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Writing-expository Common Core RL.9-10.4 resources
Friday Night Lights Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger's study of the impact of football in a Texas town resonates across the country. His discussions of the academics vs. sports debate,race, gender, and class issues, and entitlement will hook middle and high school students. Friday Night Lights speaks to the secondary school experience as well as society's expectations.This complete unit plan, includes: Common Core Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy grade level, time frame, assessments, and detailed daily plans as we
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7th - 12th
MENDING WALL by Robert Frost - Close Reading & Text
For Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" this Close Reading lesson gives students the opportunity to read, react, read again, and reflect on the deeper meanings. Included are -- First Impression graphic response page- Close Focus Questions, side-by-side with the text of the poem- Instructions for students to mark as they reread- Analysis page for the structure of the poem- Analysis page for underlying messages and theme- Essential Question, with room for student responses- Teacher Suggestions-
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8th - 11th
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New Year 2023 | Close Reading and Poetry Analysis | Print and Google Slides
Redesigned to make your life easier! Now with Google SlidesTM! Use this activity for a new calendar year or a new school year. Ideal for Back to School or welcoming the new year. The poem “Burning the Old Year” hooks students by first asking them to think of their own lives—and what they would burn from the past year if they could—before they begin closely reading the poem stanza-by-stanza and analyzing it as they annotate. Hits Common Core standards and engages students at the same time. Great
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8th - 11th
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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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Tone Words - AP English Language & Composition - Tone Quiz - Graphic Organizers
Give AP® Language students a tone vocabulary, the ammunition they need as they learn to explain the difference between frustrated and vexed, between defiant and belligerent. Why does a tone vocabulary matter in AP® Lang? Tone is meaning. If a student misunderstands an author's tone, the student misses the author's purpose. Give your students the ammunition to understand subtle differences and put the right label on the right shifts in attitude.Contents◈ A link to a Google Slides version of the r
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Tone BUNDLE - Posters - Lesson Plans - Vocabulary - Rhetorical Analysis
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Paired Texts - Ain't I a Woman and Phenomenal Woman - Essay Writing Test Prep
In this lesson, students complete close readings of a speech by Sojourner Truth and a poem by Maya Angelou. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to consider and compare central ideas and themes. This 20-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guides-think aloud with sample annotation passage-text of the speech-links to aud
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
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
Eleanor & Park teaching packet
This CCSS-aligned teaching packet contains activities for Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell. This includes chapter check questions, vocabulary, a character chart and several writing prompts and activities. Answer keys are included. Vocabulary has three separate matching quizzes to attempt to limit cheating and encourage proficiency and mastery. The chapter check questions are divided into roughly 40-page segments, and are perfect for homework, comprehension checks, independent study, make-up
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9th - 12th
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Poe's, "The Cask of Amontillado": A Short Story Unit Focused on Pre-AP Skills!
Written to meet the demands of the new Common Core and PARCC test, this one week unit includes engaging and challenging lessons to teach pre-AP skills to your students. You'll find 16 pages of original handouts, including a words and phrases scavenger hunt to teach connotation and mood, an interactive anticipation guide to introduce major thematic elements, an introduction to paraphrasing Poe, engaging lessons on irony, close reading, and annotation, and two key writing assignments. The first
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8th - 11th
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The Death Cure teaching packet
This CCSS-aligned teaching packet contains activities for “The Death Cure,” by James Dashner. This includes the chapter check questions and vocabulary packet that can be purchased separately. This packet also includes a character chart and several writing prompt and activities. Answer keys are included. Vocabulary is divided into four sections. Each section has three separate matching quizzes to attempt to limit cheating and encourage proficiency and mastery. The chapter check questions ar
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9th - 10th
ANIMAL FARM Novel Study
This file contains Focus Questions for every chapter in Animal Farm. All are classroom tested with success. Answers are included.There are tests for the novel as follows: Ch. 1 to 3; Ch. 4 to 6; Ch. 7 to 10. Answers included.Writing and discussion topics are placed within the Focus Questions to engender hearty analysis and deeper understanding of the allegorical intent.Vocabulary study worksheets with puzzles, a glossary, and a worksheet for the breakdown of character traits for the main chara
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9th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Constructed Responses and Higher Order Thinking Questions
These 10 Constructed Response writing assignments ask your students to engage in Higher Order Thinking and respond in writing to a standards-based prompt. Included are 10 printable handouts that you can use TODAY!
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Chapters 1 and 2: Three prompts on lined handouts based on these standards: CCSS RL11-12.6 (Point of View, Literal vs. Figurative Meanings), RL11-12.3 (Elements of a Story), and RL 11-12.1 (Inference/Explicit Textual Evidence)
Chapters 3 and 4: Three prompts on line
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Activities Bundle
Test Prep English I- Great for EOC review
This is a comprehensive test prep for English I. It includes: Essential vocabulary Theme Conflict Tone & mood EOC Review Quiz Expository Essay Outline Grammar Review & Practice + answer keys!
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8th - 10th
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Context Clue Practice with SAT Words!
Test-prep isn't just content review. Students need to practice their critical reading skills, and this mini-lesson is perfect for that.
This set has:
--Projector ready PPT to teach/review types of context clues, and practice the skills. PPT also has all the sentences from the worksheet!
--Fifteen challenging sentences to practice context clue skills on; the worksheet asks students to define the words AND identify the type of clue used. Some have more than one type, so discussions and debat
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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"The Flowers" by Alice Walker as a Mentor Text for Writing Setting
This lesson focuses on building student skills in identifying and analyzing SETTING AND CENTRAL IDEA through several INQUIRY-BASED activities and a close read of the short story “The Flowers,” by Alice Walker. This resource includes:A link to the text for students to highlight (using two different highlighters) the positive and negative descriptions of setting in the text. Graphic organizer to compare and contrast the beginning setting with the end + answer key. Small group discussion questions
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7th - 12th
Julius Caesar Shakespeare Unit - Activities for Traditional & Adapted Versions
Are you ready to try something completely different with Julius Caesar? Do you have students who need to be meaningfully engaged on their level or you’ll lose them? Use this Julius Caesar unit plan to capture your students’ attention by focusing on what they’re interested in: murder, betrayal, manipulation, and power, without doing a slow death march through the text. You can provide quality instruction and learning opportunities for your students without having to do all the work yourself. How
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8th - 10th
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston, Final Test, Novel Assessment
This is a final test for Zora Neal Hurtston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, including multiple choice, true false, quote matching, and short answer essay questions with an ANSWER KEY included. Possible answer examples for each short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts for essay choice questions they can use for their expository essay at the end of the term as well.This assessment delves into the rich tapestry of themes, characters, and literary elements within the nov
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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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The Hobbit: Passage Analysis and Expostiory Writing
Like any good writer, J.R.R.Tolkien is a master of using literary devices to “paint” the reader a picture of the ancient and dangerous Mirkwood Forest. The dangers of the forest are foreshadowed when the narrator says, “Now began the most dangerous part of all the journey.” Since our adventurers have encountered stone giants in the mountains, the goblin attack and escape through their tunnels, and the Wargs trapping them in the trees, it has to give the reader pause to be told that these were
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7th - 10th
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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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost - Test / Quiz
This is a test about Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", including true / false, multiple choice, and short answer essay questions. An ANSWER KEY is included. Possible key points for short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts and the possible key points for essay choice questions and for my assessment of their expository essay as well.This comprehensive test delves into the poem's intricate themes, characters, and societal critiques, offering a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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