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Higher education writing-essays projects
Screenplay UNIT: Screenwriting in Secondary ELA-- From Script to Trailer
One of the things I really enjoy is reading and writing screenplays. In this unit by Bespoke ELA, I have put together some of the key lessons that I've learned about script writing in a format that is user-friendly to secondary ELA students. Screenplay writing is a high-interest type of writing because all students love movies. For this project, students will create their own original screenplay concepts, write a character sketch and plot treatment, craft a ten-page screenplay sequence, creat
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Public Speaking PBL Unit: Talk Like TED - with Research Writing & Rhetoric
Persuasive talks are a powerful way to teach students public speaking, rhetorical analysis, persuasive writing, and research-skills. For this unit, students write a research paper on the topic of their choice, analyze contemporary speeches, and craft a persuasive speech for an authentic audience that captures their own unique voice on a topic of their choice. In my own classroom, I was blown away by some of the topics my students chose, which included “Glossophobia: How the Fear of Public Speaki
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning (PBL) Growing Bundle for High School English
Frankenstein Soundtrack Project and Create a Mate Essay
Frankenstein, Soundtrack Project and Create A' Mate Essay
Great way to end your Frankenstein unit! In this pack you will find two very easy assessments that will allow your students to work independently, give a class presentation, and peer edit.
Soundtrack Project:
Your students will put together a playlist to be used as the soundtrack for the book. The songs they pick will relate to the various themes presented in the novel and for each scene.
--Assignment Handout (directions, background, g
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Gender Roles Unit AP Language High School English 11th 12th BIGGER THAN EVER!
This huge unit is now even more massive! A compendium of canonical and modern gender-focused texts that span many perspectives, time periods, and arguments.Original questions and prompts for writing and discussion PLUSEngaging and creative critical thinking tasks EQUALS Weeks and weeks of fun and challenging content and activities.This unit is designed for AP English Language and Composition course, but is easily suitable to upper-level high school English classes, as well.OVER 25 TEXTS! OVER 80
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Structure of an Essay: A One Page Illustration of a 5-Paragraph Essay
Revised 11/1/12. Same substance as before. I just added color and changed the title.
I have drawn this picture on the front board of my classroom for the past twenty years or more while teaching the structure of an essay. It graphically illustrates a very formal but simple pattern to follow as students gather information to support a thesis and formulate a composition. The thumbnail view is exactly what you get.
Gene Wohlsdorf
The Structure of an Essay by Gene Wohlsdorf is licensed under a Cr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Anatomy of Influence: American Literature Persuasive Research Essay unit
This capstone research paper is geared towards juniors or seniors, and instead of analyzing a work of literature, they analyze the impact that the book had on America as a whole. They research issues of censorship, popular culture, criticism, reception, and technology related to the book. It is treated as a persuasive or argumentative paper in which the students argue why their book was important to American society (and literature). The assignment uses research, MLA citation style, and is a gre
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Research Projects- Questions and Guided Organization Worksheets
This file includes the following documents:
#1- Explanation of what a Research Paper is about: 8 page paper that is based on the answer to a question. The students are required to read through the directions, then read through 50 dynamic, interesting questions and highlight 5 that seem interesting to them. The topics range from changing the draft age, to mandatory recycling, to the transition from pagan celebrations into Christian holidays. These are not your typical Research topics!
Once stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Study Unit to be used with The Circle by Dave Eggers
This fantastic unit has everything you need to teach Dave Eggers' stunning novel: The Circle.
Included in this packet you will find: An extensive vocabulary list, study guides, quizzes, a test, discussion questions, five (yes, FIVE!) different essay topics and rubrics, a project, and a bonus project for your students to complete.
Your work will be "complete" after purchasing this unit. Enjoy!
* This product was updated on April 6th, 2016. It now includes essay questions on the test and possi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Group Essay to Teach Argument/Synthesis
This lesson provides students with a valuable opportunity to practice critical thinking by encouraging them to explore the deeper implications of an issue. It fosters in-depth discussions that develop advanced reviewing and editing skills, surpassing the effectiveness of traditional worksheets and online grammar exercises. While the process is thorough and requires time, the outcomes are exceptional, leading to a richer understanding and stronger analytical abilities in students. This engaging a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Community Engagement Action Plan: Empowering Students Through Service Learning!
Empower your high school students to make a positive impact in their community with this community engagement action plan lesson! As an experienced educator, I understand the importance of providing students with opportunities to engage in meaningful service learning experiences.This lesson is designed to achieve clear learning objectives and address essential questions while guiding students through the process of getting involved in their community. Through interactive discussions and collabor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Song Memoir Writing Assignment
Grades 6-12; English class OR Music class (Writing across the curriculum!)
Everyone has a song that brings them back to a special memory. This assignment requires students to write a memoir that is remembered when they hear a song. Even the most hesitant writers will enjoy this assignment, and teachers will enjoy learning about students' lives.
Included: A note to teachers about how to start this assignment, a brainstorming guide for students, an assignment guide, a peer review guide, and a g
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP Language Synthesis Bundle - research project, essay organizer, slides, unit
This bundle contains everything you need to launch and keep the momentum going in your AP Language Synthesis unit. Each resource helps your students visualize their thinking, organize writing, and understand the process to producing a solid synthesis essay. Multiple scaffolds include writing organizers, writing stems, and visual cue cards to understand the essay writing process. This bundle contains two project-based learning experiences, each of 5-10 class periods, that combine skills for both
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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General Music Research Project Rubric
Calling all music researchers! Research the history of a musical instrument! Research the life of a composer! Research a musical style! There are so many opportunities for your students to engage in research in your general music classroom! But how do you effectively grade these research projects? This rubric will make grading your general music projects very easy and it will effectively communicate to your students the rationale for the grade that they received.I created this rubric to pr
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â General Music Teaching and Learning Resources Super Bundle!
Oral History Project: Collecting the Life Stories of Another Generation
This is a multi-step project that would fit best into an English or Social Studies type of class. The project is asking students to act as Anthropologists and collect the oral history of a person who is at least 40 years older than the students.
Skills involved:
- Students find their own participants
- Each project is extremely unique
- Students must prepare before collecting their history by submitting 5 introduction questions
- Students practice taking notes while a person is speaking
- S
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Black Lives Matter & Civil Rights Movement Project
An incredible hoard of primary and secondary source documents for students to research, analyze and synthesize into a comparative essay on the civil rights movement and modern day movement for Black lives. Students will have 3 different topics to choose from, all with guided research scaffolds (text sets and questions to guide inquiry): "civil rights", "policing", "students and youth", and "creating social change". Included is an intro lesson on Black Lives Matter, a rubric for the writing proje
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
original writing assignments for AP and Honors English: 40 good ones
Forty of the greatest assignment hits from my nearly 40-year career teaching AP Literature, AP Language, and Honors English courses. Most are a bit quirky. Most have been refined in use over several years. All create fully realized writing pieces. All are original--none borrowed. Not AP prep questions--I have those elsewhere. All include directions, rationales, examples, and steps to completion. Many have rubrics or other measures of success. All are chosen to be challenging and interesting, ou
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Art Research Project
ART CLASS│ ART HISTORY │RESEARCH⫸ Research Project⫸ Comprehension & Literacy⫸ Group and/or Independent ActivitiesThis is an art class research and activity project inspired by art history. It guides students through the process of researching a specific artist, presenting their findings, designing a poster and an activity involving creating a parody or art inspired by their chosen artist. It can be used as a standalone lesson/project, or combined with a unit of work or a template for a proje
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â BUNDLE Art History Teacher Toolkit
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE CARDS & WRITTEN RESPONSE, VISION BOARD PRINTABLES,
FOREVER JUNE DIGITAL DESIGNIncluded in this Instant Download Set is a zip file with 7 8x10 inch High Resolution JPEG files with a total of 48 inspirational quote cards & a written response activity, ready for printing, for your convenience.LOOKING TO EXPLORE MOTIVATING QUOTES WITH YOUR STUDENTS?This quote card set is packed full of great quotes to share with your class! You can use them in your classroom to motivate and inspire your students, use them in vision boards, intention journals,
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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MLA vs. APA: What's the Difference?
Do you need an easy to use reference that explains the difference between MLA research papers and APA? Look no further! Not only does my resource break down the main components of each style, it also has ten extra examples embedded as links! This is an excellent resource to use that gives students a wealth of information at their fingertips! It is also perfect for Google Classroom!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Evaluating AI Writing Stations
Don't just tell your students not to use AI! With this stations activity, they will see exactly why an artificial intelligence is not a substitute for human intelligence. Students will rotate through stations covering fact checking, structure, and outline the essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Character Behavioral Essay and Court Trials: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest offers the reader a complex tale of individuality versus conformity with, arguably, two main characters that can each serve as Protagonist or Antagonist, making them equally culpable for the action in the narrative and the impacts on other characters .This culminating essay makes the student reflect on the motivations and actions of the characters and also introduces them to literary criticism; the "Trials" group exercise engages the student in critical thinking,
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Rhetorical Analysis Greta Thunberg Speeches Essay Organizer + Slides + AP Lang
Greta Thunberg offers rich analysis in understatement, sarcasm, irony, litotes, and parallelism. I've included 2 speeches that pair nicely: "The House is on Fire" and "The House is Still on Fire." This material is visual, colorful, and includes lots of stems for rhetorical analysis writing.What's included: 42-slides / lesson on parallelism and the overall structure of the Rhetorical Analysis essay28-slides / lesson specific to rhetorical devices within Thunberg's speeches: understatement, sarcas
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Essay Writing Rubric
This is an essay rubric that, totalled, equals 100 points. It is divided into three sections: Content & Comprehensibility, Organization, and Spelling & Grammar. Very easy to use. You will get the PDF and word version for customizing.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Fahrenheit 451 Characterization Essay Assignment
This activity contains a characterization essay assignment, the rubric, a group brainstorm/prewriting activity, a sample essay, and an essay revision activity. In all, there are 5 documents attached to this essay assignment that take students through the entire writing process.The essay task asks students to analyze the character Guy Montag from Fahrenheit 451 according to his physiological, sociological, and psychological traits. Characters, like people, are three-dimensional beings. They ar
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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