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12th grade holidays social studies guided reading books
Cajas de cartón Bundle
This bundle includes three resources for Cajas de cartón: task cards, a summaries compilation project, and a summative exam. Preguntas Personales Task Cards25 personal question task cards for the novel Cajas de cartón. These questions are designed so that students relate their own life experiences to what the main character experiences in the novel.Proyecto de resúmenesStudents learn how to summarize.For each chapter, they write down new words they learn, key events in the chapter, and create a
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9th - 12th
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Semana Santa y Pascua Lectura - Holy Week and Easter Spanish Reading
This reading has two paragraphs. The first one is written from the first-person perspective of a teenage girl living in Sevilla, Spain during Holy Week and discusses how she and her family are celebrating. The second paragraph discusses the various holidays around this period including Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter Sunday etc.The reading includes a glossary of specialized Easter vocabulary and 6 reading comprehension questions in Spanish. Level: Spanish 1/2 (Present tense with harder vocabulary)V
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Black History - Digital Library (5 virtual book rooms) 130 books!
This digital library is the perfect spot to begin your much-needed conversations about Black History Month. This is a resource you can use not only in February but during every month, because representation matters! In this Google slide, you will find that the first slide has 5 book bins to choose from. The book bin links to another slide, which acts as a book room. There is a button in each book room that will send kids back to the main bookshelf. EACH OF THE BOOKS LINKS TO A FREE DIGITAL COPY
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PreK - 12th
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Hispanic Heritage Month Spanish Reading: Mes de la Herencia Hispana Lectura
This 3-page file includes:~A Spanish reading about Hispanic Heritage Month: its history, how it is celebrated and its significance. It also discusses the differences between the terms Spanish, Hispanic and Latino. This reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions based on the reading. ~Answer key. Level: Spanish 2 (in present and past tenses)Makes for a great cultural reading for students of Spanish!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Fall Holidays Spanish Reading Bundle: TOP 5 Lecturas @35% OFF!
TCI History Alive! World Connections Full Course Bundle
TCI History Alive! World Connections Full Course BundleTCI World Connections Teachers - Have you found it difficult to utilize the presentations, test banks and reading guides provided by TCI for the History Alive! World Connections book (2013 version)? Do you wish you had a more engaging set of presentations to use for the course and a more authentic form of assessments? This product is for you!These resources were created to supplement and align with the TCI World History textbook (2013 versio
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9th - 12th
Spanish Cultural Readings MEGA GROWING Bundle: 105+ Lecturas @55% off!
This Spanish MEGA Reading Bundle includes ALL of my current and future readings on Hispanic Culture and Holidays at 55% off! This is a GROWING Bundle, the price will increase as new readings are added. This bundle includes 275+ pages including the keys. These readings can be used on their own or as an addition to your individual units. Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, a reading comprehension section and an answer key.Includes the following readings:Holiday Readings:1. New Year
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9th - 12th
Prisoner B-3087 Novel Sidekick Google Slides Visual Aid w/ Historical Background
Prisoner B-3087 Novel SidekickTurn your novel into a picture book with this chapter-by-chapter photo filled slideshow!This Prisoner B-3087 Novel SIDEKICK is made to be used as a visual support for your students throughout the novel. Whether you use novels as a read aloud or assign chapters for students to read independently, this slideshow will work for you!***This product contains 235 slides filled with illustrations of the setting, characters, vocabulary, figurative language, and background kn
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5th - 12th
October Sky video viewing and after activities
The film October Sky (1999) is adapted from "Big Creek Missile Agency" and Rocket Boys: A Memoir, by Homer Hickam Jr. They tell the heart-touching story of growing up in a rural West Virginia mining town in the late 1950’s, and boyhood friends’ pursuit of amateur rocketry. History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. That launch ushered in the start of the space age while the coal industrial declined and the teen
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6th - 12th
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HS-ESS1-4
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Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
Cajas de cartón proyecto de resúmenes - summaries compilation booklet
A summary compilation booklet for the novel Cajas de cartón by Francisco Jiménez. Students learn how to summarize. For each chapter, they write down new words they learn, key events in the chapter, and create a rough draft summary of 150 words. The teacher gives students feedback on their rough draft summaries before they begin work on their final draft. Students cut out, color, and write the final draft of their summaries creating a beautiful summaries compilation booklet. Summary examples for
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Cajas de cartón Bundle
US History: End of the Cold War
Packet includes comprehensive yet compact paragraphs summarizing key data. Worksheet includes space for students to write their answers right on the page. Each worksheet is complete with images for visual learners and multiple reading comprehension questions.
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11th - 12th
Also included in: US History: Complete Curriculum Bundle
Capybaras' Revenge (Current Events) - 3 versions + activities in Spanish
La revancha de los carpinchos is a current event from 2021 in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Due to habitat loss, capybaras have invaded private, gated communities in search of food. But, who are the real invaders?This resource features three versions of La revancha de los carpinchos, all written in Spanish: Básico, Intermedio, and Avanzado. The Básico text will be a good fit for students that are nearing the end of their first year of Spanish, particularly students that have completed
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
US History: Dawes and Homestead Acts
Packet includes comprehensive yet compact paragraphs summarizing key data. Worksheet includes space for students to write their answers right on the page. Each worksheet is complete with images for visual learners and multiple reading comprehension questions.
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11th - 12th
Also included in: US History: Complete Curriculum Bundle
Night by Elie Wiesel: Abridged and Spanish Translation Booklet
If you have ELL students in your classroom for your Night unit, this resource is a must-have. This fully-customizable booklet features a side-by-side English and Spanish translation of each chapter of Wiesel's lifechanging memoir. The abridged English summaries deliver the most vital information from Wiesel's work with appropriate sentence structure and vocabulary suitable for your ELL students. Then, each chapter is accompanied by a Spanish translation to help your student boost their confid
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9th - 12th
Reading Decoding & Social Studies Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Decoding lesson plan that uses word origins, and root words to decode vocabulary in Social Studies. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, however, any reading passage can apply to this lesson plan. The lesson plan applies to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Common Core Standards. The lesson is designed for the average student
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2nd - 12th
Also included in: Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
El Día de los Reyes Lectura - Three Kings Day Spanish Reading
This Spanish cultural reading is on Three Kings Day or Día de los Reyes. It discusses its history and origins, how it is celebrated in Mexico with gift giving and the special foods which are prepared for this day including tamales and Rosca de Reyes. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.Level: Spanish 2 (present and past tenses)
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Spanish Winter Holidays BIG Bundle: Top 20 Resources at 50% off!
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America: A History of Our Nation [Prentice Hall] Full Course Bundle
America: A History of Our Nation [Prentice Hall] Full Course Bundle U.S. History Teachers - Do you wish you had a more engaging set of presentations and reading guides to use for your course? This product is for you! These resources were created to supplement and align with the Prentice Hall U.S. History textbook, America: A History of Our Nation. The reading guides and powerpoint presentations cover key information from the Colonial Era through the Era of Reconstruction. Additionally, the prese
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7th - 12th
Hernán Cortés y Montezuma Lectura - Conquest of the Aztecs Spanish Reading
This 3-page file includes:~A Spanish reading on the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico by Hernan Cortes and its after effects. Also includes information on the city of Tenochtitlan and on the lives of Cortes and the Aztec leader Montezuma. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary. ~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions in Spanish.~Answer key. Level: Spanish 2+ (mostly in past tense)
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8th - 12th
The Great Supreme Court Cases: Freedom of the Press and Obscenity
This is a four part unit that deals with some of the most important decisions ever made by the Supreme Court in the areas of freedom of the press and obscenity. Included in the download are write ups for Near v. Minnesota, Sheppard v. Maxwell, New York Times v. United States, and Miller v. California. The write ups give important background information on the cases as well as explanations for the Court's decisions. The unit covers freedom of the press, censorship, the Pentagon Papers, Due Proce
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9th - 12th
Spanish Biography MEGA Bundle: 98+ Biografías Hispanos @55% off + GROWING!
This Spanish MEGA Biography Bundle includes ALL of my current and future biographies of famous hispanic people at 55% off! Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, a reading comprehension section and an answer key. A total of 270+ pages!! This is a GROWING Bundle, the price will increase as new readings are added.Includes one biography on each of the following Hispanic people: 1. Eva Perón - Argentine First Lady2. Rigoberta Menchú - Guatemalan activist 3. Frida Kahlo - Mexican artist
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
American Pageant 16th edition guided reading questions (Ch.1-40)
This is the entire set of guided reading questions for the American Pageant 16th edition (chapters 1-40). Students that use this as they read through the text, paragraph by paragraph, will benefit greatly in helping them to stay focused, as well as understand and grasp the concepts and themes of American History. Thankfully, my students have had an 80% passing rate on the AP exam for the past 18 years, and I credit the use of these guided readings as the defining factor in attributing to their s
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figura
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Ruby Bridges Adapted Book (WH Questions)
This interactive book is great to use in a special education classroom for students with (or without) autism. I have found this book to be great for my students that are nonverbal and my students that are visual learners. This product can be used as an independent activity in a task box work system, as a center activity, or even with a small group. It would also be a great addition to your Black History Month activities. It’s a fun, hands-on activity that my students LOVE. If you'd like my com
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Adapted Book Mega Bundle
La Pachamama Lectura y Cultura: Spanish Cultural Reading (Inca)
This Spanish cultural reading is on Pachamama, a south American indigenous deity mainly of the Inca. It discusses her cultural and ritual importance in the lives of the indigenous people. It also discusses the celebration in her honor on August 1 of every year and how it is celebrated. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 6 reading comprehension questions.YOUTUBE Link to the festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlgLkskWvI&list=PLYOtnph8fGVRoy_JDtobdrD0mR2X_qG5R&ind
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9th - 12th
AP Psychology Unit 8 Clinical Psychology Student Notes
In this file you'll find 9 total sets of notes to accompany powerpoint presentations and flipped videos on Youtube. In the file I include the PDF version that is ready to print and go, as well as the pptx file and a Google version - so the notes are completely editable.Be sure to follow my store so you are updated when I add more resources which I am working really hard to do. I would also LOVE it if you would rate any of my products - not to mention you get TpT credit when you do that :)Thanks
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10th - 12th
Also included in: Clinical Psychology Take-Home Unit Bundle
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