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High school balanced literacy thematic unit plans for early intervention
Visual Literacy & The Graphic Novel
Teach visual literacy and introduce the graphic novel. This resource is full of engaging lessons and activities for building visual literacy skills. It will also introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel (you don't need to be reading one).Whether you teach the graphic novel or not, this bundle will give you the opportunity to work on your students’ analytical skills. We spend our days analyzing visual clues and interpreting people’s actions based on those clues. However, when it comes
Grades:
8th - 12th
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The Odyssey Unit for pre-AP skills AND authentic literacy!
This unit was written to promote authentic literacy and advance pre-AP skills in the classroom. Included in this new and updated unit are almost 70 pages of totally original handouts and engaging activities that you will not find anywhere else: a “4 Corners” interactive anticipation guide, the “Odyssey Toga Party” to introduce star characters, the Mount Olympus Police Report to file against Odysseus, Life is Like an Epic Simile to help students write their own poems, Annotation in 8 Steps, plus
Grades:
8th - 11th
Wonder Adapted Novel Study for SPED
This is a full adapted unit for the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This unit is perfect for a special education or life skills class and has everything you need for reading and writing for 6-7 weeks. The novel study includes a character reference sheet, character description activity, character foldable, plot activity with three levels of support, and journal writing prompts with three levels of support. Additionally each part in the book has a fill in the blank activity with three levels of supp
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Secret Path - Full Unit
This unit has been built with PEARDECK but it is not necessary to use the extension to be able to use the unit (just an added bonus). The resource will stand alone without the application. There are 124 slides with questions, activites, videos, and learning goals and connected links to be used with each song/video from Gord Downie's The Secret Path. **FYI the lesson for Shin-Chi's Canoe is not included in the full unit as it is prior learning to The Secret Path - you can buy the lesson here**
Grades:
5th - 9th
NEW Complete Digital Curriculum Virtual Classroom High School English 9-12
**Update to those who have already purchased this item. I have gone through the original and updated some links that were glitching out. Please re-download the item to get those new links. Gotta love technology! :) I also added curriculum maps to the end of the slide deck AND additional novel studies This is a complete, Google slides one-stop-shop item containing all the activities, assignments, texts, and materials you need to teach high school English, grades9-12. This program is vertically al
Grades:
9th - 12th
Core Vocabulary Adapted Book Bundle Set 1 (PUT, GO, STOP, DOWN, UP)
Save 20% by purchasing the Core Vocabulary Book Bundle Set 1 which includes 5 adapted interactive books targeting the high frequency words DOWN, UP, GO, STOP, and PUT. Each Book is sold separately at $3.00 per book. Save 20% by purchasing the bundle,Please consider your purchase carefully if you have already purchased one or more of these books.The AAC Core Books are perfect for speech therapy and special education students. If you have students using AAC (augmentative-alternative communication)
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Mental Health: The Impact of Social Media
this is a 3 day unit that deals with the impact of social media on mental health with a specific focus on teenagers. The unit deals with:- The pros and cons of social media- Algorithms and marketing from social media companies- The Neuroscience behind what social media can do to our brains- Critical thinking and strategies we can use to limit and control our social media use. With regards to material, there are several videos, discussions, debates, and articles that pertain to the above topics,
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5th - 12th
Radio Drama Unit and The Frozen Pirate Radio Play
Sea Shanty anyone? This THREE-WEEK radio theater unit and play, nearly 80 pages in length, is suitable for high school drama classes or upper middle grade gifted classes and includes: • Rationale for teaching radio theater• A lesson on the history of radio theater • Information about Foley engineers• Three links to video clips of Foley engineers• Student-created sound effect project• Five links to radio play performances (some vintage and some recent) • A mini-lesson in writing and pr
Grades:
9th - 11th
Case of the Litterbug Mystery Scavenger Hunt
Someone mysteriously littered in your classroom, and your students must solve the mystery of the litterbug this Earth Day! This low-prep Earth Day scavenger hunt is so easy to set up - print, fold, cut a few pieces, and place around the room. No locks, no envelopes, just pure excitement!Start with your litterbug suspect list and the crumpled papers, which is actually your first clue. The clues are easy to follow by matching the pictures and include Earth Day superheroes to tell you what to do al
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PreK - 9th
Also included in: Earth Day Activities & Centers for Preschoolers
Core Vocabulary Adapted Book Bundle Set 2 (More, Again, It, Play, Help)
Save 20% by purchasing the Core Vocabulary Book Bundle Set 2 which includes 5 adapted interactive books targeting the high frequency words IT, PLAY, MORE, HELP and AGAIN.Each Book is sold separately at $3.00 per book. Save 20% by purchasing this bundle.Please consider your purchase carefully if you have already purchased one or more of these books.The AAC Core Books are perfect for speech therapy and special education students. If you have students using AAC (augmentative-alternative communicati
Grades:
PreK - 12th
ELL Newcomer/SLIFE.Interactive Reading Drills w/Lang.Development. PART 2.
These are reading drills on interactive slides for older newcomers and SLIFE students . If you have part 1, you know that it was very important for me to develop a resource that is age appropriate for older students (grade 5 and up; I do have several feedbacks from teachers who use my drills in grade 4, and they attest to their efficiency. However, I personally have only used the drills with students beginning with grade 5, so I cannot guarantee results for younger learners).These drills address
Grades:
5th - 10th, Adult Education
Teach Theme BUNDLE | Lesson, Auto-Graded Quiz, Poster & Topic-Statement Template
THEME is my favourite lesson to get to as an English teacher; but I often find students (myself in high school, too) confuse THEME with "moral" or "topic", and they need support articulating innovative thematic messages.This comprehensive THEME bundle is designed to quickly and effectively teach and assess students' familiarity with identifying and articulating THEMEs in the texts they read, mainly literature. The bundle engages learners ages 13+ in ---learning what THEME is and is NOT, actively
Grades:
7th - 12th
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- Complete Teacher's Unit
Teaching The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Don't know where to start? This bundle includes many activities to do before, during, and after reading the novel. This is a bundle for the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. We got you covered!
Grades:
7th - 10th
UNWIND: Paired Passages & Activities
As part of your UNWIND unit, I encourage you to incorporate these paired passages and activities to help your students understand the world around them, the controversy of this novel, and important concepts such as organ donation, Roe v. Wade, Safe Haven, and Xenotransplantation. These activities will stimulate high level thinking, independent research and reflection, as well as an ability to openly discuss and share an understanding of these topics through lively discussion.
This is a "must ha
Grades:
6th - 9th
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Complete Novel Unit
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s rich with magical realism murder mystery text Chronicle of a Death Foretold comes to life in this engaging and moving novel where we know where the crime took place, who the victim is, and even who were the killers, but what events transpired to lead up to this murder, and why did an entire community who knew about the intended murder allow it to happen? Is the town responsible for the murder? My students are true crime fanatics, and they really enjoyed diving into this
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
So-EZ-Science: Weather & Atmosphere Unit
This unit is a balanced literacy unit covering areas such as: temperature conversion, making a rain guage, recording weather, using weather station symbols, using the Beaufort Wind Scale, fronts, cloud types, cloud cover, graphing precipitation, graphing temperature, graphing weather phenomenon, weather tools, relative humidity, calculating relative humidity, precipitation, interpreting weather symbols on a weather map, reading a weather map, wind velocity, wind direction, wind speed, reading a
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Representing Teen Culture - The Breakfast Club (Focus Film)
This resource includes a fully sequenced program of work and supporting resources (over 50 pages) for teaching a unit of work based on 'Representing Youth Culture' through the lens of the camera.
It includes a unit outline and a suggested sequence of lessons and activities (over 20 hours) with specific targeted resources.
In addition to a user friendly, purposeful study guide to engage students while watching the film 'The Breakfast Club', this resource now includes viewing guides suitable fo
Grades:
8th - 12th
Drama Source Book Junior Secondary High School DRAMA
This resource features complete lessons and units which can be used in whole or handouts can be chosen. Useful for drama and English teachers.Warm Ups- Starters3 Warm Ups- 10 worksheets Myself and Others - a Me Scrapbook,My Autobiography,Somewhere Special .... A Soundscape.Family freeze frames - Household Hall of Fame!, Slice of life at homeFamily Performance Project, School scenes and dialogue; Focus on Character - How Others See Me; Creating and Staying In CharacterGender - Boys will be Girls
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7th - 9th
Also included in: DRAMA TEACHER'S BUNDLE HIGH SCHOOL Radiant Heart DRAMA EXTRAS
Core Vocabulary Adapted Book "MORE" for AAC Users and Speech Therapy
This AAC Core Vocabulary Adapted Book targeting the high frequency word "MORE" is perfect for speech therapy and special education students. If you have students using AAC (augmentative-alternative communication) and are minimally verbal or non-verbal, core Vocabulary books will provide meaningful opportunities to develop functional and relevant vocabulary.Core vocabulary is a set of high frequency words that make up the majority of toddler, preschool and early communicator’s language. By using
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Also included in: Core Vocabulary Adapted Book Bundle Set 2 (More, Again, It, Play, Help)
Coming Of Age - Entire English Thematic Unit
Coming Of Age - Entire English Thematic UnitAre you looking for an engaging unit to keep your students engaged with high-interest topics? My students love this unit because they're able to connect to it in a meaningful way! This unit includes: Essential Questions Journal PromptsComing-Of-Age Ceremony Gallery Walk (with Posters)Frayer DefinitionsIdentity ChartNarrative TextsSong Analysis Assignment"This I Believe" Assignment"Onward" Film AnalysisFinal AssessmentTeenagers Who Changed the World - I
Grades:
7th - 11th
Fahrenheit 451 Reading Guide (Graphic Novel)
Questions to go along with the graphic novel version of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I used it digitally (with students typing their answers on the document itself) but it's perfect to use with journals.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: The ULTIMATE Unit Plan for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Welcome to Tinsel Town Podcast
After making a wish on the Christmas Star, Holly finds herself popping in and out of Tinsel Town, a magical place where it’s Christmas every day. But after getting stuck there, her friends - a giant candy cane, a mysterious ornament, and a polar bear Queen - need to band together to help her get home. As things start to fall apart in Tinsel Town, the curmudgeonly Conductor accuses Holly of ruining Christmas and does everything in his power to try to ban her from celebrating ever again. Will Holl
Grades:
4th - 10th
Planner for elementary school students
Izzie Land designed an educational planner for elementary school students with 139 pages developing appropriate school routine and skills. In this planner you will find personal data, calendar, schedule, favorites, values and attitudes, national identity, generic skills, main learning areas, language skills, reading literacy, emotional health, healthy lifestyle, daily routine, retrospective and future goals . Stimulate your learning process with a programming routine.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Analyzing Text Features, Tone, & Rhetoric BUNDLE | Lesson & Quiz Set
This comprehensive Read & Write Valid Sources bundle is designed to quickly and effectively review and assess students' familiarity with identifying and articulating WHAT sources are credible, WHY, and HOW to cite courses correctly in MLA. Quizzes include --->Text Features (__16 points) -- assesses students' understanding of a source's use of common text features to enhance or direct the reader and their interpretation. Ethos, Logos, Pathos (___10 points) -- assesses students' understandi
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7th - 12th
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