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Writing-expository Common Core RI.9-10.4 resources under $5
Steve Jobs & Real World Rhetoric Analysis, Grad Speech, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Show your students a real-world application of the tools of rhetoric (ethos, pathos, and logos) as they examine the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address given by Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. The speech, which is filled with warmth, humor, and meaning, is a high-interest way to add the non-fiction analysis skills emphasized by the Common Core to your classroom.Students will learn the components of Aristotle’s rhetorical devices, view Jobs’ speech via a 14-minute video clip, and use a ful
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Real World Rhetoric #5, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #5 attempts to convince readers that students aren't motivated by cash rewards; they actually crave a surprisingly different prize.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Real World Rhetoric #6, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #6 attempts to convince readers that intestinal worms are better than medicine or surgery for a variety of ailments.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay•
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Informational Text: Anxiety and Stress - mentor texts, activities, & assessments
Teach students about nonfiction texts with a topic they can relate to:Students are experiencing stress and anxiety at increasing rates. Help them explore ways to deal with this while teaching students how to read and analyze informational texts. This nonfiction unit will allow your students to explore and discuss anxiety and stress with informational texts. The resource provides you with several options that will engage your students as they read, view, think, discuss and write. (This is include
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Informational Text BUNDLE - mentor texts, activities, & assessments
Real World Rhetoric #7, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #7 attempts to convince healthy pregnant women that they should consider having their babies at home rather than in a hospital.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argu
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Transitions - Write On! How to Recognize and Use Transitions in Writing
Writing is not an easy task for most of our students. We’re lucky if we can get them to put their thoughts down on paper, much less make them readable. Transitions can help in this refinement process. They make ideas flow more smoothly and hold the writing together. This packet provides a guide for the recognition and usage of transitions in writing. It lists the different types of transitions and provides examples and illustrations of each in the information sheet. Exercises are included
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6th - 9th
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Argument Reading Graphic Organizers for Rhetorical Analysis & Rhetorical Appeals
No more scrambling to find just the right rhetorical analysis graphic organizers! From claim and counterclaim to SOAPS, rhetorical appeals, loaded language and more, your students will be asked to think critically about any nonfiction text in preparation for their next rhetorical analysis project or assessment! ★ Claim and Counterclaim★ SOAPS (Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker)★ Rhetorical appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)★ Loaded language (focused on diction and connotations)★ They Say
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Among Us - Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Persuasive Practice
This Google document is an assignment/activity that will help your students with identifying ethos, pathos, logos, and practicing their persuasive skill. Inspired the online game Among Us (not affiliated), this activity asks students to identify how each of the crewmates are using Ethos, Pathos, Logos. There are three questions, one for each of the rhetorical appeals. Once students have identified those, there is a second document that will guide them through their own game, where they will coll
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7th - 11th
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A History of Us: An Age of Extremes: 1880 - 1917 - Chapter Questions PPT
Here is a PowerPoint presentation of paragraph response chapter questions made for the book by Joy Hakim, A History of Us: An Age of Extremes. This is the eighth of a ten volume series on US History. It is a Common Core Exemplar book for fifth grade, but the text can be appropriate for students through high school. The book can be used as a class read aloud, a small group reading text, or as a whole class reading text. It provides a very in depth look at the period of US History invol
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â A History of US Books 1-10 Chapter Paragraph Response PowerPoints
Rhetorical Analysis Terms, Quiz, and Game
This activity consists of an essential list of Rhetorical Analysis terms for AP Language or for General/Honors/ Advanced English, a handout to write answers for a quiz, and a printable maze game with included game cards and game instructions.Teachers can use the list as a handout to give to students and as a guide to give quick review quizzes. The handout for quizzes is set up for three quizzes total. After the quiz(zes), students and the teacher work together to correct the quiz and play the
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9th - 12th
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Identifying Bias in Research Mini Lesson | Argument Writing | Reading Nonfiction
This short Google Slide mini-lesson is dedicated to helping your students identify bias in their research as they work toward gathering evidence to write an argument based essay. This lesson works best if students know how to find reliable (if somewhat biased) information on the Internet.The entire lesson is Peardeck ready, but if you don't have peardeck, you can easily convert it in Nearpod or just have students answer the ol' fashioned way! It covers these three main sub-topics in regards to d
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6th - 10th
Martin Luther King VS Malcolm X
Students read excerpts from two speeches. "The Ballot or the Bullet" and "I Have a Dream." While reading the speeches, students work on context clues, tone, and writing a comparative essay. I like to have students listen to Malcolm X's speech. The excerpt of Malcom X is a summary, so that students will be encouraged to listen to the speech. I then have students listen to Martin Luther King's speech. The excerpt from MLK is word for word. Then students compare the two. This was designed to be l
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9th - 10th
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2 Digital Quote Analysis Graphic Organizers - Paraphrase, Analyze, Connections
In this download, you will find a Google Slides file containing 2 graphic organizer templates for quote analysis.The first template supports students in selecting a significant quote from a text, paraphrasing that quote (putting it into their own words), analyzing it (determining its significance), and drawing connections (to their life experience, the world, historical events, and/or other texts).The second template supports students in selecting a significant quote from a text and drawing conn
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â 78 Google Slides Logs and Graphic Organizer Mega Bundle
Indian Removal Act -- Close Reading and Writing
Close reading of speeches by President Andrew Jackson and Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen regarding Jackson's Indian Removal Act. Each speech has understanding and analysis questions with a summarizing writing task. A final cumulative task comparing both speeches is included. Rubrics for all tasks are included.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Night and Anne Frank's Diary- Bundle
This bundle integrates two powerful Holocaust literary resources: Night by Elie Wiesel and Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation* Includes -short Google Slides presentation introducing the two authors-10 "journals" that cover various high school ELA standards- writing, character analysis, inference, compare/contrast, and morel-literary terms graphic organizer for finding common literary devices in Night *page numbers and chapter titles refer to the 2006 English translation of Night the 2013
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
9th or 10th Grade Language Arts Standards Checklist for Reading Informational
This is a document containing an easy-to-use checklist for the Reading Informational (RI) standards used in the 9th and 10th grade common core standards.
Use as a teacher tool, a printable for students to track their progress with the standards, or print on a poster for tracking progress as a class.
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9th - 10th
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