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10th grade informational text pdfs for GATE
Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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8 Amazing Female Inventors
Bet you didn't know that windshield wipers were invented by a WOMAN! Mary Anderson came up with the idea in the early 1900s -- a time when women were often not viewed as capable of scientific ideas. Let's hear it for those women who were pioneers in their fields!!! Read more about women inventors in this packet that contains 8 high-interest passages with coordinating activity sheets. The activity sheets address analytical thinking, vocabulary, language formulation and text-dependent comprehensio
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Ballad of Birmingham and Birmingham Historical Article Cross-Genre Questions
The poem and article are about the Birmingham church bombing in 1963 in which four girls were killed. This activity includes a graphic organizer for the poem, separate author's craft/purpose questions for the poem and article, and cross-genre questions between the two. The questions require students to examine the strategies the authors use to convey their message. They are higher-level thinking rather than content-based questions.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Guide to High School Writing, MLA Format & Citation, and Literary Terms
This 25-page document is a terrific way to give your students plenty of useful information on the writing process used in high school (and college) writing. The guidelines, tips, and suggestions are the basics gleaned from numerous and popular writing guides presented in a concise and condensed format.
Additionally, literary terms commonly found on the AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, as well as the SAT, ACT, and SAT Literature Subject Test have
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sensationalism Collection with Informative Articles, Story, and Poem
This collection includes the short story "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird," the poem "Sensationalism," and two informative articles, which all have to do with sensationalism. Each piece has individual author's craft/purpose questions, the two articles have paired text questions, and the story and poem have cross-genre questions. The questions require students to identify and examine how the author uses strategies to convey his message. They are all higher-level thinking rather than content based q
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8th - 11th
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Organizational Patterns Unit
This product contains organizational pattern templates, graphic organizers, task cards, a review lesson, and a test. It provides an opportunity to teach students the different organizational patterns, practice using each, and being able to identify the difference between them.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Current Events Choice Board - Printable + Google Slides (Distance Learning)
Giving students choices in regard to their learning is one of the most powerful ways to increase motivation and boost learning. This current events choice board was designed with my 6th-grade students in mind to be used with Newsela and Google Classroom. The questions are infused with Depth and Complexity to differentiate instruction and encourage critical thinking. Although they are perfect for DISTANCE LEARNING, they also can be used as printable resources in the classroom. Included:Choice
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5th - 12th
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Sensationalism Informative Articles Paired Text Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These two articles discuss the negative impact of sensationalism. Each article has questions which require students to identify and examine the strategies the authors use to convey their message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. This product also contains paired text questions.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Sensationalism Collection with Informative Articles, Story, and Poem
Thinking Like a DISCIPLINARIAN: 39 DISCIPLINARIANS DEFINED (3 additional added)
TLAD, or Thinking Like a Disciplinarian is based on the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan and her quest to take students deeper into content and thinking skills by adopting multiple perspectives utilized by real world professionals. TLAD is based on the idea of introducing students to the recourses, tools, thinking skills, methods professionals in the field utilize daily. While we want to practice integrating TLAD into our everyday teaching, we must first expose our students to what each Discipline is
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Main Idea and Details (Depth and Complexity Frame)
Graphic Organizer can be used for different disciplines and content areas, e.g. informational writing, literary response, social studies, science. It utilizes some of the depth and complexity icons created by Dr. Sandra Kaplan. (NOTE: For the younger grades, there is enough space for students to draw a picture or small object from a source.)
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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The Peril Of War Unit: Stories, Poems, Speeches, and Songs About the Aftermath
This is a collection of a short story, two poems, a song, and a speech about those who are left behind in time of war. The unit includes "In Memoriam," "the sonnet-ballad," "Facing It," "The Gettysburg Address," and "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." Each selection comes with higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify strategies and literary devices to determine why the author used them. There are also rhyme scheme, literary device identification, and summarization charts inclu
Grades:
8th - 11th
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JANE AUSTEN 8 Projects and Activities PRINT and EASEL
This is a package of activities that combines historical research and literary appreciation of Jane Austen. Each of the eight small projects stand alone – the classroom teacher can pick and choose which assignments may be done, or the students can be given the option of which ones they want to complete. The activities also make an excellent independent study for a student who wants to pursue an interest in Jane Austen and/or the Regency era.Designed for senior high school students but several
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Effects of War Unit: Stories, Poems, and Speeches from the Participants
This collection consists of one short story, three poems, and two speeches which represent the feelings of those involved in war. It includes "The Cricket on the Heart," "Conquerors," "Stop the Sun," "Wirers," "I Will Fight No More Forever," and "The Crisis." Each selection comes with higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify strategies or literary devices and determine why the author used them. Charts for rhyme scheme, literary device, and vocabulary identification a
Grades:
8th - 11th
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"A Long Walk to Water" Anticipation Guide
A great pre-reading activity to get students thinking about the main themes and concepts addressed in the novel "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park.
Students must chose a side to argue (either agree or disagree) based on a series of statements related to water, human rights, and sharing of resources.
Grades:
5th - 12th
10 Tips to Improve Everything You Write for School, Work, and Life
This 90-page guide is meant to be a quick and easy way to improve anyone's writing. Teachers might want to use this for their own edification or to use in parts to help students with their writing process. The 10 tips are also helpful for everyday use, business writers, and creative writers. Really, there are far more than just 10 tips as each one of the tips includes numerous other tips-within-tips and additional ideas on how to improve writing.The material includes quotes from authors conce
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" Unit
This common core aligned unit is an analysis of Civil Disobedience and the role of freedom. Students will use close reading, writing, speaking and listening to grasp a deeper understanding of Thoreau's idea of civil disobedence and freedom.
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This unit includes:
Two Week Unit
Links to supplementary materials
Link to article for analysis
19 Activities
Step by step daily instructions for each activity
Rhetorical reading, writing
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Grades:
10th - 12th
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COVID-19 The Pandemic of the 21st Century: An Inquiry-Based Activity
COVID 19 has consumed our lives, and it has had an immeasurable impact on our students. This product will help bring to light some of the impact COVID 19 has had on our country as a whole and bring greater understanding to the effects of a pandemic. Middle and High-School students will look at data and analyze news articles and photography to build an argument ... Has COVID 19 brought America together? or has it torn people apart?
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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Enyclopedic Musings - Creative Fiction/Non-Fiction Digital Writing
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
White Sox Scandel Speech with Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This is a speech from the prosecutor in the case of the White Sox baseball team. The questions require students to identify the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Answers are included.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Writing Bookmarks (Experiences, Events, News)
The 5Ws & H questions on a bookmark to support students when they write about experiences, events, something that happened and news. The bookmarks are three per page and there are 14 different colored gingham backgrounds.
Grades:
1st - 12th, Adult Education
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How to cite using 9 core elements in MLA
How to cite using 9 core elements in MLAMLA8citationscitation page
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Bookmarks (Experiences, Events, News)
The 5Ws & H questions on a bookmark to support students when they write about experiences, events, something that happened and news. The bookmarks are three per page and there are 14 different colored gingham backgrounds.
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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Depth & Complexity Icon Chart
Depth & Complexity icons help students achieve deeper thinking, and understanding, as well as scholarly insights into the connections across time, people and disciplines. Great for GATE students or any students!
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Maud Ballington Booth's Speech to Ex-Convicts Author's Purpose Questions
This product contains a speech by English activist Maud Ballington Booth to convince people that ex-convicts aren't hopeless. The questions require students to identify and analyze the strategies the author used to convey her message. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. A chart is also included which asks students to read a quote, identify the literary device used and determine the author's purpose for using the device. Answers are provided for each activity.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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