Lesson 4 slide deck teaching students how removing unnecessary articles improves writing flow and stylistic authority.
Answer key for the Rhetorical Anatomy worksheet, providing the subtext and implied meaning for the final project's persuasive speech analysis.
A cumulative exit ticket for the "Search Superstars" sequence, assessing student mastery of keywords, Boolean operators, text features, and database usage.
A teacher guide for the The Final Verdict lesson, providing a simulation setup, a scoring rubric for the assessment, and debrief discussion questions.
Final assessment for the Search Strategy Academy unit, covering keywords, Boolean operators, database use, and snippet analysis.
A rhetorical analysis log for graduate students to deconstruct persuasive speeches by mapping tonal journeys, identifying strategic pauses, and evaluating effectiveness.
A certificate of completion (Digital Detective Badge) for students who have finished the sequence. Features a professional agency-style design with space for student name and date.
A troubleshooting-focused worksheet that presents students with failed search scenarios and requires them to diagnose the error and rewrite the search string using effective strategies.
Teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 2. Includes hook procedures, mechanics checklist, sample answers for the worksheet, and ESL scaffolding tips.
Teacher guide for "The Source Weaver" lesson. It outlines the synthesis process, provides a hook activity, transition words for ESL support, and a sample synthesized paragraph.
Final synthesis worksheet where students act as magazine editors to select the 3 most credible sources from a list of 6 on the topic of Mars exploration. Requires application of currency, authority, and objectivity criteria.
Final project worksheet for Lesson 5 where students read an informational passage about the Great Wall of China and write an original, synthesized summary paragraph with formal attribution.
Student scavenger hunt log for Lesson 5, where students document their search strings and answers to obscure research questions.
A student assessment worksheet for evaluating the credibility of two different sources on the same topic using a structured framework.
A visual guide for 5th grade ESL students on troubleshooting failed search attempts, focusing on identifying too-long sentences and overly specific terms as common causes of zero results.
Capstone student project for "The Source Weaver" lesson. Students analyze two short texts about Mars, take notes, and synthesize the information into a single coherent paragraph using their own vocabulary and sentence structures.
