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Debates are a wonderful way to allow intermediate students to express themselves on topics of their interest and to gain a greater understanding of the importance of researching reliable websites and information to support their arguments. Through this unit students are placed into groups and are given specific roles within their groups which allow them each an opportunity to contribute to the debate. This unit is completely prepared and ready to go, and includes the following graphic organize

Use this Hyperdoc to help students engage in States of Matter independent. This can be used as an introductory exploration activity, or an activity to supplement your States of Matter unit. You can assign one colour for the students to complete or have them work through the entire hyperdoc. Enjoy!

Hyperdocs are independent activities you can use to support student learning in Science. This introduction to electricity task provides students with the Big Ideas for Learning connected to this unit and opportunities to independent explore topics connected to the Grade 6 Science curriculum for Electricity. Students complete each colour coded section and answer the questions connected to the colour coded activity. The activities are meant to be completed digitally. This works well on Google C

This Unit contains detailed lesson plans, assessment sheets and rubrics, graphic organizers, and expectations connecting to the Ontario Curriculum for History (Grade 7). The unit provides students the opportunity to learn about New France through the use of technology (History Minutes, Research activities on the roles of habitant, Jesuit Priests, fille du roi, etc.) and a variety of mediums (Political Cartoons, famous portraits, Hudson's Bay Company website etc.) Topics Covered Include: The Gr

For this assignment students are shown a famous portrait of the reaction of the Acadians to the news that they are being deported from their homes and shipped to far away lands. This lesson should be used after students have obtained some previous knowledge on the events leading up to the Great Deportation. This assignment connects with the Ontario Curriculum Grade 7 History - New France learning outcomes and is a great lesson to engage students in the unit by allowing them to connect with the

21st Century Learners are fascinated and competent with new technologies and ways of creating and displaying information. Using a Blog website (Weebly, EduBlogs) as an avenue for intermediate students to express themselves through poetry gives them ownership of their learning, and creates interest in writing and comprehension activities as well. Not only are they able to display their poems online through blogging, they can also share their blog websites (free through weebly) with other studen

This assignment organizes students into specific roles and responsibilities in preparation to perform a flash mob at your school! A great and popular way to teach dance to Intermediate students!

This activity has several cross-curricular connections and assesses students ability to create a Commercial Jingle by creating a sound sequence connected to a fictional product they are to create with a partner. A rubric is included with connections to Media Literacy, Drama and Music expectations. You must have access to a class set of Ipads with IMovie and Garageband software to complete this lesson. Enjoy!

These graphic organizers were developed to assist students in using Big Ideas from the History curriculum in order to develop open-ended inquiry based questions for research. After teaching the necessary background information on a theme or topic connected to the curriculum (e.g. Confederation), students use the graphic organizers to guide them in: - developing open-ended questions for research - use primary and secondary courses to explore their question - interpret and analyze information th

Good writers overtime learn to use a variety of elements of style to enhance the experience for their readers. Unfortunately, many students have difficulty indentifying elements of style in text, and therefore struggle when attempting to use them in their writing. This activity focuses on indentifying elements of style by researching definitions and examples within the students interest level. Students are given the task of researching a variety of elements of style and choosing passages from

Students must decide on and justify their choices for making purchases between two stores to prepare for a camping trip. The description of the problem and shopping list is included in the lesson.

This resource is intended to assist students in developing open ended questions for inquiry purposes connected to the New Ontario Curriculum for History / Social Studies. Teachers can use this resource as a starting point prior to student research on a topic of interest connected to the Big Ideas presented in the curriculum.

This activity gives online students a variety of literacy tasks they can complete within a 40-60 minute block of time. Each row contains a variety of activities to explore. Students complete activities at the bottom of the document.