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When using a source, it is important to determine its reliability and validity. In other words, is the source believable? Is the data current and reliable, or too outdated? Is it biased, and therefore, unreliable? This resource will help students learn how to evaluate each source based on its origin, purpose, value, and limitation (OPVL). A chart that may be used as a poster or handout, along with an OPVL template is included.

The Three Blind Men and the Elephant, based on an ancient Indian parable, allows students to reflect on the importance of perspective and avoiding bias in their lives. I use this at the beginning of the year to review/introduce the IB Approaches to Learning skills. The final slide draws a connection to freedom of speech issues (Should offensive speech be banned?) and provides an opportunity for guided discussion as students apply perspective to the real world. (The first 10 slides may be used wi

American Revolution: Olive Branch Petition Google Slides presentation with the accompanying handouts helps make the American Revolution come alive for your students as they write their own Olive Branch Petition. The handouts include text with questions, a note chart for recording the strengths and weaknesses of the British and Colonial armies, the written assignment for their petitions against King George III, and the IB grading rubric.

Make the American Revolution and the study of the Olive Branch Petition come to life for your students as they write their own petition to King George III. This resource includes the handouts for the reading, notes on the strengths and weaknesses of the British and Colonial armies, along with the written assignment, and the IB grading rubric. The accompanying Google Slides presentation for class instruction is also available.

Make the Olive Branch Petition come alive to your students as they write their own petition to King George III. The Slides cover the Second Continental Congress, Ethan Allen and the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, and the Olive Branch Petition. Accompanying handouts for notes, the reading, the written "petition" assignment, and the IB grading rubric are also available.

Learn creative ways to teach poetry though multi-cultural experiences. What is a pantoum? a ghazal? Your students will enjoy studying poetry through this lens and you will challenge their ability to think more critically as they create new types of poetry. There are five individual lessons in this activity. My students loved it!

Students are able to record the focus questions for each of the MYP Global Contexts. Use this as an introduction to the Global Context in your IB classrooms or as a review. Students may keep these in their unit binders as reference.

This ATL Skills Reflection sheet gives MYP students an opportunity to reflect on Approaches to Learning Skills used in class and in their lives. The handout summarizes the skills in each area: Thinking, Self-Management, Social, Communication, and Research.

Use this adaption of the Frayer model to teach root words quickly and effectively in your classroom. Each root word lesson takes only 10 minutes to complete, and students really love it! This packet includes 100 root words and all you need for the entire school year: teaching root words, the root word model, root word list (with prefixes and suffixes), root word study cards (for student use and class review), and assessments (one assessment for each ten roots taught).

Engage your students in reading with these hands-on, creative projects for all types of learners. Students not only write a written book report (requirements included), they demonstrate their learning in a creative project based on what they read. Instructions for projects include four options for each of the following four genres: fiction, biography, mystery, and science fiction/fantasy, along with a grading rubric.

Help students improve their writing in this 6 Traits Powerpoint lesson on organizational patterns. Use this as a stand alone lesson or in conjunction with the other 6 Traits Writing Powerpoint lessons from Profoundly Grace.

This self-assessment tool will help students reflect upon their learner profile characteristics in a way that simplifies the process for them. Each characteristic is summarized and available on the handout.

Help students define and reflect upon their use of voice in this 6 Trait Writing Powerpoint lesson. Use this lesson as a stand alone or in conjunction with the other 6 Trait Powerpoint lessons from Profoundly Grace.

These Socratic Seminar guidelines with MYP student rubric will give you the confidence to conduct your own roundtable discussions, using the Socratic method to instill critical thinking for your students.

Help students learn how to use transition words to connect ideas in this 6 Traits Powerpoint lesson on organization in writing. Use this lesson as a stand alone or in conjunction with the other 6 Trait Powerpoint lessons from Profoundly Grace.

Help your students learn to identify sensory language and use it in their writing more effectively in this 6 Traits Powerpoint lesson on word choice. Use this lesson as a stand alone or in conjunction with the other 6 Traits Powerpoint lessons from Profoundly Grace.

Build a cooperative classroom community in this creative Get to Know You Activity. Each student will create a paper bag collage and share their characteristics, some outwardly noticeable and others more hidden, with their classmates. Materials are as simple as paper lunch sacks, glue, scissors, and old magazines, and the rubric is included!

Spruce up your classroom walls with these posters as you help guide your students through the 10 IB Learner Profile Characteristics. Having them posted as a visual reminder helps students internalize each characteristic and use them more effectively on a daily basis.

Help students recognize run-on sentences and review revision strategies in this 6 Trait Powerpoint lesson on sentence fluency. Use this lesson as a stand alone or in conjunction with the other 6 Trait Powerpoint lessons from Profoundly Grace.

Get your students to know each other by comparing their own personalities to...a shoe! Students will analyze their own traits and categorize those traits with others like them. Students will then write a narrative story on their life as the shoe of their choice. This is the PPT used to introduce the creative story assignment. The complete lesson plan with rubric is available from Profoundly Grace.