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Evaluating Arguments Digital Escape Room!

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Need an engaging, fun, educational, rigorous activity for your students? Look no further! Students love learning through digital escape rooms, and this one is no different! This digital escape room can be a pre-teaching, during unit, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.8, W.8.1, W.8.1a, W.8.1b

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Macbeth Opening Scene - Film Comparison (Great Intro to Macbeth!!)

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GREAT way to start off a unit on Macbeth in a fun and engaging way! Students take notes on the 1971, 2005, 2006, 2004, and 2015 versions of the opening scenes of Macbeth, then they answer analysis questions around each interpretation. This builds

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10

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Essay Writing Workshop Bundle

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Your students' writing will improve with leaps and bounds with these clear practice worksheets where students target specific writing skills! Each comes with examples for the students to see how the skill is done correctly, then they identify errors

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Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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9th / 10th Semester Unit! 4 Full units included!

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Need a starting place for a full semester worth of work for 9th or 10th grade? Maybe a summer school curriculum? This is a GREAT place to get everything you need! Do the units in any order that works for you!Romeo and Juliet Unit - Language and

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment, Movie Guides

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

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Counter Claim Practice Worksheet

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Quick Counter Claim practice for students!This is a great way to really bring home the idea of a counter claim for students. Students revise regular claim statements to include a counterclaim. This activity takes around 20 minutes and just

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Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

CCSS:

W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.1b

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Practicing Commentary/Reasoning for Argument Essays

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This worksheet gives students practice at identifying errors in commentary and revising it to be better. It includes examples on how to identify and fix the problematic commentary, and then lets students practice the skills. This gives students the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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Social Media Pro/Con Articles and Notes

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These articles work great with a unit on phone and social media use. Students choose 4 (out of 6) articles to respond to and take notes on. These can ultimately be used as sources for a discussion or Socratic Seminar, and/or an argumentative essay.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Internet Activities, Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.10, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10

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Social Media Knowledge Survey - Agree / Disagree - Unit Introduction

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Great Prior Knowledge assignment for a Social Media unit. Students answer a series 13 agree/disagree statements about Social Media use. Students always have strong opinions about social media. This requires them to think critically about many

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

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The House on Mango Street - UNIT PLAN!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Are you teaching The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros? Then look no further than this whole-unit resource! Engage students with understanding symbolism, character, theme development and MORE with this guide. Students find they are able to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.2a, W.9-10.2b, W.9-10.2c...

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Romeo and Juliet Final Paragraph - Love or Lust? (CERER)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

If you don't have time to do any entire essay with your class after reading/watching Romeo and Juliet, consider using this CERER (Claim, evidence, reasoning, evidence, reasoning) as your final assessment. It's quick and students ALWAYS have thoughts

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.9

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Embedding Evidence in Essay and CERER Writing

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

An informational page and two-sided worksheet to help students learn how to embed quotes into their sentences. This resources begins with an informational page that can be the foundation for a mini-lesson and kept in the binder as a resource for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.W.4

$2.00

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Creating a Strong Argument - Planning, Writing, Revising (Step by step Essay)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Struggling to get your middle schoolers to write arguments? This resource guides students step-by-step through the process of creating a strong argumentative writing. This can be used with any argumentative writing assignment - whether you choose

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Workbooks, Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1

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Paragraph Structure Practice

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This is a standalone worksheet for students needing to practice the structure of the argument paragraph. Students start by analyzing 3 paragraph for structure errors. They highlight for:ClaimEvidenceCommentaryEvidence #2Commentary #2 Next they

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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Essay Revision - Argument (Easy checklist process for students!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

After having students write short argumentative essays - don't they need to revise? Of course they do! But getting middle school students to revise sometimes seems impossible - not anymore! Have students use this revision color-coding checklist to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.7.1c, W.7.1d, W.7.1e

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Poetry Analysis Final Project

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In this poetry final, students will research 5 poems that they find interesting and briefly analyze them for diction, tone, theme/purpose, and poetic devices. They will then choose 3 to write formal paragraphs on and submit. Computers will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

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Creating Complex Theme Statements with Shorts

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Awesome process that helps students create in-depth and complex theme statements beyond just "good defeats evil" overly simplistic ones. This helps students think outside the box with theme and create multiple themes for texts. Students will feel

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

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Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets for Social Media Unit

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Activate prior knowledge and keep students engaged! This has 12 bell ringers and 12 exit slips for a social media unit. If this topic is of interest to you and your students, consider our other materials on social media such as: our Film guide for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

$1.99

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Greek Mythology: Prometheus and Pandora Guided Reading

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Great addition to any Greek Unit! Text dependent questions based on the myth of Icarus and Daedalus aligned with Smarter Balanced and the CCSS. Great way for students to increase cultural literacy!Students will read a short version of the myth and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4

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Analyzing & Assessing Claims - An Engaging Student Activity!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Understanding what makes a solid, sophisticated claim can be challenging! Especially for our middle school learners! Use this resource after teaching the basics of a sophisticated claim (that it restates the question in the author's own words,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.1a

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Introduction Writing (For Essays)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

A handout to incorporate with a lesson on teaching how to write strong introductions for essays. This handout has students analyze two introductory paragraphs about Alexander Hamilton, utilizing their high interest in the Broadway show. Students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.7.1c

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Two National Boards Certified ELA teachers with 20 years of experience working at both the middle and high school levels. We share a passion for all things books, literature, and of course, Harry Potter!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Focused on engaging activities to encourage critical thinking and developing students self-motivation to be lifelong learners.

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National Boards Certification, National Boards MOC, District Teacher of the Year Nominee

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Math, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Government, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Other (Art), Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, Statistics, Psychology, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, School Psychology, Close Reading