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High school oral communication balanced literacy resources for GATE
Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c
Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BOOK REPORT Board Game|Fun Creative Challenging|Distance Learning
Sold individually or as a bundle at a discounthttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Report-FUN-PACK-4-Projects-Board-Game-Newspaper-Facebook-Cereal-BoxBook reports don't have to be that boring! This a more creative way to find out how much of the book the student really understands.This can also be used to compliment your already classroom book report assignment.Includes:Simple Directions/InstructionsBoard Game Criteria for Students (kid-friendly)Board Game Scoring Rubric2 Board Game T
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Book Report FUN PACK|4 Projects|Board Game-Newspaper-Facebook-Cereal Box
Book reports don't have to be that boring! These projects are a more creative way to find out how much of the book the student really understands.All of these look GREAT on your walls and bulletin boards!Includes:Board Game Book ReportNewspaper Book ReportFacebook Book ReportCereal Box Book ReportSimple Directions/InstructionsCriteria for Students (kid-friendly)RubricsTemplatesGeneric Score Sheets and TONS of Photos of actual Student Board Games! Check out our store for individually sold Book Re
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions State Birds & Flowers +Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions: State Flowers and Birds Edition +Reading Comprehension ActivitiesAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on an identification chart. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the t
Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Dystopian Fiction Literature Circles Unit Reading & Writing Workshop Grades 7 +
This 5-6 week unit combines Reading and Writing Workshop into a Literature Circle Genre Study of Dystopian Fiction and hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards. Download the preview to read the full lesson plans, purchase the full unit and receive all of the worksheets, directions, models, and rubrics.
This unit has been classroom tested and student approved! My students really loved this unit, largely because dystopian / science fiction is of major interest
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
Sentence Structure - Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Help students learn Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence structure with this fun activity. Includes Simple and Compound Sentences Acquisition Lesson and Extending and Refining Activity for Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences. Engaging way to get students to learn the difference between simple sentences and compound sentences using Oreo cookies and Vanilla wafers! Students love grammar when it is hands-on. Yum! They can eat them when the work is done! Includes essential que
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
LITERATURE CIRCLES Student Response Sheets
Literature circles run more smoothly with these seven response sheets, each naming and describing a different role in the circle.
Room for responses is on each page as well as suggestions for many of the jobs.
Each role/job is aligned with CCSS, as noted on the teacher directions I include: skills covered are Reading Lit. 1 thru 7; Speaking & Listening 1a,b,c,d
Teacher Logs are here too - one for tracking student progress, the other for keeping track of group members. Students stay on
Grades:
6th - 12th
Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Monthly Book Reports and Book Talks
Here is everything you will need to implement monthly book talks into your classroom. There is a parent letter, example, content check list/rubric, 2 graphic organizers (fiction and non-fiction book talks), pacing guide, book talk enhancement suggestion page, and a year long plan. This is 6 years of trail and error fine tuning and has been a wonderful addition to my classroom. The kids and parents love it and because it follows the same format (just the books and genres change), and you won't be
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Scratch Beginners Workbook for Students and Teachers - Cheat Sheet - v1.4
Real computer programming can be challenging and difficult to understand. This is a simple step by step booklet that outlines everything you need to know to plan, set up, program and play your own computer game
This workbook is planned so students can work through each level step by step at their own pace and allows everyone to program something using the Scratch computer program (please note that the free download of Scratch is necessary to have)
http://scratch.mit.edu/
It allows students to e
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Not Another Book Report! (The Lapbook and Other Activities)
This packet includes alternative activities compared to the traditional book report. These activities easily allow for differentiation. The activities include foldables, lapbook ideas, tic tac toes, and projects. Facilitate appropriate reading comprehension while allowing your students to have fun!
Grades:
1st - 12th
Bayard Rustin: Back History, LGBT History-Part of Multicultural Curriculum
This lesson takes students through the following:
1. Anchor Text
2. Supplemental texts and videos
3. Terminology and definitions
4. Discussion Questions
5. Performance Tasks
6. Grading Rubric
7. Standards Alignment
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Hobbit - A book unit to take you there and back again
This is an engaging and scaffolded book unit designed for The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. It includes comprehension questions, vocabulary, quizzes, projects (learning menus), and a final test. This unit lends itself well to Reading Response Notebooks or something similar, but can also be used without. The comprehension questions tie directly into the Common Core requirements of using evidence from text to support answers. It can be used as whole class instruction or in small groups. The unit
Grades:
6th - 10th
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LGBT History-Language Arts Stonewall Riots (Cultural Advocacy)
This lesson includes an anchor text on the Stonewall Inn Riots, 4 supplementary excerpts, discussion questions, performance task, grading rubric, and standards alignments. It is a great resource for teaching about various cultures and supporting various groups of students within our school community.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
A Long Walk To Water Read Aloud Question Posters
2 questions for each chapter. 1 about Nya and 1 about Salva. Questions come in four different formats-Poster print outs to display in the room (sentence frames included)-A basic list of questions by chapter-Cut apart print outs to paste into student journals for reading responses- Link to a print and use journal where students can write their responsesThese are great discussion questions to get your kids thinking about and connecting to the book. We post one poster at the end of each chapter and
Grades:
5th - 9th
Debating Beginners Handbook - Cheat Sheet - Word Doc so you can edit
Real debating can be challenging and difficult to understand. This is a simple booklet that outlines everything you need to know to set up 'real' debating in Primary / Elementay school and even secondary school
This is a word doc so you can edit to suit your specific aduience/class level :)
Just added at the end of the document - a beginners score guide to focus on the really important points
Grades:
5th - 9th
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The Lavender Scare (part of Multicultural Curriculum Series) LGBT History
This lesson brings students through the following:
1. Anchor Text
2. Supplemental Texts/Videos
3. Terminology
4. Discussion Questions
5. Performance Task
6. Grading Rubric
7. Standards Alignment
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
All About Me with Depth and Complexity Thinking Prompts/GATE All About Me
All About Me with Depth and Complexity Thinking Prompts/GATE All About Me Two PDFs includedFonts used: Chelsea's Market Thinking prompts from: JTaylor Education (free icons from Google Chrome extension)
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Team Multimedia Presentation Individual Reflection
This EDITABLE Google form asks students to reflect on their individual performance & contribution for a team multimedia presentation. (works best if students can review a video recording of their performance)Collects emailsAsks for reflective student responsesOverall Experience (likes, dislikes, etc.)Time Management Self-Assess Presenting Performance (voice, gesturing, eye contact, etc.)Self-Assess Teamwork (collaboration, contribution, etc.)Overall Performance (strengths, weaknesses, etc.)T
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9th - 12th
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Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Habits of a Scholar Puzzle Person
Habits of a Scholar Puzzle PersonIncludes 4 PDFS 1 in color with name 1 B&W with name1 in color with without name 1 B&W without nameFonts used: AG SorryNotSorry
Grades:
K - 12th
"The Necklace" Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle B
1 of 2 crosswords I'm offering for Guy de Maupassant's amazing story. 15 words in 1 of 2 different configurations for practicing the same words in two different ways. The other is entitled: "The Necklace" Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle A.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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BOOK REPORT|Create Puppet Theater PLAY|Distance Learning|
A FUN way to write a book report! Write a PLAY and act it out!This a more creative way to find out how much of the book the student really understands.This can also be used to compliment your already classroom book report assignment.Includes:Simple Directions/Instructions3 Templates for writing a play-Character and Settings Template-Map Out Your Story Template-Write your Play TemplatePuppet PatternTONS of Photos of actual Student Puppets! These look great displayed on Bulletin Boards!Check out
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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