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Common Core SL.7.1b graphic organizers
Socratic Seminar Bundle | Graphic Organizers Any Text | Scaffold for IEP ESL MLL
If your students are new to Socratic Seminar, it is incredibly important to get the structure of the Seminar correct for students to be successful. When the discussion is in a student’s hands versus the teacher’s, there can be a lot of uncertainty or reluctance to participate ( or, let’s face it, chaos!). This bundle of resources is designed to create a solid structured foundation so that students know what to expect, how to prepare, and how to participate in a student- led class discussion or S
Grades:
8th - 11th
Beginning of the Year Activities - Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Norms
Are you searching for engaging and accessible beginning of the year activities? Look no further! The Beginning of the Year Activities - Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Norms is a student-centered, collaborative activity designed with the needs of diverse learners.Through this activity, students have the opportunity to contribute to a positive classroom culture and co-create the classroom rules and classroom norms with their peers and the teacher. The Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Nor
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Beginning of the Year Activities SCIENCE BUNDLE
TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
Grades:
7th - 10th
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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Grades:
6th - 9th
ELEVEN, by Patricia Giff, Novel Study
This novel study has questions for each chapter of ELEVEN, by Patricia Giff - WITH ANSWER KEY, and includes direct questions, reciprocal questions, cause and effect charts, summary practice, Venn diagram, and a vocabulary puzzle plus a word search.Interspersed in the study questions are definitions and questions that incorporate foreshadowing and theme. A separate glossary of figurative language with student questions is included too.Additionally, there is a matrix and directions for creating a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Middle School/High School Coloring Pages: Movie Day & State Testing Busy Work
Middle School/High School Coloring Pages: Movie Day & State Testing Busy WorkThese coloring pages are a great addition to your movie days, testing days and group work days. They offer insightful busy work, to give each student interesting options. This resource inspires with growth mindset coloring pages, reenforce group work guidelines by coloring in the rules to college level discussion, and offers reading inspiration by promoting an independent reading culture!★★RESOURCE #1Classroom Libra
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Middle School Debate Bundle
A bundle of fantastic resources for teaching debate to middle school students. This bundle is applicable for all subject areas where you'd like to have a debate. There is an emphasis on public speaking skills as well, which are transferable to many future careers and classes. Includes Slides presentations and assignments, as well as a graphic organizer for students to plan out their debates with argument, reasoning, and evidence.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Student-Led Debate - Guides, Worksheets, & More for Each Unique Role
Through the assigned roles of debate team members, summarizers, fact-checkers, moderators, and judges, students take complete control and organize a professional and structured debate. For each role, there are unique guides, instructions, and worksheets.This resource perfectly aligns with Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards.What's included:- Teaching Guide- Debate Topic Ideas- Debate Roles- Guides and Worksheets (Team Member, Summarizer, Fact-Checker, Moderator, Judge)- Debate Reflectio
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Socratic Seminar Graphic Organizer Pack| Any Text Organizers for IEP MLL
Socratic Seminars are one of my favorite activities, but without a solid foundation they can be hit or miss! In order to have a successful Seminar, students must all be prepared - having read the text, developed questions, and gathered evidence. Avoid the awkward silences by preparing students with my Socratic Seminar graphic organizer pack! I’ve curated these printable organizers over the years to meet the needs of each class and each student - we all know they’re just a little bit different
Grades:
9th - 12th
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DEBATE INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY - grades 5-7 debate beginners lesson plan
This lesson plan introduces debating to grades 5-7 debate beginners in a fun, low-stress activity. One-on-one debates on high interest topics will ease students into debating and can even be used as a light-hearted but challenging introduction to argument writing. Students will debate four times in a one hour class using four of the eight provided topics, such as "Tweens should attend a summer camp at least once."Each time they will face a single, different ‘opponent’. They will give a speech, a
Grades:
5th - 7th
Making Decisions as A Group - Group Work Collaborative Learning Lesson Activity
Upgrade your group work or project-based learning with these decision-making activities! Start with a "Guesser vs. Leader" simulation game, followed by a discussion on the various methods of decision-making in group work, including individual, representative, majority, and consensus. Students will practice communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills as they take notes on a graphic organizer during this discussion, helping them organize and understand the pros and cons of each method.Thes
Grades:
6th - 8th
Bioethics Debate Student Audience Interactive Notebook (INB) Notes Organizer
Specifically used with 7th grade Life Sciences and 9th/10th grade Biology courses during the bioethics lesson prior to dissections. This Interactive Notebook Entries ensures students are practicing active listening while their peers are presenting their debate topics. After using this resource, students are faster to ask questions and make statements about a student's debate discussion. Students ask more detailed and relevant questions, engaging in advanced academic discourse.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Hexagonal Thinking Complete Tool Kit First Day activity high school middle
Have your students taking, discussing, and drawing conclusions. Give groups of students the same 10-12 set of concepts and watch how each group creates something different. Hexagonal thinking works for all subjects! It pushes students to think about how the concepts and vocabulary connect together.Here's what you will getA template for a Hexagonal one pager plus instructions slidesWhile the instructions are designed for a beginning of the year activity, it can be used for many different things.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Literature Circle Role Sheets
Five role sheet options for literature circles. These provide extensive directions for students, scaffold and cater to multiple learning styles, bring modern relevancy through current events and research skills, and allow students to develop their own Higher Order Thinking Questions to move their discussion along.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
The Top 10 Discussion Protocols
Increase Rigor & Student Engagement With These Protocols!Classroom discussions are a critical part of every classroom, however, many educators are not planning for meaningful and thought provoking classroom discussions. The Top 10 Classroom Discussion Protocols will provide you with a quick reference to the most valuable protocols to add to your daily instructional practices.This document is for all teachers and all subject areas. You can even use these protocols with adult learners! Many ed
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
The High Five Speech - Speech Organization for New Public Speakers
The High Five Speech is speech organization for new public speakers. Designed with an elementary to middle level student in mind this unit covers, in detail, the purpose and structure of an informative speech. This unit is light on the text and heavy on the student participation. Think graphic organizers, not guided notes. Included in this lesson are :Detailed lesson plans that eliminate the guesswork and allow you to focus on the learning at hand.A fun high-five themed presentation that helps s
Grades:
4th - 8th
Do Football Players Earn Too Much Money - Central Idea & Debate Lesson Plans
These comprehensive lesson plans are sure to engage students with an interest in football. Lessons blend fun topics with mastering important subject-related skills.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Social Emotional Emojis! Zones of Social Emotional Learning Lesson
I am currently using this set of activities with my Middle School Students, to introduce and reinforce the concepts surrounding Social-Emotional Learning, and Emotional Intelligence. There is also a Self-Awareness piece here as well. Included, you will see full-color Emojis representing the 4 zones of emotion, to discuss and define these feelings, projected or maybe a class set. The next page highlights an example of the 'strategy worksheet' filled in. Students will be able to fill in their own
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Social-Emotional Learning BUNDLE (SEL) - EMOJI Activities!
Podcast Graphic Organizers/Planner (activities for all podcasts)
Get your students excited about the world of podcasts and help them develop their listening comprehension. There are so many fantastic podcasts for students of all ages to explore. This guide can be used in a classroom setting or at home. This is a PDF format for easy printing and sharing. See the Google Doc version if you would like the ability to customize it.You will find ideas and extensions that can work with any podcast!This guide is designed for educators and/or parents to use as a compan
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Not Grade Specific
7th grade Genre and Subgenre Lesson
This file contains everything needed for the following lesson and includes the lesson plan for a 90 minute block, but could easily be moved to a 2 hour lesson, depending on the class personality.
Objectives: TSWBAT define the term “genre”, identify the different types of literary genres and subgenres, as well as list characteristics of each.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL1,4,7,9,10;
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1B, 1C, 1D, 3, 4, 6
Procedures (Activities):
1) Bell Ringer: Students must complete a list o
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Grades:
6th - 7th
Collaborative Group Roles
Read this blog post for more information on my collaborative group roles product.Looking for a great, organized way to get your students to collaborate? Then you have got to check out these graphic organizers and rubrics that will help organize your collaborative groups.These can be used YEAR ROUND and included NO PREP. They can also be integrated into any subject and almost any grade level. Also, if you're looking for a way to step up your game on your observations while including differenti
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Not Grade Specific
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Is social media bad for our mental health? - Civil Discourse for Classrooms
Thinkalong.org is a free, evidence-based interactive tool for students to develop media literacy skills by applying the 5 Key Questions of Media Literacy to public media content. Importantly, the tool does not require registration for teachers or students, abides by student privacy laws, and is advised by a board of both youth and educators.Each module consists of:a compelling and timely question;related current and age-appropriate public media content including audio, video, and text;extension
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6th - 12th
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Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) in the Gun Control Debate
This notetaker provides a YouTube link to a discussion (11m25s) featured on the TODAY show between a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting and a member of the NRA. Students watch the video, taking down notes in the graphic organizer for when they hear statements made using each of the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos). Students then process what they watched by writing a scaffolded statement summarizing a key argument by each speaker. This will undoubtedly inspire some rich discussion
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Listen Lesson Kit: Cruel and Unusual… Lunch?
Engage your students and inspire thoughtful discussion and research with media!This Listen Lesson Kit contains guided note-taking exercises in two formats, lecture and discussion guidance/narrative slides with a full teacher script, discussion questions, and follow-up links, built around “Are Prison Diets Punitive? A Report From Behind Bars,” from the Gravy podcast, a production of the Southern Foodway Alliance. This is an AUDIO-only podcast.I have built this lesson around the question of what
Grades:
6th - 12th
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