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High school writing-essays thematic unit plans $5-10
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Unit 16-Day,PPTs,FullText,Quiz,Essay,Common Core
This is a full unit on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is a classic from Middle Ages English literature. Included in this unit is a whole unit plan covering 16 days with Common Core alignment and the following:
1. PowerPoint on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Arthurian Legend.
2. A much easier to read modern version text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with in-text discussion questions at specific moments of the story.
3. Discussion question keys for the teacher.
4. A quiz ove
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9th - 12th
A Raisin in the Sun Unit | Editable teaching materials for 9-12 grade students!
This bundle includes everything you need to teach A Raisin in the Sun to your upper level ELA/American Lit students. This no-prep unit includes the following: An anticipatory lesson that studies Langston Hughes' "Harlem" and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" 52 slides of Guided Reading Notes, helping students identify the play's themes and gather evidence for themA handout for brainstorming and gathering evidence for theme formation A 15-page student note handout that aligns with the gu
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11th - 12th
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Argument Research and Essay Unit With "Room for Debate"
Make writing argument essays relevant with this month-long unit! Students begin by reading, analyzing, and evaluating articles on real-world topics from “Room for Debate" in The New York Times. Then, using their reading as inspiration, students select a topic for research and use their research to write a formal argumentative essay. Throughout the unit, the teacher scaffolds instruction and provides practice paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism, MLA formatting, and developing arguments. The teach
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8th - 12th
Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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4th - 9th
Identity Personal Narrative and Mandala Bundle
Students will write a narrative essay about their identity by reflecting and analyzing who they were, who they are, and who they want to become. After, they will use the Identity Symbolism Mandala to create and explain different symbols for each section of their life that they wrote about in their essay. This establishes a visual pairing with the essay and will deepen their understanding of both narrative writing best practices and symbolism. These two assignments were originally designed to wor
Grades:
6th - 12th
American Revolution Unit Projects and Activities
Included are over 15 files to help you teach about the American Revolution. Projects, activities, chart sheets, and visuals for you to print, adapt, and enjoy with your students. I have included all the handouts, rubrics, and descriptions you should need, and a few miscellaneous surprises as well! You will find PDF files for you just to open and print and Word, Excel files for you to open and edit to your liking. My students really enjoy these projects (though I don't do them all in one year
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6th - 12th
Stephen Crane's The Open Boat & Naturalism Unit (10 Days)+ Common Core (40 DOCS)
Comprehensive unit on Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat," and the literary philosophy Naturalism with ELA 9-10 and 11-12 Common Core. This unit will deeply engage your students in critical thinking, reading, and writing with one of the greatest works of American Literature, "The Open Boat," perhaps the best expression Naturalism (a form of literary Realism). It contains the following:
1.) Beautiful and informative PowerPoint on Stephen Crane and Naturalism
2.) 10-Day Unit Plan with Common Core Align
Grades:
9th - 12th
Unit on Social Justice Poetry
With this lesson, students will understand what is meant by identity and how poetry can be used as social commentary. They will build on their poetic vocabulary in order to recognize how poetic devices can be used to enhance meaning. They will demonstrate that knowledge through the following:•daily writings•quizzes•class discussion•group activities•final essay or presentationThe package includes answer keys and a rubric for grading the final essay.Click on this link to view and download free pro
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: 3 Poetry Lessons Bundle
COUNTRY RESEARCH REPORT Around the World Writing Process Essay Outline NO PREP
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 13-page Countries Around the World Online Research Report for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Thematic Unit. In this Countries Research Project, students will be assigned or choose a country. They will research the land, people, a current event, and compare/contrast their own traditions to that country using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an
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3rd - 12th
Holes | Advanced Novel Study
This is an in-depth novel study of Louis Sachar’s Holes in which students will delve into literary elements of the book, analyze various topics and themes, write arguments and opinions, conduct research and more! Sections of this 112 page study include:– Summary– Metaphors and Similes– Irony– Imagery– Fairy Tale Elements– Literary ElementsLesson Plans– About the Author– Key Aspects– Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)– Part 2 (Chapters 10-20)– Part 3 (Chapters 21-30)– Part 4 (Chapters 31-40)– Part 5 (Chapter
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6th - 12th
NFTs: Digital Art and Literacy Unit
This is a one- to two-week unit on the new NFT art phenomenon. This unit is a cross-curricular art and literacy unit that includes an introduction to NFTs and provides a detailed discussion of the fad and of the hype behind it. Academically, this unit includes:A classroom debate and discussion on NFTsAn introduction to short-essay writing, with NFT art as the core focus of the thesisAn editing checklist for proofreadingThree digital art assignmentsFive brief introductions to digital art platform
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6th - 12th
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Film Study Booklet
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Film Study Booklet. Questions can easily be altered to suit different learning abilities. Please rate and review.
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8th - 11th
Biography Research Project
HUGE MULTI-SKILL BIOGRAPHY UNIT!!
This resource is a high-interest unit that allows students the opportunity to really focus and research on one biography individual.
Students will start by reading one of the "Who Was?" books, on a person of their choosing.
After they will take part in the following tasks:
- Letter Writing
-Persuasive Writing
-Cause and Effect Essay
-Order and Sequence
-Description
-Interview
-Speech
-Narrative
-Wordle
-5 Paragraph Expository Essay
-Bibliography/Works Cit
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Beowulf & The Canterbury Tales | Early Brit Lit Bundle | Activities & Assessment
This bundle provides exactly what you need to plan an engaging unit about early British literature using Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales as anchor texts.This bundle includes...Beowulf Resources:An introductory webquest on Google Forms (links included)12 bellringer tasks on Google Slides to begin class each day4 differentiated writing prompts + a mastery learning rubric to assess your students analysis of the textA student-centered project on Google Slides connecting the idea of literary archety
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Personal Narrative Unit Plan Writing Workshop mentor text Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan
A well-structured personal narrative unit aims to not only teach writing skills but also encourage self-expression, empathy, and an appreciation for the power of storytelling. Scaffolding students as they write a personal narrative, provides a safe and creative space for students to share their personal experiences and perspectives while honing their writing abilities.This personal narrative unit uses several mentor texts for students to see professional writers in action. The main text is Fish
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7th - 11th
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A.I and ChatBot Defense: On-Demand Writing Unit
ChatBots and AI are challenging the integrity of student writing but you can fight back and give students the tools they need to write impromptu by teaching this On-Demand Writing Unit. This full unit with a pacing guide has a 32 slide presentation that guides your students in the 5 + 1 steps to write on demand. Students will self-assess their ability to unpack a writing prompt. Through guided note taking that establishes the purpose and rationale for writing on demand, students will learn the
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9th - 12th
And Then There Were None full unit hyperdoc
Murder! Mystery! Intrigue! Hook students into Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None through this interactive full unit hyperdoc. The unit begins with author and time period background and concludes in a comparative literary analysis essay. This unit is perfect for the teacher who wishes to engage their students in the world of Agatha Christie! This murderous unit includes: 1. Introduction activities2. Detective tracking slides3. Gallery walk4. Tombstone actvity5. Poetry writing activity 6.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: English- Full Semester of Hyperdocs
Thank You, Ma'am- Alternate Ending Narrative Writing
NO PREP!!!!!After reading the story, Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes, students will create their own alternate ending to the story. The document includes the following:1. Prompt2. Planning Sheet3. Alternate ending writing template 4. RubricI have used this as a timed writing in the past where students had forty minutes to complete the writing piece. I have also done it as a multi-day activity where one day they plan out their writing and then the next day they spend on their writing.
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Thank You Ma'am Bundle!!
Literary Analysis Essay - Thematic Unit on Morals/Values - Social Emotional
This thematic unit will promote critical thinking and introduce the "formula" to the five paragraph literary analysis essay. The theme of this unit is "A Moral Compass" which prepares students to explore questions about how we see ourselves in the world. This topic will help students realize how experiences from the past shape who we are in the present. It promotes ethical decision making and brings to focus what it means to have self awareness. After engaging in a close reading of "Abuela In
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7th - 9th
TELL TALE HEART UNIT PLAN | SOCRATIC SEMINAR l HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY
CITING STRONG EVIDENCE IS MADE EASY WITH THIS UNIT FROM EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "TELL TALE HEART." NO PREP- JUST PRINT AND COPY. Throughout this unit, students will engage in analysis of text and development of strong evidence to present for the Judge and Jury Socratic Seminar.The Judge and Jury Socratic Seminar takes evidence to the next level by having a jury of students evaluate the strongest evidence presented on three central topics in "Tell Tale Heart":-Prove the narrator is sane or insane.-Sh
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8th - 9th
Also included in: TELL TALE HEART BUNDLE | UNIT PLAN & ESCAPE ROOM l HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY
Edgar Allan Poe Cross Genre Mini Unit
Cross Genre unit focused on the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe and two of his most famous works that hits 5 of the 7 TEKS strands! TEKS covered include: Grade 8 Strand 1: Language Skills—2B; Strand 2: Comprehension—5C, F-I; Strand 3: Response Skills—6B-C,E-G; Strand 4: Multiple Genres—Literary Elements 7A-C, Genre—8A,B,D; Strand 5: Author’s Purpose and Craft—9A,B,D,E,FIncluded:“The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe” Informational Text from Smithsonian Mag (link included)1 Cut and
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Bundle
Gene Kelly and Bob Fosse Power Point
Power Point contains history on both Gene Kelly and Bob Fosse from early childhood until the height of their professional careers. Includes pictures and Youtube links.
The Gene Kelly portion focuses on his family driven dance style that appeals to masses, verse Bob Fosse's provocative style to appeal the the counter culture movement.
Both choreographers are shown in today's medias (ie Gene Kelly and Family Guy, and Bob Fosse's choreography being lifted into pop music videos).
My students R
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Study Unit to be used with both My Sister's Keeper and Never Let Me Go
I completely revised this unit on Wednesday, August 18th, 2015.
Changes include: More in-depth study questions-- for all chapters, more test questions for the Never Let Me Go test, movie guides for both novels, and a few bonus activities for My Sister's Keeper (a journal prompt and in-class group discussion activities).
Please download a preview to see all of the fun and refreshing changes!
This unit is designed to be used before, during, and after the reading of both novels My Sister's Kee
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ELL friendly Introduction to Argumentative Essays: PRO/CON graffiti
This unit is perfect for students learning how to write argumentative essays. The unit includes vocabulary, grammar practice with modals (can, have, must, have to) and multiple documents with varied perspectives for students to draw evidence from. The theme of this unit is graffiti and it's guaranteed to interest students of all ages and all backgrounds. The unit provides step by step, scaffolded instruction that makes writing an argumentative essay easy for all levels of students (including beg
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6th - 12th
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