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Middle school other (ELA) research
The Bucket List: “Short Research Project” with Real-World Goal-Setting
Bucket Lists don’t have to be morbid; they can inspire us, give us hope, and force us to change or try new things. Setting goals is a valuable skill made even more priceless when we learn HOW to achieve them!Hook students into doing research in disguise, hiding the work within a topic that they actually care about! In this project, students first make their own bucket lists and are then instructed to go RESEARCH how to actually accomplish at least ONE of those list items in a step-by-step manner
Native American Tribes Research Project
This Native American Research Project is a great way to differentiate students learning based off of readiness levels, and interest. This Research Project gives students the ability to independently do their own research, while still being apart of a collaborative group.
How it works:
-Split students up into groups of five, and assign each group a separate tribe to research.
-Within each gruel assign each student a job (i.e. Anthropologist 1, Anthropologist 2, Geographer, Archeologist, or Hist
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3rd - 6th
How Penguins Achieve Flight April Fools Prank
This fun assignment goes along with the BBC video prank that penguins can fly. This full article includes context clues, vocab and some fun made up science to fool your kids. What is better than learning with a bit of fun! Be sure to show BBC's penguin video before using this sheet. It includes 4 pages of an article with reasoning as to why penguins can fly and reading comprehension questions. Enjoy! Be sure to check out our new Goat Poop Chocolate Prank as well that as a YouTube Video as well a
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2nd - 7th
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Groundhog Day WebQuest Activity | Research Reading Writing | February 2nd
Groundhog Day is on February 2nd. Teach your students about this holiday and groundhogs with this fun, interactive research and reading webquest activity. This Webquest is the perfect way to learn about this February holiday. In this activity, students will click through links and watch a video about groundhogs and Groundhog Day. Students will fill out the included graphic organizers and charts as they learn more about Groundhog Day. This NO PREP resource is ready to use in your classroom. Us
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4th - 6th
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Survival Literature Research Project - Survival Skills - Man vs. Nature Conflict
Enhance your survival unit with survival skills tests, analysis activities using thematic songs on survival, and a research project on real-life teens who survived person vs. nature conflicts! This includes teenagers and young adults who survived natural disasters, animal attacks, or being lost in the wilderness!The materials support and enhance survival literature units and will compliment your reading of novels with survival themes!The activities are also great way to reinforce text-to-world
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8th - 11th
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Paraphrasing & Summarizing Lesson Plans, Paraphrasing Practice, Summary Writing
Do your students need summarizing practice and paraphrasing practice? Students plagiarize often because they don't know how to perform those two processes correctly. If they know how to do it, they'll be more likely to take the time to try during the research process. This two-lesson, ten-handout resource builds on Marzano's research about the value of using analogies to help students connect with content. Examples and practice exercises are funny, relevant, and teen-oriented.These two lessons a
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: AP English Language & Composition Synthesis Essay Bundle - AP Lang Exam
Famous Scientists Webquest (research / science / distance learn / puzzle / Sub)
FAMOUS SCIENTISTS RESEARCH - INTERNET / WEBQUEST ASSIGNMENTGRADES: 6-10SUBJECT: SCIENCE, COMPUTERS, STEMSPECIFIC WEBSITE: NO (this is a search and "quest" research assignment)DISTANCE LEARNING: YES!*This assignment is great for either science or language arts classes. The webquest is also perfect for early finishers and distance learning opportunities!WEBQUEST: Students are provided a list of famous scientists and are tasked with doing basic research on these famous individuals. Items researc
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: SCIENCE WEBQUEST SUPER BUNDLE! (60+ Worksheets / STEM / Internet / SUB)
Academic Skills Choice Project: Becoming Better Students
Do your students need help learning how to become independent, successful students? Can’t keep a binder organized or study well for tests? Do they struggle with study skills, time management, or other elements of school?Use this short research project to help students break down the areas that they’re struggling with and find/try solutions! In this project, students will…• Identify a skill or area of student life that needs self-improvement,• Read an article on that topic and answer questions ab
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6th - 9th
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Three Week Research Writing Unit for Secondary ELA
Implement a research project that secondary ELA students can relate to! The Truth About Your Clothes Research Unit is a completely editable 129 page research writing unit that will not only teach your students essential responsible researching skills, it will also connect students to the world outside of your classroom, teaching them how the clothes they wear everyday are made in garment factories around the world, often in horrible conditions. Students will examine where their own clothes are m
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7th - 10th
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Biography and Wax Museum Project
A fun, engaging, and rigorous writing project! Each year, my class has done this writing project and we invite the younger grades to our Wax Museum. Then, every year, my new class begs and asks to do the same type of project!
In this project, the students will research (using the outline) a person who has made a difference in the world. They can choose from a list or a different option (with your approval). Then, they will write a biography based on their outline. Finally, they will create a sh
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5th - 8th
Speech Writing Template, Speech Outline, Biography Speech, 5 Paragraph Format
This editable outline helps students put together an organized speech. While it was created to write a biographical speech about the life of a famous person, it can easily be adapted to work with any speech topic. (Word .doc is editable!)
I have received many positive comments from parents about teaching students the proper speech format, and this template will guide your students through a 5 paragraph speech.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Tree Octopus: Evaluating Internet Sources
Teaching our students to research is not enough. We have to make sure our students are savvy consumers of information. This lesson is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES to teach. It involves a completely unreal creature in a website that seems well-researched and documented. I present the new species of octopus to them as a research task before letting them in on the secret---it's completely make believe. This lesson includes the lesson plan, the research task (with a QR code link to the tree octo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Disney Parks | Magic Kingdom Reading Pack
Add some extra magic to your classroom. This reading pack includes:1.Cover Page2.Magic Kingdom Reading Passage3.Magic Kingdom Questions4.Adventureland Reading Passage5.Adventureland Questions6.Fantasyland Reading Passage7.Fantasyland Questions8.Space Mountain Reading Passage9.Space Mountain Questions10.Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Reading Passage11.Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Questions12.Food, Food, and More Food Reading Passage13.Food, Food, and More Food Questions14.Postcard from Magic Kingdom & Fa
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Disney Parks | Reading Pack Bundle
Passion Project Templates for Genius Hour Inquiry Presentation Assignment
Unlock your students’ genius with a Passion Project! These no-prep passion project templates provides students with an excellent opportunity to practice their research skills, oral communication skills, and presentation skills. Designed for Middle and High School, it also allows students to learn about a subject they are PASSIONATE about.As an added bonus, student workbooks have printable AND editable versions! Just PRINT-AND-GO or SHARE DIGITAL LINKS with your students!What you get in this thor
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7th - 10th
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Disney Parks | Hollywood Studios Reading Pack
Add some extra magic to your classroom. This reading pack includes:1.Cover Page2.Hollywood Studios Reading Passage3.Hollywood Studios Questions4.Toy Story Land Reading Passage5.Toy Story Land Questions6.Galaxy’s Edge Reading Passage7.Galaxy’s Edge Questions8.The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Reading Passage9.The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Questions10.Slinky Dog Dash Reading Passage11.Slinky Dog Dash Questions12.Food, Food, and More Food Reading Passage13.Food, Food, and More Food Questions14.
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Disney Parks | Reading Pack Bundle
William Shakespeare Background Elizabethan Era - Globe Theater - Sonnets
Students create a research-based interactive image on William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era in this unique introduction to Shakespeare and Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare’s plays will become ALIVE for your students with this high-interest research project and extension activity. This project is designed to be used as an introduction to any of Shakespeare’s plays or poems. In this teaching packet, you will be provided with all the resources that you need to offer an alternative r
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8th - 12th
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Forensic Science: Case Study Investigation
The Case Study Investigation report provides students with an opportunity to conduct an in-depth analysis of a case. Forensics plays a role in all of the cases to some degree - in some of the cases forensic analysis was key to arriving at a thorough understanding of the elements of the crime, whereas in some of the other cases the lack of forensic testing, either because it was not done or because it was not available, proved equally significant. The list of cases represents a broad mix in term
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8th - 12th
Introduction to Public Forum Debate (Secondary, Google Slides & Printables)
Conducting in-class (or virtual) debate rounds is a great way for students to develop their research, organization, writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills. Using the rules for public forum debate as outlined by the National Speech and Debate Association, “Introduction to Public Forum Debate” has everything you and your secondary students need to learn the basics of this popular style of debate and outline their affirmative or negative cases. *Due to upper-level vocab
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Change-maker Research Project
This activity is a research project for students to research change-makers in both the past and present. It can be used in conjunction with a unit on change and changing for the better to help people. It could also be used as a stand alone, as a project in conjunction with social issues book clubs, and much more. This bundle includes:Teacher instructions/overview (includes notes, modification ideas, alternative assessment ideas, font list, etc.) (PDF)Change-maker assignment sheet (PDF and editab
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6th - 9th
Biography Research Frames: Paragraph and Speech Templates (Live or Distance Lng)
BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH FRAMES Help students realize how fascinating research can be by giving them nonthreatening paragraph frames that make research projects easy to do and enjoyable to present.“Research” has been identified by the CCSS as one of the essential reading/writing skills for succeeding in college and the workplace. So why not take a skill that has the potential to be uninteresting and have some fun with it instead?Biography Research Frames is a unit that contains 43 illustrated parag
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3rd - 6th, Staff
Middle School Research Vocabulary & Quiz - Printable & Digital
Before you start your middle school research project, your students need to know what it means to find and cite sources, paraphrase information, and NOT plagiarize! Introduce beginning researchers to these essential research concepts and terms using fill-in-the-blank notes and a research process quiz.(If you're teaching research to middle schoolers, you won't want to miss the rest of my Research Skills Project Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in P
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Research Project & Skills Bundle - PDF & Digital
March Madness College Research Activity - College & Career Readiness - Digital
Ignite excitement about future possibilities! This resource empowers students to delve into the college choices of NCAA March Madness teams or select their own colleges for exploration.Whether you prefer print or digital, we've got you covered! The package includes:✅ Comparison Worksheet✅ Fully Editable Comparison Worksheet✅ Example Comparison Worksheet✅ Quick Links to Top College Research Websites✅ Brackets for 8 or 16 Colleges✅ Digital Slideshow✅ Streamlined Google Forms for Bracket DecisionsE
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8th - 11th
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Disney Parks | Animal Kingdom Reading Pack
Add some extra magic to your classroom. This reading pack includes:1.Cover Page2.Animal Kingdom Reading Passage3.Animal Kingdom Questions4.Pandora Reading Passage5.Pandora Questions6.Africa Reading Passage7.Africa Questions8.Avatar Flight of Passage Reading Passage9.Avatar Flight of Passage Questions10.Expedition Everest Reading Passage11.Expedition Everest Questions12.Food, Food, and More Food Reading Passage13.Food, Food, and More Food Questions14.Postcard from Animal Kingdom & Favorite At
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Disney Parks | Reading Pack Bundle
MLA Cheat Sheet
Serves as a guide for students who are just learning how to write and cite papers in MLA style or as a reminder for others! This covers MLA paper format, internal citations, and the works cited page.From ELA & Spanish Resources.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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