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Women's History Month informational text scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
Grades:
5th - 8th
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The CRAP Test (Finding Credible Internet Sources)
Want to help your students find credible, reliable, and relevant sources for a research project? Then this is the perfect resource for you!
Helps students organize their information in a visual way.
Helps them see if their sites are legitimate.
Gets them started with accurate and quality websites for research!
Connects well with the HOW DO I RESEARCH PRESENTATION.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Active Reading Strategies("SNOTS") for Amplify's "The Human Microbiome" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Amplify Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Active Reading Article, "Ocean in Motion"
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS2-5
Rhetorical Analysis Article of the Week - SOAPStone AP Lang
This file is a one page, front and back, article review using SOAPSTone for AP Lang or AP Lang prep.
Students are asked to analyze an article using rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), determine the author's stance, unpack a prompt, and write an introduction paragraph to an essay.
This can be used for an article of the week. For AP Lang, this can be used with an Op Ed, or used to prep students for AP Lang. I have also used it as a study guide for upcoming nonfiction essay prompts.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Renaissance Literary Period Webquest and Test
This activity contains questions and charts that lead the student through an interactive history lesson of the Renaissance Period. It is a concise guide through the historical events which shaped the literature of the period and includes questions about the time period's prominent figures, Humanism, the English monarchs (Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, etc.), the Reformation, and the changing beliefs and values of the people. The packet also includes a multiple-choice test that ma
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Unit 8: AP Lang & Comp - Focus on Education- PPT, reading, and activities
Students will love learning about the foundations of education, and the many controversies that surround schooling as we know it today. First students will read through some foundational documents including: Plato, Benjamin Franklin, Horace Mann, Emerson, and more. Students will then respond to an argument prompt that has students focus on "book learning" versus "world learning." Next, students will then take a look at more contemporary pieces, including works from: Diane Ravitch, Jonathan Kozol
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Social Media & Pop Culture Project - student investigation of cultural influence
In this interactive unit, students will work participate in a two-week (depending on class length) investigation where they will evaluate the influence of social media, fashion, and other cultural norms within their life. First, students will spend about two days in their own investigation, where they will evaluate their own habits: phones, social media, ear buds, fashion, politics & then they will observe their surrounding world to see the habits of those people surrounding them. Next, they
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Updated AP Language & Composition Bundle - Units 1-6
AP Lang Unit 1: Human Rights and American Doctrine: Rhetorical Situation
Created from a vantage point of human rights, this PPT unit will explore all of the key components of the AP Language and Composition's Unit 1 standards while also highlighting International Human Rights doctrine and American rights doctrine. First, students will grasp the concepts of the rhetorical situation through engaging speeches (video and text included): Malala, Lou Gehrig, Selena Gomez, and more. Students will learn to identify all of the key features: speaker, persona, audience, context
Grades:
10th - 12th
Nonfiction (Memoir) Book Club Notes - 3 Levels Bundled
Book club notes designed to help students engage in their reading while focusing on the following skills:
*Creating objective summaries
*Analyzing inner & outer dialogue
*Determining a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot
*Citing the textual evidence that most strongly supports analysis
Notes are designed to support students performing below, at, or above grade-level expectat
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Ellis Island Interactive Webquest Research Writing Project
This webquest takes students on an interactive tour of Ellis Island. The first 3 pages of the webquest includes guiding focus questions for students to answer as they tour all the rooms of the main building of Ellis Island. Students will view photographs, listen to oral histories, and analyze data. A reflective essay is also included at the conclusion of the essay which allows students to use integrate and cite evidence from the webquest.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Citing Evidence! Using Says, Means, Matters to Cite Quoted Text + RACE Strategy
What a great tool to help guide students toward citing evidence correctly! Use Says, Means, Matters to cite authors, evidence, quoted text, and more. Includes examples for modeling and concludes with a summary paragraph using the RACE Strategy. This file is a Word Doc, but can be easily modified to Google Programs.- Distance Learning Activity
Grades:
6th - 9th
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
HARRY HOUDINI Magician Biography NOTE-TAKING & OUTLINING STRATEGY Reading Skils
Here is a helpful reading strategy that will improve students' organization and note-taking skills. Students take notes from the given biographical / informational text about magician Harry Houdini. They fit their notes into the outline provided in order to capture the relationships between ideas and data. The selection about Houdini should spark your students' interest and motivate them to want to take the notes to fill in the outline. This will be a nice supporting resource for the story "The
Grades:
4th - 8th
Active Reading Strategies (SNOTS) for Amplify Human Microbiome "Virus" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Informational Essay Outline- Extended Response
This is an outline and guideline to help guide students while writing a five paragraph informational essay. I created this to help my students visualize what to needs to go next when they are writing their essays and what needs to go in each paragraph and also each sentence. I hope this helps your kids as much as it has helped mine! :)
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Old Man and the Sea: Notes
From Electric English...
These are typed notes that explain some of the deeper context of the novella "The Old Man and the Sea". Even with all the other activities you assign during the course of the unit, it is still beneficial for the student to give them a concrete item they can refer to while working with the material. Hope it is helpful :)
Grades:
10th - 11th
3 Branches of Government Informational Writing
3 Branches of the Government Informational Writing
Standards Addressed:
ELA3W2.I - The student produces informational writing (e.g., procedures, report)
SS3CG1.b – Name the three levels of government (national, state, local) and the three branches in each (executive, legislative, judicial), including the names of the legislative branch (Congress, General Assembly, county commission or city council).
SS3CG1.c - State an example of the responsibilities of each level and branch of government
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Supreme Court History Research Project
Multi-Day Research Project on understanding the function and impact of the Supreme Court through analyzing and research key cases included in Middle School history standards!Standard(s); TS8-5-6b, WCA7,8,9Objective; I will organize my research into a presentation to explain the importance of my supreme court case
Grades:
8th
Also included in:Â Supreme Court History Research Project- Modified for three student levels!
Argument Essay Packet with Exemplar, Outlines, Peer Review, and Rubric
Included here are:
1. A fact sheet that outlines the essential components of an Argument Essay. Students are typically directed to annotate and highlight as we review these fundamentals together as a class. For NY State residents, there is a final question where they are asked to distinguish the Argument Essay from the TAR essay, the other written response on the 11th grade NY State Regents exam. If this prompt is not needed by the teacher, it.is easily removable from the Word doc.
2. An "exem
Grades:
9th - 12th
Renaissance Literary Period Webquest and Test
This activity contains questions and charts that lead the student through an interactive history lesson of the Renaissance Period. It is a concise guide through the historical events which shaped the literature of the period and includes questions about the time period's prominent figures, Humanism, the English monarchs (Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, etc.), the Reformation, and the changing beliefs and values of the people. The packet also includes a multiple-choice test that ma
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Winter Vacation Opinion Writing with Sources and Rubric
This tool has two set-ups. The first is an assessment set-up. It gives the students a writing prompt, two sources, a planning page, and lined pages to write their response.
The second option for using this resource is to teach the students how to write a 5 paragraph opinion essay. Each paragraph is broken down and tells the student to include certain parts. It gives them specific directions on how to write their essay. It also provides a page for brainstorming and allowing the student to choose
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Nonfiction Terms Cornell Notes
FULLY EDITABLE - MS Word format
This set of notes for nonfiction terms is set up Cornell, or 2-column, style. It includes 2 pages of teacher's notes (information has been completed) and 2 pages of scaffolded student's notes.
The following terms and concepts are covered: central or main idea, summary, compare, contrast, argument, evidence, assertion, citation, logic, fallacious reasoning, author's purpose, text features, headings, illustrations, captions, headline, direct quotation, table of
Grades:
6th - 9th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer two texts or one text
Ever find yourself having students struggling with the concept of opinion writing? I have used boxes and bullets many times within my classroom to help students understand the importance to have a thesis statement. With this awesome plan, you are able to keep track of your students writing plan, provide your students with a list of transition words they can use in their writing, and have them write down their entire essay while understanding the format and structure of an opinion piece of writin
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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