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Informational text Common Core RL.9-10.6 resources
One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
So you want your students to analyze literature and informational texts, but you don't want to grade yet ANOTHER stack of essays. Why not take a creative approach with this one pager bundle? Students will be able to dig deep into literary analysis of both fiction and nonfiction texts, and they will be challenged to fit all of their thinking on one blank piece of paper: the one pager.TWO resources are included in this bundle:1. Literature One Pager: Use this resource to have students analyze any
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7th - 10th
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Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Night by Elie Wiesel Unit - Questions, Analysis, Vocabulary, Quizzes, Exam
Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, has become a standard text for many high school and middle school classes to teach about both the history and human impact of the Holocaust. This 300+ page Night unit mega-bundle includes everything you need to make this critical story meaningful and memorable for your secondary students, including a pre-reading Night PowerPoint and guided notes, study guide comprehension and analysis questions, engaging and rigorous analysis activities, vocabulary building and pract
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7th - 11th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Author's Purpose, Point of View & Rhetoric with Short Films: Printable & Digital
Analyze point of view, author's purpose and rhetoric using fun short film clips (Printable & Digital) - Includes lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint, Google Doc, Google Slides, answer key and rubric for no prep Google classroom, distance learning activities or traditional classroom lesson!2 products for the price of 1: Grade 6-8 version & Grade 9-12 version!Teach Grade 3 - 5? GRADE 3 - 5 VERSIONProduct Includes (zip):Lesson plan (editable .docx)Printable student handouts (editable
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6th - 12th
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Author's Purpose Task Cards & Quiz High School STAAR Test Prep
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice finding the author's purpose can be challenging. Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenge students.Use as bell-ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more.Great for high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 20 author's purpose task cards are perfect to prepare for the E
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8th - 11th
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4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form
This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste
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6th - 12th
Full Year High School English Curriculum: Secondary ELA 9-12 Common Core Aligned
If you are teaching a new high school English course this year, or you're looking to upgrade your current high school English class curriculum, this full year ELA curriculum is for YOU! This Common Core Standards aligned English Language Arts curriculum will help you create meaningful learning experiences for your secondary English students AND protect your time outside of contract hours.This English curriculum is perfect for you if are looking for...creative, effective activities for you and yo
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9th - 12th
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Reader's Theater Script + Lessons Engaging Melodrama for Middle & High School
Readers' Theatre is captivating and fun for junior high and secondary students and this lesson packet with "Curses, Foiled Again" will not disappoint! Packet includes original script with 45 pages of engaging lesson materials your students will want to study. . This product is also available in my Students' Choice Favorite Lessons, Vol. 2. Check it out - it's a great deal!With this purchase, you will receive BOTH the original play and lesson materials for a cross-curricular history and ELA expe
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: End of the Year ELA Lessons Students Love Bundle - Middle & High School
Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - Print & Online
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension, and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Teach Reading Comprehension Skills using Music as Poetry | Printable & Digital
Teach high school reading comprehension and analysis skills using music as poetry activities (Printable & Digital): Use song lyrics and music videos to teach EVERY high school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard to cover entire Grade 9 - 12 English Curriculum. All 15 lessons include editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.C
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Move Beyond P-I-E and Get the Receipt: A Better Way to Teach Author's Purpose
Let me make a confession: A few years ago, I got very invested in the drama between Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. For me, one of the biggest take aways from that drama was the phrase "Show me the receipts." I'd heard my students talk about "receipts" before, but something about the Kanye-Taylor drama really made that phrase memorable to me. As a teacher, I turned that phrase over in my mind. Where are the receipts in the English classroom? Well, when students are looking for auth
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Favorites Bundle / Pre-Reading & Author's Purpose
Oedipus Rex the King Digital Escape Room 360° Activity INTRODUCTION PRE-READING
Teaching Oedipus Rex? Generate anticipation and build background information with this digital escape room, a great way to hook your students in a high interest way and engage them BEFORE reading Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Review the main Greek gods and learn about the author, the Oedipus myth, and ancient Greek theatre.No prep. Just post the link and go. (Unless you want to print the lock notes sheet.) ⚠️ While this resources is designated as "no prep," teachers will definitely want to prev
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9th - 12th
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American Enlightenment Literature Bundle (9 resources, 100 pgs, 100 questions)
The American Enlightenment is the second unit for my juniors. In this unit, we focus on close reading, analyzing rhetoric, and synthesizing texts. This is also the first time my students venture into American literary movements. For these reasons, this is one of my favorite units, so I wanted to share my best texts and activities. As a bundle exclusive, I’ve also included synthesis writing prompts and rubrics that help students connect texts and see themes across texts. Includes 20 writing promp
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9th - 12th
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The Elizabethan Era, Shakespeare's World, and British Literature Activities
This introduction to Shakespeare explores the Elizabethan Era, Tudor monarchy, impact of the Black Plague, and the history of the famous playwright! Provide students with a deeper understanding of the historical references in Shakespeare's plays. The multimedia and digital resources will present William Shakespeare, the Tudor period, and Elizabethan society in an engaging way! Your students will have access to over 50 bookmarked sites on Elizabethan England, the Tudor monarchy, medieval mental
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9th - 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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20 Minute Reading Test Taking Strategy Activity (teacher slides included)
This interactive google doc follows a gradual release model to teach students how to eliminate answer choices and select the BEST choice even when they all seem correct. The activity includes CC informational reading passages and questions with a fun acronym to help students remember the strategy. My students love it, and it has definitely helped to increase their reading scores. Because it is a google doc, you can add more passages as needed. I added Gslides to help better instruct students.
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5th - 12th
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Night Activities - Elie Wiesel - Chapter & Whole Book Analysis Activities
Help your students get the most out of Elie Wiesel’s haunting memoir, Night. This 40+ page Night Activities resource includes a wide variety of rigorous, creative analysis activities focusing on a range of skills and standards, from character and theme development to figurative language, comparison of mediums, and much more. It also includes a final project choice board for Night, allowing your students to deepen their connection to the story while appealing to each individual's interests and ta
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7th - 11th
ELA II AIR Test/OST Test Prep, Review, Rubrics, and MORE--Growing Bundle
This is the ultimate ELA AIR II/OST Testing Bundle. This is an excellent resource to use in the month prior to the test. This month-long bundle will give students a full overview of what to expect, and also provide some fun along the way! This is all you need to help teach the argumentative and informative writing seen on the test. It helps provides students with all tools to be successful!This bundle includes: ELA II AIR TEST/OST Released 2018ELA II AIR TEST/OST Released 2019ELA II AIR TEST/OST
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9th - 12th
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Abandoned Farmhouse: Genre Connections, Analytical Writing, and Origami
Back to the Basics with Amy:
"Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser: A Study of Poetry, Informational Texts, Documentaries, Analytical Writing, and an Origami Project
Poetry Analysis, Analytical Response-Writing, Poetry-Writing, Hands-On Origami Project, Video Links, News Articles
Genre Connections: Poetry, Informational Texts, Nonfiction texts, Documentary
Skills: Annotation, Figurative Language, Author's Purpose, Main Idea, Theme, Monitor Reading Comprehension, Analytical Writing, Creative Wr
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6th - 12th
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9th-10th Grade CCSS ELA Constructed Response Bundle
This product is a a "must have". This bundle includes an assessment for each reading skill under the common core curriculum. All assessments are labeled according to each standard, and rubrics for each constructed response item are provided. This 126 page bundle assesses student mastery and knowledge of all reading standards listed below:
Table of Contents: Common Core Reading Assessments
Summary……………………3-08
Textual Evidence…………………………09-14
Inferences…………….15-20
Theme….....….21-34
Plot………………………
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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A Long Way Gone -Chapter by Chapter Reading Worksheets/Activities -Ishmael Beah
To view the full resource, click on the preview!Use these worksheets to guide students through the reading of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. Skills students will practice by using this resource:Using evidence from text to prove ideasCharacterization: direct and indirectFigurative language: similes and metaphorsArgumentationObjective summarySummarizingThemeConnecting to the textForeshadowingReading comprehension -- I use these worksheets as daily activities for the un
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9th - 12th
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