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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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Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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3rd - 9th
Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust
Questions for Eve Bunting's "Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust". The last questions ask students to compare theme with the poem "First They Came for the Jews", and to rewrite poem using modern situations.
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Teach Tone, Mood, and Paraphrasing Using The Raven by Edgar A. Poe HALLOWEEN!
Teach an engaging, high interest lesson on tone, mood and paraphrasing using "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe! This flexible lesson plan can be used with cooperative groups and includes links to audio and video to use with "The Raven," as well as the text and a list of definitions for difficult words, a jigsaw paraphrasing activity, a word splash activity where students choose words from "The Raven" that contribute to the tone and mood, and finally, a Venn Diagram where students choose from a lis
Grades:
7th - 12th
Cinderella Around The World - Small Group Reader's Theater
This package contains 9 Cinderella stories. The stories come from England, China, West Africa, Greece/Egypt, America (Native American), and Ireland. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reade
Who is Temple Grandin
A worksheet of 16 questions from 2 web sites about the most famous autistic adult today. It presents valuable information about autism and also presents information on her work with agriculture. Extra credit is offered at the end of the worksheet for viewing the HBO movie of her life staring Clare Dane and writing a reaction paper.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Complete Wonderland and Looking-Glass Comprehension and Logic Unit Combo
This is my complete combo for both the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" books. It has chapter comprehension worksheets for both books. This also includes my logic unit study which teaches a basic introduction to formal logic as well as analyzes a lot of the hidden logic lessons within the first Alice book.Logic Unit Description:This is a collection of worksheets and tests that work for a month long introduction to formal logic and fal
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5th - 12th
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Small Group Reader's Theater for Halloween
In this book, there are 6 reader's theaters. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet. Scripts are: Franken Cranky, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, The Halloween Heroes Present Halloween Safety Tips, Shhhh, The Corn Has Ears, The Witch's New Broom, and Which Witch is Which. The booklet gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individually they cost $2
Julius Caesar - Brutus' and Antony's Speeches
Students compare and contrast the funeral speeches from Julius Caesar looking specifically for persuasive techniques and stylistic devices. This assignment is made for AP students, but can be modified for other high school levels.
Other related Julius Caesar products:
• JULIUS CAESAR - Targeting Themes
• Julius Caesar - Shakespeare - Group Critical Response Questions
• PLOT TWIST! Julius Caesar
• Julius Caesar - Character Interview writing assignment
• JULIUS CAESAR - Agree or Disagree
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Greek Mythology Test - ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE!
This test is similar in content to my other posted Greek Mythology Test on TpT, but this one is for the busy teachers who have access to scantrons or who prefer to use answer sheets. I have included 75 well-written multiple choice questions on the following topics:
The 12 Olympians
The Greek Creation Story
Heroes: Perseus, Hercules, and Jason
Love Myths: Echo and Narcissus, Cupid and Psyche, Orpheus and Eurydice, Pygmalion and Galatea
Pride Myths: Arachne and Athena, Helios and Phaethon, Demeter
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5th - 9th
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Reading Questions (w/Answers)
This reading guide focuses less on basic plot (although plot questions are in there!) and more on aiding the readers in solving the mystery on their own or along with Sherlock. Questions ask students to explain, predict, evaluate, and examine evidence as they read the book. Other elements particularly reviewed are characterization, tone, and the Gothic conventions of the work.
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7th - 12th
End of Year Geometry Project (Distance and Midpoint Formula), 9th, 10Math, No-pr
Geometry STEM Project. -Plan a trip around the United States calculating distance and midpoint using the appropriate formulas. Calculate the midpoint and then find a city that is close to that point on the map. Research and find at least 5 fun facts about each city as well as places to visit. -Make a presentation (google slides, powerpoint, prezi, canva, video, etc) to present your travels to the class(or your teacher) so they can learn about the cities you visited. Table included to record
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School Math Projects (Algebra II and Statistics) STEM No prep
Yeh Shen - A Chinese Cinderella Story for Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is the Chinese version of Cinderella. In the script, Yeh Shen’s mother died and then her father. Now she has a stepmother who does not like her. They are very poor and so the stepmother makes Yeh Shen a servant in their home. Yeh Shen is lonely until she makes a friend. It is a large goldfish from the lake and it has been sent by her mother to make her feel better. When her stepmother learns about it she plots to catch and kill the fish. Once she has t
Persuasive Writing Commercial Presentation
Students will consider elements of Persuasive Writing to develop and Present a 30-second Commercial. They'll have fun creating and describing a game or toy, and think about advertising techniques and effective persuasive delivery of their original ideas. Includes a Grading Rubric to evaluate Persuasive Elements, Verbal Delivery and Overall Performance.
Created by CruzCyberClass
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5th - 12th
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Aesop's Fables for Small Group Reader's Theater Book One
The scripts in this pack were written for 3 - 5 students. Each script is an adaptation of one of Aesop's fables. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! There is a short writing piece afterwards which can be used for everyone after it has been performed or just for the students reading the script. I use Reader's Theaters to help students improve their fluency. My students, especially the ones struggling to read, still require motivation to improve and t
Welcome Letter to Parents Template- Just add your information
I used this to welcome my gifted students back at the beginning of the year, but it could be used for any grade level. A very friendly professional letter that you-just add your information.
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PreK - 9th
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): From Sounds to Stories (Worksheets)
This is a complete teaching unit on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) from Duwauhkabec Learning for Life. It introduces and explains the relevance of IPA, showing students its practical usefulness in career preparedness.
A complement to – as well as an extension and elaboration of – the first, free unit on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), this unit uses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to “decode” new words, new titles, and two new stories – one a fable from Aesop, t
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Ice Breaker- Deserted Island
This activity is used as a collaboration, critical thinking, get-to-know-you, and/or problem solving activity.
For the activity students are deserted on an island left only with the given list of items. The students must follow the listed perimeters and use only the listed items (and their byproducts) to survive and escape using reasonable means.
Your students will impress you with their critical thinking skills and ability to find a way to survive under purposefully complex and difficult ci
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7th - 12th
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Chinye - A West African Cinderella Story for Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 7 students. I have each narrator also take a smaller part. This is the West African version of Cinderella. In the script, Chinye lives with her father, stepmother, and stepsister. The stepmother and stepsister hate her and make her do all the hard chores. The stepmother decides she wants to kill Chinye so she sends her to get water in the jungle at night. The animals do not kill her though and one, a warthog, leads her to a tiny hut. An old woman lives there and,
Ten Poems from The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, Three Google Forms, 216 Questions
Poetry Study Unit of Ten Poems from The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck. Three different Google Form Questions. 216 four-question choices of multiple-choice questions about The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck. Covers information about 10 specific poems in the book, symbolism, poetry terms (metaphor, simile, etc.), theme, interpretation of meaning, and the author herself (Pulitzer Poetry Prize).Poems include: The Wild IrisMatins (1)Matins (2)Matins (3)The Red PoppySpring SnowThe GardensAprilEarly DarknessRe
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6th - 12th
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SUPER SILENT DAY: Teamwork Activity (first days of school)
SUPER SILENT DAY is a lot of fun for both the students and the teacher. The students see it as a challenge... a pretty fun one, where they are in groups that compete against other groups in the class. It is a great team-building activity for the beginning of school, last few days of school, or between units. It also challenges communication skills and promotes creativity. It even incorporates some language arts terminology. ENJOY!!
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4th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Odyssey Travel Brochure Project
This activity was designed for students to use after reading and studying The Odyssey and/or Greek Mythology. Students are "hired" by a travel company to design and create a travel brochure highlighting an epic adventure based on Odysseus' travels. They must use persuasive langauge and create a professional-looking document. Included are: student instructions, a list of persuasive words to help make their writing appeal to customers, an informational list of some of the places mentioned in the e
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6th - 12th
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Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
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4th - 12th
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