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Higher education english language arts thematic unit plans
Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan - Complete Drama Reading Unit for Shakespeare's Play
Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. With more than 430+ pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This drama unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, interactive class activities and much more!What Teachers Are Saying About The Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WOW WOW WOW! I love it. I have been working with Romeo
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare Introductory Resources - Slides, Activities, Assignments, & Posters
Shakespeare Introductory Resources - Slides, Activities, Assignments, & Posters: Foster an appreciation for the timeless works of Shakespeare with our discounted bundle designed to introduce students to the life, times, and language of the Bard. This comprehensive bundle features engaging and enjoyable presentations, activities, assignments, and posters that seamlessly prepare your class for the exploration of any Shakespearean play. From delving into the fascinating aspects of Shakespeare's
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hamlet Unit Plan - Complete Drama Reading Unit for Shakespeare's Play
Hamlet Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach Hamlet by William Shakespeare. With more than 280+ pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This drama unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, interactive class activities, and much more!What Teachers Are Saying About The Hamlet Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for a challenging and comprehensive unit this is wonderful to have -- it
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories: This comprehensive middle school and high school short story unit will captivate your students with four highly engaging stories, all with surprising endings. The resource includes eye-catching PowerPoint presentations to introduce short story terms and to guide the lesson for each of the short stories, dynamic discussions, enriching videos, and creative assessments and activities to engage and challenge your stude
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
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* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.)
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan - Harper Lee Novel Study Reading Unit
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. With more than 240 pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, and interactive class activities.What Teachers Are Saying About The To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The best thing I've ever purchased on TPT, hands down! My s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Dolly Parton's America Podcast Unit Plan : Podcast Lesson Plans for High School
When I first heard the Dolly Parton's America podcast, I knew it was special. Since its release, it's won a Peabody award, topped the podcast charts, and captivated listeners from all over the world. As an advocate for using podcasts in the classroom, I knew this literary production would make a fabulous unit for the ELA classroom.If you have never listened to Dolly Parton's America, please do so BEFORE considering this podcast unit for your classroom. There are some mature topics best suited fo
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Beowulf Workbook + Complete Literature Unit (Activities, Unit Plan, and Exam)
Engage your students in a critical analysis of Beowulf! This unit uses a scaffolded approach uses literary lenses, so students can start with a foundation and build to higher-order thinking activities. They will begin with Beowulf Literary Bookmarks, a study guide, and reader response quick write prompts to focus their reading and comprehension and personal connection to the story. Then, they will work to higher-order thinking skills with analysis activities that teach students about literary co
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP English Literature & Composition BUNDLE – Printable Materials for ENTIRE Year
This resource bundle is comprised of an ENTIRE YEAR's worth of Unit Plans and activities with 132 pages of ALL printable materials for teaching a FULL AP English Literature & Composition course. This product is well-organized into The College Board's most updated 9-Unit format, and also includes a clear Table of Contents, making it very simple and easy to navigate all of the included materials for the year.Includes:Table of ContentsSummer Reading Project Options for entering AP Literature &a
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!
Teaching AP Lit for the first time? Or just looking to bolster your course with some fresh ideas? This is the resource for you! You'll find in this bundle every resource and lesson plan that I've created for my entire AP English Literature and Composition course over the last 7+ years, along with a bunch of bonus material. There really is a full year's worth of great stuff in this download! My hope is that my AP Lit class is NOT a stale, test-prep course in which students slog their way thr
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Henry David Thoreau's Walden, Complete Unit Guide
In this low prep Walden unit plan, key transcendental, classic texts meet current texts as the main theme - What is our place in the world? - is carried across genres. Students will examine these texts and make connections among texts and to the world around them. A unit plan such as this one gives the teacher ultimate flexibility in instruction, assessment, and classroom procedure. Even though, every idea and concept is tied together so that students write an essay for the culminating assignm
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Persepolis "Identity and the Battle of Ideologies" FULL UNIT
This unit plan contains all of my original ideas and resources I've created for my unit on Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, which I use as the primary text during my Middle East unit in my World Literature class. I teach the class to 12th graders, and I love using literature to encourage critical thought and connections across subject areas. Along with analyzing the graphic novel through a more traditional literary lens, I also use to the content of the book to inspire
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Media Literacy: The Complete Unit
This unit is a student favorite-- they often want to keep the conversation going and seek out ways to apply the information learned from this unit to their everyday lives. This unit covers everything from identifying fake news, avoiding filter bubbles and echo chambers, native advertising, logical fallacies, the first amendment, using Wikipedia the smart (and safe!) way, social media algorithms, and more!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
To Kill a Mockingbird CLOSE READING PASSAGES - UPDATED
Focusing on the idea of “courage,” this is a Common-Core based lesson asks students to summarize and annotate, concentrating on literary devices, and the reading strategies of making inferences and questioning.This resource engages students in close reading strategies to examine six excerpts from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.Additionally, there are metacognitive thinking stems that allow students to make personal and real-world connections to the text.Finally, each excerpt give students writi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Nickel Boys - COMPLETE Unit Plan - RIGOR + INTEREST!! - 54 docs! (zip file)
Challenge AND engage your students! Purchased by over 50 customers!This unit uses The Nickel Boys as a tool to encourage critical thinking and discussion alongside their reading. In this download, you'll find activities to get your students up and moving around, accessing their creativity to explore tough topics, and thinking critically about the novel and the world around them. Develop students' respect of each others' lived experiences!Options in this unit plan for AP-level classes and Honors-
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Unit Plan - Novel Study Digital Print Bundle
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Unit Plan - Novel Study Digital Print Bundle: This unit includes everything you need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. With more than 340 pages, slides, and digital and print resources, there will be absolutely no prep required. This digital and print novel unit includes eye-catching Google Slides, PowerPoint presentation slides, print and digital assignments, historical context, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, and interactive and d
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
"Poetry and Philosophy" POETRY UNIT (AP Literature/High School)
This is my full poetry unit that I teach in my AP English Literature and Composition class (which is up to date with the 2019 changes). While attempting to accomplish the analytical skill building necessary for success in AP Lit, I also nestle this unit in my "Literature and Philosophy" quarter. Engaging philosophical content drives the thematic focus of many lessons and the poems, adding to the cohesiveness and depth of the unit. The poems covered in the unit were written mainly by classic B
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!
ESL ELL Directions and City Places Unit Project and Vocabulary Activities
This Bundle includes the following files:City Tour: Giving & Asking for Directions and City PlacesVocabulary Building: Community Workers Vocabulary Building: City PlacesEverything described in individual product files (e.g. teachers' notes, reference sheets, picture dictionary reference sheets, worksheets, oral interaction games, etc) is included in this amazing bundle. For further details, we advise you to please consult our individual files' descriptions before acquiring this bundle.Provid
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4th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Frankenstein Unit Bundle – Lesson Plans & Materials (One Full Marking Period)
Looking for everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL includes an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, printable materials, projects, assessments, and lessons in PowerPoint for teaching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You will receive 72 pages of daily lesson plans, assessments, and supplemental materials, as well as 87 PowerPoint slides coinciding with these lesson plans. In addit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Dystopian Novels Independent Reading & Analysis Unit (AP Literature/High School)
I've created a unique choice-based novel study unit for my AP English Literature class, asking my students to individually choose a dystopian novel from a list to read and analyze independently or in small groups. The most popular choices have been the AP Lit classics 1984 and Brave New World, but Ready Player One and The Handmaid's Tale have been recent favorites. This collected document explains my unit in full and includes every resource that I've created for it. Along with a brief introdu
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!
The Poisonwood Bible ("Cultures, Nations, & Families in Conflict") FULL UNIT
This unit is, I have to say, my absolute pride and joy! I've taught The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for a few years now in my AP English Literature and Composition class, and it's always a top student favorite. The unit that I've conceptualized and created is rich, both in its technical and thematic depth. Students have a chance to engage in some essential AP-Lit skill building, and most of my lessons are also driven by profound, inquiry-style questions related to the book's cultur
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!
All American Boys FULL NOVEL BUNDLE (digital access provided)
This resource has everything you need to teach and engage your students during the reading of this novel. Included:1. Introduction to Novel stations: meaningful stations to hook your students prior to reading the novel. (Link included for digital access)2. Reading Check Quizzes: 8 reading quizzes with A & B versions. (Google form links included)3. Novel Activities: Over 90+ pages of activities focusing on important concepts such as character analysis, theme, tone, symbolism, and much more. A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
EDITABLE Unit Lesson Planning Template, Google Docs Curriculum Planner
Thorough and complete Unit Plan Template, fully editable in Google Docs. Includes unit overviews, daily planners, project & activity planners, enrichment, differentiation, checklist and grading rubric templates, and more!You receive:PDF download with direct link to copy the file in your Google Drive13 page lesson plannerCOMPLETELY EDITABLE black line templatesOverview & weekly plannerDaily planning pagesOverarching project & supporting activities plannerEnrichmentDifferentiation4 poi
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
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- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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