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Earth Day for all subjects Common Core RI.9-10.4 resources
Critical Thinking Activities end of the year ela middle high school ChatGPT AI
Visual essays offer a refreshing, creative outlet for students to showcase their knowledge and understanding, making them ideal post-testing and end-of-the-year activities. They perfectly combine critical thinking with artistic expression, ensuring a meaningful, engaging, and unique experience for students to demonstrate their learning.Moreover, cheating has unfortunately become an ongoing issue in students’ education. With the development of essay generators like ChatGPT, it is too easy for stu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Greta Climate Speech Multiple Choice Quiz Close Reading & Rhetorical Analysis
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL Google Doc work packet. Ready to be assigned on Google Classroom. You will save time because an answer key and detailed lesson plan are included, and you will have a rigorous and engaging lesson aligned to standards on reading informational texts. Students will love reading about current events. This speech by Greta Thunberg on climate change is perfect activity for Earth Day or Women's History Month.In this activity, students will...1. Evaluate Greta Thunberg's argument by
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6th - 12th
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Earth Day Worksheets Reading Passage and Comprehension Activities
Make teaching your students about Earth Day easy with these engaging no-prep reading activities! These Earth Day worksheets include a one-page reading passage and numerous engagement activities to get your students to learn more about this day while strengthening their vocabulary and language comprehension! Save yourself precious prep time and know you are providing an easy-to-use resource for your students. Please open the PREVIEW to view the product ~ As a special education teacher, I create r
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7th - 10th
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Writing Module #1 | Write a Problem-Solution Argument | Recycling | Grades 7-12
Your 7th to 12th graders got this! Got what? A final product they'll create in no time with step-by-step guidance and be so proud of: A Problem-Solution Argument Essay about "The Recycling Problem," perfect for this age group. STUDENTS READ AUTHENTIC SOURCES ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH RECYCLINGStudents read and critically think about a very important, current, relevant issue people all over the world are grappling with right now - the problem with recycling (plastics mainly) and different ways of so
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Modules | Grades 7-12 Growing Bundle | Write in Every Genre
Earth Day - Critical Thinking Text Puzzle 14 | Digital Literacy
Here's a fun Earth Day Text Message Puzzle for Middle School students! How quickly can your class figure out who is texting and what is going on? Here's part of the text message conversation: What do you want to do for Earth Day?Kick off with a challenge to reduce, reuse and recycle?And then discuss how astronauts manage waste in space?... (look at the product preview PDF to see the last line) Who is speaking? What is going on? How do you know that?This is the full Reading Comprehension lessonTh
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6th - 10th
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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EDITABLE Slides for ELA Content - Add Your Own Content, Notes, and Even Graphics
Hello and thank you for considering this EDITABLE Canva template!When you access the document, click on the link that says CLICK HERE. Once it opens, you will SAVE a COPY of this template on your own Canva account. You will edit YOUR SAVED copy. I used PRO account elements on this PDF, so you will need a pro account to get all of the same elements. There are ten slides of content, a concluding slide, and title slides. If you need more slides, you can duplicate the template slides. If you want to
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Not Grade Specific
Digital Bundle: Article of the Week
This product includes both a printable and online version of an Article of the Week activity. This activity was designed to encourage students to become worldly knowledgeable, research unknown topics, and introduce students to different and new ways of thinking. This assignment is designed to encourage students to ask questions, seek understanding, and analyze information in an article.Online Version- Includes for teachers and students:links to editable assignment both Google Form and Microsoft
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6th - 10th
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Earth Day - NO PREP Critical Thinking Text Puzzle 14 | Digital Literacy
Here's a fun NO PREP (just print and go 4 page INDEPENDENT WORKSHEET) Earth Day Text Message Puzzle for Middle School students! How quickly can your class figure out who is texting and what is going on? Perfect to leave behind for Middle School ELA Sub Plans!This is the NO PREP versionDownload and print the PDF. It has the text puzzle, Bloom's Taxonomy discussion questions and answers.CLICK HERE to get the full Reading Comprehension lessonThe slideshow lesson goes through each text message clue
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6th - 10th
Nonfiction Article Graphic Organizer- Use with ANY Article!
Includes comprehension and response questions to target Common Core Standards for reading Informational Text. Questions include:Author's PurposeMain IdeaStructureVocabularyStudent ResponseEasy to use and adapt! GREAT for use with Article of the WeekGREAT for a quick sub planGREAT for easy prep after a break
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Podcast Notes Worksheet
This simple and fun worksheet is perfect for in-class listening or an independent assignment! I couldn't find one that I loved, so I made this to suit my students' needs.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Digital Article Poster Assignment (with rubric!)
Download is a Microsoft Document with live links to assignment and resources! This activity was designed to encourage students to become worldly knowledgeable, research unknown topics, and introduce students to different and new ways of thinking. This assignment is designed to encourage students to ask questions, seek understanding, and analyze information in an article.Includes for teachers: -rubric-link to editable Google Slides assignment -exemplar to show/guide students-guide for use in the
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5th - 12th
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MAUS | MAUS VISUAL ESSAYS, ESSAY ALTERNATIVE | MAUS ESSAY WRITING
MAUS | MAUS VISUAL ESSAYS, ESSAY ALTERNATIVE | MAUS ESSAY WRITINGAre you looking for an innovative and creative way to teach MAUS?Visual Essays are the perfect instructional approach to help students understand challenging texts. It is a different assignment and encourages visual and data literacy skills in readers by providing them with various visuals that illustrate key points from the text. It also allows students to express their interpretations of what they have read through visual media.W
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES, the cave allegory, essay alternatives, philosophy
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES, the cave allegory, essay alternatives, philosophyThe Cave Allegory is one of the most famous passages of philosophy, and I think all students should study it sometime during their education. It asks its readers to liberate themselves from the conventional bonds that chain them. There are many essays, articles, lecture series, etc. on this fundamental text; there are more nuanced and rigorous academic writings and talks available, but my intention is to provide a 9
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HOLOCAUST | CRITICAL THINKING PROJECT | READING COMPREHENSION | PRIMO LEVI
HOLOCAUST | CRITICAL THINKING PROJECT | READING COMPREHENSION | PRIMO LEVIAN ANALYTICAL APPROACH INTERACTIVE OR PRINTThis product focuses on the second chapter of Levi’s book called “The Gray Zone.” It is self-contained with a link to the chapter!!! No prep!!I have taught The Drowned and The Saved several times over the past nine years, and I have found the book is one of the most thoughtful and harrowing I have ever read on the Holocaust. Not only does Levi offer a unique perspective as a surv
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Editable Vocabulary Bingo Activity
Editable Vocabulary Bingo Activity: Help build students' vocabulary with this editable bingo game! Great for test prep, SAT/ACT prep, centers, science, social studies, math, ELA, and any content area that uses vocabulary. You can easily apply this activity to different vocabulary lists used throughout the year!What's Included3 PDF printable bingo boards in a variety of colors, including black and white3 of the same boards in Google slides and an editable format so you or students can create your
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: AVID ACT and SAT Vocabulary Activities Bundle
Article of the Week Activity
This activity was designed to encourage students to become worldly knowledgeable, research unknown topics, and introduce students to different and new ways of thinking. This assignment is designed to encourage students to ask questions, seek understanding, and analyze information in an article. Includes for Teachers: High and Low Level versions of the activityEditable Google Docs Resources for Finding ArticlesSuggestions for Classroom UseNeed an online version? Purchase both and receive a discou
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Digital Bundle: Article of the Week
World Earth Day Escape Room
World Earth Day Escape Room Quiz - End of term fun for the whole class. No printing required! Just project the Powerpoint and off you go. Built in timers, Video clips and answer reveals after every slide. This is an educational fun immersive ‘Bank heist Themed Escape Room’ experience. Have the students compete individually, in teams or as a whole class the choice is yours! This resource is a great team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days (or week) leadin
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8th - 11th
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Visual learners, high school writing & reading comprehension, note taking
Visual learners, high school writing & reading comprehension, note takingThe purpose of this product is to provide the material to those interested in a more difficult reading but one that is still manageable. The results for my VISUAL ESSAYS on the Platonic dialogues have been so successful that I wanted to share the material and provide enough information that those not familiar with the dialogue could still use it with success.I NOW CALL THESE VISUAL ESSAYS AS THE ASSIGNMENT HAS GROWN AND
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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THE HOLOCAUST ACTIVITIES, Elie Wiesel, Reading Comprehension High School
THE HOLOCAUST ACTIVITIES, Elie Wiesel, Reading Comprehension High SchoolElie Wiesel: Hope, Despair and Memory GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION (QUESTIONS ONLY)This product is just the slides with the questions!!!! I created this product to go with my complete product but made this a separate item as not everyone has an interactive classroom.THIS PRODUCT IS PART OF THE FOLLOWING BUNDLES:✡ Hope, Despair and Memory by Elie Wiesel WITH GOOGLE SLIDES✡ THE HOLOCAUST GROWING BUNDLEIncluded in this product are th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Making Connections with Informational Texts: Article of Week (AoW)
Check out this template for an Article of the Week (AoW) assignment! This is a great assignment for ANY classroom that has informational text standards to meet. Here's what this assignment includes:Sample Article (It is about Lebron James!) that is written at a ninth-grade reading level thanks to Newsela. Activity Sheet: power words (vocabulary that is student-choice), writer moves, MLA citation template, and reflection prompts.50-point single-line rubric.I use this AoW in my own ELA classroom e
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7th - 12th
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SOAPSTone Analysis (Informational Article) Text Evidence
Analyze any article using SOAPSTone and text evidence to support ideas.
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8th - 12th
Geography Christmas Quiz Escape Room
Christmas Geography whole class escape room. No printing required! Just project the Powerpoint and off you go. Built in timers, Video clips and answer reveals after every slide. This is an educational fun immersive ‘Escape room’ experience.Have the students compete individually, in teams or as a whole class the choice is yours! This resource is a great team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days (or week) leading up to the end of term.There are seven different c
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8th - 10th
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NO PREP MNEMONIC FLASH CARDS LESSON WITH ASSESSMENTS (CIVIL WAR BATTLES)
This 50-90-min. lesson can be used as a Common Core (RI.xx-xx.4) mnemonics introductory lesson to the K.I.M. vocabulary acquisition strategy. This lesson will awaken your students to the power of mnemonics and improve their confidence in using visual learning techniques.
Without exageration this 1.5 day lesson will AMAZE your students with their abilities to learn and retain information. I get the same reaction/results every year and start the day with a smile when it cycles back around each ye
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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