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High school informational text handouts for ESL-EFL-ELL
6 Graphic Organizers for Writing Informational Essays - PDF, PPT, & Google
***NEWLY UPDATED! This product includes the original PDF file along with an editable PowerPoint file and a link to copy the Google Slides Version***Hi! Thanks for stopping by my store and taking a closer look at this product!This product includes a set of graphic organizers to guide students through writing an informational essay. What’s Included?→ Outline – graphic organizer for outlining a complete essay→ Introduction – graphic organizer for introduction paragraph→ Body – 3 numbered graphic or
Grades:
4th - 12th
Eight Parts of Speech Complete Review: Diagnostics Worksheets and Quizzes Keys
This comprehensive Parts of Speech Review resource is the perfect tool for middle and high school teachers looking to strengthen their students' understanding of language structure! With these diagnostics, worksheets, and quizzes, you'll have everything you need to assess, reinforce, and evaluate your students' mastery of the parts of speech.Here's why this Parts of Speech Review resource is a must-have for your classroom:Comprehensive Diagnostics:The diagnostics allow you to quickly assess your
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6th - 9th
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Rhetorical Appeals in Movie Speeches - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Analysis Activities
Let's face it, sometimes our rhetoric units aren't the most engaging ones of the year. Students often get bored quickly with historical speeches and other dry informative texts. While it is important to teach these valuable rhetorical documents, students will definitely appreciate some relevant and exciting analysis materials too. These movie speech worksheets present the perfect opportunity you need to get your students actively engaged with speech analysis. By interacting with iconic films, ol
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Intro to Public Speaking Mini-Unit: Learning from Experts & Videos (with Google)
Instead of lecturing about public speaking fundamentals, let students hear it from neutral experts and become persuaded about the topic’s importance! These videos are a great way to kick off a speech unit OR just prep students for a specific speaking assignment. • Play the videos in class or assign them as homework (especially if you want to try to flip the classroom). There are 1-2 pages of guided notes per video. • The guided notes lessons are CCSS-aligned (see below), have “I can” statements
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Citing Sources Packet: MLA Style 8th Ed. + Test (Distance Learning Enabled!)
Here is a great way for students to learn and practice how to properly cite their sources in the updated MLA 8th Edition style. How to cite from books, websites, and magazines are clearly and simply explained. How to cite from encyclopedias is also explained (though the process is very similar to citing from a book).- Page One: Students are provided simple clear examples of how to cite from Websites, Books, Magazines, and Enyclopedias. Below each labeled example students are provided space to cr
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5th - 10th
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Serial Podcast Full Unit Plan
Great for distance education. Upload the handouts and students can follow along as they listen at home. Updated!!!Now includes how to create your own evidence board!This is an entire Unit Plan for the Serial Podcast by This American Life. Included in this bundle is:1. Overview of goals and outline of plan for each episode 2. Handouts and answer keys for Episodes 1-123. Assessments including: - Episode 1-5 quiz with key and outline - Unit Test with key and outline - Fishbowl
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9th - 12th
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RACE Writing Strategy: Lesson and Practice
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. I used a variation of this lesson for an observation my very first year of teaching and got rave
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6th - 9th
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Identifying Non Fiction Text Structures Practice Pack
In today's day and age it is incredibly important that our students can recognize and describe the text structures that they experience in their reading. Teaching students to recognize the underlying structure of texts can help readers focus attention on key concepts, relationships, and anticipate what's to come.Each double sided sheet provides a list of possible text structure, clear (yet challenging) examples for students to label, and space for them to provide the clues/reasoning they used fo
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5th - 11th
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Informational (Expository) Writing w/ Leveled Sentence Frames: DIGITAL or PRINT
This product includes posters and work pages (digital or printable) on "how to" write an introduction, detail paragraphs, and conclusions. It also includes examples of what a graphic organizer and final product would look like. Each section incorporates leveled sentence frames from beginning/"simple" (circle), Intermediate/ "Sufficient" (triangle), and Advanced/"Sophisticated" (diamond).This Informational Writing is based on TBEAR (Topic, Background info, Examples/Evidence, Analysis, Reflect/Res
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3rd - 12th
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Embedding Quotes Lessons and Activities for Middle and High School
Do your students struggle with embedding & citing quotations? Students need lots of practice with using quotes, and this resource will give them that. With these detailed lessons, they will learn the purpose of using quotations and the proper way to embed quotes in their writing. Exercises and interactive activities allow students to practice introducing, citing and explaining quotations, while teaching them how to choose the best evidence AND how to punctuate it all properly (MLA format).Yo
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary ELA Mega Bundle
Macbeth Comics and Activities
There will be no toil and trouble with teaching Macbeth with this set of comics and activities that are prophesied to make your study of the play great!These comics and activities are the perfect way to get your students into Macbeth. Each act has a comic that gives an introduction to the major events of each act followed by an activity that introduces students to an important concept or literary device. Students will become acquainted with Shakespeare's language, learn about figurative language
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Macbeth and Shakespeare Bundle
The Refugee Experience: Mini Research Project for Grades 6-10
The Refugee Experience Mini Research Project gives middle school ELA students the opportunity to learn real stories of refugees from around the world and different time periods with the help of the UN Refugee Agency website. This is a perfect project to introduce authentic research experiences to your students. It also makes a perfect culminating activity for related novels like A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Refugee by Alan Gratz. Students explore the website, choosing three stories
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
British Literature Time Period Introductions : British Literature Activities
Never worry about how to start a British Literature unit again! These succinct British literature time period introductions are designed to help you deliver simple context before diving into your British literature unit of study. Each time period includes a paragraph about the history, context of literature, and culture of the time. Anyone who knows history knows that it's impossible to cover everything before beginning a unit, but these summaries provide an essential overview.You will get: ⭐T
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9th - 12th
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List of Mood / Tone Words - Reference Sheet for Students - Handout
Handy and reusable reference sheet for students - perfect for close reading literature, end of year test prep, and creative writing.The list includes mood/tone words that are separated by category: positive, negative, and neutral.Also included is a short description of how to identify mood/tone and a few examples.This is a great reference for students which can be used to reinforce the skill of identifying mood and tone throughout the year.This resource offers an extensive and insightful list of
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4th - 10th
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Italian Renaissance Writers & Artists Reading & Art Activity: Print & Digital
This document comes with a 4 page reading highlighting Dante, Petrarch, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and Brunelleschi. There are two individuals per page with questions at the bottom of each page, so you can do it as an all-in-one activity or space them out. It can also be printed and sent home in a packet for distance learning. There are three fun drawing/writing activities at the end to increase engagement.Multiple Formats: I have it in multiple forma
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8th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Pre Reading Unit
This mini unit is designed to lay the foundation for the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Written during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1960, and set during the 1930s, racial injustice is at the core of this novel, and in order for students to truly understand what the novel is about, they need to understand these issues.
This bundle will help lay the foundation that your students need to understand this.
This mini unit includes:
-Lesson plan suggestions
-Harper Lee Biography
-Pre r
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8th - 12th
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INFORMATIONAL TEXT LESSON {Analyzing A Magazine Article: Social Media for Teens}
Through studying a magazine article, students will see how genre and intended audience will shape the style, content and tone of a piece of writing. **************************************************************************OTHER WAYS TO BUY THIS LESSON1) Get this in my INFORMATIONAL TEXT BUNDLE & * SAVE* 20%!2) Buy it in my 60+ ELA Lessons MEGA BUNDLE & * SAVE* 30%!**************************************************************************This lesson could be used as part of a larger uni
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Analyzing Informational Texts: Lessons BUNDLE
Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: Fear Factors, Grades 8-12, CCSS
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver non-fiction activity, students will read an interview-based article by Allegra Ringo (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal opinions to share about this “Let’s Get Real” classroom activity.When
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Connotation and Denotation Activities | Author's Tone & Word Choice Activities
Unleash the power of words with these dynamic connotation and denotation activities! The Connotation Hyperdoc provides an engaging interactive way to present connotation, denotation, word choice, loaded words, neutral words, tone, and mood!There’s no better way to implement 21st century learning! The accessibility and modern design of the hyperdoc instantly engages students while allowing teachers to implement differentiation between tasks. The structured directions for each word choice activity
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7th - 10th
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Romeo and Juliet Argument Essay
This Romeo and Juliet final argument essay is the perfect way to end your Shakespeare unit. This argument essay includes everything you need to assign an argument essay and walk students through the writing process!This Romeo and Juliet essay resource includes an essay writing prompt and assignment handout, multiple graphic organizers to help students grow as writers, a peer editing form, and an essay grading rubric.This Romeo and Juliet Essay Includes:an argumentative essay prompt2 different gr
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7th - 10th
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News Report: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
A simple graphic organizer for students to use when reading a newspaper for the 5 Ws and How. Once students have completed the graphic organizer they can write a summary paragraph using the information they have gathered. Rubric included!!!!
It is also a great tool for students when brainstorming ideas for a creative writing news report.
*Updated August 2017*
Grades:
K - 12th
AP Seminar Teacher's Guide
This 116-page updated 2024 AP Seminar Teacher Guide provides teachers with tangible calendars, curriculum, lesson plans, and resources for the course. The guide specifically includes a daily at-a-glance calendar, 2 weeks of explicit QUEST foundation lesson plans, a practice Team Project (directions/ guidelines), 3 sample practice units with specific daily lesson plans on the themes of political, social, and environmental power, summer assignments, recruitment materials, extensive resource list,
Grades:
10th - 12th
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Spanish 1 Food La Comida Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Students will practice food and drink vocabulary and grammar concepts by completing this self-guided and cognitively engaging worksheet.This product is suggested for:Course: Spanish I or IIGrade levels: 7-12Unit of Study: Meal Taking (Food/Drink)Textbook: Realidades
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Spanish 1 La Comida Food Unit Worksheets & Practice BUNDLE
Real World Rhetoric #4 Daylight Saving Time Debate, Argument & Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine two essays (one in favor of Daylight Saving Time and one in favor of Standard Time), think about the debate tools used by each writer, and determine which writer is ultimately more effective in swaying the reader. This 10-page download includes:• A full-text copy of two public domain argument essays discussing the debate to end Daylight Saving Time in the U.S.• A paper-saving handout
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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