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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

Students love buidling bridges and this is a worksheet that outlines the learning task of building their bridges out of straws and various other materials. The worksheet also guides students with questions to achieve critical understandings as they build. 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 is a fantastic learning task for mathematics if you want to differentiate your instruction. Students explore a variety Mnemonics for doing metric conversions and are tasked with creating and displaying their own in a unique and creative way. 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 learning task allows students to research a geographic region considering a number of geographical patterns, and then use that knowledge to create a survival kit in the scenario that they faced an emergency situation in that region. This is a creative and fun way for the students to show what they've learned about different regions around the world! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Elec

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

Students have an excellent opportunity here to express what they've learned about the 7 Years War visually! Student's have as much fun creating their images as they do putting their cubes together. This product includes an evaluation rubric and a feedback sheet for students. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2019 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This is an amazing activity where students go through the process of procedural writing by planning a fundraiser to effect positive change in the world. Guidelines are provided for a culminating piece where students generate a video in addition to their written pieces. 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 assignment will allow you to assess student understandings in Fractions, Percents, Ratios, & Data Management. Students are provided guided towards an interesting task related to creating their own preferred school schedule! The task itself is quite engaging and should provide a varied sample of results throughout your class. After representing their choices in different ways, students are lead to present their results and do some compare and contrast analysis. This is great for the kids as

This is a grade 7 survival guide procedural writing learning task that is a terrific way to end the year. Students get the opportunity to reflect on their learning experience over the course of the year and create a book (guide) to enlighten the next year's group on how to make it through the year. Sharing the survival guide of your current students with next year's students is an engaging way to break the ice with your new group in September! My kids have had as much fun with the arts and craft

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 exciting learning task whereby students get the opportunity to transform the powerful words in their written poetry into a Spoken Word Media piece. Included here is the assignment sheet and the assessment checklist for you to use to evaluate your students. I guided my students to my classroom blog to review the samples that we looked at in class earlier in the term. Create! Create! Create! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2014 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Pe

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 Geography and Media Learning Task is an excellent "non test" evaluation that progresses along a balanced literacy path. Students are guided to create their own Learning Charts using the Geography content and a variety of media effects, which they will later use to teach others about their assigned topics. They are later able to create charts individually based on their interest so that they can show you what they've learned. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2014 Ryan Richards All righ

My students have greatly enjoyed creating with this learning task. They spend time exploring lyrics in music and the message they convey. They then explore their own creative expressions of positive and healthy messages through music video parodies. My students have created some clever and witty parodies in the past. Skittles up! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limit

This learning task was designed as a cross-curricular activity to engage students in both Art and Media. My students engaged in designing a unique magazine cover that focused on combining the personas of two different social justice leaders from different eras. Students are provided the option of designing their covers in a simple program like word or by designing it by hand. Through this task, students are exposed to and guided to integrate essential elements of a Magazine Cover for the purpose

This Poetry Analysis Writing Guides provides students with a variety of critical thinking questions to guide students through a critical analysis of a poem. In addition a number of extension activities are provided to give students a variety of ways to show what they know. An assessment checklist is also provided in order to support our students with achieving their success! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single cl

This mini-unit was designed for students to critically analyse a current media issue through a Social Justice lens. Students are challenged to explore themes of Inclusion, Bias, and Power while analyzing a controversial ad that was produced by Kellogg. Critical questions are provided to guide real and relevant student reflection about about social justice themes including modern day power dynamics. Students are then challenged to use what they've learned to produce their own media. Created b

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