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Common Core CCRA.W.8 simulations
The Tell-tale Heart Mock Trial - Edgar Allan Poe - Real life and Speaking Skills
Ignite your students' passion for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe with this immersive Mock Trial! Turn your classroom into a thrilling courtroom drama where the lines between fiction and reality blur. Prepare for an educational experience that will leave your students spellbound and craving more!Watch as your students step into the shoes of the characters, ready to take on the roles of the narrator, police officers, mental health psychiatrist, and more in a riveting courtroom showdown.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â The Tell-tale Heart Activity Bundle - Includes Mock Trial & Full Text - Poe
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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2nd - 8th
Debate Bundle - Debates, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Templates, Scaffolds
This "Ultimate Debate Bundle" is everything you need to facilitate clear, well-organized debates for students of elementary school - 12th grade. The materials are designed for a students of varying language and learning needs, fitting the language development needs of ESL students as well as students in AP courses. This resource offers adaptable material that you can fit with any debate you develop for your students.Not just for ELA Teachers!Teachers across disciplines have found this resource h
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Stuck in School Fun Simulation Game (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
This resource is an editable, fun simulation game in which students work in groups to survive scenarios. The scene is set as the students being stuck in school overnight, with all windows and doors barricaded. If any school personnel catches them, they will die/lose. Groups must strategize tactful ways out of the situations to make it through all 12 scenarios and survive the game.
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5th - 12th
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Debate Starter Bundle - Handouts, Rubrics, Graphic Organizers, templates
This debate bundle is everything you need to facilitate a clear, well-organized debate for students of elementary school - 12th grade. This is a great unit to fit the language development needs of ESL students as well because it is visually based and adaptable. For students new to debate (middle - high school) and ESL students, this bundle is handy because of the clarity of directions and visual cues. When I do debates with more experienced debaters, and in AP Language, I use formats that are in
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Debate Bundle - Debates, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Templates, Scaffolds
Windmill Synthesis Stakeholder Scenario Debate Activity (AP Lang practice!)
Inspired by the College Board's AP Lang 2019 Windmill Synthesis prompt, students will participate in a community stakeholder meeting where they will be assigned a community role member's role with opinions about potentially converting the state of Georgia to primarily windmill energy. Students will look through sources to gather evidence based on their role's opinions, then work together to host a meeting where they present their ideas and mix and mingle as their roles. Students will practice sy
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Response
This document is a color-coded sample response of the previously posted sample argument task for the NYS English Regents exam. The colors correlate with the cheat sheet, which is the third document needed to fully teach students how to successfully compose a Part 2 response to the NYS English Regents exam.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Teaching the Argument: Breaking Down Part 2 of the NYS English Regents Exam
Teaching the Argument: Breaking Down Part 2 of the NYS English Regents Exam
This array will provide you with instant handouts for your learners and includes:Sample Argument TaskArgument Cheat SheetSample Argument Response
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9th - 12th
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Animal Research Adopting a Pet STEM +Word Search CCSS Grades 2-5 Print and Teach
Open the preview to explore this STEM-inspired animal research unit. This activity challenges students to think critically as they choose an unconventional pet from the extensive animal kingdom, embracing the fun and absurdity of the task.Included Resources:An optional cover to personalize student materials.A detailed task description to guide students through the project.Definitions of classifications within the animal kingdom to enhance understanding.A section to formulate hypotheses, encourag
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2nd - 5th
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Task
This file provides teachers with a sample argument task for the English Regents.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Teaching the Argument: Breaking Down Part 2 of the NYS English Regents Exam
Debate - Safety versus Freedom - AP Language Synthesis Essay Prompt Practice
* Updated 11/21/23 with 2 rubrics + Line of Reasoning handout/slideThis is my students' favorite AP Language activity each year. Facilitated as a debate using the Synthesis essay structure, the "Freedom v. Safety" prompt from a previous AP Language exam is great practice combining skills in research, argument writing, and debate. Please see the preview for a view of all materials in this resource.This resource includes hyperlinks to videos on my YouTube channel for Argument/Synthesis writing spe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Angles and Demons: A Journalist/Bystander/Police Simulation about Evidence
Take on the role of journalist, police on the scene of a jewelry heist, or a bystander who watched it all go down in this interactive simulation about reliable testimony and evidence. Uses gathering evidence tools, interviewing skills, and inferences to draw upon! Pack includes bystander cards, journalist logs, and police report, as well as the scenario to read to your class to get them started on gathering evidence, creating narratives, and drawing inferences about the event. Inspired by events
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9th - 12th
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Criminal Mock Trial for the Tell-Tale Heart by Poe (Evaluating Arguments)
Mock Trial DescriptionIn this assignment, the students explore the standards on arguments, rhetoric and/or persuasive techniques depending on the grade level. After learning and practicing the standards, the students will participate in an annotation of the text Tell-Tale heart, research on mental illnesses, research on roles in criminal trials, pretrial preparation, and a full class mock trial. The students are analyzing the passage to determine whether or not the protagonist/defendant in the t
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7th - 10th
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Quiz: Body Paragraph Templates- Informative/Explanatory- PDF & Schoology
A sorting/numbering quiz/exit ticket to practice the template for body paragraphs for informative/explanatory paragraphs20 questions/paragraphsAfter you purchase, if you also use Schoology as your LMS, please contact me and I can share the ready-to-use question bank/or tests with you without any work on your part!Key included
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Early Civilizations Research Unit and Tribe Tasks Activities
This is a bundle of my Early Civilizations Research Unit and my Tribe Tasks activities.I designed this Early Civilizations research project as part of a 7 week unit for my Grade 6 Humanities classes. However, I understand that not everyone has the luxury of 7 weeks for one unit, so I have adapted just the research lessons and resources for a shorter, 4 week unit. I have also adapted many of my resources for Teachers Pay Teachers to try and have them be more open and flexible in terms of subject,
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5th - 8th
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Instagram Project
This project is great for teaching about either historical people or even book characters. Every piece is editable and relatable to student interest.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Quiz: Body Paragraph Templates- Argumentative- PDF & Schoology
A sorting/numbering quiz/exit ticket to practice the template for body paragraphs for argumentative paragraphs20 questions/paragraphsAfter you purchase, if you also use Schoology as your LMS, please contact me and I can share the ready-to-use question bank/or tests with you without any work on your part!Key included
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Notes: Slides- Thesis Graphic Organizers- and 4 freebies! (EDITABLE)
Notes: Slides- Umbrellas Graphic Organizers- Essay and Prompt Type25 Slides to learn how to analyze a prompt, make decisions, and prepare a topic9 sample prompts4 Umbrella Worksheets to Analyze and Prepare a Prompt. Originals were made in Google Drawings, which are not supported here. Here are the links if you would like to edit them for FREE :) FOLDER: WKSH- Umbrella Graphic Organizers.Also check out MY ORIGINAL Visual Writing and Editing Technique!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Notes Bundle CCSS ELA 9-10 (EDITABLE)
ORIGINAL Stimuli Analysis Chart for Standard Prompt Essay Prep (EDITABLE)
Chart to prepare a thesis statement, topic sentences, and evidence for a standard-based ELA OST standardized test essay 7-12.11 rows = 11 ELA standard-based reasons to answer a standard-based prompt2 columns = space to compare/contrast at least 2 stimuli on those possible 11 choicesdirections for how to also color coordinate the chart with MY ORIGINAL visual writing and editing technique.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Writing ELA 9-10 (EDITABLE)
Educational Improvement Proposal
This is a fun group project that is great at the beginning or end of a school year! It covers so many writing, research, and speaking & listening standards, without the students having to write a traditional essay! It can be completed individually or in groups and creates the best results when a week or more is spent on this, assigning small deadlines to promote deeper research and give the teacher time to conference with the groups to help them delve deeper.The premise of this project is th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Instagram Feed View
This project is great for teaching about either historical people or even book characters. Every piece is editable and relatable to student interest.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Instagram Project
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