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Engage your middle school students (grades 5-8) in the essential 21st-century skill of discerning and evaluating websites with this meticulously crafted Media Literacy Lesson Kit. Perfect for any research-based class, this resource empowers students to critically analyze information, a skill increasingly crucial in today's digital age. Whether you're introducing media literacy or reinforcing it as a review, this lesson kit serves as an invaluable tool, especially effective before students embark on writing essays.

What’s Inside?

• Slide Deck: A visually engaging 27 slide presentation designed to capture students' attention and guide them through the fundamentals of media literacy.
• Handouts: Ready-to-use handouts for students, including a note-catcher to accompany the slide deck and activities, ensuring interactive learning. Includes QR codes!
• Teacher Lesson Plan: A detailed, step-by-step plan for a 60-minute lesson, offering flexibility to adapt to your classroom's needs. The lesson plan is clearly structured with a Do Now activity, whole group lesson, teacher model, partner practice, and independent practice segments.
• ✅ Teacher Answer Key: Answers to all activities, providing you with a quick and efficient way to assess students' understanding and participation.
• Extra Activity: Extend the lesson with an engaging activity using the Media Bias Fact Checker. Students will plot the bias and credibility of 15 popular news websites, deepening their understanding of media bias and reliability.

Why Choose This Media Literacy Lesson Kit?

• ☑️ Print and Go: Save valuable planning time with this comprehensive resource that's ready to use the moment you download it.
• ☑️ Versatile and Interdisciplinary: Designed to fit seamlessly into any research-based unit across subjects, enhancing students' critical thinking and evaluation skills.
• ☑️ Builds Essential Media Literacy Skills: Students learn to identify bias, assess credibility, and understand the impact of media on public opinion, equipping them with the skills to navigate the digital world confidently.
• ☑️ Interactive and Engaging: With a variety of activities, from sorting to reflective writing, students stay engaged and actively participate in their learning journey.
• ☑️ Ideal for Introduction or Review: Whether you're kickstarting a unit on media literacy or reinforcing these crucial skills, this lesson kit is perfectly tailored to meet your needs.

Elevate Your Teaching with Our Media Literacy Lesson Kit!

Prepare your students to critically analyze and navigate the complex landscape of digital media. This lesson kit not only enhances their research projects but also fosters an understanding of the broader implications of media consumption. Don't miss out on the opportunity to equip your students with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century. Add our Media Literacy Lesson Kit to your teaching toolkit today and witness the transformation in your classroom's approach to media literacy!

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Are you looking for a fun activity to help build collaboration skills while having some FUN? Need a Fun Friday activity as your students lose their engagement through the week? Need an activity with very little prep? Looking for something digital? Then look no further!

Mystery At The Theme Park is a video based Escape Room activity that is played with a YouTube Video (approximately 20 minutes) and answers are submitted on a Google Form. Students will have to watch the video, listen to the story, and look at pictures to find clues to escape from the Theme Park in time. There are many different ways that you could play this game whether it is as a full class and you try to beat the clock, or in small groups where students can work together to solve the puzzles! The links are in the PDF that you will get when you download this resources and all instructions to set up will be there.

The Prep to play this Escape Room is minimal-all you need is the video link and a copy of the Google Form for each group. I played this game with my Grade 6/7 class online and they LOVED it. I had students who were usually pretty quiet online take over and shine!

So...will you make it out in time?

Ex-Book takes you on an interactive writing journey to help shed a broken relationship and your ex. Explore expectations for a new soulmate with these 25 color and writing reflective activities. Includes: About me... Defining love... I like... My future soulmate... My idea of a romantic date... About my ex... My ex liked... What I liked about you/annoyed me about you/what we were working on... Road Map of Love Unlocked Secrets Our Favorite Memories Our Favorites What we shared... A last letter to my ex... A Poem to Free My Heart Making My Own Break-Up Movie Tattoo Design Break Up Party We broke up over... YOU be the judge... The Dating Game My Dream Vacation My Positive Attributes: A Recipe My future without my ex... Reflective, fun activities to ease pain and tension of a break-up. Great way to move on from a relationship and focus on positive character traits!

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This packet contains SIX lessons and activities to teach about the Confiteor Prayer from the Catholic Mass ⛪ Liturgy. Students will interact with the prayer to learn the words as well as the meaning behind the prayer. They will think about the purpose of the prayer, and build their religion vocabulary.

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· Page 3: Instructions

· Page 4: Full Prayer--This can be used as an answer key, and also as a puzzle. It can be cut into strips or smaller pieces for students to put together while thinking through the prayer.

· Pages 5-6: Understanding the prayer --this worksheet requires students to write the meaning of each line of the prayer. This will help students slow down and think about the meaning behind the words.

· Page 7: Fill-in-the-blanks--Students can scaffold their practice with the prayer by filling in the blanks on this worksheet.

· Page 8-13: Prayer Mazes --Students follow the words of the prayer through the puzzle. This works well laminated and placed in a station for students to recite the prayer repeatedly while traveling through the maze. There are two levels for the maze so it is easy to differentiate. There are also 2 versions of answer keys for the puzzles so students can work at their own challenge level.

· Pages 14-15: Handwriting--Students can trace the prayer to practice handwriting and spelling. This is available in print or cursive.

· Pages 16-18: Vocabulary--There are three ability levels for the vocabulary sheets. Students can fill out the blank sheet with a definition, example, and non-example. Or, students can receive a worksheet that is partially filled out or completely filled out. _______________________________

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Start each and every morning on a positive note with these unique inspirational quotes, motivational quotes, or daily quick write statements. Use the included inspirational quotes in a variety of ways, my favorite being as a quote of the day activity with students. This download includes a printable version and a link to the digital Google Slides™ version.

Pick one of the 180 included inspirational quotes to read aloud to your classroom or on the school news. Engage students in a discussion as to what the inspirational quote means to them. Deepen student understanding and enrich student learning by using these motivational quotes as a daily quick write activity prompt with your students. 

Included in this Download:

• 180 Inspirational Quotes (PDF Download, Printable)
• "I liked the quote.." Exit Tickets 
• Google Slides™ Link (clickable link found on page three of PDF)

Start school on a positive note as you build classroom community and make your students feel at ease in the classroom. At the beginning of each class or at the start of the day, pull out a quote at random and read it to the class. Leave “I Liked the Quote” slips next to your Inspiration Jar (the container you house the quotes in). When a student feels moved by a quote, they can write down the quote to keep for when they need a little inspiration.

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Looking for a meaningful and engaging way to bring gratitude into your classroom this Thanksgiving season? This 4-Day Thanksgiving Toast Writing Unit has everything you need to help your students craft heartfelt toasts while building their public speaking and writing skills. It's print-and-go, includes interactive slides, and is loaded with fun Thanksgiving puns to keep your students motivated and inspired!

What’s Inside:

• Day 1: Kick off with a Do Now, note-taking, and brainstorming a mind map of gratitude.
• Day 2: Plan and draft your toast using a structured planning guide.
• Day 3: Revise with peer feedback and finalize the toast.
• Day 4: Present with style in a festive classroom setting!
• Bonus: Toast Awards (e.g., "Most Heartfelt," "Funniest Toast") to celebrate your students’ creativity!

What Makes This Resource Special?

• Complete Package: Includes detailed lesson plans, printable guided notes, slides, and awards.
• Flexible & Easy-to-Use: Print-and-go resources allow you to spend less time prepping and more time enjoying the activity.
• Interactive and Fun: Engage students with brainstorming activities, video clips, and a celebratory presentation day featuring pie and sparkling juice.
• Real-World Skills: Students practice public speaking, writing, and expressing gratitude—skills they’ll use for a lifetime!

Perfect For:

• Thanksgiving week lessons
• Middle school ELA or Speech classes
• Public speaking units

Teacher Tips for Maximum Impact:

• Bring in sparkling juice and pie to create a “Thanksgiving Toast Table” for presentation day.
• Set up a festive classroom with fall-themed decorations and soft background music.
• Use the included Toast Awards to celebrate students’ creativity and confidence.

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Do you find yourself searching for new ways to get your students involved in the review process? These 10 activities are great ways to review the concepts and ideas of the day's lesson or an effective way to end a unit. Great teacher time-savers. Try these activities and watch your students have fun reviewing what they learned in class.

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• ABC's,
• Top Ten,
• Match Maker,
• Run Baby Run,
• Human Bingo,
• Tag Your It, and MORE!

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Want to decorate your classroom with a unique and cute theme?

This kit includes: 2 different sets of numbers, 2 banners, unique letters, classroom role cards and more... + a PPT for you to personalize the material.

A pre-made design has been made as well!

Do you want to give your secondary ESL newcomer students an engaging resource to get them writing, reading, presenting and researching about Women's History Month? This resource has engaging mini biographies for secondary Newcomers that they will love. They will learn about four incredible women and their amazing accomplishments. 

This resource is perfect to print out and have students do independently with their phones (to have stories read aloud) OR you can pull small groups and do this activity with them!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 4 mini biographies (Gladys West, Indira Gandhi, Amelia Earhart and Flossie Wong-Staal)
• 8 writing activities (Entering level and Emerging level for EACH reading passage)
• Vocabulary supports for each passage
• QR CODES TO HAVE STORIES READ ALOUD!!!
• Speaking questions WITH language frames for speaking practice
• Tons of language supports like sentence frames, starters and TONS of visuals!
• 20 PDF printable vocabulary cards for extra small group work
• Genre focus and graphic to teach it: BIOGRAPHIES
• Women's History Month information 
• PDF Easy Printing Version
• Engaging secondary materials and graphics for secondary multilingual/ELL students

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sebastian P. wrote, “This was a great reading and writing lesson for my Entering and Emerging (Level 1 and 2) students and the QR codes were so nice to have. Very well done and fun for the students as well. Thanks!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE project. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Newcomer Professional Development

Are you on the hunt for a writing project for your secondary ELL Newcomers that can be their first personal narrative? This helps your students write four paragraphs with support (organizer and checklist) and teaching/reviewing the writing process.

There are scaffolded supports for ENTERING and EMERGING students (Beginner and Intermediate ELLs).

With great graphics to show the personal narrative genre, visual prewriting, point of view, descriptive writing, past tense grammar practice and sentence frames, your Newcomers will be able to write their own personal narrative! 

Your Students Will:

• Learn more vocabulary
• Experience the writing process
• Apply knowledge
• Practice skills 
• Have the opportunity to learn new skills
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have access to tools that will benefit them in writing

Help your ELL Newcomers tell their incredible stories!

What’s Included:

• Follows the WIDA KEY USE: NARRATE objectives and formatting
• Visual introduction to the genre of personal narrative writing
• Options for different prompts with visual supports
• Prewriting organizer
• Descriptive Writing practice for places AND people
• Point of View practice for 1st person
• Transition words, vocabulary support and more!
• Lesson learned examples and practice
• Two pages of past tense activities
• Chunking the story into 4 paragraphs
• Final draft pages
• Self Checklist with visuals for self editing
• PDF Version for easy printing

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yackeline G. wrote, “My students loved this activity. It was perfect for them because they are level 1 and 2. All the pictures, sentence frames and sentence starters are the scaffolding activity I was looking for. It helped them to write complete sentences that were going to be used to create their narrative stories. ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This was great for my Newcomers. We finished it in about a week and I was thankful for the different scaffolds for my Entering and Emerging kiddos. Thanks.” 

This ESL writing resource will give them confidence and help them get through all the parts of a personal narrative. You don’t want to miss out on this resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Do you need a way to challenge and prepare your secondary ESL ELL learners for the ELPAC? This ELPAC test prep is perfect for BEFORE the test to either showcase the formatting OR you can use it as a BOY MOY or EOY tool to assess students levels.

This resource will take several days to weeks to give to students and is intended to be chunked out into parts or sections as there is a LOT in this practice test.

Your Students Will:

• Develop strategies
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice testing strategies
• Work on developing test taking skills
• Complete practice & experience test formatting
• Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

This resource is LOADED with activities to help your students prepare for the ELPAC.

What’s Included:

• 35 pages of test prep formatting and questions
• ANSWER KEY
• PDF Printable Feedback and grading resource to score students in each part of the test (organized by: collaborative skills, interpretive skills, productive skills, and learning how English works skills)
• Structure that follows the ELPAC test and types of questions and prompts
• Material for grades 6-12
• Listening prompts and questions with linked recordings (Types: Support an opinion, short conversation, presentation, classroom conversation)
• Speaking prompts and questions with linked recordings & directions how to record (talk about a scene, speech functions, support an opinion, support and discuss, summarize an academic opinion)
• Reading prompts and questions with linked recordings (informational passages, student essay, literary passage) 
• Writing prompts and questions with linked recordings (describe a picture, write about an experience, justify an opinion)

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This ELPAC practice will ease everyone’s stress as you work towards completing the ELPAC! You don’t want to miss out on the HELPFUL resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for ELL Newcomers?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take 1 day off and have lessons for when you come back, too, OR you can take two days off for some much needed REST!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Practice cause and effect
• Watch engaging short videos about Colombia!
• Discuss vocabulary and science with each other
• Read and analyze a text about how Colombia lowered the temperature in a city by going GREEN!
• Practice listening comprehension
• Practice speaking and discussing important topics about science and conservation
• Think of ideas on how their school can add plants!

What’s Included:

• 22 PDF printable student workbook pages
• 25 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 and Day 2 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Level 1 and 2 Newcomer multilingual learners, INCLUDING SLIFE STUDENTS!
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
• YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!

Are you struggling to know what level your secondary ELL multilingual students are currently? Do you need a middle of the year assessment tool to track and monitor their growth throughout the year? This tool is a GREAT way to track and assess student skills and growth!

This resource will help teachers:

• Assess students in the four domains (Listening, Speaking Reading and Writing)
• Assess students with the same formatting and rigor of the ELPAC, ACCESS and TELPAS state tests for multilingual learners
• Track data and analyze students' skill levels
• Know how to score students with a comprehensive rubric

This resource includes:

• 1 test for students (MOY)--**Different assessment than BOY and EOY**
• A comprehensive rubric for teachers with answers keys
• A tracking doc and progress monitoring tool
• Links for audio recordings and directions

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Earth Day and Science Conservation_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to do after state testing when you want to teach something meaningful AND that students will enjoy!

This lesson should take 3-5 teaching days. It is great for emerging/level 2 to expanding/level 4 ELLs.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 96 interactive Pear Deck/Google Slides
• Pre-teach vocabulary slides including Prefixes and interactive slides to practice vocabulary
• A SEPARATE GOOGLE SLIDES for students to practice vocabulary INDEPENDENTLY or with a sub for deeper practice
• Problems and Solutions facing our planet and our survival
• Engaging videos embedded that will help peak students' interests and make the issues more real
• A poetry reading by Amanda Gorman "Earthrise" and analysis
• TONS of writing and language supports throughout, including a summative paragraph you can use as a formative assessment!
• Speaking practice with language frames for students to use
• ENGAGING and professional slides for secondary ELL ESL multilingual students
• Cause and Effect Slides 
• Rephrasing writing slides
• Games: Extinct animals, where animals live, recycling
• THREE PDF Infographics for you to use in small group for extension
• GRAPHS, CHARTS, and GRAPHICS to get students practicing all types of Reading

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Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This lesson had SO MUCH in it! It lasted an entire week and my 8th grade students were so engaged! The slides looked awesome and they covered so many great topics about issues facing our planet. Thank you so much for making this and saving me from making lesson plans right after state testing!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the MEANINGFUL unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Are you struggling to know what level your secondary ELL multilingual students are currently? Do you need a beginning of year assessment tool to track and monitor their growth throughout the year? This tool is a GREAT way to track and assess student skills and growth!

This resource will help teachers:

• Assess students in the four domains (Listening, Speaking Reading and Writing)
• Assess students with the same formatting and rigor of the ELPAC, ACCESS and TELPAS state tests for multilingual learners
• Track data and analyze students' skill levels
• Know how to score students with a comprehensive rubric

This resource includes:

• 1 test for students (BOY)--**Different assessment than MOY and EOY**
• A comprehensive rubric for teachers with answers keys
• A tracking doc and progress monitoring tool
• Links for audio recordings and directions

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Black History Month_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to leave for a substitute. It was created for emerging to expanding ELLs and includes everything you need to let students work independently and practice important language skills! 

Tons of literacy and language supports for Emerging to Expanding level ELLs!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This lesson is READY-TO-USE with plenty of activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING lesson.

What’s Included:

• 58 Google Slides that you can assign to your students to do independently (great for a sub or for you to do centers or small group while they work)
• 5 Embedded StoryCorps stories celebrating Black History Month that all have graphic videos for extra comprehension support
• Listening Comprehension multiple choice questions (ACCESS format)
• Speaking prompts with recording instructions for students to practice using a microphone
• Vocabulary slides with voice recordings to read aloud for each StoryCorps story
• Background Information slides for each StoryCorps story with voice recording to read aloud
• Prediction slides for student to write their predictions using a graphic
• A final slide that asks students to write what they learned, enjoyed, and still wonder
• Themes such as: NASA, voter suppression, literacy, Jim Crow Era, race car driving, father/son relationships and more
• Engaging themes and topics for secondary ELL multilingual students
• Great for a sub or so students can work independently while you pull small groups or do testing!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “This was a lifesaver for me after finishing ACCESS last week! The students really loved the stories and the voice recordings throughout meant even my struggling students could do this activity independently. Thank you!”

This lesson will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

My first decor bundle is here! Rainbow Pastel has the basics you need for your classroom!

Calendar - either can be flip or use a pocket chart

Nameplates - Editable on powerpoint! Options for each grade span (primary and upper)

Number Posters - Skip counting, number posters

Alphabet - Options for each grade span ( primary, with or without pictures)

Birthday Display - Editable on powerpoint

Numberline - 0 - 120

Shape posters - 2 D shapes

Hand signals - editable on powerpoint or pre-made with options

Are you hunting for a FUN way to get your ESL ELL secondary students using argumentative writing? This Thanksgiving themed unit includes resources to break down teaching writing and provides examples and aids!

5 days of lessons in this mini unit - NO PREP

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to practice for tests.

This resource is ENGAGING and will have your secondary ESL students excited about writing. 

What’s Included:

• 5 days of lessons that have ZERO PREP
• Work that can be used for lower and higher level ELLs
• A guided teacher slide deck (50 slides) that covers EACH day's activities AND has all the linked resources
• A student Google Slides independent activity
• A writing rubric (PDF)
• Student writing note catcher with Pre writing, rough draft, and final draft formatting (Google Doc)
• POWERFUL WORDS handout (PDF)
• Linked recordings for the text and vocabulary
• Transition word support
• Preps students for the TELPAS, ACCESS and ELPAC state tests!
• Color coded steps for CLAIM--EVIDENCE---REASONS
• Student note catcher to document findings from videos and two texts
• Two different texts about a colonizer's perspective of Thanksgiving and Indigenous/Native American perspective on Thanksgiving (Google Doc)
• Group discussion and partner work
• Self edit slides with checklist
• Peer edit resources (PDF)
• Teacher conferences/feedback (PDF)
• Argumentative genre visual and checklist (PDF)
• Student vocabulary slides for independent practice/extension (Google Slides)
• Day by day instructions and agendas so you have to do NOTHING! :)

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah A. wrote, “This was a perfect no prep writing unit for the week before Thanksgiving with my 10th grade ELLs! My students range from Emerging to Expanding and they did really well with it and wrote awesome argumentative essays. I loved the variety of activities and how guided the teacher slides were and the student note catcher. Everything was so clear and prepared that I could have easily left it for a sub as well. The debates we had were awesome about Thanksgiving and its history. Thank you!”

This Thanksgiving Mini Unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the EXCITING unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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