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High school oral communication writing-expository 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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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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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
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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
Standards Based 6-Traits Writing Elements (revising/editing)
NEWLY UPDATED!!
An Interactive student Guide to build self-efficacy in 6-Trait Text Revising and Editing. Ready to use for lessons with printables for Students. The guides includes a process with steps that will guide students through each of the 6 traits of writing (i.e., ideas & content, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, voice, conventions) for 6-8th grade.
The new updated version includes both color and black and white pages, a fun design, and all the same helpful content!
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Argumentative Grade 8
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, charts, quotations, environmental print, fiction, or poetry. In line with PARCC demands.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "argumentative" because the student will be forced to establi
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Memoirs Family Heritage Project ~ Distance Learning ELA
Oral history is lost forever if not uncovered and recorded. This beautiful project engages students as historians - creating a family heirloom heritage collection box, doing comprehensive interviews of an older relative with a large given bank of intriguing questions, creating a newspaper full of various modes and forms of writing showcasing the research of family history. Finally, the student prepares and presents their findings in an engaging oral presentation - sharing snippets of best lear
Grades:
4th - 9th
SHOWING CHARACTERS--NOT TELLING ABOUT THEM--with Description, Action, & Dialogue
"Show, don't tell!" Those oft-repeated words drive detail-oriented writing in all genres. Not only is "showing" writing more memorable, but it also gives credit to one's readers that they have sufficient interpretive skills to figure out what the writer is implying via the chosen details--the kind of interpretive skills associated with CRITICAL THINKING. This lesson teaches student writers to think like their readers, to anticipate what their readers will infer from their descriptions, act
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Assertion Journal Bundle #3: A Year of Quotations for Analysis and Response
Challenge your students to blend close reading and argumentation skills as they broaden their world views! Assertion journals--written responses to pithy quotations--are an integral part of my classroom. Through them, students learn to think critically, analyze, and argue. They are frequently cited by my students as one of the most helpful and enjoyable assignments of the entire year. This product contains ten topical collections of quotations, presented attractively with unique pictures and bac
Grades:
9th - 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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Ancient Greek Architecture Project
This is a printable independent study project that requires students to research Greek and Roman architecture. Some of the tasks will require students to draw and label Greek columns, find modern day examples, and compare the two architectural styles.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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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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3rd - 10th
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7 Steps to Research Posters (IIM: Independent Investigation Model)- BOHO
IIM Research Method BOHO PostersIIM (Independent Investigation Method) is a great way to teach research skills. I created these to use in my own classroom.See my other products: The Multisensory Bookworm
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Grades:
K - 12th
BLACK HISTORY: Historical Figure Research Project / Report - Research Writing!
This is a digital resource that walks students through the research and writing process. There are tasks that students complete that get them closer and closer to writing their digital research book on a Black historical figure of their choice. Students perform an initial research on individuals that interest them to narrow their focus. There are 6 tasks total and a report/book template to present students' research. You can assign the 6 tasks first which will last a little over a week. Once th
Grades:
4th - 11th
Explaining Concepts With Scratch
This beginner Scratch guide will lead your students through planning and coding any explanation through Scratch. Perfect for small group instruction, centers, or whole group instruction, the individual student cards are designed to be used by students and walk them through the process of choosing a setting, sprite, and coding dialogue to explain a concept. Whether you're learning math, social studies, science, or even retelling a story, your students can use coding skills which is extremely enga
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Fifth Grade Math MEGABUNDLE
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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Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Project: Spy Wars
This product is a two week unit that requires students to exercise creative problem solving and interdisciplinary knowledge. The project's premise is that the student is part of a group of spies that needs to help two field agents recover an important document. Students work in teams to plan the mission and write up a report.
This iteration of Spy Wars is based on Dracula. Students use a variety of clues throughout the project to piece together the location of the plans (Carfax Abbey).
This p
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Writer's Block-BUSTERS! /40 Writing Prompt Cards + 16 Challenge Cards, Easy-Prep
BUST the writer’s block! The resources in this set provide a quick and easy way to motivate reluctant writers and challenge more advanced writers. Each Block-BUSTER card contains a different set of five words and phrases. Students will use the words and phrases from each card in a written piece of their choice or one that you assign. Give your students an extra challenge and an opportunity to think outside the box by pairing a Block-BUSTER card with a Challenge card. Now students must use the wo
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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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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Writing an Interesting Introduction and a Conclusive Conclusion
My students seem to find writing the introduction and the conclusion of an essay the most challenging. This paper has them practice writing just those...and not the essay that goes with it. There is a paper with directions and details. Then there are two graphic organizer pages that allows them to practice writing three introductions and the conclusions that go with them.
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5th - 12th
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The Best Ever Writing Models
Are you and your students tired of the “written report?”
When the assessment is for a written product, give students the opportunity to choose from these 60+ writing models – from advertisement to fable, from character sketch to parody, from metaphor to surprise ending. Students read, observe, and write - answering questions about the model or reading excerpt and then completing their own written product.
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4th - 9th
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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
BYSTANDER by James Preller
"Bystander" is a great book to use when discussing bullying. The story treats the issue of being a bystander in a bully situation, and allows the reader to consider what his/her responses might be: ignore? interfere? report?
Included is a syllabus covering reading and writing prompts for each chapter.
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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