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Middle school Earth Day other (ELA) unit plans
Listening Comprehension Unit - Upper Elementary to Middle School - Note Taking
Listening comprehension is an essential element of ELA instruction. That’s because students do not intuitively know how to take notes, discern what is important in a listening passage, or even know how to reference their notes when answering questions. This unit develops all of those skills through fun active listening anticipatory sets, instruction on listening and note taking, five original listening passage practice tests, multiple choice and short answer questions, and a final assessment t
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5th - 8th
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Remembrance Day Unit
Are you a Canadian middle school teacher looking to foster a profound connection to Remembrance Day in your students? This comprehensive Remembrance Day Unit is designed just for you. Over the course of two engaging weeks, use these 10 engaging and detailed lessons, with multimedia elements, to help your students explore and grasp the core concepts behind this occasion.Lesson OverviewWhat is Remembrance Day?Music Lyric AnalysisPoem & Song Comparison and AnalysisVideo Analysis How Does the Po
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6th - 8th
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Earth Day Poetry Pack for National Poetry Month
56 Pages! Celebrate Earth Day and Poetry Month in April. Help students learn 6 different types of poems and create their own Earth Day Poetry Booklet. Students will learn to write acrostic, shape / concrete, haiku, cinquain, and diamante poems.Includes printable poetry template worksheets on each of the 6 poem types above. Each sheet includes complete instructions and examples. No prep needed!Includes 8.5" x 11" posters for each poem type.Includes printable poetry booklet for students to record
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3rd - 6th
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Media Literacy Unit - Analyzing Public Service Announcements and Commercials
Use this Media Literacy Unit to empower your middle school students! Are you looking to equip your students with essential media literacy skills in an engaging and dynamic way? This Media Literacy Unit is designed specifically for middle school students, offering a comprehensive 10-lesson program that will deepen their understanding of media and critical thinking.By utilizing this Media Literacy Unit, you'll be equipping your students with essential skills that are not only relevant to their aca
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6th - 8th
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Debate Unit: 2+ Weeks of Speaking, Nonfiction, & Writing for ELA (with Google!)
Do you want to assess speaking skills in a low-stress manner? Need to assess argumentative writing without another essay? This debate unit is a “no stage fright” method to build student confidence, stretch critical and logical thinking skills, and engage students in spirited, friendly competition that is authentic to real world situations.This unit scaffolds students through the basics of...• defining debate,• reading and evaluating the strength of sample arguments,• drafting an opening stateme
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7th - 10th
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Mars Patel Mega Bundle Seasons 1 - 3
Use this engaging Mars Patel Podcast Mega Bundle to keep students engaged while learning about literary elements, and literary devices and practicing their listening comprehension skills. This fictional podcast follows a group of friends as they investigate the disappearance of their classmates. This Mega Bundle contains resources for Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 of the Mars Patel podcast, as well as a Mars Patel Digital Escape Room. Note: This resource is about the narrative podcast Mars Pat
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6th - 8th
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Mars Patel Podcast Season 2 Unit Bundle
This Mars Patel Podcast Season 2 Unit Bundle was designed specifically for middle school students. This comprehensive bundle offers an exciting way to enhance comprehension skills while captivating students with an engaging podcast.This exciting unit is for educators aiming to foster an engaging learning environment. With PDF and digital formats using Google Slides and Forms, the Mars Patel Podcast Season 2 Unit Bundle is a must-have for any classroom.What's Included:✅ Detailed Lesson Plans for
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Mars Patel Mega Bundle Seasons 1 - 3
Fish in a Tree Novel Study and "After You Read" Companion Bundled Set
Want a low-prep, standards-based novel study to help you teach the amazing book, Fish in a Tree? Check out this TWO PART bundle to help you get the most out of this book AS you read it and as you help your students reflect on it. What do you get?Part 1: A full novel study complete with teaching points, comprehension questions, and so much more!Part 2: An "After you read" companion to provide even more opportunities for comprehension, discussion, writing, and more. --------------------------
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4th - 6th
Poetry Unit for Secondary ELA
Make poetry fun! Engage your students with a fun and hands-on poetry unit with this bundled resource of my favorite poetry lessons. This bundle includes:2 editable PowerPoint presentationsPoetry organizers and assignmentsVocabularyPoetry Mini Flip BookRECENTLY ADDED: Poetry Analysis Task Cards
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7th - 11th
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Full ELA Novel Study Unit Plan for Monster by Walter Dean Myers *Creative*
Updated October 2022! This is a full, ready-to-go resource jam-packed with creative and differentiated activities! Everything you need is included. This is tried and tested by me, in my own classroom. I have used every resource I include. This HUGE Bundle includes 80+ colorful slides laid out in chronological orderEditable unit pacing calendar with reading assignments by day (just added 10/22) Updated virtual field trip with student interactive components (just updated 10/22) Journal prompts fo
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7th - 12th
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Writing a Newspaper Article
Everything you need to teach about writing a Newspaper Article including:
UPDATED FEB 12/17 to include Bonus Picture Prompts with Brainstorming Organizers!
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Newspaper Vocabulary,
Analyzing Newspapers,
Lead Sentences
Hooking your reader with a great Lead,
Supporting Paragraphs,
Inverted Pyramid Structure,
Transition Words,
Interviewing and Quoting Sources.
Included: Organizers for Planning an article and Draft writing pages with checklists to pull it all together. Just a
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3rd - 6th
Media Literacy 10-Lesson Unit - Distance Learning Compatible
BEST SELLER!!In this 10-lesson unit, students will learn about advertising and the media to become more Media Literate. The unit includes 10 ready-to-use lessons, including an advertising techniques vocabulary quiz (with an answer key). It is designed for students in grades 5-8Lessons include:1. What is Media? – students will brainstorm different types of media on their own and with a partner to create a mind map/brainstorm web.2. Mass Media Diet – students will examine their own media consump
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5th - 8th
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Realistic Fiction Writing Planners on Character Traits and Story Arcs
This 12 page piece includes the planning elements needed for students to development their own final realistic fiction pieces of writing. Character Planner: The first two pages helps students develop and plan a character by helping them establish character information and internal and external characteristics. Small Moments Planner: The next section includes a story arc, showing the organization, placement and description of each step of the planner and provides a student sheet to fill in. This
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3rd - 6th
"Casey at the Bat" Unit - Poetry Lessons and Poetry Activities
This is an extremely detailed, CCSS-aligned unit. Student read and analyze the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. It is designed to help students analyze what the poem says explicitly as well draw inferences from the text. Students will determine the poem’s theme and analyze the theme development over the course of the text. In addition, students will investigate word choice, figurative language, and mood. Students will acquire a range of general academic and domain-specif
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5th - 8th
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Time Management Unit: Goal-Setting and Proactive Planning Skills at School
Do your students need serious help learning how to avoid procrastination, break down long assignments, study IN ADVANCE for a test, or start an essay BEFORE the night it’s due?Use this time management skills unit to help teens and tweens to build critical life skills! This unit can be used before or during your next assessment: essay, project, or test! Ready to print and use in a middle or high school classroom, this project was made with an English class in mind, but its EDITABLE pages can be m
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7th - 10th
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Podcasting – Create Your Own Podcast - Project Based Learning Unit
This Podcast Unit is targeted for Middle School students and provides the background context and structure for teachers to implement a Podcast Project in their classroom. Why should I use podcasts in my classroom?-It gives students a potential audience (either thousands or just a classroom of students) depending on how you have students share these out. -It's great for developing literacy skills (writing scripts, organizing thoughts, maid idea and details, setting up interviews etc), allows ch
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5th - 8th
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Technical Theater Units Costume Stage Properties Set Sound Design Producer
30% OFF! Here is EVERYTHING you need: 5 TO 6 WEEK'S worth of engaging, unique and creative units about technical theater (and then some) -costume, set, stage properties, sound design, the producer and set designer Ming Cho Lee biography. Wow! Purchasing this bundle you virtually receive a unit for free and a bonus: Influential People Posters and Pendants! The teacher will need access to YouTube.com. HOW DO I USE THESE IN MY CLASSROOM: Students could study each unit as a group or select one of
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8th - 11th
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Ocean Pollution | Earth Day unit
Are you looking for interesting and unusual ways to learn about human impacts on the environment? Planning for Earth Day, Clean Up Australia Day, Oceans Week, World Environment Day or World Water Day. If your students don't quite understand the importance of recycling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will alert them to the real impacts that just one plastic bottle can have.While many people are unaware of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it is a major issue affecting global environmental health
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5th - 8th
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Listening to Podcasts and Creating a Podcast from Start to Finish
Have you noticed your students are LISTENING to information now more than ever before? Podcasting is a new genre of literacy students will need to learn how to navigate and understand. Digital Media Literacy is here to stay!This complete guide to podcasting begins by immersing students in the genre of podcasting by listening and noticing what makes a podcast effective and impactful. Students begin to notice sound effects and ways the authors work to entertain, evoke emotion, inform, or persuade.
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Podcasting with Kids Starter Pack
Year Long Theater Curriculum Lessons Units Plays Projects Grades 6 to 9 Drama
DISCOUNT 30%! Hey, new teacher! Are you looking for year-long theater education curriculum and help from an award winning, veteran drama teacher? These units are best taught to students in sixth grade through ninth grade, however some units work well with sixth grade. ++++NOTE: I discovered long ago that some students were enrolled in my class without their say so. Consequently, they were reluctant and disengaged from my lessons. So, I changed what I taught them and went in a different direc
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6th - 9th
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Radio Drama Unit Lesson Plan Theatre Arts/Drama
In this Unit I teach the students about Radio Dramas. This lesson plan was something new I did this year for my Theatre I kids and my Theatre II kids were upset that they didn't get to to it. The end product was fantastic.Included in this Unit purchase:- Complete lesson plan which is 8 days long, but could easily be extended to 10 days.- Project information sheet which goes over all of the details and requirements for the final product.- PowerPoint presentation. This Powerpoint goes over all of
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5th - 12th
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Summer Reading Passages Coral Reefs & Ecosystems & Informational Text
Are you looking for summer reading passages with comprehension questions? Would you like your students to learn about the coral reef ecosystem? This reading unit on coral reefs is perfect for environmental reading, science literacy, and Earth Day. This is a Very Low Prep Unit! Students will love this CLOSE reading unit on Coral Reefs that addresses the Reading Informational Text standards while promoting science literacy. The reading level is appropriate for 5th-7th grade. Unit includes:slide s
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4th - 7th
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MS-LS2-4
Drama Class Theater Curriculum Middle School Vol. 1 Acting Improvisation Plays
30% Discount This drama curriculum bundle is perfect for the new theater teacher or those looking for unique and innovative resources. This bundle with 13 products (280 pages) has everything you need to teach a drama class for a semester, quarter or month (depending upon how many times you see your students.) I created these lessons for my own classes and used them for many years. I've included a scope and sequence to this bundle for FREE!Included in each product:List of ContentsLetter to Tea
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6th - 9th
Debate Unit Plan for Beginners
Updated! 01/2020This is a complete, editable unit plan that includes:-overview-lesson plans-worksheets-Power Points-links to videos-assessment-rubric-student evaluation-student learning objective self evaluation-additional teacher materials-a link to 60 pages worth of nonfiction articles that students can use to research their debate topic.Use this unit after teaching argument! It is designed to meet Speaking and Listening standards and reinforce what students have already learned about argument
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6th - 8th
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