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Identifying Credible Internet Resources Checklist

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This is a checklist students can use as a guideline for choosing credible internet sources. Since finding and using credible sources is a key part to the Common Core ELA standards, I hope you will find this tool helpful.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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The Pit and the Pendulum Multiple Choice

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These are common core style multiple choice questions based on Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum." There are 10 questions, and for each question, the students are asked to supply evidence to back up the answer they have chosen.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Handouts, Assessment, Homework

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Romeo and Juliet Pre-Reading Research Activity and Debate

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In this lesson students are asked to explore the possibility of love at first sight. They will be asked to establish a claim on their opinion to this topic, research it, and debate it with students who have an opposing opinion. Once they have had

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th

Types:

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Close Reading Activity with "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket"

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This lesson applies to the ELA Common Core Standards for grades 9 and 10. It includes close reading skills and asks students to answer text-based questions and analyze how the characters and theme are developed through conflicts. I have adapted

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

9^th, 10^th

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"The Most Dangerous Game" Close Reading Activity

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This lesson applies to the ELA Common Core Standards for 9th grade. It includes close reading skills and asks students to answer text-based questions and analyze how the characters impact the development of the plot and theme. I have adapted the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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"A Poison Tree" and "Interlopers" Theme Comparison Unit

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This is a Common Core based lesson that asks students to compare a common theme between two different texts. This unit contains learning goals and rating scales. It has analysis activities for the poem "A Poison Tree", and it has a theme

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Close Reading Activity with "The Cask of Amontillado"

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This lesson applies to the ELA Common Core Standards for 9th grade. It includes close reading skills, asks students to answer text-based questions and has them analyze how the characters are characterized and how that plus the point of view affect

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Night Chapters 2 & 3 Lesson Plan

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This is an entire lesson plan for chapter 2-3. It follows the O'Dell model for close reading skills. This unit includes the complete lesson plan, multiple choice questions, text-based questions, a context clues vocabulary activity, and an analysis

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 Text-Based Questions

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This worksheet explores key parts of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. It asks students to pull out evidence from the text to explain things both Juliet and Romeo said. It also asks them to reflect on their decision to marry.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th

Types:

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Quoting, Paraphrasing, Or Original Thought?

By Jay's ELA

This is a note sheet that introduces students to the difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and using original thoughts. It models where citations are necessary and where you won't need a citation. It also gives students the chance to practice

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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AIS Reading Comprehension and Inferring Activity

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This activity was designed for a middle school AIS class. It asks the students to read a story entitled "The No-Talent Kid," respond to some short answer comprehension questions about the reading, and complete a inferring activity. This will allow

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Fairy Tale Writing Outline

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This worksheet asks students to think about various elements that are necessary in order to write their own fairy tale. It encourages them to think about their writing before they sit down to draft their stories.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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NYS Controlling Idea Organizer

By Jay's ELA

This graphic organizer was made to be used to teach students how to approach a New York State Controlling Idea paragraph. It shows the students the importance of choosing evidence to support that controlling idea and the significance of being able

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Night Chapter 1 Lesson Plan

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This is an entire lesson plan for chapter 1. It follows the O'Dell model for close reading skills. This unit includes the learning goals and rubrics. It also has the complete lesson plan, multiple choice questions, text-based question, a context

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Close Reading Activity with "Interlopers"

By Jay's ELA

This lesson applies to the ELA Common Core Standards for 9th grade. It includes close reading skills and asks students to answer text-based questions and analyze how the characters are characterized and the impact various conflicts have on those

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Close Reading with a Nonfiction Article "View from the Summit"

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This lesson applies the ELA common core standards. It includes close reading skills and asks students to include text-based evidence when answering questions about the text. It also asks the students to make inferences based on the contradictory

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th

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Close Reading Activity With "Rules of the Game"

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This lesson applies the ELA Common Core Standards for 9th grade. It includes close reading skills and asks students to include text-based evidence when answering questions about the text. I have adapted the story "Rules of the Game" from the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th

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"Checkouts" Close Reading and Writing Activity

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This is a common core based lesson. Students are asked to read the story "Checkouts' found in the Prentice Hall Gold Edition. This lesson asks students to do close reading, introduce basic annotating skills, edit text, write a paragraph, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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Inherit the Wind Act 3 Discussion Questions

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This activity can either be used in small groups for discussion purposes or individually. It can be used to direct discussion, or it can be used as a graded assignment. It asks the students to analyze Act 3, including the symbolism in the act and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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"The Birds" Close Reading Activity

By Jay's ELA

This lesson applies to the ELA Common Core Standards for 9th grade. It includes close reading skills and asks students to answer text-based questions and analyze the theme of the text and how various events in the text help develop the theme. It

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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I have 13 years of experience teaching in a public school setting in Upstate New York. 8 of those years I spent teaching grades 7 and 8. I am now currently teaching grades 9 and 10. I also have provided AIS services for grades 7-12 over the years that I have been teaching. In addition to this, each summer I teach 9-12 graders in summer school.

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Social Studies, World History, ELA Test Prep, Literature, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Informational Text, Close Reading