Talk is Cheap | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language expression 'talk is cheap' through a video-style reading passage, comprehension checks, and a quick write.
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A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language expression 'talk is cheap' through a video-style reading passage, comprehension checks, and a quick write.
An interactive digital micro-learning lesson deck that teaches an informational reading passage about a Native American (Tsimshian) totem pole artist, David Boxley, with vocabulary and comprehension practice.
A 15-slide digital micro-lesson deck teaching students why Thanksgiving is a public holiday in the US, through video/audio, a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the water cycle and the shape/formation of raindrops, combining a video lesson, an illustrated reading passage, vocabulary, and a close-reading/summary task.
A 15-slide interactive digital micro-lesson teaching the fable 'The Ant and the Dove' to build reading comprehension, vocabulary, close reading, and summarizing skills, framed around the theme of kindness.
A slide deck that teaches figurative-language and reading-comprehension skills using the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf as the anchor text.
An interactive digital slide deck ('micro-learning deck') teaching about the Everglades ecosystem through video, an audio-narrated reading passage, vocabulary practice, and a guided summary-writing activity.
Digital micro-lesson teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary, and summarizing skills through the fable The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg.
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching about the historic Incan rope bridge (Q'eswachaka) through informational reading and vocabulary practice.
This power point product has twenty slides and contains the text and images of this classic short story by Washington Iring. It can be used as a lesson as well. It does contain general assignments and a quiz with answers.
An interactive PowerPoint micro-learning deck teaching the concept of humanism and an overview of the Renaissance through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
An interactive PowerPoint micro-learning deck teaching about the popularity and history of emojis through a reading passage, vocabulary, main idea/details practice, and comprehension activities.
The Story of Nian: A Micro-Learning Deck | Reading Activities resource is a 15-slide download that exposes your students to informational texts for The Story of Nian.
An interactive slide deck that teaches middle/high school students the history, purpose, and function of the U.S. Supreme Court through informational reading and vocabulary work.
Deliver a micro-learning interactive lesson teaching the history and key rooms/facts of the White House through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
Deliver a micro-learning interactive lesson teaching about the world's deepest volcanic (hydrothermal) vents and the marine life around them, through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching biographical/informational content about Theodore Roosevelt through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
A micro-learning reading comprehension lesson deck teaching students key facts about Thomas Jefferson's life and accomplishments through a video, reading passage, vocabulary, and writing activity.
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language idiom 'to get up to speed' through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, and comprehension/summary activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom "to have butterflies" through a short concept intro, a reading passage using the phrase in context, and comprehension follow-up activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom "to keep one's cool" through a short concept intro, a reading passage using the phrase in context, and comprehension follow-up activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom "to rain on someone's parade" through a short concept intro, a reading passage using the phrase in context, and comprehension follow-up activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom "to split hairs" through a short concept intro, a reading passage using the phrase in context, and comprehension follow-up activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom "tone deaf" through a short concept intro, a reading passage using the phrase in context, and comprehension follow-up activities.