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11th grade End of Year writing-essays simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Linear Equations Project Cost of College
Bring real-world applications that are relevant to students with this linear equations project on college costs. Students examine the cost of individual colleges and compare colleges using linear equations. For students ready for systems of equations, students evaluate the impact of grant money on the overall cost. Great to get students thinking about and researching colleges now! Included in this resource:- Ready-to-use student pages- Teacher's Guide- Answer Key- Separate powerpoint file w
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Algebra 2 Curriculum
Virtual Field Trips: 25 engaging trips that make fun end of year activities
This document contains 25 links (with descriptions about each link) to free virtual field trips. You click on the link and are taken to a sight that has both information and media--such as a virtual tour of a museum or a live feed of a webcam or a 3d manipulative view, etc.
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K - 12th
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Budgeting Simulation Project for High School Students
Budgeting Simulation for project based learning in the classroom. This project works well for 9th-12th grade students. This project is intended to be used at the end of a budgeting learning unit. Students work through this at their own pace, so the class time is flexible. It is suggested to create checkpoints throughout to ensure students are moving along in the project.Included in the download:PDF that includes the instructions for the students. You can assign these directly to your students. T
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10th - 12th
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The Why Why Why Game: Practice with Argument
A quick, engaging, higher order thinking, and fun activity elicits students' critical thinking skills to practice making claims, using data and establishing warrants to support arguments. It is a role-play, a pair and share, then a critical thinking discussion using quotations from Transcendental philosophers, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The quotes can easily turn into persuasive writing prompts.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Argument Bundle for AP Lang
3D Hologram Projector Template
Well here it is!! Printable template so you can create your own hologram! A template is provided to make this 3D Hologram projector for your iPhone OR iPad!! This downloadable resource also includes a link to my YouTube playlist where I've curated a plethora of 3D Hologram videos for you. I hope you all have a great time making and using it! Please follow my store for updates. Here's a video tutorial showing the 3D Hologram in action!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTH68q0NRlgAs always, kee
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Progressive Era and Gilded Age Project and Role Play
Meet John D. Rockefeller, Jane Addams, Teddy Roosevelt and more through your students' discovery of them. In this inquiry-based project, students research a major figure of the Progressive Era and Gilded Age and then embody that person at a culminating party. This project, a favorite among my students, puts students literally in the lives of historical figures. This project includes:● How to use this resource and complete timeline within the teacher’s guide● Suggested figures of 30+ individua
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10th - 12th
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ELA - Escape Room - Zombie Apocalypse (@ Shelton Valley)
ELA Escape Room is designed to help you find out what happened to the residents of the safe town of Shelton Valley during the zombie apocalypse. Escape Room is 100% printable and can be used with or without locks! The clues do not have to be solved in chronological order, so it is perfect for having small groups working at the same time. The product comes with an overview, answer sheet, and note sheet for students; station clues, manipulatives, and ciphers for the game; and a teacher's notes/gui
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9th - 12th
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Roads to Rome: Classroom Simulation
Transform your classroom into an Ancient Roman town! Students form groups in order to establish and develop their own town, connected to the Roman Empire. Each student receives a role which guides their research and learning, as well as individual and team tasks.
This simulation contains fifteen days worth of guided activities, complete with presentation slides and audio. For the final day, students present their town models, chariots, and costumes during the culminating Market Day –– a great t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Response
This document is a color-coded sample response of the previously posted sample argument task for the NYS English Regents exam. The colors correlate with the cheat sheet, which is the third document needed to fully teach students how to successfully compose a Part 2 response to the NYS English Regents exam.
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9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Breaking Down Part 2 of the NYS English Regents Exam
This array will provide you with instant handouts for your learners and includes:Sample Argument TaskArgument Cheat SheetSample Argument Response
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9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Task
This file provides teachers with a sample argument task for the English Regents.
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9th - 12th
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The WEF Great Reset Roundtable Debate
Do you need a project that actually engages students and has deeper learning?Do your students like to argue? Well, look no further.This one checks all the boxes! It is very timely. It allows for a variety of student abilities. It encourages creativity and humour. The topic and the format create a setting for great passion.I created this version for grade 11 Social Studies in Alberta, but it can be adapted to grades 6 - 12. I have done Roundtable Debates with my class as young as grade 6.It
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9th - 12th
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Juvenile Assault/Battery Lesson, Discussion, and Writing Activity
Bundle - Complete (In-depth/Possible Multi-day) Lesson
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Salem Witch Trial Mock Trial
In this captivating lesson plan, students delve into the mysterious and dark history of the Salem Witch Trials. Through high-quality readings, students gain insights into the societal and psychological factors that led to this infamous chapter in American history. Following the exploration, students channel their understanding into an informative essay, honing their analytical and writing skills. The lesson culminates in a riveting mock trial, where students take on the roles of key figures from
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7th - 12th
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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Break-in Box
These clues lead students on an outdoor scavenger hunt to figure out the code to a lockbox. Any lockbox or lock will work as long as it is a 4 digit code that can be changed. The code ends up being 3708.
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PreK - 12th
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Would You Rather Freewrite
This uses the Would You Rather scenario as a basis for freewriting and eventually thesis development. This short activity can be used as a standalone introduction to thesis-based freewriting or modified to start a scaffolded multi-part theme lesson.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Headed Out into the World Simulation
The perfect end of the year activity that will keep your students engaged, interested and entertained for multiple class periods! This simulation is designed to be used for graduating seniors headed out into the real world, but can be used in any class or subject matter (math, money management, economics, social studies). Students will create a monthly budget based on a minimum wage job. They will select an apartment and try to survive each month when the unexpected comes up. Students work throu
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9th - 12th
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Among Us in Real Life
This is the printing material for a real life among us game. It is completely editable!
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PreK - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Synthesis FRQ Practice Prompt: Diversity
Prepare your students for the AP Lang exam with this synthesis practice prompt. Sources include visual images, graphs, excerpts, and more so that students can be prepared to encounter and grapple with a variety of sources on test day!
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9th - 12th
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Global Travel Agency - Differentiated Geography Project
Student take the wheel and design a tour to visit the countries they've been studying. This project is an engaging way to dive deeper into these regions and bring the world to life!Working in groups based on their talents, students explore culture and places around the world to try as they plan a global tour to win the business of Gallivanter Middle School (a special school that takes their students to really visit the places they study). Students plot courses, explore languages and cultural t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Personal Narrative: Blueprinting Places and Memories
This assignment allows students to draw, label, and reflect on a special place. I used this with HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, but it could be used for many literary works. This assignment can result in a personal narrative, an expository piece, or a persuasive piece (especially helpful for the STAAR EOC). My students wrote some amazing essays based on their blueprinting. I have seen this used in adult writing workshops; it is a powerful tool. Enjoy!
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Model Literary Analysis essay and body paragraphs -- MLA format
Included is a full, five paragraph analytical essay, in MLA format, comparing how three different poems and poets tackle the concept of spring. The thesis is the last line of the introduction. This essay features in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Also included in this bundle (after the initial essay) is a more complex example of literary analysis -- but just one body paragraph. The paragraph is presented in two forms -- one is a straight forward analysis/comparison of a theme that appear
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sample College Application Essay
I wrote this sample college application essay as an example of how to be concrete and descriptive while also explicating key elements of personality. It is meant to model the necessary balance between establishing one's credentials as a skilled descriptive writer and as a thoughtful, reflective individual.
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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