Students can utilize this printout to organize their thoughts as a new concept or content is introduced through a Seed Discussion. This printout readies students to acquire new knowledge by organizing what they know and what they're prepared to learn.
Seed Discussion Organizer
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Sequence of Events Chart
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer helps students see the sequential or cause-effect relationships between multiple events in a text.
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Anticipation Guide
3 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Help establish a purpose for reading—and generate post-reading reflection and discussion—with this guide.
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Podcasts: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating Podcasts
3 - 12
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| Informational Sheet
Use this helpful tool to integrate podcasts into your classroom or to help your students create their own podcasts with audio and images.
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Persuasion Map
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to develop a persuasive stance for an essay, speech, poster, or any type of assignment that incorporates persuasion.
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Tips For Using Movie Maker
7 - 10
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| Informational Sheet
It's easy to make a movie today, thanks to software that may already be on your home computer. Sounds fun, and it's a lesson in how to communicate ideas.
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Essay Rubric
6 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
This rubric delineates specific expectations about an essay assignment to students and provides a means of assessing completed student essays.
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K-W-L Chart
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
This K-W-L Chart, which tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic, can be used before, during, and after research projects.
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T-Chart
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
Use this T-Chart to examine two facets of an object, situation, or event and to make comparisons related to a variety of subjects and content areas.
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Persuasion Rubric
6 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Use this rubric to assess the effectiveness of a student's essay, speech, poster, or any type of assignment that incorporates persuasion.
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PowerPoint Tool Tips
3 - 12
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| Informational Sheet
Combining words, images, graphics, and multimedia is simple with PowerPoint software. Students learn the basics of slide creation.
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Venn Diagram Rubric
K - 12
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| Assessment Tool
The Venn Diagram Rubric can be used to provide students feedback on students' use of a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two things.
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Compare and Contrast Rubric
3 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Students and teachers can use this rubric when doing writing that compares and contrasts two things, as well as when assessing the writing.
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Book Review Template
K - 12
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| Writing Starter
Students can use this template as a means of communicating about a book that they have read.
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Character Map
K - 6
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| Graphic Organizer
Who are the characters in this story? Students will examine what a character looks like, what a character does, and how other characters react to him or her.
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Compare and Contrast Chart
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
This organizer can be used to help students explain similarities and differences between two things or ideas. After this organizer has been completed, it could easily be developed into a classroom discussion or writing topic on the information gathered.
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Conflict Map
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Ask students to remember a story with no problem or conflict. That would be difficult to do! With this printout, students learn to examine the critical plot element of conflict.
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Venn Diagram, 2 Circles
K - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Students use this graphic organizer to describe similarities and differences between two objects.
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Diamante Poem
3 - 8
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| Writing Starter
This tool will allow your students to create a diamante poem by reflecting on their knowledge of a topic and by using nouns, verbs, and adjectives in a creative manner.
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Essay Map
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to develop an outline for an essay that includes an introductory statement, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion.