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Common Core L.9-10.1 cultural activities for GATE
180 Bell Ringer Activities for ELA, GATE, and Special Ed: Fun and Educational
Hello Fellow Educator,Are you looking for some new bell ringer activities to include in your rotation? There are five different PDF’s with 36 slides each. They include the following: 36 Picture Prompts: Teach Sentence Development & Creative Writing36 Undated Sentence Starters for Literature & Current Events36 Weeks of Journal Questions (108 Total Questions with 3 Per Week36 Opportunities for Combining Sentences36 Positive Words for 36 Positive Weeks of SchoolYou can rotate your bell ring
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6th - 12th
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Holidays Around the World Writing Project, Leveled, Differentiated!
Students will pick a country they are interested in studying and answer questions about the holiday traditions in that country, then write an essay in paragraph form, using the questions as a graphic organizer. This product includes geography, writing, and social studies components. There are 2 levels for the writing portion, the first level contains a fill in the blanks essay. Level 2 is for intermediate learners who are able to free write their answers in essay form.
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K - 12th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury: Socratic Seminar 7th - 10th Grade- Ready to Go!
Engage your 7th through 10th grade students in an enthralling Socratic seminar focused on Ray Bradbury's gripping short story, "The Veldt." This comprehensive lesson is crafted to stimulate critical thinking, encourage the analysis of various perspectives, and unveil the layers of suspense woven into the narrative. Ready to print and go!Lesson Highlights:Text-Dependent Questions: Delve deep into the narrative with thought-provoking questions that ignite discussions around character motivations,
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7th - 10th
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Ice Breakers for ESL High School & Adult ED Classes-Just Print & Teach
How do you start your class off on the right foot? Ice Breakers! Of course. These cards are specific for the English as a Second Language high school and Adult Education students.All 3 levels of ESL (Beg., Inter., & Adv.) are included to get students talking and comfortable in a new class setting. Activity lessons are included to get students moving and engaging with other students.They're also color coded for ease. Mix and match as you like! And yes, the Google link is included.Thank you fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Warm-Up for Winter Celebrations and International Religion Day (Secondary)
This is the ideal Warm-Up to use to address what's happening in the world today. This Warm-Up gives our students the opportunity to explore their own beliefs and to have a safe place to negotiate their and their classmates' beliefs about winter celebrations and whatever religion their families follow. The activity encourages students to separate the dogma of religions from the intention, to recognise traditional practices common in many religion (in other words, see the similarities), and to neg
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
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7th - 12th
Realism Complete Packet
From Electric English...This is a packet that contains a vast amount of material covering the American Realistic Period of literature. For this reason, I have intentionally not included lesson plans to accompany this material; the idea here is that you have a variety of resources to pull from as you decide how you want to shape what little time you have in the classroom. Aahhhh, there never seems to be enough time :) Anyway, whether you love Edwin Arlington Robinson, Frederick Douglass, or Charl
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10th - 11th
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Realism 2 Packet
From Electric English...This is a packet that contains a vast amount of material covering the American Realistic Period of literature. For this reason, I have intentionally not included lesson plans to accompany this material; the idea here is that you have a variety of resources to pull from as you decide how you want to shape what little time you have in the classroom. Aahhhh, there never seems to be enough time :) Anyway, whether you love Stephen Crane or Willa Cather... There is something in
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10th - 11th
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Bio Creation and Textual Analysis Activity: Julio Cortázar and House Taken Over
Use completely digitally using Google Apps or print the separate handout and rubrics. Students will conduct research on Julio Cortázar in order to better understand "House Taken Over". Students will analyze his background and use of Magical Realism within the context of "House Taken Over". Students will need time for the research, going back into the story and making connections between the author's life and the short story. Teacher instructions, link to House Taken Over, Rubric, printable and l
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Magical Realism: Four Week Unit Bundle
Time Enough at Last by Lynn Venable Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary identification chart asking students to use context clues to define words and a literary identification chart which expects students to identify or provide examples and determine why the author used them. Finally a short constructed response question is included. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
This unit consists of a plan of 10 days of activities in preparation for the state assessment. It includes short stories, and poems, which all have the theme of adversity. Each text has questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies an author uses to convey his message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Some of the texts also include summarization and imagery identification charts. The daily revising and editing warm-ups are also i
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7th - 10th
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Eugenio Maria de Hostos - Background Info and Interactive Activity
This worksheet includes a background on who Hostos was, as well as what his teaching philosophy was. Students can annotate and discuss the front, and determine what kind of person he was (a thinker, a revolutionary, a patriot, etc.) They then learn his beliefs about morality, how education can lead to freedom, and how it can build relationships. This is an opportunity for students to reflect on themselves and what they can do over the year, as well as tell the teacher what they need. Great for a
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8th - 12th
Creating the Soundtrack to Your Life
A quick, fun, exciting way to get to know your students. This can be done at any point in the year--the beginning as a getting to know you activity, at any point during the year to lead into a narrative writing assignment, or at the end of the year as a reflection activity. Students are asked to choose FIFTEEN of the TWENTY scene choices, and create the “Soundtrack to Your Life." This is good practice reflecting on our own choices and explaining those choices in complete thoughts. Also included
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7th - 12th
Holiday Trivia Games - Growing BUNDLE | Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas +
Save 30% with this bundle! This Jeopardy-style Holiday Games Bundle deal includes: "St. Patrick's Day Trivia Game,” "Christmas Season Trivia Game" and “Valentine's Day Trivia Game," and more!The Google Slides "Labor Day Trivia Game" covers these topics:1. Labor Day History Trivia2. Hot Dog Trivia3. Labor Day Traditions Trivia4. Workforce TriviaThe Google Slides "Fall Trivia Game" covers these topics:1. History within the Fall season2. Pumpkin Trivia3. Fall Holidays 4. RandomThe Google Slides "Ha
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Nepantla, A Latinx/ Chicano Studies Mini-unit
This rigorous, culturally relevant, multimedia mini-unit inspired by Hispanic Heritage Month / Indigenous Peoples Day takes students on a journey through Latinx and Chicano identity with rap, poetry, TV shows, personal narratives, and vlogs all composed by Latinx artists and writers. The three-lesson unit goes beyond the superficial treatment of Hispanic Heritage and includes readings, discussion prompts, multimedia links, and a detailed lesson progression that includes engaging, culturally resp
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Spanish Vocabulary sheet/quiz for chapter 1b of Autentico level 1
The following vocab sheets/quiz will have all the terms for chapter 1b in the Spanish text book Autentico level 1! The words are all in one place so your students can translate them before you start your unit!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Active/Passive Voice Essay Editing Practice and Quiz
Original essay written with intentional passive voice for student detection and correction provides students the opportunity to practice their active/passive skills within writing. Includes corrected essay and active/passive quiz which teacher can administer before essay activity to check for basic comprehension. Essay also challenges students to evaluate the usefulness of passive voice in certain scenarios. Essay compares and contrasts two short stories which students may benefit from reading.
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9th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance Biographical Speech & Class Quilt
This is a short research and presentation activity able to be completed within a week. The “Who Am I” game is meant as an anticipatory set, where students will hopefully connect with an author before diving into their research. I encourage them to find a book or article in addition to search engines (my sources are listed on the “Who Am I game). When doing my research, I noted different sources contained very different information, so multiple sources are an excellent idea to get a more complete
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8th - 12th
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NO PREP! Print and Teach Intro to Greek Mythology Project
My creative students absolutely LOVE this project. It is a great way to introduce a large portion of the Greek characters without having to lecture! The students do ALL of the work! Simply print and use!Total time: 2-3 class periods (sometimes even 4/5 for shorter classes and slow workers!)Includes: list of gods, goddesses and creatures; research guide; directions for poster and presentation; student note taking guide during presentationsThe Process:Introduce the students to the project by going
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6th - 12th
Words are Birds by Francisco X. Alarcon Literary Device Identification Chart
This product contains the poem with a chart requiring students to identify the literary device used in each stanza and for what purpose the poet is using it. It also has questions which require students to determine the meaning of the poem. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Poems for Teenagers 2: A Collection of 4 Poems About Perception
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Chapter 1
The following lesson provides several activities that can be aligned with reading Chapter 1 of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Lessons range from Vocabulary, Short Answer Response, to Grammar.
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7th - 10th
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"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
This packet of activities includes comprehension questions over the story, author background with questions, and video connections to the yinyang symbol. Also, I included an academic challenge for those students always looking for something extra.
Enyclopedic Musings - Creative Fiction/Non-Fiction Digital Writing
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
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6th - 12th
Counterculture in the 1960's and 1970's
In this activity students learn about the 1960's counterculture by engaging in a scavenger hunt to find artifacts from the period.
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9th - 12th
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