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Common Core RI.11-12.2 resources for Easel Activities
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts NonFiction Graphic Organizers
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts: Close Reading Strategies and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards
Use the handouts to encourage close reading and compare/contrast of two or more texts or sources (may be used with multimedia sources such as graphics, videos, podcasts, etc.). They may also be used to compare two different people, focusing on comparing their early life, struggles, and achievements. Includes modified Venn Diagrams specific to the CCSS.
These activities may b
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Argument Analysis: Regifting for Distance Learning
Argument Analysis: Regifting - a winter holiday activity now updated with a shareable Google Slides version for distance learning!A complete mini-unit for analyzing nonfiction text, practicing speaking and listening skills, and writing an argument essay complete with original data graphs. Students will analyze both sides of the regifting argument, then write their own arguments for or against regifting. Includes an anticipatory activity, articles, comprehension and critical-thinking questions (d
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6th - 11th, Staff
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Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Reading Graphic Organizers Gr 11-12 CCSS-aligned Distance Learning
Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Nonfiction Texts Grades 11-12 (Also includes the organizers for grades 6, 7, 8, and 9-10 because the skills build upon one another each year.)UPDATED with new and revised organizers! 154 total!! I also added a link for the organizers to work in Google Slides! Perfect for distance learning!Find the EDITABLE ORGANIZERS HERE:Google Drive Literature Graphic Organizers (Common Core Aligned)This IS included in the fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Synthesis Essay Outline
Having students write a synthesis essay outline helps create a strong line of reasoning. With this resource, student will brainstorm and outline their synthesis essay thesis, evidence, and commentary. The additional handouts help students embed evidence and write a counterclaim and rebuttal or concession and refutation to develop an argument for a synthesis essay.Please note that this is a pdf download of printable synthesis essay graphic organizers. There is a link in the PDF to access a copy o
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10th - 12th
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Close Reading Article Review Questions For Any NonFiction Text
Close Reading Questions: Nonfiction Articles Aligned with the Common Core State StandardsNonfiction articles can be used in any content area. Use the handouts to encourage close reading of the passage or article. May be used with any news, feature, informational, explanatory, argument, opinion, editorial, persuasive, narrative, or autobiographical article/text. Explores comparing two texts for compare/contrast. Students will be required to find evidence from the text to support their answers.*LI
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Reading Comprehension & . Fluency Passages for High School Students
This is a print-n-go - turn-key fluency and comprehension program for high school students. Please look at the preview - it is the print version of the resource.The 10-Minute Fluency and Comprehension is a comprehensive, simple, and research-based program that builds students’ reading fluency in just minutes a day. For students in grades 9-12, this peer-driven solution pairs same-skill-level students to read age-appropriate and record each other's progress with fluency and accuracy to meet today
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth Rhetorical Device Annotation Activity
Whether you are using this speech to analyze rhetoric, tone, or diction, this annotating and highlighting activity will engage all learners. Print and digital options with optional rhetorical precis included. I recommend using paper and highlighters the "old-fashioned" way because it is far more kinesthetic, but the Google Slides file also allows for digital/paperless learning.This activity requires 5 different color highlighters. I recommend (1) blue (2) green (3) yellow (4) orange (5) pink to
Grades:
9th - 12th
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The Crucible Arthur Miller's "Why I Wrote The Crucible" Article and Questions
Enhance your high school ELA students' critical reading skills with this interesting pre-reading activity for Arthur Miller's modern play, The Crucible, Miller's article "Why I Wrote The Crucible" and questions for students. Includes detailed answer key. No prep. In October of 1996, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Crucible, Arthur Miller wrote an essay for the New Yorker titled, “Why I Wrote The Crucible.” In this article, he recounts the terror of the Red Scare led by Senator
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9th - 12th
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Florence Kelley Rhetorical Analysis Essay Unit
This product is designed for high school English teachers interested in rhetorical analysis activities for Florence Kelley's 1905 speech against child labor. This resource includes a variety of options to allow teachers to customize the materials to meet student needs. This speech is a favorite in my AP Language and honors classes. I hope your students will enjoy it as much as mine do!What's Included:UPDATE: The pdf now contains links to Google Slides versions of this resource as well as a 10-qu
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Plans Bundle
Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech & Bush's 9/11 Speech Rhetorical Analysis
Looking to incorporate more rhetorical analysis or famous speeches into your high school English lessons? This easy-to-use 2-week unit includes 10 lessons, five for each historical speech, with activities that help students close read, write a defensible thesis, and craft a strong paragraph or essay. These lessons can be taught in class, uploaded to an online classroom, or printed for student use and are perfect for AP Lang or honors classes. The FDR lesson plans include:*a complete SOAP graphic
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Presidential Speeches Rhetorical Analysis Bundle
Graphic Arts Design BRANDS & LOGOS: Their Difference & Purpose + 3 Activities!
People believe a brand and a logo are interchangeable, with the same purpose. However, there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between a product Brand and its Logo! Graphic Art Designers, and Marketing Students, need to know the influential characteristics of both terms. Why? So that when an artist is creating a logo for business owners, it is an accurate and attractive representation that not only promotes, BUT SELLS, their product or service.LOGOS & BRANDS is an informative PDF presentation formatted f
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Not Grade Specific
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Book vs Movie | Comparison Project for Movie Versions and Partner Movies
These no prep booklets of resources will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart, or a book with a partner movie. This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.Use this resource with ANY book that has a movie version, or with ANY movie you are connecting to a book study. That's two products in one!The activities cover plot, setting, culture, context, characterization, theme, and symbolism comparisons with critical a
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9th - 11th
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DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step -- Article I Worksheet
Fully differentiated into two learning levels, this detailed Article I Worksheet provides students with more than a dozen pages of close reading activities that require them to dive deep into a key primary source: Article I of the U.S. Constitution! And now, students can complete the worksheet online as a TpT Digital Activity!Liven up your government teaching with this guided Constitution worksheet that takes students through the details of Article I, all about the legislative branch. These work
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step: Articles I-VII BUNDLE
20 High Interest Low Level Reading Comprehension Passages Grades 5-12
SET 10: 20 - High interest, low level reading comprehension passages for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older struggling readers. They are themed Random Sports and include fluency, inference, comprehension, close reading and more. Passages are at reading level grade 3-4 - without sounding OR LOOKING like it. 20 High Interest, Low Level reading passage for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older reluctant readers and are aligned with the middle school and high school Engli
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Paired Texts - Henry David Thoreau & Newspaper Article
In this lesson, students read and analyze nonfiction texts: excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and an online newspaper article “Tiny House Movement Thrives Amid Real Estate Bust." After close reading the texts, they select a writing activity from a choice board that makes relevant connections.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Students begin by writing a journal about their most essential activities and consider how they
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading and Speech Writing Lesson
Make your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. a literacy lesson with a primary source. Students complete a close reading of Dr. King's prophetic speech “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” and use their reading as inspiration for their own writing. In pre-reading activities, students learn about the context of the speech and define vocabulary. Next, they complete an activity to understand allusions, and then after reading the speech, they analyze its structure using a graphic organizer. They use the sa
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Bundle: Writing with Mentor Texts - American Authors
Paired Texts - Speech by Patrick Henry and Story by Mark Twain - Essay Writing
Guide your students through close readings of two classic texts: “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry and “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain. Then, facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the texts and write an analytical essay.This updated product file includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guide and vocabula
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman Rhetorical Analysis
Help your secondary ELA students students improve their rhetorical analysis skills by analyzing Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech.This easy-to-use resource is perfect for Honors, Pre-AP®, or AP® Language and Composition teachers introducing rhetorical analysis or helping students prepare for the AP® Lang exam. In this resource, students will examine the rhetorical situation and analyze rhetorical choices. Additionally, students will practice writing a defensible thesis and creating a li
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9th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Plans Bundle
Oral Communication Skills Secrets 4 Relationship Success and Conflict Resolution
We did NOT come equipped with Communication Skills at birth. What we learn(ed) was-is acquired through our family, friends, peers, media and limited to our social class. We interact with others based on our perceptions and biases. We adopt conversation patterns that work, but may not work as we intended. Confusion and frustration are often the result.Ever increasing human diversity often challenges our interpersonal relationships. Communication conflicts are now plentiful and sometimes downright
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step -- Article II Worksheet
7 pages of close reading questions take students step by step through Article II of the U.S. Constitution, asking them not only to read for detail but also to think critically about the rules that govern the executive branch of the U.S. federal government! And now, students can complete the worksheet online as a TpT Digital Activity!Do you teach the U.S. Constitution to your government or history students? I go through it every year and constantly work on ways to make it highly interesting and r
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step: Articles I-VII BUNDLE
Personal Finance Literacy Bank Savings, Checking, Credit, Debit & Stock Accounts
Managing Your Money is a Life Long -- and a MUST HAVE SKILL!Understand Basic Financial Terminology and Personal Bank Account Types in Money Concepts that Make Cents: An Engaging Playbook with Activity Worksheets.This is an introductory, yet comprehensive overview. Presented are easy to learn money concepts step-by-step, for beginners and advanced millionaires to be! Includes ALL types of money accounts used in a person’s life.Included in this NO Prep Workbook:Situations with Simple Examples and
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9th - 12th
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Career Exploration Worksheets & Job Employability Skills Self Assessment Guide
YOUR LIFE PASSION SHOULD HAVE PURPOSE!And Wouldn't IT Be Wonderful to Turn IT into Your Career?Turn Passion into Purpose is a unique guide geared for teens through adults. Whether you are just starting out, or reinventing a career path, these timeless topics are easy to understand. Reading format is full of contemporary tips. Designed as a quick reference guide. Yet, full of activities, discussions, assessments to evaluate your life path, plus worksheets.Highlights Include:Job Hunting TipsAll Ab
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step -- Article IV Worksheet
20 free answer and fill-in questions that take students step by step through Article IV, helping them read the text independently and determine the meaning of this part of the U.S. Constitution. Includes an answer key with full explanations to help teachers guide class discussions of our gov't system! And now, students can complete the worksheet online as a TpT Digital Activity!____________________________________________________________What Buyers Are Saying:---I actually used this for a younge
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step: Articles I-VII BUNDLE
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