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Wondering with Wonderopolis (Distance Learning)
www.wonderopolis.org has a new Wonder each day!
I have created worksheets and a list of extension activities for Grades 2 &up that would work well with any of the Wonders listed on this amazing website!
Updated: 12/2016
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Emergency Lesson/Sub Plans - The Evil Eye Close Read and Superstition Research
These handouts will take students through a Close Read of an informational article about the Evil Eye and provide an extension research activity for further learning about superstitions from around the world. This 2-3 day lesson is what I keep tucked aside in an Emergency Lesson Plan folder, but I have also used it with younger students, reluctant readers, and Fundamentals classes. I would suggest to begin the lesson by asking students about superstitions they are already familiar with. Lead the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.1, RI8.3, RI8.7 Exam - Citing Evidence, Making Connections, + Multimedia
First, do a web search for the video - Millennials Ditching Driverś Licenses - you will find this 55 second clip on YouTube and from USATODAY.com. Play the video clip once for the entire class before students begin reading. Once the clip ends, direct students to begin their exam. This exam consists of 10 standard based multiple choice questions - an answer key is provided on the last page. Students will read two informational passages - on Millennial trends and female veterans in American histor
Grades:
8th
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Also included in: RI Standards: Informational Text Four EXAMS - English 8
RI8.4, RI8.6, RI8.8 Exam - Figurative Meaning, Author´s POV, + Evaluating Claims
This exam consists of 10 standard based multiple choice questions - an answer key is provided on the last page. Students will read two informational passages - a poem discussing the Statue of Liberty and an excerpt from a Susan B. Anthony speech. Some questions have more than one correct answer - similar to state testing. This test will help you to assess students on 3 different standards at once.
Grades:
8th
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Also included in: RI Standards: Informational Text Four EXAMS - English 8
Semester 1 (English 8) Final Exam
May be used as a Final Exam (for either semester) of ELA 8. Contains 50 multiple choice questions and 3 constructed response prompts. Exam contains grammar, and both literature and informational passages with standards based questions - hitting 25 different Common Core standards. An answer key is provided on the last page.
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8th
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Emergency Lesson/Sub Plan: Rainmakers: Close Read, Research, + Narrative Prompt
The pages provided here can easily be printed and provided to students as independent work packets, and are especially useful as Emergency Sub Plans for a leave of absence that would take you away from your classroom for 5+ consecutive days. The content is engaging, standards based, and incorporates a variety of activities and subjects - although I originally created this for a 6th grade English Fundamentals classroom. This lesson incorporates reading comprehension skills of informational text,
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Milgram Experiment: Obedience to Authority (summary - 20 questions)
Were the Germans (Nazi’s) in fact evil and cold-hearted, or was it a group phenomenon (which could happen to anyone...including you), given the right conditions? The most famous Social Psychology Experiment of all time - Stanley Milgram's Experiment on Obedience to Authority - inspired by the horrors seen in concentration camps during WWII. Milgram's test subjects are asked to use a "shock generator" to electrocute other participants, punishing them for incorrect answers during an activity - do
Grades:
8th
Also included in: Social Psychology Experiments Unit
W8.7 - Career Research: worksheet for organizing occupation research
These handouts ask students to gather critical information in order to make an effective career decision. Find a personality career assessment (many are available free online) to have students take before making career choices. From that personality career assessment, students will choose one occupation that they are considering. Using the internet, students will find as much information on that career as they can. In their research, students must find information such as, Setting (indoor/outdoo
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Exam - RI4.1, RI4.2, RI4.3, RI4.4, RI4.5, W4.9, L4.1g, L4.2c, L4.5b, L4.5c
This exam could be used in a 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom as a summative assessment or as test prep for MAPs, the CRT, SBAC, or any other state testing that follows the Common Core. In this exam, students read a high interest nonfiction article and then answer 20 multiple choice questions.The article recounts the 200 year search for treasure in the infamous Money Pit of Nova Scotia. An answer key for the exam is also included on the last page. Students are assessed on 10 Common Core Standard
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Semester 2 (English 8) Final Exam
May be used as a Final Exam (for either semester) of ELA 8. Contains 50 multiple choice questions and 3 constructed response prompts. Exam contains grammar, and both literary and informational passages with standard based questions - hitting 25 different Common Core standards. An answer key is provided on the last page.
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Grades:
8th
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Preamble to the Constitution - Goals, Vocabulary Posters, and Analysis Questions
These activities focus mostly on the vocabulary from the Preamble to the Constitution. First, students are asked to read closely in order to find the 6 goals and purpose of the United States government. Students will then write an objective summary of the Preamble. For the next activity, divide students into small groups - each group is assigned one vocabulary term from the Preamble and given poster paper. Groups must create a poster that includes the definition, synonyms, real world examples, a
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in: Bill of Rights - Mini Unit
AIDS Epidemic: The Federal Response (Analyze Primary and Secondary Sources)
Students are provided with 3 documents and five questions to analyze the federal response in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. From the provided Timeline, students will learn the various steps President Reagan attempted to take and the criticisms that his action received. Students will read an argument criticizing conservatives dealing with AIDS; finally, they will compare/contrast Reagan's actions to the negative stereotyping of conservatives to decide whether those conservative criticisms w
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
AIDS Epidemic: Scientific Research (Analyze Primary and Secondary Sources)
Students are provided with 3 documents and four questions to analyze the scientific progress made in AIDS research in the 1980s and two different opinions of the way the scientific community handled the AIDS crisis. From the provided Timeline, students will discover which organizations played the biggest role in first years of the epidemic, and they will summarize the progress made in diagnosing and treating AIDS/HIV from 1980-1990. Finally, students will contrast the opinions of two experts, ex
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
W8.2 IQ and Intelligences Research + Informative Essay (Flowers for Algernon)
This short research project pairs beautifully with a close reading of Flowers for Algernon, although the research project and essay could easily be used on their own or embedded in a variety of other nonfiction or science units. Students begin by researching the history of work on intelligence and IQ by visiting at least 3 of the resources provided (students have six choices). Students wrap up their research by watching at least 1 video or taking an IQ test for fun (links are provided). Next, st
Grades:
8th
W8.7 - Celebrity Scandals: Research Project & Student Presentations
When a person finally reaches their goal, gains the spotlight, becomes 'famous'...some become legends and remain loved, but other celebrities manage to ruin their careers in a matter of seconds. Were you ever a fan of Lance Armstrong, Paula Dean, Michael Vick, Milli Vanilli, or Tom Cruise? Are you still a fan despite their career missteps? Did you 'forgive' them? In this research project, students must choose and present their findings on one celebrity who's reputation has been tarnished. First
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Creating a Positive Reputation - Unit w/ Homework, Activities, and Games
RI8.4, RI8.6, RI8.9 Exam - Authorś POV, Conflicting Texts, and Denotation
This exam consists of 11 standard based multiple choice questions - an answer key is provided on the last page. Students will read five informational passages - on Hispanic Heritage Month, Beijing pollution, and children in the digital world. Some questions have more than one correct answer - similar to state testing. This test will help you to assess students on 3 different standards at once.
Grades:
8th
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Also included in: RI Standards: Informational Text Four EXAMS - English 8
AIDS Epidemic: Messages from Media (Analyze Primary and Secondary Sources)
Students are provided with 3 documents and seven questions to analyze the important role played by the media in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. From the provided Timeline, students will learn who became the "face" of AIDS, how the media portrayed those people, and what affect the media's portrayal of AIDS patients had on the country. Students will read personal accounts from people diagnosed as HIV-positive, and summarize an argument between the Press Secretary and a journalist - contrastin
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Argument Essay Topics - Student Choice and Research
Are you tired of your students choosing the same horrible topics for their argument essay? If I have to read one more piece about gum chewing, student dress code, or violent video games...I'm going to vomit!If you feel the same as I do, provide your students with this comprehensive list of appropriate and creative topics for argument writing in the 8th grade. Encourage students to choose something they are truly passionate about! This is not the time to create their claim - that should be done A
Grades:
8th
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Debate - Parental Advisory Labels on Music (graphic organizer + document set)
These materials are meant to be paired with the slide show 80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate. A graphic organizer and a document set (research organized for student use) is included here. Students will Debate: Use of Parental Advisory Labels on Popular Music.Assign students (or let them choose) one of the following positions:FOR the use of parental advisory labels, orAGAINST the use of such labels.These charts will help students organize the documents and the arguments they support or re
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Stanford Prison Experiment - Close Read (pair w/ Prometheus)
The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most famous and criticized social psychology experiments to have ever been attempted. Students will learn how a mock prison experiment quickly evolved into something with terrifying similarities to the unthinkable behavior seen in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. Although the experiment was initially set to run for weeks, it ended after only 6 days, leaving us with frightening realizations about human behavior and the power of the situation to
Grades:
7th - 10th
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RI8.9 Performance Task: Compare & Contrast 2 Letters to Lincoln
To be used as a Performance Task - SBAC preparation for students that you can also use as a summative grade and writing task in your classroom. The prompt (for a constructed response) first asks students to read two letters written to Abraham Lincoln. Students must determine each author’s point of view and write a paragraph discussing their differing viewpoints on Lincoln. The letters to Lincoln are short - both can be read in under 5 minutes. The Constructed Response paragraph can easily be com
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: RI Standards: Informational Text Four EXAMS - English 8
Analyzing Human Rights Documents (primary sources) - Graphic Organizer
This activity is to be used during a study of the Preamble and the U.S. Constitution. Students are provided with 4 historical documents and a graphic organizer. The graphic organizer asks students to identify the author and year of each document, who was not considered "We the People" at that time, and for an objective summary of the knowledge gained from the document. Document A - a letter from Abigail Adams to her husband (women's rights)Document B - three-fifths compromise (enumeration of sla
Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in: Bill of Rights - Mini Unit
Quarter 2 (English 8) Final Exam
May be used as a final exam (at the end of any quarter) of ELA 8. Contains 37 (standard based) multiple choice questions - hitting 18 different Common Core standards. Exam includes grammar, and both literary and informational passages. An answer key is provided on the last page.
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Grades:
8th
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W8.7 - The Mystery of Poe's Death (Quick Research)
As part of an introduction to the real Edgar Allan Poe, use this handout as an extension activity or homework assignment. Students will use the internet to research three different theories about Poe’s death, and they must also keep track of the sources they came from (by writing the urls). There are requirements for each source - one must be a video and the second must be an article; the third source allows for student choice. Finally, students will write a paragraph to analyze the theories and
Grades:
7th - 8th
Also included in: Poe Unit - The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Black Cat
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