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The last time I introduced the students to our “Analyzing Arguments” unit, the students were excited. They love to argue and debate. However, when it came to focusing on arguments found in a text, some of that enthusiasm waned. Why? I believe that although students know what arguments are…
When I say Media Literacy what do you think of? In a recent discussion at my school, some teachers thought that showing the video version of a story is good enough because this standard can't really be assessed, right? Well actually... In Florida, this skill is reportedly assessed directly …
One year, around this time of year, my middle school students were needing something more active and project based to keep them engaged. I thought it might be fun to have students research what Christmas was like in other places around the world. So I made a flipbook with 5 different countries…
Previously, I shared how I teach character development based on R.CCR.3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. After I teach the fiction portion of that standard, the I teach the non-fiction portion: idea development . I'll sta…