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Common Core SL.7.1 resources for GATE
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Icons Content Enrichment Ideas BUNDLE
If you have gifted students in your classroom, then you have to use depth and complexity icons to differentiate and increase the rigor! The purpose of this depth and complexity icons bundle is to take what you are already doing in your classroom, and put a deeper, more complex spin on the thinking processes for high achieving or gifted students. 4 of my depth and complexity icons products are included for you. Complexity Icons Products Included here:Depth and Complexity Icons Frames for Gifted L
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6th - 8th
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Mock Trial: Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper
Are you looking for an engaging and creative way to harness the power of persuasion and argument? Then this activity surely is for you! As a follow-up to my best-selling mock trial about The Three Little Pigs, I've created Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper. It takes approximately five days to complete in class. I have planned out three days of trial preparation and about two days of courtroom action! Students love this activity. It's a favorite every year! Not only does it tea
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Mock Trials: Classic Tales
Peace Machine- Post Bomb/Manhattan Project activity
Teamwork, planning, decoding, research, and communication are skills needed to be successful in this race to create a peace machine. Simulation game takes 1-2 periods. easy to prepare- uses classroom materials, a few timers, cheerios, rope, and lots of excitement!
Grades:
5th - 8th
Memoirs Family Heritage Project ~ Distance Learning ELA
Oral history is lost forever if not uncovered and recorded. This beautiful project engages students as historians - creating a family heirloom heritage collection box, doing comprehensive interviews of an older relative with a large given bank of intriguing questions, creating a newspaper full of various modes and forms of writing showcasing the research of family history. Finally, the student prepares and presents their findings in an engaging oral presentation - sharing snippets of best lear
Grades:
4th - 9th
Proverbs and Wise Sayings - Writing Prompts
25 printable or digital activities to help students improve their speaking and listening skills. Each lesson centers around a proverb or wise saying from around the world: Chinese, Italian, Persian, Arabian, Spanish, Swiss, German, English, and more. Students analyze the literal and figurative meaning of each proverb, as well as defining its relevance and importance for today. You will find the contributions of William Shakespeare, John Milton, Mark Twain, Confucius, and many more from both m
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6th - 10th
Lesson Plan & PPT Package Explaining Hero vs Villain Protagonist vs Antagonist
This is a two-part package -- a Power Point presentation and a lesson plan. The PPT is available separately by the same name.
This 14-slide Power Point presentation presents hero, villain, protagonist, and antagonist. It explains the shift from using the terms "hero" and "villain" to the more contemporary "protagonist" and "antagonist." The presentation also uses Greek and early English root words to explain how the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist" evolved.
The fourteen slides include 1
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Engaging Socratic Seminar for W. W. Jacob's The Monkey's Paw - Fishbowl Lesson
Engage your 7th through 10th grade students in an enthralling Socratic seminar focused on W. W. Jacob'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, f
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7th - 10th
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Engaging Socratic Seminar Lesson: Exploring "The Landlady" Roald Dahl #Catch24
Engage your middle school students in a captivating Socratic seminar centered around Roald Dahl's chilling short story, "The Landlady." This comprehensive lesson is designed to foster critical thinking, analyze multiple perspectives, and unravel the layers of suspense within the narrative. Ready to print and go! #catch24 Lesson Highlights: Text-Dependent Questions: Dive deep into the story with thought-provoking questions that stimulate discussion around character motivations, foreshadowing, and
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7th - 10th
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Engage Minds with Socratic Seminar: "Harrison Bergeron" Print & Go!
Engage your students with this dynamic Socratic seminar lesson focused on Kurt Vonnegut's thought-provoking short story, "Harrison Bergeron." This comprehensive resource is designed for 7th-10th graders, offering an immersive experience that encourages critical thinking, textual analysis, and lively discussion. Lesson Highlights: Text-Dependent Questions: Dive into the heart of the narrative with carefully crafted questions that guide students through the exploration of equality, character moti
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7th - 10th
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Decades Project: Journey Through Time! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
Students will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents linked to the slidesDecades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadeSlide to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will research mu
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4th - 7th
Problem Based Learning: Public Education and Immigration Policy
In this problem based learning project, students create updated policies for real schools to take into account their immigration and new student needs. Begin with a discussion on current events in immigration, then provide students with situations that are different for each group. Have students identify the specific school in their situation, the problem the school is facing, and the current events in the area of the school related to immigration. What do they propose they should do in order
Grades:
6th - 8th
Multiple Intelligences: DO IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SOCIAL CONCERNS - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! Activate your students' empathy for social causes with the Do It! Choice Cards. Students will choose a project to raise awareness, raise empathy, and raise resources for the social concern they choose while also working to meet Common Core Standards. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more mo
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4th - 8th
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Gender, Stereotypes and Society - Creative Digital Exploration
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe Horror Scene - Creative Digital Narrative
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Global/US Geography Jingle - Creative Song Production
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Under the Rug - The Trial
Get yourself a good lawyer because you are charged with negligence in attempting to harm your grandmother. Different outcomes are a possibility as the jury will decide your fate. This readers theater trial is based on the short story "Under the Rug" by Jon Scieszka. Court is in session.
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4th - 8th
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The Modern Freytag Pyramid and Other Plot Diagrams
This 48-slide Power Point Presentation briefly reviews the Classic Freytag Pyramid that includes introduction / exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, revelation, resolution / conclusion. However, since the Victorian period when Freytag developed the pyramid plots have changed in dramatic ways.The presentation explains three more recent diagrams including the Modern Freytag Pyramid, the Post Modern Plot Diagram, and the Post Post Modern Plot Diagram. The presenta
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Decades Project: A Journey Through Time-Group Research and Writing Project!
Students will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents Decades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadePage to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will research music? who will researc
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Enrichment Writing Projects! Printable Bundle!
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Comic Poetry Sketch - Creative Digital Narrative
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Decades Project: A Journey Through Time- Google Slides!
Students will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way! This product includes: Table of Contents linked to the slides Decades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finish Choice of DecadeSlide to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will researc
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Enrichment Writing Projects! Google Slides
Memorial Day Audio Biography- Community-Based Digital Narrative
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
GATE Advertising/Commercial Project
This advertising project will help your students practice audience awareness and put advertising techniques into action! Your students will love making commercials for somewhat abnormal, and sometimes made-up, punctuation. This project is for after you've taught advertising techniques.Included in this resource:An introduction and method explanation for teacherA project sheet to post for students
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