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High school informational text independent work packet microsofts
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
Grades:
7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Internet Safety, Woes of the Web
This is a set questions paired with two articles that pose the essential question: Do you know what your digital footprint looks like? The articles catch students' attention immediately, and spark some serious discussion. Not only will students be engaged throughout this mini unit, but also they will be practicing key ELA skills. Student Experience: This lesson provides a close reading guide with questions for each article and then provides and argumentative prompt to pull both of them togeth
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
Grades:
7th - 9th, Higher Education
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Understanding Procrastination Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Procrastination and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functio
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Willpower & Decision Fatigue Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about the concept of Willpower and how Decision Fatigue can affect our choices.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understandi
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt
Introduce the concept of rhetorical appeal! Marginal boxes allude to the concepts of Ethos, Pathos and Logos by asking students why Nancy Sherman chooses to use specific supports for her claim. For example, to explain that survival guilt is an indication of a good person, Sherman calls upon three philosophers. Honors classes easily discuss this in relation to ethos and building credibility for the argument, a standard English course would look at this as a call to experts. Along with this, stud
Grades:
9th - 12th
Civil War Era unit bundle (7th-8th grade), (English and Spanish)
This unit bundle on the Civil War era includes 12 different listings from my TpT store. This unit includes the following listings:Abolitionist interactive choice board assignment (English and Spanish)Uncle Tom's Cabin printable packet and reading passages (English and Spanish)Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 slideshow (English and Spanish)Antebellum/pre-Civil War printable worksheet, digital resource (English and Spanish)Civil War battles digital choice board and graphic organizer (Eng
Grades:
6th - 9th
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Perfectionism Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Perfectionism and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functioni
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: A.I. Is Dangerous, But Not For the Reasons You Think
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the actual dangers of Artificial Intelligence!In this TED Talk, Sasha Luccioni reflects on the pervasive impact of artificial intelligence on society. Addressing the current AI landscape, she emphasizes its role in climate change, ethical concerns, and biases - as well as the possibility that the robots will destroy us! This resource includes digital or printable handouts including:Background sheet on Sasha Luccioni (including the link to the talk
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE TED TALK BUNDLE
Immigration Informational Articles and Poems
This is a 2 lesson set exploring immigration through 2 info articles and 2 poems. At the end, students compare the immigration experiences in articles and the poems. This packet contains multiple choice questions and short response questions.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Otzi the Iceman - Neolithic man found in ice...in the Alps
This is a National Geographic article on Otzi the Iceman - an excellent complex vocabulary/academic rich article - 20 plus slides. For history/geography/ESL classes... For HS and college students... Can be utilized in the classroom/assigned for homework or for Sub plans... The first 2 slides can be used to activate the schema - ask students about Otzi - who is he? Where did he live? How old was he when he died?
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Prompt Pack Expository Essay Advantages & Disadvantages of Online School
In this easy-prep expository writing assignment, students will analyze texts that discuss a trending method for delivering education: online schools. They will then write an essay using the expository text structure of compare/contrast after reading those articles. If your state requires students to synthesize from multiple sources for state testing, then this prompt pack meets that requirement. Suggestions for teaching: You could use this as a cold writing task for students. Another idea is
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Explanatory Writing Complete Unit, Bundle
Patrick Henry's Speech to the Convention rhetorical appeals ethos, pathos, logos
Help students work through Patrick Henry's Speech to the convention and analyze his use of rhetorical appeals - ethos, pathos, and logos - as well as other specific persuasion techniques. This resource explains the broad categories of rhetorical appeals, gives examples of specific persuasion techniques for each category, incorporates options for various online games to reinforce the terms, and offers an opportunity for students to analyze their use in one of the formative texts of American liter
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8th - 12th
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Spooky Lore Podcasts - Self-Guided Listening Comprehension Activity
Do you like spooky history!? Eerie tales and legends!? Looking for a a listening comprehension activity that's perfect for Halloween-time, or any time of year? This activity allows students to choose from FIVE different Lore podcast episodes, all of which tell eerie stories about Pennsylvania history and legends.This is a great resource to grab-and-go with when you are in a time pinch, or really need to give your teaching voice a break. It's completely self-guided, and an independent listening
Grades:
9th - 12th
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson - Rhetorical Devices & Persuasion
As Close Reading and Annotation becomes the go to among English courses, it becomes equally important to choose meaningful non-fiction texts for the students to read and reflect upon. Rachel Carson is the forefront of ecopedagogy with Silent Spring, her attempt to open the eyes of the world to the horrors of DDT. I have created a document with embedded questions and vocabulary to be used as an introduction to persuasive devices and rhetorical analysis. Print and Go or walk students through the d
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Earth Day Bundle - Persuasion, Rhetoric and Authorial Message
The Year We Disappeared Guided Reading Questions
This is a short response, guided questions document, to be paired with the reading of The Year We Disappeared. Questions require students to recall and infer based on readings. Questions are divided by chapters and progress in order of the novel.
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9th
Writing Prompt Pack, Expository Essay Causes & Effects of Tech Waste
In this easy-prep expository writing assignment, students will read and analyze articles that discuss a growing problem with technology development: tech waste. They will then write an essay using the expository text structure of cause and effect after reading those articles. If your state requires students to synthesize from multiple sources for state testing, then this prompt pack meets that requirement. Suggestions for teaching: You could use this as a cold writing task for students. Anoth
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Thomas Paine - Article, Power Point, Activities, Assessment (Distance Learning)
The illustrated Article and Power Point feature the author of Common Sense and a leading advocate for American independence. Featured: Early Life, Marriage, Pennsylvania Magazine, Common Sense, American Crisis, Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, Robert Ingersoll tribute. Activities and Assessment included.Lesson includes:- 4-Page illustrated Article- 23-Slide illustrated Power Point Presentation- Multiple Choice / Document Based Question - Assessment + Answer Key- DBQ Scoring Rubric (allows s
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5th - 9th
Webquest for Web Literacy: Reliable Sources
This activity is webquest investigating an "article" written about the dangers of Aspartame. Students begin by reading the so-called factual source, then go step-by-step through applying the Five W's of Cyberspace to check the source's factuality. Students will learn how the author used emotional language/rhetoric to convince readers that her claims are true. They will also understand that Internet sources can make outright lies as factual claims. The 5 Ws of Cyberspace:WHO sponsored the site an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American Time Use Survey Unit
Where does the time go? A minute on TikTok here. A few minutes on Instagram there...It all adds up to a lot of time not furthering our dreams, ambitions, and/or goals.This government survey offers a fascinating look at how the US spends its time by age, gender, income, and state. Marketers and advertisers use this information to target ads. High school students can use this to get a look at how they are using time and will probably use their time in the future. This unit offers teenagers a chanc
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Substance use and abuse slides, worksheet, craft, activities, digital BUNDLE
Delve into the dangers of drug abuse, with an active learning unit designed to help your students engage with, think and consider reality in our society. Substance abuse is nuanced. It is not enough to inform students about its dangers. Empowerment is a process, not a lesson. This unit allows students to process the information, consequences and dangers individually, creatively, in small groups and discussion. A colorful, animated PowerPoint presentation introduces the long term effects of su
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7th - 10th
College Term Scavenger Hunt- College Board Search Practice
Do you want your students to learn the terms necessary for college? Do you want your students to learn how to navigate college board (collegeboard.org)? Are you starting a college unit or college essay writing? This is the perfect independent assignment for your students to begin with. Perfect sub plans for an 11th grade or 12th grade class. This would also make GREAT sub plans for juniors or seniors. This product includes: Part ICollege term scavenger hunt with 37 questionPart II17 College boa
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Civil Rights Movement Timeline with activities and links - Web Quest/Virtual
~9 days worth of activities depending on how you split it upThis assignment goes through the Civil Rights Movement timeline, focusing in on the following events/individuals:-Emmett Till-Rosa Parks-Little Rock Nine-Ruby Bridges-Martin Luther King Jr. -Malcolm XThe Word document includes links and spots for students to record their answers. The resource works well for online learning or Web Quests. It is an editable Word document, so you can add and delete resources based on your needs. The first
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
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