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Common Core W.8.2b activities
Black History Month Activity - Research Project - Biography Banners - Posters
This best-selling Black History Month biography project is the PERFECT activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with these LOW PREP Black History Month biography activities that come in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. This banner project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can sit back and watch you
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5th - 9th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Playlist of My Year: An End-of-the-Year Writing Assignment Digital & Print
May can be a trying month for secondary teachers. This engaging end-of-the-year writing activity is an excellent way to keep students writing without having to take home stacks of research papers to grade when the weather is beautiful! With this Playlist of My Year resource, students will reflect on their school year, examine their growth, identify defining moments and experiences, and choose songs that relate to each of them. Through both short responses consisting of a few sentences and an ext
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7th - 11th
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Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments: This essay bundle contains all the documents you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging PowerPoint presentations, fun activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.What Teachers Are Saying About This Essay Writing Unit: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great package. As a new teacher so
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7th - 12th
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Activity: Primary Source Analysis and Questions
The Declaration of Independence can be a daunting document for teachers to explain to students, but this primary source lesson will help students understand the major themes and concepts within the document itself. Though Thomas Jefferson's Declaration was written in the 18th century, this worksheet has proven to be a fantastic, big-picture way for today's students to study such an important writing without becoming overwhelmed. The Declaration is really just a big "break-up letter" from the co
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7th - 12th
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Trevor Noah's Born A Crime Engaging Novel Study Unit Bundle - Distance Learning
300+ pages of print and digital resources to make teaching Born A Crime meaningful, engaging, and low prep. This unit is the one-stop shop for teaching Born A Crime. It has everything you need and more! This novel study unit is based on the original version of Born A Crime. If you are looking for an engaging and discounted novel study unit for the Adapted for Young Readers version of Born A Crime, ★ Check out this resource here! ★Engage your students in Trevor Noah's popular novel Born A Crime t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Legislative Branch Activity: Classroom Simulation on How a Bill Becomes a Law
Make civics practical and exciting for students using this Social Studies simulation that allows students to experience the Legislative Branch! Students will participate in writing bills for their school, community, or state while learning the various stages within the lawmaking process. All voices are heard as students become members of Congress, participate in committees, debate on the floor, and watch their President sign the bills that survive the entire process. Not only do students love
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6th - 12th
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The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the heartbreaking story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a pre-writing organizing task that will get your students to dig back into the text and organize symbolic elements (also with answer key), and a literary analysis writing assignment where students will examine Hurst’s use of symbolism to support his them
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8th - 11th
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Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
WHY STUDY HISTORY | Back to School Activity | First Day of School Discussion
Why do we study history anyway? This back to school activity is a must have for any history or social studies class! Start the first day of school (or the first lesson of any history class) with “WHY” because students always want to know why? Why am I learning about history? Why do we have to study this stuff anyway? When am I ever going to use this in life? Isn’t history about a "bunch of old dead people" and things that have already happened? **Major necessary upgrades have been made to ma
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Short & Extended Constructed Response Practice RACE Writing Strategy w Passages
ELA TEST PREP: Constructed Short Answer or Extended Response Workshop w. passages & prompts on Google Slides. ECR SCR This No Prep resource will help your students write great responses! It is packed with step-by-step guidance for every element, no-fail templates, concise mini-lessons, multi-step writing prompts, and sample responses for students to analyze. CCSS ALIGNED TEACHING/SLIDES (mini-lessons) FOR:Understanding common writing prompt termsUnderstanding state test promptsAll elements o
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6th - 9th
Research-Based Writing for Teens, Use Blog Approach to Practice Research, CCSS
Tired of reading page after page of uninspired research papers? Let’s face it – our kids hate writing research essays, causing us to be exhausted when reading their half-hearted efforts. A far better approach to teach the Common Core informative/explanatory writing skills our students need is to use a blog-style treatment as students practice their research skills on high-interest topics.Begin by introducing the elements of a strong blog post and discussing the unique style of this type of writi
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8th - 11th
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Expository Informative Explanatory Writing Unit Editable CCSS Distance Learning
This writing unit focuses on explanatory and informative (expository) writing and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It has also been recently updated to include Google Drive / Google Classroom editable handouts (perfect for distance learning!) and MLA 8 style handouts.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Students will learn to write informative/explanatory essays and research papers by following the step-by-step process. The zipped file in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Black History Month Research Activities - Social Media Project - Posters - Decor
This social media mini-research project contains the PERFECT Black History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with this LOW PREP project that comes in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. These social media templates contain over 30 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You will also receive a bonus set of custom
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6th - 9th
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Tuesdays with Morrie Mega Bundle Novel Study Unit - Activities, Quizzes, + more!
300+ pages of resources! If you are looking for complete, engaging, rigorous, relevant, low-prep, and meaningful Tuesdays with Morrie novel study unit resources for your students, look no further than this novel study unit! This product includes everything you will need to teach the popular, inspiring novel Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom including ready-to-go digital materials for Google Classroom/distance learning! This bundle is full of engaging resources that are guaranteed to save you a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Writing instruction has never been easier! This download now includes ALL of my writing resources: argument and persuasive, expository (including journalism), and narrative writing. In addition, I added helpful outlines, prompts, and rubrics. The skills practiced are standards-based, aligned with the Common Core State Standards.This is a MEGA BUNDLE of the following products:*ARGUMENT*Argument Writing Mega Bundle (Includes Unit, Editable Handouts, Rubrics, AND Presentation) (This is included in
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7th - 12th
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Embedding Quotations in Research Papers - MLA and Writing Practice Activities
Students can ALWAYS use more practice when it comes to citing and embedding direct quotes in research papers. These stations are flexibly designed to give students the practice they need to level up blending MLA direct quotes. WHAT THIS IS:Flexible!Consider this a big practice bundle, full of everything you can think of for integrating MLA direct quotes in research writing. You can use these as stations, but they are not intended to all be used in one day! Allow students to choose the skills the
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8th - 10th
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Women's History Month Project - Biography Research Banners - Bulletin Board
This best-selling biography research project is one of my favorite Women's History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about influential women during Women's History Month. Take back your time with this LOW PREP project that comes in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. This banner project contains over 30 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can sit back and watch your students learn in the student-ce
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5th - 8th
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Black History Month Activities - Bulletin Board - Bellringers - Projects - Decor
This month-long Black History Month bundle includes SIX activities and projects that are PERFECT to introduce your middle school or high school students to important African Americans and events during Black History Month. This LOW PREP bundle includes engaging Black History Month biography projects, research activities, reading comprehension bellringers, posters, and decor that will help your students practice research skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills while learning new info
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5th - 9th
Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers Program for Middle High English ELA
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone their writing skills
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7th - 10th
Writing a Research Paper Escape Room: Engaging MLA Citation & Test Prep Activity
Have you been searching for easy and fun ways to engage students in your research paper unit?This escape room activity is perfect for any research paper/MLA format unit! It is lower prep than most escape rooms and uses ALL DOK levels! You can use this escape room in the middle of your unit, as review, or the end for fun. This resource is sure to keep your students engaged and working hard in your research paper unit!What's Included:Escape Room Tips & TricksClues!Google Form Option: Instead o
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Anti Bullying Activities Bundle - High and Middle School Bullying Prevention
This anti-bullying bundle provides an opportunity to address bullying with your students. It is perfect for high school and middle students to learn how to empathize with others, realize how quickly gossip can spread and become distorted, and how words can hurt. This bundle includes:• 4 Step-by-step activity directions• 4 Interactive activities• 4 sets of guided discussion questions and answers• 2 Activity cards• 1 Story key• 4 printable activity reflectionsAs always, you can save 20% when you p
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month DIGITAL Activity - AAPI
Are you looking for a meaningful Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month activity that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further than this student-centered research project that contains instructional materials to help guide teachers and students through this activity. Students will LOVE that they get to learn more about an influential AAPI individual during AAPI Heritage Month a
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5th - 9th
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