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8th grade Common Core CCRA.W.5 videos
Informative AND Argumentative Essay Writing Units - Digital for Middle School
Make teaching informative and argumentative essay writing easier using these NO PREP, DIGITAL lessons with FOUR weeks of step-by-step VIDEO lessons, texts, notes, organizers, and more!Objective: At the end of 4 weeks, middle school students will have written and edited one 5-paragraph informative essay AND one 5-paragraph argumentative essay.This unit is fully digital through the use of Google Slides and is perfect for at-home learning, blended learning, or in a remote teaching situation.What's
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6th - 8th
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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE UNIT PLAN: Lessons, PwPt, Videos, Worksheets!
Teach Congressional Debate in 5 weeks with this detailed unit plan! Product includes:A scale to be used throughout the unit, including Florida standards.Lesson plans complete with bellwork, direct instruction, activities, and exit tickets as well as ideas for modification, enhancement, and VIRTUAL learning.A PowerPoint presentation with 248 slides to take you step by step through the lessons (as well as a PDF version if you prefer that format).Original videos, each appro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Writing Bundle - Essay organizer, stems, links, visuals, scaffolds
This is everything I use to teach the argument essay in AP Language (also for Pre-AP Language). Writing guides are scaffolded and designed to focus on idea-based arguments with strong evidence and analysis. Resources also include thesis and counter-rebuttal video lessons, organizers, and stems.Check the preview for this listing for a PDF of all documents and slides.Bundle includes: Steps to an Argument Essay Writing GuideGoogle Slides for Argument essay (40 slides, including thesis construction
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Common Core Mini-Unit Aligned to 2 Great TED Talks (TM) w/ Video
This mini-unit reveals the power of a single voice using two exceptional TED Talks. Students practice reading/viewing informational texts (speeches, autobiographies, articles, etc.) while developing multiple reading skills. This bundle includes six days of activities, formative assessments, and writing activities. As a special add-on for teachers who purchase this resource, we provide a link to a unit powerpoint that includes daily lesson plans (procedures) and step-by-step slides for each day's
Grades:
7th - 12th
Code Talkers
A power point that covers comprehension questions, pictures, essay assignments, and videos for the entire novel. Students can learn from the Code Talkers' actual perspectives on the war. Pictures and maps can help give students a broader understanding on discussions and questions. They can even write a letter home from Ned's perspective.***Full power point***
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5th - 8th
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Impact of Technology lesson: Video, Discussion, Argumentative Paragraph
My students loved this lesson! Academic discussion leads to stronger writing, and this lesson is meant to do that.The lesson begins with a whole class video that shows image after image of people using a variety of technology to communicate.After the video, the students use questions to guide their discussion, which will generate differing opinions (academic discourse).After the discussion, students use a graphic organizer to build an argumentative paragraph based on notes they took during their
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7th - 12th
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Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson & Guided Practice - Slow Motion Vivid Details
Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson & Guided Practice - Slow Motion Vivid DetailsShow, Don't Tell Lesson: In these Google Slides, students will explore a technique for adding vivid details to their writing using slow-motion, inspired by Barry Lane. If you have never seen him narrate the moment milk is poured over a sister's head, you are in for a treat!Included:Mini-Lesson and Model Slides with a Barry Lane video clip embedded.Built-in annotation and discussion opportunities as students examine th
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5th - 10th
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IRREGULAR VERBS - BREAKIN' THE RULES
This is an introductory Animoto video using music, video, still photos, and text to explain and give examples of the unique nature of irregular verbs...and the necessity of auxiliary verbs as timekeepers for verbs. It draws on the idea of renegade verbs which don't always follow the rules by necessity. This video is in English and Spanish.
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7th - 8th
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RACES Extended Response Google Form & Video
Get your students writing high-quality answers to your extended response questions using this step-by-step Google Form with an embedded instructional video that uses the R.A.C.E.S strategy. Teachers can use this form over and over again by inserting ANY question that requires inferencing and text evidence to support the answer. Students write each part of their response using guided directions for the R.A.C.E.S. model and then combine all of their parts into one complete paragraph at the end.
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6th - 8th
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Narrative Writing Unit-Virtual Writing Lessons
This is a comprehensive unit complete with 10 video lessons, a digital student journal, and a reflection activity. Perfect for remote learning, maternity leave, or flipped classrooms. Designed to last roughly 3 weeks, this unit will guide students through the writing process from start to finish. Some of the lessons include: "Writing with sensory details", "Including meaningful dialogue", and "Show don't tell your feelings." To see the lessons in more detail, click here to watch the overview vid
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6th - 8th
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24:11
Video Lesson about Writing "if" Statements
Looking for a way to get your students to write more thoughtfully connected sentences? Help your students use "if" statements with the correct verb tenses depending on the conditions of a situation. Turn on this funny but informative 25-minute animation video and relax while your students laugh and learn.Here's the video outline:- 0th conditional: If...verb- 1st conditional: If...will + verb- 2nd conditional: If...would + verb- 3rd conditional: If...would have + verb-"ED" (past participle)Thanks
Satire and Fairy Tales Genre Study Unit POWERPOINT AND PDF PRINTABLES VERSION
This unit introduces the concept of Satire within the context of Fairy Tales, using familiar texts such as The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Shrek, and Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes. It contains a 14-page Teacher's PowerPoint and an 18-page printable Student Workbook pdfs.The booklet contains detailed outlines of all elements of Satire, an overview of stereotypical characters found in fairy tales, and analysis and creative assessments.The background slide designs are Non-Editable to protect the co
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: English Literature ELA Growing Bundle | PowerPoints, PDF & Google Units
9 Simple Ways to Reinvent Writing in Your Classroom
How do you effectively use technology to improve writing in your classroom? From classroom blogging to digital notetaking, Vicki Davis gives an overview of the 9 fundamental ways writing has been reinvented using technology.
You'll learn:
- Practical ways to improve your writing instruction.
- Tools and tips to help save time and empower peer review.
- Digital notetaking tips including when you should take notes by hand.
- Research tips and online tools that will save paper and time.
- How to
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Monsters INK! Writing using Details and Descriptive Language: Video Lesson
Guided PowerPoint, perfect for Distance Learning. Creative writing ELA exercise suitable for grades 5-10. Students practice writing with vivid and detailed imagery while gaining an appreciation for the value of specific adjectives in written communication. Students will anonymously draw and describe their own monster. The next day they will work in groups to identify each monster in a gallery walk by pairing it with the appropriate description. With purchase you receive PowerPoint with Detailed
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5th - 12th
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Black History - Sharecropper Protest 1939 - video, reading, writing with KEY
Not a well-known person of Black History leadership, Owen Whitfield, a Black man in rural Missouri, led both Black and White citizens to living in their poverty on the side of the road after being evicted unjustly by farmers. The protest gained national attention and resulted in government changes, impacting America's fight for equal rights for years.The lesson occurs in steps (see preview).First, students watch and respond to a video using inferences, predictions, and conclusions.Next, student
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7th - 12th
Glory Days Theme Poetry Packet- Song, Two Poems, Creative Writing w/KEY
This packet is focused on the theme of glory days, the days during which a person was at their best, shining, talented, famous, and admired.1. The lesson starts with a video and poem excerpt about Grizabella the Glamour Cat - this is meant to engage students visually and with a poem excerpt to get them talking about the imagery and inferences that can be made2. Next are two poems about an older man and an older woman, both with their own pasts and the evidence of their glory days lost in the pre
Simile Success Kit | Infographic/Poster/Game (Editable)
Teach techniques for sharpening similes with this writing workshop resource. Components include:A colorful infographic: 3 Steps to Simile Success.Links to video explainer versions of each stepAn editable Google table version of the infographic.Links to 4 Quizizz games that reinforce concepts introduced in the infographic.A link to download the infographic formatted for printing as a poster/anchor chart.Follow me for product updates & freebies.PinterestTpTFacebookFor middle grade writing work
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3rd - 12th
Metaphor Writing Guide | Infographic/Poster/Game
Maximize Your Metaphor Mojo! Teach techniques for sharpening metaphors with this writing workshop resource. Components include:A colorful infographic with 3 "Don'ts” to avoid for writing metaphors that work. Links to video explainer versions of each "Don't."An editable Google table version of the infographic.Links to 4 Quizizz games that reinforce concepts introduced in the infographic.A link to download the infographic formatted for printing as a poster/anchor chart.To get this infographic (wit
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3rd - 12th
Election | Dear Mr. President Letter Frame, Rubric, Reflection | Social Justice
Empower students. Let their voices be heard. Encourage student activism and foster social responsibility. Have students articulate their concerns to the president in a formal letter after researching what matters to them. Teach them that they have the power to demand social justice. This activity prompts powerful and often emotionally charged arguments and discussions. Prepare to be amazed. Includes letter frame, checklist, rubric, video hook, leadership quotes, and reflection. Follow me to buil
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6th - 12th
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Impact of Technology lesson: Video, Discussion, Argumentative Paragraph
My students loved this lesson! Academic discussion leads to stronger writing, and this lesson is meant to do that.The lesson begins with a whole class video that shows image after image of people using a variety of technology to communicate.After the video, the students use questions to guide their discussion, which will generate differing opinions (academic discourse).After the discussion, students use a graphic organizer to build an argumentative paragraph based on notes they took during thei
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7th - 10th
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24:17
Teaching Writing Digitally with Manipulatives | Digital Writing Lessons
Learn a fun engaging strategy for teaching writing to your digital, virtual, or in person students. In this video I explain how I use physical manipulatives and digital manipulatives to teach writing to my secondary students. I discuss how to adapt the lesson for digital / virtual environments and for in person environments. I provide a quick review of an analytical paragraph structure my students have had success with using and then show how I incorporate manipulatives, collaboration, and speak
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2nd - 12th
Video Project (Middle, High School, Adult Ed., Home School, and Collegiate )
Empower your students to become knowledgeable of the video and or digital cameras, audio recording/microphone devices, and the following software programs: Windows Movie Maker, Windows audio recording, and Vocaroom.com. Using Windows Movie Maker or similar application, a digital or video camera, and a microphone, students are to create a 2 minute video with narration on one of the following subject areas: * a current event * a recent essay of yours * an editorial (your opinion on a certain iss
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Revising Wordiness Presentation and Practice
This lively presentation provides detailed explanations and examples of four specific types of wordiness often found in students' writing. This focus allows students to identify and effectively revise these common calamities, leading to clearer, more concise written work.This presentation includes vocabulary and engaging examples designed to put learning into practice. By the end of this presentation, students will effortlessly identify and eliminate wordiness in their writing, ensuring their se
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6th - 10th
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The First Line - How to start a poem
Sometimes the hardest part of writing a poem is that very first line. This workshop goes over 5 different techniques to begin your poem. If you try each starting technique on the same subject, then put them all together you may end up with a completed poem of all possible first lines.Here is a youtube video playlist of the workshop. Rather than using the google form (included), students can watch each of these videos with class. Videos should be paused between each clip and discussed together. S
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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