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Middle school Thanksgiving literature simulations $10 and up
Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Are you looking for a creative way to have your students graders explore myths, legends, and traditional tales for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts? Let this collection of classic American literature Reader’s Theaters engage students in fluency & expression while at the same time meeting a key Common Core reading benchmark! This bundle includes my 7 best selling sets of DIFFERENTIATED scripts on Native American tribes, Greek Myths, Aesops' Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, American Tall Tales, Tra
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3rd - 6th
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Westing Game Interactive Unit
The Westing Game Interactive Unit is language arts based, with supporting lessons in creative writing, writing analysis, guided reading, math, science, and social studies. The unit consists of three phases: the scripted pre-reading simulation (a la How to Host a Murder), the reading of the Newbery Award-winning novel by Ellen Raskin, and several interdisciplinary activities inspired by the book.
In Phase 1: The Westing Game simulation, students act out one of seventeen characters in an effort
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5th - 8th
Thanksgiving for social studies BUNDLE escape rooms and interactive activities
Looking for fun Social Studies Thanksgiving activities where students actually learn and use 21st-century skills? Then this Thanksgiving activities bundle is for you! There are 5 highly engaging and interactive activities included: escape rooms, scavenger hunts, interactive game on Google slides™, virtual field trips, puzzles, and more. This fall bundle is everything you need to teach about Thanksgiving in your social studies class! Absolutely no PREP for you! WHY THIS SOCIAL STUDIES THANKSGIVIN
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5th - 8th
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Macbeth Mock Trial: Shakespeare and Problem-Based Learning
Do you want to do simulations, trials, and PBL activities, but don’t have time to do the complex design? Would you love to teach the art of both fair and foul argument while balancing the Bard? This lesson offers any class reading Macbeth (or other Shakespeare plays featuring crime or injury) a chance to put a character on trial. With legal expertise, roles, rules, and procedures, you can teach close reading and argumentation while also having some fun. This unit gives students a chance to play
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8th - 12th
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Intermediate Reader's Theater Social Studies Mega Bundle!
READER’S THEATER JACKPOT!!! Grab 6 of my best selling, original plays that bring social studies events to life for more than 40% off! Each play features 3 distinct reading levels to ensure differentiation. In addition, each script contains between 15-24 individual parts for whole class participation! Your class will be engaged from beginning to end with the balance of facts mixed with historical fiction and a touch of humor! Aligned to the common core, this integration of Language Arts and
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3rd - 6th
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Fall Activities for Social Studies: History of Halloween and Thanksgiving
Looking for fun Social Studies fall Halloween and Thanksgiving activities where students actually learn? Then this bundle on traditions around the world and history of each holiday is for you! There are 21 highly engaging and interactive activities included: escape rooms, scavenger hunts, interactive game on google slides™, postcard project, google sheet activities, and puzzles. Absolutely no PREP. Perfect for any class especially English, Geography, and social studies for Upper Elementary-9th
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5th - 8th
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Shakespeare in Court: Romeo & Juliet Mock Trial Experience
Transform your classroom into a courtroom with this immersive "Romeo and Juliet Mock Trial" resource! Designed for middle and high school students, this comprehensive package offers a unique twist on Shakespeare's timeless tale, providing an interactive way for students to explore legal concepts while delving deeper into the characters and themes of the play.Key Features:Character Pages:Dive into the minds of Romeo, Juliet, and other key characters with detailed character pages that guide studen
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7th - 10th
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Thanksgiving Traditions Around the World for Social Studies : interactive BUNDLE
Looking for a fun Social Studies Thanksgiving and Fall activity where students actually learn? Then this bundle on traditions around the world is for you! There are 3 highly engaging and interactive activities included: an escape room with a pre-made interactive map on google my maps™, a scavenger hunt with comprehensive reading, and interactive game on google slides™. Absolutely no PREP. Perfect for any class especially English, Geography, and History for Upper Elementary-9th grade.**Activitie
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5th - 8th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Escape Room
This escape room is an AWESOME review for students after reading TKMB. It is easy to implement and can be done in a single class period. It includes an entire breakdown with a teacher guide on how to use it. This escape room is done in 5 activities and includes all hints, activities and worksheets!Activities included:1. Crosswork puzzle2. Close reading activity3. Match the quotes4. Plot diagram5. Encrypted messageThis is a part of my larger unit, To Kill a Mockingbird CCSS Unit Bundle Gr. 8-11If
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8th - 12th
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Trojan Horse Classroom Play
I scoured the internet for a 6th grade friendly classroom play of the Trojan War and came up short. So I wrote this short classroom play that tells the story of the Trojan War from when Odysseus comes up with the idea of building the horse to the fall of Troy. It is in child friendly language, and my students have a great time reenacting it in class every year!
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5th - 8th
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Reading Inference Passages, Pictures, Videos, Task Cards, VR Questions NO PREP
Inference is a foundational reading skill. Marzano calls it a prerequisite for higher-order thinking and 21st century skills. Because inferring requires higher order thinking skills, it can be difficult for many students. However, it can be taught through explicit instruction in inferential strategies. This savings bundle will enable you to reach those goals. This scaffolded bundle includes:Reading 101: Intro to Inference - An Introduction to Inference Through PicturesInference Skill Practice
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4th - 8th
Pride and Prejudice Printable Escape Room
This is a PDF file. There is no physical product sent to you.The difficulty of this puzzle is ranked 4/5.1 being easy, 5 being difficult.Plot:A letter has been sent to the Bennet Home, but the girls do not know who it is from nor to whom it is addressed. You must help the girls find out to whom the letter was meant and who wrote it so the recipient may know how to respond. Propriety demands the response to the letter be sent within the hour. You have until then to solve the puzzle and choose a c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The 12 Labors of Hercules - Google Earth tour + worksheets
Students learn and locate the 12 labors of Hercules, as well as the moral / symbolic significance of each labor.
Instruction sets (teacher/student), short answer worksheet, & matching worksheet included.
Required: DSL or faster Internet connection; Google Earth.
Suitable for Latin / Greek / Mythology / Humanities classes.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
To Kill A Mockingbird Trial Reader's Theatre
Want to bring Tom Robinson's trial from To Kill A Mockingbird to life? Jump out of the book and have your students read the trial as reader's theatre. Assign roles and have students act out the trial from the following script. All dialogue is copied almost exactly as it appears in the novel and the exposition as kept as the role of the Narrator.
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7th - 10th
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Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Two-Voice Survival
This PROFOUND novel told from two points of view transports the reader to San Francisco in 1906 to feel, hear, see, smell, and taste the courage that arose from the devastating earthquake with the richest and poorest, trying to survive.To purchase this novel at a discount, use this link: http://amzn.to/2zEgbcbIt is April 18, 1906, at 5:11 a.m. You are awakened by a gentle movement of your bed. It trembles beneath you. In the next moment, your bed is dancing across the floor of your room. You ho
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4th - 7th
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The Outsiders Mock Trial
This is a fantastic end-of-the-unit activity for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. With this product, you will be able to hold a classroom Mock Trial that is run by the students, with a student judge, student lawyers, student witness, and student jury. Students will be assigned roles with assignments that correspond to each role, and it's a great activity for differentiation because the roles have different difficulty levels. Teachers will guide students in their preparation for a couple of days bef
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Outsiders Mock Trial Bundle
To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial Bundle
This includes the entire set of To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial products, as well as the grading rubric.
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Mock Trial Bundle
This bundle includes the Romeo and Juliet Mock Trial pages along with the rubrics for grading the mock trial.
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8th - 10th
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The Outsiders Mock Trial Bundle
This includes The Outsiders Mock Trial packet and the grading rubric for the trial.
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6th - 9th
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THE CHRYSALIDS -- John Wyndham
Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power. ~John WyndhamYou are in for a thought-provoker with John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids. It’s a classic and its message even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1955 with Cold War tensions and rumours and fears of nuclear war. Might sound familiar given the current nightly news.I have taught the novel numerous times and every time it caught the interest of the students with its three-
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8th - 11th
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WebQuest Lost 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A Note for Parents and EducatorsThis activity is designed to help rising sixth graders classify marine life based on which ocean they live in. It is recommended that prior to the activity children will have read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel or a different form of the classic novel. However, this is not required to complete the WebQuest. Prime students for the activity by having them think about marine life in general and discuss what they already know in groups. For the WebQuest
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS2-5
Tucks on Trial - A Mock Trial Program for 4th, 5th & 6th Grade
Tucks on Trial is a mock trial unit to accompany the novel Tuck Everlasting. It was developed by Alan Pietsch when he taught 5th & 6th grade Language in the Atascadero Unified School District in the early 2000's. He taught the unit many times with great success. Students not only dig deeper into the text, but also learn about our judicial system and how a criminal trial is conducted. Students assume all the roles in the courtroom and your entire class will be actively involved. The work
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4th - 7th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial
Hold a mock trial for the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. This is a fantastic activity that involves the entire class with differentiation and student-led discussion. You can assign each student a role, including a judge, lawyers, character witnesses, or back up characters/jury duty. This purchase includes all of the explanations, preparation worksheets for each role, and during-the-trial worksheets for jury duty (19 pages). Following is the explanation at the beginning of the documents for the stu
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial Bundle
Fantasy Worldbuilding Project
Worldbuilding Unit DescriptionStudents design their own fantasy world in a step by step process that allows them to envision the world they create as a whole. The project is separated into 5 days worth of work, including a background story, some illustrations, and specific task sheets for each day that correspond to the story of the day. After 5 days worth of tasks, students will have the opportunity to present their project for the class and submit their work to the teacher/project leader for e
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4th - 6th
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