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Thanksgiving balanced literacy Common Core RI.9-10.9 resources
Student Data Tracking Bundle
Do you want your students to have a stronger idea of their own learning? Would you like them to be able to set realistic goals for their own learning? Student data tracking is exactly what you are looking for!Data tracking is a wonderful way for students to take ownership of their own learning and skill mastery. These easy to use tracking sheet allows for students to track teacher defined pieces of data throughout the quarter, semester or year. Learning targets are common core aligned and can
Grades:
9th - 12th
Thanksgiving Thematic Unit Standard-Based with Reading Comprehension Grades 4-6
This Thanksgiving High Interest STUDENT-CENTERED THEMATIC UNIT covers all things Thanksgiving for Grades 4-6. From the Wampanoag to the Mayflower to turkeys to the true origins of Thanksgiving to What Was the First Thanksgiving to harvest festivals to alliances to diplomacy and more. This cross-curricular unit covers Thanksgiving without marginalizing anyone. Facts and some fun, plus reading comprehension, fluency passages, close reading, higher order thinking and standards-based lessons. Re-t
Grades:
5th - 7th
Fallacies
Here's something to help you TEACH in this era of "FAKE NEWS"! 20+ Fallacies, 60 Slides with Fallacy and Argumentation Notes, 2 Quizzes and Essay Exam, and 14 MAJOR projects that can get your lesson started. Know that this PowerPoint is editable, so it's a lesson that keeps on giving! Check it out!This PRODUCT Includes:1. A 60 Slides2. Argumentation Notes3. 2 Quizzes: Multiple Choice and Short Response4. The 5 sTAGES OF aRGUMENTATION nOTES5. List of 21 Fallacies with Definitions6. 3 Fallacy Cate
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â FALLACIES [BUNDLE]
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Thanksgiving Day History Activities Gr. 9-12
This packet is complete with activities that look at the history of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. What better way to encourage students to reflect on what Thanksgiving means to them?
This packet includes four presidential proclamations showing the shift in emphasis from Washington and Lincoln, to Franklin Roosevelt and Obama. Students work in groups to consider what each president lists to be thankful for. This information will be used for discussion and reflection, as well as a group wri
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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"On Civil Disobedience" (excerpt) by Gandhi --Analysis Worksheet
On this comprehensive sheet, students are asked to:-read the text-determine the main idea-decide how Gandhi feels about Government-use evidence from the text to infer the definition of unfamiliar words-make a chart about the cause and effect technique that Gandhi uses in his speech using only evidence from the text-connect personally to the text by deciding if the theme is relative to today's climate-infer who the audience is based on the text-infer the living conditions Gandhi is referencingThi
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Media Literacy: Seven Sources of Bias Information Personal Essay
Introduces students to the 7 sources of major biases of all information regardless of its form. Reinforces critical thinking skills, fallacies, and conflicts of interest that can affect the transparency, objectivity, and authenticity of any type of piece of information. Students learn to identify fake news and false narratives to avoid or perpetuate them. The Healthy Mind Express Media Literacy Series, a nonprofit effort based in Michigan features two separate writing assignments (Seven Sources
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Blank Check, A Young Adult Novel - Study Guide
From the thrilling Young Adult Book, Blank Check.Educators designed the study guide for educators.What’s included in this Study Guide?All 50 state standards for English / Language Arts Grades 6-12  Over 30 Pre and Post Reading Activities 300 Vocabulary & Literary TermsDesigned for Distance Education & Traditional ClassroomThe Study Guide provides teachers with lessons that entail excitement and engagement.Activities include multiple websites that create critical thinking and student-cent
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Article Analysis Templates
This product contains 20 no prep article analysis printable worksheets and graphic organisers which can be used in conjunction with news/current events articles. They can be used either as part of a class project, independent research projects, or to aid in reading comprehension. Having previously undertaken award-winning research around home education and digital technologies (UK/USA), I now draw both from my undergraduate and master’s degrees to author books on education (UK/USA), create prod
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Not Grade Specific
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Most Dangerous Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of Vietnam War Novel Unit
The unit covers 27 days.
This is a Zip file with 38 editable Word and PowerPoint files.
This unit has:
3 Power Point Lessons
6 comprehension quizzes (answer key included)
1 final exam (answer key included)
2 Literary Analysis prompts
6 notes pages to use throughout reading
Research Project (optional)
Discussion Questions for Tabletop Tweets or other class discussions
Two links to related TED talks and worksheets to complete
Skills covered are:
Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition vs. Irony
Symbolis
Grades:
7th - 10th
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To Kill a Mockingbird--Scottsboro Trial
After reading Tom Robinson's trial in To Kill a Mockingbird, let your students be the lawyers by giving them real evidence from a case similar to Tom's. In this activity, students will analyze real evidence from the Scottsboro Trial in 1939 and create a closing argument similar to Atticus's famous speech. This activity can be done simply in one day or over a course of a few days and you can add an element of speech presentation and revising and editing of their speeches if you wish. You can also
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Free 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation Analysis
Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation came amidst the violent unrest of the Civil War. It's elevated language and literary devices conjure images of peace and thankfulness in a broken country. Use this short piece of text to analyze, diction, rhetorical appeals, parallelism, and tone. I've included a list of elevated vocabulary, a graphic organizer, two constructed response writing prompts, and a syllabus. This free product is my gift to you. Just print and teach.If you enjoy this free morsel
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Thanksgiving Bundle of Engaging Literature Lessons
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