AIDS. Students will be able to differentiate between HIV and AIDS and learn about the impacts they are having around the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a wonderful lesson for Health, Geography, or Modern Issues classes.This WebQuest includes 2 websites for
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7th - 12th
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Animal Research Project | 5 Activities Reading, Report Writing, Research, PBL
This completely EDITABLE animal research project walks your student through FIVE ENGAGING ACTIVITIES on ANY ANIMAL or ANIMALS OF THEIR CHOOSING. The perfect HOMEWORK and CLASSROOM-BASED project for INDEPENDENT LEARNING in 2024.Your students will master research and information writing skills alongside highly creative and fun literacy tasks.NO PREPARATION REQUIRED - DIGITAL AND PRINTCovering:❤️ RESEARCHING AND ANALYZING Animals through INFORMATION REPORTS❤️ Exploring the PERSONIFICATION of Anima
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3rd - 7th
The Path to Nazi Genocide USHMM Documentary Questions Digital and Print
"The Path to Nazi Genocide" Documentary is a free resource provided by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This resource was created to help students gain a deeper understanding of the information provided both on the USHMM website and in "The Path to Nazi Genocide" documentary. This documentary, along with the countless pages of resources are a great tool for teaching students about the Holocaust. I use this resource specifically with my students before I teach Anne Frank to help deepe
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7th - 11th
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Black History Month Biographies Mega Bundle - Athletes and Stem Innovators
How much do your middle schoolers actually know about Black History? Black History Month activities are a great way to begin introducing students to influential African Americans. Discover with your students inspiring athletes and influential STEM innovators! People of Color have made incredible contributions to the sporting world and to the scientific community! Help your students broaden their understanding of Black History by going beyond the handful of traditionally studied figures and disco
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6th - 8th
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Climate Change Animal Migration Nonfiction, Vocab, Analysis for Science or ELA
Students are often naturally interested in climate change and animals, so this resource brings the two together!This can successfully be used in an ELA or science classroom. All materials are competely editable in Google Slides form, and you can mix and match which activities best suit your students. This is easily a multi-day resource depending on the length of your classes and includes an early-finisher/extension project.This resource provides the following learning opportunities:Two different
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8th - 12th
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HS-LS2-7
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
Informational Text Reading - Lessons, Activities, & Assessment Unit
If your students struggle with notetaking and research, then try this month-long reading unit on informational nonfiction text. Your students will be guided on notetaking and research after selecting a topic. With mini lessons, activities, text sets for each topic, and research options, you will have everything you need for a cohesive unit. Everything is linked and ready to go with print options for the lessons.This month-long unit includes:✅ Main slideshow that is linked with lessons, activi
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading & Writing Lessons, Activities, & Assessments Workshop Bundle
Prudence Crandall The Forbidden Schoolhouse Lesson Activities
This packet is complete with activities that look at the Prudence Crandall and her famous school for “misses of color” in 1830s America. What better way to encourage students to reflect on how Prudence Crandall made an impact on American lives than with The Forbidden Schoolhouse?At a time when ladies were not even allowed to attend town meetings, Prudence Crandall stood up to an entire town in order to teach young African-American girls in her boarding school. Her entire fight from the beginning
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7th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Task Cards
Teaching argumentative writing and research? Amp up the rigor of this important writing skill with (40) engaging task cards on argumentative topics that matter, such as student uniforms, health care, animal rights, and climate change. Students will be prompted to research the pros/cons, cite sources, narrow their thesis, and write an analytical essay. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Need more products for
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Informational Text Research Bundle
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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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
ANIMAL KINGDOM - Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore - Distance Learning Activiies
With this informational reading, quiz, and activities, students review and reinforce their understanding of the three types of eating habits. Very popular - a simple two page explanatory essay matrix that has students choosing and imagining being an animal from each of the three groups is included. This works similar to PBL. Kids have fun out-grossing each other in their writing. Aligns with Common Core State Standards ELA 6,7,8 Writing 2 and 4.Also included -- A one page reading about the thr
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5th - 9th
Treasure Island Group Research Project (CCSS Aligned)
Students will not only get to know the world of the novel, they will learn how to conduct research with clear and easy step-by-step directions. And, of great importance these days, students will learn how to work together in a group to prepare an engaging and thoughtful presentation.
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6th - 8th
Research Paper-integrating Math and Science
This is a research paper that breaks down the topic and methodology into sections. The project is student driven. Student groups decide on a reseach topic that they can actually research but also create a survey to administer to students in the school so that they are collecting their own data.
The booklet begins with students creating survey questions, but you may want to first have them do the intro to the paper and their hypotheses before creating the survey questions.
Science is integrate
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Reading Comprehension - Waterfowl the Original Flying Boats
Reading Comprehension is such an important life skill! Critical thinking in the area of science is another extremely valuable skill that I know you want your students to learn.This highly interesting and vocabulary packed article and activity study will help to increase all of your students' ability to comprehend what they read and to think critically about what they are reading.This reading comprehension study is a bit more in-depth than my previous two and is why I added over 60 vocabulary wor
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Growing Bundle
Photoessay Group Project: Great for IB or PBL! Digital learning ready
This is a slideshow gallery walk for students to explore the world and what middle-class families value in different parts of the world. They are encouraged to evaluate what they see and to make connections between their personal lives as well as the different countries they explore. Information is based on Peter Menzel's Material World and his online photo gallery. Your purchase includes a fully editable slideshow, a six-week unit plan outline, and a complete note format for the unit. All resou
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6th - 9th
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Argumentative Writing PowerPoint
Teaching argumentative writing and research? This product is for you. Help your students demystify confusing research concepts, such as thesis, topic, primary source, secondary source, irrelevant information in one comprehensive, student-friendly PowerPoint. In addition, product includes (40) argumentative writing research lessons on topics that matter, such as school uniforms, animal rights, and health care. Students will be prompted to write focused thesis statements with supporting facts
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Argumentative Writing Jumbo Bundle
Halloween Mini Research Project
Here is a fun lesson for Halloween week using articles from the History channel. It is fully tech ready. I thought this activity would be a great intro to research and synthesizing. I hope you enjoy it! This lesson includes the following: * A detailed lesson plan for a two-day mini research project for a 50-minute classroom with optional Extensions to use in a
90 minute block.
* A 10 minute teacher led mini lesson modeled after Writer’s Workshop
* A scaffolded lesson for before, during,
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5th - 8th
British Museum virtual tour: Arctic & Climate Exhibit (Melt- pre-reading)
This activity is a walk-through of the British Museum's Arctic and Climate Exhibit. Students will reflect on each of the sections. This activity will prepare readers before starting the book Melt, by Ele Fountain, by giving them insights of the life, history, and culture of people native of Arctic regions. This activity is meant to be done electronically, as students walk through the exhibit, but can be printed for students to write their answers as well
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5th - 8th
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Famous Scientist Research Project
This project is tied to CCSS for informational texts as well as meeting the 'exceeds' category on multiple domains on the Danielson Framework for Teaching. It includes a scientist sign up sheet, a graphic organizer (for research, sources, and word work), a menu grid for multiple modes of presenting, an organizer to compare scientists and promote conversation, as well as a rubric. The rubric does not have point values to allow for teachers to create their own. I have a set amount of points for
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month or Women's History Month Research Project
Help your students understand the power of black girl magic in this engaging research project. Even better is that students are able to showcase their different skills and abilities in either digital or non-digital form. This can be used in place of a formal informative essay but still teaches students how to craft and present well- curated information to a reader.
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5th - 12th
Nonfiction Article Worksheet
A visually appealing worksheet to respond to a nonfiction article. Includes main idea, facts, graphics, and critical thinking.
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7th - 9th
Titanic Webquest and Research
This is a research activity on the history of the ship Titanic. After being assigned to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class as "passengers" on the ship, students explore a website dedicated to the history of Titanic and record research notes. This activity is intended to take one class period but can easily become part of a larger project or unit on Titanic.
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5th - 8th
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