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Adult education informational text activities
Current Event Article Close Reading, Informational Text, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Need more informational text-based lessons in your classroom? This print-and-go worksheet is the perfect little tool to use as a weekly, occasional, or extra credit assignment. You can either provide an article for your students to work through as a class or assign students to find their own article to use as the basis of the lesson. Whether you use this handout as an in-class assignment to use with copies of your local newspaper, take kids to the computer lab to find an online article, or assig
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetorical Appeals in Movie Speeches - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Analysis Activities
Let's face it, sometimes our rhetoric units aren't the most engaging ones of the year. Students often get bored quickly with historical speeches and other dry informative texts. While it is important to teach these valuable rhetorical documents, students will definitely appreciate some relevant and exciting analysis materials too. These movie speech worksheets present the perfect opportunity you need to get your students actively engaged with speech analysis. By interacting with iconic films, ol
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Steve Jobs & Real World Rhetoric Analysis, Grad Speech, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Show your students a real-world application of the tools of rhetoric (ethos, pathos, and logos) as they examine the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address given by Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. The speech, which is filled with warmth, humor, and meaning, is a high-interest way to add the non-fiction analysis skills emphasized by the Common Core to your classroom.Students will learn the components of Aristotle’s rhetorical devices, view Jobs’ speech via a 14-minute video clip, and use a ful
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Into the Wild Unit BUNDLE: Stations, Activities, Speed Discussion, Nonfiction
Engage and challenge your students to critically think during a study of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. This GROWING unit bundle currently contains the following:DIGITAL VERSIONS of all activities! {You must have a Google account to access these resources}Engaging, challenging activities + graphic organizers for every chapter of the bookHelpful timeline/summary bookmarks to keep students focusedLearning students that will engage your students (pre-reading & Chapters 10-13)Writing Bell-Ringers
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Unit Plan: Lesson Plans, Activities, Project, Test
This Into the Wild Unit Plan is a dynamic, high-interest, common core-aligned unit for this powerful piece of literature. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a favorite non-fiction book for many high school students and these Into the Wild lesson plans will not only engage learners with the text, but will also create real-world learning experiences and connections.This Into the Wild unit comes with activities for each chapter that can be used as an adventure booklet, single Into the Wild worksheets
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ethos, Pathos, & Logos in Advertisements Question Trail: Engaging Activity
Spice up your lessons on ethos, pathos, and logos with this engaging question trail activity that will get students up and moving around the room. This activity gives students practice identifying the rhetorical appeals in adA question trail is an activity comprised of different multiple choice “stations” or “spots.” These questions are posted throughout the classroom. At each station, students answer a multiple-choice question. Each answer (a, b, c, or d) will send the students to a different s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Question Trails GROWING BUNDLE: Engaging Activities
Edgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity! Was he MURDERED??
Edgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity!***************************************************BUNDLE WITH THE Edgar Allan Poe SUPER PACK and SAVE BIG!******************************************************************************The mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's death is investigated with this exciting CSI activity! Start with the exploration through Poe's troubled past in original handouts and a Background Information Sheet. Then go through a powerpoint presentation with specific (strange!) information abou
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading History & Social Studies Graphic Organizers 6-12
Common Core Reading History and Social Studies Graphic Organizers for Grades 6-12 *Newly Updated* Now includes a DIGITAL Google Slides version for distance learning!This IS included in the following bundles: • Common Core Bundle for Grades 6, 7, 8• Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual standard for Reading in History and Social Studies (RH) grades 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12. Th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day
This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery to convey a message about love.Enduring Understandings:Students will understand how language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery affect a letter's meaning.Students will learn about famous people from history through the lens of their rel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetoric & Persuasion Teaching Bundle: Rhetorical Appeals & Devices
Engage your students while teaching rhetorical appeals and devices. This bundle is comprised of some of my most popular products! Check out the individual links for more information.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Just Mercy: UNIT BUNDLE!!
This product is meant to be paired with Just Mercy Adapted for Young Adults by Bryan Stevenson. This unit covers each chapter including the introduction and epilogue. Begin working through the unit with lessons on basic background knowledge and learning stations! End the unit with a creative writing lesson asking the student to write an "In Memoriam" for Walter 'Johnny D' McMillian. All of the products in this bundle can be found in my store, sold individually. USER GUIDE OFFICIALLY ADDED!!This
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Informational Text Questions: 50 Non-Fiction Articles
Teach Common Core informational Text Reading Skills with 50 non-fiction articles & 200 accompanying text-based questions that students will love! Includes editable .docx and Google Doc for no prep lessons or Google Classroom activities. Perfect for distance learning!FULL-YEAR'S WORTH OF NON-FICTION READING RESPONSE ACTIVITIES!!These can be used as homework reading, or as an in-class lesson plan! Zip Includes (editable .docx and Google Doc):18 two to three page articles.32 half page articles.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension - ESL Thanksgiving Activities & Worksheets
This Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Unit includes a brief history of Thanksgiving, comprehension exercises, vocabulary, puzzles and more. Save precious time this Thanksgiving with these NO PREP printables!1. The First Thanksgiving Reading2. Vocabulary Exercises Matching Fill in the BlanksCorrect the Sentences3. Sequence Strip StoryStudents cut apart the strips, put them in order and then paste them on a decorative paper also provided in this lesson. 4. WH-Question Words: Making Informat
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2nd - 3rd, Adult Education
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Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: You Eat Bugs Every Single Day
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver narrative non-fiction activity, students will read an article by best-selling American writer Mary Roach (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this “Let’s
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetorical Devices in Songs: Engaging Kinesthetic "Question Trail" Activity
Want to spice up your lessons on rhetorical/persuasive devices and engage ALL of your students? Get your students moving and interacting with this unique high-interest activity that takes students on a “trail” around the room! Use this to practice identifying devices or to review for an assessment!If you've never facilitated a "question trail," now is the time to try it out! You and your students will be hooked on its unique approach to learning.A question trail is an activity comprised of diffe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Question Trails GROWING BUNDLE: Engaging Activities
MEGA LIFE SKILL BUNDLE | Community Reading, Math & Scavenger Hunt | Worksheets
Teach functional academics through practical life skills with your special education middle or high school students, with this printable, differentiated community places themed mega bundle! Every community place topic will have students work on their reading comprehension, learn life skills related vocabulary (including writing/spelling), practice money math, and work on community skills. Students will get to travel to different community places (digitally or in person) and search for items with
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Transcendentalism Escape Room - Emerson & Thoreau
Tackle the sometimes dry and challenging texts of Transcendentalism with this engaging but rigorous escape room! This activity will challenge your students to analyze excerpts from Emerson's "Nature" and "Self-Reliance," as well as Thoreau's Walden. This sequential escape room takes students through 4 challenges, which start simple and gradually progress to more cognitively complex tasks. There are three different options:Traditional (Pencil & Paper Escape Room: No technology needed)Blended
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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OLC4O Literacy - Complete Course Package - No Prep
Are you teaching literacy skills or a Literacy Course? Are you tired of using the same ministry provided materials? Did you know that many of the examples found online have answer keys readily available for students? Maintain the integrity of your course with this total course package of Ontario-crafted Literacy resources and save yourself a great deal of headaches.With this Kosowan's Korner course package, you will have all the PowerPoints, readings, assignments, and writing prompts you need to
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12th, Adult Education
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Informational Text Learning Stations for ANY Non-Fiction Text: Distance Learning
Hit the informational text standards AND engage your students with these learning stations that work with ANY non-fiction text. Pair these stations with any essay, article, speech, etc. This resource works with informative and argumentative texts. It is editable so that you can tailor it to meet your students' needs. These stations are perfect for ELA test prep!When you purchase this product, you will receive the following in the form of an editable 9-slide PowerPoint file, as well as two DIGITA
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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American Revolution Heroes: Reading & Writing Integration
American Revolution HeroesThis reading and writing integration unit covers the following heroes:Benjamin FranklinGeorge WashingtonSamuel AdamsPaul ReverePatrick HenryThomas PaineJohn HancockBetsy RossEverything is provided as printable PDFs as well as digital formats in Google Slides!There are summaries of the heroes in several different styles. You should use the ones that fit best in your classroom, but here are some suggestions of how I use them: The color posters can be printed and laminated
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3rd - 6th, Adult Education
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Informational Text Lenses: Close Reading Through Informational Text Lenses
Here is a great way to make reading informational text a little more fun! This lesson uses props to teach students how to analyze informational text. Also included are examples for each lens from Harry Potter informational text pieces.
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8 informational lenses with explanations for each lens
*Vocabulary decoder lens
*Text feature analyzer lens
*Text structure decoder lens
*Author’s purpose analyzer lens
*Claim of the argument lens
*Counterclaim of the argument lens
*Agree le
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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What Country Is This? Short Geography, History, Economics Readings CCSS 6-8
Expand students' global knowledge with high-interest paragraphs that engage students with fascinating facts! No prep for bell work or many more uses. What you get:25 one-page handouts. Countries featured are those students may not be familiar with in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. See Preview for list.2-3 questions per passage that cover CCSStandards for SS/History. Main ideas, fact/opinion, using visual information and more. One concept covered is why some nations are so poor. 9
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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