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High school Presidents' Day informational text resources on sale
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View BigFoot
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes Bigfoot exist? Or is he just a made up legend? Students will read two nonfiction articles to compare and contrast both sides of the Bigfoot debate! This is a fun, but educational, lesson. Included is BOTH print and digital versions.I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted no
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
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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Reading Stations Activity for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Analysis
This fun reading activity "progressive dinner"™ works with any fiction, nonfiction, and poetry unit texts of your choosing! Practice close reading skills and textual analysis in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the reading activity for you! Have students preview literary criticism articles, read thematically-connected poetry, engage in close reading of a complex fiction or nonfiction text, and engage in small group discussion. These are just some of the possibilities!I use this close re
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
End of the Year Social Studies ABC book project--DIGITAL and PAPER-BASED
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 social studies and history topics, in an ABC Book format. This would make a great end of the year social studies 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 Social S
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1st - 12th
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Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
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5th - 9th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Speaking and Listening Activities for Google Drive Based on Humans of New York
Do you love Humans of New York? Are you looking for a fun way to engage students while teaching important speaking and listening skills? These versatile speaking and listening activities teach students to conduct an effective peer-to-peer interview in order to get beyond surface-level response and discover the stories that make people unique. Use at the beginning of the school year as a getting to know you activity, as a public speaking activity, or as a part of your next memoir, personal narrat
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8th - 11th
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Rhetorical Analysis Argumentation & Persuasive Writing Rhetoric BUNDLE
One-stop rhetorical analysis resources of argumentative texts! Teaching rhetoric and persuasion can be fun!! And you can teach argumentative writing, rhetorical devices, & rhetorical appeals to any student with confidence, given the right rhetoric activities! This persuasion bundle encourages student engagement, critical thinking, and rhetorical analysis of multimedia and print nonfiction texts.There is more here than you'll need, and that's the plan. Options create flexibility and freedom.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Rhetorical Analysis of Ted Talks Worksheets - Persuasion & Ted Talk Activities
These no-prep TED talk worksheets encourage rhetorical analysis and critical thinking about nonfiction texts! Whether you use these TED talks as a part of an rhetorical analysis and argumentative essay unit, a stand-alone lesson, or a reading and discussion resource, this resource is sure to engage learners while holding them to high expectations! I created this resource for my English 10 students who LOVE all things visual and technology-based. This activity builds nonfiction reading, analysis
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8th - 11th
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Argumentative Writing Rhetorical Appeals Handouts - Ethos, Pathos, Logos
These rhetorical appeals handouts give student-friendly ethos, pathos, logos definitions - with tips for building effective argumentation. Help students to build a foundation for rhetorical analysis and argumentative writing and speaking. The ability to analyze a nonfiction text and build an effective argument are important college readiness skills!*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Three informational handouts (3 Pages), one for each r
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Argumentation & Persuasive Writing Rhetoric BUNDLE
Jim Crow Laws: Interactive Primary Source
This resource will have students critically explore the period of the Jim Crow era, with a focus on the segregation of schools. This highly engaging, interactive, primary based Slide Presentation will have students analyze and understand the implications of the Jim Crow laws, along with the monumental Supreme Court decisions of 'Plessy v. Ferguson', and 'Brown V. Board of Education'. The teacher will have a choice of three supplementary activities; The 1st Optional Activity will have students a
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda Triangle
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda TriangleTwo high interest nonfiction articles, written from two different points of view! Students will read "Killer Sea Farts" and "Alien Vortex." Both are original articles, two pages long, nonfiction, written by me. They investigate The Bermuda Triangle. Hundreds of planes and ships go missing in The Bermuda Triangle each year. Are the disappearances due to a hidden alien vortex? Or is there a logical explanation for these disa
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Google Ready!
Close ReadingCompare and Contrast the Author's Point of ViewGoogle Classroom ready or just print and go!Should killer whales (orcas) be held captive in zoos and aquariums? Strike passion in your students with an engaging topic!Explore both sides of this controversial debate. Students will close read to discover the author's point of view in each nonfiction article. Do you need a digital lesson plan quickly? This lesson comes with the Google Slides that are completely digital! Just assign in
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Day Bundle: Compare and Contrast
Text Dependent Question Stems, Frames {Common Core TDQ Cards for Close Reading}
With text complexity increasing for all grade levels and the need for Close Reading of text as stated in the first two words of the reading Anchor Standards this set of Text Dependent Question Stems and Frames will serve your class fruitful. Easy to read font! Four Cards to a Page! Standard is Printed on Each Card! 72 TDQ CardsUse these stems and frames in your guided reading groups or any time you may be reading closely. This set is aligned to the Common Core Anchor Standards. Help your studen
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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USA Presidents Word Search! U.S. History FUN!
USA Presidents Word Search! U.S. History FUN!
Your students will have fun searching for all the U.S.A. Presidents in this word search.
President List:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ANDREW JACKSON
ANDREW JOHNSON
BARACK OBAMA
BENJAMIN HARRISON
BILL CLINTON
CALVIN COOLIDGE
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
FRANKLIN PIERCE
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
GEORGE WASHINGTON
GEORGE W. BUSH
GERALD FORD
GROVER CLEVELAND
HARRY S. TRUMAN
HERBERT HOOVER
JAMES A. GARFIELD
JAMES BUCHANAN
JAMES K. POLK
JAM
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2nd - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Articles
Nonfiction Article Reading Passages Pack This pack includes 12 nonfiction topics, and each one has two articles that are written from two different points of view. The reading level of each article is about a fifth or sixth grade level. I used these when I taught fifth grade and again when I taught sixth grade. This year I am teaching fourth grade, and I plan to use them again. This pack gives you a total of 24 nonfiction articles. Each article is original and is written by me. T
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4th - 10th
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Middle School Reading Comprehensions and Activities - Bundle - 15 Vols
Are you a middle school teacher searching for captivating and engaging reading comprehension materials for your classroom? Look no further than our Growing Bundle: Interesting Reads resource! Each resource in this bundle has been meticulously designed to pique your student's interest and help expand their vocabulary with topical reading comprehension exercises.Engaging Topics for Middle School Students In this unique bundle, you'll discover a collection of intriguing readings on contemporary top
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6th - 9th
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Credible and Reliable Sources Bundle - Source Credibility for Online Research
Are your students able to research credible and reliable sources online? These source evaluation activities and assessments will help 21st-century learners to evaluate online source credibility and bias through formative assessment, task cards, and a Google Form evaluation.*******************************************************************************Here's what you will receive in this resource bundle: ⇒ Website Evaluation Activity for Middle School and High School⇒ Source Evaluation Task Cards
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7th - 10th
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European Regional Geography Bundle Readings & Map Activities: Print & Digital
The readings explain the major geographical and cultural items of Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Europe.Each region comes with two map activities, one where they simply list the countries that are numbered on a map (used during distance learning) and another one where they color and label everything.The link to Google Versions is in the key section on the Microsoft Doc & PDF version.Multiple Editable Formats: I have it in multiple formats so you can utilize a version that works for
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7th - 12th
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Interactive Reading Activities Bundle
These digital resources make it easy to supplement the reading of Trevor Noah's Born a Crime! Facilitate text-to-text connections and reading of paired texts with fun learning stations, hexagonal thinking, and apartheid internet activities. *******************************************************************************This resource is helpful for:★ Teachers who want maximum engagement in a student-led classroom.★ Teachers who need digital activities for distance learning.★ Teachers who are looki
Grades:
8th - 11th
The Salem Witch Trials: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest
*FULLY UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2023*With this webquest, students will navigate six different online accounts related to the Salem Witch Trials, and analyze the similarities and differences between each account of the event. The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (court testimony, diaries, and articles).Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.In additio
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6th - 10th
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The Ku Klux Klan: Comparing the Past To Today
This highly engaging, primary based, interactive Slide Presentation will have students examine; the underlying roots from which the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) came to exist in America, the organization's primary tactics of using intimidation & fear in fighting against social equality, and why many poor whites were recruited to join the KKK organization. Students will delve deeper by comparing the circumstances and social conditions of two former KKK leaders (one who lived during the era of Jim Crow,
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Bundle- Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan & Jim Crow
Black History Month Bottle Biography Project
This is a ready to use document for introducing a research biography project for Black History Month. Students research an African American of their choice, write a report, and create a model figure of their chosen person using a recycled soda or water bottle. They "dress" up their bottle to look like their famous American. This project can be done as a literacy center in class, or sent home.
Purchase includes project student information sheet, and project grading rubric.
If you like thi
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3rd - 12th
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Born a Crime Reading & Discussion Learning Stations Activity
This fun Born a Crime learning stations activity "progressive dinner"™ asks students to view or read nonfiction and poetry texts that connect to Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. This fun reading stations activity is hands-on and interactive, a great way to spice up your unit! I use this activity to help students make text-to-text connections and facilitate reading and discussion of supplementary texts for Born a Crime. There are 25 different text options to use at progressive dinner™ stations. Studen
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Interactive Reading Activities Bundle
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