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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

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 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

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

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!

My students enjoyed using this media organizer to explore and analyze both print and media ads. The organizer set a basis for critical discussions about how media is used to affect consumers. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This was an introductory activity for Canadian Communities that I used with my students as they started to explore the concepts of Personal and National identities. It provided the platform for a lot of critical discussion that followed. 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.

Are you concerned about the summer "Brain Drain?" The summer time is a great time for students to engage in STEM learning outside of the classroom! I've created this journal template as a way for students to keep track of challenges they are identifying around the house and taking steps to design innovative solutions. Students will have the opportunity to continue their engagement with Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics throughout the summer! I have built in a reflection piece so tha

This is a reading assessment that I designed to integrate powerful quotes from Black History for the purpose of assessing student ability to infer rich main ideas while making deep connections. A scoring rubric is included for you to support student learning. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

This a graphic organizer that I created for my students to use to help them pull out the main ideas from a variety of texts. I teach my students a 3 step method for finding Critical Main Ideas in texts. The 3 step method follows the A.P.E answer structure (Answer Prove Extend). The basic framework of the graphic organizer is based on a Frayer Model Structure. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2019 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. E

This assessment tool is designed to provide an opportunity to evaluate students ability to make critical inferences about Point of View. Both text and media pieces are used as provocations to provide at contextual basis for student inferences about the words and perspectives of Muhammed Ali with respect to his opposition to the war in Vietnam. This resources provides both contextual information, graphic organizers, student answer sheet and evaluation rubric. Created by R. Richards Copyright © 20

This bundled work package is designed to guide students in their understanding of the American Revolution and the resulting impacts on the Loyalists. The work package is based on the Canada Revisited 7 text but can be adapted for any text to research this topic. Within the package are sections where students research the answers but also, there are a variety of other activities. You will need to provide an cause and effect graphic organizer for your students. These are widely available on the in

This anchor is great for a word wall or for student notebooks. Students are prompted with questions to help them think critically when analyzing media. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

I created this graphic organizer for the students to analyze the various aspects of their model country. The supporting details are provided on the World Trade Simulation Assignment Sheet. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This package provides lesson activities and graphic organizers for an engaging and challenging learning experience that develops both oral language and critical thinking. Students are guided to plan, organize and deliver cogent One Word Arguments! A great oral learning task that can be used to developed students skills over the course of the year. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permissio

During our Data Management unit, this graphic organizer was designed for my students to engage in a Financial Inquiry where they would have an opportunity to research future choices in the areas of Education, Employment, and Area of Residence. As students collect the data, there are asked to generate related survey questions for their peers. The culminating piece was a Google Forms - Critical Survey to be shared with their peers. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All ri

This was an investigation that I designed as an introduction to the novel "Word Nerd." The focus of the inquiry is transferable to other contexts as this learning task is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore their personal biases. This exploration is based on a growing understanding of Personal Identity and the attributes commonly used to self identify. This package includes, the learning task, graphic organizer, and teacher guide. Please feel free to share your feed