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Common Core RL.9-10.2 dbqs
Document Comparison: Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, & Declaration of Independence
New and improved! Now available for distance learning as well through TPT!Are you looking for a way to integrate primary documents into your curriculum? This activity will get your students looking at primary source documents as well as fulfill the requirements of the Common Core. This assignment comes with a blank chart for students to complete. There are specific quotes from each of the documents, and students compare and contrast the documents and they identify the document's enduring impact
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8th - 12th
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Plato- Allegory of the Cave Common Core Lesson
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a great piece of literature to introduce students to Ancient Greek philosophy, and it has the added bonus of promoting education in a thought-provoking way.
This Common Core aligned activity includes a condensed version of "The Allegory of the Cave," which matches a memorable eight minute cartoon video that can be accessed on YouTube (web address provided in the worksheet). Additionally, there is a Common Core-styled activity sheet that provides a variety of s
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8th - 12th
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Rhetorical and Argumentative Analysis of the Funeral Scene in Julius Caesar
The annotated version of Act III, Scene II of Julius Caesar is aligned with the Common Core emphases on how and why author's use specific rhetorical devices and argumentative appeals to enhance the meaning of the text and develop the characters and themes. The marginal notes for these critical monologues by Mark Antony and Brutus over Caesar's body, are detailed explanations of the appeals and literary and rhetorical devices that highlight this essential dramatic literature selection. The anno
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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BLACK LIVES MATTER, Current Events, Common Core Unit
Great for Black History Month! This full unit covers multiple perspectives on the "Black Lives Matter" debate and allows students to find their own point of view on the issue. The unit includes a literary connection, background, historical connections, an implicit argument, arguments across multimedia, photographic connections, a class debate planning system, a research guide, and space for an argumentative essay.
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9th - 12th
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BUNDLE! Lord of the Flies Book Study with Figurative Language
This is a COMPLETE BUNDLE with everything you need to cover a plethora of the CCSS - all while reading one novel! In this bundle you will get...* 12 chapter-by-chapter guided notes for students to fill in as they read (with a focus on literary devices for each chapter); this is not simply fill-in-the-blank notes. Students provide textual evidence for each focus from the 12 chapters to ensure reading comprehension and higher-level thinking! * Foldables with instructions for students to create an
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9th
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Emma Lazarus The New Colossus Statue of Liberty Poetry Analysis
Deeply analyze Emma Lazarus’s famous poem and connect to its larger historical context of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the “New” immigrants, and America’s melting pot with this everything's-included, no-prep lesson.************************************Greatness is appreciating the layers of poetic word in expressing a complex idea.A poem written as a favor to raise money for a pedestal on which to display an unbelievable gift from France. The iconic poem that almost wasn’t written.Take yo
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8th - 11th
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"Night" by Elie Wiesel Unit Materials
Students can use these documents to guide their reading of the novel, "Night". This unit includes analysis of theme, character descriptions, a quiz, and discussion questions.
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8th - 12th
ELA Test Prep (Characterization/Cultural Experiences) Hemingway's "Indian Camp"
This standards based product previews "Indian Camp" with a one page summary on how the 19th and early 20th century brought changes to economics, the medical profession, and ideas about child development. These ideas as well as thoughts about how Early European and American thinkers viewed Native Americans place the short story in a social, historical, and philosophical context that students will use to think about important questions of theme and characterization.
Responsed are organized into 6
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9th - 10th
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A Comparative Study of Martin Luther King Jr & Malcolm X
A complete unit of instruction - include ALL answer documents - comparing and contrasting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X's early lives & speeches.This unit of study, which can be taught as a complete unit, or separated into 13 distinct activities gives students an opportunity to take a deeper look into each man and one of his influential speeches. It is created with ease in mind for the instructor, whether an experienced certified teacher or a home-educator new on the job. Everything
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9th - 12th
Dante's The Divine Comedy Reading Quizzes
This handout includes 4 short answer reading quizzes (one for each canto reading section) per text (Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso) for a total of 12 quizzes.Read more about this resource in my blog post: https://brimaworks.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/divinely-delightful-my-first-tpt-sell/
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Dante's The Divine Comedy Unit Bundle
Gish Jen-Quizzes Bundle
Here are 78 "text evidence"-based MCQs in three separate Quizzes on "Who's Irish?", "The While Umbrella," and "Asian Men Can Jump." Questions focus on: point-of-view, plot, characterization, imagery, details, diction, syntax, tone, parallelism, juxtaposition, context clues, figurative language, and theme.***If you love quality and price of this resource and want to help teachers find it, then please select My Purchases, choose Ratings, and leave Feedback. The more ratings you leave, the more fre
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Scientific Revolution DBQ Document Based Questions Homework Assignments Handouts
This is 7 pages of Scientific Revolution materials for a World History Class
I teach thematically (or use essential questions) to drive my instruction and facilitate discussion.
I open with the document here that let's students discuss the meaning for "revolution." (Choices are given)
I also then attach to this first introduction pictures for students to see the "old" way of learning and compare that to the "new" way.
These assignments include great pictures, cartoons and diagrams that driv
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9th - 11th
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THE LOVE BUNDLE [POEMS ON LOVE, LOSS, & LIFE]
This "LOVE BUNDLE" product provides students a chance to enjoy the Valentine's season or just delve into love, LOSS, LIFE, [AND DEATH] and its real-life sentiments. 4 LOVE SONNETS from Francesco Petrarch, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, and Edmund Spenser, poems from Galway Kinnell and Robert Browning with 42 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, 28 Multiple Choice Questions, 6 Quizzes, 4 Short Response Assignments, 20+ MAJOR PROJECTS and as
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9th - 12th
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And Then There Were None Chapter Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Chapter comprehension/discussion questions that areopen-ended;high-level;standards-aligned; and adaptable for assessment.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Full Unit)
Free The Fault in our Stars:Writing Prompts Con. Response Digital Activity
My Freshmen students love this novel. My daughter says that John Green is the best author that she has ever read (and she has read so much). John Green has the unique ability to crawl into the mind of a young teen girl and let us hear her voice. It's touching, funny, sad, and so strange. After reading--I understood at once why my daughter loves it so much.I've create 7 constructed responses for you to use in your classes or reading projects. Each response or DBQ includes lined paper and a rubric
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8th - 10th
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
This unit includes: a unit sequence plan;a vocabulary study guide;a link to a vocabulary Quizlet set;a vocabulary quiz;the text with foreshadowing highlighted;a class work assignment with high-level comprehension/discussion questions;a rubric for written-response questions;a comprehension test study guide; and a comprehension test.
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7th - 10th
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Tracing the Development of Theme
This graphic organizer can help students trace the development of theme in two different artistic mediums--in this case, a story ("The Cask of Amontillado") and a short movie ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"--Disney version).
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8th - 9th
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Ayn Rand Anthem mini-DBQ with Common Core Standards
This is a mini-DBQ created for Anthem, but it could be easily modified for any Ayn Rand text that deals with personal identity or any dystopian text in general that deals with personal identity. It is only one page long, yet it will take students a while to wrap their heads around. It is written in the somewhat sparse DBQ (data based question) style that is promoted heavily for AP classes; however, I used this primarily with my college prep course.
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9th - 12th
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Culture and Belonging DBQ
This is a DBQ that combines a selection of texts with the theme of culture and belonging. Students will work on an essay about how culture (or the lack thereof) can affect one's sense of belonging. Teachers are encouraged to guide the students through the readings, with the primary reading being Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie" and may help students identify three possible aspects that can affect a person's sense of belonging. Included Texts: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu"I Have a Dream" speec
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9th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird: What Is the Meaning of Rabies in Mockingbird?
Harper Lee includes an episode in which Atticus shoots a rabid dog in chapter 10 of the novel. Students today may know little about rabies as a disease and thus be unable to think critically about this section of the novel. A brief reading on rabies – from a volume entitled Common Diseases of Farm Animals, part of a series of Farm Manuals produced by Lippincott beginning in 1915 – illustrates what was, during the period when the novel is set, the basic understanding of the disease, its dangers,
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7th - 12th
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Article Response / Literary Terms
Teach literary terms using this newspaper article. The writing prompts ask students to analyze the articles using literary terms.
Two formats in zip file: .docx and .pdf. .PDF filename is in correct format for Learning Management System uploads.
If you like this, please find the great-value bundle of 50 of these assignments.
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9th - 12th
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Discussion Questions
A discussion guide for the book Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Includes reflective and higher order thinking (HOT) questions! If the question refers to a specific instance in the book the page number has been included.
How to use:
-whole group discussion questions
-journal prompts
-comprehension and application check
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9th - 12th
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