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Oral communication Common Core RL.8.4 resources
The Tell-tale Heart Mock Trial - Edgar Allan Poe - Real life and Speaking Skills
Ignite your students' passion for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe with this immersive Mock Trial! Turn your classroom into a thrilling courtroom drama where the lines between fiction and reality blur. Prepare for an educational experience that will leave your students spellbound and craving more!Watch as your students step into the shoes of the characters, ready to take on the roles of the narrator, police officers, mental health psychiatrist, and more in a riveting courtroom showdown.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â The Tell-tale Heart Activity Bundle - Includes Mock Trial & Full Text - Poe
Novel Discussion - Socratic Seminar - Activities, Graphic Organizers, Rubric
Improve reading comprehension and boost speaking and listening skills with this unit for whole-class reading discussion or literature circles. Discussion handouts require students to summarize, analyze author’s craft, define vocabulary, and identify text support. Students also select quotations to draw conclusions, make predictions, and form connections. These activities guide their reading and prepare them for Readers’ Roundtable, which imitates the style of Socratic Seminar. Each discussion pr
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8th - 12th
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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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6th - 9th
The Last Cuentista Novel Study Vocabulary in Context and Discussion Questions
Enjoy this engaging novel study for the Newbery Award winning novel, The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. Students will love reading this novel and completing the corresponding worksheets with comprehension questions, analyzing quotes, summarization, figurative language, setting, and so much more. Vocabulary as used in context is vital to student success. 284 vocabulary words have been pulled from the text, textual context is provided, and students create their own definition based on the
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5th - 9th
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Context Clues Task Cards {7th Grade}
Great readers use context clues to help them understand the meaning of unknown words. Help increase this literacy skill through quick and easy task cards! Student's use information in the short passages to find the meaning of the word that fits best.This product includes:28 Task Cards with context cluesEach card comes with the prompts, "The word _________ means...?" A cute and colorful card cover3 multiple choice answers are available per card*Please keep in mind that this product is intended fo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Context Clues Task Cards- Middle School Bundle - {6th, 7th, & 8th grades}
Context Clues Task Cards {8th Grade}
Great readers use context clues to help them understand the meaning of unknown words. Help increase this literacy skill through quick and easy task cards! Student's use information in the short passages to find the meaning of the word that fits best.This product includes:28 Task Cards with context cluesEach card comes with the prompts, "The word _________ means...?" A cute and colorful card cover3 multiple choice answers are available per card*Please keep in mind that this product is intended fo
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Context Clues Task Cards- Middle School Bundle - {6th, 7th, & 8th grades}
Gallery Walk - The House on Mango Street - Novel Study for Middle School
A gallery walk allows students to interact with multiple prompts (questions, quotes, images) in a way that generates ideas for further discussion and learning. A gallery walk works well as a post-reading assignment to generate reactions to the text. A worksheet is provided for student responses for each station as the group rotates through the 8 stations. Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street is about finding identity and a sense of belonging. Esperanza is a female coming of age in a man's w
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7th - 9th
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I Have A Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Bible references
This chart has the text of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" side by side with the Biblical texts the speech refers (or alludes) to.
The first section lists only the Biblical references (ex. Amos 5:24), and the second section lists both the Biblical references and the actual verse or verses (ex. Amos 5:24: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!). You can use either section, or both, as needed.
It's in chart format so students can use the third column for not
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8th - 10th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Preparation/Anticipation Guide
"Scout" out the perfect way to engage students before they read To Kill a Mockingbird by using this 15-question handout that captures the interest of students as they put their thoughts on paper and then discuss their answers. Teachers can also review this worksheet after concluding the book in order to see if student opinions have changed.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Guided Discussion with Excerpts from The CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander
This can be used as a guide for a group discussion or as individual assignments. This resource includes two excerpts from CROSSOVER with questions to guide a discussion or for independent work.
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Grades:
4th - 10th
To Kill a Mockingbird Project Options with Condensed Rubric
Teachers need not "scout" for a better way to review of To Kill a Mockingbird. This handout and rubric contains multiple options from which students may create a resourceful analysis of the story. Using their imaginations and critical-thinking skills, participants will have the chance to choose from a list of 15 innovative topics and then research, produce, and present their projects to their classmates. A condensed rubric is attached.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Night Mini-Research Project and Detailed Rubric
It's a sensitive subject that needs to be explored on many different levels. Here is the fitting mini-research project that can be used to reinforce the study of this popular novel as well as help students to investigate critical points about the Holocaust. This two-page printable provides specific directions, 18 prompts, and a condensed rubric that allows readers to continue to advance their knowledge about the events that claimed the lives of six million Jews throughout Europe in WWII.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Number the Stars Questions for Class Discussions or for Socratic Seminars
Allow your students to "shine" as they use their critical-thinking skills to analyze 12 topics for class discussions or Socratic Seminars. Using characters and themes, readers will have a chance to delve further into Number the Stars as they recap details and voice their opinions. This ideal exchange will help participants to gain a better understanding of various aspects of the story as well as share and gain perspectives. It's a terrific group activity.
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5th - 10th
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IDIOM TASK CARDS
+ 52 Idiom Task Cards + Multiple Choice+ Use for games such as SCOOT or a Team Based Competition+ Use in class or for small group+ Great for ESL!+ Fun!!!
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2nd - 8th, Adult Education
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Middle School Poetry Slam Judging Guide / Poetry Performance Rubric
Hosting a middle school poetry slam and don't have time to develop your own judging guide? Here's a handy rubric developed by the literacy experts at ThinkCERCA. We've mapped the essential skills for a compelling poetry recitation to CCSS standards, including:
- Content
- Evidence
- Recitation
- Contact with Audience
- Auditory Effects
- Delivery
We developed this rubric for our own ThinkCERCA poetry slam. Sign up for a free account at ThinkCERCA to hear about our next poetry slam.
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6th - 8th
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Phrase-A-Day
Teach students how to understand the nuances of the English language by starting your daily ELA class with an idiom starter. This is also great for students on the spectrum!
Grades:
5th - 8th
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