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Critical thinking Common Core RI.9-10.4 cultural activities
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Song of Roland: Presentation of Select Portions of the Epic
This unit covers basic information about the early Middle Ages. Activities include research assignments and creative writing. Students present groups of Laisses as sportscasters calling a football game, a 60 Minutes newscast, a comic book, and a funeral eulogy. A student emcee provides pertinent details that tie the story together. This is a fun way to get students to think critically, be creative, and present their productions. My class of high-risk English II students loved this challenge. COM
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7th - 12th
Middle Eastern Literature Unit
This comprehensive unit of study offers a wide variety of selections of Middle Eastern literature and cultural elements encompassing folk lore, spiritual writings, informational text, audiovisual offerings, autobiographical text, and public speech to engage students in an in depth, extended discovery of both the historical and modern literature and culture of this dynamic and often troubled region of the world.
Designed to span a four to six week segment of the semester, the Middle Eastern Lite
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10th
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Empathy Unit using Technology (60 second Docs)
This unit is for those tech heavy English teachers. If you love Human of New York Series or any kind of social commentary or experience, this is for you. Here is a great introductory unit that allows the students to reflect on themselves, each other, and society. If you are into social justice, argument, expository text, informational text with visual aids and resources. The series, 60 second docs, is a free resource that gives a quick way for teacher to teach human skills such as empathy, aware
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8th - 12th
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