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Critical thinking for all subjects Common Core SL.9-10.4 resources
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Back to School Bundle: Icebreakers, Memes, Decor, Rules, Procedures
Back to School Bundle includes icebreakers, get-to-know-you and all about me activities, classroom posters and memes, rules and procedures activity, editable presentations, and more. You will have plenty of resources to last the first few days AND for years to come.These best-sellers are included:Back-to-School Rules and Procedures: Can I Chew Gum in Class? EDITABLE!Teacher Memes Posters {Back to School, Class Rules} EDITABLE! Grammar Fail Presentation: Using Humor to Teach the Importance of Eng
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format - Debate Outline, Graphic Organizer, and Rubric
Looking to engage your students in a style of debate that they’ll love? This debate outline teaches the Lincoln-Douglas debate format with a slideshow lesson, debate graphic organizer, teacher moderator script, and an editable debate rubric. Suitable for online learning with digital slide decks for Google Classroom®!Included with this Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Outline:✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint®, & PDF✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Deba
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6th - 12th
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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities Speech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step process of preparing
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9th - 12th
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Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Not Grade Specific
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Podcast Listening Graphic Organizers Worksheets Templates
Looking for an engaging way to infuse podcasts into your classroom? Grab this inclusive podcast templates starter set and you'll get podcast listening worksheets and activities that you can use in your classroom today!What's Included?★ Three print podcast worksheets (a structured notetaking sheet, a loosely structured doodle notes worksheet, and a listen + learn coloring sheet)★ A digital Google Slides companion ★ A comprehensive list of 20 podcast recommendations for high school students★ Five
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5th - 12th
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Debate Choice Board: Digital Argumentative Topics & Graphic Organizers/Google
Digital Debate Choice Board is a fun and engaging debate topic board full of ten editable argumentative prompts with graphic organizers. Students click on any number on the interactive (hyperlinked) Google Slide board to reveal their "mystery" debate topic. They then complete an argumentative graphic organizer focusing on claim, reasons, and evidence. Afterward, you can decide to have students debate, present, and or write. Debate choice boards build critical thinking and reasoning skills, w
Grades:
4th - 8th
ESL Speaking Progress Check & Practice Sets for TELPAS! (Pink Set)
***Newly updated with a bonus Google Slides version!***Do you want to help your ESL students with the Speaking portion of an English Proficiency test?In Texas, the TELPAS test is our ESL progress measure. The Listening and Speaking portion of the test is on the computer for grades 2-12. To help our students get more comfortable and familiar with the Speaking portion of this important state assessment, I created these fun Progress Check and Practice Sets! The online tutorial from TEA's testing pr
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2nd - 12th
Introduction to Debate
This four lesson unit is designed to be a comprehensive debate tutorial for teachers who are new to debate or who want to implement debate into their current curriculum. I tried to design these materials with lots of explanation where necessary and minimal prep work to finish. I have taught debate for over ten years in the classroom and online and the knowledge and expertise I have gained have gone into these lessons to make them a perfect gateway to argumentation and debate. All lessons are onl
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3rd - 12th
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Not Grade Specific
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Student Data Tracking Sheets - Anecdotal Observation Record for Google Sheets®
These student data tracking sheets will help you organize anecdotal observation records and log parent communication. These data tracking templates include student attendance trackers and an editable anecdotal notes template for detailed running records. Example anecdotal records are provided!Included with these Student Data Tracking Sheets:✏️ Anecdotal Observation Record - Google Sheets®✏️ Parent Communication Log - Google Sheets®✏️ Outstanding Assignment Log - Google Sheets®✏️ Attendance
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible Hexagonal Discussion Activity
Need an activity to enliven your study of The Crucible with rich discussion? Hexagonal thinking is a simple, yet powerful activity which is really a discussion model to help students explore theme, characterization, conflict, and symbolism in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. 72 hexagonal cards made specifically for The Crucible are guaranteed to get your scholars talking! This thinking model may have its roots in the business world, but has found a dedicated following in classrooms where rich discu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Class Debating | Debate Speech Writing | Oral Presentations, Argumentative Essay
This unit will guide your students to write excellent DEBATE SPEECHES and craft ARGUMENTS that are well-researched, constructed and ready for critique during a CLASS DEBATING SESSION or an ORAL PRESENTATION.This EDITABLE UNIT will provide you with the TOOLS and STRATEGIES for running highly engaging CLASSROOM DEBATES and writing powerful ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS.Topics Covered in Lessons⭐ Knowing your Debating Topic⭐ The purpose and process of Research⭐ Delivering Strong Openings in a Debate⭐ T
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle | Opinion | Debating | Advertising & Influence
My Dream Future - A College and Career Research Unit
Want a fun and exciting way to help students understand what it will take to get them to their ideal future? This is the unit for you!Great for AVID classes, advisory, study or life skills, or as a unit for any college and career class. Students work through a variety of assignments to understand what their ideal future costs and how they can make it that future! Students begin by analyzing what they want for their future (location, home, car) and figuring out how much it will cost and how much
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6th - 10th
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EDITABLE Oral Presentation Rubric for High School
The Common Core asks teachers to assess students' abilities with speaking and listening, including giving oral presentations. When you incorporate public speaking into your class, you'll find this oral presentation rubric and overview sheet very handy!Do you need the Google Slides™ version of this resource instead? CLICK HERE!ORDo you need an upper elementary rubric instead? CLICK HERE!ORDo you need a middle school rubric instead? CLICK HERE! Please check out the Preview to get an idea of what i
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9th - 12th
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Famous Failures: Fun Growth Mindset Activity | High School Research Project
Want your students to learn about people who have found success through their willingness to work hard and learn from their failures? Carol Dweck herself, in an article published in Scientific America on January 1, 2015, recommends that students learn about this kind of success in order to adopt the growth mindset themselves saying, "One way is by telling stories about achievements that result from hard work."When you teach your students about growth mindset with these plans you will:get your s
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9th - 12th
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Three Survival Games: Teamwork Exercises
Looking to build strong critical thinking abilities, and a good way to practice team building?This mini-unit sets up a hypothetical dilemma and asks students to offer solutions based on their own reasoning and problem-solving skills. The unit begins with a scenario of nuclear war and requires students to make decisions which may affect the survival of humans on Earth. Also included is a second scenario in which students decide the uses and importance of the few items they can salvage from a cr
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7th - 12th
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Conversation Starters Package on Conspiracy Theories
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on conspiracy theories.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for high school students on the subject of conspiracy theoriesActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Parent Contact Information Sheet - Form for Communication with Parents, Families
Gather important student information using this editable parent contact information sheet. This form will help establish communication with parents and families and includes digital and ready-to-print templates for Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Forms®.Included with this Parent Contact Information Sheet:✏️ Editable Parent Contact Form- Microsoft PowerPoint®✏️ Ready-to-Print Parent Contact Form✏️ Digital Parent Contact Information Sheet- Google Forms®✏️ Prompts to Distribute Contact In
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7th - 10th
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80 ELA GAMES and 15 BRAIN TEASER MINI-MYSTERIES BUNDLE | Grades 9-12
This exciting 20% off brain breaks no-prep activities bundle is crammed with games and brain teaser mini-mysteries designed to entertain and challenge even the 'coolest' High School ELA students. Fun for grade 9-12 students that also requires them to keep their critical thinking skills zinging!ELA Games80 fun, educational games are packed into the vibrant pages of this resource. There are games for individuals, team games, mini writing activities, silly speeches and riddles to solve. The preview
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9th - 12th
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Shark Tank Project - Business Plan Project - Business Economics Project
Students get a firsthand experience for what it's like to develop a simple business plan, just like the contestants on The Shark Tank! Using the guided notes and worksheets in this printable, no prep .pdf project, students will develop a Business Idea, brainstorm ways they will Market their business, think of how they will Finance their business, determine if they need Employees, and more! After students have applied entrepreneurial thinking and completed their packet, they can present their pit
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5th - 12th
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Family Tree Research Project - Independent Assessment
The Family Tree Research Project includes instructions for each activity, 20 family history interview research questions, individual Family Member Fact Cards, and a student reflection paper assignment. The project includes plan sheets for the visual display projects and reflection paper featuring guiding questions for student success.The Family Tree Research Project features informational writing, speaking and listening, and active research in order for students to apply their skills and invest
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7th - 12th
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Mental Health
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refi
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Lesson - Writing a Speech
Public Speaking Activities to Write a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesKnow Your Audience for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Classroom Ready!*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to write a speech when preparing for a speech has never been easier! This lesson guides students through a st
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy
Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy Socratic Seminars provide an engaging way for students to learn about any topic and build critical thinking skills. It’s a low-prep way for teachers to teach without sacrificing rigor. Furthermore, because it can foster open dialogues among classmates, it builds better classroom camaraderie.What buyers are saying:This was perfect! I had been looking for a way to get my students to think more and engage each other instead
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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