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Middle school Winter short stories research
History in A Snow Globe - Winter - Holiday - Christmas - Social Studies Activity
A fun and engaging holiday or winter project for any social studies class!In this activity, students will choose a historical topic, event, or person to research. Based on their research, students will design a snow globe that represents their topic and write a short summary about their chosen topic!Activity includes:- Overview and instructions- 5 different design/layout options- Extension activity- Grading rubric
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4th - 10th
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Utopian - Utopia vs Dystopia Activity - Dystopian Literature Unit Activities
Introduce utopia, utopia vs. dystopia settings and themes, along with the concept of a perfect utopian world! This unique utopian resource includes opportunities for students to read, write, and conduct research! A slides presentation on the utopian world concept is included with 3 activities exploring dystopian versus utopian settings. Pair this resource with Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia," or any utopian/dystopian literature!The Quest for Ut
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8th - 11th
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SNOW DAYS: 6+ Themed ELA Activities {Nonfiction, Poetry, Speaking, & More!}
Add REAL non-fiction into your class on a topic that we ALL care about: snow days!
Use this mini-unit in your regular ELA class, OR assign pieces of it as actual homework on a snow day (especially if your school policy requires it!) Use every assignment, or pick and choose your favorite ones for students to complete.
Based on the essential question of whether or not students should have homework/virtual school on snow days, this Common Core-aligned mini-unit has several components:
• RI.1&a
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7th - 10th
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Groundhog Day Science Activity Set
Are you a teacher looking to celebrate Groundhog Day with some engaging and authentic Science activities, experiments and ready to go worksheets? This GROUNDHOG DAY SCIENCE BUNDLE is the perfect NO-PREP option for you and your students! This bundle includes the following lessons and activities:★All About Groundhogs Science PowerPoint Lesson★Groundhog Facts CLOSE Reading Passage and Guided Questions (with answer key)★Science Video with Guided Viewing Questions (answer key included)★Investigating
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2nd - 6th
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Valentine's Day Activity | Digital WebQuest
Your students will love learning about Valentine's Day with this fun digital WebQuest activity! This fun and engaging activity is the perfect language arts research assignment for your class or a fun activity for the week of Valentine's Day. This is a great way for your class to research about this winter holiday.Students will click through links and watch videos. Be sure to check the websites prior to assigning the activity to make sure you've gotten them approved with your school district.You
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Holiday Research Activities
Winter Holidays Around the World Mini Research Project Digital Activity
Looking for a fun no-prep activity for the days before winter break? This digital Winter Holidays Around the World Mini Research Project is a simple one-day activity that keeps students learning, researching, and writing even on those lame duck school days right before break. Students select a winter holiday or celebration of their choice to research, then they write a summary of the holiday, three interesting facts, and select three images to represent their holiday. Let students work on the sl
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6th - 8th
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Summer School Activities Curriculum - Short Story Project - 6th 7th 8th grade
Teaching Summer School has never been easier with this all-in-one reading and writing project-based activities curriculum for middle school! All the work is done - including PowerPoints, notes, and 4 weeks of Lesson Plans for important skills such as plot diagrams, summarizing, researching, and group work!Your students will:1. Take a multiple intelligences assessment.2. Be grouped by strength.3. Choose a short story to study.4. Learn about plot diagrams, summarizing, research, and group wor
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6th - 8th
Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
This resource features a comprehensive list of questions to introduce the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe. Students will be shocked to learn some of the gruesome details of his life. This resource works great as homework prior to beginning your Poe unit or can be done in the classroom with computer access.Resource includes:15 questions about Edgar Allan PoeFull answer keyList of credible websites for students to explore when looking for answers__________________________________________________
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
Snowflakes Activity | WebQuest
This Snowflakes Digital Research Activity will be the perfect activity to learn about snow and snowflakes. This would be a great activity for the months of December, January or February. In this internet scavenger hunt students will click through links and watch videos. Be sure to check the websites prior to assigning the activity to make sure you've gotten them approved with your school district.Included:Google Drive filePrintable worksheets Answer KeyThis is the perfect activity for languag
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4th - 6th
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The Tell-Tale Heart — Guilty or Not Guilty Trial Activity using Textual Evidence
Guilty or not guilty?! Let your students decide the fate of the narrator from The Tell-Tale Heart!This activity requires research, critical thinking, close reading, literary analysis, and finding textual evidence to justify responses. Students will research the different degrees of murder in the United States. Then they will take on the role of the judge for the trial against the narrator in the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Students will use both critical thinking skills and e
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: The Tell-Tale Heart Reading Comprehension Activities BUNDLE
Australian Curriculum 8.4 Year 5 Explorers Lapbooks Mega Bundle
Studying Famous Australian Explorers can be fun and engaging! With these lapbook activities that perfectly compliment the Australian Year 5 HASS curriculum, your students will explore the life and contributions of 14 Australian Explorers, as well as practise mapping and writing skills.Please preview all resources included in this bundle by clicking the links to the resources above to ensure you fully understand what is included in this bundleThrough this lapbook students will explore:✏ The early
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4th - 6th
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Ugly Holiday Sweater Holidays Around The World Project
In this fun and interactive project, students will design an ugly holiday sweater representing winter holidays around the world. Students will explore traditions, food, fun facts, music and more. Optional Extension: Allow students to make a recipe from their holiday to share with the class! Handouts included: ❑ Guided Research Worksheet ❑ About My Holiday Worksheet ❑ Design-A-Sweater Page ❑ Holiday Food To Share RecipeChristmas | Holiday | Fun Project | Holiday Sweater | Holiday Projects | Winte
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3rd - 12th
Winter Olympics Research Project
Independent research project on the Winter Olympics. Students choose an event and an athlete who participates in the event to research and then complete a Google Slides presentation. Includes project outline, guiding questions, graphic organizer, and rubric for assessment. Slight focus on Canada, but can modify to suit your needs.
Winter Holidays Common Core Research Presentation Project Grade 6,7,8,9,10,11,12
The Winter Holidays Common Core Research and Presentation Project is a perfect winter holiday research project idea for all of those winter months – October to December and January! For grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, this is an effective 7-day, winter holiday COMMON CORE ALIGNED UNIT that lets students research a winter holiday topic, and give a presentation on the material. Best of all, students use a teaching tool to enhance their presentation, and a final open-ended assessment ensures cla
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6th - 12th
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Winter Grid Drawings, Drawing and Shading Worksheets, 5th to 8th Grade
20 Winter Art, Grid Drawings for students to practice and to reinforce drawing, shading, and observational skills for 5th to 8th Grade. These Photograph, Value Grid Draw worksheets are perfectly themed for Winter. Use this to help your students become confident, independent drawers & artists. All images were photographed by artist Kathleen McGiveron (Ms Artastic) and are not created with commercial stock images. They’re designed for Winter and are perfect to allow students in grades 5-8 to d
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5th - 8th
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John Updike A&P Short Story Quiz
John Updike's Short Story A&P Quiz - Includes 20 questions and answers to assess student comprehension and understanding. Also great to be used as a Research Paper Idea (See my Short Story Research Assignment)
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8th - 12th
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Urban Legend Webquest
An 18 question mini research assignment on urban legends.
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Around the World Posters - Holidays Around the World Bulletin Board
Explore Christmas traditions from Around the World with this Winter Holidays Around the World Poster Set. This collection is perfect for educational settings, cultural centers, and home learning environments. Each poster offers a unique insight into global holiday celebrations, highlighting diverse cultures' customs, culinary delights, and decorations.Experience the splendor of Diwali's lights, feel the warmth of Russian Christmas, enjoy Australia's summer festivities, and embrace the African-Am
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K - 6th
Lunar New Year Activity | WebQuest
This Lunar New Year Digital Research Activity will be the perfect activity to learn about this fun celebration. This would be a great activity for the months of January or February. In this internet scavenger hunt students will click through links and watch videos. Be sure to check the websites prior to assigning the activity to make sure you've gotten them approved with your school district.Included:Google Drive filePrintable worksheets with QR codesAnswer KeyThis is the perfect activity for
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4th - 6th
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Writing Test Prep- FSA, OAKS, AIR, STAR, & PARCC Paired Passages & Prompt
This is a paired passage set and prompt (winter themed) designed to help students prepare for any CCSS writing assessment. There are three text sources on the same topic, a writing prompt (informational), a planning sheet, and blank lined writing pages that are similar to what students will see on the assessment.
You can used this set for instructional purposes or as a mock writing test. Hope you and your students find it helpful!
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3rd - 6th
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Winter Art Lesson Challenge Cards, 40 Drawing Prompts and Art Activities
40 Winter Art Lesson Challenge Cards that are perfect for Winter Themed art practice and to reinforce Art Making Skills, the Elements of Art, art education concepts and techniques, and Creative Thinking and Experimentation learned in your classroom through a Choice-Based, Flexible Learning approach. Use these art lessons as a mini-lesson or exploration, practicing learned art techniques or skills, use for sub lessons, as homework, glue-in sketchbooks, art centers, use as art warm-ups or bell rin
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3rd - 6th
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Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
Everything you need for Back to School! Spend more time teaching and less time planning with 9 different resources designed to take work off your plate at the start of the year. Bell ringers, writing, reading, and research activities. Just plug and play!Plus, editable lesson plans that you can customize.What you'll get:(2 resources) August & September digital warm ups / bell ringer journal with quirky celebrations, historical events, holidays, and quotes. "The Fun They Had" short story analy
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6th - 8th
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Hibernating Animals Templates
What Animals Hibernate?
Have each student learn about their own hibernating animal with this set of 25 Hibernating Animal Templates!
Each template has a nice picture of an animal that hibernates. The students research information about their animals including predator/prey relationships, animal facts, animal habitat region, and how they hibernate.
There are enough animals that hibernate templates that that each student can research their own hibernating animal. Post them on the wall for
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1st - 6th
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Print and Go Penguins Bundle ~ Fun Foldables
Research should not be a long drawn out process. Research should be fun, interesting, and easy to demonstrate what the student has learned. (It should also be easy to grade.) This mini lesson is designed to be done in two short settings. Day 1: Research and Take notesDay 2: Rewrite notes into paragraph form on the foldable, and turn in.A rubric is provided for quick and easy grading. I have to say, I love this project. A "note-taking' page is included for students as well as a very cute foldable
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2nd - 8th
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2-LS4-1
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