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Common Core RI.11-12.1 internet activities
CNN 10 Worksheets: Current Events News Summary, Graphic Organizer, Video Project
CNN 10 (CNN Student News) is the perfect avenue for students to stay informed on current events. This PDF and GOOGLE DRIVE set of graphic organizer worksheets are an excellent way to analyze and summarize the current events of the day using CNN10. These various templates will help students of all ages stay engaged while watching CNN 10. A simple writing format helps students recognize, summarize, and write opinions about the major headlines of the day. I find this resource to be extremely prac
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WebQuest Evaluating Argument Claims, Evidence, Reasoning: Captive Orcas Debate
Updated in 2020 as a distance learning WebQuest in Google Slides (and still in PDF) while the debate continues (killer whales continue to be sold worldwide in worse-than-ever conditions, plus think about the other marine mammals). Authentic, relevant, in-depth argument examination! Truly delves into both sides of this hotly debated issue by examining and analyzing multiple primary sources.Step-by-Step guided activity leads students to read and analyze claims, counterclaims, and evidence presente
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Using the CRAAP Test to Determine Source Credibility! Customizable Google Slides
Do your students tend to hit "share" "like" or "retweet" before checking a source is legitimate? Can your students determine the difference between a credible source and fake news? Do they know what to look for when analyzing articles, online material, tweets, and images for credibility? Do they understand which sources are acceptable to utilize as evidence in a writing assignment? In a world where misinformation can be spread like wildfire via social media and the internet, it is vital that stu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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VAPING Lessons | E-Cigarettes + JUUL Activities : For any Health or Drug Unit
Vaping using E-Cigarettes or Juuls has become the latest smoking craze among teens. The dangers and side effects are not clear to teens- as these are marketed as SAFE and flavorful. Don't wait to present this information to your Middle School or High School students!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here you will find:*PowerPoint (in Google Slides, PDF and PowerPoint format)- Q & A style*Slideshow Notes for student
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7th - 12th
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Environmental Science: Easy to Use Set of 7 Env. Science & Ecology Webquests
Reach students in the classroom or at home with this set of seven environment webquests. Each environment and ecology webquest comes with a clickable webquest file, a worksheet, and an answer key. Each webquest link points to information that your students need to complete the worksheet. This set is just right for a hybrid, blended, or flipped approach to teaching. (It can also be used just as easily in traditional classroom instruction.) Besides printing the worksheets, no other prep is needed
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8th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance Activities: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Art & Music
Tired of superficial resources on the Harlem Renaissance that just go through the motions when it comes to adding diversity to your plans? So often, in an attempt to study more than dead white males, teachers seek out texts by people of color. But lacking the time or energy to really engage in the research required to plan a great unit, they incorporate a few lackluster biographies and add some short pieces to their plans and leave it at that. The addition of those inane powerpoints, superficial
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible Digital Escape Room | INTRODUCTION, PRE-READING, & BACKGROUND
360° View! Build historical background information, generate anticipation, and introduce key themes with this pre-reading activity for The Crucible! Front load information about Arthur Miller, the inspiration for the play, the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and the allegorical connection with McCarthyism/the Red Scare using this interactive and immersive digital escape room experience. Through a series of puzzles, clues, and challenges, students will explore each of these topics in depth, gaining a
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10th - 12th
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Informational Text | Nonfiction ELA | Ghost Tour Webquest Style
Bring critical thinking and analysis skills to life with this self-guided and exciting ghost tour! Spooky stories and intriguing articles will hook your students as they use the skills of scanning and skimming to work their way through each stop.This resource is included in two different themed bundles!Student ♥ Engagement Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High SchoolMega Bundle of Horror - Creatively Incorporate the Horror Genre to Hook StudentsThis computer-based lesson will give
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8th - 10th
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The Great Gatsby Close Reading | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The American Dream
Tired of superficial resources on The Great Gatsby that just go through the motions when it comes to truly examining the important questions? Why do we lie to ourselves and others? Should we do everything for love? What is the American Dream? How do factors such as race, class, or gender help or hinder people from achieving their dreams? Fitzgerald’s classic novel is classic for a reason—in this short, lovely text, he asks some of the biggest questions of our times. But you need to make sure
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9th - 12th
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"How it Feels to be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston | Figurative Language Lesson
Looking for a unit on this classic essay that will get your students engaging independently with the text, discussing big ideas, and sharpening their close reading and critical thinking skills?“How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston is a great choice for engaging your classes in discussions around race, identity, gender, and artistic expression. It’s also a wonderful essay for exploring figurative language and how writers create meaning through comparisons. When you teach “How it F
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9th - 12th
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The World From A to Z With Carl Azuz - News Viewing Guides & Worksheets
Carl Azuz is back with his brand new show called The World from A to Z. It's an excellent format for students to stay informed on current events while watching a brief 9 minute segment that is updated every day with news highlights from around the world. This set of graphic organizer worksheets is an excellent way to analyze and summarize the current events of the day while watching the news broadcast by Carl Azuz ... he's back!These various templates will help students of all ages stay engaged
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4th - 12th
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Environmental Science, Climate Change, Global Warming: Fossil Fuels Webquest
The Fossil Fuels Webquest comes with a PDF webquest with clickable links, a worksheet, and an answer key. Students will use what they learn about fossil fuels to complete the worksheet. Besides sharing the webquest with students and printing the worksheets, no other prep is needed to conduct this lesson on fossil fuel formation, usage, and environmental considerations (including global warming and climate change).How to use this resource:1.) Share the PDF webquest file with clickable links to st
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8th - 12th
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Reading Response Handouts for High School | Reading Logs | Reading Journals
Do you want you students to learn how to read, analyze, and write about literature independently?Do your students have a tough time when they are faced with a blank page or have to write without being told what to write about? This guide to reading response journals based on quote analysis and close reading will get your students reading, analyzing, and writing about literature on their own. I have been teaching with reading responses for eleven years, and this guide includes what you need to
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9th - 12th
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Veterans Day Soldiers Web Project | Note-taking Lessons
Internet research project for middle school and high school: A great way to teach note-taking skills using critical thinking while learning about soldiers and veterans. This web project teaches the literacy skills of skimming, reading, and note-taking through note-mapping. Students choose from a variety of topics; you choose the amount of detail you're looking for. Plus your students learn a way of note taking that not only inspires critical thinking, it provides a visual overview of the topic a
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8th - 11th
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Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Activities: High School Research Project, TED Talk, Lit
Frustrated with students who refuse to accept feedback or take on any new challenges? When students have a fixed mindset about your class, they can be almost impossible to teach. Some feel hopeless, convinced that they are simply “bad" at English, and sure that there is nothing that they can do to improve the situation. Others define themselves as “good” at English, but never want to push themselves or try anything new—they’re so terrified of failure, that they want to play it safe at all times
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9th - 12th
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Website & Page Design 23 Project Lesson Plans + Rubrics HTML CSS Curriculum
Do Your Students Need a BASIC Overview for Website and Page Creation?This Resource is an Effective Introduction to Website Construction. This is a complete curriculum outline that is flexible! - Designed in outline format. - Large type size. Great for overhead presenting.- Modular Topics: Use in Order of Your Preference!Each Lesson includes:Objectives for LessonsOverview Explanation of AssignmentProjects with Examples and VisualsRubrics are Included for ProjectsUse as a complete curriculum- or a
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8th - 11th
Argumentation Writing Unit: Common Core: Online Collaborative Discussion
The Common Core Standards call for students to engage in argumentation as well as collaborative discussion. This 18-day unit for middle and high school (differentiated) hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards.
Persuasive writing is a thing of the past -It was all about competition, negativity, and being ‘right.’ On the contrary, argumentation is the art of using evidence and research to support a position in a collaborative, positive way. It is also importan
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7th - 12th
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Mark Twain Mini Unit: Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Pre-Reading Activities
This bundle of Mark Twain resources includes six of Twain's works, including excerpts from his autobiography, Life on the Mississippi, and Fennimore Cooper's Literary Offences, as well as the full texts of How to Tell a Story, The Turning Point in my Life, and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It's a great mini unit to introduce students to Twain, his style of humor, and use of dialect and use these skills to analyze Twain's most famous short story. Materials in the Mark Twain min
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8th - 12th
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The Holocaust INTERNET LAB WEBQUEST Activity - World War II - Print & Digital
This is an engaging and student-centered Webquest about the Jewish Holocaust during World War II. Buyer Feedback"Excellent and engaging resource!"In this four-page internet lab activity, students will be guided to interactive websites that include videos and text to find answers to important questions. Internet access and sound are required. Students will complete a writing assessment to demonstrate their knowledge of the Holocaust. Both Print & Digital (Google drive) versions are included!
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9th - 12th
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William Shakespeare Webquest - Biography - Grades 9-12
The goal of this webquest lesson is to build your students' research skills and their ability to find reliable resources when asked to research a topic. This is an internet scavenger hunt. Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. This hunt is about the life and works of William Shakespeare. Included are:12 questions a chart for the students to complete 2 short optional writing assignmentsan answer key with the student questions for quick refer
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9th - 12th
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Romeo & Juliet Unit Plan: Prologue & Act 1 Activities to Final Project, Analysis
Tired of students groaning and rolling their eyes whenever they hear the word “Shakespeare”? Reading a Shakespeare play is challenging for students—but flashy handouts and cute classroom decor will not teach your students the skills they need to read and understand a Shakespeare play independently.When students misbehave, put their heads on their desks, or just stare vacantly into the distance, it’s not because they aren’t capable of understanding the Bard—it’s because they are aren’t given the
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9th - 12th
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge "Kubla Khan" Romanticism Lesson | Poetry Activity
Looking for a powerful poetry lesson to get your students thinking about inspiration and artistic creation?Coleridge claims to have written “Kubla Khan” after waking up from an opium dream. Whether or not that story is true makes for an interesting discussion. The influence of drugs on creation is definitely a theme about which teenagers have an opinion, and so students are engaged in this lesson right from the start. While Coleridge claims that this poem was a result of his drug use, after a
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9th - 12th
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Salem Witch Trials Primary Documents Exploration
Need to integrate primary documents into your curriculum? Engage students with this task for examining primary documents connected to the Salem Witch Trails of 1692.What's included . . .►Teacher instructions with options►Student handout with directions and link to online documents►2 page graphic organizer for students to record accusers, witnesses, charges, and evidence in specific cases. Students also draw conclusions from their research.This lesson gets students analyzing and synthesizing thos
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8th - 12th
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Growth Mindset Activity High School: Literary Nonfiction Text Malcolm Gladwell
Want to push your students to read more challenging non-fiction, learn why a fixed mindset is detrimental, and engage in metacognitive questions on their reading habits and expectations? Explore the importance of growth mindset with this lesson on a challenging non-fiction article.In the article featured in this lesson, Malcolm Gladwell explores the relationship between a fixed mindset and the Enron scandal. Gladwell is a great choice for teaching literary non-fiction in your class. A staff wr
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9th - 12th
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