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Assertiveness Training: Empowering Teens and Adults

By Behavior Highway

Unlock the power of assertive communication with our comprehensive Assertiveness Training program, specially designed for teens and adults. This engaging and interactive resource includes a detailed PowerPoint presentation and a complementary handout, offering practical exercises and strategies to help learners develop and practice assertiveness in various situations.

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  1. PowerPoint Presentation: An informative and visually appealing PowerPoint that covers the fundamentals of assertiveness. Each slide is designed to educate and engage learners, featuring key concepts, real-life examples, and interactive exercises.
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Women of the American Revolution: Reading Worksheet * U.S. History * ELA

By Christa Nonnemaker

Women in American History Series

Women of the American Revolution Reading Assignment and Worksheet

This quick four-page Reading Assignment and Worksheet provides an overview of the various activities, attributes and activities of women during the Revolutionary Era. It works well as a Guided Reading activity or as an exercise for Reading Comprehension.

It covers the time period 1763, the end of the French and Indian War and through the American Revolution to 1783. Due to increasing pressures from Great Britain, colonists began to resist and women, for the first time, became involved on a political level as activists. Women's contributions will be highlighted during the Pre-Revolutionary Era (1763-776) and the Revolutionary War (1776-1783).

Students can read this on their own as a homework assignment or it can be a group activity in a classroom. It is also ideally suited for home-schoolers or independent learners who want to learn more about women's contributions. A Worksheet with questions based on the reading is included, along with an Answer Key.

Reading Assignment - 3 pages

Worksheet - 1 page
Answer Key - 1 page

The worksheet is also available as a digital resource through Easel so students may complete it online.

Please check out other Reading Assignments and Worksheets in the Women in American History series:
*Women in the US Military during WWII: Reading Assignment and Worksheet

*Women during the 1920s: Reading Assignment and Worksheet

*Progressive Era Women: Reading Assignment and Worksheet
*Women's Suffrage Movement: Reading Assignment and Worksheet

*Women during the Industrial Era: Reading Assignment and Worksheet Early *Women's Rights: Reading Assignment and Worksheet
*Women of the American Revolution: Reading Assignment and Worksheet *Women in Colonial America: Reading Assignment and Worksheet
*Native American Women: Reading *Assignment and Worksheet


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The Great Gatsby CHARACTER ANALYSIS WORKSHEETS | 18 Worksheets (2 Per Chapter)!!

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Engaging! Thought-provoking! This 20-page EDITABLE document will invite your students to analyze the complex characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. These daily writing activities promise to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The worksheets will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!

As you know, studying Fitzgerald’s nuanced construction of the characters is crucial for understanding this character-driven novel. These handouts will help students to develop a much deeper understanding of the characters while building skills in close reading!

What you'll get are 18 worksheets — two for each of the novel's 9 chapters — that invite students to analyze the main characters in The Great Gatsby. Each handout features a carefully selected passage that reveals key details about a character. Invite your students to write short paragraphs in which they analyze what the textual details reveal about the main characters. The worksheets focus on the following characters:

Nick Carraway

Jay Gatsby

Myrtle Wilson

George Wilson

Daisy Buchanan

Tom Buchanan

Jordan Baker

Henry Gatz

Because two worksheets are provided for each chapter, you can either select which worksheet to distribute or else allow students to choose which characters they wish to analyze. Admins and students alike will be thrilled to see you expanding students' voice and choice!

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Building Strong Paragraphs – Writing Structure Practice and Activities for ELA

By Blooming Through High School

  • Do you need help getting your students to understand how text is structured and how authors craft their writing?
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Help your students master paragraph structure with this comprehensive resource designed for middle and high school learners. "Building Strong Paragraphs" focuses on key writing skills such as identifying topic sentences, supporting details, and crafting thesis statements. This ready-to-use packet includes practice worksheets, engaging exercises, and thesis sentence-building activities that will enhance your students' writing abilities.

Ideal for both informational and argumentative writing, this resource walks students through the entire process of constructing well-organized, coherent paragraphs. Whether you're teaching how to develop supporting sentences, transition between ideas, or conclude effectively, this resource covers it all!

What's Included:

  • Graphic Organizer for understanding structure
  • Identification exercise
  • Two Unique Passages per skill: topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting sentences & concluding sentences
  • 9 Passages
  • 20 Pages
  • Available as a PDF and a Word Document

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  • Grades 6-10
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Symbolism Writing and History Activity

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Make using and working with symbolism collaborative, fun and educational (Meets CCSS) with this interactive writing project that focuses on 850 B.C. and the discovery of the Snake Circle: Includes: 1. KWL Chart 2. Extra Resources: Take a tour of Ancient Greece, learn about the lives of adults and children, and watch videos to understand the time period of 850 B.C. 3. Uncover its origin: The Snake Circle object came from the days of Homer, so explore its meaning with the use of two symbolism sheets. 4. Discuss and interpret the Snake Circle shield handout. 5. Write stories: choose a genre; then Peer Workshop essays 6. Color the shields--review students' colorful examples 7. Display for all to enjoy! Comes with: handouts to complete writings, students' samples, and class project photos. Everything needed for writing fun! Excellent for teaching how to interpret and use symbolism, reinforce concepts and skills, and working with multigenres. Combination of historical technology resources with writing and using literal concepts.

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Webquest includes a vocabulary with a link to find a definition and a function.

Included vocabulary:

Sure! Here's a list of the vocabulary words included in this webquest:

1. Cell Membrane

2. Cytoplasm

3. Nucleus

4. Nuclear Envelope

5. Nucleolus

6. Mitochondria

7. Ribosomes

8. Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough)

9. Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth)

10. Golgi Apparatus

11. Lysosomes

12. Peroxisomes

13. Cytoskeleton

14. Microfilaments

15. Microtubules

16. Intermediate Filaments

17. Cell Wall (Plant Cells)

18. Chloroplasts (Plant Cells)

19. Central Vacuole (Plant Cells)

20. Nucleoid (Prokaryotic Cells)

21. Flagella (Prokaryotic Cells)

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Lab Value Reference Range Cheat Sheet

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The Lab Value Cheat Sheet is an indispensable tool for healthcare professionals, students, and anyone in the medical field aiming to quickly reference normal ranges for common laboratory tests. This cheat sheet simplifies the process of interpreting lab results by providing a concise summary of key lab values such as blood count, electrolytes, lipid panels, liver enzymes, and kidney function markers, among others. It's designed to fit into the hustle and bustle of clinical settings, offering a quick glance at the necessary information without having to sift through extensive medical texts or databases. Whether it's for diagnosing conditions, monitoring patient progress, or making informed treatment decisions, this cheat sheet ensures that crucial data is always at your fingertips, promoting accuracy and efficiency in patient care.

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French Exercise: JOUER À vs JOUER DE

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Original French exercise to practice JOUER À vs JOUER DE. Pronouns Y and EN and relative pronouns AUQUEL and DONT included. ☞Just click here to follow my store! Merci! ❤️☜ ☞This resource is included in my advanced French growing bundle☜ This product includes: Fill in the blank exercise, 4 paragraphs Answer key PDF version of complete lesson to use as a handout. Simple forms of JOUER À or JOUER DE + sports or instruments Replacing sports and instruments with the pronouns Y or EN Referring to sports and instruments with AUQUEL or DONT YouTube video lesson on JOUER À vs JOUER DE
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CHEMISTRY Writing Chemical Formulas Practice Worksheets

By The French Scientist

CHEMISTRY Writing Chemical Formulas Practice Worksheets is a great resource for reviewing how to write chemical formulas in class. Students need to write the chemical formulas by combining the anions and cations given, either in form of simple ions or polyatomic ions. This resource includes 2 pages of worksheets, [BONUS] a quick test, and answer keys.

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Ultimate Guide to Mitosis (graphic organizer, handout, study guide)

By Stephanie O.

Lay out clearly and concisely what you want your students to know about each phase of mitosis, using this handy chart.

This table maps out the exact breakdown I use with my tutoring students if they've been overwhelmed or stumped by their biology teacher's explanation.

What's included:

+ key events in prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase

+ vocabulary definitions

+ color-coding mnemonics to aid understanding (prophase and telophase mirror each other!)

+ BONUS: cytokinesis (and how it differs in animal cells vs plant cells)

Example uses:

+ add it to the end of your lecture notes as a recap

+ hand it out as a supplement to practice questions on identifying what stage of mitosis a cell is in based on a microscopy image or a sketch

+ provide it as a summary study guide for a unit test on mitosis

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End-of-Year Class Party Invitation: Fully editable!

By EduDesign Savvy

Create an unforgettable end-of-year class party with this user-friendly template, which features three confetti border designs and is compatible with Google Slides™.

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Back to School | Meet the Teacher Gift Tags | Retro & Preppy Checkered

By Teach Savvy Store

Back to School |Meet the Teacher Gift Tags | Retro & Preppy Checkered: Help welcome students back to school with these preppy smiley faces and checkered gift tags! Perfect to pair with your meet the teacher or open house gifts. This resource includes multiple color options and black & white. :)

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SYLVIA PLATH'S INITIATION [TEXT]

By Richard B Williams

This Sylvia Plath's "INITIATION" TEXT allows students to look at themselves and our flawed society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 10th - 12th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!

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Plath's "Initiation" highlights fitting in, group exclusivity, self exploration, and individuality. Millicent, a teen pledge at Lansing High, realizes that being an individual offers more freedom and self discovery than being part of a sorority. Can we truly separate ourselves from society and at what would you sacrifice to do so?

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Special Education Teacher Daily Schedule with Columns for Paras (editable)

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Scheduling students and staff members can be difficult in a self-contained classroom. This editable schedule allows for you to customize your daily activities so that you can look at a glance and know where everyone of your staff and students should be. This really helps classroom staff as well as administrators know where to find teachers, paras, and students.

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AICE Marine Science AS Practical Skills- Study Guide

By AICE the Test

Facilitate comprehensive understanding of Chapter#0 Practical Skills with this Study Guide! This resource meticulously covers Chapter#0 Practical Skills topics outlined in the AICE Marine Science AS syllabus. Perfect for students seeking a clear, structured review of essential concepts.

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Controversy and the Criminal Justice System (Eric Garner Case)

By Sarah Austin

This lesson will have students critically explore a contentious current event issue involving the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The lesson will invite students to examine the context and controversy that surrounds the two cases, although emphasis will be placed on the Eric Garner case. A thought-provoking Slide Presentation & accompanying handouts will prompt students to analyze a variety of news resources; all of which frame the issue in a particular way, and offer different explanations as to the underlying causal factors in Garner’s death.

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  • One 18 Slide Presentation
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Race, Criminal justice system, controversy, racism, Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick

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Women of the American Revolution: DBQs and Primary Sources *APUSH*

By Christa Nonnemaker

This 20-page Primary Source Analysis and DBQ activity gives students a chance to learn about the contributions and changing roles of women during the Revolutionary Era between 1763 and 1783. There are two Document-Based Questions (DBQs). Included at the beginning is a one-page sheet that explains what primary sources are and how to analyze them using specific questions through a process called HAPPY (Historical Context, Audience, Purpose, Point of View, Why Significant). There is also a page of Teacher Notes. Primary sources include essays, letters, journal entries, images and cartoons. Each page of primary sources includes questions. There is also a page at the end for students to apply the HAPPY process to one source. An Answer Key to all the questions and the HAPPY process is available at the end of the packet. This is excellent practice for all high school students, particularly Honors and AP students, but all students will find these resources engaging.

Students can read this on their own as a homework assignment or it can be a group activity in a classroom. It is also ideally suited for home-schoolers, college students or independent learners who want to learn more. Teachers can assign just a few sources to analyze or the entire packet. Student time will vary. Each page includes questions based on the primary sources, along with an Answer Key. There is also an answer key for the DBQ prompts.

There is also an Easel Activity which allows students to answer the questions at the end of each primary source online. For homework purposes, Home Schoolers or for asynchronous learning, this is an especially valuable digital option .

This is part of the Women in American History Series which includes PowerPoint lessons as well as Reading Assignments and Worksheets, Analyzing Primary Sources and DBQ's and Activities about women's experiences in other eras.


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First-Day Lesson Plan for American Literature: Poems about "America"

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

This lesson was designed to be used on the first day of a year-long 11th-grade American Literature course. The lesson includes a poetry packet with 7 poems by diverse American authors. Each of the poems raises important questions about what "America" represents. A land of freedom and equality? A refuge for immigrants? A diverse and inclusive nation? Or a land with entrenched inequality? A saber-rattling evil empire?

Here is a list of the poems:

1. Ada Limón, "A New National Anthem" (2018) — our new Poet Laureate!

2. Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883)

3. Walt Whitman, "I Hear America Singing" (1860)

4. Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1923) — responding directly to Whitman!

5. Claude McKay, "America" (1921)

6. James Lasdun, "The Question" (2012) — is America "good or bad"?

7. Tony Hoagland, "America" (2003)

This resource also comes with a classwork packet that features discussion questions on the poems by Ada Limôn, Emma Lazarus, and Langston Hughes. The discussion questions come on three handouts, each of which contains 7 questions about a particular poem. Each handout also has a quick write where students can answer one of the questions in writing.

How might the concept of "America" represent a set of ideals and promises? Has this nation lived up to its ideals and promises? How might the idea of America be different from the reality?

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Do your students need help with analysis? Use these ten graphic organizers with images for analysis practice and writing a thesis. These exercises and graphic organizers help students springboard to analyzing more complex illustrations and essays for future coursework.

This easy to implement, step-by-step analysis guide for individual, small/whole group practice includes:

Full picture slides for whole group discussion and preview

10 Analysis Graphic Organizers with images

One Blank Analysis Graphic Organizer

Analysis categories include: Assumptions/Inferences, Year, Time, Season, Setting, Stereotypes, Characterization, Genre, Emotions, and Others

Writing a Thesis Statement

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A Drug Class Cheat Sheet is a crucial resource for students, healthcare providers, and individuals seeking a summary of the primary drug classes and their features. Includes the different types of Drug Schedules.

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