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I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 2 that includes lessons 4 - 10 and the corresponding graphic organizers and resources. Students will continue their exploration of expectations in Lang

This unit is a compilation of resources that I designed to provide my students with the opportunity to reflect and respond to the text in creative ways. I've also used these materials to support and evaluate student learning of our Reading Strategy Focus which was Critical questioning. This unit includes graphic organizers for character journals, creative reading activities based on the text, Reading Comprehension questions with page references that cover the entire novel, and finally a Reading

"Things that make you go hmm?" Song lyrics can be nonsensical, but they can also be powerful conduits to inspire social change...or at least social inquiry. Challenge the social awareness and critical consciousness of your students with this Music / Language Inquiry Unit. This Inquiry Unit contains 6 lessons and graphic organizers that create an opportunity for students to explore the many ways in which contemporary song lyrics impact our society by asking listeners to think about a variety of

This is a graphic organizer that I use to build accountability into the critical discussions that my students have. They are responsible to report back critical ideas that they heard and that they offered. As well, the organizer guides them to self reflect on speaking and listening skills that they used, as well as receiving both a self and peer evaluation of their contribution to the group. I am including an anchor chart/handout of listening strategies that I teach my students and I have an anc

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 1 that includes the first 3 lessons in the unit. Students will be engage in learning covering expectations in Language, Drama, and Art. Over the course

I am very proud of this learning unit! It encompasses learning expectations for a variety of grades and curriculum areas including: History, Language, Geography, Mathematics, and Art. In this unit, I've designed a variety of learning that lead the students through the research and analysis of existing countries, the creation of their own world (where they emerge as world leaders), and finally culminating in the World Trade Simulation. This file contains the assignment sheet and description of le

This is an inquiry unit that my students have progressed through to research threats to Biodiversity using the H.I.P.P.O model leading to the STEM engineering and development of a student designed application. Students will then be guided to prepare a Dragon's Den style pitch for their app. This unit included graphic organizers, models for students, and assessment rubrics for teachers Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards A

In this unit, students are guided to inquire on the idea of Growth Mindsets and how they impact their lives and goal setting experiences. This unit has 6 lessons with corresponding graphic organizers. There are a variety of opportunities for assessment provided throughout this mini-unit. My objective for all of our students is that there will be an observable change in the way that our young people see their ability to fulfill their own high expectations. As a bonus, I have also add a list of s

This mini unit is an engaging way for your class to explore different perspectives on critical thinking and group dynamics. Multi media is used in the introduction to guide the students towards an understanding of different ways of thinking about a "critical issue." The 6 Hats Theory is introduced to the students and they are led through a series of activities where they need to make critical decisions. Students are offered a variety of ways to show what they know (that tap into multiple intell

What makes a hero a hero? How do we as individuals define heroism in others and in ourselves. How do the essential characteristics of a Hero lead to Heroic action? All critical questions that students will have the opportunity to explore in some way through this inquiry unit. Students will have the opportunity to create their own characters before analyzing and sharing their inferences about heroism that exists within their lived experience! This learning unit is comprised of 8 different less

These lesson plans and activities provided the framework for students to analyze songs for the powerful messages that are contained within the lyrics. As the students work in groups to analyze a variety of song lyrics, they will also be practicing the use of a variety of "Monitoring Comprehension" reading strategies (class anchor included). As well, students will have the opportunity to self and peer evaluate their participation and contribution during the group work stage using the attached eva

This inquiry unit guides students through an exploration of the concept of "Happiness." Students will investigate through a variety of activities, their own conceptions of happiness, how it influences relationships with others and finally how it is measured on a global scale of sustainable well being. Within this unit, 12 lessons (some with multiple parts) are provided for you, using a 3 part framework and uniquely designed graphic organizers. Multiple opportunities for technological integratio

This was designed as both a personal inquiry and visual arts learning tasks. Students are guided to reflect on how they self identify, and then to use elements of Line, Color, and Space to design and produce a masks that visually represents that identity. A graphic organizer and student work samples are provide in addition to assessment success criteria that can all support students in the development of their own Personal Identity Mask. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! C

This is an inquiry unit that allows students to explore current events through a critical lens. Specifically, students are guided through 9 learning experiences where they explore themes of RESISTANCE and RESILIENCE in the face of power inequities. The unit engages students with particular model social justice issues but guides students to explore others while engaging in reflective thought about their own resiliency and ability to be agents of change. The lessons themselves are fluid and op

In these Learning Tasks, students will be guided to inquire and reflect on their identity as math learners.Engaging lessons, complete with graphic organizers are provided so that you may learn with your students about how they see themselves as math students and more generally as learners. The platform is also set for Goal Setting and reflection on both student and teacher agency in contributing to students success. These tasks can be both an engaging learning experience for your learners at the

This graphic organizer is based on the H.I.P.P.O model of categorizing threats to Biodiversity. Critical thinking questions are added to extend student thinking! Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

These lesson activities guide student to think critically about the choices that they make with respect to musical artists to listen, and further to interrogate the messages that they are receiving. Students are challenged to see song lyrics as a construct purposed reflect the artist's identity and to possible to convey a reflection on so social issue. After critical reflection on underlying ideas that they've inferred from existing songs, students are guided to be composers of powerful messages

This product is a bundle of resources that guide students in their inferences of Critical Points of View. This bundle includes a feedback rubric for a response on Critical Points of View. This feedback document also contains a student reflection section. Additionally, this bundle includes a graphic organizer that uses key questions to observe language and use clues in order to make critical inferences about Point of View. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All rights res

I drafted this graphic organizer as a reflective piece for my students after we'd completed the modules of our iM Project ("inspire myself) on Gender Equity. This reflective piece leads students through an analysis of stereotypes that they are exposed to in their environment. Students are guided toward a reflection of media that they analyze and a real hard look at how they honestly respond to stereotypes and the part that they will play in creating change. I feel that this reflection piece

In this learning activity, students are guided to inquire about the depictions of critical social events in the movies in comparison to the reporting of that event in the news media. Students will have an opportunity to consider critical questions about who is telling the story and whose perspective is not being presented in either medium and why? Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great!