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8th grade informational text projects
Growth Mindset Research Projects - 3D Projects and Activities for Growth Mindset
During this project, students will first learn about growth mindset by reading an informational article about Carol Dweck’s work. Then, they’ll select a famous person in history with a growth mindset. They’ll choose from 14 famous leaders and pioneers in their fields for the basis of their research. Students will research their famous person as they respond to targeted research questions. While researching, they’ll be on the lookout for ways that the famous person had a growth mindset. Next
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4th - 8th
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Speech Unit: Mock TED Talks {3+ Weeks: Writing, Speaking, & Nonfiction}
Want a new, authentic, 21st-century spin on a formal speech unit? Help students analyze, write, and present their own mock TED-style talks in your own classroom conference!* This print-and-go unit fully scaffolds students through a process of building background knowledge, drafting and practicing speeches, and then giving confident final speeches in front of a group of peers. It covers public speaking, writing, AND nonfiction reading!Customize it for your Class:• Adjust the EDITABLE pages to you
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8th - 12th
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Informational Text Passages: 30+ Articles for Reading Comprehension + DIGITAL
This resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills. The journal is designed with 30+ unique informational text articles written by me, The SuperHERO Teacher! Each article is paired with comprehension questions and a hands-on, interactive project or activity. UPDATE: I have added a digital version of this resource for distance learning!!! It is compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom! This resource includes: 30+ original informational t
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6th - 8th
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Biography in a Bag
Great way to research biographies and present to classmates in an interesting and engaging way. Promotes deep thinking and creativity. After reading a biography or studying a historical figure students complete this two page document and find household items to symbolize the person studied. Items can symbolize character traits, accomplishments, hobbies, etc. Students bring items in bag and are displayed and explained to class along with new information learned about historical figure. Rubric inc
Grades:
3rd - 8th
World Cultures Guided Research Project
World Cultures research project. This product has everything you need for your class to complete their world cultures or country research projects (except the researched information). You can use this guided research project with any country of the world.
Go beyond your typical country report! This research project will guide your students to learn and write about their chosen country's:
Introduction
Geography and Climate
Government and Economics
Food and Drink
Values and Beliefs
Family and
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Guided Research Project BUNDLE
Be the Change: A Service Learning Research Project for Grades 7-12
Our students CAN make a difference in their own lives, their school, and their community, so why not challenge them to do so with a new project?BE THE CHANGE is your solution! Designed with the Genius Hour methodology in mind, Be the Change is an inquiry-based, research-driven long-term project in which students identify a problem they feel passionately about changing for the better. They then proceed to learn about the issue, write about the issue, share what they've learned with others, give
Grades:
7th - 12th
Genius Hour - Passion Projects, Rubrics, Templates - Genius Hour Planning Sheets
Genius Hour or Passion Projects are both names for a wonderful way to engage upper elementary and middle school students in research projects that they're passionate about! Print out this guide that prepares you for the steps they need to take, from start to finish. Then watch their enthusiasm and engagement take off! Genius Hour & Passion Projects for Kids includes:PDF and digital versionsTeacher guide for getting students started with brainstormingHow-to guide for creating your research
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5th - 8th
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Rant Writing Unit
Rant Writing Unit: Rant writing is an engaging way to bring public speaking and persuasive writing into the classroom. Students rant and complain to each other daily, why not channel that creative energy into some high-quality writing? Rants are an engaging way to get students to write and share their thoughts and opinions in the classroom. This assignment can be used for argument writing or persuasive writing. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learnin
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Oral Presentations Bundle
Research Process and Plagiarism Flip Book
Introduce the research process with this easy to assemble flip book! No need to cut and no wasted paper. Just print double sided, fold, staple, and teach! The flip book introduces students to the research process by covering how to find appropriate sources, taking notes, paraphrasing, citing sources, and plagiarism.
Printing and assembly instructions are also included.
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GUIDED RESEARCH PROJECTS walk your students through the research process by asking essentia
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Guided Research Project BUNDLE
Biography Research, Body Biography Project For Non-Fiction Mega Bundle
This Body Biography Project Mega Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the civil rights leaders, Nobel Prize recipients, activists, former presidents, authors, poets, suffragists, labor leaders, world leaders, abolitionists, orators, athletes, and true heroes for all generations. This biography study bundle is a collection of collaborative research activities. These are truly unique, with high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project bundle for bringing
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4th - 12th
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End of the Year Science ABC Book Project
This project can be used in almost any grade level, and is ready to use!With this project, students will demonstrate their knowledge of grade level science topics and concepts, in an ABC Book format. This would make a great end of the year science project! With your purchase, you will receive two versions of this project: a pdf file for paper-based used, as well as an editable power point for digital learning use.Purchase includes:Version #1: Paper-Based PDFEnd of the Year Science ABC Book Proj
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1st - 12th
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Infographic Project: Summative Assessment Projects
Infographic Project: Communicating Non-Fiction Information
This infographic project contains a two page teacher information sheet and five pages of student worksheets! Student worksheets include: a two page step by step "how to" on making a digital infographic, a project introduction page, a planning sheet and a project grading rubric.
About the Product
Infographics are a wonderful tool for analyzing and communicating information. This product contains materials for guiding students in usi
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5th - 9th
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Slideshows That Don't Suck Mini Unit: Engaging, Visually Appealing Presentations
Are you tired of cringing at students' ugly font choices, plain white backgrounds, and overwhelming text? Are you bored listening to students read word-for-word off their slideshows? I was one more Comic Sans font from going crazy, so I designed this Slideshows That Don't Suck Mini-Unit to tackle the problem of boring presentations once and for all!In this mini-unit, students will examine examples of slides in a gallery walk, learn about elements of design in learning stations, and then they wil
Grades:
7th - 12th
Famous Artist Research Project
Famous Artist Research Template and Project: A fantastic research project for middle/high school students! Students will use the easy-to-follow research template to learn more about a famous artist. The student will research their artist and design a poster to use in an oral presentation in class. Grading rubric is included! You have the option to assign the artists or let each student choose their artist. Included with this resource:Student Assignment Handout (Project description/expectations
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Art Education Resource Bundle ( Buy all 3 -- Save Money )
Non-Fiction One-Pager Assignment - Informational Reading and Writing - Creative
Discover the perfect one-pager assignments tailored for non-fiction and informational texts right here! If you're in search of engaging activities that allow students to create visual summaries showcasing their comprehension of texts, your quest ends now.This resource includes:Teacher's Guide: Get the guidance you need to effectively implement these one-pager assignments in your classroom.Rubrics: Streamline the grading process with detailed rubrics to assess students' work.Project Guidelines: C
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6th - 9th
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Editable Digital Flipbook Templates in Google Slides - Blank Flip Book Template
Your students will love creating these digital interactive Google Slides Flipbooks for use with any subject or topic! They are perfect for any type of research and writing. There are two templates included… a 7-page landscape orientation template and an 8-page portrait orientation template. Both templates have completely customizable text for headings, body text and tabs. The templates can also incorporate nonfiction text features - cover, table of contents, photos, captions, headings and glossa
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1st - 8th
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College Pennant Research Project
This College Pennant Research Project allows students to choose a college that is important to them, research important facts about the college, and then decorate a college pennant to market it to others. Perfect to hang up to around the school for college awareness week in January or simply to promote college awareness campus-wide! This resource contains: ✔️ Teacher/sub pacing guide (entire project takes 4-5 days total)✔️ Blank college pennant outline (works best if printed on cardstock)✔️ Gra
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: College Bundle College Week Activities Counseling
20 Time: Research Project Developing a Solution to a World Issue
20 Time: Research Project Developing a solution to a World Issue**Includes an EDITABLE PowerPoint versionThis product includes:Expectations, guided notes, topic sheet, project requirements, peer evaluation sheet, and rubricIndependent work 20% of the time, teacher driven instruction 80% of the timeStudents will research and develop a solution to a world issue that existsStudents will be required to think outside to box and creativelyBased on higher level thinking from Bloom’s TaxonomyDesigned t
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7th - 12th
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ESL Hero Research Project Paragraph Writing and Oral Presentation
In this week-long project, Beginner to Intermediate ESL students write about and present their heroes. Their hero can be someone in their personal lives, like a family member, someone who is from their country, or someone who is well-known internationally. First, students read a text about Jesse Owens and identify the topic sentence, details, examples and concluding sentence. Students deconstruct the Jesse Owens paragraph in order to help them in writing their own paragraphs. Then, they conduct
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
Crime Scene Investigation Common Core: Comparing Texts, Textual Evidence, Bias
***NOW DIGITAL FOR ONLINE LEARNING!!!*****TPT Favorite**This Detective Report is a FUN and engaging way to hit all of the major Common Core Standards at once!*GREAT way to introduce persuasive writing and research papers!*Fits with any text*Can be used in any subject area*Graphic Organizers can be re-used throughout the yearPerfect For:Comparing TextsCiting Textual EvidenceIdentifying BiasDetermining Main IdeaDrawing Inferences Identifying Point of ViewSummarizing Analyzing Credibility Also Incl
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6th - 12th
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Christmas Holiday Activities, English Lessons for Teens, BUNDLE
If you are looking for quick and easy activities that you can use in December to keep your middle and high school students on task and engaged, then look no more! Every classroom-tested lesson, designed to add rigor and meaning this Christmas season, in this bundle is standards-based, classroom-tested, rigorous, and grade level appropriate for high school level ELA students. This pack includes up to 2 weeks of materials depending on your class periods and how you use what's included.Student Expe
Grades:
8th - 11th
20 Informational Text Passages & Activities TRAVEL JOURNAL Grades 4-8 + DIGITAL
This resource is designed to help students strengthen their reading, writing, and analyzing skills. The journal is designed with 20 unique informational text articles (from 20 countries around the world)! Each article is paired with comprehension questions and a variety of activities and projects. This resource is considered a bundle as the digital version is now included for distance learning. It is compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom. This resource includes: Teacher directions3
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4th - 8th
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Tiny House Sustainable Community -Project Based Learning Social Studies and STEM
We want our students to become productive leaders in society, right? In this project based learning real-life social studies unit, students are going to plan and establish a sustainable community of tiny houses for the homeless. After researching the different causes and effects of homelessness, they will plan a sustainable community with services and activities. This PBL unit focuses on a real-life problem while incorporating 21st century skills.I am so proud of the project and I think your stu
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5th - 8th
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Informational Texts Close Reading Activity and Project
Need a meaningful, standards-based and engaging activity to make it to December break? The Holiday Hustle is the perfect project for Secondary ELA right before the Holidays! This three week unit teaches students how to deconstruct advertisements and informational texts as they study and analyze two different holiday ads and three informational articles about advertising. After analyzing ads and informational articles, students create two projects: a Deconstructing Advertisements Guide for Teens
Grades:
7th - 10th
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