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Higher education informational text assessments
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Unit Plan: Lesson Plans, Activities, Project, Test
This Into the Wild Unit Plan is a dynamic, high-interest, common core-aligned unit for this powerful piece of literature. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a favorite non-fiction book for many high school students and these Into the Wild lesson plans will not only engage learners with the text, but will also create real-world learning experiences and connections.This Into the Wild unit comes with activities for each chapter that can be used as an adventure booklet, single Into the Wild worksheets
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Native + African + Early American Colonial Text Set Unit : Perspective Pairings
Is your Early American Lit curriculum more bland than a Puritan cookbook? As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, so let's transform it from yawnsome to awesome with a study of perspective!Early American founding texts don't have to be boring. When you pair them with rich creation stories, shocking captivity tales, important indigenous issues, and diverse American perspectives, students will not only have a better understanding of the literary landscape of America, but will also gain a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Just Mercy: UNIT BUNDLE!!
This product is meant to be paired with Just Mercy Adapted for Young Adults by Bryan Stevenson. This unit covers each chapter including the introduction and epilogue. Begin working through the unit with lessons on basic background knowledge and learning stations! End the unit with a creative writing lesson asking the student to write an "In Memoriam" for Walter 'Johnny D' McMillian. All of the products in this bundle can be found in my store, sold individually. USER GUIDE OFFICIALLY ADDED!!This
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Associated Press (AP) Style Writing Bundle: An Intro to Journalistic Writing
Writing journalistically for either newspaper or yearbook is quite different than writing a paper for English class. With this AP Style teaching bundle, your student journalists will learn the fundamentals of AP Style writing and how to write for a scholastic journalism class. This journalism unit includes a variety of resources to help your students learn the basics of AP Style, and it includes materials for direct instruction, student practice, and assessment!This AP style journalism writing u
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing a News Lead: Journalism and Informational Text Lesson
Help your journalism students learn how to write an efficient and captivating news lead, also called a lede, with this journalism unit all about writing a lead! This journalism teaching unit includes a presentation for direct instruction and digital news story assignments that can be used again and again all year long in journalism class. Help your journalism students to learn what makes an effective news lead, how to identify the key elements within a news lead, and how to write a news lead wi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing a Personal Profile: A Unit for Journalism and Yearbook
Help your journalism and yearbook students write a captivating, interesting personal profile story! This personal profile story unit provides middle school and high school journalism and yearbook students with instruction and guidance for writing a more comprehensive personal profile. Teach your students how to write a better personal profile story by starting with the first steps: research and interviewing! From there, this instructional until will help students use the information they gather
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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THE Ultimate High-interest Halloween Bundle for Secondary ELA
This huge bundle of resources is the ultimate Halloween bundle of high-interest activities that are sure to spark the interest of your secondary students! There is a wide variety of activities included in this bundle!Here's what's included:PRODUCT #1Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies: A FREE Halloween Primer on Victorian SatireEdward Gorey (1925-2000) was an American writer and illustrator of “children’s” books that satirized Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He was born in Chicago in 1925 and la
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP English Language Semester, Final or Midterm Exam (AP Exam Style Questions)
If you have been following the new CED this year, your semester exam will probably need some adjustments. Save yourself some time at the end of the semester (or midterm for your one-semester Lang teachers) and use this complete, but fully editable exam. This covers the skills from Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9 (which I've called 4.5 in my curriculum units) in 40 AP-style multiple-choice questions. Each question has 5 answer choices (like the AP exam), and an explanation for each answer is provided in
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Journalism Feature Story Assignment
Help your journalism and yearbook students improve their writing skills with this feature story assignment! This journalism and yearbook assignment includes everything you need to assign a feature story or special coverage assignment to your middle school or high school journalism students. From potential topic ideas to a story proposal form to interview logs, this assignment will help your students stay accountable and improve the quality of their feature story. This journalism and yearbook les
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Macbeth Scavenger Hunt: Making Real World Thematic Connections
This activity has students making connections between Shakespeare's play Macbeth and the real world through the topic of corruption. In this scavenger hunt activity, students are to locate three Real World Macbeth figures who became corrupt as a result of their ambition. Students are then to write paragraphs that explain their connections using textual evidence from the play and from nonfiction articles.Included in this product you will find:The Scavenger Hunt Assignment Page with Common Core
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" 20-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 20-question multiple choice quiz is on Sherman Alexie's essay "Superman and Me" and assesses comprehension as well as students' understanding of Alexie's allusions, anecdotes, audience, assertions, conflict, diction, figurative language, irony, parallel structure, repetition, supporting points, symbolism, thesis/main idea, and tone.
A study guide that can be used as a formative assessment that pairs well with this quiz is available as a separate purchase by clicking here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fake News Quiz | Evaluating Sources Online | Test | Assessment | Media Literacy
Assessing MEDIA LITERACY Skills in 2024 is essential. Test your student's ability to identify FAKE NEWS, POOR JOURNALISM, and EVALUATING SOURCES and DATA with TWO SEPARATE FAKE NEWS QUIZ tests.⭐Test # 1: It is a Ten-question paper-based NO-PREP ASSESSMENT TOOL about the Post-Truth media cycle. It will assess your student's ability to evaluate data beyond just the "sniff test" to identify false and misleading information. A traditional written test that is quick and easy to assess.⭐Test #2:It i
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7th - 10th, Higher Education
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Nonfiction Passage Practice for EOC Reading test
This packet was created to help remediate essential skills to prepare students for success for their end-of-course (11th grade) Reading Test. (I teach in Virginia, and this material was created for use in preparation for SOL testing, but could easily be used for comparable test-prep in other states.)
While I created this mini-lesson specifically for SOL test review, the passage and questions could easily be used for nonfiction reading tests
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**A link to the passage used-- I u
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Human Rights Violations Project Based Learning (PBL) for Night by Elie Wiesel
This resource will provide you will materials necessary for beginning a PBL on Human Rights Violations to use while teaching Night by Elie Wiesel.This resource includes:-- PBL Assignment Sheet -- Group and Individual version -- Rubrics -- SMART Goal template-- Group/Self Evaluation form-- Group responsibilities form-- Teacher Guide
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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People's History of the United States Chapter Questions, Key & Google Classroom
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn Over 30% OFF = <$1.50 per chapter = 6 free products210 page bundle!Student handouts, answer keys and Google Doc link for no prep unit or Google Classroom activities. Perfect for distance learning!Complete NO PREP Guide: Chapter 1 - 25 Questions for The People History of the United States (chapter-by-chapter printable student handouts and Google Drive Google Doc option)2 versions of above student handouts with and without page numbers (fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Donner Party Tragedy-- A Nonfiction Research Synthesis Project
This nonfiction project is constructed much like the synthesis essay from the AP Language and Composition exam. Students are to get into groups and review each artifact, one-by-one, and compile facts about the Donner Party tragedy on their evidence logs. There are 11 artifacts in total. But before students dig into the artifacts, they will first listen to a podcast on the Donner-Reed Party to learn the basics of the tragedy. Students can either listen to this podcast episode inside or outside of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: THE Ultimate High-interest Halloween Bundle for Secondary ELA
A Modest Proposal Quiz Lesson Plan Jonathan Swift Teach Satire Reading Test Prep
Need help with teaching the satire "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift? This Reading Test Prep Quiz Pack contains 20 reading comprehension QUESTIONS and ANSWERS in differentiated formats to help high school students prepare for state standardized tests!! The reading questions and quiz focus on the Common Core standards and are modeled after various state exams to make teaching satirical texts a SIMPLE task!My goal is for test prep to become a natural and easy part of the curriculum, instead of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Developmental Psychology Series: Reading Centers Bundle
Welcome to the 5-step Reading Centers Series on Developmental Psychology. Join us as we explore the fascinating world of human development, from infancy to adulthood. Discover key concepts, theories, and factors that shape our physical, cognitive, and socioemotional growth. Get ready to enhance your reading comprehension skills and gain insights into the intricate processes of human maturation.Topics include: Nature vs. Nurture, Attachment Theory, Stages of Development, Piaget's Theory of Cognit
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Frankenstein Argument Essay! Thesis, outline, essay, rubrics INCLUDED!
Frankenstein Argument writing essay--great assessment for students after they have read Frankenstein! Asks students to develop claims and refute counterclaims in their writing. Provides resources for scaffolding students through the essay writing process--including developing their thesis first (evidence-based thesis statements), crafting an outline, and finally writing the essay.
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-Ideas for teaching the essay
-Essay prompt handout
-Thesis writing handout
-Thesis writing presentation
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Central Idea, Structure, Author's Purpose Activities
Activity created to help students identify and analyze central idea, structure, author's purpose, and rhetoric. Includes speeches by Rihanna, Elie Wiesel, and Robert F. Kennedy along with questions focused on RI 9-10.5 and RI 9-10.6. All but one of the questions are multiple choice, with the last question being a constructed response asking students to create an objective summary of each speech including supporting claims.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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AIR Test Bootcamp for 9-10 ELA! Prepare for State Testing!
This product will help your students prepare for the AIR Test. This product is designed so the teacher can choose which readings students will do for each part. Just simply look at the student's directions on whether they are reading informational text, short stories, poetry, or a novel excerpt. This does not only cover the CC reading Info and Lit standards on the test, it also contains two areas where they can practice argumentative writing and expository writing. This is sorted as a packet, bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Letter from Birmingham Jail Test Prep Reading Quiz + Key
This 15-question multiple choice quiz is designed with questions similar to the SAT Reading Test section and like the AP Language and Composition multiple choice section. Challenging questions ask students to demonstrate thorough comprehension and analysis of the the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." It is most appropriate for grades 11 and 12 and higher education. PLEASE NOTE: I give this quiz in class after students have studied the full essay and they use their
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Born a Crime AP English Language Prompts
Nine FRQ prompts (2 Synthesis, 2 Rhetorical Analysis, and 2 Argument) based on Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. One set per section of text.The prompts support a close reading of Noah's memoir and the writing skills as assessed on AP English Language Exam and English End of Course exams. Prompts are appropriate for a vaiety of levels. I use these prompts with my 9th honors, gifted, and on-level courses and AP English Lang as practice activities and formal essay prompts. Prompts are appropriate for fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: 37 AP English Lang Essay Prompts
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