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8th grade writing-expository resources for Prezi and for special education
Argumentative Essay Writing, Argument Writing How to Guide, Topics, Rubric CCSS
Help your high school and advanced middle school students win their written arguments with these easy-to-follow essay writing materials. This bundle of interactive, step-by-step materials inspires even my most reluctant students to put pen to paper. Activities/handouts featuring modern design elements will guide your students as they learn to craft their own meaningful and effective argumentative essays. Easy prep for you; excellent growth for your students’ writing skills.Just print and teach!I
Grades:
8th - 11th
SEL & Mental Health FULL YEAR Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printables
This social emotional learning (SEL) and mental health mega-bundle includes 37 robust mini-units which feature both face-to-face and online strategies students can use to improve their learning, relationships, mental and emotional health, and personal safety. Each mini-unit (called a Qit) explores a specific social emotional strategy with a sleek, content-rich Prezi in two formats (printable and projectable) as well as five one-page printable activities. In total, you'll receive 37 Prezis and 22
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6th - 8th
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Managing Impulsive Behavior Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printables
Help students develop coping skills to manage impulsive behavior, such as recognizing when their stress or emotions are negatively affecting behavior and learning how to decompress and process their emotions in healthy ways. A scientific explanation of the different parts of the brain, including what happens when the emotional and impulsive brains override the rational, thinking brain, is included. If you work with students who struggle to manage emotional or impulsive outbursts and behaviors, t
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Communication Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Communication Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
This bundle includes three mini-units designed to help students develop and use healthy communication skills both face-to-face and online. Students will learn to use assertive I-statements, decompress when emotionally hijacked, and use tactics like offering a mutually-beneficial rationale to persuade. If you have students who use aggressive or impulsive communication and are in need of healthy strategies, this resource can help! To learn more about each mini-unit, click on the green Preview butt
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5th - 8th
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Making New Friends Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printable Activities
Perfect for use in the beginning of the school year or any time when students will be transitioning to classes with new peers, this mini-unit provides simple, straightforward strategies to help students forge and nurture genuine, healthy friendships. Specific strategies include finding compatible friends, starting a conversation, discovering commonality, being genuine, and letting a friendship develop over time. Both face-to-face and online strategies are explored in this social emotional learni
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Relationships Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Conflict Resolution Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printable Activities
Help students develop strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully in both face-to-face and online situations with this mini-unit. I-statements, appropriate body language, active listening, empathy, and how to negotiate a compromise are all explored. (For more in-depth strategies on negotiating different types of compromises, please see Qit 27: Negotiating a Compromise). If you are looking for a way to help students independently work through peer conflicts in a more respectful, safe, and producti
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conflict Resolution Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Emotion Management Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
This bundle includes three mini-units designed to help students manage negative emotions. Students will learn to decompress from emotional hijack, identify and cope with triggers, recover from rejection, and use positive self-talk to reframe negative perceptions. In addition, students will explore the importance of taking responsible action to change situations that cause negative emotions so as to avoid consequences such as depression, damaged relationships, or violence. To learn more about eac
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5th - 8th
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Triggers & Emotions Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printable Activities
Help students learn to identify and manage emotional triggers in both face-to-face and online situations with this mini-unit (called a Qit). Students will explore simple, healthy strategies for managing triggers (including deep breathing, planning ahead, using humor, the Ten-Year Rule, and walking away). They will also be introduced to five categories of triggers young people commonly face, with specific examples of each. Lastly, students will practice using positive self-talk as a way to refram
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Emotion Management Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Mental Health Mini-Unit: Emotion Management | Prezi & Printables
Help students learn how to recognize when they're in emotional hijack and how to decompress from strong, negative emotions in this mental health mini-unit (called a Qit). Students will explore different negative emotions and the triggers that cause them, and will learn how to take action to deal with negative emotions to feel better while keeping consequences in mind. If you work with students who have trouble staying in control, managing emotions in healthy ways, or who tend to make emotional d
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Emotion Management Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Assertive Communication Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printable Activities
Help students become assertive communicators who use I-statements with this high-interest mini-unit! The three different communication styles, passive, assertive, and aggressive, are explored, as well as both verbal and nonverbal strategies for communicating assertively during a conflict. If you have students who need a refresher on how to use respectful communication to express their feelings and wants, promote the health of their relationships, and resolve conflicts with peers and adults alike
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Communication Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
Shakespeare's Life & Times Research Project (Presentation, Essay, & Quiz)
Stop lecturing your students about Shakespeare's Life & Times and have THEM do the research! This project includes scaffolded research and slideshow instructions, an expository essay assignment, and a multiple choice quiz. Also included are student examples (slideshow AND essay), a presentation grading rubric, a quiz answer key, and helpful teaching tips. This COMPLETE Shakespeare Life & Times project is a GREAT way to front load the reading of a play, and provides you with everything
Grades:
8th - 12th
Persuasive Communication Middle School Mini-Unit | Prezi & Printables
Help students learn to use healthy persuasive communication skills such as planning ahead, picking the right time and place, coming up with a mutually-beneficial rationale, and being patient in order to achieve a desired outcome. Students will also learn to avoid negative communication tactics (such as threats, guilt, ultimatums, and more) that could harm their relationships and reputations. If you're looking to help students find healthy ways to make requests and reach agreement with adults and
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Communication Middle School Bundle | Prezis & Printable Activities
How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay - Prezi
This Prezi, by Dr. Erica Warren, offers a simple, yet comprehensive formula to writing the 5 paragraph essay. Teachers can use this presentation in their instruction or students can use it as a reference when writing essays. It can be used on a Mac or PC, and it includes 26 slides.
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4th - 12th
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Life Skills: Self Awareness
This lesson provides a foundation to character education through identifying aspects of self-awareness. It is ideal for the special education classroom or students who may struggle with identifying specific qualities in themselves and others. The 17-slide Prezi reviews Self-Awareness, Character Qualities, Values, Personality, Strengths/Weaknesses etc. included in and with the Prezi is an activity sheet that students can use to gain a better understanding of themselves. This lesson is not meant t
Grades:
5th - 12th
Famous Journalists Throughout American History
An introduction to the great journalists in our history, including some infamous journalists and journalism scandals as well. It includes important women contributors such as Nellie Bly. This is a great way to begin a journalism unit in writing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Civil Rights Movement Presentation and Discussion Questions
Engage your students with a wonderful Prezi Presentation that overviews several key events that happened during the Civil Rights Movement, such as Brown vs. Board of Education, Emmett Till, the Little Rock 9, Freedom Riders, Dr. King's speech, Selma, and more!
This is a great way to introduce to the students a very crucial time period in American history, and is a great segway into a research report opportunity or informative writing!
Review questions and discussion questions are at the end
Grades:
6th - 12th
Prezi on Word Choice and Voice (Creative Writing)
This Prezi is used to explain two of the traits from the 6 Traits Writing Rubric. It is intended for use in a high school-level creative writing course, but it can be used to teach about word choice and voice in virtually any context!
Includes an opportunity for students to practice their skills as well. Used in conjunction with an article from the NY Times about description and the human brain: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html
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7th - 12th
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Expository Research Group Presentation Planning Tool
This can be used to plan out a group presentation. It was made for an eighth grade ELA class where the students each wrote an essay about a topic that they researched and then they created a group presentation about that topic. It could easily be adapted for another subject or grade.
***BUNDLE ALERT: This is also be sold as part of a bundle:
Expository Research Unit Bundle
Grades:
6th - 12th
Expository Essays Lesson/Unit
This is a massive Prezi that takes students through every single step of the writing process for essays! The sticky notes are color coded and follow these categories: Introduction ParagraphsThesis StatementsTopic SentencesQuote BurgersConclusion SentencesConclusion ParagraphsVoice/Tense/Toneand Editing! This is a GREAT foundation for a writing unit!! It is recommended that you use each color sticky note per writing lesson. When you purchase, you will receive a document with the link in it!
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7th - 10th
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What is a Narrative Essay?
Great for college-bound juniors and seniors preparing for the Common App, this 63-slide Prezi allows you to present this introductory lecture material in a fun and engaging way as you discuss the major focuses and features of an effective narrative essay. Great examples from Ralph Ellison, Oscar Wilde, and others!
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8th - 12th
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The Power of Persuasion Canva Presentation (Editable Template Link)
Engaging visual presentation and guided English lesson introducing the three modes of persuasion and learning about the persuasive techniques used to convey each type of appeal. This presentation is part of a collection of resources on the topic.The Power of Persuasion presentation (32 slides) includes:clear learning objectiveintroduction to persuasionhistory of persuasiondefining context, purpose and audienceoutline of three modes of persuasion - logos, ethos and pathosslides focusing on persua
Grades:
7th - 11th
Intro to Biology/ Biology in the 21st Century Prezi
This prezi briefly touches on advancements in technology, cells, biodiversity, adaptations, homeostasis, relevance to self, and more! A good overview for students. Lots of multimedia embedded- internet connection will be necessary to play the YouTube videos.
You will need to extract the zip file. Once unzipped, click the file marked "Prezi". It will open in another window. No installation required.
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6th - 12th
Author Study
After we have learned how to conduct a research paper, students will research an author of their choosing and present their findings to the class.
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6th - 9th
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Expository Writing Prezi
PDF form of a Prezi- Introducing students to expository writing. I made it for my 6th graders, but can be used + or - a few grade levels as well.
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4th - 8th
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