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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

A perfect hands on activity for Ontario grade seven science Heat and the Environment. Students are asked to APPLY their knowledge of energy transfer to building a coffee keeper that will retain heat for a thirty minute period. Students' designs will be tested against a tradition thermos and then they will be required to complete a lab report and discussion questions. A great application and thinking/inquiry task!

Hands on experiment using eggs to look at and examine the process of osmosis. Perfect for grade eight Ontario science cells unit!

A perfect culminating activity for the Interactions in the Environment unit of grade seven science. Includes assignment outline and rubric. Students must combine a minimum of 4 food chains into a web for a particular habitat/biome and must also explain the energy transfers that exist at each level. Task also combines knowledge of producers, various consumers, scavengers, and decomposers. Assignment can be modified to be completed electronically.

This assignments introduces grade 8 students to the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum that they will be exploring throughout the year. Students not only have to construct using technology skills a triangular prism but also to put together a book of concepts that will be covered throughout the year. GREAT INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY FOR SCIENCE! A SEPTEMBER MUST HAVE! *Assignment can be adjusted for various other grades*

Great introductory activity for September! Students explore the strands of science that they will cover in the school and have to find a way to demonstrate the concepts that will be covered on a cube that they must build! Hands on, and fun!

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!

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.

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.

Students can use this handout to complete a peer evaluation of weekly reading response entries (see handout on reading response ideas).

Cards for students names that match Reading Poster. Create a bulletin board for your reading corner, while staying organized. This resources will help you and your students keep track of everyones independent reading materials.

A perfect and easy to use rubric to assess standard paragraph writing.

Handout to help explain both direct and indirect characterization as the means in which authors construct characters. Small activity that can be adjusted for your own class at the end.