True Crime Podcast Informational Text Standards Unit | Middle School ELA

Do you need an engaging activity to get middle school students excited about learning informational text standards? If so, this True Crime Podcast unit plan is a must have! Assign in Google Classroom or download and print as a PDF! Both formats are included. This digital resource was created in Google Slides and is an easy, no-prep solution that will provide over two weeks of content to your students. Students will practice citing textual evidence, determining central idea, analyzing the structure of an audio (or multimedia) story, determining the meaning of words and phrases, understanding bias, and so much more. Each engaging activity is standards-based and designed to add rigor to the middle school ELA classroom.

Resource Includes:

⭐Teacher Guide

⭐List of Age-Appropriate Podcasts

⭐Parent Permission to View Letter

⭐Episode Notes Graphic Organizer

⭐Victim Profile Page(s)

⭐Suspect Profile Pages

⭐Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer

⭐"What is Bias" Anchor Chart

⭐Analyzing Bias Activity

⭐"Whodunnit" Summary Writing Activity

⭐"Make the Movie" Final Project

In my classroom, I used the podcast A Murder on Orchard Street, an ABC News Production. However, this activity has been designed to be used with any True Crime Podcast. I have included a list of teen-friendly podcasts in the teacher resource section of this activity.

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