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Common Core RI.9-10.7 handouts
Forrest Gump Video Guide: Analyzing 50 historical subjects (WITH ANSWERS)
THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER PLANNING TO USE THE FILM IN CLASS. THIS LESSON INVOLVES NO-PREP, COMES WITH AN ANSWER KEY, AND HOLDS STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE WITH HANDOUTS TO FOLLOW ALONG. ENJOY!***GOOGLE COMPATIBLE*** 1) Drag and Drop the Word Doc or PowerPoint into Google Drive2) Then Go to "FILE", and SAVE AS "GOOGLE SLIDES" or "GOOGLE DOCS"*** Updated to now also include all 50 questions and answers with visuals on PowerPoint slides*** Updated to include a version with a larger font size,
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: FORREST GUMP Bundle! Movie Guide, Name-that-Song, AND Family Feud Game
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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Literature Circles Unit - Middle School Social Justice - Literature Circle Roles
This 60 page Middle School Literature Circle Unit is perfect for Thematic Social Justice themed Book Clubs. Literature Circle units are engaging and effective methods of reading instruction that encourage students to engage in rich conversation surrounding text and take ownership of their learning. The ready to use activities included encourage inquiry and critical thinking about social justice issues, and help you to introduce, organize, facilitate, and manage this effective reading and discuss
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5th - 9th
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
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7th - 10th
Night Elie Wiesel: Close Read Comparing Niemoller "First They Came" and Night
Common Core Aligned. 6 linked activities involving Elie Wiesel's purpose of confronting apathy. Students will evaluate essential vocabulary for root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Students will then use this new vocabulary to perform close reading exercises and evaluate the thematic premise of Martin Niemoller's poem "First They Came", passages from Night, and a current informational article. Students then evaluate the video "Millennial's Rebuttal" as a argument against Millennial's apathy.I
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7th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar Unit: Nonfiction Close Reading, TED Talk, Informational Texts
Looking for a compelling unit on real-life issues of gangs and violence?This thematic unit on current event issues will get your students examining nonfiction paired texts, participating in critical thinking activities, working to compare artistic mediums, engaging in a close reading of a nonfiction article, and discussing ideas that matter.The 5-day unit will take your students through lessons on youth, teen, and gang violence in Chicago, Boston, and other American cities by getting them to rea
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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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Informational Text Bundle: Nonfiction Articles, Reading Responses, Graphic Org.
Looking for informational texts for secondary students? This nonfiction unit includes lesson plans for current nonfiction articles as well as supporting documents for students to complete a reading response. This nonfiction activity set will get you through at least three weeks of lessons.Responding to nonfiction is a lifelong skill. Students will read a nonfiction article, work through questions, and write a response paper. Also included are a rubric, possible questions, and student guidelines
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9th - 12th
ELA Test Prep Reading and Writing Assessment Bundle: Reading & Writing Test Prep
This ELA Prep Mega-Bundle for both reading AND writing assessment will help prepare your students for their ELA standardized state exams. Practice, assess, and improve the reading and writing skills of your high school and advanced middle school ELA students, all while preparing them for their standardized exams. This ELA Reading and Writing Test Prep bundle allows you to target specific reading and writing skills and standards your students need help with most--without boring them to pieces or
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Animal Farm Pre-Reading Webquest
This webquest is a little different from a regular webquest because it asks students to find their own information to complete the last section. By this point of the assignment, they should have the knowledge to identify most of the terms/historical figures listed. I have left much of this source editable to you so that you can change questions, sources, or adjust the instructions to fit your needs in the classroom. There are four sources provided in the links page of the document. This assignme
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9th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Story and Activity Bundle
This bundle contains everything you need to teach Greek Mythology to secondary students! Each short story is offered (in links to pdf files) in at least two variations for differentiated instruction:Theseus and the MinotaurDaedalus and IcarusPerseus and MedusaTrojan War StoryThe OdysseyActivate prior knowledge with a fun 3 in a Row activity. Re-tell the story of the Titans vs. the Olympians with the Olympian Family Tree and Family Tree Teacher notes. While reading the short stories, use the de
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9th - 12th
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Brave New World: Technology, Dystopias, powerpoints, handouts, and assessments
A unit for Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Includes scaffolding and historical context for the story with discussions about technology and its role in our society with articles, videos, and additional short stories.Also includes in-class and research-based assessments, and handouts and two-column notes.* By the Waters of Babylon short story and discussion on technology* Analysis of informational texts and video about technology's influence on opinions of culture, race, law, and more* Opinio
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading Strategies Activities Bundle Unit
TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ AND THINK LIKE COLLEGE STUDENTS. This bundle of close reading activities combines ppt lectures and guided exercises to enhance skills of analyzing the rhetorical situation, mood and tone, author's purpose, bias, and point of view within texts. These multi-faceted lesson plans integrate a variety of learning modalities incorporating visual, listening, reading and writing strategies. This bundle includes detailed lessons covering:1 Informational Text Annotation and C
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7th - 12th
MLK Multiple Choice Quizzes Close Reading & Literary Devices "I Have a Dream"
This BUNDLE includes:■ Two multiple choice quizzes pdf and Google Form■ Two answer keys■ Reading passagePRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quizzes. 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 L
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5th - 12th
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Your New Playlist Student Guide
A student study-guide for Jon Acuff's book Your New Playlist. This student guide provides processing tools, action steps, and repetition for your students.
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6th - 12th
"The Perils of Indifference" Analysis Text-Dependent Questions and Activities
This resource packet contains questions and activities that guide students through a close analysis of Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference: Lessons Learned from a Violent Century" and a brief comparison with Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. The analysis activities are in three parts: close analysis text-dependent questions for the first half of the speech (paragraphs 1-17), instructions for student groups to analyze the second half of the speech independently (paragraphs 18-3
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9th - 12th
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Life Skills for Students - BUNDLE The Key to Success in Work and Life
"Life skills", also known as soft skills, career skills, employ-ability skills and personal competencies are the "secret to success in life and work" - regardless of career choice. Life Skills for Students™, a program within the Career Coaching for Students™ curriculum, is now available as a standalone teacher's bundle. A comprehensive library in an easy-to-use 100+ page pdf master workbook of 12 critical life skills every student should develop with the bonus option of requesting 19 additional
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Shackleton's Shipwreck Current Event Reading Article
Did you hear the big news? Ernest Shackleton's ship has been FOUND in Antarctica! Use this highly engaging cross-curricular current event article to support effective reading strategies. This can be used in any ELA class, history class, or science class and students will use 'Close Reading Strategies' to identify key ideas in the article. Students will be engaged in active reading as they discover the extreme conditions that Shackleton's crew faced and what an amazing feat it was to discover a s
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6th - 11th
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Rhetorical Appeals in Modern Speeches | Malala Yousafazai Analysis
In this rhetorical analysis over Malala Yousafzai's speech to the United Nations, your students will apply concepts of rhetoric to a famous speech given by a modern figure. Rhetorical/Literary Devices Covered (8 questions): ✔️ Ethos ✔️ Pathos ✔️ Logos ✔️ Allusion ✔️ Anaphora ✔️ Parallel Structure Critical Thinking Topics (4 questions): the value of education as a force against oppression the pen > the sword This activity can be used during a unit study of the book I Am Malala or as an iso
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9th - 12th
President Kennedy Source Review | Primary Sources of JFK Assassination
Study nonfiction sources written at the time of President Kennedy's death. These activities ask students to study various sources at the time of President Kennedy's assassination. Overview of this activity covering President Kennedy:This nonfiction reading response activity includes links to nonfiction articles and videos for a complete lesson about President Kennedy's assassination. This bundle includes close reading options, writing prompts, extension activities, and a complete lesson plan. Sp
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10th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Bundle | Growing Bundle for American Literature
Guide to Language Features of Formal Writing (Register)
Many of my Senior students (Year 11 and 12) struggle to write with a formal and academic register. Australian Curriculum and Common Core require students to begin to understand register (level of formality) from Middle School.
My approach to literacy is 'explicit' teaching with extensive scaffolding. I try to make obvious the 'unwritten rules' of language styles. These handouts are the sum of my experience trying to break down the language features of formal register. They're designed for stud
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Grade 9/10 Graphic Organizers for Common Core Close Reading: Fiction, Nonfiction
Mix and match 60+ graphic organizers with any fiction or nonfiction text. Each complex Common Core Reading Standard is broken down into easy-to-understand student tasks. Each student task is now a graphic organizer. Take out the guess work and meet reading standards every time. Challenge students by requiring close reading.These graphic organizers are:* organized by standards* text-based* require close reading/re-reading* meant to be used with short excerpts of longer texts for deeper engagement
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9th - 10th
Notes & Outline Standardize Test Writing Prompts LEAP 2025 PARCC English 9-10
It is that time of year again. You know the time of year when you are pulling out your hair and trying to find the most concise way to review strategies for responding to standardized test writing prompts with students. This document was born out of a desire to provide my students with as much support and examples as in a single document. I wanted to give them something they could use in their future English courses. I created this document through active research in my classroom and by identify
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8th - 10th
A RAISIN IN THE SUN Lesson Plans and Handouts
These A Raisin in the Sun lesson plans explore symbolism, character motivation, elements of performance, theme development, historical context, and more. Includes twenty A Raisin in the Sun handouts and two slideshows.RESOURCE OVERVIEW:Pre-reading: 3 lessonsAct I: 3 Lessons + discussion setAct II: 3 Lessons + discussion setAct III: 3 Lessons + discussion setAfter reading: 3 lessonsA RAISIN IN THE SUN LESSONS:Introduction and Anticipation Guide The American Dream I Have a Dream Deferred Drama Re
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8th - 11th
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