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Oral communication Common Core CCRA.R.5 resources
#catch24 Public Speaking Curriculum Lesson Plan in PowerPoint
Prepare your students for public speaking with this engaging PowerPoint curriculum lesson! Teach students how to give a speech with this lesson plan packed with speech-giving tips for your kids. It's clear, easy to present, colorful, and a helpful way to introduce public speaking to your class. Plus, your kids will love it! #catch24This quick and easy set up is great for preparing kids for public speaking experiences with clear advice for public speaking curriculum. Lesson plan is best used for
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5th - 7th
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of The Spider and the Fly
Fun and engaging! This easy to implement resource is much more than a Socratic seminar. It includes high interest activities and a differentiated quiz. Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 73-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based o
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4th - 8th
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Poetry Recitation Assignment and Rubric - Easy, No-Prep
Poetry Recitation Assignment - Did you know April is National Poetry Month? This printable includes everything you need to assign a poetry recitation project to your students.Students will learn to memorize and orally recite a poem. This packet includes:Assignment handout (detailed instructions)Memorization Tips Anchor ChartRubric (for grading the assignment)List of suggested poemsPoem assignment tracker (so teacher can keep track of the poems assigned to students)List of suggested poetry Inter
Hatchet Novel Unit with Anticipation Guide, Worksheets, Charts, Tests, and More
Experience Brian's Robeson's adventures in the wilderness with this relevant and important material. This comprehensive packet contains: an anticipation guide to prepare students for reading the story.two complete vocabulary units with words from Hatchet, including their parts of speech, review worksheets with answer keys, and vocabulary tests with answer keys.a mood chart with answer key.a motivation chart with answer key.a conflict chart and answer key. a figurative language chart (idioms, sim
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4th - 9th
The Gingerbread Family: a play for early elementary students!
This 15 minute play based off of the classic tale of The Gingerbread Man is ideal for kindergarten, first, and second grade students, and can be adapted to fit your specific class and student needs. This play was originally written for 50 students from two separate first grade classes, including incredibly diverse abilities and learning needs, but can easily be adapted for a single class or a small group. There is plenty of repetition in the script as well as patterns, and options for students t
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Primary- Elementary Plays Bundle
18 fun Easter stories:Questions Short Stories, Thinking Skills for 1st–4th Grade
Welcome to "Questions Short Stories: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for 1st–4th Graders"! In this collection, young readers will embark on a journey filled with captivating short stories centered around the theme of Easter Day. Each story is designed to spark curiosity, encourage critical thinking, and foster a deeper understanding of the holiday.Throughout the narratives, readers will encounter a variety of characters, settings, and situations, all woven together to inspire imagination and
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1st - 5th
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14 Superhero Projects for Individuals, Pairs, and Groups - Creative & Fun
Hello Fellow Teacher,Thank you for considering this PDF with 14 projects. There are 2 or 3 items on each slide that require the following: creative writing, speaking, listening, art, technololgy use, research, narrative writing, and more. Students will pick their own superhero and one of the superhero's movies. This enables students to develop and demonstrate proficieny in all 4 ELA standards. Students will create presentations in Google Slides, Prezi, PowerPoint, or Canva. Students can share th
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7th - 12th
12 EDITABLE Catcher in the Rye Activites Including Some with a Modern Twist
Hello Fellow Educator,Thank you for considering this set of activities and questions for the novel The Catcher in the Rye.This EDITABLE template has 4 slides with 3 activities on each slide for a total of 12 activities. This template also has ready-to-edit slides where you can insert your own activities and/or questions about the novel. To engage students, you have several activities that encourage students to use technology.Here are some additional ideas for using this unit:1. Use in whatever o
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9th - 12th
"The Wife's Story": Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 12 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to "The Wife's Story." Readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives from their classmates.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Questions Short Stories: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for 3rd-5th Graders
"Questions Short Stories: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for 3rd-5th Graders"Questions in Short Storiesincluding "What?" "Where?" "Why?" "Who?"5 Paragraph Short Stories56 - Questions for every storyWhat, where, who, when, why and how questions for every storyPrintable pages/Space for writing answersWelcome to "Questions Short Stories", a unique and engaging book designed to help improve the critical thinking and reading comprehension skills of children in the 3rd to 5th grades. This book co
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3rd - 5th
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Rules by Cynthia Lord: Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 25 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to Rules. Readers will have a chance to review and delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives with classmates.
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4th - 9th
Current Event Oral Presentation Project + Research Template and Rubric
This resource walks senior students step by step through the process of researching, planning and delivering a persuasive speaking oral presentation on a currently debated media issue. At this higher level, students will skilfully use argument to present a sustained and reasoned point of view to persuade their audience on an issue. Perfect for distance learning or home schooling, the detailed instructions guide students through each phase of the task at their own pace in order to research, plan
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9th - 12th
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Ted Talk Research Project Unit Bundle
A fantastic way to get your students excited about research is to have them design and present their own Ted Talk! By the end of this unit, they will be able to:Research to learn more about things about which they are curiousEngage in the writing process, producing final work that follows English conventions to communicate clearlyDesign projects, coming up with proposals, managing my time, breaking it into chunks, meeting deadlines, and presenting the final productChange how they write so that t
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Not Grade Specific
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Independent Reading Project
*Disclaimer: A customer review brought to my attention that I did not upload the remaining documents needed to complete this unit, so I created a folder to hold everything. I LOVE THIS PROJECT!! You could use this with a poetry, short stories, or novels - it is SO versatile!!Most of the project was inspired by Penny Kittle's Book Love, so it may look familiar to any of you Kittle fans out there. :) I just finished this and used it with my 10th and 11th graders, but it can be used with students o
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6th - 12th
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This or That / Would you Rather? (Engaging Icebreaker Middle & High School)
This resource includes slides with engaging "this or that?" questions.
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6th - 12th
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The One and Only Ruby: Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 15 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to The One and Only Ruby. Readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives.
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4th - 9th
The Unteachables: Questions for Socratic Seminar or Class Discussion
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 15 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to The Unteachables. Using words like character, theme, setting, mood, motivation compare and contrast, and more, readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives.
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4th - 10th
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FUN Persuasive Essay + Speaking: Lesson Plans, Activities and Examples 15-18yrs
Warning! These persuasive essay lessons can lead to animated students. Want to get your students excited about writing a good persuasive essay? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to - · Understand why the ability to persuade can be a matter of life and death.· Explore a fam
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9th - 12th
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High School English: Literary Non-fiction Unit for Grades 9-10 - Mountaineering
High School English: Literary Non-fiction Unit for Grades 9-10This highly engaging unit is focused on the theme of mountaineering and explores non-fiction texts as a prelude to students completing their own creative responses. It is ideal for a grade 9-10 class. Texts include travel writing from Joe Simpson's 'Touching the Void' and Matt Dickinson's 'The Death Zone'. There are lots of opportunities for paired and group discussion and students learn how to write effectively including analytical r
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9th - 10th
Also included in: High School English: Full Semester Teaching Bundle for Grades 9-10
The One and Only Ivan: Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 15 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to The One and Only Ivan. Readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives.
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3rd - 8th
High School English: Full Semester Teaching Bundle for Grades 9-10
This High School English teaching bundle includes three fully resourced ready-to-teach units covering a range of skills. They are:a. Speaking and Listening Unit - Hobbies b. Imaginative and Descriptive Writing Unit c. Literary Non-fiction Unit - Mountaineering All three units come with superbly presented teaching PPTs, detailed teacher's notes based on my own experience of delivering them and all student resources. Outcomes include two speaking and listening tasks (presentation and group discuss
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9th - 10th
Wishtree: Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 12 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to Wishtree. Using words like character, theme, conflict, and more, readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives.
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3rd - 8th
Shane: Questions for Class Discussion or Socratic Seminar
Students will want to eagerly voice their opinions as they provide feedback to these 20 relevant and interesting topics that relate directly to Shane. Using words like character, theme, conflict, and more, readers will have a chance to delve further into this novel as they share and gain perspectives.
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6th - 12th
Great Speeches of Modern History: A Reader
Are you interested in introducing your students to famous speeches or examples of persuasive rhetoric? Or maybe you value the addition of primary source texts in teaching modern history! This reader was originally designed as a supplemental resource for a high-school classical rhetoric class, but it could be used in any relevant speech, literature, or history class. It contains the transcripts of 34 speeches (or other persuasive writings) primarily from 18th-20th-century American and British ora
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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