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Critical thinking Common Core W.7.1b tools for common cores
200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 7/8)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 7/8 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. The writing prompts also contain three sub-questions for those students who find it difficult to brainstorm ideas. With prompts an
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7th - 8th
Also included in:Â Grade 7 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Thesis Statement Practice Activities Informational Informative Writing Worksheet
Thesis statement practice for informative / informational / expository / explanatory writing should be fun and engaging! These activities are awesome for stations and for individual learning, and will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in no time. This is a MUST-DO lesson before teaching essay writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. This workshop can be used for a 2 pronged or 3 pronged thesis statement. ANSWERS INCLUDED --- NO PREP
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
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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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
Argue Your Point! Argumentative Writing Handouts and Task Cards Middle School
In this book, you will find twenty argumentative writing exercises. Each exercise presents an argumentative prompt accompanied by three questions or tasks which will generate critical thinking skills, discussion, and debate. Some of the topics require the students to acknowledge and distinguish a claim from alternate or opposing claims. Some questions require students to choose relevant and sufficient evidence to support a claim, and others require students to develop their own claims with reas
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 8th Grade ELA Mega Bundle ~ Everything Needed to Teach 8th Grade ELA
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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ELA Standards Checklists Bundle Grades 6, 7, 8
Common Core ELA Standards Checklists for Grades 6, 7, and 8
This IS included in my Common Core Bundle for Grades 6, 7, 8
This is a bundle of three 62-page resources (186 pages total); each resource features all of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards in an easy-to-read and record format. All five strands (reading literature, reading informational, writing, language, and speaking and listening) with every single standard are included. Each format has plenty of room for notes and can
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Writing Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Gr. 6-8
Having trouble covering ALL of the writing standards? This Writing Standards Based Bell Ringer journal is for YOU! Help your middle school students MASTER standards-based writing skills with this awesome bell ringer journal for grades 6-8! The Writing Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal includes 108 bell ringers for writing arguments, writing informative essays, writing narratives, and research writing. The Writing Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal will help your middle school students to mast
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Thesis Statement Worksheets and Task Cards
Thesis statement practice for argumentative writing should be fun and engaging! These Common Core, TEKS task cards are awesome for stations and for individual learning, and will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in no time. This is a MUST-DO lesson before teaching argument writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. Also, check out the digital/interactive edition for GOOGLE CLASSROOM!This Set includes 32 Task Cards: 4 Cards Per PageAns
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Thesis Statement Google Classroom Distance Learning and Printable
Thesis Statement Google Classroom Distance Learning
Thesis statement practice for argumentative writing the fun and simple way! This Common Core, Google Classroom workshop will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in minutes. It is an interactive, MUST-DO lesson before teaching argument writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. This workshop includes:Full instructions Purpose and importance of the thesis statement11 thesis statements with 3 different activities for eachStudents will:Iden
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6th - 9th
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Thesis Statement Practice Activities Informational Informative Writing DIGITAL
Thesis statement practice for informative / informational / expository / explanatory writing should be fun and engaging! These activities are awesome for stations and for individual learning, and will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in no time. This is a MUST-DO lesson before teaching essay writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. This workshop can be used for a 2 pronged or 3 pronged thesis statement. ANSWERS INCLUDED --- NO PREP
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6th - 9th
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Debating Topics for Middle School: School and Education
Get your middle 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, refining y
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5th - 7th
Writing Interactive Notebook Seventh Grade Common Core with Scaffolded Notes
Interactive Writing and Language Notebook for Seventh Grade - 298 pages - answer keys included! Great for distance learning! This bundle has everything you need for a full year of teaching seventh grade writing and English language arts:A 179-page hands-on interactive writing notebook including answer keys119 pages of scaffolded notes including answer keysInteractive Writing NotebookThis writing and language notebook features all-original graphics and is completely hands-on and interactive. Each
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Interactive Notebook Seventh Grade Bundle - English Language Arts - 40% off
Common Core Question Stems 7th Grade ELA BUNDLE - Over 800 Question Stems!
Common Core Question Stems for Grade 7 English Language Arts! The smart way to keep the Common Core and much more, right at your fingertips. Over 800 fully standards-aligned questions! SAVE 30% by purchasing this bundle!Meet the rigor and demands of the Common Core with ease with these standard-specific question stems ready to "pop" into lessons, activities, or assessments.No more guessing, no more time spent researching what the standards actually mean, no more coming up with your own questions
Grades:
7th
Conversation Starters Package on Quality of Life
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the quality of life.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of quality of lifeActivities 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 expression
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle School: Family Life
Get your middle 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, refining
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5th - 7th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
Writing RTI for 7th grade
Writing RTI for 7th graders. This writing RTI BUNDLE is for students in general education, special education, resource, or RTI programs. For those students in middle school and junior high who just need a little extra practice. Seventh-grade Writing RTI for the whole year!What's Included?3 Writing Prompts & Assessment Packs 2 Spelling Workbooks 1 Yearlong Writing Intervention Workbook Data Tracking Sheets IncludedCombine the pages (Use worksheets together as an RTI workbook or use them indiv
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6th - 8th
Conversation Starters Package on Entrepreneurship
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on entrepreneurship. What's included:A list of 13 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of entrepreneurshipActivities 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 expres
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle - April Fool's Day and every other day!
Embark on an intellectual journey with the Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle where logical reasoning and depth and complexity take center stage! Help your students become critical thinkers, not just on April Fool's Day, but every day, developing a habit of careful consideration in how they approach information and decisions.Students in 6th-8th grade will explore topics like Occam's Razor and master the art of taking perspectives in this transformative bundle. Each lesson is crafted to stimu
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5th - 8th
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Thesis Statement Digital Task Cards Google Classroom
Thesis statement practice for argumentative writing the fun and simple way! This Common Core, Google Classroom workshop will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in minutes. It is an interactive, MUST-DO lesson before teaching argument writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. This workshop includes 32 Task CardsAnswers for all tasksWhole class peer evaluation workshop TASKS INCLUDE:Dissect the elements What is missing Add missing
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Thesis Statement Google Classroom Distance Learning and Printable
Conversation Starters Package on Humor
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on humor.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of humorActivities 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 expressions and transitional phras
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Writing Intervention Workbook - 7th grade
Writing Intervention Workbook 7th grade. A struggling writer's workbook to use for extra help on specific CCSS-aligned 7th-grade level writing topics. This writing intervention workbook is a supplemental resource for students in general education, special education, or resource rooms. Writing practice for the whole school year! A great tool for middle school / junior high students who need extra practice with writing (see below).What's included?Seventh-grade writing practice workbook based on th
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Writing RTI for 7th grade
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