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High school critical thinking reading strategies thematic unit plans
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Picture It Visualization
Work on auditory comprehension using a visualization strategy. This pack includes 10 different practice sets using 10 different themes, and it can be used with a variety of ages and skill levels! You can do so much to reinforce this vital skill!***************************************************************************What awesome resources are included?★ Ten themes with eight stories per theme★ Worksheets for each story***************************************************************************W
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PreK - 12th
Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music
With these Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music, you can help your students learn about the Elements of Music while listening to some of their favorite movie soundtracks. Each of the no prep lessons include a variety of activities for film in music history, reading comprehension and the Elements of Music listening activities.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesUPDATED RESOURCE DECEMBER 2023Included in the UPDATED Film in Music Lessons and
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6th - 9th
Close Reading for Middle and High School
Close Reading
This awesome resource teaches middle and high school students how to close read.
Scaffolding the process by starting with cartoons and photos, students are provided with thorough and engaging models to copy, and then interesting pieces to practice with.
Included in this resource are:
-Why Close Read - what the experts say
-Close Reading Strategy Sheet
-3 Cartoons
-3 Photos
-2 Song Lyrics
-2 Poems
-2 Excerpts from popular teen literature
-2 Pieces of nonfiction
-Plus, 6 models fo
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE, Middle and High School English
NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
Grades:
5th - 9th
Fantastic Food Trucks: Flexible No-Prep Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Welcome to the Fantastic Food Trucks PBL project! This project will lead your students through an amazing and in-depth journey as they design all aspects of their very own food truck business. With the provided grade-appropriate support, your students will design their menu, plan the layout of their truck, consider startup costs as well as how to market their business. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through this incredible learning experience. Whet
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4th - 9th
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Aesop for High School! 2-Week Fables Unit
Aesop's fables are for kids, right? Wrong! Always intended for an adult audience (and performed at the royal courts of ancient Greek city states), Aesop's original fables are a GREAT way to teach literary interpretation in your high school and upper middle school classrooms. Plus, the fables are perfectly bite-sized for discussion and activities.Included in this 28-page packet are the following: -- a 2-page introduction to interpreting fables and a 1-page Aesop biography-- 40 hand-selected fa
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Once Upon a Time: Literary Criticism Taught Through Fairy Tales
Literary criticism should be utilized “in order to make what is implicit in a book finely explicit” (Bloom, 2000, p. 19). Readers, students and teachers, should use the tools of critical literary theory and not be used by them. Literary criticism is a method of understanding, but the theory relies on developing self-understanding as well, and it is that desire to understand ourselves and the world that pushes me and my students to read. I created this model of using critical literary theory lens
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Social Pragmatic Language Group Bundle 4 large products
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Ancient India & Indus River Valley Teaching Unit PowerPoint Presentation Bundle
This unit on the civilizations of Ancient India is aligned to middle school common core Language Arts History standards. It covers Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. Built into each lesson are: -academic vocabulary-time for reflection and discussion-short academic writing activities-standards based questions with answers This is an excellent resource to use either on its own or to supplement the text book. To better facilitate a multi-day presentatio
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6th - 9th
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - 3 Day Unit Group Activities
The Lottery is a great short story that is filled with examples of various literary elements and devices. I always feel like the students get a lot from this text as much as they enjoy reading it. The activities are designed for group work and it's helpful if you've already reviewed elements such as setting, plot, characterization, symbolism and foreshadowing with your class before you have them work on this because it's designed to be student-centered. I "chunked" the text into three sections i
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7th - 12th
Of Mice and Men - Close Reading Unit
This resource engages students in close reading strategies to examine five excerpts from the novel Of Mice and Men.
Focusing on the ideas of friendship and loneliness, this Common-Core based lesson asks students to summarize and annotate, concentrating on literary devices, and the reading strategies of making inferences and questioning.
Additionally, there are metacognitive thinking stems that allow students to make personal and real-world connections to the text.
Finally, each excerpt give s
Grades:
7th - 12th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
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5th - 9th
AP Spanish – La Moda y el Diseño (Práctica Integral en español).
Hi! This editable PowerPoint was created to practice talking about Fashion and Design. Students will improve their basic skills (listening, speaking, reading & writing) in different topics, in this case about Fashion and Design. They will learn about the vocabulary associated with this topic, and how to give opinions based on their experiences and research. It has fifty-six pages in one document. The student document includes instructions, links to videos and websites, activities, and pictu
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP Spanish Growing Bundle
Building Vocabulary and Reading Skills Bundle Context Inference Synonym Antonym
The three sets of context clues worksheets are designed for students whose reading and vocabulary need some sharpening or improvement. They can also be used as review in the beginning of the year, for test prep, reteaching, or reinforcing a skill you've taught. The context clues strategies covered include: Defintion or restatement ExampleComparisonContrastMaking InferencesThe word skills worksheets are designed for students whose usage skills in standard English need some strengthening. They can
Grades:
7th - 10th
Réseaux sociaux Unit - Advanced French Core French Unit on médias sociaux
Are you a Core French and/or French Immersion teacher looking for an advanced French Core French Unit on les réseaux sociaux or médias sociaux? Are you a French teacher looking to combine language acquisition, critical thinking, AND digital literacy? This French Social Media Core French Unit created for Secondary French students who are at an advanced level and it checks off ALL the boxes!Who is this Core French Unit ideal for?High School Core French or maybe even French Immersion students depen
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10th - 12th
Also included in: Core French Thematic Unit MEGA BUNDLE
Ready Player One Complete Novel Unit
In this unit of study, we will delve into Ernest Cline's thrilling novel Ready Player One to analyze and discuss its characterization, themes, and conflicts. Set in a dystopian future where people escape their harsh reality by immersing themselves in a virtual world called the OASIS, the novel offers a rich and complex narrative ripe for exploration. By examining the well-developed characters, exploring the underlying themes, and unraveling the central conflicts, we will gain a deeper understand
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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
The Nuremberg Laws--Holocaust Interdisciplinary Activity
A frequently neglected topic of the Holocaust and World War 2 with massive implications for our modern world: How did Hitler marginalize the Jews prior to the Holocaust?
Check out the preview file for what you will receive in this activity. This packet could work in ELA, Social Studies, or Science. You could also work as a team to create an interdisciplinary project where various teachers taught different concepts. The packet contains enough ideas to teach an entire unit (probably up to 15
Grades:
6th - 12th
WhoDunit? A Complete ESL Coursebook Unit
This unit from an as-yet uncompleted ESL, EFL, English language coursebook teaches English through the theme of mysteries. Students practice reading, writing, speaking, grammar and vocabulary.I find students love mysteries and solving puzzles. There's a reason for the international popularity of Law and Order, CSI, true crime shows, and even classic authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. They love to solve puzzles and riddles and have a lot to say about what they think.Activities a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
March Crossword Puzzles & Word Search - Middle & High School - Print & Digital
Do you need no-prep resources to use in the month of March? These crossword puzzles and word search puzzles will meet your needs! Topics include Spring, St. Patrick's Day, Pi Day, March Madness and Women's History Month. Bonus puzzles for Mardi Gras are included, but this falls during February in 2024 (also included in February's puzzles).These twelve printable and digital puzzles will provide your students with engaging enrichment during the month of March. You can also use puzzles in a sub pla
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5th - 12th
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Short Story Unit 1 and 2 Bundle
These lesson plans include all 74 short story lesson plans from Short Story Units 1 and 2.Complete list of stories:“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor “Cypress Swamp Granny” by Vivian Vande Velde “Curses, Inc.” by Vivian Vande Velde “The Elevator” by William Sleator “Hercules” by Various Authors “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “New Chicago” by Kelley Armstrong “The Witch’s Son” by Vivian Vande Velde “When First We Were Gods” by Rick Yancey “Faithful Johannes” by the Br
Grades:
6th - 12th
Inclusive & Engaging U.S. History Year Long w DBQ Activities, Readings & More
This U.S. History year-long course examines the major events and turning points of U.S. history from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. The course leads students toward a clearer understanding of the patterns, processes, and people that have shaped U.S. history. During this year long U.S. History course students will learn to read like historians and investigate history through engaging essential and inquiry questions. Teach students how to investigate history by empowering them wi
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Summer Reading: comprehension, introduction, conclusion, main idea, speech
Contains 5 summer-themed paragraphs for working on reading comprehension, written expression, and expressive language skills. Click here if you'd prefer the Boom card version of this resource!Practice identifying the text purpose, stating the main idea, using the main idea to generate multiple examples of introduction/topic and conclusion sentences, summarizing, answering critical-thinking questions (why, how do you know), finding the evidence/support for a statement in the text, and defining ti
Grades:
5th - 12th
Moral Dilemmas Short Story Unit
Thank you for your interest in this short story unit.
When I created this unit, I had four main goals in mind: (1) To expose my students to a variety of reading strategies, (2) To draw attention to varying levels of information found in text, (3) To have the students practice compare and contrast, and (4) For my students to gain experience in narrative writing skills .
It is always my goal to provide useful, easy-to-use lessons and units, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if you hav
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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