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Oral communication Common Core SL.6.1c resources
Text Messages for Inferencing & Engagement Reading + Language Comprehension
Highly engage your students with these, relevant, real-world language activity for the classroom or speech therapy. The short text message convos allow students (who are often struggling readers) to read confidently and use these relatable situations to practice lots of language skills (see the list below). They also spark great conversations!⚠️ Be sure to check out the preview to see much more! How to use and which skills are targeted;► Students (or you) read the text messages one at a time, an
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Mock Trial Scenarios 1 - court simulation for middle school
Mock Trial Scenarios 1 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteCasesTemplate for the Prosecutio
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6th - 9th
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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities for Writing a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Boom Cards Social Skills Bundle Autism Middle High School
✨Have you tried Boom™️ Cards for teaching social skills yet? They are no print digital task cards that are interactive. Your students will love them! In this bundle, you will receive ➐ sets of Boom Cards for teaching conversation skills to middle and high school students. Check out the previews for each product! ✴ All 8 products in this bundle have audio directions/questions. ✴You can see a playable video preview for each deck by going to the product page for each specific deck.BOOM
Grades:
6th - 9th
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format - Debate Outline, Graphic Organizer, and Rubric
Looking to engage your students in a style of debate that they’ll love? This debate outline teaches the Lincoln-Douglas debate format with a slideshow lesson, debate graphic organizer, teacher moderator script, and an editable debate rubric. Suitable for online learning with digital slide decks for Google Classroom®!Included with this Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Outline:✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint®, & PDF✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Deba
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6th - 12th
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School News Program Set-up and Scripts for Student Announcements
This program includes instructions on how to set up the recording, editing, and broadcasting of a daily or weekly, elementary student-made school news show. It also includes an option for audio-only intercom announcements. Everything is editable and customizable in Microsoft Word or Excel files!Product Contents:Instructions for setting up your broadcasting studio, including photos of the studio in the back of the library I worked in.Student applications and sign-up materialsStudio scripts for a
Grades:
5th - 8th
Literature Circles Made Easy Step by Step Lessons and Printables
Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy includes 5 short videos for teachers plus the printables you need to set up and run Literature Circles in your classroom. This method does not include Literature Circle roles, so the program is easy to implement in a flexible manner. Kids love this method because it's more fun than traditional forms of Literature Circles, and teachers love it because it's easy and effective! After you purchase Classroom Book Clubs, look for the PDF with directio
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Book Clubs Discussion Bundle
Four High Interest Games for Training Students to Work in Small Groups
So often, when we ask students to work in groups, they talk in front of each other, rather than TO each other. Why not establish rules for how small-groups should work? Better yet, why not have the students themselves create these rules?With these 4 games, you will cover skills such as taking turns, commenting on another student's response, managing time, helping shy students, and more. The following four small-group games are included: * Question Cards* Would You Rather...?* Who Would You Hire?
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6th - 10th
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End Of Year Life Skills Activities: Citizenship | Fun Middle School Debates
17 high-interest CLASSROOM DEBATES! Great for End of Year Life Skills Activities when you have time to fill. The slideshow teaches everything. You just guide the class conversation! This life-long tool is great for an End of Year Life Skills refresher!Use it as part of your end-of-year life skills activities: it's fun, "easier" work that still has learning value.Teach important lessons if you ever need to fill a period.These debates are also a great way to kick off a Global Studies unit or Engli
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6th - 10th
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Discussion Stems Posters
Most of my students love the chance to speak up in class, but a few of my introverted kids feel nervous about jumping into a conversation without knowing how to begin. These posters remind these students of productive, effective ways to join a conversation and eliminate the nerves. I love hearing these stems used in our whole-group discussions! This resource includes 13 Posters to help your students engage in more thoughtful classroom discussions.As a bonus, you will find a page of discussion
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Posters Bundle
Introduction to Debate
This four lesson unit is designed to be a comprehensive debate tutorial for teachers who are new to debate or who want to implement debate into their current curriculum. I tried to design these materials with lots of explanation where necessary and minimal prep work to finish. I have taught debate for over ten years in the classroom and online and the knowledge and expertise I have gained have gone into these lessons to make them a perfect gateway to argumentation and debate. All lessons are onl
Grades:
3rd - 12th
End of Year Life Skills Activities: Communication Skills | Effective | Assertive
FUN COMMUNICATION SKILLS activities (12 lessons). Great for the END of YEAR Life Skills Activities when you have time! Teach important life skills: Communication is key during difficult situations with friends, classmates, romantic relationships, family, and work colleagues! Help students communicate more effectively and be more assertive. This life-long tool is a great End of Year Life Skills refresher!⭐ End the school year with something that goes beyond marks, but is still fun!Use it as part
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6th - 10th
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Impromptu Interviews - perfecting the art of conversation
Impromptu Interviews is a mini unit about the art of interviewing where students analyze what happens in a good interview. In the culminating activity, students will participate in impromptu interviews. They will prepare for these as interviewers without knowing beforehand who they will interview. This will help to preserve the true nature of interviews, which are not rehearsed in advance. Interviewees, chosen at random, will play the role of the person being interviewed. A wide range of scenari
Grades:
5th - 8th
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 - a court simulation
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCasesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteExhibitsJudge InstructionsJ
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6th - 9th
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AVID Team Building Digital and Printable Activities
Looking for some icebreakers or teambuilding activities to build your classroom community and make fun Friday or Framework Friday planning an easy task? Then you're in the right place! These resources encourage skills like public speaking, communication, leadership, writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading!⭐OVER 30% OFF!⭐ *We have 51 resources included in this bundle!*⭐AVID Mega Bundle!⭐What's Included7 Communication/Public Speaking Resources2 30-Second Speech ActivitiesEditable
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5th - 12th
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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds! This product contains:- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions. - these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparati
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions
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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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Lesson - Writing a Speech
Public Speaking Activities to Write a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesKnow Your Audience for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Classroom Ready!*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to write a speech when preparing for a speech has never been easier! This lesson guides students through a st
Grades:
6th - 8th
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Danielson Domain 3B Discussion and Questioning Techniques Flashcards
This Omega English product helps students engage in classroom and group discussion and assists teachers in reaching a high rating in the Danielson 3B component (Discussion and Questioning). Please note that this package particularly focuses on guiding students to asking probing or clarifying questions during discussions (there are other aspects of Danielson 3B Domain available in my store). The package contains 20 vibrant Seeking Clarification Flashcards. Each card contains a phrase that the
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
AVID Speed Philosophical Chairs Lesson and Activity - DIgital Resource
This AVID Speed Philosophical Chairs note taking lesson plan with teaching slides has everything you need to teach your students the process of speed philosopical chairs while they practice the 5 phases of focused note taking! This lesson also includes 40 speed philosophical topics for students to apply they're learning at the end of the lesson.What's Included:Lesson plan that walks you through the slides43 teaching slides40 speed philosophical chairs topicsparticipant reflective checklistrules
Grades:
5th - 9th
Consensus Building Game - Ideal for ELLs, Oral Language Skills, Icebreaker
The majority rule status quo of classroom decision-making can leave students feeling unheard and dissatisfied. Consensus decision-making is an inclusive, time-honored way of reaching agreement that is acceptable to all members of a group. This activity gives students the opportunity to practice active listening, disagreeing in an agreeable way, and justifying their thinking as they collaborate to devise survival strategies for challenging circumstances, all the while having fun and engaging in c
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5th - 8th
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The Last Cuentista Novel Study Vocabulary in Context and Discussion Questions
Enjoy this engaging novel study for the Newbery Award winning novel, The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. Students will love reading this novel and completing the corresponding worksheets with comprehension questions, analyzing quotes, summarization, figurative language, setting, and so much more. Vocabulary as used in context is vital to student success. 284 vocabulary words have been pulled from the text, textual context is provided, and students create their own definition based on the
Grades:
5th - 9th
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