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Common Core RL.8.5 songs
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost — Poem Analysis, The Outsiders Activity
This lesson is a poem analysis of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. This is a perfect side activity for the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton!This activity also works on its own if you are looking just to teach about the poem itself. Your students don't have to be reading The Outsiders.In Chapter 5 of The Outsiders, Ponyboy recites the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." This poem plays a major role in the novel as it represents the universal message to stay gold and stay pure. Have your stud
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: The Outsiders Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
March Madness - Figurative Language with Pop Artists or Music
March Madness - Figurative Language with Popular Artists' music/songs is an engaging and fresh way for students to engage in Literacy Content. This resource includes Google slides, a Google form, and a printable handout. This NO PREP March Madness activity is a great way to practice finding/annotating for figurative language! Split this activity/lesson into multiple days or all at once! Kids are certainly not going to know they are practicing literacy standards!
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3rd - 8th
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Standards Based Mini-Lesson: Text Structure, Song of the Day
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This mini-lesson uses the song "Caged Bird" by Alicia Keys, along with poems written by Maya Angelou and Paul Laurence Dunbar,to teach the following ELA Reading Literary Text Standard:
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE STRUCTURE OF TWO OR MORE TEXTS AND ANALYZE HOW THE DIFFERING STRUCTURE OF EACH TEXT CONTRIBUTES TO ITS MEANING AND STYLE.
The
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7th - 12th
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"To Love Them, To Leave Them" A Socratic Seminar Unit of Study
Your middle school students' hearts will appreciate this unit of study, featuring popular songs "Yours" by Russell Dickerson and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift! Activities include developing mental pictures, lyric analysis, opinion and narrative writings, text-to-text and text-to-self connection building, figurative language study, background study of song inspiration, authors' purpose writing, and collaborative conversation through Socratic seminar. The stage will be
Readers' Theatre: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Whether you want to enliven your class reading of The Necklace with Readers' Theatre, or are looking for a play to perform for Middle or High School, this script has you covered. There are even three musical numbers in the song---but these are entirely optional. They're also easy to perform because they're based on popular music. And we include the links to the songs in the script!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Theme Essay: “Wings” “On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and The Outsiders
"Wings,” “On the Sidewalk Bleeding,” and the The Outsiders all explore a similar theme that is related to identity. In a 5 paragraph essay, discuss the theme of these three passages. Use evidence from ALL THREE passages to show how this theme is developed throughout.
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6th - 12th
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Christmas Poems Collection
This zipped file includes 6 Christmas poems I used as bell-ringers during the Christmas season:
"Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Dr. Elmo
"Grown Up Christmas List" by Linda Thompson-Jenner
"I’m Wishing the Whole World Christmas" by Annette Wynne
"In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti
"Mistletoe" by Walter de la Mare
Each poem includes a formatted copy of the poem with title, author, text, and a clip-art picture to liven up the
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