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Informational text Common Core RL.9-10.5 resources $5-10
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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High School Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Test Prep Paired Texts
Do you need High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions to help with reading test prep? This Reading Test Prep Lesson BUNDLE helps students prepare for state standardized reading comprehension exams and assessments by focusing on 5 different standards!! It contains 5 DAYS of EASY-TO-TEACH activities and test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS based on the Common Core Standards, focuses on 1 set of paired passages (an excerpt from Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World" and a passag
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7th - 10th
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Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - Print & Online
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension, and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Night Activities - Elie Wiesel - Chapter & Whole Book Analysis Activities
Help your students get the most out of Elie Wiesel’s haunting memoir, Night. This 40+ page Night Activities resource includes a wide variety of rigorous, creative analysis activities focusing on a range of skills and standards, from character and theme development to figurative language, comparison of mediums, and much more. It also includes a final project choice board for Night, allowing your students to deepen their connection to the story while appealing to each individual's interests and ta
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7th - 11th
Organizing Text Structures Quiz with Answer Key
Need help quizzing the types of text structures: Chronological order, Sequence, Spatial, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, or Compare and Contrast?This 5 page printable quiz has students read nine passages, identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph, and define the types of organizational structures through multiple choice questions. A sample answer key is included for your reference.Great for both Informational and Literary texts units! *****************************
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6th - 12th
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Abandoned Farmhouse: Genre Connections, Analytical Writing, and Origami
Back to the Basics with Amy:"Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser: A Study of Poetry, Informational Texts, Documentaries, Analytical Writing, and an Origami ProjectPoetry Analysis, Analytical Response-Writing, Poetry-Writing, Hands-On Origami Project, Video Links, News Articles Genre Connections: Poetry, Informational Texts, Nonfiction texts, DocumentarySkills: Annotation, Figurative Language, Author's Purpose, Main Idea, Theme, Monitor Reading Comprehension, Analytical Writing, Creative Writing,
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5th - 12th
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Ambrose Bierce's “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” – 15 Common Core Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Ambrose Bierce’s short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The graphic organizers, rubrics, ar
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9th - 12th
9TH GRADE CCSS BENCHMARK
This is a 30 question 9th Grade ELA CCSS Benchmark Assessment with the answer key included. It is so important to ensure that we know exactly where our students are academically. This product allows you to pre/post assess your students for overall mastery of CCSS Standards.
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8th - 9th
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Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour” – 15 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Kate Chopin’s short story, "The Story of an Hour." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The graphic organizers, rubrics, articles, and othe
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9th - 12th
Organizing Text Structures Powerpoint, Practice Quiz and Answer Key
Need help quizzing the types of text structures: Chronological order, Sequence, Spatial, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, or Compare and Contrast?This 18 slide Powerpoint with quiz defines the structures, introduces easy to draw graphic organizers for each structure, and has students read passages at the end to identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph. The quiz has an answer key slide for your reference.Great for both Informational and Literary texts units! ******
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6th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” – 20 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, "The Cask of Amontillado." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded ex
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6th - 10th
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My Last Duchess Psychological Analysis
Put new life into your "My Last Duchess" lesson by having students act as the duke's treating physician for a psychological analysis.
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Personality Survey - This is part of the pre-reading activity to introduce students to how we assess different personality traits and mental illness. Students read 15 different statements and answer if they strongly disagree, disagree, are unsure, agree, or strongly agree with each statement. This can be done on paper or as a four-corners activ
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9th - 12th
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Walter Dean Myers’s “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” – 16 Common Core Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 16 rigorous unit learning tasks for Walter Dean Myers’s short story, "The Treasure of Lemon Brown." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embed
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6th - 10th
The House on Mango Street: Reading Quizzes
This bundle includes 4 sets with three different versions of 5 question multiple choice reading quizzes to accompany each section of The House on Mango Street and is aligned with standards RI10.2, RL10.1, RL10.5, and W10.3.ISBN Edition: 9780679734772
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9th - 10th
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Organizing Text Structures Worksheet with Answer Key
Need help teaching the types of text structures: Chronological order, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, or Compare and Contrast?This 5 page worksheet has students read five passages, identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph and put information from each passage into an appropriate graphic organizer. A sample answer key is included for your reference. Great for teaching both Informational and Literary texts!*************************************************
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6th - 12th
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"Death of an Innocent" Jon Krakauer Common Core Unit!
Structure and supplement your "Death of an Innocent" by Jon Krakauer unit with these activities! All worksheets are organized by "parts" of the article (I created divisions in the article based on topic shifts). All parts have their own standard focus! Teach your students:Text structureCharacterizationRhetorical AppealsAuthor's PurposeAuthor's Claims & EvidenceWriting claims & counterclaims (a great intro to argumentative writing!)& Allusions!
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9th - 12th
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Author's Purpose PowerPoint with Quiz
Looking to teach the modes of writing- to Inform, Persuade or Entertain?This PowerPoint presentation on author’s purpose defines and gives examples of all three types of author's purpose and includes a ten question review after the lesson, with answers at the end. Great for Literary or Informative Texts units.A great addition to your lecture or lesson plan!*****************************************************************************If you like this product, you may also like:Identifying Theme P
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6th - 12th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Forged By Fire" - 26 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Forged by Fire." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including c
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6th - 12th
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O. Henry’s “A Retrieved Reformation” – 18 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 18 rigorous unit learning tasks for O. Henry’s short story, "A Retrieved Reformation." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external
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6th - 10th
Texts About Courage Synthesis Bundle #3 (3 resources / 1 price) Print + Digital
Synthesizing is such an essential part of critical thinking, so scaffolding instruction to help students reach this point is crucial. Choosing complementary texts for synthesis can be challenging and time consuming, which is why I put together this collection focused on a common idea: courage. "To Live is an Act of Courage" by Jennifer Michael Hecht first appeared in The American Scholar and touches on important issues: PTSD, veteran's affairs, mental health, trauma, and suicide prevention. Usin
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9th - 10th
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Complete Quiz Set: I-XI, Appendix
This is a bundle of 3 quizzes covering the entire Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. These are multiple choice quizzes (and keys), useful as reading checks and springboards for discussion.
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8th - 11th
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James Thurber's “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” –16 Rigorous Common Core Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 16 rigorous unit learning tasks for James Thurber’s short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The graphic organizers, rubrics, artic
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7th - 10th
Book Introduction Lesson: "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan
An introductory lesson on the graphic novel "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan in which students watch an interview with Tan about his graphic novel and his writing process and take notes on his answers. Also includes an introductory vocabulary exercise. Works well to introduce students to the graphic novel before they begin reading.
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6th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street: Test Version B
This test on The House on Mango Street includes 40 multiple choice questions and 4 short answer questions and is based on the following standards: RL10.1, RL10.5, RI10.2, RI10.3, and W10.3.ISBN Edition: 9780679734772
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9th - 10th
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