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Writing-expository Common Core RL.9-10.1 resources
Character Analysis / Study and Characterization Activity
Help your students write a character study or character analysis with this ready to use resource. Works with any novel or short story! These worksheets are easy to differentiate for students of varying abilities and ages and lead students through the process of writing a paragraph or a full essay. A great way to dig deep into a character in a novel or short story. Uses the STEAL acronym to teach students about indirect characterization (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on other, Actions, Looks).FOR
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Bundle - Activities for ANY Short Story
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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Things Fall Apart Complete Unit | Lesson Plans | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria
Looking for a comprehensive unit for Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart? This thorough resource includes everything a teacher would need. Included are three differentiated types of reading assessments. For weaker readers or students who need a high level of accountability, there is a half-page quiz for each of the 25 chapters. For the average student who can manage several chapters at a time, there are four longer quizzes on chapter sets 1-6, 7-13, 14-19, and 20-25. For students who may be
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9th - 12th
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Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Analysis, Team Activity, CCSS
Make the words of Transcendental philosopher and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson come alive for your students with breath-taking photography in this two-day class group activity with optional independent writing supplement.This packet includes visually stunning images from nature coupled with quotations from Nature and Self-Reliance, two of Emerson's most-noted works. This 17-page PDF also includes a detailed suggested lesson procedure along with 10 half-sheet student handouts for teams to use as the
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9th - 12th
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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
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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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
How to Write a CER Paragraph -- Handout, Sentence Frames, and Rubric
This versatile resource offers the necessary scaffolding to help students write a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning paragraph independently!1. Save time as students can use the checklist to make certain they have included each of the necessary components for each part of the paragraph. 2. The sentence frames can be used to scaffold and differentiate for students needing support as they begin3. Refer to the color-coded example from the commonly read text, The Hunger Games, to help students envisio
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7th - 12th
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The Scorch Trials teaching packet, includes vocabulary packet
This teaching packet includes vocabulary, response prompt, chapter check questions, character charts, and more for James Dashner's novel "The Scorch Trials." This includes the 72-word vocabulary unit that can also be purchased separately. The vocabulary is divided into four sections and each section has three different matching quizzes to provide for mastery, reteaching, and integrity. Chapter check questions are in 5-chapter chunks, and can be used for homework or study guide questions, as we
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9th - 10th
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)
The Odyssey Unit Plan for Middle and High School with Intro to Greek Mythology
It’s time to start thinking about your unit plan for The Odyssey. You know you need some background activities for an introduction to Greek mythology, something to keep your students engaged with a difficult text, some way to help them access this difficult task, and an essay prompt to round it all out. Sound familiar? This was where we found ourselves when we started planning to teach The Odyssey for the first time. A whole lot of “some of this” and “some of that,” and not a lot of clear direct
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7th - 9th
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Heroic Journey Project | Finding the Hero's Journey in a Book or Movie You Love
Students choose a book or movie they love and trace the hero's journey throughout. Students also present their findings in a written report and multi-media presentation. This is an authentic assessment of student understanding of the heroic journey and its archetypes. This project pairs perfectly with my Heroic Journey PPT!As I teach the heroic journey, I want students to see it in the world around them. Heroes aren’t just in myths, but they permeate so many aspects of our own modern-day cultur
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Growing Greek Mythology Mega Bundle
The Things They Carried Chapter 4 Activities Unit - On the Rainy River
This two-lesson mini unit is designed for Tim O'Brien's fourth chapter of The Things They Carried, "On the Rainy River." All materials are provided in both PDF and Google Slides.Contents◈Lesson 7: Theme in Creative Non-FictionAccountability Quiz: “On the Rainy River”Student Handout Q: Background Knowledge Builder: The Draft and DefermentsStudent Handout R: Found Poetry Instructions (Plus Found Poetry Example)◈Lesson 8
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: The Things They Carried Activities Unit BUNDLE - Vietnam War Projects
Advanced Argument Writing Unit: Counterargument, Voice, Sources, and more
Writing a quality argument is a creative process, but it can be hard when kids are spread across different levels. Some of your students leave their quotations hanging with no analysis, while others are ready for counterargument and bringing more of their voice into their writing - so what are you supposed to do?With this advanced argument unit, meet kids where they are. Through varied graphic organizers, mini-lessons, writing prompts, and argument hexagonal thinking, you can guide your students
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9th - 12th
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The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit Bundle - Digital and Print
This short story unit for Ray Bradbury’s "The Pedestrian" includes comprehension questions, literary analysis activities, assessment tools, an author biography, and informational handouts. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 35% with the bundled discount!⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Short Story Unit for “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury:✏️ Ray Bradbury Author Biography Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Author Biography Vocabulary Worksheet - Digital &
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9th - 12th
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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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Literary Analysis Essay Outline Rubric Activities Characterization Worksheet PDF
This Literary Analysis Pack encourages students to begin their journey into writing a literary analysis essay. It takes students step by step through the literary analysis process by encouraging them to examine how characterization leads to theme within "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe OR in ANY text!Just PRINT, PRESENT, and TEACH!This product includes the following:2 Characterization Worksheets with Differentiated Options: Character Traits and Character AnalysisPowerPoint that introduce
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9th - 12th
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"I.C.E." Quote Sandwich Lesson and Worksheets - ENDLESS BUNDLE
With these resources, your students learn and practice the "I.C.E. Cream Sandwich" approach, a simple and effective way to integrate quotations into a paragraph of writing! My "I.C.E. Quote Sandwich" materials are among the most popular items I've shared on TpT, so I decided to combine them all into an endless bundle at a 10% discount!What is an "Endless Bundle?"This bundle contains EVERY resource I have shared on TpT related to the "I.C.E. Quote Sandwich" approach to paragraph-writing. The bund
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6th - 12th
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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 Chapter Quizzes and Unit Test
Each of the quizzes in this file contains 10 multiple choice questions designed to check for literal comprehension. Each also ends with an essay prompt that goes up the critical thinking ladder and asks students to explain or analyze, using supporting evidence from the chapter. The first three quizzes cover chapters 1 - 6 in two-chapter combinations. Each of the remaining chapters (7 - 10) has its own quiz.
The unit test contains 10 multiple choice questions, carefully designed to require criti
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9th - 12th
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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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Intro to MLA Works Cited - Lesson Pack
What makes teaching MLA Works Cited format more interesting and hands-on? Cool museums! Sports metaphors! Puzzle manipulatives! This teaching bundle will make it happen for your students!This pack contains two awesome MLA teaching resources. I usually do both of these activities within the same 90-minute class period when I first introduce MLA citation format. The engaging slideshow lesson (with guided notes) gets students thinking and relating MLA format to concepts that they already understand
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8th - 12th
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