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Grade 10 Course Alike NOTES (Updated) 2021-2022

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Grade 10 Course Alike NOTES (Updated) 2021-2022

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SY 2020 - 2021

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Dodge Updated ELA SY2021-2022 Curriculum Map

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Dodge Updated ELA SY2021-2022 Curriculum Map

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Do General for your Academy. Mine is for Distant Learning

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SY 2021 - 2022

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SY 2021-2022
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SY 2021-2022

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Great to use for text, including hyperlinks for activities, video's, audio, etc...

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Back to School ideas

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It's back to school time again and this year might be different once again. As summer comes to a close teachers are preparing for that big first day of school. This year, for many of us, it means going back to in-person instruction after over a year away. Or perhaps your instruction is a hybrid of in-person teaching and distance learning.

However, one thing we know is true, no matter where you or your students are learning from, those first few weeks of school are crucial for community and relationship building. Lucky for us, many of the beginning of the year activities we know and love can be done in any classroom!

Below we have curated over 80 back to school activities for any classroom. Scroll down for tons of ready-to-use lessons along with tutorials, templates, and examples to make planning this year a little easier.
What are your back to school ideas? Please share them in a comment at the bottom of the post!

80 back to school activities for any classroom
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80 back to school ideas and activities - Ditch That Textbook

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It's back to school time again and this year might be different once again. As summer comes to a close teachers are preparing for that big first day of school. This year, for many of us, it means going back to in-person instruction after over a year away.

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SY 2020-2021

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ELA Grade 10 Syllabus Priority Stancards SY 2021-2022

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ELA Grade 10 Syllabus Priority Stancards SY 2021-2022

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This Audiobook Playlist was narrated by Zachary Ramsey. Here is his Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/strandedlantern/videos) Subcribe Plz

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Audiobooks

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Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe (Audiobook) by Cheveyo Mills

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This Audiobook Playlist was narrated by Zachary Ramsey. Here is his Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/strandedlantern/videos) Subcribe Plz

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Staying organized as a teacher can be a major challenge. Between student work, teacher plans, sticky notes, school supplies it's easy to get buried and overwhelmed! This can especially be hard in a personalized learning environment, where students are often working at different paces, with different resources.

Here are 6 ways teachers are using Padlet with their students:

1. To curate resources for kids.

We know that dropping kids into the internet without some sort of scaffolding for their research is kind of like dropping them into the middle of a jungle. Overwhelming! Confusing!
Teachers will select resources for student research that match their students' needs, and post them on a padlet, then share the padlet address through Dojo or Google Classroom or the link just on the whiteboard or smartboard. Then kids can research, but only from a curated list of resources.

2. Text sets

This is a useful and exciting extension of the idea above. Teachers can give students choice in the text they use to research for particular projects. I've seen teachers use padlet to organize text sets around various themes, such as immigration (sorted by region of the world).

3. To organize activities in project-based learning

Sometimes the more open structure of project based learning can be challenging to students AND teachers. A Padlet posted on the Smartboard during class can act as an anchor and structure for teachers and students.

As in, this is a research day, this is a note taking day, this is a contact one of these community member day, and so on, and linked resources for each day/lesson/activity.

4. To organize links to share in a teacher presentation

I use it quite often for this, working from left to right with quotes, images, links, and ideas I want to talk about in a presentation. I sometimes also use Padlet to organize the presentation, and then can create another presentation from it easily.

5. Creating playlists and pathways

I've used it to organize resources that are differentiated as well. You could post "Ready to start?" Then: "On your way!" Kids could pick their pathways through ideas, resources or sections. You could also label different math problems as mild, medium and spicy and let kids pick their level.

Kids can also create their own pathways and playlists with this tool, and share them with you!

6. Reflection

You can post reflection questions for students on a padlet, and they can fill them in anonymously or not. SO many ways for this to be a fun reflection tool, like we did, and for students to share ideas. This can be a quick formative snapshot, or a longer piece of evidence from students. I'm sure that is just the beginning.

How are you using Padlet, or how could you imagine using it with students?

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6 ways teachers are using Padlet : Innovative Education in VT

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Staying organized as a teacher can be a major challenge. Between student work, teacher plans, sticky notes, school supplies it's easy to get buried and overwhelmed! This can especially be hard in a personalized learning environment, where students are often working at different paces, with different resources. 1.

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T. DODGE SY 2021-2022

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Topic are for Social Issues
(Environmental Issues are in Unit 3)

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Unit 2: EA1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay

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Unit 2: EA1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay

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Unit 3:EA2: Presenting  a Solution to an Environmental Conflict

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Unit 3:EA2: Presenting  a Solution to an Environmental Conflict

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 Unit 4 EA1: Writing an Analysis of a Piece of Creative Writing

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 Unit 4 EA1: Writing an Analysis of a Piece of Creative Writing

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United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals

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United Nations list

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Macbeth by William Shakespeare - FULL AudioBook 🎧📖 | Greatest🌟AudioBooks - Theatrical Play Reading

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[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales] Macbeth

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Here are the blank Thinking Map templates that we use in class! Click on an individual map to view a larger version. Download all the maps: PDF MS Word

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Prewriting covers all the thinking and planning you do for a writing assignment. It includes thinking about the assignment, identifying a topic, collecting details, and creating a writing plan.

Writing the first draft means getting your ideas on paper. A first draft is your first look at your writing and your first chance to see how well things are coming together.

Revising refers to changing and improving your first draft. Its your opportunity to think about what youve written and then add, cut, or change it as needed. Your goal is to make all of your ideas clear and complete.

Editing is checking your revised writing line by line for errors. Also proofread for errors after writing the final copy of your writing.

Publishing refers to sharing the final copy of your writing. Publishing comes in many different forms depending on the purpose and audience for your writing.

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What are the steps of the writing process?

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Prewriting covers all the thinking and planning you do for a writing assignment. It includes thinking about the assignment, identifying a topic, collecting details, and creating a writing plan. Writing the first draft means getting your ideas on paper. A first draft is your first look at your writing and your first chance to see how well things are coming together.

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Fall Session

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Unit 2: EA1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay

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Unit 2: EA1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay

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Unit 4: EA1: Writing an Analysis of a Piece of Creative Writing

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Unit 4: EA1: Writing an Analysis of a Piece of Creative Writing

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Unit 3: EA2: Presenting a Solution to an Environmental Conflict

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Unit 3: EA2: Presenting a Solution to an Environmental Conflict

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Google Slides Presentation

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things fall apart free online study guide

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Things Fall Apart: Study Guide | SparkNotes

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From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Things Fall Apart Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.

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ANTIGONE BY SOPHOCLES - ANIMATED PLAY SUMMARY

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Brad Pitt stars in an epic tale of passion, heroism, betrayal and war that has been passed from generation to generation since the dawn of civilization--the story of the battle for Troy. A thousand years before the time of Christ, Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) abducts the legendary Greek beau…

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A short summary of Jean Anouilh's Antigone. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Antigone.

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An excellent summary of Sophocles' Antigone, editted from Troy by Alba Verona

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Google Meet - Getting Started for Teachers

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Relationships & Community  - PD Training Board

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Engagement & Formative Assessment - PD Training Board

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32 Interesting ways to use PADLET in the classroom

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32 Interesting ways to use PADLET in the classroom

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32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom  (Recuperado)

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Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Sheets to edit Excel files. Free from Google.

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Google Forms - create and analyze surveys, for free.

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Spring Session

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Topic: Changes with Pandemic and returning to campus

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Parent/Guardian Contact&FORM

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Digital Book Notes

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Fold and unfold information

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Dialogue

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Presentation Slides

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SY 2019 - 2020

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Supplemental Novels TEACHER FOLDER in Drive

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Supplemental Novels TEACHER FOLDER in Drive

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SY 2018 - 2019

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SPINNER

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SY 2021-2022

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Documentation Sheet

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Parent phone and emails

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Song Lyrics for Figurative Language

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Student online handout

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Use slides you want!

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Worksheet