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Higher education writing-expository games
Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Wuthering Heights Activity Package
The novel, Wuthering Heights, can be confusing to students for a variety of reasons: similar character names; multiple narratives; timelines w/flashbacks; etc. This package has been designed primarily to supplement a teacher's existing Wuthering Height's knowledge. In other words, the teacher's ability to relate the general story is assumed. The items in this package are tools to make students' understanding of this complex text easier. These tools include: characters & their relationships;
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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"What's Next?" English Unit
This is my unit for the "What's Next" unit My classes have daily access to Chromebooks, Classroom, Google Doc and a JamboardThis unit includes activities to go along with the article packet provided with this unit as part of the curriculumAll associated handouts and links are included in the Powerpoint
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Persuade Your Teacher Game (persuasive unit)
This until will excite students and help them with their persuasive papers/essays/unit.I use this in college, but it could be used for ANY grade level. It's a unique game I came up with that teaches students to argue effectively. It also focuses on the following learning objectives: 1) Working effectively as a team 2) the four parts of a persuasive argument/paper 3) working with persuading the appropriate audience--differing views 4) having fun while learning 5) Winning or losing an argument and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thesis Statement Throwdown
This is a competitive game that will have your students cheering for writing! It's engaging and educational. Teachers and students love it.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Name that Cat Game
The Name that Cat Game can be used in first grade to high school classrooms as a warm-up or ice-breaker activity to begin a unit of study about animals or pets. This game can help stimulate opinion writing about cats vs dogs. It is a cat lover's dream! Have fun setting your own goals for winning. It will be a cat-tastic teaching adventure!
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Among Us Assessing Sources for Research Activity
This Among Us Warm Up activity will help to formatively assess students ability to assess sources of research. Students will review how to assess sources and apply it to three rounds of examples. They have to figure out which source out of each round is the impostor in the inquiry question provided. Through student discussion, the teacher is able to see what misconceptions students hold about research and can indicate what to do next. A fun but informative activity. Look for my other Among Us Wa
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Game of Concrete Nouns
The students play with the differences between abstractions and concrete nouns. Writing concretely is an important step toward writing vividly. See my Atlantic article on the subject. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-secret-to-good-writing-its-about-objects-not-ideas/263113/
This game helps train students to be vivid and specific and keeps them from floating away on a tide of abstract ideas.It requires a white board and an actively listening instructor.
You do it after
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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