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Other (ELA) Common Core L.11-12.5 resources
Analogies, 250 Analogy Questions, Build Vocabulary & Logic, PDF & Google Drive
Analogies are now specifically included in middle school Common Core State Standards and these fun little puzzlers are a great tool to help students at all levels build vocabulary and logic skills.This introductory lecture is paired with 10 follow-up assignments that can serve as in-class work (solo or group), homework, substitute teacher materials, or game materials. Each assignment sheet can also be sliced up into five separate mini-assignments, allowing for short bell-ringer work sessions or
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8th - 11th
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Poetry Review Dice Game for Any Poem
Do you need a fun, student-centered activity to add to your existing poetry toolbox? Check out this engaging poetry review game for middle or high school students. It's a dice challenge that can be used with any poem (although poems that are rich in sound devices and figurative language are preferable). WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT'S BENEFICIALGet students involved in analyzing poetry, identifying figurative language, and thinking like a poet as they talk with their small group about any poem of your c
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9th - 11th
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Greek Mythology Project | Creative god and goddess Bumper Sticker Activity
Students create "bumper stickers" using various literary devices to make their chosen god or goddess memorable. When I do this project, I simply cut cardstock in half and give it to students to decorate and write on. Example include: "Got Wheat?" (for Demeter), "Mighty Aphrodite!", "Are you Ridin' the waves with Poseidon?"This document includes project details, an easily modified grading rubric, and a practice section focusing on the use of literary devices in real world bumper stickers.CLICK
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6th - 10th
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Tone Games and Exit Tickets / Google Slides
As the new school year approaches, I am looking forward to teaching younger learners for the first time in many years. In anticipation of working with younger students, I have been working on building a variety of grammar and vocabulary games that I can use in a variety of circumstances: as bell ringers and morning work, as sponge activities, during intervention blocks, or at stations.Since this set is designed for flexibility, the entire set is available in Google Slides so you can decide wheth
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar and Vocabulary Fun and Games Bundle (20 games, 730+ cards)
PUBLIC SPEAKING Course | Semester Speech Curriculum | Communication Classes
Want to teach your secondary public speaking students with confidence? Speech classes are a blast to teach, but only if you're comfortable with the material and the processes. I've taught public speaking at the high school and college levels for 23 years, and I've created the course I wish I'd had when I started.From organizing the course in Google Classroom to assessing formal presentations, this resource has it all. Wondering what to do when you have a sub? I have you covered. Want to know my
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9th - 12th
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Idiom Jeopardy
Idioms are difficult but fun. This Jeopardy game allows students to practice guessing the meaning of an idiom from the context. Each idiom is presented in a sentence and students must state the meaning to receive their points. There are five categories: body parts, weather, love, baseball, and around the house. Each category contains 6 idioms for a total of 30. The body parts category pairs well with the book Even More Parts and the around the house category pairs well with Amelia Bedelia.
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Not Grade Specific
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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SYNONYMS UNSCRAMBLE GAME High School English Vocabulary Games
A VOCABULARY GAME for high school English students this SYNONYMS UNSCRAMBLE GAME is fun for students as they race other teams to unscramble all the synonyms for a given word!12 different game sheets.Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student vocabulary these SYNONYMS GAMES are perfect for ELA English students in Years 10-13 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions.These games ar
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: VOCABULARY GAMES High School English BELLRINGERS ELA
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (BUNDLE WITH HANDOUTS)
This resource breaks down Karen Russells' "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" and allows students to study the phenomenal short story through creative writing prompts, discussion, and guided questions. Students will also learn about culture shock as it relates to the text. The mini-unit ends with a narrative writing task in which students explore the connections between assimilation attempts and the actual results of assimilation.This bundle includes a total of SEVEN resources with guid
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 2 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 100 SLIDES corresponding. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This handouts resource includes over ten printable and ready to use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the "Outsiders and Outcasts" unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 6 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises a thematic unit plan of short stories, poems, videos, etc. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Asian Literature Unit BUNDLE (SLIDES & HANDOUTS)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 81 Slides for an Asian Literature Unit. The handouts bundle includes over 75 pages of resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which include but are not limited to: Graphic organizers, creative writing prompts, engaging activities, text-based questions and analysis, and so much more!
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8th - 12th
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Gothic Literature BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, Assessments, etc!
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes over 16 printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 1 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes over 16 printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Outsiders and Outcasts Thematic Unit BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 100 SLIDES corresponding. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This handouts resource includes over ten printable and ready to use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the "Outsiders and Outcasts" unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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9th Grade Unit 6: World's End BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises a thematic unit plan of short stories, poems, videos, etc. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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ELA Diagnostic Test / High School Students/ Literary Skills, Reading And Grammar
This resource is a comprehensive diagnostic test that tests the high school students' knowledge of the language structures.Subarea I—Reading Comprehension1. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in context.2. Understand the main idea and supporting details in written material.3. Apply skills of inference and interpretation to a variety of written materials.4. Analyze relationships among ideas in written material.5. Use critical reasoning skills to evaluate written material.6. Apply skills f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MyPerspectives American Lit Unit 3: Power Protest and Change (SLIDES & HANDOUTS)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 146 Slides for an American Literature unit that encompasses texts which revolve around the spirit of reform. Texts featured in this unit include Frederick Douglas' speech: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments," Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," and more!This resource includes discussion questions, engaging activities, assignments
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8th - 12th
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Figurative Language in Popular Music Digital Sorting Activity End of the Year
This activity is a quick and fun way to assess your students' ability to identify figurative language by using lyrics from popular songs by Drake, Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars and more! Just upload to Google Classroom and you have an easy formative assessment that your students will enjoy! Figurative language included: MetaphorSimile PersonificationAllusionAlliterationHyperboleYou might also like: Figurative Language Color by Number
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7th - 12th
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MyPerspectives British Lit, Unit 4: (SLIDES & HANDOUTS) BUNDLE!
This thematic unit plan encourages students to explore the question of the necessity of vision and disillusion through various British and World Literature texts, which include: the poetry of John Donne, an excerpt from Gulliver's Travels, Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," Herricks' "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," John Gay's "Youth's the Season Made for Joys," excerpts from Dante's "Inferno," James Joyce's short story: "Araby," and more!These 149 Slides incorporate activities, discussion
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8th - 12th
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The Seventh Man: Printable Activities, Assessments, Reading Guides, Etc.
This resource allows students to interact with Murakami's "The Seventh Man" in creative and analytical ways. Students will consider different perspectives of the story, create a critical review, write diary entries from the narrator's perspective amid his emotional and psychological peril, and outline/draft an argumentative essay claiming whether or not the narrator should have forgiven himself for his failure to save K.Also included is an alternate assessment as well as a reading guide. All res
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8th - 12th
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Full CC aligned Graphic Novel class including material to seek District Approval
This product contains material for 18 different Graphic Novels so the teacher creating the course has more than enough material to choose which of the novels they choose to include when planning their own class. This is an entire Common Core aligned course on Graphic Novels as well as material used to seek approval in your district for the course. With the exception of two units that are only available in pdf format the other 16 units are provided as both pdf files as well as docx (Microsoft wo
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7th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) - Mini Mysteries
This is a mini unit on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes. It contains graphic organizers, five "mini" murder/mystery scenarios with original characters to solve, a rubric for a written portion, sentence stems to use for writing, and solutions. Students will be able to utilize close reading and critical thinking skills in order to solve the scenarios. Attached to the unit is the Presentation for CER (Claim Evi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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