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Critical thinking Common Core RL.7.10 resources
Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Analysis of Twilight Zone CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive formats), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a teen girl resists efforts to look, act, and think like everyone else around her. Issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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Twilight Zone “Time Enough at Last” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Time Enough at Last,” a bookish man who wants only to be left alone to read survives a nuclear bomb blast and finally has
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Digital Book Report and Poster Reading Activities and Challenges
Go paperless with digital book reports -- they look like real notebooks! Use all year to keep your students reading. Your students will have fun creating book posters to accompany their digital book reports! This resource includes the digital book report and student directions for creating a digital book poster.Includes both editable PowerPoint and Google Slides.This editable digital book report includes pages for:⚬ basic book information and picture of the cover⚬ summary page⚬ character an
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Detailed Hero's Journey PPT: Jung & Campbell Monomyth Cycle w/Analysis!
Highly visual, interactive 24-slide presentation w/custom transitions and animations, relevant graphics and hyperlink in final slide to brief youtube video w/modern-day examples on the monomyth archetype. Everything is done for you: easily modify as needed to provide relevant, contemporary cultural examples, as you wish! In this engaging PPT, you're purchasing:a.) An invitation at the start for students to identify prior knowledge of what makes a hero figure, including peer share time.b.) Learni
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: Socratic Seminar Questions
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is a deeply moving novel that tells the story of a young boy and his family who live just outside of a concentration camp during the Second World War. The boy’s father is the commandant of the camp, and the boy becomes friends with a young Jewish boy who is interred in the camp. This PDF file of Socratic Seminar Questions contains twenty-six carefully crafted queries on seven pages. The first six pages contain either four or five questions, while th
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7th - 8th
MyPerspectives: Scrooge and Marley Act One Google Slides Package (Grade 7)
Overview:This REVISED Google Slides presentation serves as a resource for you and your students during your unit three study of “Scrooge & Marley, Act One”. Throughout this presentation you will find activities to help enhance your students’ study of the text including . . .✔️ vocabulary study with exercises✔️ Ten Stop & Jot Exercises to help with annotating and exploring the text. ✔️ Analyzing the Text Activity ✔️ Analyzing Dialogue SlidesThis resource aligns with SAVAS myPerspectives 7
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7th
Also included in: MyPerspectives: Unit Three Turning Points Grade 7 (Bundle)
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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"The Last Dog" Worksheet, Assessment, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
This printable is the "pet project" for teachers who want to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Multiple choice, true-false, fill-in, and discussion questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this piece. This worksheet is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band Graded Reader
This levelled story is an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes mystery story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" for students graded to an elementary + / A2 + level, perfect for readers who are developing their independent reading skills and ESL students. In this exciting action-packed story, a young woman comes to Holmes after her sister dies mysteriously in the night and now she's afraid the same thing will happen to her! This unusual case involves exotic animals, a Romani camp, a cruel stepfat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MyPerspectives: Scrooge and Marley Act Two Google Slides Package (Grade 7)
Overview:This REVISED Google Slides presentation serves as a resource for you and your students during your unit three study of “Scrooge & Marley, Act Two”. Throughout this presentation you will find activities to help enhance your students’ study of the text including . . .✔️ Vocabulary study with check-in exercises✔️ Ten Stop & Jot Exercises to help with annotating and exploring the text. ✔️ Analyzing Stage Directions Slides✔️ Performance Task Prep (writing exercise to help your stude
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7th
Also included in: MyPerspectives: Unit Three Turning Points Grade 7 (Bundle)
Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Lamb to the Slaughter" Worksheet (or Test) with Detailed Answer Key
There's no need to "cook up" a unique and comprehensive way to test students on their understanding of this popular short story. Here it is! Using popular literary terms (setting, inference, cause and effect, conflict, etc.), students will be able to provide answers to critical-thinking questions which relate to the narrative's most important aspects. The "dessert" to this "complete meal" is a detailed answer key!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Red-Headed League Graded Reader
This levelled story is an adaptation of a wonderful Sherlock Holmes story, "The Red-Headed League" graded to an elementary + / A2 + level for readers who are developing their independent reading skills. This adaptated story includes guided questions to help students solve the mystery using their reading strategies and critical thinking skills. Can they reason and solve this mystery activity better than the world's most famous detective? And enjoy a piece of classic literature?The story has been
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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"Fox" (by Margaret Wild and Rob Brooks): Worksheet or Test and Answer Key
Students will understand the essence of "Fox" as they answer 15 relevant questions about the story. This assessment is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment or as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Giver: One-Pager Kit
NO MORE BORING, COOKIE-CUTTER NOVEL ACTIVITIES!This FULLY EDITABLE, DIGITAL OR PRINTABLE kit includes a step-by-step activity that involves different levels of rigor and creativity and can be used throughout The Giver by Lois Lowry. This resource is your KEY to no-prep differentiation, student engagement, and critical thinking. Integrating one-pagers into your ELA curriculum is a great way to focus on process while also creating unique products that showcase student work and learning. Included
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5th - 8th
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"Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.: Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Answer Key
This printable is a sure bargain when used as a review, test, or homework assignment. Sixteen questions, including a figurative language chart, will allow students to gain a thorough understanding of the short story as they explore characters, conflicts, themes, plot, mood, diction, and setting. To make this assessment even more desirable, a comprehensive answer key is included.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Wise Old Woman" Worksheet (or Test) with Detailed Answer Key
Using this worksheet is a "wise" way for teachers to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Fifteen questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this Japanese folktale. This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 10th
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Poetry: Lessons About Hard Work and Positive Attitude Printable with Answer Key
"Don't Quit," "Perseverance," and "The Man Who Thinks He Can" will help to reinforce positive life lessons as students read these three short poems and then answer 12 relevant and important questions. Focusing on strong themes and poetry terminology, readers will have a chance to discuss why these authors believe it's important to face obstacles head-on as well as work hard and focus on a goal. This worksheet or assessment can be completed individually, with a partner, or in a group. A detailed
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fake News Lesson - Digital literacy Critical thinking Fact Analysis and Research
It has never been more important to have some digital media literacy. With the growth of social media, the spread of fake news is becoming faster and much easier, and that is why it is our duty to teach the students how to spot fake news, how to recognize them and not believe them. This resource is something I spent a lot of time and thought on, and it has helped me teach many students how to be digitally literate and how to develop critical thinking, how to analyze an article and how to researc
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6th - 9th
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High Interest 8th Gr. Narrative Text Comprehension Questions_Brothers on the Mat
Hot Topic Alert for 8th Grade Students! Dive into an engaging and thought-provoking reading experience with our high-interest leveled narrative comprehension passage and multiple-choice questions! Perfect for 8th grade students, this reading material tackles a hot topic that sparks curiosity and stimulates critical thinking. What makes this resource stand out? Leveled Narrative Comprehension Passage: The passage is carefully crafted to suit the 8th grade reading level.Multiple Choice Questions:
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8th
High Interest 7th Gr. Narrative Text Comprehension Questions_The Quest for Unity
Hot Topic Alert for 7th Grade Students! Dive into an engaging and thought-provoking reading experience with our high-interest leveled narrative comprehension passage and multiple-choice questions! Perfect for 7th grade students, this reading material tackles a hot topic that sparks curiosity and stimulates critical thinking. What makes this resource stand out? Leveled Narrative Comprehension Passage: The passage is carefully crafted to suit the 7th grade reading level.Multiple Choice Questions:
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7th
"Papa's Parrot" Worksheet or Test with Detailed Answer Key
Students will find a keen "relationship" between this contemporary short story and this assessment. Using 15 relevant questions which are interspersed with grade-appropriate literary terminology (character, inference, setting, point-of-view, imagery, and theme), readers will be provided with a thorough review as they answer critical-thinking answers. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 10th
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