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A summary and sequencing activity for students - place the plot events in the correct order. Answer key included.

This assignment is perfect cross curricular task that combines both writing skills with advanced reading comprehension and critical thinking. Students are asked to step into the shoes of the author and write a sales pitch to a panel of teachers, in an effort to convince them to buy and use the novel with their class. Package Includes: - Assignment Outline - Reminders: Template and Structures for Persuasive Writing - Rubric - Planning Graphic Organizer * Assignment is currently set for

Package of comprehension questions to go along with A Mid Summer Night's Dream for each Act and Scene. Individual questions, along with a group discussion/activity.

A perfect unit culminating task/project for 2D measure on area and circumference of a circle. Rubric also available for evaluation.

Perfect graphic organizer to get students thinking about the challenges the physical environment presents, and how we, as humans have adapted and responded. Have we seized opportunities or simply solved challenges? You decide!

Research Assignment Must Have! Students select a seismic activity (tsunami, earth quake, volcano) natural disaster to create a one page fact sheet to share with the class. Combines earth science, geography and media.

Assignment outline and rubric included. Students select an editorial/political cartoon on a current event/issue to analyze. Questions for analysis included in the handout as well as an evaluation tool.

Planning and graphic organizer to get your students started on their own Genius Hour Project! Perfect for them and for you to make a bulletin board of their topics!

A perfect language activity for writing and media. Students create a visual/media piece about their life in the form of a road map, along with an autobiographical written component. Assignment outline and two rubrics include!

The matching rubric for the culminating task/project posted in my store.

A page of student prompts. Students can select from this list of topics/prompts in order to complete a weekly reading response on their independent reading material. This is a great way to create accountability during independent reading time, as students must complete entries based on what they are reading!

Rubric to Assess Ring of Fire Fact Sheet Assignment

A writing, oral, and media culminating task.Students are required to write a travelogue for a destination of their choice, using vivid, descriptive language to sell the location. They will then present their writing orally to the class alongside a media presentation (powerpoint, smart notebook, prezie ect.) to entice prospective tourists. Your class can vote on their destination of choice at the end! Package includes - assignment outline - assessment tools for writing, oral, and media - wri

A reading activity for a mystery unit. The pre reading activity focuses on complex vocabulary building. The during reading portion asks students to predict and use justification, while the after reading focuses on reading comprehension.

Use these cards to bring Twitter to your Language program. Students can develop their own handle and then tweet their prediction of what will happen next. A great way to combine exit cards, with a read aloud, guided reading, literature circles, and current trends students are interested in!

Using Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, students brainstorm other characters that could be used to create a sequel/complimentary story. This writing task focuses on creating voice in fictional narratives.

Perfect writing assignment that focus on the writing trait 'voice'. After reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, this assignment asks students to write the story from another character's perspective. This product pairs with the brainstorming web, graphic organizer in my store.

Fermi Questions are a great way to build large sale estimation and problems solving skills with your students using real world, every day scenarios. While there is no correct answer, students must work systematically through various estimations using computational skills in order to produce an answer. Great class discussion to follow, as you examine the different strategies use to solve.

Perfect project/culminating task for 3D measurement on surface area of cylinders. Project outline and rubric included!

A great poster to use to help teach characterization in novels. CASA acronym helps students to remember the parts that make up characterization. Pairs nicely with Characterization handout that covers both indirect and direct characterization.