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Free Common Core RL.11-12.2 videos
Free Common Core Activity for Plot Structure, Theme, and Tone in a Movie Trailer
The provided FREE Common Core rigorous activity explores the development of plot structure, tone, theme, and character development in a popular movie trailer from 2014. The activities are tied to the Common Core standards RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, SL2, and SL3. The activity focus on the analysis of how authors develop plot structure (foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, humor, and mystery), tone, theme, and complex characters in a movie trailer. The activity includes a teacher answer key to assist you
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6th - 12th
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
Show your students what Dostoevsky's St. Petersburg looked like! Let them experience how it felt to be Rodion Raskolnikov walking to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment with his dreaded task on his mind.This bundle includes four videos from St. Petersburg that make Crime and Punishment come alive:1. In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 1: Walk the most likely murder route suggested by the landmarks Dostoevsky discusses in the novel. Length: 15:30.2. In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route
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Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
Show your students what an authentic nineteenth-century whaleship looked like! You will visit the Charles W. Morgan, a real wooden whaling ship still in the water at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is the only wooden whaling ship in the world still in the water. Learn more about the Morgan at Mystic Seaport's website: https://mysticseaport.org/explore/morgan/. Note that the ship in Moby-Dick, the Pequod, is fictional.This bundle includes two videos from Mystic Seaport Museum in
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Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Video Tour
Show your students what an authentic nineteenth-century whaleship looked like! This 12-minute, 28-second video tour shows you the rigging, attached whaleboats (including one that you can climb into), and deck of a whaleship—including tryworks—along with a special cabin constructed on deck for the wife of one of the captains, the windows that allow a little bit of light to go belowdecks, the captain's quarters, the mates' quarters, the forecastle ("fo'c'sle") where the majority of the sailors sle
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Also included in:Â Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
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Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Hold and Barrels of Oil Video Tour
Explore the hold of a nineteenth-century whaleship in this 1-minute, 53-second video. Note the difference between the vertical support posts that have been restored on the vessel and the originals, worn down by barrels of oil constantly knocking into them at sea. Notice also that new technology was installed in the hold to accommodate the vessel's historic 2014 journey along the coast of New England.The video is of the Charles W. Morgan, a real wooden whaling ship still in the water at Mystic Se
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Also included in:Â Melville's "Moby-Dick" Whaleship Bundle: Live from Mystic Seaport!
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 2
Walk the steps of Fyodor Dostoevsky's protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, as he murders the old pawnbroker woman in the most famous murder in literary history! This 12-minute, 16-second video was filmed on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023, walking the assumed route from Raskolnikov's apartment to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment. Dostoevsky was a master of "psychogeography," who mapped the events of his novels onto the actual streets and even specific buildings of his 19th-ce
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Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
Two Washington Irving Stories Compare and Contrast
I developed this assignment when teaching Washington Irving. The curriculum required "The Devil and Tom Walker," so in addition, I showed student the Disney cartoon of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." This assignment requires students to not only compare the two stories, but also figure out Irving's classic American writing style.
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10th - 11th
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": In the Steps of Raskolnikov Murder Route 1
Walk the steps of Fyodor Dostoevsky's protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, as he murders the old pawnbroker woman in the most famous murder in literary history! This 15-minute, 30-second video was filmed on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023, walking the assumed route from Raskolnikov's apartment to the old pawnbroker woman's apartment. Dostoevsky was a master of "psychogeography," who mapped the events of his novels onto the actual streets and even specific buildings of his 19th-ce
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Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": Dostoevsky Day in St. Petersburg 1
Show your students how Dostoevsky continues to live today on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia! Every year since 2010, on the first Saturday of July, the city celebrates Dostoevsky Day. Performances of various styles are staged throughout the city, with perhaps the most unusual being on Kuznechny Lane outside of the Dostoevsky Museum. This 25-second video shows an actor-axe bringing Crime and Punishment to dramatic life. It is from the 2022 celebration.The city chose the first Saturday in Ju
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Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
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Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": Dostoevsky Day in St. Petersburg 2
Show your students how Dostoevsky continues to live today on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia! Every year since 2010, on the first Saturday of July, the city celebrates Dostoevsky Day. Performances of various styles are staged throughout the city, with perhaps the most unusual being on Kuznechny Lane outside of the Dostoevsky Museum. This 25-second video shows a Russian hip hop group bringing their unique interpretation of Crime and Punishment to life. It is from the 2022 celebration. The c
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Also included in:Â Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Bundle: Live from St. Petersburg!
Lyrics 2 Literature Hamlet
Teach Hamlet through the power of music and media. Engage students more actively, helping them to connect to the text and read with relevance. Lesson is linked to common core standards, includes essential questions, writing and discussion prompts. Links to music, video, and art are provided.
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9th - 12th
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Characters, Settings, Props: the Dynamic Elements of Your Story or Script, Plot.
Part 2, "Characters, Settings, Props: the Dynamic Elements of Your Story or Script" explains how and why characters, settings, and props are dynamic.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Outline Your Story or Script: The Complete Plot How-to Course
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