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Writing-expository Common Core RL.9-10.6 resources for Gifted and Talented
Things Fall Apart Complete Unit | Lesson Plans | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria
Looking for a comprehensive unit for Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart? This thorough resource includes everything a teacher would need. Included are three differentiated types of reading assessments. For weaker readers or students who need a high level of accountability, there is a half-page quiz for each of the 25 chapters. For the average student who can manage several chapters at a time, there are four longer quizzes on chapter sets 1-6, 7-13, 14-19, and 20-25. For students who may be
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9th - 12th
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"Life of Pi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! Tests and quizzes are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment!A 269 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. Original photographs of
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" EDITABLE UNIT AP Style
NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! All Tests are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment!A 170 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * over 140 READING/ANALYSIS SHOR
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10th - 12th
Antigone Common Core Unit Learning Tasks - 15 Rigorous Activities!!
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sophocles’s "Antigone." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents and informationa
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9th - 12th
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The Odyssey Unit Plan for Middle and High School with Intro to Greek Mythology
It’s time to start thinking about your unit plan for The Odyssey. You know you need some background activities for an introduction to Greek mythology, something to keep your students engaged with a difficult text, some way to help them access this difficult task, and an essay prompt to round it all out. Sound familiar? This was where we found ourselves when we started planning to teach The Odyssey for the first time. A whole lot of “some of this” and “some of that,” and not a lot of clear direct
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7th - 9th
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Writer's Resources BUNDLE WITH EXTRAS: posters + handouts for a writer's corner
These handouts and posters combine to form my Writer’s Resources board. This 4’ x 4’ bulletin board is in the corner of my room, and kids are welcome to use any of the writing aids at any time – for any assignment. The materials range from a visual on how to format the heading on an MLA paper to a graphic organizer for argument writing.
NOT INCLUDED in the bundle are the posters labelled “25 Starts”. These are sentence starters for different types of quote integration, and I modified them from
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5th - 12th
"A Clean,Well-Lighted Place" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests, AP Style
46 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 2 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUES
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
All Quiet on the Western Front Summative Assessment Lesson(s) - NO PREP
Embark on a literary exploration like never before with my meticulously crafted Summative Assessment lesson for All Quiet on the Western Front. Perfect for English 9-10th grade classes, this comprehensive package is designed to provide an immersive and engaging experience for both teachers and students. What Awaits You:Google Slides Presentation: Kickstart your Summative Assessment with ease using our Google Slides presentation. From clearly outlined objectives and agendas to links for all resou
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10th
Lamb to the Slaughter--Short Story Murder Detective Work--CCSS--Grades 7-12
A short unit based off of Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" that will keep the students engaged at all times! This is a favorite of mine to teach because of the irony and plot twist. Students LOVE reading this story as well and are able to dig deep and closely read as they transform from teenagers into detectives and lawyers.
This is a perfect short story to use in a short story unit, in-between larger units to break up the curriculum, or at the end of the year to keep the students focused
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Compare/ Contrast Essay Prompt: “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Black Plague”
This text-based expository essay prompt asks students to compare and contrast a short story with an informational text. Two optional scaffolding resources included: frontloading vocabulary handout and outline Essay rubric based on Florida's Grade 10 B.E.S.T. Expository Rubric may align with other states' standardsSuggested pacing: five (5) 50-minute class periods (two days reading/analyzing texts, one day unpacking the prompt and outlining, one day drafting, one day revising)
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9th - 12th
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Godzilla 3/4 Week Unit Bundle
This Drive folder contains the following:Total Lesson Plans for the 3/4 week unit complete with differentiation (Read Me)Pre-Reading / Short ResponseEnd of WWII (Japan-centered) PPT--statistics on Hiroshima and Nagasaki including picturesAllegory Presentation / Guided Questions for Allegory PPTModified Allegory of the Cave Active Viewing Questions Expository Essay Instructions and Writing Template Differentiated Expository Essay Chunking Worksheet
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10th - 11th
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I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME Novel Study Unit
Discussion and analytic questions for the novel I Heard the Owl Call My Name are primary to this unit. These questions will have students analyzing and understanding the concepts Craven weaves into her plot.In addition there are vocabulary worksheets and puzzles.An essay assignment derived from a topic specific journal (attached), with detailed student handout is included in this file. There are half-page quizzes for Ch. 1 to 5, and Ch 18 & 19, plus a full-page test and an essay for the to
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7th - 10th
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Roll & Analyze Literature EOC Prep NC RL.10.1-RL.10.4 Writing Fun Collaborative
This Roll and Analyze activity for literature is a fun and engaging way for students to engage in text-based critical thinking and writing.Includes "I can" statements. I can: Analyze themecite textual evidenceanalyze a characterdefine vocabulary in contextwrite an objective summary, identify interpret and analyze the purpose of figurative languageexplain the significance of self-selected quoteswork in cooperative groups.Can be completed in pairs, in larger groups, or individually. I have had s
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6th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance Poetry Group Project and Presentation
Have your high school ELA students explore Harlem Renaissance poets with this collaborative research, annotation, and presentation poetry project. The activity is both challenging and fun. Collaboration creates confidence as students research poet biographies, annotate poems, generate handouts and questions for their classmates, create visual representations of poems, and supervise expert stations to guide peers through their poet’s work. No prep.The following are the poets and poems included in
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9th - 12th
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Task Cards: To Kill A Mockingbird, Rubric, Student Centers, Writing Activities
Writing fluency! Use task cards at student centers or individual student desks to improve writing fluency for state writing assessment tests. Novel study extension activity for To Kill A Mockingbird. 42 Writing Activities.42 Task Cards for To Kill A Mockingbird can be used as:Learning CentersGroup DiscussionsBell Ringers or Exit TicketsScavenger HuntGame-Based ReviewIndependent WorkJigsaw ActivityThink-Pair-ShareGallery walkDifferentiated InstructionPerformance AssessmentTest Prep StationsLit
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6th - 12th
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Night by Elie Wiesel, Instructional Unit, Includes Quizzes & 2 Research Projects
This engaging and easy-to-use unit for Night has recently been expanded and improved. A second, entirely different, research paper assignment has been added. An answer key for the quizzes, as well as self-grading Easel assessments have been added.This is a unit I have used to teach the novel Night by Elie Wiesel to 8th, 9th, and 10th-grade students with great success. Obviously, it has evolved and improved over the years. The students learn not only about Elie Wiesel and his family but also are
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Aiken ~ "Searching for Summer" MASTER PACKET (8 pages) COMMON CORE & KEY
The packet over Joan Aiken's short story "Searching for Summer" contains two different study guides containing a variety of activity at the three levels of questions (Knowledge & Comprehension, Application & Analysis, and Synthesis & Evaluation). There is also literary technique work, vocabulary, and other skills.
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9th - 11th
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Lord of the Flies: Quizzes, Disscussion Questions, and Final Test
Contained in this file you will find twelve quizzes, one for each chapter in the novel, each one with ten multiple-choice reading comprehension questions and a corresponding answer key.
Along with the quizzes I have included a set of end-of-book small group discussion questions with handy answer blanks for each group’s reporter. These are thought-provoking, high-interest questions that require interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of the text.
A final essay test—also included—asks student
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9th - 12th
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Dead Men's Path - Supporting Claims
In my search for short, meaningful texts, I stumbled upon this short story by Chinua Achebe. Dead Men's Path allows us as teachers to continue the ongoing conversation about stereotypes, bias and even racism while also teaching the mechanics and structure of writing.Here, I have used the conflict between the Missionary school and the African customs presented by Achebe as a starting point for a lesson on making inferences and supporting claims. Pages included:The full text formatted for annotati
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Six Short Stories For Middle School - Full Text included
Black History Month Poetry | Poem Analysis | Inaugural Poetry | No Prep!
While the poem "Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander is perfect for Black History Month, it's also ideal to read and study every month. The poem itself is not too long and not too complex, and making it ideal for middle school and younger high school students. Using higher order thinking skills, students will engage in close reading stanza by stanza to analyze the poem’s themes, images, ideas, and tone. When President Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, he made history by b
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8th - 11th
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the sonnet-ballad by Gwendolyn Brooks Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This is a short poem about the effect of a woman's lover going off to war. The product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify what literary or poetic device was used and determine the author's purpose. It also includes a chart requiring students to identify the rhyme scheme of each line. I also added some cross-genre comparison questions with the song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" because the themes are similar and it pair so well. Answers are provided for all
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8th - 11th
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Multiple Choice Review Chapter 4, 5, 14, 17
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Chapters 4, 5, 14, 17 multiple choice questions in a timed review game format. Only these four chapters questions are included. RESOURCE DOES NOT COVER THE COMPLETE BOOK and no chapters of the book are included. Slide 1 presents the question, slide 2 starts a 20 second timed period for the students to study the question and choose the answer, a five second warning ding is given, the red stop sign Pencils Up image is presented in slide 3, slide 4 reveals the t
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9th - 12th
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Beowulf Writing Assignment-Essay Connecting Modern Themes-Facing Obstacle Alone
Description of ProductThis is a writing prompt is the perfect addition to your classroom discussion of the epic poem Beowulf. It's a no-prep writing assignment, and an excerpt from Beowulf is provided. Student writers discuss the theme of facing an obstacle alone. It's a great composition prompt for middle school, high school, or college-level English Language Arts & writing students. ❤️Check out the other Beowulf writing assignments in my store:Beowulf Writing Prompt-Connecting Modern Day T
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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