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Easter holidays/seasonal lectures for Microsoft Word
Grammar Warm-Ups Bellringers Than/Then Affect/Effect You're/Your Whether/Weather
Click HERE for my Grammar Folder! Check out this grammar mini-lesson bundle of five lessons!SEE THE FREE PREVIEWGreat for back to school! Project these lessons on the SmartBoard as a fill in the blank OR print for a week of warm-upsOr, use as a quiz!Five LessonsThan/Then Affect/Effect You're/Your Whether/WeatherAccept/Except
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5th - 12th
Question Explore: Bikini Bottom and Open Ocean Life (Plankton, Nekton, Benthos)
How is Marine Life Classified by Location? With help from the crew of the Krusty Krab, this Question Exploration explains how marine life in the open oceans (and Bikini Bottom) is either plankton, nekton, or benthos, like the characters from Nickelodeon's "Spongebob Squarepants."Question Exploration Routines are instructional methods that teachers can use to help a diverse student population understand a body of content information by carefully answering a critical question to arrive at a main i
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6th - 12th
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HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-4
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Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: The Hydrosphere (water)
Question Exploration: What Causes Seasons and the Solstices?
What Causes Seasons and Solstices? This question exploration helps students explain how the Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted. Earth rotates on its axis as it orbits the Sun, but the axis always points in the same direction, creating a North Pole!The resource also includes reading excepts:"The Measure of Eratosthenes" by Carl Sagan. From the first episode of Cosmos, Sagan easily proved the Earth was a sphere using the summer solstice, the shadows of some sticks, a piece of cardboard,
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7th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
Balto, the Real Story
The heroic mission, in 1925 to deliver medicine to a town in northern Alaska, became the basis for a children's movie named Balto. The lead character is the sled dog who helps save the day. Cheryl Gourley has created a nonfiction reading selection on the real dog and the mission that is at the core of today's Iditarod Race.
A comprehension sheet with over 20 questions accompanies the selection. May be used as a SMART board lesson or an activity on fact & fiction.
James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Handout
A detailed analysis of James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues,” including the following: its plot; its characters; its themes; its symbolism, particularly of the names; the recognition and reversal which occur at its end; point of view; and music symbolism. My handout, which has blanks that your students can fill in, is suitable for a homework assignment or as an in-class activity. You may also want to incorporate some information in your own lecture notes or other class activities. An an
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Intro to College & Financial Aid Notes - Printable
What you'll get in this product - Intro to College & Financial Aid Notes:A 4 page printout/ note page with the same information on it that's in the "Intro to College & Financial Aid Slides" with information that introduces students to the basics of college and financial aid options, including:How to choose what type of school you want to go toHow to figure out what degree you want to get How to research to find schools that provide the degree, major, and track you wantHow to look at how
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9th - 12th
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Question Exploration: What Processes Are Involved in the Water Cycle?
What Processes Are Involved in the Water Cycle? This Question Exploration helps Ss explain the water cycle -- the existence and movement of water on, in, and above the Earth. At its core, the hydrologic cycle is water (either as a liquid or solid), changing into water vapor (a gas) and back into a liquid or solid. This change of state of water as the water cycle is divided into three main parts:Moisture moving into the atmosphereMoisture moving through the atmosphereMoisture returning to the ea
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6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: The Atmosphere (air)
Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal" Handout
An analysis of Ralph Ellison’s short story “Battle Royal,” a chapter from his novel Invisible Man, including its themes, plot, climax, recognition, reversal, protagonists, antagonists, symbolism, and point of view. Some teachers overlook the fact that one powerful way Ellison shows that in the American South of the 1930s and 1940s African Americans were “invisible” (that is, when whites looked at them they did not see human beings but a stereotype) is by never giving the protagonist of his nove
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” Handout
The seventeen-year-old “King” Dave slays the Goliath of Southern racism in Wright’s brilliant short story, whose paradoxical title—How can “a man” be “almost a man”?—will jump out at your perceptive students.
My handout provides a detailed analysis of the story’s structure (including inciting moment, climax, denouement, reversal, and recognition); its protagonist and antagonists; its themes, setting, and point of view; and its irony, paradox, and name symbolism.
This seven-page part of the h
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
This article provides a summary of the people involved in the conspiracy to assassinate our 16th President Abraham Lincoln.
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6th - 12th
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StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: The Hydrosphere (water)
Teachers use the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Concept Enhancement Routines to transform abstract main ideas and key topics into a concrete representation that helps students think about and talk about the key topic and essential related information. SIM is about promoting effective teaching and learning of critical content in schools. SIM strives to help teachers make decisions about what is of greatest importance, what we can teach students to help them to learn, and how to teach them well
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6th - 12th
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Handout
A paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of “I Have a Dream” which emphasizes what your students can learn about how to write an argumentation essay from King’s brilliant speech. In the handout your pupils will examine his rhetorical strategies in the introduction to his speech (which has a lead-in, a thesis sentence, and a statement of procedure), the logical, ethical, and emotional appeals used in the body paragraphs of “I Have a Dream,” and King’s skillful tying together of his plea for racia
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Biology Macroinvertebrate Pollution Tolerance Index Middle & High School Science
Your students will love learning about the macroinvertebrates at the water's edgeDATA TO UNDERSTAND OUR ECOSYSTEMThis product is perfect for1. Earth Day2. Ecology3. Camp lessons4. End of School5. STEM Science Camp Macroinvertebrates are subjected to day-to-day and longer-term changes in pollution, oxygen levels, and acidity levels., The type of macroinvertebrates students find in the stream reflects how healthy that still is overall or most of the time. This lab is a real-world test to det
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7th - 10th
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MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Biology High School Science for Honors & AP
Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” Handout
Detailed analysis of the theme, structure, and stylistic aspects of Brooks’s “We Real Cool.” The handout also contains an essay explicating the poem. This nine-paragraph essay may be used as a model in explicating any poem. The first paragraph of the essay has a lead-in sentence (about Brooks), a thesis sentence, and a statement of procedure. Next there is a paragraph discussing the theme of her poem. Then one on its structure, including a summary of “We Real Cool.” Succeeding body paragra
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Medical Terminology for reading comprehension
's be very clear about this, if you want to feel proud of yourself and do a great job in the health care field, you need to learn and understand medical terminology! It is a fundamental part of the future of your career.Our prefixes and suffixes medical terminology book is a must-have study guide and workbook for students looking to broaden or refreshes their skills of understanding medical terms. It is perfect for anyone who wishes to enter the medical field, and is a great complementary tool t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Gert Behanna Speech and Discussion Activity
Gert Behanna Speech and Discussion Reflection Activity over Alcoholism and Growing Up Rich
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Not Grade Specific
African Americans After Reconstruction
Lecture notes detailing the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the African American community after Reconstruction ended. Covering Esteban, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, York, The Bonga Family of Minnesota, James Beckwourth, Mifflin Gibbs, Biddy Mason, Pio Pico, Isom Dart, Cherokee Bill, Ben Hodges, Deadwood Dick, Bill Pickett, Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, the Southern Alliance, the Colored Farmers Alliance, African American Disenfranchisement, the Populist Party, Debt Peonage, Booker T. Washing
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Not Grade Specific
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World War Two
Lecture notes detailing the United States role in World War Two. Covering the Rise of the New Powers, Franklin Roosevelt, Francisco Franco, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Fascist regimes, Weimar Republic, The New Deal’s Failure, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Josef Stalin, Appeasement, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Wendell Willkie, the Eastern Front, The Japanese Empire, Douglass MacArthur, campaign and strategy of total war, Artic convoys, Bombing Raids, the Enigma Code, the Triton Co
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Not Grade Specific
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Claude McKay’s “The Harlem Dancer” in Teaching the Shakespearean Sonnet Handout
In introducing the Shakespearean sonnet, a teacher typically follows the natural inclination of using one by the Bard himself. Considering vocabulary, theme, and style, I have found that a Shakespearean (sometimes called English) sonnet by a modern poet is preferable.
This handout shows how I use a Shakespearean sonnet by Claude McKay, a major poet of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, to introduce this genre to my students. The themes of “The Harlem Dancer” immediately seize their attention since
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reconstruction
Lecture notes detailing Reconstruction. Covering the social changes in the Slave States, War Time Reconstruction, the Freedmen, the Sea Islands, the Freedmen's Bureau, Lincoln's 10%, the Wade-Davis Bill, the Wade-Davis Manifesto, Andrew Johnson, The Bloody Shirt, Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Republican Reconstruction, the Tenure of Office Act, the Redeemers, Free State Adventurers (Carpet Baggers), Scalawags, Slavocrats, African American Political Gains, Robert Smalls, African American R
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Not Grade Specific
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Magie de Noel - Compréhension de Lecture
Great story to enhance student's reading comprehension. This activity provides a beautiful story with 11 questions that relates to the text. It is suitable for different French reading levels.
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The US Civil War: The Home front
Lecture notes detailing the Homefront during the United States Civil war. Covering the Confederate Homefront, Confederate Conscription Act, the New York City Draft Riot, Domestic Economics, Domestic Politics, Confederate Inflation and Confederate Refugees, the Republican Party Plan, the Homestead Act of 1862 , the Morrill Land Grant Act, the Pacific Rail Road Act of 1862, African Americans during the Civil War, William Sherman, African American Soldiers, Arming Slaves in the Confederate States,
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Not Grade Specific
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Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Sadie and Maud” Handout
A detailed analysis of Brooks’s “Sadie and Maud,” a poem which protests against the stereotyping of African-American women. Much of the handout is an explication essay, in which blanks have been left for students to provide answers to practical exercises dealing with explicating poems. For instance, they will find examples of symbolism, alliteration, metaphors, and rhyme schemes in “Sadie and Maud,” as well as examine its themes, structure, and metrics. The purpose of these exercises is to re
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” Handout
A detailed analysis of the structure, characters, themes, imagery, and symbolism of Hayden’s most popular poem, “Those Winter Sundays.” In addition, the handout provides activities on the metrical and sound devices used in the poem, including hand-on work with scansion, alliteration, consonance, and assonance.
Through these exercises your students should come away with an awareness of how the smallest aspect of this textured poem is important. Doing the activities in this handout alone or i
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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