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Character education Common Core W.9-10.10 resources
Freedom Writers Film Unit: Common Core-Aligned Assignments & Activities
This 46-page movie guide for "Freedom Writers" allows you to share this inspirational film with your students while also incorporating meaningful writing and literature learning activities aligned to Common Core Standards.
Student Resources (19 pages) include:
Coming Attractions (Pre-Viewing Activity):
•"The Line" Activity & Student Reflection (Try it for FREE HERE!)
Feature Film (During-Viewing Assignments):
•Character Growth Graphic Organizer
•Character Growth Analysis
•Journal Entries
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7th - 12th
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Student Mandala Project and Essay for the avid learner l College Elective Class
This no-prep, fun and engaging Mandala Project will have AVID students creating an artistic mandala and writing an essay about themselves. Students in the AVID elective will practice introspection and writing skills. This is a great AVID project for any grade level, or any college and career readiness class. The whole project took at least a couple weeks, with the creating of the mandalas, sharing them, writing the essays, proofreading, typing, etc. My AVID students loved this assignment, and
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6th - 12th
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Creative Projects BUNDLE l College and Career Readiness l College Elective Class
Looking for some great College and Career Readiness or AVID Projects for the year? Try these nine creative, collaborative, and engaging projects. AVID elective students will practice language skills, including reading, writing, speaking and listening - as well as the AVID WICOR strategies. Students will get to know one another, themselves, and their future goals with this projects bundle. What's Included:52 Journal Writing Prompts for the AVID StudentAVID College Pennant AssignmentWhere I'm Fr
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Not Grade Specific
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Coach Carter Film Unit: Common Core-Aligned Assignments & Activities
This 43-page movie guide for "Coach Carter" allows you to share this inspirational film with your students while also incorporating meaningful writing and literature learning activities aligned to Common Core Standards.
Student Resources (22 pages) include:
Coming Attractions (Pre-Viewing Activity):
•Classroom Contract (Try it for FREE HERE!)
Feature Film (During-Viewing Assignments):
•Character's Deepest Fear Graphic Organizer
•Journal Entries to Recall, React, and Reflect
Closing Credits
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Famous Failures: Fun Growth Mindset Activity | High School Research Project
Want your students to learn about people who have found success through their willingness to work hard and learn from their failures? Carol Dweck herself, in an article published in Scientific America on January 1, 2015, recommends that students learn about this kind of success in order to adopt the growth mindset themselves saying, "One way is by telling stories about achievements that result from hard work."When you teach your students about growth mindset with these plans you will:get your s
Grades:
9th - 12th
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The Pursuit of Happyness Film Unit: Common Core-Aligned Assignments & Activities
This 60-page movie guide for "The Pursuit of Happyness" allows you to share this inspirational film with your students while also incorporating meaningful writing and literature learning activities aligned to Common Core Standards.
Student Resources (33 pages) include:
Coming Attractions (Pre-Viewing Activities):
•The American Dream Brainstorming
•The American Dream: Agree or Disagree
Feature Film (During-Viewing Assignments):
•"Good with Numbers, Good with People" Graphic Organizer
•Overcom
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Student SMART Goal Setting | Template | Worksheet | Graphic Organizer | SEL
Everyone says "work smarter, not harder." Use the SEOT Wheel of Success so students can independently reflect on whether they are working "harder" (effort alone) or working "smarter" (learning from mistakes.)Student SMART Goal Setting Lesson Slideshow (100 slides) explains to students how to set goals and fill out the Student Goal Setting worksheets. Student Goal Setting Graphic Organizer Students can visually see if they're working harder or working smarter.Student Goal Setting Template Student
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Mental Health - 11 hour unit - anxiety, stress, depression, self esteem + more!
A bundle of resources on a wide range of Mental Health issues. More added! 44x resources total in 11x lesson packs - all include: a 1hr PowerPoint, worksheets, clip links with questions, all differentiated and fully resourced 1hr lessons with clear LOs to three levels of progress.1. Mental health overview and depression2. Coping with stress3. Coping with anxiety4 / 5. Body image and mental health (2 lessons)6. Social Anxiety7. Resilience - achieving with good mental health8. Mental health and ea
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Jason Reynolds FREE Rhetorical Analysis, Public Speaking, PDF & Google Drive
Use Jason Reynolds’ commencement address at Lesley University to show your students the power of a well-constructed speech. In this one-class period activity, students will discuss the techniques of effective public speaking, view Jason Reynolds’ 10-minute speech, and deconstruct/discuss his use of rhetorical devices. Questions focus on audience, the value of storytelling over lecture, and rhetorical application of poetic devices including foreshadowing and symbolism. These print-and-teach mater
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Year of Bell Ringers: Motivational Monday Quote Prompts Expansion Pack #2
Mondays are hard for students and teachers alike. Ease into the period with an inspirational quote and thought-provoking writing prompts. The quotes I used are meaningful and relevant to students; many of my students said they looked forward to reading and writing about the prompts each Monday. And the best part? They promote a positive growth mindset that is reinforced each week and all week long. This pack is a second expansion pack to my first resource; however, it can be used alone or with t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Growth Mindset Journal | 10 Weeks Daily Prompts | Positive Affirmations
Growth Mindset Journal | 10 Weeks Daily Prompts | Positive Affirmations is a resource that can be used for students and/or teachers, will stimulate their Growth Mindset, and will go through a journey of knowing and loving themselves and understanding their true value.Each prompt comes with a question to reflect upon it. Monday through Friday, a question regarding the prompt is given and, a bonus of an important vocabulary word or phrase on Growth Mindset is given to understand its importance and
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Growth Mindset Activities | Games | Assessment | Prompts | BUNDLE
The Ron Clark Story: Expository Essay, Movie Viewing Quiz, Nonfiction Text Task
The Ron Clark Story is based on the true story of an amazing educator from North Carolina who moved to N.Y. because he heard there was a need for good teachers in Harlem. While there, he did an amazing job turning around difficult students and giving them hope for their futures. Students really enjoy this movie! The movie can even be found on YouTube. This lesson helps students delve into non-print text to determine characterization. This unit has been crafted so that each component has scaffo
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7th - 10th
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Back To School Student Goal Setting Templates: Create Personal & Academic Goals
Get your students involved in setting their own student-centered performance goals. From leadership gurus to accomplished CEO’s, the most successful people in life have proven that setting goals with a growth-mindset is a must! If you don’t know where you want to go, how can you even get there? If you don’t know where the target is, how do you know where to aim? This concept is true for for the classroom and student achievement as well. After thousands of studies, Dr. John Hattie of Melbourne,
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Not Grade Specific
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Payday Loans
A fully-resourced PSHE lesson all about the risks involved with payday / short-term loans, why so many people are using them and the detrimental effect they can have on people’s lives. The lesson investigates whether and how payday loan companies target the vulnerable and exactly how interest can mount up to be unmanageable in a short amount of time.The lesson includes one 1 hour - 90 minute detailed PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities and worksheets, clips tasks with questions, de
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9th - 11th
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Drug Addiction
2 HOUR LESSON, fully-resourced lesson all about the most deadly drugs out there - from heroin, meth, ecstasy and crack to krokodil and DMT. The lesson investigates why these can be so harmful in both the long and short term. The pack includes a very detailed PowerPoint, 5 page drug information pack, a detailed case study of how anyone can become addicted to drugs, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and debate focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging,
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Grades:
9th - 11th
Gratitude Journal Project (PDF)
This product includes 30 journal entries about gratitude. Each entry includes a quotation about gratitude that the student will have to first analyze for its meaning and significance. Next, a writing activity will follow that delves into an aspect of thankfulness that the quotation inspired. You can use this 30-Day Gratitude Journal Project as class openers that will take approximately 15 minutes. Or extend the lessons into longer activities with more time for group discussions of quotations
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Bundle
Gratitude Journal Project (Editable)
This product includes 30 journal entries about gratitude. Each entry includes a quotation about gratitude that the student will have to first analyze for its meaning and significance. Next, a writing activity will follow that delves into an aspect of thankfulness that the quotation inspired. You can use this 30-Day Gratitude Journal Project as class openers that will take approximately 15 minutes. Or extend the lessons into longer activities with more time for group discussions of quotations
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Social Emotional Online Journaling (Part 2)
This is PART 2 of the online journal which allows students to privately or publicly share their daily thoughts, feelings and goals. Developing journaling habits leads to a healthier self image and improves communication skills. This online journal can be shared on google classroom for:online schoolingadvisory timemorning meetingadditional activityprinted as an art activityafter recess cool downThis journal is appropriate for students in grades 4-10. Check back for more versions to include 10 mor
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Not Grade Specific
Writing a Thank-You Note Like a Boss
One-page handout offers students a quick refresher on the basics of writing a thank-you note, a skill that's still needed in our changing world. Use as an in-class activity for Thanksgiving or anytime. Great real-world character ed piece for the theme of gratitude, and parents love to see their kids learn to write thank-you notes.
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7th - 12th
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The Power of Narrative: Two assignments: "Three Issues" and "Before and After"
Are you looking for ways to inspire students to write compelling narrative essays? These lessons focus students’ attention on how they have overcome various struggles in their lives to emerge stronger. Students enjoy writing these narratives through which they can assess their skills and lives, and how they can improve them. Lesson includes:--Questions to engage the assignment--Sample thesis and topic sentences--Detailed outlines of how to focus and structure body paragraphs--Sample transitions-
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Enterprise: Entrepreneurs - Careers (PowerPoint, worksheets, activities)
Life Skills / Finance /Careers resources: 1 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, well differentiated.In this lesson, we look at the skills and qualities of some of the world's most famous and successful entrepreneurs. We look at the challenges which have to be overcome and the personal qualities needed in order to become an entrepreneur.These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designe
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in:Â Careers unit 7 hours of lessons
Parenting
2 x hour, fully-resourced lesson all about becoming a parent - and the many challenges this brings. The lesson investigates what it’s like to be a new mom or a new dad, the different parenting styles as well as some aspects of how to care for a newborn. The pack includes a 2 hour long PowerPoint, 3 page information pack, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. It is
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Grades:
9th - 11th
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