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Speed Debating Engaging Persuasive Activity: Practice Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
Looking for an engaging way to practice ethos, pathos, and logos? Want to practice debating in preparation for a formal debate? Just want to have some FUN and hit the listening and speaking standards? Feel like challenging your students to think fast on their feet? Don't know what else to teach tomorrow?Look no further, because this is it. I am not exaggerating when I say "Speed Debating" is the BEST lesson I've ever taught. It's one of those activities that is so student-directed that you, as t
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7th - 12th
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Ethos, Pathos, & Logos in Advertisements Question Trail: Engaging Activity
Spice up your lessons on ethos, pathos, and logos with this engaging question trail activity that will get students up and moving around the room. This activity gives students practice identifying the rhetorical appeals in adA question trail is an activity comprised of different multiple choice “stations” or “spots.” These questions are posted throughout the classroom. At each station, students answer a multiple-choice question. Each answer (a, b, c, or d) will send the students to a different s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Question Trails GROWING BUNDLE: Engaging Activities
Doodle Notes and Grammar Worksheets - Comma Rules
This Doodle and Do resource is all about commas! Students will learn 10 different comma rules. They’ll complete guided notes for each rule, doodle in response to an example of the comma rule, and complete practice tasks to master the rule. The doodle-style notes make learning more engaging and memorable! You can use this resource in a variety of ways! You might:Create a single packet filled with the doodle comma rules that students can reference all year long.Select specific pages to teach at
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5th - 8th
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Figurative Language in Songs Question Trail: Engaging Kinesthetic Activity
Spice up your lessons on figurative language with this engaging question trail activity that will get students up and moving around the room.A question trail is an activity comprised of different multiple choice “stations” or “spots.” These questions are posted throughout the classroom. At each station, students answer a multiple choice question. Each answer (a, b, c, or d) will send the students to a different station. If students answer each question correctly, they will travel to each station
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5th - 9th
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Shel Silverstein Poetry Analysis | Digital + Print
{UPDATE - MAY 2024} This fun resource guide is perfect for teaching poetry analysis while incorporating an author study of Shel Silverstein! It focuses on three of the author’s fun and engaging poems, with activity sheets that encourage your students to think critically about poetry and delve into figurative language. It also includes several non-specific activity sheets that can be used with any Shel Silverstein poem! Now includes activities available in Google Slides! ⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN
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2nd - 6th
My One Word: A Creative, Digital Reflection Activity for ELA Writing Practice
AN OVERVIEW:This lesson is designed to help students both set goals for the future and reflect on their past. This lesson is two parts: one, students will write and reflect, and two, students will design a piece of digital art to use as a desktop or cell phone wallpaper. THE LESSON:Students begin with a written reflection activity in class. This student handout is prepared for you and editable on Google Docs. This can easily be printed or assigned through Google Classroom (or other LMS plat
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8th - 11th
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Sketchnotes in the Classroom: Note-taking Lessons for Students
Transform low-key lessons into critical thinking opportunities by introducing sketchnotes in the classroom. Sketchnotes are a note-taking strategy that allow students voice, choice, and creative thinking. With sketchnotes, students are encouraged to think critically, make connections, and visualize structural organizations for what they are learning. Sketchnotes are an interactive strategy you can use when students are:listening during a discussionthinking about a podcastlearning during a lectur
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7th - 10th
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Blackout Poetry
This Powerpoint was created to help students visualize how to create a Black Out poem. It also includes some pretty incredible examples. Included are step by step instructions that have been utilized in my own classroom, so I know it works and students LOVE IT! This activity can also be used as an end of the year lesson or activity. You show them what to do, and then sit back and facilitate their work.Looking for a digital version? Check out my updated Digital Blackout Poetry as well!
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4th - 12th
Figurative Language in Winter/Holiday Songs Question Trail: Engaging Activity
Practice identifying examples of figurative language in winter/holiday songs with this engaging question trail activity that gets your students up and moving around the room. All songs are winter/secular holiday songs that do not mention Christmas or other specific holidays, so this activity is inclusive and appropriate for all students.A question trail is an activity comprised of different multiple choice “stations” or “spots.” These questions are posted throughout the classroom. At each statio
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5th - 10th
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TED Talks in the Classroom: Teach students to be inspirational speakers
TED Talks are an excellent and engaging way to expose students to strong public speaking skills. This in-depth unit will explore TED Talks, teaching students how to become a better public speaker. The unit culminates in students delivering their own TED Talks! You will be amazed at your students' abilities to capture an audience!
The unit includes:
1. TED Talk Assignment Sheet: A detailed explanation of the final speech.
2. Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to help you grade your student. Cl
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8th - 12th
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Speaking Lesson on Posture & Movement: “The Seven Sins of Speaking”
Use this lesson as a way to break down what a good public speaker looks like and prevent common mistakes in your students’ speeches! This activity can be flexibly used before any speech assignment of your choosing and is appropriate for a variety of grade levels, especially if students aren’t performing where you think they should for public speaking skills. This gradual release lesson starts with a PowerPoint of 7 “sins” or don’ts in speaking (including things like swaying, nervous fidgeting, e
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7th - 10th
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What Is Argumentative Text
STAAR / new ELAR TEKS introduce argumentative text in 4th grade. I had a need for a product that would easily introduce this idea to my students. If you are looking for a product that will introduce important vocabulary, give easy-to-understand examples, and both whole group and independent practice, this will be a great resource for you!It includes:important vocabulary and meaningseasy to understand exampleswhole group passages for discussionquestions to help identify argumentative texta short
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3rd - 6th
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Summarize This!
This lesson uses Step Up to Writing instructional strategies to teach how to summarize. You can utilize this lesson regardless of your writing curriculum. The strategies used include providing a structured framework for students when summarizing. Students watch and summarize engaging short videos. This enables all students, including struggling readers, to learn the content without barriers. The projectable slides are editable so you can adjust them to your needs. The lesson includes examples,
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Summarize This and That - a minibundle
Public Speaking Prompts | Speech on the Spot
Get your students up in front of the class presenting with these task card style speech prompts that take barely any prep. This resource has a practical plan to get your students used to talking in front of their peers and giving feedback to each other to make them stronger public speakers. And best of all, you don't have to spend time planning it out.This engaging product includes:over 60 prompts to get kids talking in person. They require no research or writing. They are meant to be quick talk
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3rd - 6th
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Descriptive Writing Activity - Snowball Writing Collaborative Imagery Writing
Descriptive Writing Activity - Snowball Writing Collaborative Imagery Writing: This fun collaborative descriptive writing activity is sure to get even your most reluctant writers putting pencil to paper. The descriptive snowball writing method is a fun and interactive way to teach your students how to write collaboratively, and the descriptive theme allows students to improve their use of imagery to describe a variety of delicious foods! Students will get to crumple their writing into a snowball
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6th - 10th
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Visual Aids Lesson: Making & Using Better Slideshows in Public Speaking
Are your students giving you Death by PowerPoint? Staring at the screen instead of the audience? Turning in presentations that look more like an outline than a TED talk?This one-day lesson breaks down the what, why, and how of creating more engaging slideshows for school and the adult world. Use this before your next speech or presentation assignment! A great launching point for CCSS SL.5, your students will be ready for your next project; this lesson explains different types and philosophies f
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7th - 12th
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First Week of School "Get to Know You" Questionnaire
I used this packet the first week of school to get to know my students! After introducing the packet on the first day, students worked on it as their "bell ringer" or "do now" activity when they first came into class. Each day has 10-15 questions that range from favorite colors, candies, and sports teams, to asking students how they learn best, how they show themselves love, and how they are motivated. I plan on keeping these in a binder to reference as needed throughout the year!Examples of
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5th - 12th
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Yellow Journalism (Spanish-American War) Gallery Walk- Engaging Source Activity
This activity gets students up and moving around the room to analyze seven different primary source documents displaying Yellow Journalism during the Spanish-American War. After learning about Yellow Journalism, students examine the documents to analyze what information has been sensationalized. ***UPDATED****This activity includes built-in extensions to have students see futuristic threats of Yellow Journalism. Two modern-day/future examples of "fake news" and "deepfakes" are included in the ga
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6th - 12th
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Adages: Teaching Figurative Language Task Cards
Need to teach about adages and figurative language as a part of your ELA curriculum? Struggling to find a fun yet effective way to do it? Check out these task cards--all geared toward helping students recognize and understand adages.What is an adage? An adage is a form of figurative language that consists of a short phrase or proverb that teaches a life lesson or speaks a general “truth”. It is a saying that has been passed down over time and is generally recognizable in meaning. Students who
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3rd - 6th
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Graduation Speech - End of Year Activity
Teaching seniors is an exciting, emotional experience. You’ve coached them through the bouts of senioritis, and celebrated the highs and lows of college acceptances, wait lists, and denials. With all the excitement at the end of year, it’s hard to get them to focus on anything academic.
There is a senior scrapbook tradition in English classes at my high school. Some seniors embrace it, creating masterpieces with photographs, captions, and all the scrapbooking paraphernalia they can fit. As
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6th - 12th
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Mock Jury Deliberation (12 Angry Men)
I use this assignment when I teach 12 Angry Men, but it can be used to experience a deliberation in general. The format follows the format from the play, but the deliberation is done on a separate case.
Case: a boy that thought he was drinking Dr. Pepper, drives, crashes, which kills 5 of his friends. He did not know that his Dr. Pepper was spiked with alcohol by his friends.
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1. Read the case.
2. Deliberate based on a deliberation schedule: vote by show of hands, discuss, secret vote,
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8th - 12th
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Revising for Sentence Fluency Lesson and Practice GRADES 4-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review revising for sentence fluency: flip the sentence, use an appositive, combine two sentences, and pad the sentence. Students will highlight text and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about fluent and disfluent writing and view examplesexplain what writing fluency is in their own wordslearn four st
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 5 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Misleading Food Labels
Media Literacy & Consumer Awareness Misleading Food Labels | PDF & Digital Formats: Help your students develop a deeper understanding of media literacy and consumer awareness with this engaging lesson on the truth behind food label claims. This lesson examines 10 popular grocery store food options and discusses the nutritional content of each one. Language Note: The word "screwed" is used twice in this video.This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online le
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Media Literacy | Media Literacy Unit | Grade 7 Media Literacy
Central Idea Lesson and Practice for Middle Grades, Main Idea Lesson
Are you wondering how to teach central idea to your students? This lesson tells what the central idea of a text is, and it lays out the steps to find central idea in a passage! There are also practice activities, so students can apply what they have learned!The lesson is in Google Slides™, but you can download it as a PowerPoint™!In the slides lesson, there are 3 slides that contain a passage. Work with your students to identify the central idea with what they have just learned!I have included l
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6th - 8th
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