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Critical thinking drama Common Core W.11-12.1 resources
Listening Skills Podcasts 5-Pack Listen & Learn Bundle #1 PDF Google Drive CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for online learning, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this bundle of five Listen & Learn activities, students will listen to a podcast (runtime for each episode is between 15 and 28 minutes) focused on a variety of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #1, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period. In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 19-minute podcast focused on the case of Tony, the tiger, an animal that serves as a roadside attra
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8th - 11th
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Fences by August Wilson Unit Materials | For AP Lit & Upper Level ELA Courses
This unit, designed for AP English Literature®/ AP Lit and other upper level ELA classes, guides students in the study of August Wilson's Fences. This download includes materials for teaching, assessing, and expanding on this play and its impact on American literature. The resource includes the following: 71 pages of slideshow notes (1 introductory, 1 for each Act)A pacing guide and instructions and strategies for teaching Fences2 AP Lit skill-based Socratic discussion activities + rubric2 graph
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11th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #4, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 28-minute podcast focused on the case of an 11-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of an airplane
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8th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #3, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 24-minute podcast focused on the case of a young woman who learned at age 19 that someone had stolen
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9th - 12th
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Macbeth Unit Bundle - No-prep teaching materials for grades 9-12!
Here is everything you need to teach Shakespeare's Macbeth to high school students! This delightfully murderous play is a favorite among upperclassmen, and these notes guide classes in an in-depth study of the play. This no-prep (but editable!) bundle includes the following resources: Document of unit objectives and guiding principles5 extensive Guided Reading Note slideshows (one per act) with plot events, themes, symbols, and discussion questions1 introductory slideshow with character introduc
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10th - 12th
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The Taming of the Shrew Unit Bundle - Fully Editable Materials for Grades 9-12
This bundle includes everything you need to teach The Taming of the Shrew to upper high school students, and 10 Things I Hate About You too! This play is more polarizing than others because of its conflicts in gender and sexist tendencies, so questions and assessments include discussion of this issue. This bundle includes the following: 1 introductory slideshow explaining characters, themes, and symbols5 guided reading slideshows, explaining the play as students read in classSuggested homework a
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9th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #2, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period. In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to an 18-minute podcast focused on a police officer who volunteered to dive into the thick, toxic sludge
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8th - 11th
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Hamlet Unit Plan With Lesson Plans, Bell Ringers, & Activities, by Shakespeare
Use this Hamlet unit plan to draw students into Shakespeare's famous plan. This 4-week unit plan includes lesson plans, bell ringers, activities, questions, characters, quotes, final projects and more. Students spend the first two weeks on an in-depth study of Hamlet filled with engaging activities. Week 3 is spent on creative final projects and the final week is spent on the complete writing process for a literary analysis essay. All the prep work is done! Materials are in PDF to print and all
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9th - 12th
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Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Listening Skills Storytelling Activity, Listen & Learn #5, PDF & Google Drive
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts and performances that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 15-minute storytelling performance focused on the memory of a Muslim teen’s heartbr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Shakespeare Life & Sonnet Unit - One Week Mini-Unit
This 6-8 day customizable Shakespeare introduction unit contains the materials and lesson plans needed to teach students the life of William Shakespeare and the basics of his sonnets. This includes a background into the rhyme and meter of the sonnet form. It could be used in any ELA classroom as an introduction to Shakespeare or one of his plays. I use it in my Shakespearean Literature course before reading any of his plays. ⭐The bundle includes: Introductory powerpoint to sonnet form and subjec
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for Grades 9-12
Personalized Learning Project (Cap Stone) (Senior Project) (Independent Study)
An EDITABLE GOOGLE-DOC VERSION of this resource is included (on the last page). You can customize this resource. Then print or have students complete online as a Google Doc. FROM STUDENT MANUAL INTRODUCTION PAGE:What is the Personalized Learning Project, and what is its purpose?The Personalized Learning Project (PLP) is an independent learning project based on your interests. The PLP allows you to explore an area of interest and provides you with the opportunity to apply and demonstrate k
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8th - 12th
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REAR WINDOW | Alfred Hitchcock Film Study Guide | Worksheets
Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW stars Jimmy Stewart as a globetrotting photographer confined to his New York City home. He passes the time by watching his neighbors and suddenly thinks a murder been committed in a nearby apartment. Stewart’s girlfriend (Grace Kelly) is skeptical. Is what he’s seen really authentic…and can he convince others? Your 15-page printable study guide features . . .• introductory cinematic notes • vocabulary • literary notes• study questions to use as the film progresses
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8th - 12th
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Mental Health
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refi
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Documentary Viewing Unit
This unit is designed to teach students about the various elements of documentaries and help them develop critical viewing skills. This unit focuses on three main areas: identifying the main idea, analyzing filmmaking techniques, and critical analysis. The assignments in this unit are generalized and can be used for any documentary films. The unit includes the following components: · What is a documentary? Introductory questions/activity· Introduction to documentaries – notes, PowerPoint, flip b
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Documentary Viewing Unit Digital and Print Bundle
Shark Tank Project - Business Plan Project - Business Economics Project
Students get a firsthand experience for what it's like to develop a simple business plan, just like the contestants on The Shark Tank! Using the guided notes and worksheets in this printable, no prep .pdf project, students will develop a Business Idea, brainstorm ways they will Market their business, think of how they will Finance their business, determine if they need Employees, and more! After students have applied entrepreneurial thinking and completed their packet, they can present their pit
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5th - 12th
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FULL YEAR: GIANT AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION UNIT
FULL AP EXAM PREP MATERIALS, 1,174 PAGES & SLIDESWhat is included in this unit?Everything needed for a full year's course:I. Model syllabus that was approved within 72 hours by College Board. Feel free to draw from the structure, style, or content.II. Section on best practices Value of student pre-writes Exercise emphasizing deconstruction of essay prompts Activity on drawing succinct support from texts Original model that breaks down AP multiple-choice elements and patterns Worksheets requi
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10th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby: Practice with Synthesis
Add a rigorous and engaging synthesis opportunity to the teaching of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Whether you teach the entire novel, excerpts, assign it as an outside reading or show the film, this synthesis activity will work for you. Both the ELA 11-12 Common Core Standards and the College Board's AP Language and Composition course and test require students to be adept at evaluating, critiquing and synthesizing numerous examples of print and non-print text. With this
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Fears and Phobias
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Scene 3 Close Reading Worksheet for Google Drive
Help high school students go beyond basic reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this close reading worksheet covering Act 5, scene 3, of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. An answer key is included. Materials are made for Google Drive, offering automated student feedback. (Alternatively, a printable version is available.)By completing this activity, students will:Identify what the text states explicitly and imp
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9th - 12th
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: The Business World
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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