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Informational text Common Core L.11-12.2 resources
Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Games for Secondary ELA
This bundle of argument and rhetoric games for secondary ELA contains SEVEN unique games that target the skills of argumentation in a fun and high-interest format.The games included in this bundle are:Rhetorical Devices BINGO GameIn this game, students fill out BINGO cards with rhetorical devices, and they have to identify devices used in quotations read by the teacher. Five in row WINS the round! This game tests students' ability to identify rhetorical devices in texts.Would You Rather? Card
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech Rhetorical Analysis PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use Oprah Winfrey’s headline-grabbing speech from the 2018 Golden Globes to show your students the power of a well-constructed presentation. In this one class period activity, students will discuss the #metoo movement, view Oprah Winfrey’s 10-minute speech, and deconstruct/discuss her use of rhetorical devices. Questions focus on audience, metaphor, parallelism, pathos, and symbolism. These materials can serve as a stand-alone lesson or as a solid supplement to a study of Jim Crow laws or SAT-st
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion Unit
Provide your students with a more complete understanding of rhetorical analysis with a variety of concept overviews, practice activities, complementary assignments and assessments. This product is included in my AP Language and Composition Bundle for a reduced price. Please don’t buy this item in addition to the bundle as it is already included.
This resource is organized in the following sections:
Rhetorical Analysis with an overview of rhetoric using the SOAPSTone method, a practice activit
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9th - 12th
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News Writing - Studying the Newspaper & Writing a News Article: A Unit Plan
This complete, 3-week unit plan contains materials designed to teach students about journalism, newspapers, and news writing. This unit is a terrific way to connect to the Common Core Standards’ emphasis on informational and non-fiction reading and writing. The unit packet contains a daily breakdown of lessons, activities, worksheets, a quiz, as well as a project sheet and rubric to use for a final assessment in the unit.In this unit students read a variety of news articles to expose them to cur
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6th - 12th
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Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
United States Founding Fathers Webquest: Biography Summarizing Activity
Studying the lives of the United States founding fathers is extremely valuable in understanding early American history. With these Historical Biography Summaries, students will enjoy learning about the past through researching and documenting some of history’s greats. In a user-friendly template, students will summarize the life and biography of an individual. It’s no-prep for you, but quality content for your students. Enjoy learning history through these historical biography summaries. It'
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The Origin of Halloween Informational Text and Reading Check Questions
This is an informational text intended for secondary students about the origin of Halloween. It details the original Celtic celebration of Samhain, identifies the traditions that have been adopted by certain cultures and borrowed by different religions. This article discusses the interesting dynamic between pagan, religious, and secular beliefs that have all helped shape this yearly American experience.
This is only the Quick Read and the reading check questions. It does not include vocabulary
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8th - 12th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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High School Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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9th - 12th, Staff
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AP Literature and Composition Mythology Unit
This unit has been compiled for my AP Literature and Composition class for the beginning of the school year to review or introduce them to Greek Mythology, which is often alluded to in literature and some of the questions on the AP Literature exam refer to these allusions.
In order to gain a better understanding of mythology, students begin by discussing the importance of studying Greek mythology before creating group projects that include choices. Students learn about creating and giving prof
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Quiz and Answer Key Bundle for Google Drive
Measure general reading comprehension with this self-grading quiz bundle covering A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. A firsthand account of the author's experiences as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War, this book is an excellent choice for teachers who want to incorporate more autobiographical nonfiction into their English and/or history classes. In addition to answer keys, alternate quiz options are provided for re-assessment purposes. Materials are made
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9th - 12th
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Article of the Week Response PDF & Google Drive Worksheets AND Annotation Guide
CURRENT WEEK: Nov. 13-17Updated version also includes links to articles from previous weeks. Thank you and happy teaching! This product can be used weekly and requires absolutely no prep work. You'll get two options for the article of the week response worksheets that guide students to meaningfully engage with important current events. You will also get two different options for annotation guides that you can project for your students on the board in your classroom or print out for them to refer
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9th - 12th
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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Test and Answer Key (Printable)
This summative test covers A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah and includes an answer key, as well as a standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.)By administering this assessment, teachers will evaluate students' abilities to do the following:Demonstrate knowledge significant figures in a nonfiction textDemonstrate knowledge of significant events throu
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9th - 12th
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"The First Basketball Game" Close Reading Questions (Historical Nonfiction)
Incorporate historical nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and support the development of high school close reading skills with this set of questions covering "The First Basketball Game." The essay addresses the origins of basketball, as well as the sport's gradual evolution. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)By completing this close reading activity, students will
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8th - 12th
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Resume & Cover Letter BUNDLE
This bundle includes resources to help students write effective resumes and cover letters; it includes a resume writing flip book, resume writing escape room, and how to write a cover letter with notes, organizer, and marking guide. Resume Writing Flip BookThis product is a quick reference guide designed to help high school students learn the basics of writing an effective resume. It includes tabs related to general tips, formatting and organization, language use, contact information, highli
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9th - 12th
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Civil War: North v. South Informational Text Article + Activities
The purpose of this mini-unit is to introduce the set-up between the North and South at the beginning of the Civil War. The article goes into the advantages and disadvantages that both sides faced and how that influenced the war as it progressed. Students will read and analyze these advantages and disadvantages and compare/contrast them on an accompanying worksheet.
Included in this unit:
Informational Article
Vocabulary Activity
Reading Check/Comprehension Questions
Compare/Contrast Workshee
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9th - 12th
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World Genocide Project for World Literature or Holocaust Unit | Editable
Challenge your students' research, technology, and speaking and listening skills with this World Genocide Project! This World Genocide Project includes everything you need to guide students as they learn about some of history's biggest atrocities.In this project, students will choose a world genocide to research. Then, they will create a presentation and present it to their class. Students are assessed on their research, ability to complete MLA-style citations, speaking and listening skills, and
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman Whole Unit Bundle for High School
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty” Speech Analysis Activity
This 3 page doc reprints the speech to the left of each page and adds texts boxes on the right for students to write of type responses about Patrick Henry’s choices. Some Qs prompt students to define vocabulary or to identify a word’s meaning, such as “election” in its context. Other Qs ask about his use of figurative language or syntax. At least 3 Qs ask about Henry’s appeals. He uses references to God to make an ethical appeal, and he uses rhetorical Qs to present logic that they will never be
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Guide to High School Writing, MLA Format & Citation, and Literary Terms
This 25-page document is a terrific way to give your students plenty of useful information on the writing process used in high school (and college) writing. The guidelines, tips, and suggestions are the basics gleaned from numerous and popular writing guides presented in a concise and condensed format.
Additionally, literary terms commonly found on the AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, as well as the SAT, ACT, and SAT Literature Subject Test have
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Halloween Research Project and Speech Materials for High School ELA (Google)
Complement a unit on Gothic fiction and embrace the harvest season with this low-prep, standards-based research project addressing 33 topics directly and indirectly related to Halloween: ancient celebrations, holidays, and practices (Samhain, Lemuria, guising, souling, and more); more recent traditions (Guy Fawkes Night, the history of trick-or-treating, and the history of pumpkin carving); myths, legends, and superstitions (Jack O'Lantern, the Beast of Bray Road, Mothman, and more); medical con
Grades:
9th - 12th
Invasive Species Editing & Mechanics Practice Test: Mirrors State Assessments
This Google Form test is designed to mirror the types of questions that are commonly seen on state editing and mechanics assessments. The quiz contains text-based prompts--including multiple choice, checkbox, and short answer styles--based on two informational passages. These texts have been pulled from those provided for Kentucky's released practice open response test for 11th grade. As an idea for implementation, this could make a great diagnostic, formative pre-test for a test preparation or
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9th - 12th
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Workplace Health and Safety Identifying Incidents Worksheets
This resource contains two activities around identifying and categorising types of Workplace Incidents. It is important that learners become familiar with health and safety vocabulary so that they can comprehend workplace documentation and ensure that they meet their personal responsibilities under the Act. Identifying types of incidents is a key skill that workers need to know.Learning Objective:Learners are able to define and identify types of workplace accidents, incidents, hazards and near m
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Literary Analysis & Non-Fiction Reading Response: Bell Ringer and Exit Tickets
Literary Analysis and Non-Fiction Reading Response TICKET BUNDLE: Project Options, Exit Tickets and Bell Ringer Activity OptionsThese ticket worksheets review literary terms, nonfiction elements and reading comprehension. A perfect addition to your novel study or nonfiction unit. These tickets are designed to check for understanding, delve into literary analysis in more manageable chucks, add depth, fill in transition time, and can be compiled in a number of ways to create a project for your nov
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6th - 12th
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