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Common Core RI.9-10.4 handouts under $5
Vietnam War Soldier's Letter Primary Source Reading
This amazing Vietnam War primary source activity features a poetic letter from an American soldier who died in the conflict. It provides a moving interpretation of what it means to be a patriotic American.The letter is beautifully written and will surely have a powerful effect on your students. It is also a great way to integrate reading analysis strategies into a lesson on the Vietnam War.After reading the 1-page letter, students answer a set of open-ended comprehension and opinion questions to
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8th - 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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Paired Texts - Henry David Thoreau & Newspaper Article
In this lesson, students read and analyze nonfiction texts: excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and an online newspaper article “Tiny House Movement Thrives Amid Real Estate Bust." After close reading the texts, they select a writing activity from a choice board that makes relevant connections.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Students begin by writing a journal about their most essential activities and consider how they
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Earth Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage - Plastic Waste & Pollution
Perfect for Earth Day! This reading comprehension passage explores the harmful effects of plastic pollution on the environment and our health. Teach students to write a nonfiction summary using the graphic organizers provided. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Activity:✏️ 2-Page Informational Article - Colour & Grayscale“Why is Plastic Harmful?: The Effects of Plastic on the Environment and Your Heal
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5th - 10th
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Context Clues Vocabulary Bundle- SAT + Close Reading Practice for ELA
This bundle targets the five different types of context clues: definition, synonym, antonym, inference, and punctuation. Students will practice each type of context clue using SAT-style sentence completions. They will then complete a close reading of The Declaration of Independence plus a close reading of an excerpt from the novel Middlemarch using context clues to decipher the meaning of unknown words and phrases.Here is what is included in this bundle: Teacher Page Types of Context Clues
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9th - 12th
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Tone & Mood Analyzing Figurative & Connotative Meaning
Help students understand an author's use of diction (denotation vs connotation), imagery, figurative language, and syntax; to analyze the tone and mood of a text. Students will to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. This multi-faceted lesson plan integrates listening skills, reading strategies, and writing skills, as students analyze ea
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7th - 12th
Olaudah Equiano's "Interesting Narrative..." Activity Pack
This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Olaudah Equiano and his "Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano". ** This set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit, so please do not purchase both. **
Includes:
* a short WebQuest about Equiano and Slavery Narratives with teacher notes
* a four page excerpt of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"
* a 10 question true or false reading quiz with key
* analysis questions with teacher notes
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: Benefits of Slacking Off?
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 narrative non-fiction activity, students will read an article by New York Times acclaimed columnist Tim Kreider (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetorical Devices List and Analyzing Rhetoric Activity - Use with ANY TEXT
Handout and activity on Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices! Includes a handout on the elements of rhetoric, and includes definitions and examples of rhetoric (logos, pathos, and ethos), and rhetorical devices (a total of 19, including alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, parallelism, rhetorical question, synecdoche, understatement, and more)... PLUS, an activity on Analyzing Rhetorical devices that can be used with ANY TEXT!Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Julius Caesar Teaching Unit - 5-Week Lesson BUNDLE in Print & Digital
Novel Discussion - Socratic Seminar - Activities, Graphic Organizers, Rubric
Improve reading comprehension and boost speaking and listening skills with this unit for whole-class reading discussion or literature circles. Discussion handouts require students to summarize, analyze author’s craft, define vocabulary, and identify text support. Students also select quotations to draw conclusions, make predictions, and form connections. These activities guide their reading and prepare them for Readers’ Roundtable, which imitates the style of Socratic Seminar. Each discussion pr
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8th - 12th
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Guided Reading: The Declaration of Independence
This guided reading printable and answer key will lead students through the challenging text of The Declaration of Independence. It is set up as a double-sided journal. In one column is the text of the text, and the other column contains questions about the text with space for students to annotate.
The directions refer to a logical, emotional, and ethical appeal handout, which I offer for free in my store. However, students may be able to answer these questions without the handout if they are
Grades:
9th - 12th
TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
Grades:
7th - 10th
PLATO & ARISTOTLE | Contributions to Western Political Thought | Print & Digital
By analyzing important quotes from Plato's The Republic and Aristotle's Politics students will be able to understand the ideas these famous Greek philosophers had on western political thought. Both printable and digital versions are included. Perfect for distance learning. Buyer Feedback: "The quotes are a good balance between challenging and accessible for my 10th graders. Very helpful in meeting standards. Thanks." CarolThis activity begins with an introductory, editable PowerPoint presentatio
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9th - 12th
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MLK Lit Devices & Rhetorical Analysis Quiz "I Have a Dream" Speech
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quiz. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and literary devices quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike!A classroom activity for Martin Luther King Jr. day. An ELA activity and literary device lesson for MLK day.What's Included:■ 5-page reading
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5th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Civil Disobedience and The Great Debaters - Essay Writing Lesson
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and the debate scene “Wiley College vs. Harvard University” from the movie The Great Debaters (which can be used with or without viewing the movie). Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze the arguments in the texts. This 30-page resource includes the followi
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9th - 12th
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Basketball Article & Reading Comprehensions, Sports Article
Are you looking for a sports article and reading comprehension about basketball and March Mania? March MadnessⓇ is a huge event during the month of March, and I am sure your students would love to learn about the history behind the March tournament and basketball game.In this product, you will receive an original article, "Hoop Hysteria-The Excitement Around March MadnessⓇ". In this article, your students will learn all about the history of the tournament, the brackets, seeds, and other engaging
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Passages Nonfiction Bundle, Reading Comprehension
Advertising Analysis Graphic Organizer; Rhetorical Analysis, Argument;
This one-page graphic organizer addresses all the parts of rhetoric connected to an advertisement. Use this with regular commercial ads or for public service announcements. Model with students together on an ad or offer it to students to guide their own thinking. Use this as formative practice or as a pre-thinking activity for a formal essay summative.Examines the following:*What the text says? *What the images say?*Rhetorical appeals*Tone*Audience*Logical Fallacies*Purpose*Message*Tone
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7th - 12th
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Groundhog Day Reading Passage & Comprehension Questions
Groundhog Day is a fun and exciting tradition that is celebrated every year in February. Are you looking for a reading comprehension activity and a reading comprehension passage for your students to learn more about the yearly tradition?In this Groundhogs Day Article & Reading Comprehension Activity, your students will read an original article, answer 10 multiple choice questions, and debate about whether a groundhog is a reliable predictor of the weather. This also comes with an answer ke
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Passages Nonfiction Bundle, Reading Comprehension
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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Ray Bradbury Author Adventures, Author Study
Ray Bradbury Author Adventures is a perfect way to introduce your students to the famous author and his work. Are you reading his short stories like "The Veldt", "All Summer in a Day", or "The Sound of Thunder", or his novel, Fahrenheit 451? Whether you are doing an author study while having your students read a few short stories/novels, or you would just like to introduce your students to the author’s work, life and background, this author adventure is perfect for this! Have your students dive
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6th - 10th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading and Speech Writing Lesson
Make your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. a literacy lesson with a primary source. Students complete a close reading of Dr. King's prophetic speech “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” and use their reading as inspiration for their own writing. In pre-reading activities, students learn about the context of the speech and define vocabulary. Next, they complete an activity to understand allusions, and then after reading the speech, they analyze its structure using a graphic organizer. They use the sa
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing with Mentor Texts - American Authors
DIDLS and Tone Introduction Slideshow with accompanying notes
This is a fantastic resource for introducing DIDLS to identiy Tone in a text. A google slides presentation walks through DIDLS and Tone, and it also comes with accompanying notes for your students to follow along as you work through it. There are examples, definitions, and practice opportunities in the slides and notes.
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6th - 12th
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A History of Rocket Flight
This article tells students about the history of rockets, from the Nazi V2 to the Space-x dragon. It also touches on the Apollo program, the space shuttle program, and the Russian program. It also touches on the technologies that have come from the space race and talks about the role of animals in space science. This product contains differentiated versions of the same reading. Each is ~1175 words. Level 1 has a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease score of 69.Level 2 has a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease
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5th - 9th
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