CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Newscast Lesson Plan
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Students use JavaScript to create a scrolling news headline to correspond with a video....

Meme Lesson Plan
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Students embellish a video with graphics and text. ...
No Bully Zone Lesson Plan: Responding to and Preventing Bullying
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In this Preventing Bullying lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to define bullying (and/or cyberbullying) and explain its effects. Stude...
2.5.4 Word Order Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, We Planned the Trip (L2U5L4), Ben is packing for a beach vacation. He and Moby have to leave very early the next morning. Will they make it to the bus on time? In this lesso...
BirdSleuth Sound Lesson Plan: Bird Song Hero Game
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In this BirdSleuth lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-8, students learn about sound and how spectrograms reflect pitch and duration. Students then create their own spectrogram to represent so...
Discussion Questions for the Bird Song Hero Game
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Guide students to explore the following questions for the Bird Song Hero game:
How is a spectrogram similar to a musical score?
What can you learn from a spectrogram that is different fr...
3.5.4 Wish and Hope Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, I Hope We Win (L3U5L4), Ben hopes he wins the flying contest, but first he needs to decide which toy plane to enter. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but leave it ...
3.3.2 Past Simple/Present Perfect Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Mount Everest (L3U3L2), Moby is struggling to follow Ben up a mountain. When Moby loses steam, Ben points out that it is no Mount Everest. To Ben’s surprise, Moby has never ...
2.2.5 Movie Sequencing Activity
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie We Can Be Waiters (L2U2L5), Ben and Moby visit Ben’s Uncle Joe on his farm. They visit his restaurant, too, where they end up helping out as waiters! In this lesson plan, whi...
2.6.5 Tenses and Modals Review Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Mobylocks (L2U6L5) Ben is about to read Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Abby when Moby suggests they read his version of the fairytale. In this lesson plan, which is adap...