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English language arts simulations for staff
The Outsiders - A Murder Mystery - interactive role playing game
Murder Mystery based from the book/movie The Outsiders by SE Hinton. This product is an 82 page file to conduct a murder mystery as many times as you like. It can be used in any middle or high school classroom. It could also be used in a home for a Murder Mystery party or event. Included in this product:14, 5 page, individual character packetsQuestions for the Drive-in & Questions for the ParkRole Request SheetGame slipsSetting scenarios for the Drive-in & the Park.Evidence A & B
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7th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Debate Bundle - Debates, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Templates, Scaffolds
This "Ultimate Debate Bundle" is everything you need to facilitate clear, well-organized debates for students of elementary school - 12th grade. The materials are designed for a students of varying language and learning needs, fitting the language development needs of ESL students as well as students in AP courses. This resource offers adaptable material that you can fit with any debate you develop for your students.Not just for ELA Teachers!Teachers across disciplines have found this resource h
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mysterious Fossils Come To Life
Virtual Paleontology lesson. This is a non-fiction lesson plan of real fossils that were found 50 years ago. I have made a puzzle for students to put it together. As they find the ancient fossils they will have to look at them comparing them to clues that they will find to answer critical thinking questions. Student's will put all the clues together by looking, comparing, reading, matching, answering, and studying. The real fossil's will start to come to life and will tell them a story about wha
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5th - 9th, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Helping Students Discuss Race and Social Justice - Activities, Lessons, and More
This bundle of lessons and instructional activities helps students learn to discuss (in a full class setting with diverse audience members) race, racism, and social justice without becoming upset and/or jumping down each other's throats. The goal is to build skills and habits to equip students to further dialogue and recognize other perspectives during a typical college seminar class. The secondary goal is to teach students some of the history, key figures, and concepts involved in our country
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Debate Starter Bundle - Handouts, Rubrics, Graphic Organizers, templates
This debate bundle is everything you need to facilitate a clear, well-organized debate for students of elementary school - 12th grade. This is a great unit to fit the language development needs of ESL students as well because it is visually based and adaptable. For students new to debate (middle - high school) and ESL students, this bundle is handy because of the clarity of directions and visual cues. When I do debates with more experienced debaters, and in AP Language, I use formats that are in
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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What a Loaf! - ESL Sub Sandwich Restaurant Play-role Activity
Make your ESL students practice speaking English in a fun and engaging way with this digital material: What a Loaf! - ESL Sandwich Restaurant Play-role Activity. Students will work in pairs to role-play a sandwich shop scenario, with one student playing the role of the sandwich artist and the other student playing the role of the customer. This activity is designed to help students practice using full sentences, asking and answering questions, and giving and understanding instructions. It is als
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Debate - Safety versus Freedom - AP Language Synthesis Essay Prompt Practice
* Updated 11/21/23 with 2 rubrics + Line of Reasoning handout/slideThis is my students' favorite AP Language activity each year. Facilitated as a debate using the Synthesis essay structure, the "Freedom v. Safety" prompt from a previous AP Language exam is great practice combining skills in research, argument writing, and debate. Please see the preview for a view of all materials in this resource.This resource includes hyperlinks to videos on my YouTube channel for Argument/Synthesis writing spe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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ThanksGiving EXTRAVAGANZA - Play-Role Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Extravaganza - Playrole Activity: A Feast of Fun LearningWelcome to our Thanksgiving Extravaganza, the ultimate play-role activity designed to bring the joy of Thanksgiving into your ESL classroom! Immerse your students in a delightful world of language exploration, cultural understanding, and interactive role-play. This comprehensive set boasts over 50 different elements, ensuring a rich and engaging experience for both teachers and students.Unlocking Vocabulary and Conversation Sk
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Political Correctness Lesson / Racism College Listserv Extension Activity
This is a lesson agenda that further teaches students how to make politically correct and quality comments in response to a college listserv question about racism. This product is useful if you are looking for an entry-point and/or model to help students gain skills needed to talk about topics like racism and institutional injustice in mature and professional ways. This lesson agenda specifically focuses on the text "Space Traders", a short story, by critical race theorist, Derrick Bell, from
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Political Correctness Lesson / Racism College Listserv Extension Activity
This is a lesson agenda that further teaches students how to make politically correct and quality comments in response to a college listserv question about racism. This product is useful if you are looking for an entry-point and/or model to help students gain skills needed to talk about topics like racism and institutional injustice in mature and professional ways. This lesson agenda specifically focuses on the text "Space Traders", a short story, by critical race theorist, Derrick Bell, from
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Juvenile Assault/Battery Lesson, Discussion, and Writing Activity
Bundle - Complete (In-depth/Possible Multi-day) Lesson
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Animated Books Display (Slideshow) for School Libraries / Classrooms
Feature your library’s brand new books or a specific genre collection with this Animated Book Covers display. The display is made on Google Slides – yes, Google Slides. It is a slideshow with preset animations on each book cover.This animated books display can be featured on your classroom or school library website to feature new books that you school has purchased or to showcase a specific set / genre or books. After you download the Google Slides file, make sure you have a folder of your book
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Just a Minute - Speaking TEFL/ESL Learning English Activity
Ideas for implementation:Search 'Just a Minute' on Youtube.Show students a clip of the radio show.Explain they will do the same, and demonstrate how the game works.Students time each other talking for a minute on each topic.They move down the topics following the arrows (they choose their path).Students should be listening to each other, and are encouraged to ask questions at the end (if they want to).Students for higher levels should be doing the realistic challenging mode : Keywords (such as n
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Netflix Presentation - Writing Activity
Writing Project!Now you can have your own Netflix Platform inside the classroom.You can personalize the profiles and pictures, the title of the serie and the description of the episodes. Students can write their own Netflix Serie or just create a timeline of what they did during the school year. If you want to see more about it, check my Instagram @myflashideas
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Super Grouper
A Google spreadsheet that will create random groups. It is super powerful! You can make up to 10 groups pulled from 99 students if you want. Additionally, you can create the groups with 1 criteria in mind. Example you can set girls and boys in and it will evenly distribute them in the groups. It could be top students and bottom students to make sure they are evenly distributed.
It Rocks and has saved me tons of time!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Business Project - Presentation
Let's inspire the next generation together! Explore, Engage, Excel! Use this AI-based activity to enhance students' creativity and let them know how to use AI to promote improvement, not laziness.
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
AP Language Multiple Choice READING Strategy Group Solve Activity / SAT prep
Get your students engaged in dissecting question types and justifying their answer choices in preparation for the AP Language exam. What: This activity (1 - 2 class periods) engages students in a "test maker" simulation as students problem solve a multiple choice READING question set and write their reasoning to prove answers correct and incorrect. HOW: Student teams can work through each of the 7 problems collaboratively, or you can create a Jigsaw where each home team takes 1 "expert" problem
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Model Literary Analysis essay and body paragraphs -- MLA format
Included is a full, five paragraph analytical essay, in MLA format, comparing how three different poems and poets tackle the concept of spring. The thesis is the last line of the introduction. This essay features in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Also included in this bundle (after the initial essay) is a more complex example of literary analysis -- but just one body paragraph. The paragraph is presented in two forms -- one is a straight forward analysis/comparison of a theme that appear
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards - a Montessori and Homeschooling
What are the American Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards?This resource contains 26 different alphabet signs. The fun pictures will help your children to recognize and learn the basics.How can I use the Flashcards?There are many different ways that you could use these flashcards, here are some examples:- Cut them out and laminate them- Hold one card up at a time and help your child recognize the alphabets.- As the printable copy is yours to keep and print as many times as you want, you can print m
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Booking an Airbnb: Describing a Hotel Room, Task-Based Role Play for ESL/EFL/ELL
Booking an Airbnb is a task-based, communicative ESL lesson that helps language learners complete an online reservation to book a room on Airbnb.com. The 90-minute lesson includes:Warm Up Discussion Questions: Have you ever stayed in an Airbnb?A Vocabulary Builder: Words to Describe a Hotel RoomA Photo Activity to keep students engagedA Role Play dialogue between a travel agent and guestAn online booking activity for students to complete in real timeA complete Teacher's Guide with detailed instr
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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GOOD THINKING: A Self-Improvement Approach to Getting Your Mind to
Huh? Hmm. Aha! GOOD THINKING, from high school English chair and Hunter College instructor Robert Eidelberg, is 14 chapters of interactive and mindful college-ready self-improvement from Binder Books / Books With a Built-In Teacher. GOOD THINKING (the ultimate compliment to a student of all life's "classrooms") is engaging (in all senses of the word) and essential foundation preparation for anyone planning on starting and succeeding in college in the next year or two. Thoughtful and thought
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Debate Template, In person / Digital Debate - AP Language / Pre-AP Argumentation
This is a powerpoint guide to facilitate your students' debate -- either in person debate or digital debate. This template incorporates two texts: "Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Ted Talk (linked) and Jesus Colon's "Little Things are Big" short story (linked via CommonLit). The template is designed to facilitate a two-sided debate with two groups of students but can easily be adapted for more than two groups. The template walks students through all parts of the debate, i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Classroom jobs 106 cards and envelope design English file
Classroom jobs signClassroom jobs is the best way to ensure that students take an active role in maintaining the classroom. It has the added benefit of giving students important responsibilities and ownership in the classroom. In this document, you will have total 106 classroom jobs cards, includes 53 classroom job cards (boys and girls version), and 53 classroom job envelopes. There are three ways to decorate the “classroom jobs” poster in your classroom. You can put the envelopes on the poster
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
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By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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