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Literature Common Core RI.11-12.9 resources
The Great Gatsby Gallery Walk - Pre-Reading Activity - Context Learning Stations
Explore the context of the “Roaring 1920s” with this pre-reading activity for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Includes 5 inquiry-based gallery walk learning stations and worksheets. Digital worksheets for Google Classroom® are provided!Included with this The Great Gatsby Pre-Reading Activity:✏️ 5 Gallery Walk Stations with Primary Sources - Digital & PrintExplore the music, setting, photography, and current events of the “Roaring 20s”Analyze various book covers to predict themes wit
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8th - 11th
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Full Year High School English Curriculum: Secondary ELA 9-12 Common Core Aligned
If you are teaching a new high school English course this year, or you're looking to upgrade your current high school English class curriculum, this full year ELA curriculum is for YOU! This Common Core Standards aligned English Language Arts curriculum will help you create meaningful learning experiences for your secondary English students AND protect your time outside of contract hours.This English curriculum is perfect for you if are looking for...creative, effective activities for you and yo
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9th - 12th
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Ben Franklin Unit: Autobiography Excerpts, Activities, Vocab, Aphorisms, Test
Looking for a way to teach Benjamin Franklin's Life and his Autobiography with excerpts instead of covering the entire work? This lesson features 2 key excerpts from Franklin's autobiography that will not only get students thinking about the past but will also challenge them to follow Franklin's footsteps for productivity. It also includes "The Whistle" by him and lots of activities to reinforce the material.► Step-by-step instructions for each day► Excerpts from The Autobigoraphy of Benjamin Fr
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8th - 12th
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American Literary Movements Bundle (1700-present) / 7 literary periods!
My school's junior-level English class focuses on American literature, including helping students understand literary periods and how literature relates to its historical and cultural contexts.From the first time I taught this class, I noticed how much my students struggled to differentiate between different literary periods. For this reason, I have worked to develop different activities and/or acronyms to help students remember each literary period. To help teachers bring literary periods and m
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11th - 12th
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The Nickel Boys - COMPLETE Unit Plan - RIGOR + INTEREST!! - 54 docs! (zip file)
Challenge AND engage your students! Purchased by over 50 customers!This unit uses The Nickel Boys as a tool to encourage critical thinking and discussion alongside their reading. In this download, you'll find activities to get your students up and moving around, accessing their creativity to explore tough topics, and thinking critically about the novel and the world around them. Develop students' respect of each others' lived experiences!Options in this unit plan for AP-level classes and Honors-
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teach Reading Comprehension Skills using Music as Poetry | Printable & Digital
Teach high school reading comprehension and analysis skills using music as poetry activities (Printable & Digital): Use song lyrics and music videos to teach EVERY high school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard to cover entire Grade 9 - 12 English Curriculum. All 15 lessons include editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.C
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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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The Devil in the White City Lesson Plans and Teaching Guide
A twenty-day unit designed by The Pedantic Project with a nod to the 11-12 ELA Common Core Standards. The unit begins with a gallery walk that requires students to make predictions and form opinions. After that, the students will divide into groups and use technology to research six components of the late 1800s, including the Gilded Age. Each topic has a graphic organizer (with a teacher key). Students will complete the research and prepare presentations for the class. Rubrics are provided.
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9th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 9th Grade ELA Unit 1 BUNDLE
This resource is a comprehensive combination of slides (97 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching American Voices fun, engaging, and efficient. Texts included in this unit:"Music for My Mother""A Quilt of a Country""American History""The Immigrant Contribution""Rules of the Game""The Writing on the Wall""With a Little Help From My Friends""Morning Talk""Immigrant
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8th - 12th
"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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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 2: Survival BUNDLE (Slides & Printable Handouts)
This resource is a BUNDLE of comprehensive thematic unit plan slides (119 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching the unit fun, engaging, and efficient.+ PLUS62 Pages of Printable Handouts of writing tasks, activities, step-by-step assessments, and answer keys!Texts taught in this unit: "The Seventh Man" - Haruki Murakami"The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt" - Nancy
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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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High School Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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9th - 12th, Staff
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ELA Full Year American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle
Set your students up for success with this zero prep, print and Google slides ready curriculum resource a full year of your American Literature course. In this resource you will find 13 units that span 36+ 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 LiteratureThe Harlem RenaissanceLite
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9th - 12th
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Literary Modernism Bundle (7 resources, 35 pgs, 55+ questions) / Print + Digital
Modernism is such a tricky term to define, so when I put together this unit, I wanted to emphasize different expressions of a literary movement. In this unit about modernism, students encounter 5 poems, each of which presents a unique perspective. Through close reading, students encounter different authors approaching difficult topics like war, death, trauma, and isolation.In addition, this resource also features an anticipation guide focused on the issues of the period. With these guides, teach
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11th - 12th
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American Romanticism Notes & 15 Prompts + Rubric (Fillable PDF / Google Slides)
My school's junior-level English class focuses on American literature, including helping students understand literary periods and how literature relates to its historical and cultural contexts.From the first time I taught this class, I noticed how much my students struggled to differentiate between different literary periods. For this reason, I have worked to develop different acronyms to help students remember each literary period. This is the perfect quick acronym to help students understand a
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literary Movements Bundle (1700-present) / 7 literary periods!
9th Grade English Full Year Curriculum! (5 Thematic Units, No Prep Needed!)
This resource is a bundle of FIVE thematic unit plans for 9th-grade English Language Arts. All unit plans include do-now's, exit tasks, activities, discussion questions, corresponding tasks for texts, and assessments, making teaching the units engaging, comprehensive, educational, and a breeze! No prep time needed!This bundle includes printable, aesthetic, ready-to-use, SUPER ENGAGING handouts!
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9th - 12th
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The Nickel Boys - COMPLETE Unit Plan - RIGOROUS + ENGAGING! (Google Drive vers.)
This PLUG-AND-PLAY unit will challenge AND engage your students! Purchased 50+ times!This unit uses The Nickel Boys as a tool to encourage critical thinking and discussion alongside their reading. In this download, you'll find activities to get your students up and moving around, accessing their creativity to explore tough topics, and thinking critically about the novel and the world around them. Develop students' respect of each others' lived experiences!Options in this unit plan for AP-level c
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: American Literature - Full Year of Lesson Plans (Bundle Version)
Post-Modernism Bundle (8 resources, 55+ pages, 80 questions) / Print + Digital
Post-modernism is the last unit in my junior-level English class. For this reason, I am always crunched for time, so the unit has to be flexible and ready to expand or collapse easily. With this in mind, I'm always looking for short works to use in this unit, so I have collected six poems that display clear characteristics of Post-Modernism. While my class is supposed to focus on American literature, I often pull in texts from outside the US to spotlight the diversity in Post-Modernism. In addit
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11th - 12th
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Literary Modernism Notes & 15 Prompts + Rubric (Fillable PDF / Google Slides)
Modernism is such a wide-ranging and ill-defined literary movement that it can be difficult to help students conceptualize "modern literature." For that reason, I came up with this FIERY acronym to help students remember the characteristics of literary modernism. This is the perfect quick acronym to help students understand and remember the characteristics of literary modernism. This tool is a great way to work on standards related to historical and cultural context. To make this as effective as
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Ultimate Bundle (32 resources, 300+ pages)
Letters from an American Farmer or "What is an American?" Analysis Questions
My students are familiar with the idea that America represents a melting pot, but no student has ever known the origin of that comparison. With this in mind, I often teach this excerpt from "Letters from an American Farmer" by Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur. With this text, students have the opportunity to read an excerpt from "What is an American?" With this resource, students read the text and answer guiding questions that help with comprehension, inference, and analysis. Students also hav
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11th - 12th
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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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High School Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions | Printable & Digital
Teach EVERY high school ELA (Grade 9 - 12) reading literature and reading informational text common core standard using fun read along videos of meaningful children's books (printable & Digital). 16 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Google Doc, Google Slides and grading rubrics for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities. Fun independent reading activities for beginning of the year, end of the year, fun Friday activities or an
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9th - 12th
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