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Serial Podcast Season One Unit Plan: True Crime Lesson Plans, AP ELA Activities
Serial Podcast Season One by Sarah Koenig is a fantastic way to teach literary nonfiction, rhetoric, bias, and the power of storytelling. This podcast is so engaging that even your most reluctant students will be enthralled with the true crime content! This Serial unit plan will provide you with literary nonfiction activities that help students analyze the production of the podcast, discuss bias from multiple angles, examine rhetoric from a real-world perspective, and so much more. All of these
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Lord of the Flies Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, Mask, Test
Lord of the Flies by William Golding offers unique insight into human nature, the dangers of unchecked power, and the consequences of a failing society. With this Lord of the Flies Unit Plan, you’ll be able to dig deep into these dark themes while preparing students for a more hopeful future. From Steven King to Suzanne Collins, Lord of the Flies has inspired readers through the ages to explore the ugliness of human nature within the safe pages of a book. In turn, readers use these lessons and i
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8th - 12th
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The Crucible Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, Movie Guide, Test
You don't need a wand to engage students with The Crucible, but a touch of inspiration can certainly work its magic! This complete and editable Crucible unit plan will help you add theatrical fun, historical intrigue, modern connections, and academic rigor to your Crucible lesson plans. Each act contains interactive notes and engaging activities to help bring this play bubbling to life!Are you ready to engage students with meaningful and fun activities for teaching The Crucible? Hop on your broo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Crime Scene Activity: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Source Evidence
“The Case of the Student Teacher Gone Missing” is an activity that asks students to solve a crime based on their analysis of evidence. First students must classify the twelve pieces of evidence as primary or secondary source evidence. Then students must decide which type of evidence they will use: primary or secondary, and explain why. Finally, students will analyze each piece of relevant evidence to draw conclusion about who the guilty teacher might be. You can use the case as is or personalize
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6th - 8th
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ELA Integrated Civil Rights w/ Summarizing - Main Idea & Detail - Writing
ELA Integrated with Social Studies! Black History Month Reading Passages - Civil Rights Movement Stories / Martin Luther King Jr. Unit that integrates the ELA literacy skills of Summarizing, Finding Main Idea and Supporting Details. PRINTABLE & DIGITAL Google Classroom! 7 Reading Passages that are engaging for upper elementary and middle school. This unit provides the teacher with lesson plans, passages, and very rigorous tasks that are focused on content while using the ELA skills of su
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4th - 6th
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Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle - Appeals & Devices, High School Rhetoric Unit
Looking for a no-prep rhetoric unit that contains engaging, relevant, and rigorous materials? Fortunately, this 5-6 week Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle represents 21st Century learning at its best! Students will participate in a variety of analysis activities: from analyzing historical speeches and viewing modern advertisements to watching and analyzing movie speeches aimed to motivate and inspire audiences around the globe. Then, when students have mastered how to evaluate rhetorical strategie
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9th - 12th
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Native + African + Early American Colonial Text Set Unit : Perspective Pairings
Is your Early American Lit curriculum more bland than a Puritan cookbook? As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, so let's transform it from yawnsome to awesome with a study of perspective!Early American founding texts don't have to be boring. When you pair them with rich creation stories, shocking captivity tales, important indigenous issues, and diverse American perspectives, students will not only have a better understanding of the literary landscape of America, but will also gain a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Oral Presentations Bundle
Calling all middle school teachers! Introducing the ultimate Oral Presentations and Public Speaking Bundle designed to ignite your students' passion for delivering captivating presentations. Let’s end boring presentations!Unlock the power of oral communication with this comprehensive bundle, carefully crafted to equip your students with essential communication skills. Inside, you'll find an exciting array of assignments that will transform your classroom into a hub of confident speakers and effe
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6th - 8th
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Stations for Previewing Holocaust Texts & Night by Elie Wiesel - Print & Digital
Included are six station activities with four stations focused on building students' knowledge about the Holocaust and the related text you will be reading. The final two stations are focused on specifically introducing the characters in and author of Night, but could be edited to reflect the text or text(s) that you will be using during your Holocaust unit. Station activities include: ABC Graffiti, an anticipation guide and discussion, photograph analysis, text cover free write, and an introduc
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
Grade 1 CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #2 THE HUMAN BODY Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by the Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive slideshows are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA) 1st Grade Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 2, The Human Body. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 1,000 slides!!!These sli
Grades:
1st
Romeo and Juliet Unit: Bundle PLUS of Activities and Abridged Readings
This complete 7 week unit for the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. The resource includes a print ready PDF as well as Google Drive versions (Docs, Slides, Forms, etc.) of all of the materials.Students will read abridged versions of key scenes in Acts 1-5 and summaries of the rest of each act, plus engage in high interest activities to reinforce key concepts. Also included are lessons for introducing the play, making nonfic
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9th
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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Games for Secondary ELA
This bundle of argument and rhetoric games for secondary ELA contains SEVEN unique games that target the skills of argumentation in a fun and high-interest format.The games included in this bundle are:Rhetorical Devices BINGO GameIn this game, students fill out BINGO cards with rhetorical devices, and they have to identify devices used in quotations read by the teacher. Five in row WINS the round! This game tests students' ability to identify rhetorical devices in texts.Would You Rather? Card
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #2 THE FIVE SENSES Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by the Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive slideshows are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 2, The Five Senses. These slides are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 700 slides!!!These are a
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K
Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Art History Bell Ringers - 45 Artists - Middle, High School Art - 9 Weeks
These Famous Art Journal Prompts can be used in Visual Arts, ELA, and/or History Classrooms. Each slide features a famous piece of art with a unique writing prompt. This resource is perfect for the writing and critical thinking required by the Common Core Standards and help students to cite evidence from the artwork. Each slide includes; Title of the work, Artist, Date, Movement, Medium & Location of piece.Great for use in the classroom or distance learning, there are 45 artists, that cover
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6th - 10th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
This no-prep complete package is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). Components include:*Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheets*Project Choice Board:15 different activities for students to choose from*End of Book Assessment:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all t
Grades:
6th - 9th
Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #5 FARMS Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 5, Farms. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 900 slides!!!These slides are ali
Grades:
K
NGSS:
K-ESS2-2
Media Literacy 10-Lesson Unit - Distance Learning Compatible
BEST SELLER!!In this 10-lesson unit, students will learn about advertising and the media to become more Media Literate. The unit includes 10 ready-to-use lessons, including an advertising techniques vocabulary quiz (with an answer key). It is designed for students in grades 5-8Lessons include:1. What is Media? – students will brainstorm different types of media on their own and with a partner to create a mind map/brainstorm web.2. Mass Media Diet – students will examine their own media consump
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5th - 8th
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Holocaust & Night by Elie Wiesel Bundle of Resources
This bundle includes all of my best-selling Holocaust resources as well as resources for Night by Elie Wiesel. Keep your students engaged with 5+ weeks of materials.Through reading, writing, and activities, students will be introduced to the Holocaust and build an understanding of the events leading up to this genocide and the effects on the individuals targeted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. A introductory presentation and stations activities will begin to build students' background knowle
Grades:
9th
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Grade 3 | Amplify Core Knowledge (CKLA) ALIGNED | Skills Slideshows UNIT 3
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive Slideshows are aligned to Amplify Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Grade 3 Skills Strand, Unit 3, Lessons 1-15. These are aligned to both the 1st and 2nd editions! These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculu
Grades:
3rd
Also included in: Grade 3 Skills Supplemental Slideshows BUNDLE! (ALIGNED to Amplify/CKLA)
El Deafo Novel Study Book Unit
El Deafo Novel Study and Informational WebQuest Unit is a Common Core Standard aligned book unit to be used with the Newbery Honor-winning El Deafo by Cece Bell. This download contains both a printable, as well as a paperless Google Drive™, format.As a person who lives with a hearing loss, I highly recommend this novel to help students and adults alike understand the challenges that a person with hearing loss deals with daily and how to make communication easier and less frustrating for all invo
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4th - 6th
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ChatGPT & Artificial Intelligence: A reading & writing unit
ChatGPT and AI are here to stay. As scary as that is, it won't help to ignore it. Instead, give your students the opportunity to really explore and talk about the issue of artificial intelligence, so they can make some informed decisions about using AI as students. This full unit will provide them with the opportunity to reflect, read, discuss, collaborate, and write as they explore how ChatGPT and AI will affect them and the society they live in.This bundle includes:✅ An introductory mini-lesso
Grades:
8th - 12th
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