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Close reading Common Core RI.11-12.9 resources
Native + African + Early American Colonial Text Set Unit : Perspective Pairings
Is your Early American Lit curriculum more bland than a Puritan cookbook? As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, so let's transform it from yawnsome to awesome with a study of perspective!Early American founding texts don't have to be boring. When you pair them with rich creation stories, shocking captivity tales, important indigenous issues, and diverse American perspectives, students will not only have a better understanding of the literary landscape of America, but will also gain a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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
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6th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Rhetorical Analysis BUNDLE - Analyzing Arguments! Digital for Distance Learning
Analyzing arguments can be so challenging; however, this step-by-step method will make this skill clear and easy while creating an in-depth rhetorical analysis! This digital, engaging, no prep/no plan unit will show your students how to analyze the rhetoric, fallacies, an author's message, and the persuasive language of any author’s argument. Students will then be able to draft a complete rhetorical analysis essay. The graphic organizers provided will support students in every step of this proce
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Close Reading and Annotation Mini-Unit
Complete close reading and annotation unit with fiction and nonfiction practice**August 2020 Update: This unit is now digital! I created a fiction and nonfiction workbook that is optimized for digital learning. A Google Slides version is included that can be downloaded and used as a PowerPoint as well (directions included).**August 2019 Update: This unit now includes two passages that can be used for nonfiction annotation (complete with an answer key). This is perfect for AP Language and Composi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry: Reading Game, Appeals, Test
Are your students bored with some of the early American literature? Looking for something to spice up Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"? Try out this unit, which will keep students engaged with the text while also allowing them to have some fun!What's included:► Detailed lesson plans► Common Core Standards alignment► Competition Game Cards - Instead of you lecturing on the speech, students will be sifting through the speech to find answers in order to gain puzzle pieces. The f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Transcendentalism Bundle (5 resources, 45 pgs, 130+ questions) / Print + Digital
American Transcendentalism is part of my school's junior-level English class. Our curriculum doesn't give us a tremendous amount of time to study Transcendentalism, so I have focused my instruction on three specific texts. Unit Pacing Guide"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson"Civil Disobedience" by Henry David ThoreauTranscendentalism Notes Pages and Anticipation GuideOver the years, I have put together excerpts for these three texts with guiding questions, backg
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11th - 12th
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Analyze Arguments - King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail - UNIT BUNDLE! Digital!
☛Teach students how to analyze an author’s arguments with Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail!☚ Analyzing an author’s arguments can be challenging for students; however, this step-by-step method will make this skill clear and easy while creating an in-depth analysis! ✎Everything you need to teach rhetoric and logical fallacies! Show your students how to analyze the rhetoric/fallacies/message/language of any author’s arguments through this iconic passage from Martin Luther King
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8th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis with Atticus Finch's Closing Arguments in TKAM Digital Unit
Teach students how to analyze an author’s arguments with Atticus Finch’s Closing Arguments! This no prep-no plan unit bundle will teach your students rhetorical devices and the process of analyzing arguments. Then, students will analyze the closing arguments given by Atticus Finch in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This is also digital resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. Each unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Google Doc/Slides for each acti
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8th - 12th
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US Romanticism Bundle (15 resources, 130 pages, 300 questions) / Print + Digital
Teaching poetry is one of my classroom superpowers, and I feel that most acutely during my junior-level Romanticism unit. In this unit, students focus on close reading and historical context. Over the years, I have put together this collection of poems, short stories, and prose. With this collection of texts and historical context notes, I have gathered 130+ pages and 300 questions, which help students practice close reading, making inferences, and determining main idea. Students also practice a
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11th - 12th
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Unit - Activities and Assessments
Bring your dystopian short story unit to life! This bundle includes activities, guided reading worksheets, reading quizzes, and assessments for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Short Story Unit for “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson:✏️ “The Lottery” Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Digital & Print✏️ Detailed Answer Key for Reading Comprehension Questions✏️ Guided Readi
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8th - 11th
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"How it Feels to be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston | Figurative Language Lesson
Looking for a unit on this classic essay that will get your students engaging independently with the text, discussing big ideas, and sharpening their close reading and critical thinking skills?“How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston is a great choice for engaging your classes in discussions around race, identity, gender, and artistic expression. It’s also a wonderful essay for exploring figurative language and how writers create meaning through comparisons. When you teach “How it F
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9th - 12th
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American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
Are you new to American Literature or tired of boring worksheets? Engage students with texts by American authors in lessons that use real-world learning connections, an appreciation for cultural diversity, and critical thinking skills. These activities for your American Literature Curriculum are organized thematically and include a variety of lessons that meet the expectations of all Common Core ELA Standards. Classic American authors in the units include Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Maya Ang
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Crisis, No. 1 by Thomas Paine Rhetorical Analysis / Annotation
This worksheet guides students through annotation and close analysis of selections from Thomas Paine's pamphlet The Crisis, No. 1, focusing on rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) and rhetorical devices and how Paine uses them to achieve his purpose. Students may complete the reading and analysis individually, in small groups, or as a whole class. The worksheet is also great for substitutes! This product does not include an answer key.
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11th - 12th
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Annotation Chart with Sentence Starters / Stems - Annotating Documents
Useful chart that helps students categorize and write 5 different types of annotations (reading strategies) for any class. They are clarify, question, connect, infer & predict, and evaluate annotations. ► The chart explains to students what the annotation is (a definition), how to do it, and how to start it (sentence starters). The sentence starters have really helped my students understand the different types of annotations they can make as wells as how to practice them. ► This chart can be
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Purposeful Annotation - Printable Chart & Bookmark
"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson Analysis Questions / Print + Digital
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalist essays are staples in many American literature classrooms. "Self-Reliance" became the clarion cry of the Transcendentalist movement and provides students with the opportunity to interact with argumentative writing, including practicing paraphrasing, analyzing text structure and point of view, identifying and analyzing figurative language and literary devices, making inferences, determining tone, analyzing author's purpose, analyzing historical context, and
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: Ralph Waldo Emerson Instructional Pack: "Nature" and "Self-Reliance"
"Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau Analysis Questions / Print + Digital
In recent years, Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" has been at the front of my mind more and more often. From the March for Science to March for Our Lives, civil disobedience has been in the news regularly. For this reason, this is a text that often resonates with my students.At the same time, "Civil Disobedience" is a dense text that challenges my students. With this in mind, I have chosen an excerpt from Thoreau's essay and paired it with questions designed to guide students as they r
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11th - 12th
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MLK Lit Devices & Rhetorical Analysis Quiz "I Have a Dream" Speech
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quiz. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and literary devices quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike!A classroom activity for Martin Luther King Jr. day. An ELA activity and literary device lesson for MLK day.What's Included:■ 5-page reading
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5th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis & Parallelism: Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech
This lesson set includes a fully annotated copy of Henry’s famous “liberty or death” speech, a two page graphic organizer your students can use to complete a rhetorical scavenger hunt, a PPT with analysis and vocabulary by paragraph, and links to both a hook and engage YouTube video and grammar lessons on parallelism. This lesson is a great way for students to practice identifying rhetorical strategies and appeals. It is designed to be taught after they have been introduced to ethos, pathos, log
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10th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Civil Disobedience and The Great Debaters - Essay Writing Lesson
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and the debate scene “Wiley College vs. Harvard University” from the movie The Great Debaters (which can be used with or without viewing the movie). Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze the arguments in the texts. This 30-page resource includes the followi
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading, Metacognition, and Text Annotations Teacher Presentation
Introducing our comprehensive introductory mini-lesson designed specifically for middle school English teachers like you, focusing on close reading, metacognition, and effective text annotation. What's Inside:Our meticulously crafted non-editable presentation comes in Google Slides, Canva, and PDF formats, covering all the essential components of a successful lesson: from setting the stage with an anticipatory set to providing direct instruction, guiding practice, conducting assessment, and fost
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle
ELA Full Semester American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle
Set your students up for success with this zero prep, print and Google slides ready curriculum resource an entire semester of your American Literature course. In this resource you will find 6 units that span 18 weeks of instruction:Rhetoric of the American RevolutionPost Revolution: American RomanticismPrelude to the Civil War: American TranscendentalismThe Dark Romanticism of Edgar Allan PoeThe Anti-Slavery Rhetoric of Frederick DouglassRealism and Early Feminist LiteratureTake a look at my FRE
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9th - 12th
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RHETORICAL DEVICES ANCHOR CHARTS Rhetorical Appeals Posters Word Wall Worksheets
Includes digital worksheets for distance learning and Google Classroom®! Reinforce logical fallacies and rhetorical appeals with your AP Language and Composition or Senior Level English Language Arts students using this collaborative activity, which can also be used as an individual workbook.APPLICABLE FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH CLASSESCOMPLETE ANSWER KEY WITH EXAMPLESINCLUDES DIGITAL SLIDE DECKS FOR GOOGLE DRIVE®This activity results in a useful classroom anchor chart and can be used as eit
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
All of my reading resources (for literature and nonfiction) are included in this mega growing bundle! You can use these activities with ANY book, story, or nonfiction text. (Excluding resources that are specific to novels, stories, or authors.)The zipped download includes the following teaching materials:*READING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY BOOK or STORY*Literature Activities for ANY Novel or Story, Vol. 1Literature and Nonfiction Creative Reading Resources for any book, Volume 2Creative Activities for A
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6th - 11th
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