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Middle school informational text scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
Grades:
5th - 8th
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The CRAP Test (Finding Credible Internet Sources)
Want to help your students find credible, reliable, and relevant sources for a research project? Then this is the perfect resource for you!
Helps students organize their information in a visual way.
Helps them see if their sites are legitimate.
Gets them started with accurate and quality websites for research!
Connects well with the HOW DO I RESEARCH PRESENTATION.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Active Reading Strategies("SNOTS") for Amplify's "The Human Microbiome" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Amplify Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Active Reading Article, "Ocean in Motion"
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS2-5
Social Media & Pop Culture Project - student investigation of cultural influence
In this interactive unit, students will work participate in a two-week (depending on class length) investigation where they will evaluate the influence of social media, fashion, and other cultural norms within their life. First, students will spend about two days in their own investigation, where they will evaluate their own habits: phones, social media, ear buds, fashion, politics & then they will observe their surrounding world to see the habits of those people surrounding them. Next, they
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Updated AP Language & Composition Bundle - Units 1-6
Nonfiction (Memoir) Book Club Notes - 3 Levels Bundled
Book club notes designed to help students engage in their reading while focusing on the following skills:
*Creating objective summaries
*Analyzing inner & outer dialogue
*Determining a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot
*Citing the textual evidence that most strongly supports analysis
Notes are designed to support students performing below, at, or above grade-level expectat
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Ellis Island Interactive Webquest Research Writing Project
This webquest takes students on an interactive tour of Ellis Island. The first 3 pages of the webquest includes guiding focus questions for students to answer as they tour all the rooms of the main building of Ellis Island. Students will view photographs, listen to oral histories, and analyze data. A reflective essay is also included at the conclusion of the essay which allows students to use integrate and cite evidence from the webquest.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Citing Evidence! Using Says, Means, Matters to Cite Quoted Text + RACE Strategy
What a great tool to help guide students toward citing evidence correctly! Use Says, Means, Matters to cite authors, evidence, quoted text, and more. Includes examples for modeling and concludes with a summary paragraph using the RACE Strategy. This file is a Word Doc, but can be easily modified to Google Programs.- Distance Learning Activity
Grades:
6th - 9th
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
HARRY HOUDINI Magician Biography NOTE-TAKING & OUTLINING STRATEGY Reading Skils
Here is a helpful reading strategy that will improve students' organization and note-taking skills. Students take notes from the given biographical / informational text about magician Harry Houdini. They fit their notes into the outline provided in order to capture the relationships between ideas and data. The selection about Houdini should spark your students' interest and motivate them to want to take the notes to fill in the outline. This will be a nice supporting resource for the story "The
Grades:
4th - 8th
Active Reading Strategies (SNOTS) for Amplify Human Microbiome "Virus" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Informational Essay Outline- Extended Response
This is an outline and guideline to help guide students while writing a five paragraph informational essay. I created this to help my students visualize what to needs to go next when they are writing their essays and what needs to go in each paragraph and also each sentence. I hope this helps your kids as much as it has helped mine! :)
Grades:
3rd - 8th
CCSS:
Winter Vacation Opinion Writing with Sources and Rubric
This tool has two set-ups. The first is an assessment set-up. It gives the students a writing prompt, two sources, a planning page, and lined pages to write their response.
The second option for using this resource is to teach the students how to write a 5 paragraph opinion essay. Each paragraph is broken down and tells the student to include certain parts. It gives them specific directions on how to write their essay. It also provides a page for brainstorming and allowing the student to choose
Grades:
4th - 8th
CCSS:
Nonfiction Terms Cornell Notes
FULLY EDITABLE - MS Word format
This set of notes for nonfiction terms is set up Cornell, or 2-column, style. It includes 2 pages of teacher's notes (information has been completed) and 2 pages of scaffolded student's notes.
The following terms and concepts are covered: central or main idea, summary, compare, contrast, argument, evidence, assertion, citation, logic, fallacious reasoning, author's purpose, text features, headings, illustrations, captions, headline, direct quotation, table of
Grades:
6th - 9th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer two texts or one text
Ever find yourself having students struggling with the concept of opinion writing? I have used boxes and bullets many times within my classroom to help students understand the importance to have a thesis statement. With this awesome plan, you are able to keep track of your students writing plan, provide your students with a list of transition words they can use in their writing, and have them write down their entire essay while understanding the format and structure of an opinion piece of writin
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Theme, Tone and Mood Notes
FULLY EDITABLE - MS Word format
This set of scaffolded Cornell or 2-column style notes covers theme, common literary themes, topic, universal theme, and lesson or moral.
In the Tone set, tone is defined, along with steps for determining tone in a literary piece, as well as 26 common tone words with definitions.
The Mood set of scaffolded notes define mood, provides examples connecting tone and mood, and features 40 common mood words and definitions.
A completed teacher copy of the notes is
Grades:
6th - 8th
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE - NOTES DRAMA CLASS
This fill-in-the-blank notes activity corresponds with the PowerPoint Presentation that covers the "Ten Commandments" of Audience Etiquette in a fun, simple way. These ten commandments are essential for any Drama class, and there is also a Quiz covering the ten commandments available in my store.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) Argument Writing Scaffold - nonfiction
Claim, evidence, and reasoning is a way for students to organize their ideas in an argument or expository type of writing. The flow of the model allows for them to answer the question, cite evidence to support their response, and provide reasoning as to how their evidence supports their answer. I use this scaffold to help students gather their ideas first, then organize their response prior to writing their paragraph out. This product is editable so you can change up the topic or essential ques
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Propaganda Techniques Cornell Notes
FULLY EDITABLE - MS Word format
This file contains a completed teacher copy and scaffolded student copy of Cornell or 2-column style notes on propaganda techniques.
It covers the following terms: propaganda, logic, fallacious reasoning, hasty generalizations, circular reasoning, only-cause fallacy, bias, and prejudice.
It covers the following propaganda techniques: Transfer or Association, Testimonial, Plain Folks, Bandwagon, Glittering Generalities, Stereotypes, Name Calling, and Snob Ap
Grades:
6th - 9th
NOVA Thai Cave Rescue Video Notes
Engage your students with high interest, quality film AND hold them accountable. As of November 19, 2019, this episode was available on Netflix. Search "NOVA Thai Cave Rescue." 52 min.Bonus: If you are looking for a terrific multimedia text set, check out Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson. So many incredible connections! My sixth graders love this combination. 4 pages, editable, includes an answer key
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Titanic: Writing and Evaluating Arguments
This document includes two writing tasks. Both involve writing and evaluating arguments using the nonfiction account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.
Both tasks use citations from the text as support. Thirty plus citations are included that could be used in both tasks.
These tasks are a good way to introduce writing using arguments. Task 1 is a little more complex, while task 2 is more basic. Both could be used simultaneously as differentiation in your
Grades:
5th - 8th
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NonFiction Text Structure Note Taking Anchor Chart
Use this product to have your students take notes on each nonfiction text structure. Students can fill in this organizer as you make an anchor chart. They can use the empty box to draw in organizers to use for each structure, key words, or an explanation of the structure. You could as use this for pre- or post-assessment.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Thesis Statement Formula
Students can sometimes find it difficult to understand how to create a thesis statement. I created this formula for composing a thesis statement to break down the steps for them. I mainly use this with my 7th, 8th, and English Language Development students. It is a simple way to help them understand the components of a thesis statement and create their own.Hopefully this quick activity helps your students as well.
Grades:
7th - 10th
A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce Figurative Language and KEY
This 2 page Figurative Language worksheet on Ambrose Bierce's short story "A Horseman in the Sky" has 3 parts. Part 1 identifies the 11 examples of figurative language in the story: classical allusion, onomatopoeia, biblical allusion, alliteration, simile, irony, parallel structure, foreshadow, personification, flashback, and metaphor, and students have to match the term to the definition. Part 2 uses the same terms from the word bank to match the term to an example. Part 3 has 20 direct quo
Grades:
8th - 11th
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