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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Persuasive Essay Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of assignments related to persuasive writing are provided on this site. Scaffolded assignments related to writing an effective introduction and identifying both sides of an issue are included. Exemplar persuasive essays with...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Writing Persuasive Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Persuasive writing is the topic of this article. Students will learn the parts of the persuasive essay and how to write an effective persuasive essay.
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Focusing a Research Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This clear and easy to understand explanation of how to focus your topic for effective research will be helpful to many. There are plenty of examples, and two alternate methods are offered as well.
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Research Topic Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive and in-depth list of possible topics and ideas for research papers from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 10: Interpretation and Meaning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using the lyrics, music and video of a selected song (example used here is 'One' by the Irish group U2), students will explore the ways in which words, music and visual images interact to create meaning. Students will analyze the...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
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Other

Fqs: Debate "Quality of Qualitative Research"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This link provides information about forming you debate speech. It foucuses on the quality of the quantity of your speech.
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Other

Speaking Effectively: Beginning and Ending the Talk

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Prepare each part of your speech or presentation according to these guidelines. This page walks you through several different kinds of speeches.
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Other

Manner of Speaking: Analyses of Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of videos of speeches by well-known personalities and celebrities. Each one is accompanied by an analysis of the speech's structure, devices, and arguments. Some videos are excerpts from movies, some are from...
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Other

Uncg University Speaking Center: Parts of a Speech [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides public speaking tips. Advice and examples for writing the introduction and conclusion are highlighted. The tips could also be used to help in preparing for group discussion.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Chart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry chart designed to help students ask questions and collect information from various texts when conducting research on any topic. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Search Chart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry search graphic organizer to help students organize questions and sub questions while working through the research process. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
New ways of thinking about text, collaboration with group members, and presentation skills are all developed with this lesson which could be applied to almost any novel read in class. Includes student handouts, an online interactive, and...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: As Far as the Eye Can See

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
View a variety of television advertisements analyzing visual and verbal features and how these are combined to communicate ideas. Write a coherent essay which expresses and argues a viewpoint about a chosen marketing strategy, linking...
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Other

University of Tampere: General Notes on Speech Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A general, but very informative website on all types of speeches. It runs the reader through the process of finding and choosing a topic to the delivery of the speech.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Paraphrasing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Improve understanding of expository materials by getting the main ideas through paraphrasing. The paraphrasing strategy helps students recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are three steps for teaching...
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing the Body of a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and create the bulk of a research paper: the body includes in-depth information, examples, as well as links to earlier steps in the process such as thesis statements, notecards, outline,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Questions: A Focus for Planning, Researching, and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Sophia video lesson introduces how to develop good questions for a research paper. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 standards are addressed in...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Note Taking Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A five-slide presentation explaining techniques writers can use to take effective notes while gathering information for a research project. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Speaking and Listening Progress [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page printable worksheet is designed for classroom use by the teacher for evaluating and tracking progress in speaking and listening skills and student engagement in discussions. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss, SL.9-10.6 Adapt to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Expository Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is a fun way to practice the elaboration tools needed to back up answers. Students will need to speak about a random topic for one minute without time to prepare. This lesson helps students practice their speaking skills,...
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University of Michigan

Univ of Michigan: 4 Ps: Plan, Prepare, Practice and Present Your Speech [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An outline for designing an effective speech is provided on this site. Steps included in the outline consist of the following: planning to write the speech; preparing to present the speech; and delivery of the speech. SL.9-10.1a...
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Brown University

Brown University: Debates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this resource to learn how to engage in collaborative discourse and argumentation enhances student's conceptual understandings and refines their reasoning abilities. Be sure to click on the links to other resources.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Designing Effective Poster Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for six or seven lessons that teach young scholars to create and present effective poster presentations. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...