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High school Black History Month writing-essays resources for Microsoft Word
Harriet Movie Guide Questions in ENGLISH | Harriet Tubman 2019
Best movie guide out there! 27 Movie Guide Questions for the 2019 movie Harriet written in ENGLISH that include pre-listening questions, questions to answer during the movie, and reflection/analysis questions that can also serve as discussion questions after the movie. Includes movie images to help scaffold for diverse learners. Questions are spaced out to give students enough time to write answers down.Rated PG-13 and perfect for any classroom! Includes Answer Key.Synopsis:Based on the thrillin
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing an Introduction Paragraph: Graphic Organizer
Every time my students begin writing their essays, they always get stuck on their introduction paragraphs. They stare at their blinking cursors or unmoving pens and constantly tell me, "I don't know how to start!" It's easy to go over hook sentences, connecting sentences and writing a thesis. It's easy to give practice versions of these three introduction elements (and students seem to get it). But once they are confronted with their own paper, their minds go blank.
This graphic organizer h
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7th - 12th
COMPLETE English 9 - 10 Semester Pre / Post FINAL EXAM & ESSAY Test EDITABLE
This EDITABLE semester exam, final test or pretest includes: 60 multiple choice questions + 3 Essay Topics - Key and Essay Grading Rubric Ready-to-use, but customizable! Questions written with skills in mind, not specific literatureThis final exam is ready to use by anyone!Use as a pre-test, question bank, final / semester exam, or for review. Questions are about:story structure terms, character terms, figurative language, reading skills comprehension, vocabulary in context, basic sentence struc
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8th - 10th
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"The Body" by Stephen King: Chapter Questions and Assessments
This package works effectively for all modes of teaching/learning (in-person, hybrid, remote) and for switching between the modes if required.This is a complete unit of study for Stephen King's novella, "The Body." The package includes chapter by chapter study questions with ANSWERS, a summary review, a test, and an essay assignment. Questions focus on vocabulary, close reading, higher order thinking, and making connections.Check out the complete preview. Package is in Word so you can modify.Her
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9th - 12th
Selma Movie - 50 Question Multiple Choice Quiz
Keep your students on track as they view the film or use as a final assessment. I designed this with the dual purpose of keeping students focused while viewing the movie, or to use as a final assessment. The 50 questions are arranged in the same order as events in the movie. The 50 question format makes it easy to convert to percentages and grades. The product consists of the quiz (6 pages) plus solution (1 page). Also included is a one page answer sheet, on which students can mark their answe
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Selma Movie - Active Learning Resources Bundle
Heart of Darkness AP Lit Unit Plan
This complete selection of unit materials comprises a 6-day unit of readings and activities to support students’ reading of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Reading comprehension is supported by teacher guided-reading activities, supportive reading notes, and teacher-led discussions, as well as a wide variety of in-class activities: a pre-reading activity and discussion, a presentation (Prezi) with rich historical information and art, small group work, a New Historicism mini-lesson, and many m
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11th - 12th
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Writing Prompt Pack, Argumentative Essay on Paying Students for Good Grades
With this low-prep, argumentative essay writing prompt pack, you will have everything you need to assign an argumentative essay to your middle or high school students. With the high-interest topic - Should students get paid for grades? - your teens will be excited to read the nonfiction textual-based stimuli included and compose an essay to state their point of view!Student Experience: Students will use the graphic organizer to brainstorm and organize their thoughts. Next, they will read the
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7th - 11th
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Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States Chapter Assignments
This packet is designed to accompany Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. This version of the famous People's History is more accessible to younger students and gives a great background on working class and progressive history. This packet breaks down the book by chapter, excluding chapters 22 - 28 (that many classes will not get to). Each chapter has either a note-taking guide (major vocabulary and themes to help students take notes with purpose) or questions about the c
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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One Way Ticket: Using Poetry to Analyze The Great Migration
Students listen to and read Langston Hughes' poem "One Way Ticket" to analyze the push factors and the process of The Great Migration. Students will use references in the poem to map destinations of African Americans during the migration and to identify push factors of The Great Migration. Students will also write about their own connections to the push factors mentioned in the poem. The handout also includes a lists of needed materials, possible activities, and extension activities.
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7th - 12th
Argumentative Writing Essay Template for Struggling Learners/ ELLs
A 5 paragraph argumentative writing essay template with an intro, 2 body paragraphs counterclaim paragraph and conclusion. For struggling students and ELLs where graphic organizers may not be enough of a scaffold. Can be used with a graphic organizer for more support.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Research Paper--Creating MLA Source Citations Worksheet (Bibliography Practice)
This worksheet helps students figure out how to write proper bibliographic citations in MLA form. Given the fact that most databases (and even some scholarly websites) now offer citation suggestions, it is more important than ever to have your students focus on source citation as an individual skill. Often, these citation suggestions are poorly punctuated or presented in the wrong format. This worksheet will help your students build the requisite skills to be able to spot the problems and acc
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9th - 12th
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Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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4th - 9th
Counterclaim & Rebuttal Stems & Practice Activity
Teacher Instructions1st Version:1. Students review the definition of a claim, counterclaim, and rebuttal.2. Students review the counterclaim and rebuttal stems and example.3. Students read each claim and generate a counterclaim and rebuttal for each, using the stems.2nd Version:The second version of the activity can be used for students who may struggle. 1. Students read the claims and counterclaims for the first and second example and provide a rebuttal for each. Then, students read the remain
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7th - 12th
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Booker T Washington vs WEB DuBois
Students read a short bio of both men, then fill out an organizer comparing their objectives and strategies before analyzing a poem about the 2 men by Dudley Randall. Students retain the information well and good discussion is generated by the poem and an opinion question.
I also have a version that adds Marcus Garvey and Ida B. Wells, titled "Booker T Washington, WEB DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Ida B Wells".
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6th - 12th
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Just Mercy AP English Language Prompts
Six AP English Language FRQ prompts based on Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. 2 Synthesis2 Rhetorical Analysis2 Argument PromptsPrompts do not require students to read the text, but these prompts enable a deeper reading of the text through consideration and analysis of specific issues and experiences within the text.Prompts are appropriate for Pre AP and Honors/Gifted courses preparing for state exams.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: 37 AP English Lang Essay Prompts
How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis Essay for the AP Lang and Comp Exam
This is a step-by-step guide that explains how to write a rhetorical analysis essay (14 total steps). When I started teaching AP Language and Composition, I found it hard to explain the rhetorical analysis essay to my students. I typed up this document to help clarify the process for my students (and for me!), and we referred to it all year. It's a simple and straightforward list of steps. Teachers can use it as a teaching map for themselves, as each step of the process needs to be explicitly ta
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Language & Composition Bundle
Essay Writing: Research Essay Mini Unit
Why keep asking the same essay questions and reading the same essay answers?! Here is a 5-Paragraph research assignment on any topic your students want! It's interesting, ready-to-print, and can also be edited to your needs if you'd like.Designed for diverse learning environments - students can complete it in a teacher-led class or use included scaffolding for independent learning at home.This Package Contains:- The Mini Research Essay Assignment (With Rubric)- A Research Sheet Template (for 3 d
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Fun Research Project for Middle School, High School, Teens
Make research fun with this "If I Won the Lottery" Research Project. Now includes editable Google Doc and Google Slides. Perfect for distance learning!This seld-explanatory NO PREP research project packet is perfect for a self-guided research essay for middle school (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) or high school students (9th grade - 12th grade).Editable Document Includes:*8 Paragraph Topics with Detailed Criteria for Each Paragraph*Due Date Chart for Each Step of the Research Essay* MLA Guide
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6th - 12th
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Black History Skit: Spotlighting African American Inventors
If you are looking for a skit for your Black History Program, you will love this one. It covers theaccomplishments of African American Inventors. I looked everywhere for skits that my students could perform, and when I came up empty, I wrote my own! Enjoy
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4th - 12th
In Cold Blood, TEDTalk: Death Penalty
This handout, with key, requires that students analyze a TEDTalk (argument) about the death penalty. They must analyze how the speaker appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. They must also identify logical fallacies (though specific terminology is not required). They must identify author's purpose and rhetorical strategies.
The TEDTalk covers themes very similar to In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (how an unstable upbringing can "result" in murderers). This source would work well in a synthesis or
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Essay Writing: Personal Essay Assignment
Personal essays are an amazing way to tap into student writing! As open structure pieces of persuasive writing, they use techniques and content from a variety of other writing formats without the rigidity of formal literary essay style and structure. Instead, they allow students to use evidence they are more than familiar with (their own lives) and a natural voice (their voice) to develop their thesis. This is the kind of writing students see and do daily; in conversations, in ads, in emails, i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Research Project 6th Grade - 12th Grade - Research Paper and Graphic Organizers
Make research fun with this "Dream Vacation" Research Project. Now includes editable Google Doc. Perfect for distance learning!This self-explanatory NO PREP independent research project template is perfect for a self-guided research essay for middle school (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) or high school students (9th grade - 12th grade). Perfect research paper prompt for teens!Editable Document Includes:*8 Paragraph Topics with Detailed Criteria for Each Paragraph*Due Date Chart for Each Step o
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6th - 12th
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