Quick Lesson Ideas and Templates

OPTICS: Image Analysis Template

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APPARTS: Document Analysis Template

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Recognizing Bias

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Science in the Media Template

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Article of the Week/Day

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Fiction Template

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Non-Fiction Template

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General Lesson Template

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Bell Ringer Activity

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Website Evaluation Template

Help students evaluate websites and authors for credibility and accuracy

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Student Projects

Have students research and share a topic they feel is important with InsertLearning. Students can annotate the text and share it with you.

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Current Events Template

Quickly turn a high interest current events article into a fully interactive lesson with these annotation instructions and questions

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Student Made Lessons

help students have a voice in the classroom by sharing what they think is important. Crowdsource lessons, current events, research.

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Text Dependent Questions

10 text-dependent questions (un-googleable) that work for almost any text.

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Annotation Instructions for Students

detailed instructions for multiple color highlighting and a how-to video for students

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FAQ by students

students asking the questions to inform your next steps

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Video Recording

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Student Read Aloud

Students can document their reading skills recording a video of them reading a passage aloud

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Visible Learning

Put learning objectives in the text and let students show what are learning

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Answer questions with a partner

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Keep students in the "reading gear"

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Improving Reading Comprehension

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Video record paragraph summaries

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Sight Words

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