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Common Core W.11-12.1b resources for Microsoft Word
American Literature Curriculum | 11th-Grade English | FULL YEAR of Lesson Plans!
UPDATED FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR: Full-Year Curriculum in American Literature! Diverse Authors! Discussion-Based!This MEGA-BUNDLE has everything you'll need to teach a year-long course on American Literature. The curriculum features 10 UNITS that focus on canonical literary texts written by DIVERSE authors. Each text-based unit features reading quizzes, higher-order discussion questions, vocabulary lists, literary device exercises, writing assignments, and more. Every page of every print-an
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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MY ÁNTONIA Complete Unit: Fully EDITABLE Lessons on Willa Cather's Classic Novel
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Discussion-based! Informed by the latest cutting-edge scholarship!....This 135-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Willa Cather's My Ántonia!! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handouts, discussion questions, daily quizzes, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and gener
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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High School Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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9th - 12th, Staff
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Literary and Rhetorical Precis
This is the handout I given my sophomore English students when we begin writing literary and rhetorical precis, both of which I use to prepare them for AP Literature and AP Language classes.
The handout goes over the requirements for each precis, offers students sentence-by-sentence examples, and includes a full example of each kind of precis at the end.
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9th - 12th
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A Room of One's Own Complete Unit
Complete guide to Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own." Originally intended for use in the AP classroom (AP Language and Composition), but can be leveled to any high school grade. Includes: cooperative anticipation activity, daily lessons with bell work that can be leveled up or down (originally used for AP Language to coincide with the Q2 but can easily be adjusted), chapter high lights to ensure thorough lecture/discussions, reading quizzes, 4 test versions, and an essay assignment/project.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone High School Full Curriculum (8 week)
This full unit makes up my 8 week Harry Potter Unit, written/ used for a group of 11th & 12th grade high school students but easily adaptable for all high schoolers. Included is our 8 week pacing guide following the 2024 fall calendar
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9th - 12th
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE UNIT PLAN: Lessons, PwPt, Videos, Worksheets!
Teach Congressional Debate in 5 weeks with this detailed unit plan! Product includes:A scale to be used throughout the unit, including Florida standards.Lesson plans complete with bellwork, direct instruction, activities, and exit tickets as well as ideas for modification, enhancement, and VIRTUAL learning.A PowerPoint presentation with 248 slides to take you step by step through the lessons (as well as a PDF version if you prefer that format).Original videos, each appro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Part 2 Argument Essay Scaffold with Directions & Sentence Starters
Hi All!It's Ms. Lee and I am here to help! I was a DOE educator, assistant principal and now am a ELA Regents test writer for NYSED (achievement unlocked :) !). This is a scaffold I provide for my students (esp. effective for MLLs) when teaching them the structure for the Part 2 Argument Essay. It addresses every element of the student directions as well as the corresponding rubrics for grading. It includes directions and sentence starters as well as reminders for both students/teachers regardin
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11th - 12th
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Between the World and Me Mini Lessons and Activities
Various activities to analyze Between the World and Me. Rhetorical Analysis graphic organizers, motif to message activity, discussion sheets, comparative analysis, say-means-matters chart, and final paper assignment. All activities have been used successfully used in high school IB/MYP classes. These are great activities to get students to closely analyze Coates's beautiful text.
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10th - 12th
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Book Review Assignment
If you are someone who assigns books to be read outside of class or independently, this assignment will provide your students with an excellent vehicle for producing both a written verification of that reading as well as something suitable for a portfolio, school anthology, online literary magazine, or even a local newspaper.This assignment does not follow the standard book report format. Instead, it asks the student to discuss the book in ways that require thinking beyond simple recall of chara
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11th - 12th
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Literary Analysis of American Modernism -- Unit Bundle
The goal of this unit is to bring Modernism in American Literature together with American History of the early twentieth century through the use of paired passages. Often, we teach stories as isolated pieces of literature without giving students the context in which it was written. In combining the literature with the events of the time, teachers are able to show students how culture and society are embedded into the writing. After the info sheets on modernism and Southern Gothic writing, I have
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11th
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Critical Lens: High School Reader Response Essay Directions for ANY Text
Encourage students to evaluate, judge, and respond to ANY text with this easy critical lens "reader response" essay assignment. Note: Citing text evidence is a part of this assignment!If students have already read the piece you want them to write about, the essay assignment itself typically takes my 11th graders and/or my AP Lit students 2 days in class for a longer text (90 minutes total) or 1 day (45 minutes) for a short text.Suitable for 9-12 students, this TWO-PAGE (editable!) Word document
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9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Response
This document is a color-coded sample response of the previously posted sample argument task for the NYS English Regents exam. The colors correlate with the cheat sheet, which is the third document needed to fully teach students how to successfully compose a Part 2 response to the NYS English Regents exam.
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9th - 12th
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Paragraph Templates for an Argumentative Research Paper on a Controversial Issue
Directions: I designed these templates for an argumentative research paper on a controversial issue. Students choose a controversial issue in America and find reputable research to support their stance on it. The research paper consists of three main points: background (or history) of the controversial issue, argument, and counterargument, which the student addresses and refutes. I designed the below templates to provide scaffolding for lower-level students. While the templates for the argument
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9th - 12th
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FRQ Self-Scoring: AP Lit or Lang
This handout guides your AP students through the process of self-scoring an FRQ timed write of your choice. Generally this is done later in the school year, once students have a firm grasp of the rubric and a handle on the FRQ's. It is an excellent resource for helping students get to know their own writing well, and as a bonus, saves you a lot of time grading!**Student scores are meant to be verified and/or adjusted by the teacher as necessary.
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11th - 12th
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20 AP English Language Argument Prompts (Questions)
This product contains twenty argument prompts that mimic the AP English Language free-response argument question. Topics includeThe Morality of AthletesRaising Boys Time Person of the YearGovernment Funded Sports ArenasOver-the-counter Birth ControlCreationism in Public SchoolsThe Official Language of the United StatesImplicit BiasEliminating Anonymous IdentitiesStrict Parenting (with an introduction on the Tiger Mom controversy)Storytelling and the Outsider Effectiveness of the movie rating sys
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Exploring the parts of an Argumentative Essay
Equip students with a practical understanding of argumentative essay structure using this insightful worksheet. By analyzing a well-constructed essay sample, students gain a clear visual on the fundamental elements required for a cohesive 5-paragraph argumentative (expository) essay. This resource allows students to identify crucial segments like the hook, thesis statement, arguments, counterclaims, rebuttals, and more, providing a comprehensive overview of the necessary components for a compell
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7th - 12th
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AP Lang Synthesis Essay Peer Review / Checklist
In AP Language, some students find the rubrics difficult to digest, especially when determining if they met the standard of a particular row. By using this resource as a self-checklist or a peer edit form, students are able to determine if they meet the requirements of the essay before giving it to you.This results in higher metacognition of the requirements of the College Board, but also, it saves time for you. You are now grading the best version of their essay! If students can note their stre
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10th - 12th
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Superbowl 58 -- XLVIII February 11, 2024 Extra Credit Writing Options
I have created two analysis writing prompts that I offer as Extra Credit to my students based on the Superbowl. One is in regards to a commercial of their choice and the other is based on the half-time show.
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9th - 12th
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5 AP English Language & Composition Argument Essay Prompts: Black History Month
This resource provides 5 free response question prompts formatted precisely like those on the high-stakes AP English Language exam. Students are instructed to stake out and defend an argumentative position on complex topics centered on Black culture and justice.These prompts offer relevant, timely themes for students to deeply explore within the conventions and expectations of the AP exam. Crafting persuasive essays helps develop critical thinking skills vital for college readiness.The topics pr
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10th - 11th
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Teaching the Argument: Argument Cheat Sheet
This document is the crux of teaching the argument response for the NYS English Regents exam, as it breaks down each component of the response to lead students to success on the Part 2 response.
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9th - 12th
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Teaching the Argument: Sample Argument Task
This file provides teachers with a sample argument task for the English Regents.
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9th - 12th
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Policy Change Essay Assignment
This assignment was born of a room full of whiners. Much like your students, mine think our school policies stink. Rather than allow them to complain without direction, I challenged them to write argumentative proposals. They resulted in a presentation before our administration. This assignment walks students through the entire process, from topic to reflection. Includes all rubrics. I've left my schedule of dates at the bottom in case you would like a pacing guide. Assignments are split between
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9th - 12th
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AP Language Synthesis Essay with Bully Documentary
This prompt is an AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay question. It contains six reviews of the documentary BULLY that students must use to defend, qualify, or challenge a statement provided. I have limited the number of pages students may write to two, but it is an editable Word document. Likewise, this is a take-home assignment and would need to be modified slightly if done in a timed-situation. Modified AP Synthesis Rubric provided.
It obviously requires that students have watc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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