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Science Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources
Classroom Murder Mystery Activity - Virtual Option Available
Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom or virtually!I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the assailant. *I say assailant because I changed my version up slightly so the victim is in a coma rather than deceased***New!!! I've included a virtual option for both versions of this mystery. Perfect for distance learning. This mea
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Classroom Mystery Bundle
Classroom Mystery Bundle
Engage your students in murder mystery games in the classroom throughout the year with this bundle of my best-selling mysteries!There are many opportunities throughout the year to use these mysteries: Before, during, or after a mystery unitAs a class rewardAs an icebreaker at the beginning of the yearTo teach red-herring, inference, motivation, characterization, etc.On state testing daysAnd more!There are five mysteries included in this bundle:Classroom Murder Mystery: someone has pushed a stude
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8th - 12th
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity II
*Updated! Now includes virtual option an alternate version so one class won't give spoilers to another.Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom! I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to identify the murderer.This is not a sequel to the original murder mystery product. This mystery includes brand new characters and a new setting!Produ
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Classroom Mystery Bundle
Classroom Murder Mystery Activity III
Engage your students in a murder mystery game in the classroom!I use this lesson before starting my mystery unit and the students love it. They enjoy taking on the roles of the characters, and they enjoy the competition and challenge of trying to find the poisoner.*I say poisoner because in this version someone is poisoned and gets very ill. They are taken to the hospital though and will be okay**New!!! Now includes two versions of the same mystery. Each version has a different poisoner with dif
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Classroom Mystery Bundle
The Radium Girls GIANT UNIT BUNDLE! Excellent Resources! Online-Ready!
The Radium Girls (YRE) by Kate Moore tells the stories of the "Radium Girls" of the 1920s and 1930s who worked in studios that painted products with luminous radium paint. What the girls thought would be well-paying, fun jobs turned out to be everything but. Radium Girls is a compelling and informative book which recounts a little-known story of female heroism, corporate greed and corruption, and environmental pollution. I am positive that your middle or high school students will love it!This bu
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7th - 12th
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Maus Nonfiction Book Study (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 140+ page Common Core and New York Next Generation aligned complete book study for Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the book. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. This nonfiction book study is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a r
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7th - 10th
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Becoming Supernatural Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon by Joe Dispenza provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For read
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9th - 12th
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The Martian Classroom Edition Pacing Guide and Comprehension Questions
The Martian (Classroom Edition) is an engaging 369-page novel by Andy Weir that blends realistic science with science-fiction. It is completely faithful to the original novel, with the exception that the salty language in the original has been replaced, making it perfect for reading in class. What happens when an astronaut is accidentally stranded on Mars?What you get in this resource:1. 46-day Pacing Guide: There are 26 chapters in this novel and to keep the reading around 10 minutes per day, I
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Hexagon Challenge - An Educational Alternate Reality Game
*** PBS 2010 INNOVATION AWARD WINNER ***"IS THIS REAL...OR IS IT ONLY A GAME?"This is the question your students will be wondering. The Hexagon Challenge is an educational Alternate Reality Game (ARG) in which students will attempt to solve a mystery by infiltrating a secret society, answering initiation questions regarding history, science, mathematics, world languages, and the arts. They will contact and be contacted by various fictitious characters via email, telephone, and instant messenger
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4th - 12th
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Eclipse 2024 Poetry and Creative Writing for 7th, 8th, and 9th Graders
Engage your students in a captivating exploration of the celestial wonder that is a total solar eclipse with these total solar eclipse poetry and creative writing prompts! This comprehensive resource is designed specifically for 7th to 9th-grade classrooms and is meticulously crafted to align with Common Core State Standards, ensuring meaningful and educational experiences for your students.Inside this collection, you'll find 12 poetry prompts and 9 creative writing prompts, all centered around
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6th - 10th
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Articles - 2: PAIRED - ABOUT EARTHQUAKES - Nonfiction Narrative: EARTHQUAKE!
READING & WRITING ANALYZING - COMPREHENSION - TEST PREP.....................................................2 PAIRED TEXTS TEXT #1 “EARTHQUAKE!” is a NONFICTION NARRATIVE describing the author's experience being in an earthquake.TEXT #2“ABOUT EARTHQUAKES” is a NONFICTION ARTICLE explaining how earthquakes work.TOPICS APPROPRIATE for students in 4th – 12th grades........................................................INCLUDESTWO TEXTS - PDF MULTIPLE CHOICE questions & KEYWRITING PROMPTSam
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4th - 12th
Leap Day -Leap Year Passage and Comic Strips With Prompts-Middle School Jr. High
Dive into a world of exploration and imagination with our captivating worksheets featuring engaging comic strip prompts and an informative passage about Leap Day! Tailored for students in middle school and Jr. High from 5th - 9th grade, these worksheets are designed to ignite curiosity and foster learning in the classroom. Each worksheet includes thought-provoking prompts for comic strips inspired by Leap Day, inviting students to delve into the wonders of science. Additionally, students will di
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5th - 9th
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Earth Day
Earth Day - Caring for the Environment 4-Lesson BundleA bundle of fully-resourced, detailed, and differentiated 1-hour lessons all about the environment, climate change, plastic and pollution, and recycling.All of our lessons are differentiated, print-and-go style resources that are also easy to adapt for your own planning.Our activities typically include three-level challenges for each task, a variety of creative and literacy-based activities, an hour-long PowerPoint, video clips with accompany
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K - 2nd
That Hideous Strength Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consid
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9th - 12th
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A Fine Balance Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consider
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9th - 12th
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The Martian Classroom Edition Study Guide Questions (ELA) with Answer Key
read across curriculums!promote STEM and reading!answer key includedquestions for 26 chaptersmostly multiple choice and fill-in-the-blankpage numbers included to help struggling students (differentiation)answer keys can be printed out for self-checking by chapter68 pages include the preview
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10th - 12th
Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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An Obstacle Poem Unit
SuperSummary’s Poem Unit for "An Obstacle" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman offers a complete teaching tool with context, comprehension, and literary device questions, as well as discussion and writing prompts for deeper analysis and an in-depth, text-specific activity. Note: The poem unit is provided as a Word document for ease of editing.Interested in study guide materials on this title? We also offer a bundled "An Obstacle" Poem Unit & Study Guide.POEM UNITThis no-prep poem unit for "An Obstac
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: An Obstacle Poem Unit & Study Guide
TALKING TABLES!! A Cooperative Learning Activity for all Subjects!
Talking Tables is an activity designed to get students up and moving about, engaging in conversation, sharing their opinions, and practicing language and critical thinking skills. If you want to make your classroom environment more livelier and truly engaging, Talking Tables can do just that!! This activity can be used for: reading comprehension, reviews, debates, discussions, or as a way to gauge students’ prior knowledge on a topic. There are numerous ways to use this activity and it can be us
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Three Little Words Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please
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9th - 12th
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Darkness Visible Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for Darkness Visible by William Styron provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consider
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9th - 12th
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The Ascent of Money Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consi
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9th - 12th
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A Grain of Wheat Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consi
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9th - 12th
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Kanthapura Literature Guide
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for Kanthapura by Raja Rao provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more.Note: This rich text-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quizzes, or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consider one of our
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9th - 12th
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