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Close reading Common Core WHST.11-12.2 resources
Paired Texts - Preamble, Bill of Rights, Speech by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a speech by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze a central idea.This 26-page printable resource includes the following:explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidecontextual reading guidesthink alo
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9th - 12th
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The Declaration of Independence: Close Reading and Analysis Assignment
This package starts with one succinct page of background information essential for understanding the historical context in which The Declaration was written. Following the page of background notes, you'll find a series of questions about The Declaration, followed by an answer key. In order to answer some of these questions, your students will have to refer to the page of background notes, using them to analyze, draw conclusions, explain, and/or evaluate. In short, this assignment is designed to
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Letter from Birmingham Jail Guided Questions + Novel Connection
This product includes 15 questions to guide students through a reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Questions are embedded throughout the text to indicate where students should stop to reflect on their reading and to determine the purpose of the author's use of rhetoric, allusions, and how/why he frames and defines issues in specific ways.This activity is followed with an excerpt from Dr. King's letter that is juxtaposed with an excerpt from the novel Of Mice and M
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11th - 12th
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Literature/History Connection Project
This activity, which is also listed on the course syllabus, entitled Intro to American Literature Syllabus: Prompts and Tech Enhanced Projects, offers a cross curricular project (connecting ELA to history), which can be responded to through a variety of project options (include website design). There is an exemplar for the website project prompt response (the web pages were downloaded in PDF form) to demonstrate how technical hard skills can be developed while teaching students about hard techni
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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