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Common Core RI.11-12.2 interactive notebooks
Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle (Grades 5-12) A YEAR'S WORTH of activities: over 220 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! This download includes the following products:Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for ANY Novel or StoryInteractive Reading Notebook for Nonfiction Informational TextsInteractive Notebook Mini Books: Bundle of
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6th - 12th
Harlem Renaissance Activities: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Art & Music
Tired of superficial resources on the Harlem Renaissance that just go through the motions when it comes to adding diversity to your plans? So often, in an attempt to study more than dead white males, teachers seek out texts by people of color. But lacking the time or energy to really engage in the research required to plan a great unit, they incorporate a few lackluster biographies and add some short pieces to their plans and leave it at that. The addition of those inane powerpoints, superficial
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Close Reading | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The American Dream
Tired of superficial resources on The Great Gatsby that just go through the motions when it comes to truly examining the important questions? Why do we lie to ourselves and others? Should we do everything for love? What is the American Dream? How do factors such as race, class, or gender help or hinder people from achieving their dreams? Fitzgerald’s classic novel is classic for a reason—in this short, lovely text, he asks some of the biggest questions of our times. But you need to make sure
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9th - 12th
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Interactive Reading Notebook Nonfiction Activities Common Core Aligned
105 Common Core-aligned interactive nonfiction reading notebook foldable activities for secondary students (grades 6-12). These can be used with ANY nonfiction text (passages not included). This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle. Students will practice numerous skills, including: making inferences (inferring); summarizing the text; determining the central ideas; analyzing primary and secondary sources; analyzing the development of ideas; analyzing the relationship betwee
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
"How it Feels to be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston | Figurative Language Lesson
Looking for a unit on this classic essay that will get your students engaging independently with the text, discussing big ideas, and sharpening their close reading and critical thinking skills?“How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston is a great choice for engaging your classes in discussions around race, identity, gender, and artistic expression. It’s also a wonderful essay for exploring figurative language and how writers create meaning through comparisons. When you teach “How it F
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9th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis Mini Flip Book (a sticky note book for rhetoric)
Make rhetorical analysis more engaging, hands-on, and fun with this sticky note mini flip book. This project is ideal to complete as you read and after you read nonfiction texts such as speeches and persuasive letters. Students work on pages within the workbook to identify, quote, and explain various rhetorical elements, appeals, and devices from the text. This mini flip book includes 7 tabs to help students rhetorically analyze text: SOAPStone, ethos, pathos, logos, rhetorical device #1, rhetor
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Mini Flip Book Growing Bundle: Grammar, Parts of Speech, Growth Mindset
Night by Elie Wiesel Unit Plan: Projects, Activities, Chapter Questions, Writing
Are struggling to teach a unit on Night that is both rigorous and engaging? If your students’ experience of Elie Wiesel’s classic novel involves filling out meaningless worksheets, sitting silently while you give powerpoint lectures, or waiting for you to explain the novel to them, you’re doing them a great disservice. You're encouraging them to accept your answers rather than seeking them out themselves. In fact, by giving your classes the message that their ideas don't matter, you're helping
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9th - 12th
Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Activities: High School Research Project, TED Talk, Lit
Frustrated with students who refuse to accept feedback or take on any new challenges? When students have a fixed mindset about your class, they can be almost impossible to teach. Some feel hopeless, convinced that they are simply “bad" at English, and sure that there is nothing that they can do to improve the situation. Others define themselves as “good” at English, but never want to push themselves or try anything new—they’re so terrified of failure, that they want to play it safe at all times
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9th - 12th
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English | Back to School ELA Activities | High School | Growth Mindset, Writing
Worried that you’ll lose your chance to start the school year right this time? The first few weeks of school are crucial for your classes’ success throughout the year, and there is so much pressure to do it all: set the tone for your classroom; inspire students to work harder; establish rigor and expectations; teach students to think independently; get some solid assessments into your grade book. And of course, nothing is as important as establishing a strong connection with your students as so
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9th - 12th
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Romeo & Juliet Unit Plan: Prologue & Act 1 Activities to Final Project, Analysis
Tired of students groaning and rolling their eyes whenever they hear the word “Shakespeare”? Reading a Shakespeare play is challenging for students—but flashy handouts and cute classroom decor will not teach your students the skills they need to read and understand a Shakespeare play independently.When students misbehave, put their heads on their desks, or just stare vacantly into the distance, it’s not because they aren’t capable of understanding the Bard—it’s because they are aren’t given the
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9th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning and Science Literacy Doodle Notes Lesson
Claim Evidence and Reasoning is a method of formulating a written response that includes: A claim that answers the question. Evidence from students' data. Reasoning involves a rule or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim.Research from numerous reputable sources suggests that C.E.R can significantly improve students' science literacy and writing across courses.In this resource, students will learn about what C.E.R. is, the difference between Quantitative and Qua
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Physics Doodle Notes Growing Bundle
Growth Mindset Activity High School: Literary Nonfiction Text Malcolm Gladwell
Want to push your students to read more challenging non-fiction, learn why a fixed mindset is detrimental, and engage in metacognitive questions on their reading habits and expectations? Explore the importance of growth mindset with this lesson on a challenging non-fiction article.In the article featured in this lesson, Malcolm Gladwell explores the relationship between a fixed mindset and the Enron scandal. Gladwell is a great choice for teaching literary non-fiction in your class. A staff wr
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9th - 12th
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Visual Literacy and the Persuasive Language of Static Images Unit
VISUAL LITERACY is key in our fast-paced digital culture crammed with advertising, social media and graphic information and the study of static images is the ONLY place to begin. Static images provide a fun and engaging way to give students a sound understanding of the language and structural elements in advertising, persuasive language and film.⭐ Flip through this resource here! ⭐In this NO PREP interactive textbook and workbook in one students:Learn about and identify visual language features.
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10th - 12th
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Native American Literature: Storytelling Thematic Unit | Indigenous Film, Poetry
Ready to integrate more Native voices into your curriculum this year? While trickster tales, creation myths, and other traditional stories definitely have their place in an American literature curriculum, it’s important that your students don’t get the message that Indigenous literature is only something from the past or something to read about in their history books. In fact, if you’re not intentionally integrating current writers in your plans, you might be inadvertently giving your classes t
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9th - 12th
Music- Supported Reading Comprehension Middle & High School Special Education
*Supported Reading Comprehension of Middle and High School Students*Topic- Changing Tunes: The Evolution of Digital MusicThis unit was created for students needing EXPLICIT SKILL INSTRUCTION and SCAFFOLDING while reading. This unit allows you to work on one topic while DIFFERENTIATING FOR STUDENT NEEDS. The topic is INTERESTING and ENGAGING to get them reading and keep them reading! This reading focuses on the evolution of music from records and record stores to today's digital music. WHAT ARE
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6th - 12th
Slang- Supported Reading Comprehension Middle & High School Special Education
Supported Reading Comprehension of Middle and High School StudentsTopic: The Impact of SlangThis unit was created for students needing EXPLICIT SKILL INSTRUCTION and SCAFFOLDING while reading. This unit allows you to work on one topic while DIFFERENTIATING FOR STUDENT NEEDS. The topic is INTERESTING and ENGAGING to get them reading and keep them reading! This reading is focused on the impact slang has had on our culture.WHAT ARE YOU RECEIVING?This is a NO PREP UNIT provided at 3 DIFFERENTIATED
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6th - 12th
Objective Summary Guide
A guide for teaching objective summaries to struggling or beginning writers. Provides a definition, structure, and explanation. Use in conjunction with an Article of the Week.
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4th - 12th
Literary Nonfiction Units for High School English Curriculum | Literary Analysis
Do you want to include more nonfiction in your plans but struggle to find units that are both challenging and engaging?As an English teacher, you know that it’s important to incorporate different kinds of texts in your plans, but it’s not easy to find nonfiction that isn’t boring, dry, or totally irrelevant to students. If a piece is challenging, it likely doesn’t relate to students’ lives, and if it feels relevant, it’s probably dumbed down or badly written.When you’ve felt the pain of giving a
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9th - 12th
Nonfiction Texts, Poetry Activities, Critical Thinking, Socratic Seminars Bundle
Want to challenge your students to analyze more deeply, write about and discuss big ideas, and think outside the box? Covering themes from love metaphors in Shakespeare’s sonnets to gang violence on the Chicago streets, from the Salem Witch Trials to the current refugee crisis, and from revenge in the 17th century to resistance movements during the Holocaust, these units will take your students far and wide.Some of my favorite units to teach, these lesson plans inspire students to explore atypi
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9th - 12th
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Walk the Line Lab Motion Graphing Lab Activity -Kinematics in 1D Lesson 3 Part 2
Get your physics classes outside, moving, and learning about 1D Motion Graphing with this Music themed inquiry-based laboratory experiment! Your students will LOVE this lab! This lesson covers two 90-minute class periods or three 50-minute class periods. Simply print, copy, and teach!What is an Interactive Notebook?These pages can be used by printing, hole punching, and using inside an interactive binder or by printing at a smaller scale to paste into a student notebook.An interactive notebook i
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9th - 12th
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HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS2-3
Native American Literature | Literary Nonfiction Text Unit | Leslie Marmon Silko
Looking for a compelling unit on contemporary Native American nonfiction? This speech, given by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko, is a wonderful choice for exploring language, stories, and tradition. It’s also a great choice for incorporating a nonfiction text into your lesson plans. Silko touches on why stories matter, how stories are told in the Pueblo tradition, and how recent history has influenced the tradition of story telling. She also tells a few great stories which serve to co
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9th - 12th
The Namesake: Interactive Notebook Answer Key
This is the answer key for the interactive notebook for Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake. This "Interactive Notebook" includes comprehension questions for each chapter, academic vocabulary for the novel (such as "symbol" or "third person limited point of view"), characterization graphic organizers, freewrites, and two other graphic organizers that explore relationships and identity. This answer key includes answers Also included are some cultural and geographic references to build background knowled
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: The Namesake: Interactive Notebook and Answer Key
The Namesake: Interactive Notebook
This "Interactive Notebook" includes comprehension questions for each chapter, academic vocabulary for the novel (such as "symbol" or "third person limited point of view"), characterization graphic organizers, freewrites, and two other graphic organizers that explore relationships and identity. Also included are some cultural and geographic references to build background knowledge and context, as well as a recent article (2024) from InStyle magazine that explores concepts of identity and fashion
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: The Namesake: Interactive Notebook and Answer Key
Stephen King Elements of Horror: "The Man Who Loved Flowers" Short Story & Essay
Looking for a compelling unit on horror that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level? Students love the work of Stephen King and with good reason! His writing is accessible, compelling, and impactful. But reading well-written horror stories with your classes accomplishes way more than just grabbing their attention. What’s great about literary horror when it’s taught the right way is that it really give
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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