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Common Core RI.9-10.4 interactive notebooks under $5
Trail of Tears Unit | Native American Literature | Indian Removal Unit
Looking for a resource on the Trail of Tears that will help your students understand why that tragedy is still relevant today?This innovative unit will take your students beyond a general understanding of the events of the 1830s to a more comprehensive understanding of why history matters. Students will start out by exploring two engaging videos: one on the history of the Trail of Tears and one on why treaties still matter today. Then, they’ll move on to a creative exploration of some first-hand
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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
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
Native American History & Literature: Indian Boarding Schools | Louise Erdrich
Looking for a resource on the Indian Boarding Schools that will help your students understand how victims of mistreatment and abuse resist oppression in their own ways? In an effort to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the assimilation policies of the United States caused a great deal of pain to the tens of thousands of young people who were displaced from their homelands and taken to horrific institutions. While the Native American children who were forced to cut their hair and forget their c
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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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Native American History & Literature | Alcatraz Occupation 1969 | Irony & Satire
Want to teach a powerful lesson on the act of resistance that sparked a movement? The Occupation of Alcatraz was a powerful 19-month long protest in which the Indians of All Tribes lived on Alcatraz Island and created a small society; the occupation sparked the Indian Activist movements of the late 20th century including the Occupation of Wounded Knee, The Trail of Broken Treaties and the more recent Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock among many other actions.Besides being an exam
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Night Elie Wiesel Activities | Pre-Reading Unit: Bullying, Hate Crimes, Genocide
Looking for rigorous and engaging lessons that will help your students understand why they should learn about the Holocaust and other genocides?This 3-5 day unit covers bullying, hate crime, and genocide by exploring a TED Talk, famous quotes, a poem, an essay by Elie Wiesel, an opinion piece, and a study done on Holocaust knowledge and awareness. Students will start their unit on Night, The Diary of Anne Frank, or genocide with curated texts that will get them thinking, discussing, analyzing, a
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9th - 12th
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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
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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Words are Powerful: Connotation/Tone, Word Choice/Diction w/quiz NC RL/RI10.4
Slide Deck Highlights:Explore the impact of connotation and tone in communicationDelve into the art of word choice and dictionFoster a deeper understanding of language and its persuasive abilitiesEmpower students with effective communication skillsEncourage critical thinking and analysisIncludes "I Can" statementsIncludes embedded writing and discussion activities56 slides A quizDeveloped and used with all levels of high school English to teach the power of words and diction. I post the slides
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Analyzing Tone/Word Choice/Diction EOC Test Prep Bundle NC RI/RL.10.4
Junot Díaz "The Terror" Literary Nonfiction Narrative Text | Close Reading Text
This short, relatable essay is a great choice for opening up a discussion in your classroom around vulnerability, bigotry, bullying, power, and fear. Díaz, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, tells the story of overcoming an overpowering fear when he was twelve years old, how he found inspiration in his older brother and books, and the small action that turned things around for him. This essay is also a great choice for teaching diction, syntax, point of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Just Mercy (YA) Literature Circle Notebook
This literature circle notebook was designed to be paired with Just Mercy (YA Version) by Bryan Stevenson. If you do not have physical copies of the novel and your school has an Actively Learn subscription, you can find the novel there. The literature circle notebook provides students the opportunity to respond to assigned reading, as well as assisting in analyzing the novel as a whole. Each student can make a copy of the literature circle notebook to have their own, completely editable version.
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9th - 12th
Vocabulary Starter for Middle & High School - Essential Lists, Templates & Guide
NEED TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START?You came to the right place! I have been teaching for 5+ years, I have my Master's in Education with a focus on Literacy and I didn't know where to start. So, I went back to everything I learned in my graduate program and re-read everything I could find. I wrote & designed a student-engaging template to help students in my classroom to deeply internalize a word. I gathered key word lists when
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6th - 12th
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Jamaica Kincaid "A Small Place" | World Literature | Literary Non-Fiction Essay
Looking for a unit on a compelling yet accessible essay on the legacy of colonialism? Jamaica Kincaid’s book-length essay A Small Place is a powerful and accessible piece of writing on the effects of tourism and colonialism on Kincaid’s home of Antigua. Written in the second person, this essay is a unique and engaging choice for all levels. It’s a great essay for adding context to your study of another of Kincaid’s literary works or for opening up a discussion around our responsibilities as cit
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9th - 12th
Native American Literature | Literary Nonfiction | Close Reading | Thomas King
Looking for a compelling essay on Indigenous literature and creation stories? “‘You’ll Never Believe What Happened’ Is Always a Great Way to Start” by American-born Canadian writer Thomas King is a great choice for examining questions around how we view the world and the stories we tell about our worlds. It’s a powerful introduction to creation stories and why they matter, and it’s also an entertaining and vulnerable look at King’s own life and the stories he tells about it. The combination of
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9th - 12th
HALLOWEEN Interactive Notebook Reading Comprehension Article Tasting: CCSS
HALLOWEEN Interactive Notebook Reading Comprehension Article Tasting: CCSSComprehension - Standards - Interactive Notebook Activity for Non-Fiction Articles - HALLOWEEN THEMED. Need ideas for engaging Halloween Activities that can be part of a party AND are standards-based - how about this Modified Book Tasting! This activity works for grades 5-12 and covers the standards for non-fiction. High Interest Low Level and at level articles included:The Origins and History of Ghosts x 2The Amityville H
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
Rhetorical Analysis - Slides and Student Notetaking Guide
This is perfect for you if you are looking for a streamlined way to explain and practice rhetorical analysis with your students. This product includes:30+ Google slides that explain and give examples of...SOAPStone (Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone)EthosPathosLogosRhetorical Devices (allusion, alliteration, etc.)A student note-taking guide that matches the slide deck Could be printed for handwritten notes or downloaded to type into the Google Doc
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9th - 12th
Bharati Mukherjee "Two Ways to Belong in America" | Questions & Answer Key
Looking for an engaging essay to incorporate some non-fiction into your class discussions around immigration and the American Dream? In this short but engaging essay, Bharati Mukherjee, the author of The Management of Grief among other other acclaimed books, discusses the difference between her choices and her sister’s. The two different ways to belong as a non-native of this country are, according to Mukherjee, choosing to assimilate or not—immigrants must choose between becoming a part of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Jimmy Santiago Baca: Literary Nonfiction | Chicano & Native American Literature
Looking for a compelling unit on contemporary Chicano nonfiction? This powerful essay by Jimmy Santiago Baca is a great choice for exploring why literature matters. Telling the story of how Baca first found his love for reading and writing, this essay is also a great choice for discussing themes around identity, self expression, metaphor, and the American prison system. In this lesson, students will start off by freewriting on engaging bellringer prompts and trying their hand at writing figurat
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9th - 12th
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What it Means to Become an American: Junot Díaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joseph O'Neill
Looking for a low-key activity to get your students to think critically about their assumptions around the American experience? Based on a three-part interview series with writers Junot Díaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Joseph O’Neill, this quick lesson will get students writing and discussing essential questions around identity, family, nationality, and immigration. As the interviews are only seven minutes each, this lesson makes a great choice for introducing a unit, filling some time in between longe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Game of Life: Interpreting and Analysing Real-World Graphic Texts and Media
This multimedia Google slideshow serves as a digital literacy and numeracy booklet where students will interpret media texts, online articles, websites, charts, graphs, videos, and infographics. Students begin by exploring post-secondary options at a local college website (you can change the link to direct them to your closest college), based on their interests. From there, they take a real-life journey into their future, determining their future salary, learning how to navigate things like taxe
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Booklet: Compound Inequalities (English/Spanish)
This mini-lesson is part of the Inequalities Unit. This booklet is perfect for scaffolding activity for English Language Learners, as a homework assignment, or an activity for the day for the substitute teacher.This booklet works perfectly for interactive notebooks.The students will master how to use the addition and subtraction property of inequalities, use the multiplication and division property of inequalities using positive and negative numbers.Also, students will solve compound inequalitie
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8th - 12th
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Achieve 3000 Notebook
Need an accountability measure for students and teachers using Achieve 3000? The file includes an editable word document for teachers to adapt to their students' need.The editable notebook includes:*Cover Page*Checklist of Tasks Completed*Data Graph*Graphic Organizer Recorder*Dictionary for Students to Record Vocabulary Words and Definitions*Notes Page*Sticker/Stamp Chart for Students Earning 75% or Better
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3rd - 12th
Colony Types Graphic Organizer and Frayer Model Definitions
19 total pages- Several pages are formatted to be cut in half for interactive notebooks.Two half-page versions of a Tree Map Graphic Organizers for the three types of Colonies: Charter, Proprietary, and Royal. Learners list the names of the colonies in each category. One version includes images and one does not. One page is a full-page handout. Frayer Models for Charter, Royal, Proprietary, Plantation, Settlement, and Trading Post colonies. All are half-page size. One set has images and a sec
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4th - 9th
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