On 3/06/15, Celia wrote: > I'm having a hard time coming up with articles to use for > the 8th grade Language Arts Common Core unit on non-fiction > reading. A few guidelines: (1) We want the students to > have several topics to choose from so they can write a non- > fiction compare / contrast paper. (2) Teachers need to > provide the articles because - at the time the unit is > being done - we have state standardized tests - so we won't > have access to computer labs. > > Does anyone have ideas on some intersting articles or > topics that we can use.
n 3/06/15, idea wrote: > I had my 8th graders compare and contrast the Hitchhiker radio > play to the Hitchhiker Twilight Zone episode. > > > > On 3/06/15, Celia wrote: >> I'm having a hard time coming up with articles to use for >> the 8th grade Language Arts Common Core unit on non- fiction >> reading. A few guidelines: (1) We want the students to >> have several topics to choose from so they can write a non- >> fiction compare / contrast paper. (2) Teachers need to >> provide the articles because - at the time the unit is >> being done - we have state standardized tests - so we won't >> have access to computer labs. >> >> Does anyone have ideas on some intersting articles or >> topics that we can use.
Combining history, pop history, science, literature and more, Jim Wayne's writing prompts can also be used to add pizazz to newsletters and morning announcements!
I was one of those people standing in the back. I had come to support my colleague, whose classroom I had visited many times and whose students I had photographed as they used a computer program to design wardrobes for “paper dolls”; as they cut cloth for the first time for pants, capes, and tote bags; and as they worked on their fashion merchandising research projects... [click below to read the full article]
Google search results are going to be about problems. People, teachers included, predominately are going to research problems they are experiencing. So you will find the autocomplete will tend to give negative results. Autocomplete bases the guess on what others are researching, not on what exists to be researched.
When I was preparing for middle grades SS, I went and borrowed a SS text book from each grade and went through those. I thought the test was incredibly easy, but I've always been interested in History, Politics, and Geography.
I sort of chuckled at some of the questions because many questions were about events that I lived through: the first female SCOTUS justice; the first African American SCOTUS justice, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the resignation of A POTUS, etc. I don't consider myself ancient by any means either!
So, either good luck, or hope you were successful!
On 3/06/15, Celia wrote: > I'm having a hard time coming up with articles to use for > the 8th grade Language Arts Common Core unit on non-fiction > reading. A few guidelines: (1) We want the students to > have several t...See More