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8th grade close reading simulations
The Most Dangerous Game Mock Trial
After being hunted for three days by General Zaroff, Sanger Rainsford is now on trial and being charged for Zaroff's murder. Was Rainsford truly acting in self-defense, or did he willfully and intentionally kill General Zaroff and feed him to his hounds? Your students will RAVE about this mock trial based on Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Mock Election and Voting Simulation Unit
Let’s Get Out and Vote! This election simulation takes students from registering with paper applications or online, to researching the candidates, making campaign signs, voting in a mock election paper-based or online; you decide! Students collect the votes in a graph to decided who the winnign candidate is. Its a fun way to teach civil responsibility and learn about the election process. This unit is organized to be completed in 4-5 days. It has a plan at the beginning of each day along with
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3rd - 8th
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Dealing with Murder Series: 2 Cases - Fatal Error and Dead & Breakfast
NOTE: While generally similar in process to the Unsolved Crimes cases, the Dealing with Murder cases have one significant difference. Rather than being given all of the case information at once, the information in the Dealing with Murder cases is provided in four sections in an effort to be more realistic and better represent the process of an actual investigation.
The Dealing with Murder cases merge science and literacy as students are required to be critical and active readers as they conduc
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7th - 12th
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Crime Scene Investigation Reports Bundle Worksheets - True Crime - For Any Text
Unlock the door to real-world learning experiences with this Crime Scene Reports Bundle! It's the secret ingredient you've been missing for immersive learning that brings text and characters to life. This resource is perfect for inferencing skills, mock trials, pretend investigations, or any scenario where your students can put their critical thinking and creativity to the test.Included are three versatile templates in PRINT and DIGITAL:✅ Police/Incident Report: Dive deep into the world of law e
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7th - 10th
Project Based Learning | Football Math and Reading - FUN for Super Bowl 2024
Get your students excited about the upcoming Super Bowl with this fun and engaging football-themed project! In this activity, students will imagine being a FOOTBALL MANAGER and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills. Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enha
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5th - 8th
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Animal Farm Activity Bundle - Includes Mock Trial - Unit Plan - George Orwell
Immerse your students in the captivating world of Animal Farm by George Orwell with these FIVE resources! Encourage close reading, foster critical thinking, and spark lively discussions as students delve into the characters and events of the novel.Here are resources included in this bundle:⭐️ Animal Farm Character Trading CardsEach card features a vibrant illustration of a key character from the novel, along with essential details and quotes. Engage your students as they collect, analyze, and di
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7th - 10th
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March Madness Activities | Project Based Learning | BASKETBALL Math and Reading
Get your students excited about the upcoming MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL SEASON with this fun and engaging basketball-themed project!In this activity, students will imagine being a BASKETBALL COACH and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills.Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity so that stude
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5th - 8th
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Tell Tale Heart - Argument Stations, Mock Trial
A set of eight (8) stations where students find the best evidence to support their given role of prosecution or defense. Includes:Lesson plans8 stations with portions of the textstudent pages for both the defense and prosecution, including a page for students to write one, cohesive argumentative stance to present at the podiumslideshow with a timer (can be changed out for another time that better fits your class set-up) and rules/expectations for stations
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6th - 8th
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SPEED DISCUSSION--A strategy for discussing informational text!
This ENGAGING strategy for classroom discussion is student approved! Blank stares are a thing of the past with this strategy. ANY student will find this strategy much more engaging than the typical question and answer strategies that never lead to active participation! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Arrange desks in two rows facing one another (the person across is your partner.) If you have an odd number of students, make the last 2 seats in 1 row work together the entire time (this is row 1) The students i
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7th - 10th
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CCSS (Common Core) Murder Mystery
Who killed Bertha? Her fiancé, cousin, or brother and business partner? Students will devour the short murder mystery story as they attempt to solve the crime by collecting textual evidence to infer, summarize, characterize, and sequence the events. They will also work on their writing and listening/speaking during their investigation. Teams of collaborative groups work together on the clues (pieces of the story and CCSS-aligned activities) and don't get the next set of clues until the Chief of
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6th - 12th
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Hip-hop Shakespeare Debate: Templates, Rubric, Research, Slides
I developed the Hip-hop Shakespeare Debate after thinking carefully about relevance for my students. This debate answers a question I struggled with for years: How can I get my students to authentically engage with Shakespeare's language and how language exposes cultural/societal norms? The Hip-hop Shakespeare debate not only addresses student relevance, it also engages students with the cognitively demanding, novel task of defending a hip-hop artist as "the Shakespeare of our time" with a defen
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Giver 7-8 Chapter 7 and 8 Ceremony of 12 Simulation Interactive Activity HW
This fully editable interactive simulation lesson complements chapters 7 and 8 of The Giver is perfect for middle school students and for teachers who are looking to engage their students with an interactive simulation of the Ceremony of 12. This lesson is designed to put students in the shoes of the characters in The Giver, and have them imagine and experience what it might be like to have your job or career selected for you. The packet includes:Lesson Plan for The Giver Interactive Simulation
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6th - 9th
The Apostles Bundle; includes graphic organizers, simulation and more!
This Bundle includes Apostles Research graphic organizers / "One-Pagers," an interactive Apostles Dinner Party Simulation where your students will research an apostle and arrive "in character" ready to mingle and an Informational text with Activity Pages for Saint Luke and Matthew! This could be your emergency sub folder or an early finisher station. These lessons all fit with Catholic Schools week or as part of a Confirmation retreat. Bonus search included as well.
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4th - 12th
Stranger Things Short Playscripts in English
Short Stranger Things playscripts in English perfect for reader's theater, short plays, and drama instruction. Practicing reader’s playscripts is a fun way to build reading fluency! When the scripts play out stories known by students this practice becomes interdisciplinary combining reading fluency, vocabulary, literature, public speaking, and fun.The scripts are simple and most appropriate for 4th-6th grade students, depending on reading level and ability. They are ready to be printed and use r
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4th - 12th
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Civil War: Notable Contributors of the Civil War Mix and Match Game
This activity is an excellent addition to your Civil War studies. It will introduce your students to 19 notable contributors including author Harriet Beecher Stowe, the all black 54th Regiment, photographer Matthew Brady, and many more. Each small group has a list of names and descriptions and a clue to begin their journey. They then search for a picture that has the matching phrase they are seeking. Once found, they will lift the picture to read the next description and continue the hunt until
Grades:
8th - 10th
"The Veldt" Short Story - Mock Trial Activity
This activity is for use after reading the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury.Using this preparation form, students will analyze debate questions and collect evidence in preparation of a Mock Trial to determine who is truly at fault in the story. This task includes a link to a PDF version of the story as well.This task includes 6 high-interest debate questions, as well as 3 research tables for students to look at 3 different character perspectives in the story.
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8th - 11th
Rosa Parks Bundle (Escape Room/Differentiated Reading Passages)
This bundle has two great Rosa Parks resources that will keep your kids engaged.-Virtual escape the room-DIFFERENTIATED comprehension readings and quizzes
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3rd - 8th
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The Giver: Reading Comprehension Board Game
Game based reviews spice up your average reading comprehension questions. Students can either come up with their own review questions for higher level thinking or you can use teacher made questions. The possibilities are endless!
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5th - 8th
Investigating Theme
GREAT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING!This is a lesson focused on the identification of theme through the use of music and a novel of your choice. This starts with a whole class discussion on the identification of theme. After, students will need to solve "The Case of the Missing Rubies". Students will need to correctly identify the themes within the music videos and your chosen text in order to solve the case. In this set, I have included a lesson plan that goes along with the "investigation", as well as
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5th - 8th
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ROMEO AND JULIET PARTNERED WRITING ASSIGNMENT
RAFT your way through Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Transform your classroom into a newsroom with this assignment! Students take turns composing and responding to Dear Abby-style questions from members of the town of Verona.
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8th - 10th
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Medieval Japanese simulation
This lesson has a lot of moving parts, here is a short video of me explaining step by step how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeM4Pdsg-aE
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5th - 8th
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