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Common Core RL.9-10.4 videos
September 11 Poems
All poems are about September 11. Poetic devices covered: theme, symbolism, rhyme, rhythm, mood, and tone. Package includes instructional videos from the internet to introduce and explain poetic devices and four total September 11 poems with sixteen total questions for these poems. It's a seven page document. Free resource Sept. 11 Blog accompanies this lesson too.
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9th - 12th
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Free Common Core Activity for Plot Structure, Theme, and Tone in a Movie Trailer
The provided FREE Common Core rigorous activity explores the development of plot structure, tone, theme, and character development in a popular movie trailer from 2014. The activities are tied to the Common Core standards RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, SL2, and SL3. The activity focus on the analysis of how authors develop plot structure (foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, humor, and mystery), tone, theme, and complex characters in a movie trailer. The activity includes a teacher answer key to assist you
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6th - 12th
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Analyzing Author’s Use of Irony in Commercials and Political Cartoons
This PARCC-style assessment merges commercials, political cartoons, and literary texts into a performance assessment. Students will construct an explanatory essay to justify their explanations. Students will analyze 2 modern commercials and 2 political cartoons that use situational and verbal irony and analyze. In the second section of the performance task, students will analyze the development of irony in a literary text and discuss similarities and differences between the author’s approache
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6th - 10th
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Literary Devices Powerpoint- 1 Week of Bell-Ringers, In-Class Activities, & More
Fully editable document that includes speaker notes and links to sourcesIncludes warm-ups and homework assignmentsIncludes in class activities and directionsModern day examples for students to better understand the instructionThis package includes 50 slides covering more than 45 literary devices, neatly stacked into 5, 55-minute lectures. More of this unit is included in a bundle. Formats include uneditable PowerPoint, Google Slides, and SMARTBoard options.I've also included links to video examp
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7th - 10th
Harrison Bergeron Classroom Screenplay
‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a 1961 short story by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). The story can be categorized as ‘dystopian satire’ or a ‘satirical dystopian story’, but we’ll say more about these labels in a moment. The action of the story takes place in the future America of 2081, where everyone has been made truly equal, physically, mentally, and aesthetically.This product has broken up the dialogue, added screen directions, and printable props.
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6th - 12th
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"The Necklace" Read Aloud Video and Critical-Thinking Short Story Questions
Test your students' knowledge of reading comprehension, literary devices, characterization, and irony with these critical thinking questions over Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace." These questions are in an easy-to-grade multiple-choice format similar to the format of state tests, and an annotated answer key is included to make grading a snap for busy teachers! Students will enjoy this ironic story, too!Use this video presentation to help your students read and comprehend this impo
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7th - 12th
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Short Story Elements
Stories may seem daunting because of their glossary of terms, characters, storylines, etc. This document allows teachers to facilitate the reading of short stories much more easily; it will soothe the anxious student and make reading short stories much more fun and pain free. This 4-page document teaches students how to navigate and read short stories. This document can be used for middle or high school students. Also, check out the FREE L.A.P. Youtube video on how to further breakdown a short s
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â THE ODYSSEY [BOOKS 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, & 12] [MEGA-PACK 1]
Confessions Of An Idiom. Expressions. Idioms. Video. ELA. ESL. EFL. Flashcards.
A full "kit" of resources to teach many common idioms and those contained in the wonderful video - Confessions of an idiom. Play the video once and see how many idioms your students notice. After, use the flashcards to match with the meaning. Or use the flashcards as a worksheet. Also, matching exercise and fill in the blanks exercise with answer keys. If your students have English as a second language - get students to share the translations in their own language. Can be quite fun! ESL, EFL, ES
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VIDEO - Antigone Prologue discussion and explication
This 8 1/2 minute video is the first in a series of videos for classroom use on Antigone. Mr. Mooney walks the students through the Prologue of Antigone step by step. An optional writing or reading assignment is at the end.Imperative that you download this free script version of Antigone. It's 41 (entire play) pages, but may be worth your while to print out so students can annotate.Great sub plan!
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9th - 12th
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Othello Morality Bundle
This bundle includes instructional videos for each scene, one interactive presentation, a project, and an essay prompt with selected passages that all work together on the topic of morality.
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9th - 12th
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Key Macbeth Soliloquies and Performance Video Resources
This collection of soliloquies from Shakespeare's Macbeth is a one-stop-shop for text study of the key moments in the play. The soliloquies have been compiled, and a link to my resources website is included, which houses strong acting examples of these pieces. This resource can be used while reading the play, to have google doc versions for annotation or manipulation, as well as independent of the play as a text study.
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9th - 12th
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Read Aloud with Full Text of Story
Use this video presentation to help your students read and comprehend this important story. "The Necklace" teaches students how harmful it can be to be unappreciative of the life you have, and this video made from a PowerPoint presentation has the text of the story typed onto individual slides so students can follow along with the narrator as she reads. This video can be played for the class in person or easily assigned to virtual students to complete at home. The PowerPoint presentation file wi
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â "The Necklace" Read Aloud Video and Critical-Thinking Short Story Questions
Othello Instructional Videos
This documents links to Othello instructional videos for each scene.
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Othello Morality Bundle
Analyzing Mood: Three Skeleton Key Trailer
Get your students in the MOOD for reading the classic thriller, "Three Skeleton Key," with this spooky story trailer. The trailer can be used in conjunction with my close reading unit "Analyzing Mood: Three Skeleton Key" which is available for sale in my TPT store. The story is perfect for teaching students students how to analyze an author's choices, and support inferences with text evidence, and study literary elements such as foreshadowing, mood, diction, and voice.
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8th - 11th
Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
Show your students what Dostoevsky's St. Petersburg looked like! Let them experience how it felt to be Rodion Raskolnikov walking to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment with his dreaded task on his mind.This bundle includes four videos from St. Petersburg that make Crime and Punishment come alive:1. In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 1: Walk the most likely murder route suggested by the landmarks Dostoevsky discusses in the novel. Length: 15:30.2. In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route
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Not Grade Specific
Anthem Revisited
From Electric English....
I recently had the opportunity to teach Anthem to my students. This is a lower level class, however, so I wanted to create a few more activities to help their background knowledge and overall understanding of the novel. This file contains specific chapter questions, political cartoons, videos on capitalism and communism, propaganda cartoons, and character analysis among other things....
I am also in the process of creating a unit test for the novel as well; I will be
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10th - 12th
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12:16
Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 2
Walk the steps of Fyodor Dostoevsky's protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, as he murders the old pawnbroker woman in the most famous murder in literary history! This 12-minute, 16-second video was filmed on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023, walking the assumed route from Raskolnikov's apartment to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment. Dostoevsky was a master of "psychogeography," who mapped the events of his novels onto the actual streets and even specific buildings of his 19th-ce
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
15:30
Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 1
Walk the steps of Fyodor Dostoevsky's protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, as he murders the old pawnbroker woman in the most famous murder in literary history! This 15-minute, 30-second video was filmed on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023, walking the assumed route from Raskolnikov's apartment to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment. Dostoevsky was a master of "psychogeography," who mapped the events of his novels onto the actual streets and even specific buildings of his 19th-ce
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": Dostoevsky Day in St. Petersburg 1
Show your students how Dostoevsky continues to live today on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia! Every year since 2010, on the first Saturday of July, the city celebrates Dostoevsky Day. Performances of various styles are staged throughout the city, with perhaps the most unusual being on Kuznechny Lane outside of the Dostoevsky Museum. This 25-second video shows an actor-axe bringing Crime and Punishment to dramatic life. It is from the 2022 celebration.The city chose the first Saturday in Ju
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": Dostoevsky Day in St. Petersburg 2
Show your students how Dostoevsky continues to live today on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia! Every year since 2010, on the first Saturday of July, the city celebrates Dostoevsky Day. Performances of various styles are staged throughout the city, with perhaps the most unusual being on Kuznechny Lane outside of the Dostoevsky Museum. This 25-second video shows a Russian hip hop group bringing their unique interpretation of Crime and Punishment to life. It is from the 2022 celebration. The c
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
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Identifiying an Author's Craft to Determine His Purpose
This is my first video, so comments and suggestions are very much welcome. In the video, I use the chapter "There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do" from The House on Mango Street to model how to identify the strategies Cisneros uses to convey her message.
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7th - 10th
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How to Create a Digital Review of Literary Devices
Literary device review is an important component in any ELA or English teacher's classroom at various points of the year: back to school, finals review, and even periodic check-ins throughout the year. The problem, however, is that it feels like we're constantly re-teaching devices that have been covered already and students don't have good records of what they've learned and the examples that they've collected.This literary device digital scrapbook and scavenger hunt is a solution to so many of
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Literary Analysis & Participation Chart [L.A.P.]
Teaching poetry, short stories, plays and novels, articles, speeches, or historical documents? Not a problem! This graphic organizer makes student engagement and active note-taking eaiser for both teacher and student. This Video shows how to use this graphic organizer which is available in all this store's Lesson Activity Units.All grade levels will find this organizer completely user-friendly and fun! You may also appreciate:Sandra Cisnero's "Eleven" Lesson ActivitiesKate Chopin's "The Story of
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â THE MEDICINE BAG [BUNDLE]
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