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Shark Tank/Dragon's Den Project Based Learning - Advertising Activity Loosely based on the popular TV shows Shark Tank, and Dragon's Den, students are challenged to identify a need and invent a solution. They must must also create a advertising plan and poster to sell their product idea. In my classroom, we turned this into a challenge and invited judges in to vote on the product ideas. Students really enjoyed the creativity of this assignment. Click here to visit my store!

Into the Wild - Complete printable unit and novel study - Jon Krakauer This printable is meant to accompany students as they read this novel. You can assign this for students to complete individually, in small groups, or as a whole class. What You Get - Essential Questions - Anticipation Guide - Pre-reading articles - Chapter Assignments - Bucket List Activity - Exit Slips - Map Activity - Symbolism Assignment - Character Analysis - Creative Writing Survival Story - Poetry Analysis -

The Ultimate A Midsummer Night's Dream Resource - Activity Workbook This is the ultimate resources for anyone teaching Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Includes a variety of whole group, and individual projects, quizzes, printables and activities as students work through the play. Easy to implement, just print out the 28 page workbook and students will enjoy working through the engaging materials!

Create a Podcast - Project-Based Podcasting (Current Events) Ever wanted to start a class podcast? In this printable workbook, students create an episode on a current event. It could be a current event in your school, community, or the world. The workbook takes students through: Generating IdeasPlanningWriting a ScriptInterviewsEditing and PublishingAssessmentStudents can do this project on their phones, computers, or iPads. I generally give them a week or two to create, and then we have a l

The Pigman - Interactive Printable Workbook for Middle/Senior This 36 page printable includes everything you need teaching Zindel's much-loved The Pigman. This is easy to use, and students will be able to moved through much of it independently! Thought provoking questions are easy to translate into reading group or class discussions. Included: - Chapter Questions - Writing Prompts - Anticipation Guide - Test - Final Projects KEYWORDS: Novel Study, Reading, Activities, Reading Strategy, T

The Giver - Complete Unit - Reading Journal and Novel Study Activities This printable booklet contains activities to accompany students as they read The Giver. Contains framework for students to create reading journals to bring to collaborative discussion groups. Also, assignments such as a character sketch, writing an epilogue, designing a utopia, keeping a dictionary, and designing a map, will keep students interested and engaged! Click here to visit my store! Keywords: The Giver, Lowry, N

The Outsiders - Novel Study, Journals, Writing Prompts, Unit, Final Projects This printable workbook contains everything you'll need in Hinton's The Outsiders. Engaging and easy to use printables to hand out to students. Emphasis on writing responses and thought provoking questions to enable deep small group or class discussions.

In this printable workbook aimed at middle to high school students, students are asked to focus in on their dream job. They will research specifics about the job, then they will create workplace and professional texts such as: - Cover Letter - Resume - Job Applications - Post-Secondary Application - Career Research Report - Interview They will assemble this in a portfolio, which will be of use to them in their future endeavors! Keywords: Career, Job, Career Planning, Business Letters, R

Famous Artists - Inquiry Research Project - Independent Printable WorkbookWant your students to try project-based learning? This printable workbook guides students through the steps for conducting research on a famous artist. This project provides students with flexible choices and opportunities. Students will:decide on an artistbrainstorm inquiry questionsfind resourcestake notes to answer sub-questionscreate an original productpresent their learning to class/small groupPlease visit my store!

One of the most popular podcasts ever made, Serial is such a powerful tool in the classroom. Your students will love the engaging and provoking use of this podcast. This unit is based in core standards such as analyzing non-fiction text, note-taking, and persuasive writing and speaking. My high school students LOVE this unit! They really enjoy being able to form their own opinion on who is really guilty. I usually move through this unit in under two weeks, and the kids are always engaged. I

This research project is a great project-based learning activity for middle and high school students. The students follow these steps: - Select a topic that they find interesting - Form and Inquiry question (and sub-questions) - Look up effective sources, - Take notes, - Create a product (powerpoint, poster...), - Present their learning. Click here to visit my store!

Want your students to amaze you? Try having them create original documentaries. My students loved this project, and I was blown away by the documentaries they created. I started by having the students watch a documentary (I used "Supersize Me), and they recorded features of documentaries (Titles, Voice-over, Music..) We made an anchor chart of these text features and referred to it often. Then, I had the students break into small groups an pick an issue at our school (such as recycling p

Confederation Stations - Canadian Confederation Station Activity Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach confederation? With these Confederation stations students learn about Canada's confederation through 8 different learning stations. Each station has a station poster and task cards, and students take their workbooks to each stations. Students are able to rotate through these stations independently, and I usually just walk around check in. Topics covered include political pressu

In this short unit, students learn and practice the four different types of paragraphs: Expository, Persuasive, Descriptive, Narrative. They will pick one topic, and write about it four ways, which really gives them practice learning how they are different! Just print and hand out, this product includes descriptions, steps to write, and a rubric for each type of paragraph! Keywords: Printable, Expository, Persuasive, Descriptive, Narrative, Paragraph, Non-fiction, Writing, Rubric, Worksheet,

Not sure how to make poetry more engaging? Try poetry stations! This bundle includes a 7 poetry stations that students will visit. At each station, students will participate in a different poetry activity. Also included is a workbook for each students to record their poetry activities. At the end of the workbook is a rubric to mark each activity. My 10th grade students loved this because it let them move around at their own pace. Each table group is a different station, and students simply

In this printable collection of four articles (from the New York Times, and LA Times, links provided), students are asked to: 1. Scan each article for text features 2. Close Read each article (annotating on the article) 3. Write a 1 paragraph response on the article, making reference to the text. Highly engaging articles make these articles quite interesting. Recommended for middle/high school classes. Keywords: Information, Informational Text, Info-text, Reading, Writing, Critical, Close Read

Author Study - Inquiry Based, Project Based Learning Activity Workbook In this printable workbook, students will research their favorite author after reading books by that author. This inquiry driven assignments gets the students to: - Research Information on the author and books - Write to the author - Write a story in the style of the author - Artistically respond to the author's work - Record sources - Present learning to the class Much of this assignment can be done independently! Stud

World Changers - Inquiry Project Based Learning for Middle & High School Want to give Inquiry and Project-Based Learning a try? This project is tried and tested in my classroom, and allows students choice over who they learn about. This focuses on the skills of: - Creating a research question - Identifying reliable non-fiction sources of information - Keeping track of sources of information - Taking effective notes (cornell style) - Creating an original text to demonstrate learning - P

This research project is a great project-based learning activity for middle and high school students. The students select a person that they find interesting, and this printable workbook leads them through their research project. After selecting a person, students look up effective sources, take notes, create a product (powerpoint, poster...), and present their learning. A rubric is also provided. Keywords: Research, project, workbook, printable, inquiry, self-directed, interactive, student-cen

Entire New Media 10 or New Media 11 course This printable binder contains projects for a project-based English course. It focuses on technology and media, and allows high school students to try engaging and authentic projects. Binder includes: - Course outline - Online Profile - Paragraph Boot Camp - Youtube How To Videos (Expository writing) - Short Stories - Short Fiction Project - Technology Literature Circles - School Swag Advertising Project (Persuasive writing) ★ ★ ★ Visit My S