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Informational text Common Core WHST.11-12.1a resources
11th Grade Reading Passages & Comprehension Tasks | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST one-page reading comprehension passages 11th grade students enjoy paired with tasks targeted to specific standards in an engaging, relevant way! Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scientific primary sources, interpreting charts and diagrams, analyzing seminal U.S. documents, plus a job description with practice writing a cover letter, memoirs, multiple perspectives on the renewable energy topic, a co
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11th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading and Speech Writing Lesson
Make your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. a literacy lesson with a primary source. Students complete a close reading of Dr. King's prophetic speech “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” and use their reading as inspiration for their own writing. In pre-reading activities, students learn about the context of the speech and define vocabulary. Next, they complete an activity to understand allusions, and then after reading the speech, they analyze its structure using a graphic organizer. They use the sa
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing with Mentor Texts - American Authors
Science_ Some Ancient Primates Mostly Ate Fruits_Current Events Reading_2024
Over 400 fossilized teeth were analyzed from primates who lived around 29 million to 35 million years old. There were few chipped teeth, which suggests the animals more often feasted on easy-to-chew foods like fruits rather than hard objects like seeds or nuts.Current events news lesson plans for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, su
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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End of year activities middle school, Critical Thinking Activities, Crash Course
End of year activities middle school, Critical Thinking Activities, Crash Course©This product develops the ideas discussed in the following video: Utilitarianism: Crash Course© Philosophy #36The ideas analyzed in the video and this product are in the public domain; for instance, Utilitarianism is a famous philosophy, and the works of Jeremy Bentham may be found online for free. This product can stand alone without the video. However, my students find the video helpful in reviewing the principles
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Free speech, critical thinking activities, MS, HS assignments, freedom of speech
Free speech, critical thinking activities, MS, HS assignments, freedom of speechCOURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATE & INFOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENT 20% OFFI AM CURRENTLY REDOING MY DILEMMA ONE SHEETS. THEY ARE NOW CALLED COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATES.Are you looking for engaging and interesting material to stimulate classroom conversations? Do you want an educational product that explores fascinating court cases? Then look no further than COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATES!COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATES are the perfect too
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Science_ Artificial Intelligence Detects Eye Disease_Current Event Reading_2023
Current events news lesson plans for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of diagnosing and predicting the risk of developing multiple health conditions on the basis of people’s retinal images.
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7th - 11th
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Science_Longest American Spaceflight in History_Current Event News Reading_2023
Current events news lesson plans for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. Astronaut Frank Rubio set a record for the longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut in NASA history. Rubio’s voyage lasted 371 days (6 months longer than originally planned) due to technical difficul
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7th - 11th
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The Seven Deadly Sins in Medieval Life Presentation & Notes
A higher level presentation on the seven deadly sins in medieval life. Includes an introduction to the history, overview of each sin, along with a printable student notes graphic organizer. Also includes QR/internet links to additional online content.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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11-12th Grade English Language Arts Standards Based Gradebook with CCSS for ELA
11th and/or 12th Grade English Language Arts (ELA) standards-based gradebook aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA. Includes enough room for a single class or multiple section gradebook. Includes page for tracking school and home independent reading. Standards Based Grading format for scoring from 1 to 4. Cells change colors when scores are entered: 1 - red, 2 - yellow, 3 - green, 4 - blue.
Grades:
11th - 12th
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10.6 - Document lesson: What does a good research question look like?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:Actual student papersExcerpts from D.H. Fischer's Historians' Fallacies, offering 11 rules for writing good research questionsA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answ
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Unit 10 - Constitutions
More Deadly Than War Discussion Prompts and Google Slides
This packet includes discussion prompts as well as a Google Slide Deck that is comprised of pictures, charts, and primary sources to support the reading of More Deadly Than War by Kenneth Davis.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Debates & Issues around Climate Change for the English Classroom
Worksheets, Activities and Essay Assignments on Climate Change for the English Classroom Climate Change & Communication Climate Change & Questions of MoralityClimate Change & Positive ResponsesClimate Change & National Responsibility Additional Essay Assignments, Research Activities & Discussion PromptsFor a variety of reasons, English teachers are part of our larger cultural discourse on climate change and the environment. In teaching formal argumentation in the essay form,
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argument Craft Evidence Based Argumentation With Current Events: Right to Strike
Argument Craft is a series of lessons that engages students in evidence based debate on current events. Rather than allowing students to simply repeat soundbites and gossip, this lesson will challenge students to back up their thinking with strong support. It will also challenge them to view an issue from multiple perspectives and analyze arguments for strengths and weaknesses. Using student selected topics from the National Speech and Debate Association the purpose and objective of these lesson
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Argument Craft Evidence Based Argumentation 2021 Fall Bundle
KLEWS Chart
KLW graphic organizer for science reading, called KLEWS. This has helped my students build better arguments and explanations in science by keeping the most important notes nearby. It has helped my students. So, I am sharing! What does it stand for? K is for what they know (claim or statement or explanation) and will be revised as the learning progresses. L is for learned material that they believe is important (this is for them to sort through later). E is for citing evidence or data gathered fr
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9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS2-5
, HS-ESS1-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-LS1-1
, HS-ESS1-2
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