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Figurative Language Jeopardy Style Game Show Distance Learning
Figurative Language Jeopardy style game show for 4th-9th Grade! Want to have some fun practicing figurative speech? Here is a suggestion: a GAME SHOW!! Five fun categories that will get your students actively engaged.I've added some differentiation to this game show!! Most slides have a blue screen covering the multiple choice answers. The student must look at the question and answer on his own. OR, the teacher can just click the blue screen to show the answer choices. A great way for older
Grades:
4th - 10th
How to use GOOGLE SEARCH like a BOSS!! | Research Skills | Digital Citizenship
Teach your students an ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILL of the INFORMATION ERA. Learn how to refine and filter GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES using PROVEN TECHNIQUES that improve RESEARCH and CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS in 2024. This ❤️NO PREP unit teaches you and your students how to USE GOOGLE SEARCH LIKE A BOSS!This EDITABLE resource comes with all the instructional slides, graphic organizers, and video tutorials you need to make an immediate impact.Learn exactly how to find what you want online, filter out unwant
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
Grades:
5th - 10th
Dystopian Literature Unit - Dystopian Short Story Activities Dystopia VS Utopia
Enhance your dystopian short story unit, help students differentiate between dystopian vs. utopian, and supplement their reading of dystopian literature with this compelling resource! Your students will learn to analyze elements of dystopian settings, societies, and motifs with confidence!Introduction to the Elements of Dystopian LiteratureThe high-interest Introduction to Dystopian Literature Slides presentation includes 40 slides outlining the dystopian literary genre, providing rich represen
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8th - 11th
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Logical Fallacies Teaching Unit: Activities, Quiz, Sketch Notes PRINT + DIGITAL
Logical fallacies! This resource is aligned with the common core and includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about logical fallacies. This lesson is ideal for informational text units and argumentative writing units. There are two different files in the zipped download.- An editable, 48 slide PowerPoint- A PDF document with supplementary materials. The PowerPoints introduce students to the logical fallacies, shows students what the fallacies look like, and prov
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8th - 11th
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A Modest Proposal Satire Study: Fun Lesson Plan + Teaching Satire with Examples
Make A Modest Proposal relevant and fun with this engaging satire study! Not only will students better comprehend the challenging text, but they will also be equipped to write their own mini modest proposal for a issue or injustice they the care about in today's world. Whether you are teaching A Modest Proposal digitally or in print, this satire unit will have you covered!You will get:⭐ The full text of A Modest Proposal in a guided reading format⭐15 questions and active reading tasks for A Mode
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Close Reading Annotation Lesson - Presentation & Annotating Passage Assignment
Close Reading Annotation Lesson - Presentation & Annotating Passage Assignment: Help your students understand the process of close reading and annotation of fiction with this ready-to-use resource. Close reading is a skill that does not often come naturally to students, but this presentation, annotating assignment, and handout break down the process in an easy-to-understand way. After introducing this easy-to-use, step-by-step guide, students will have a strong understanding of how to intera
Grades:
8th - 11th
Persuasive Techniques Unit - Media Literacy Analysis PowerPoint & Project Bundle
Teach persuasive techniques, ad analysis, and propaganda with this bundle of media literacy activities. This comprehensive bundle includes bellringers, projects, PowerPoints, and quizzes for teaching persuasion through engaging advertising analysis, interactive practice, and creative projects. In this bundle, you’ll get 3 weeks of engaging activities to introduce or strengthen student understanding of persuasive techniques. This is a perfect foundation for media literacy with a variety of activ
Grades:
6th - 9th
Identify & Analyze Mood & Tone in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Activity
Who doesn't love the absolute creepy, terrifying mood that Edgar Allan Poe creates in his stories! And "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of his finest works. It's the perfect text to analyze and study during the month of October and Halloween! Set the mood and spark interest w/ this harrowing poem by the king of horror himself. This 31-page Mood and Tone bundle for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" includes:* 3-page original text of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story* 8 pages of literary an
Grades:
7th - 9th
Forensics Fun - Murder Mystery for Middle School: Getty Palace Hotel
There has been a murder the old historic hotel in downtown. The concierge has been found dead in the basement elevator. Your detective team has been assigned to the case. Can you solve the murder?Click here to save 20% on our TRIO Murder Mystery BundleUsing their skills critical thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and team work, the Junior Crime Detectives work in partnerships or teams to solve the murder mystery.Everything you need for your Junior Detectives is included in this kit including
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Jeopardy Language Arts/English/Reading Test Review Game (STAAR/TEKS Aligned)
Turn a boring test review into an exciting class competition with this comprehensive standardized (STAAR) test review for middle school and high school. Included is a 65 page powerpoint slideshow formatted to be played as in groups. Each slide is hyperlinked to bounce back to the main grid and includes a final jeopardy question. The powerpoint is editable, so you change the definitions and/or the strategy review to suit your school's needs. There are six categories and five choices in each categ
Grades:
5th - 12th
Team Building STEM Cup Challenge Activity!
Looking for a fun ice breaker activity for your students? Try this STEM cup challenge! Students will work through a series of challenges in order to build different cup towers. They will work on their problem solving and communications skills while learning! Follow me on instagram! @lifewiththemiddles
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3rd - 12th
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Game Show Mania - Five Fun ELA PowerPoint Review Game Shows
Save $7.00 with this bundled deal that includes five fantastic PowerPoint review games for English Language Arts!This package includes these five game shows:"Comma Invasion" - Reviews comma rules with a goofy alien-invasion/classic-monster-movie theme"Shootout at the Homophone Corral" - Reviews common spelling errors like "there / their / they're" in with an old western theme"Language Knockout" - Reviews nouns, verbs, pronouns, phrases, and verbals (gerunds, infinitives, and participles) with a
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6th - 12th
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Minute Mysteries Brain Teasers Riddles Breaks Logic Deductive Reasoning Puzzles
With visual hints and fly-in solutions! These are a fun to use if you have a couple extra minutes at the end of class. Encourage students to work more efficiently and reward them with a minute mystery at the end of class for finishing early. They can also be a great introduction to one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories OR to a Slip or Trip lesson. The rules are simple: (1) Students ask yes or no questions (2) Teachers respond accordingly to guide students to the correct answer
Grades:
6th - 12th
Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Activities
Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Activities: These activities engage students in labelling metaphor, simile, oxymoron, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in high-interest passages. Each week, students will receive a new paragraph that integrates examples of figurative language, prompting them to identify the literary devices used. Foster a consistent and interactive learning experience with figurative language bell ringers that not only reinforce ke
Grades:
6th - 10th
The Book Thief Unit
5 weeks of literary analysis lesson plans for The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Includes pacing guide, pre-reading, film essay, activities, reading quizzes, notes, posters, author study, character analysis, vocabulary and discussions. This unit plan contains everything you need to add relevance and rigor to The Book Thief in an engaging way!This bundle of resources supports an in-depth analysis of the text. Students will be encouraged to think deeply and write about themes and character develop
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6th - 12th
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Direct and Indirect Characterization Bundle: Lesson, Activities, PowerPoint
Teach direct and indirect characterization with this engaging lesson and activity bundle designed for middle (advanced) and high school students. This lesson uses the "STEAL" acronym to help students remember the five unique methods of indirect characterization. Students will discover the strategies authors use to develop characters when writing short stories. This bundle will successfully move to students to a point where they can begin analyzing how complex characters are developed and, in tur
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8th - 12th
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Epic Grammar FAIL - Fun Test Prep Review Game
A fun way to get students to practice finding and fixing common grammar errors and typos. It's a great activity for back-to-school, test prep and review, holidays, the last day or week of school, or other filler days.
"Epic Grammar FAIL" is a fun, interactive way for students to review common grammar concepts. In the game, students will play in teams to find the editing / proofreading errors in real signs, song lyrics, published novels, and other random places (some of which are totally hilario
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5th - 10th
Inference Feud Powerpoint Game
Just like the classic game show, Family Feud, this classroom powerpoint is sure to bring the fun and competition into your class!!
I was thorough and included all the bells and whistles of the original game, including:
- theme song
- bells for correct answers
- buzzers/disappointed audience for incorrect guesses
- colorful clipart
- EDITABLE, so you can add/edit questions and answers to suit your needs
The powerpoint also flows perfectly, allowing you to move from round to round with the click
Grades:
4th - 12th
198 Riddles / Brain Teasers / Bell Ringer Activities BUNDLE
198 Riddles Bell Ringers / Lesson Starters / Morning Meeting - Riddles BundleAre you looking for some gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson?Here are 198 of the best riddles out there that you can use as bell ringers / lesson starter activities for teens!I have done all the hard work for you and gathered more of the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 198 riddles have passed my strict screening process to e
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Author's Purpose PPT, FORMAL EVALUATION lesson plan, worksheet and MORE!
This secondary lesson focuses on the 3 purposes-- to inform, to entertain, and to persuade. Examples, practice, no prep printables, a PowerPoint, and more are included.I created this PowerPoint, lesson plan, and worksheet for my observation, and my principal LOVED it. Consider using it for YOUR evaluation. Check out the feedback!This presentation was used for my 6th and 7th grade classes, but could work with 5th-12th. Google Drive Edition Author's Purpose Google Drive EditionAt one point, stude
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4th - 12th
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Identify & Analyze Protagonist/Antagonist, Static/Dynamic, Round/Flat Characters
Protagonist or Antagonist, Static or Dynamic, Round or Flat? How to keep them all straight. Students will work through the different types of characters by identifying and then analyzing characters from fiction.
Learning Intention: I will identify different types of characters based on a fictional text (R) and be able to analysis what makes them that type of character. (AN)
Students will complete a worksheet while you present the powerpoint. Powerpoint includes 20 slides including title pag
Grades:
6th - 9th
Pride and Prejudice Unit
5 weeks of literary analysis lesson plans for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Includes pacing guide, pre-reading, film essay, activities, reading quizzes, notes, posters, author study, character analysis, vocabulary and discussions. This unit plan contains everything you need to add relevance and rigor to Pride and Prejudice in an engaging way!This bundle of resources supports an in-depth analysis of the text. Students will be encouraged to think deeply and write about themes and characte
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7th - 12th
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Bundle - Business Management and Leadership Styles Movie Case-study activities
Business Management and Leadership Unit Bundle! A case study based on an enjoyable movie to help your students 'get' business management and leadership. Great value with multiple resources that aid you in delivering meaningful student-centered UNIT lessons. The movie is a great catalyst to delivering business management and leadership content!Start with #1 and work through to #7 (Bonus exam) in this bundle! 1. Five Functions of ManagementIntroduce your students to the Five Functions of Managem
Grades:
9th - 12th
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