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Common Core RI.9-10.9 handouts
George Washington's Farewell Address Analysis Worksheet
This George Washington's Farewell Address analysis activity features a two page excerpt of the President's famous speech from 1796. In it, Washington warns America of the dangers of a 2 Party System and about getting entangled in foreign affairs. This is a wonderful speech for students to read and analyze as his arguments are still so relevant to today. The speech has been recognized for years as a masterful guide to government. In 1825, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison recommended the use of
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9th - 12th
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Comparing the Declaration of Independence & Declaration of the Rights of Man
This activity comparing the Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man is a fantastic higher-level-thinking worksheet for US History or World History. Excerpts from both America's Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are included. After reading the selections from each document, students fill-in a Venn Diagram of similarities and differences they recognized, then answer a set of analysis questions to get them thinking about
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7th - 11th
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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
Jonathan Edwards - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Fun Project
This Great Awakening activity includes an excerpt of Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and turns it into an engaging project for students. Following the excerpt of the sermon are a few short analysis questions before students must write their own speech titled, "Students in the Hands of an Angry Principal". The directions explain how students must identify the purpose of Edwards' sermon and then write a speech imagining what a new principal for your school mi
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6th - 11th
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Media Literacy Checklist - Evaluating Sources, Fact Checking, and Media Bias
These media literacy handouts provide an easy acronym and a graphic organizer that can be used to evaluate any source and help your students identify credible sources. Includes digital worksheets for distance learning, as well as ready-to-print handouts for evaluating sources within a traditional classroom setting.This resource is also included in Mondays Made Easy's Media Literacy Coronavirus News Lesson for Evaluating Sources. This distance learning resource examines the credibility of coron
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7th - 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
Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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Douglass's "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Activity Pack
This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Frederick Douglass and his “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech. ** This set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit and my American Literature Bundle, so please do not purchase both. **
The set includes:
* a short WebQuest about Douglass with teacher notes
* a vocabulary activity and quiz with teacher key
* a two page excerpt of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech
* analysis questions with teacher no
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9th - 12th
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Japanese American Internment: Comparing Primary & Secondary Sources
This lesson will have students analyze and explore secondary and primary sources of information that pertain to the Japanese- American internment experience in the United States during WWII. Students will critically examine the way in which the internment camps were presented to the public through the portrayal of the U.S. government and their use of propaganda, and from the drawings and paintings of the Japanese-American internees who lived in the camps.The Slide Presentation is full of interac
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7th - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Close Reading Analysis Activities
Must have MLK "I Have A Dream" resource for rhetorical analysis and Black History Month. Guided close reading worksheets help students analyze the rhetorical situation, diction, syntax, figurative language, connotation / denotation, and rhetorical appeals found in Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech". This lesson involves direct instruction, engaging supporting videos, guided rhetorical analysis practice exercises, and a structured rhetorical analysis close reading of MLK's "I Have a
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Malcolm X Close Read Rhetoric Bundle
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
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9th - 12th
The Literature of the American Revolution
Infuse your class with the spirit of American independence with this unit featuring three of America’s most iconic non-fiction texts from the Revolutionary Era. Through Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”, Paine’s “The American Crisis” and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, students learn about and examine rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, argumentation and syntax. Includes the three readings, analysis questions, a vocabulary activity and quiz, a short test and a persuasive wr
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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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Speech Analysis Activity | Analyze Susan B. Anthony's On Women's Right to Vote
Teach Susan B. Anthony's famous speech "On Women's Right to Vote" with this speech analysis activity. This speech activity includes 10 analytical questions in both a PDF and an editable Word document.Teach an important piece of history and analyze a speech for students to apply pieces to their own speaking skills!Contents of this speech for rhetorical analysis activity:Students will answer questions concerning— • vocabulary• sentence structure• tone• logosThis speech lesson should take about an
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9th - 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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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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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
Paired Texts Fiction and Nonfiction - Choice Board Writing Activities - Bundle
With these lessons, guide your students through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then help them construct connections with relevant nonfiction texts that can be accessed online. Because of the text variety, these resources are also great for differentiating and meeting the needs of diverse learners.Each lesson culminates in a writing task; students select from a menu of activities that are creative and differentiate for students’ interests and abilities. Thes
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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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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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
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Vietnam War Speech Analysis
This is an excellent Common Core-aligned primary source from Martin Luther King speaking about his stance on the Vietnam War. It makes for an excellent teaching tool for a unit on the Civil Rights Movement, Cold War and Vietnam, or as a bridge to combine the two!It includes a portion of his speech and then three open-ended questions designed to generate class discussion and higher-level thinking for your students. Both an answer key and editable Google Doc version of the activity is included.Tha
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8th - 11th
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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
Rhetorical Appeals in Modern Speeches | Greta Thunberg's Climate Change Analysis
Help your students understand and apply rhetorical analysis concepts through a modern speech (2019) given by a fellow young person. On September 23, 2019, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, the then 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave an impassioned speech to world leaders about the pressing matter of climate change. Included in this lesson:✅ six rhetorical analysis questions about the speech ✅ three critical thinking questions✅ a detailed key to aide the teacher in discu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Declaration of Independence - Argument Analysis - Close Reading Lesson
This lesson is designed to engage students in critical thinking, historical understanding, and rhetorical analysis through an exploration of this foundational American document. By utilizing close reading strategies including annotation and modeling, students will uncover the rich language and meaning within The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. The structured handouts with pre-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them recognize persuasive techniques. This resource aligns
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
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