8th grade critical thinking scaffolded notes

"I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes: Quick Picture Analysis

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LANGSTON HUGHES: "I, Too, Sing America" ➡ Updated with New Added Features⚡ “I, Too, Sing America" is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture Strategy with Example (NEW) Poem

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6th - 12th

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"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by A.L. Tennyson: Quick Picture Analysis

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"CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" by Alfred Lord Tennyson ➡ Updated with New Added Features⚡ “The Charge of the Light Brigade" is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture Strategy

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6th - 12th

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"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar: Quick Picture Analysis

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"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar ➡ UPDATED WITH NEW ADDED FEATURES⚡ “We Wear the Mask" is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture Strategy with Example (NEW) Poem T

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6th - 12th

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Critical Thinking, Tools for Common Core, Writing-Essays

COMPLETE UNIT ON LOGIC!

Created by

Lexiphile

Help your students discover that there is more to arguing than rage and shouting! This unit is the product of 3 years of writing, revising, experimenting, and more revising. It is a complete unit covering logical syllogisms, fallacies, turning syllogisms into arguments/persuasive essays, refutations, helpful starters and quizzes and notes, and a fun activity with bumper stickers. This is my all-time favorite unit to teach, and it really pushes students to add complexity to their views and to o

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8th - 12th, Higher Education

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Activities, Scaffolded Notes

Human Body Systems Review: Real-World Application

Created by

DrBScience

This resource comes on Pear Deck Interactive Slides and Google Slides.Pear Deck is integrated with Immersive Reader, which allows students to translate the information into the language of their choice. There is also a text reader function (both in English and in most translated languages).This lesson is based on the true life story of a young boy named Abraham who was found unconscious by medical students outside of their medical clinic in a small village in Ethiopia.

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Critical Thinking, Health, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

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Activities, Scaffolded Notes

NGSS:

MS-LS1-3

Also included in: Human Body Systems: Review, Assessment, and PBL

"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman: Quick Picture Analysis

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WALT WHITMAN: "O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!" ➡ Updated with New Added Features⚡ O Captain! My Captain! is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture Strategy with Example The Quick P

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6th - 12th

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British History, Critical Thinking, European History

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Tudor Monarchs | Graphic Organizers | Research, Webquests or Group Discussion

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Pagecraft ELA

18 graphic organizers for exploring the life and impact of the six Tudor monarchs. Three versions of each allow for differentiation or levelled instruction.Includes sheets for:Henry VIIHenry VIIIEdward VILady Jane GreyMary IElizabeth IPerfect for use alongside text-based research, webquests or group discussion, or simply as note organizers for classroom use.You might also like...Character Sketch | Evidence and Quotations | Any Novel or Book | CreativeBlurbsday | Book Blurb Close Reading | First

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Grades:

7th - 10th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

"Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas: Quick Picture Analysis

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"Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas ➡ Updated with New Added Features⚡ “Do not go gentle into that good night" is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture

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6th - 12th

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Critical Thinking, Speech Therapy, Writing

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Sentence Map: Writing Complex Sentences that Explain Evidence

Created by

The Educating SLP

This product includes a sentence map or "sentence formula" for explaining textual evidence using complex sentences. This resource provides students a visual containing sentence starters, conjunctions by category, connector phrases, and ideas for ways to explain their evidence. Helpful for critical thinking, critical reaction journals, and essay writing.

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Grades:

7th - 12th

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Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

Patterns of Organization - Mega Bundle!!

Created by

The Literary Archives

Teaching patterns of organization has never been so easy! With activities for introducing and reviewing, identifying, writing, and practicing, your students will be masters of patterns in no time.Once the foundation is laid, you can refer back to these patterns throughout the entire year!Patterns Taught:Compare and ContrastCause and EffectChronologicalDefinitionExamplesClassificationProblem and SolutionAdvantage and DisadvantageUsed this in your classroom? Let me know how it went! I'd love to he

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Activities, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

Middle School Journalism Unit 3 Lessons

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Brick by Brick Design

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNING JOURNALISTS. News writing can be difficult for the middle school student to apply. Introduce middle school students to journalism using four-lesson Unit 1. Then follow with the four-lesson Unit 2 that focuses on the basics of interviewing and the types of news articles in a newspaper. In this Unit 3 lesson plan students will understand the process of writing a news article and how to identify bias and fake news. The lessons are based on a 45-50 minutes cl

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Other (ELA), Writing-Expository

Grades:

6th - 8th

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Activities, Handouts, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

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Also included in: Middle School Journalism Units 1-8 Semester 1 | Back to School Bundle

Middle School Journalism Unit 5 Lessons

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Brick by Brick Design

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEGINNING JOURNALISTS. News writing can be difficult for the middle school student to apply. Introduce middle school students to journalism using four-lesson Unit 1. Then follow with the four-lesson Unit 2 that focuses on the basics of interviewing and the types of news articles in a newspaper. Unit 3 lesson plan aims for students to understand the process of writing a news article and how to identify bias and fake news. In Unit 4 students practice writing leads and

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Writing-Expository

Grades:

6th - 8th

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Activities, Handouts, Scaffolded Notes

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Also included in: Middle School Journalism Units 1-8 Semester 1 | Back to School Bundle

C.E.R. Scaffold (exemplar and sentence starters)

Created by

Emily McFadden

This scaffold provides students with a C.E.R. exemplar and sentence starters all on one reference page! There are two pages to the scaffold, however, both pages are the same scaffold. One page has two of the scaffold on one page (can save paper) and the second page is the one large version of the scaffold.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Science

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Scaffolded Notes, Posters

Brain Games Season 2 Documentary Student Handout All Episodes

Created by

Shanalyn Knackstedt

Season 2 of Brain Games consists of 12 episodes, 22 minutes each. This bundle has an individual handout for each episode. The questions are engaging and allow students to think about the main ideas in the documentary.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Science

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Study Guides, Handouts, Scaffolded Notes

Bill of Rights Vocabulary Activity with Presentation, Notes, and Word Wall Words

Created by

Bilingual Time Trekkers

Did you know starting with Bill of Rights terms enhances learning? Research shows that beginning a lesson with vocabulary contributes to better learning outcomes. That's why I created this vocabulary resource that features a Bill of Rights vocabulary list with words related to the Bill of Rights. The resource includes a vocabulary presentation to provide students with a visual representation of the words and meanings, offering you and your students the opportunity for great discussions. Simultan

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Social Studies - History, Vocabulary

Grades:

8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Word Walls, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4

Credible and Reliable Sources PowerPoint and Guided Notes BONUS Checklist

Created by

The Patriot Resource

Finding Relevant and Credible Sources Online Is your class learning about finding relevant and creditable sources online? This PowerPoint and Guided Notes activity will help your students determine if a source is credible and reliable to use while researching. Using the CRAAP test, student will practice evaluating sources with two video examples at the end of the Presentation. Activities provided in this resourcePowerPoint on Relevant and Reliable Sources OnlineGuided Notes for StudentsBonus CRA

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

"Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson: Quick Picture Analysis

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EMILY DICKINSON'S "Because I could not stop for Death" ➡ Updated with New Added Features⚡ “Because I could not stop for Death” is part of our Poetry Series designed to improve annotation skills, bolster reading comprehension, and cultivate literary appreciation. CONTENTS • “Side-by-Side” Annotation Organizer The Side-by-Side Annotation Organizer includes the complete poem and is designed with ample space beside the text for student annotations and teacher comments. • Quick Picture Stra

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6th - 12th

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