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How to use GOOGLE SEARCH like a BOSS!! | Research Skills | Digital Citizenship
Teach your students an ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILL of the INFORMATION ERA. Learn how to refine and filter GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES using PROVEN TECHNIQUES that improve RESEARCH and CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS in 2024. This ❤️NO PREP unit teaches you and your students how to USE GOOGLE SEARCH LIKE A BOSS!This EDITABLE resource comes with all the instructional slides, graphic organizers, and video tutorials you need to make an immediate impact.Learn exactly how to find what you want online, filter out unwant
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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A Modest Proposal Satire Study: Fun Lesson Plan + Teaching Satire with Examples
Make A Modest Proposal relevant and fun with this engaging satire study! Not only will students better comprehend the challenging text, but they will also be equipped to write their own mini modest proposal for a issue or injustice they the care about in today's world. Whether you are teaching A Modest Proposal digitally or in print, this satire unit will have you covered!You will get:⭐ The full text of A Modest Proposal in a guided reading format⭐15 questions and active reading tasks for A Mode
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
198 Riddles / Brain Teasers / Bell Ringer Activities BUNDLE
198 Riddles Bell Ringers / Lesson Starters / Morning Meeting - Riddles BundleAre you looking for some gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson?Here are 198 of the best riddles out there that you can use as bell ringers / lesson starter activities for teens!I have done all the hard work for you and gathered more of the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 198 riddles have passed my strict screening process to e
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Synonyms and Antonyms and Context Clues / 90 Multiple Choice Questions on Ppt
This versatile, 92-slide Ppt is a great time-saver for teachers.
It can be used as a vocabulary game to provide students a competative way to be actively engaged with vocabulary, context clues, synonyms, and antonyms. (I've used this with my own students and they love it! It's best to do it in three rounds, but some classes could manage playing it straight through. My students enjoyed breaking it up into thirty minute increments and seeing who won each round.)
It can also be used as an entire
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3rd - 7th, Adult Education
Who was Jack the Ripper? HISTORY MYSTERY
Can your students decide who Jack the Ripper was out of a cast of 12 suspects?In this lesson they will compare and evaluate 12 possible suspects before deciding on the most likely guilty person. They will then justifying their decision both verbally and in writing. The lesson works as a knockout tournament, comparing two suspects at a time. They must apply the background information presented to them along with the suspect cards to come up with the most plausible answer. It is great for develo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: HISTORY MYSTERIES BUNDLE!
Media Literacy & Analysis Activities & Tasks for Studying Media Bias & Fake News
Give your media studies students the skills to decipher media bias, spot fake news, and think critically about the information from the media they encounter. This comprehensive bundle of media literacy resources is an essential teaching tool for getting your students to learn and understand bias in the media. A collection of lesson plans, activities, tasks, handouts, task cards, and PowerPoints all about media, it’s the perfect package for teachers looking to increase their students’ media liter
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Unit Lesson Plan
This extensive unit plan for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each chapter of the novel. The novel unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Haddon’s craft and en
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Castle Attack! Review Game (Any content, any lesson!)
Split students into tables, give each student a personal whiteboard and assign each player at each table a letter either A,B,C, or D. Give teams 5 minutes to create the castle they will be defending on a sheet of anchor chart paper.Show the problems you plug into this ppt on the projector to review and every player in the game has a question to answer on their board (table 1 has a player "A", table 2 has a player "A", and so on for letters A-D), draw random names to check a person after 45 secon
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Critical Thinking Activity: Lost at Sea! PPT and Google Resources
Oh No! Pirates have attacked our small ship and now we are sinking!Your students will have to use critical thinking in order to be successful under pressure. Not only do they have to quickly choose 20 items to help them survive until help arrives, but they must learn how to persuade their partner to agree with them. What's Included?1. Original PowerPoint Presentation of "Lost at Sea! A Critical Thinking Activity!"2. Student Activity Sheet (pdf)3. NEW!! Link to Google Slides Presentation of "L
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Thank You, Ma'am By Langston Hughes Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This 2 page, 50 question scavenger hunt follows Langston Hughes' short story in chronological order. Students have to find answers as they read or reread the story; they have to skim/search for details. This activity works well as either an individual, silent, directed reading or as a quiet partner, in-class assignment. It starts with a one paragraph background introduction to enhance comprehension. This lesson plan can also be given as a homework sheet or as an open book quiz. This is an ad
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Google Slides Mind Map Templates (10)
Product DescriptionGoogle Slides Mind/Thinking Map Templates (10 Slides) Light colorsGoogle Slides With Thinking Map Templates are a great way to keep your students engaged online. Share and collaborate with Google Drive LinkPre-placed and formatted text boxes are on the slides. Just open click and start typing. Saves you time formatting and extra steps for young learners.Includes ALL Eight types of Thinking Maps + two extra Bridge Maps 10 Slides TotalFolder includes Google Slides/PowerPoint Fil
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh By Ray Bradbury Scavenger Hunt & KEY
This two page, 50 question scavenger hunt follows Ray Bradbury's short story in chronological order. Students have to find details or answers to the clues as they read or reread the story. This activity works well as either an individual directed reading or as a partner assignment. It can also be given as a homework sheet or open book quiz. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves read
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar Digital Lesson for avid learners (Google, PowerPoint)
Revised, updated! Now over 50 slides of content! Socratic seminars allow teachers from all subject areas to have conversations and discussion about important issues relating to the content they are teaching. They also allow teachers a forum to challenge their students to process reading, discuss it, and eventually write on it. Included in this presentation are activities, questions, articles, structure, directions, tips, and visuals to set up your class, lead discussion, and produce great di
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Notice and Note - Signpost Picture Book Lists, PPT and Activities
This product supports the strategies outlined in the text Notice and Note - Strategies for Close Reading, written by Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst.
Research has indicated that when a reader pays attention to the particular signals or “signposts” provided by the author within literary texts, depth of understanding and personal engagement with texts can increase.
This EDITABLE resource includes:
*A 27 page Ppt presentation that introduces and explains each signpost, has
activities for
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
ACT Reading Test Prep: Lessons From the Front Lines. MUST READ! ABLE TO EDIT!
Read this and instantly become an expert on the ACT Reading exam. This is a must read for all high school students, teachers, parents, and administrators looking to instantly raise ACT Reading scores up to 10 points.Here you will learn everything you will ever need to know about the Reading section of the ACT Test. Contents Include:• ACT Reading General Information• ACT Reading vs. the EXPLORE and PLAN test.• ACT Reading Myths • ACT Reading Strategies• ACT Reading Plan of Attack from Start to F
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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HISTORY MYSTERIES BUNDLE!
Grab a bargain - History Mystery lessons for less! (Over 20% off actually!)This bundle contains lessons to help your students deduce, infer and evaluate arguments and evidence. They are suitable for middle and high school and have been a great success in my and others' classrooms. I will be creating more of these types of lessons and adding them to this bundle as I go along and if you buy now, you will never pay more.Check out the links below for the individual resources, their details and t
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: HEXAGONAL THINKING
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Hexagonal Thinking is an analysis and facilitation tool that gets individuals, pairs, or groups to make connections between ideas, themes, terms, people, places, and just about anything else they can think of. It generally involves arranging hexagonal tiles together in a ‘web’ or mosaic. The only real ru
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
UPDATED: Am Lit / SAT Prep: "The Story of an Hour" Inference & Purpose
UPDATED: Included are the answers in the PowerPoint with guided help to deduce the answer and the question worksheet.
Here are the answers in PowerPoint form that show the students how to eliminate the choices and how to arrive at the correct answers. These slides walk students through strategies for inference and purpose questions as well as reviewing previous strategies on vocab in context questions.
If you like it, look for other SAT Reading strategy lessons I have on: Twain's "Advice for
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Philosophical Chairs for avid learners: Digital Lessons
3 lessons in 1 purchase! Build towards your own Philosophical Chair discussions! Includes notes, critical thinking questions, activities, possible topics (3 total), and more! Philosophical Chairs are a great way to get your class to engage in debate, to listen to a variety of opinions and to craft well thought out responses. Philosophical Chairs are often used in college readiness classes to make students come out of their shells, while still behaving and acting like mature students. This i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: The Entire Year for avid learners: College Readiness
How to Debate Graphic Organizers, Worksheets, PowerPoint for Debate Practice
If you’re looking for ways to set up a debate in your classroom and teach students how to structure an argument, then this resource is for you. The perfect package of informative student worksheets and ready-to-use teaching materials, this resource is your ticket to getting your students to structure their arguments and put on a debate of their own in the classroom. With the pre-keyed PowerPoint Presentation on debating, along with comprehensive student worksheets that show them how to structure
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Distance Learning - EDITABLE PowerPoint Nonfiction Text Features Jeopardy Game
This exciting Jeopardy game is the perfect way to engage your students with learning and practicing their skills with Nonfiction Text Features! This is in Powerpoint Presentation form and is easy to utilize. All you have to do is set to slide show and PLAY!!There is a variety of rigor with these questions for students to really have to think through Nonfiction Text Features. (Digital and Print)Happy Teaching!!For optimal formatting: Download fonts PBCinnamonRaisinBagel and KG BlankSpaceSolid
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1st - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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