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10th grade balanced literacy research
McCarthyism Internet Scavenger Hunt - The Crucible
This graphic organizer asks students to research for answers to prompts about The Red Scare and McCarthyism. This introduction lays the foundation for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
It is presented as a Word document so you may alter to fit your instruction or scaffold for struggling learners.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Passion Project Templates for Genius Hour Inquiry Presentation Assignment
Unlock your students’ genius with a Passion Project! These no-prep passion project templates provides students with an excellent opportunity to practice their research skills, oral communication skills, and presentation skills. Designed for Middle and High School, it also allows students to learn about a subject they are PASSIONATE about.As an added bonus, student workbooks have printable AND editable versions! Just PRINT-AND-GO or SHARE DIGITAL LINKS with your students!What you get in this thor
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7th - 10th
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Our Technological Future: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
This is a one-week Science and Literacy unit that covers the rise of artificial intelligence, and the opportunities and dangers that it presents to our society. Included in the slideshow are videos, discussions, and questions pertaining to a variety of A.I. topics such as conscious robots, self-driving cars, virtual assistants, the future of jobs and employment, and more. There is a brief writing assignment, discussion questions, and a future technology research project complete with marking cri
Grades:
5th - 12th
Wave by Eric Walters
Novel Study Unit
Literacy:
- Each chapter has a before reading, after reading, challenge and discussion section
- Newspaper outline to do a write up on the statistics of the 2004 Earthquake
- De Bono Critical Thinking Hats project
Geography:
- Earthquake research lesson
- 2 maps of Thailand to find locate significant locations
- 2 work maps to find all countries affected, countries where the wave hit
- Map to locate the epicentre
- Map to research major earthquakes
- Map showing all the tect
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Understanding Hubris - A Writing Activity for Any Text
Help your students thoroughly understand the concept of hubris, excessive pride or arrogance, with this writing and research activity.
Great activity to use with Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex), The Odyssey, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet or other tragedies.
Students will gather textual examples for the current classroom reading and then research a present day example of hubris.
Included: teaching suggestions and directions for the teacher, three page student handout with explicit direct
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Grades:
7th - 12th
VCE VM and VPC Literacy Unit 1 film study
This bundle works well in a combined class of VCEVM and VPC. The differentiation is in the final assessment. We found that giving the book in 4 separate parts worked well for our students (discrimination, film, film review, First Nations). There is a focus on discrimination and our First Nations people, including the assessment tasks.
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Bundle 1
Growth Mindset & Grit Lesson
This is a slidedeck with videos, research and a presentation about Growth Mindset and Grit. Perfect to teach to your class or to use in PD.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Article of the Week Worksheet
This Article of the Week worksheet is an excellent way to get your students thinking about local and world events, and to use non-fiction texts in class.This two-page worksheet focuses on summarizing, predicting, and reading comprehension.
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4th - 10th
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BLMs for Japanese Language, Intercultural & Literacy Activities: Scaffolded 日本
Sensei-tional Classrooms brings to you Black Line Masters for Japanese Language, Intercultural & Literacy Activities: Scaffolded 日本
Is your school making a large focus on explicit literacy instruction and higher order thinking skills across all learning areas in 2016? Our latest BLMs around provide a series of Japanese-themed printable scaffolds, graphic organisers and templates that support literacy, intercultural activities, script practice, research skills, reading comprehension, vocabul
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Research Data Results for The Reading Intervention Program
Looking for a research-based reading intervention program? This free resource provides data results from the pilot team for The Reading Intervention Program. The pilot team, which began in January 2016, will continue through the 2016-2017 school year, continuing to gather data in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Download the free resource to see how successful The Reading Intervention Program has been for students and teachers!To see the all the components of The Reading Interv
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Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Mythology in Business Project
Help your students connect Greek mythology to modern businesses! In this 4-5 day project, students will research an assigned Greek God and a given modern business. In their research, they will need to learn about each in order to understand what the allusion is between them. These findings will be presented in a Google Slides which students can present to their peers.I did this project as a preface to Homer's Odyssey, but it will work great for any Greek Myth! The goal of this project is to help
Grades:
9th - 10th
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The Awakening/Barbie: Feminist Theory Presentations Project
Students are asked to research the "waves" of feminism (links for research provided in project) and complete a presentation on their assigned "wave." Each group is given a challenge read (a more complex work) - this could be tweaked to allow for differentiation. This project is meant to be paired with my introduction to The Awakening and the "Barbness" discussion and reflection assignment (see my bundle).
Grades:
10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The AwaKENing: Kate Chopin, Barbie, and Feminist Theory
Edgar Allan Poe Web Hunt
Introducing your students to Edgar Allan Poe? This internet scavenger hunt is a great way for them to gather facts about him and find out about one of our country's most suspenseful writers! You can have the students do this scavenger hunt in groups, as a cooperative activity, or as an independent one. Because of POE's life, this activity is best suited for Middle School and High School. It starts out with some fun Halloween web-hunting to get the students ready! It then launches into a ful
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Ibsen's A Doll's House: Pre-Reading Stations & Hyperdoc (student-led activity)
Henrik Ibsen's feminist play, A Doll's House, focuses on the protagonist Nora Helmer as over a three day period, she tries to keep a secret from her husband while under the pressure of blackmail.This 90-minute lesson allows students to start making predictions and connections to history, culture, and themes within play.The LessonTeacher has two options to present this lessonOption One: create a gallery walk or various stations by printing off the slides from a google slideshowOption Two: assign
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Ibsen's A Doll's House: Mini Unit Bundle (Pre-reading, Quiz, & Reflections)
Art History Formal Analysis Framework
ART CLASS│ ART HISTORY │RESEARCH⫸ Art Analysis Framework⫸ Comprehension & Literacy⫸ Research ProjectThis 54 page evergreen .pdf framework helps students better analyze and understand art and its context through a series of slides focussing on formal elements, principles in art, contextual analysis and a step-by-step guide to interpreting art in front of you. Watch the preview video as it shows the entire framework.It can be used as a standalone handout/lesson/project, or combined with a unit
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â BUNDLE Art History Teacher Toolkit
Current Events Project
This is a project for middle school and high school students. Students explore credible websites and research current events that interest them. Students will write summaries about what they have read and can share them with the class. This is a great way to start a dialogue about current events in local, state, federal, and global politics, economics, and social issues.
Students are challenged to write in expository and persuasive formats. This allows students to dig deeper into the materia
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet: Should the U.S. allow the entry of refugees?
This Socratic Seminar preparation sheet will force students to explore the question: "Should the United States allow the entry of refugees from other countries such as Syria?" This Socratic Seminar was designed to correspond with my class unit on the poetic novel INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN, but could be used as part of any class exploring immigration and refugees. The form requires students to initially answer the question, collect reasoning on behalf of both sides of the issue, make notes regard
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5th - 10th
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Evaluating Jacob Riis: A Common Core & Research Based History Lesson
How should history remember Jacob Riis, the famous photojournalist muckraker? Utilizing primary and secondary sources, students will research and question the historical character of Riis, a prominent figure in the Progressive era. While some point to his crusading work on behalf of the urban poor, others declare him a racist writer and deceitful photographer. Students will analyze photographs, listen to audio recordings, gather historical evidence from sources, and develop a thesis-based histor
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Introduction to Research and Presentation - Animal Research Project
This project is designed to give students hands-on practice with the research and development of an informational presentation, the preparation of note cards, and presentation techniques. It also allows for practice with note-taking from an auditory source. It is structured around animal research, so information will likely be abundant. There is also a creative writing piece that helps reinforce literary elements. This is often used in the lower grades to introduce students to the idea of resear
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Everything Old is New Again; the 1920s Roar to Life
What was so distinctive about the Roaring Twenties? Was it the innovations? Relief from the austerity of the War years? Rebellion against Prohibition? Scandalous music and dance crazes?
Read through this slice of 1920s life as readers’ theatre or research it, stage it, choreograph it, and perform it to make this unique era roar to life.
This download contains questions for research into motivation for actors, costumes, dance/music, language, sports, and technology. Use the prompts as well
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Research Project UNIT (The FULL Project)
I wish I could have gotten something like this my first year of teaching!If you are a first year teacher? Or if you are just terrible at teaching Research papers?This is for YOU.I am REALLY good at teaching Research papers :) And this is how I do it. This is EVERYTHING you will need (and more)This walks you through:Brainstorming, Doing Research Cards, Organizing Research Cards, Writing the Rough Draft, (Student packet included)Typing the 2nd Draft, Doing Peer and Adult Reviews and then doing the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Earth Day Activity Environmental Issues students come up with solutions
This is a great Earth Day Activity. However, Earth Day should be every day. Do you want your students to learn about various environmental problems, ask questions and learn strategies on how to come up with solutions to those problems? This lesson will bring awareness to students so they can understand the complexity of environmental issues and get on the path to problem solving. Awareness of issues is the first step to becoming a problem solver. If people aren’t aware, they will continue on thi
Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
Research Paper Peer/Teacher Feedback Form
After students write a draft of their research papers, have them give this feedback form to a peer, a parent, and/or a teacher to gain valuable feedback and suggestions about ways in which to improve their organization, mechanics, ideas/content, and word choice. This chart provides the evaluator a place to mark if the current level of work is strong, average, or needs work along with a place to make specific comments. Additional spaces for comments and questions are included at the bottom of t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The CRAAP Test (for Evaluating Sources) | Lesson and CRAAP Checklist Handout
This CRAAP Test handout is a short lesson and CRAAP test checklist to support middle and high school learners evaluate the validity of online or print texts. This handout is perfect for most English, literacy, ESL, and social sciences courses, as well as other writing or communication units.Page 1:CRAAP test defined CRAAP test acronym explainedCRAAP test rationale -- why use this method?Page 2:CRAAP test checklist for learners to apply the test to any text of their choosingRelated Products ---"C
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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