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Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

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Great Gatsby 2013 Luhrman Film Chapter Breakdown w/ Timestamps & Dialogue Cues

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

My chapter-by-chapter movie outline is SUPER HELPFUL when I show my students the 2013 The Great Gatsby film by Baz Luhrman. On this sheet, I've broken down the movie into the nine chapters of the book by including timestamps from the movie AND I've

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Movie Guides

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Book Bento Instructions

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

This is a very brief instruction slide with an example/mentor bento I made for The Diary of Anne Frank. Use this resource to get your students creating book bentos quickly and successfully as an assessment alternative to a traditional essay. Book

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.10, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.8...

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The Anthropocene Reviewed Essay Inspired by John Green

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this essay assignment after reading John Green's anthology of thoughtful essays, The Anthropocene Reviewed. I used this sheet with my high school juniors and it resulted in one of my favorite essay assignments of the year!As written on the

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Handouts

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Chaucer-like Canterbury Tales Prologue Poem Project

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

This sheet contains a poetry project your students will enjoy! It makes a concise and effective culminating activity for your unit on The Canterbury Tales. The sheet contains instructions and a mentor poem to inspire students to craft a 20-line

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.11-12.3d, W.11-12.10

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The Jungle One-Week Unit: Slide Presentation and One Chapter One-Pager

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

Want to cover "The Jungle" with your kids, but can't fit it into the schedule? Sometimes you just don’t have time for a full unit, and that’s why I designed this mini-unit for Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Read my blog post (How I Taught The Jungle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Assessment

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Canterbury Tales: Two Contemporary Informational Text Assignments AOW

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created these two assignments as a way to make The Canterbury Tales more relevant for my senior-level British Literature class. I especially sought out recently published articles pertaining to the ancient text. My goal? To let students observe on

Subjects:

Reading, British History, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Homework, Lesson

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Beowulf: Sutton Hoo Nonfiction Text Activity

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

If you're needing a beautifully written article to supplement your Anglo-Saxon poetry and Beowulf units, this AOW-styled assignment will work well. Also... if you're watching The Dig on Netflix, consider using this assignment as a good accompanying

Subjects:

Literature, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2, RI.11-12.3, RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.5, RI.11-12.6, W.11-12.2

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Walt Whitman "Song of Myself" Video and Poetry Project

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

Project these directions and/or copy to make handouts. This resource provides on one page all the directions you need for your students to create videos that emulate the documentary-style videos produced by journalist and filmmaker Jennifer Crandall

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.7, RL.11-12.9, SL.11-12.1c, SL.11-12.1d, SL.11-12.2, SL.11-12.5, SL.11-12.6

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The Wanderer Anglo-Saxon Poetry Project: The Ubi Sunt Motif

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this short poetry assignment to accompany my British Literature students' reading of "The Wanderer." Ubi sunt is a motif found in Anglo-Saxon poetry and students may be familiar with it as there is a scene in Peter Jackson's The Lord of

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.11-12.3, W.11-12.3b, W.11-12.3d

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9/11 Poetry Project: The Stories the Artifacts Tell (new for 2021)

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

Many students often reduce Sept. 11, 2001 merely to facts and dates without understanding the human loss and suffering the attacks caused. This lesson plan guides students to a greater awareness of 9/11 and the human cost it exacted on the United

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.3d, W.9-10.5, SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.6

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Le Morte d'Arthur "The Characters Who Built the Chivalric Code" Reading Activity

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this activity because I literally became overwhelmed with teaching the monumental Le Morte d'Arthur. To make our excerpt of the text more manageable, I decided to focus on characterization. Note: There is no key, since all answers will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.10

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Ekphrastic Poetry: How to Write an Ekphrastic Poem (with mentor text)

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

You will love writing ekphrastic poems with your students! Read on my blog about our experience with ekphrastic poetry (including the mini-lesson I created) by clicking here. Ekphrastic poems observe and describe a student's favorite artwork... or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

W.9-10.3b, W.9-10.3d, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.10

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The Dig: A Viewing Guide w/ Key to the Netflix Film (Anglo-Saxon Ship Discovery)

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this viewing guide with key for Netflix's new 2021 movie The Dig, rated PG-13. Read my blog post about this movie. Please note that this viewing guide covers only the first sixty-six minutes of the movie. I watch only the first sixty-six

Subjects:

English Language Arts, British History, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Movie Guides

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Candy Memoir Narrative Creative Writing Resource for Grades 5-7

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

This colorful, candy-filled, ten-slide presentation teaches middle schoolers the differences between the personal narrative and the memoir. (This project was inspired by the book, Candy and Me: A Girl's Tale of Life, Love, and Sugar, a collection of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

CCSS:

W.6.3, W.6.3b, W.6.3e, W.6.5, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5

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Book Bento Rubric

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

This is a very basic rubric for book bentos. I've used this. As I said, it's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. Project this as students work or after showing them the directions from my Book Bento slides product.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Rubrics

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Great Gatsby: Cosmopolis Video Viewing Guide w/ Key Context/Prior Knowledge

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

Build context and prior knowledge for The Great Gatsby with the first 45 minutes of "Cosmopolis" (Season 1 Episode 5) from New York: A Documentary Film by director Ric Burns. (It's available on YouTube or you can stream from PBS. See my blog post

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.11-12.4, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.3, RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.7, RI.11-12.9

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Ekphrastic Poetry Slide Presentation with Mentor Poems

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

If you need a break from essays and literary analysis, treat your students to EKPHRASTIC POETRY! Use this colorful slide presentation to introduce this fun and CREATIVE activity. The fourteen slides in this PDF file, which I've used with success in

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Arts & Music, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$4.00

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Great Gatsby Hexagonal Thinking Project

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this slide presentation as my first attempt at hexagonal thinking. For my first try, it worked really well... so I figured I might as well offer it here in case you're looking for an easy way to try hexagonal thinking. This resource is

Subjects:

Reading, Critical Thinking, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.6, RL.11-12.9

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"The Dream of the Rood" Reading Activity with Key

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this reading activity to help students understand and appreciate "The Dream of the Rood." This poem isn't necessarily difficult to comprehend; however, since medieval literature can be intimidating for many, I decided to create this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.6, RL.11-12.10

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Into the Wild Literary Allusions Movie Guide w/ Key

By Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

I created this Into the Wild "literary allusions odyssey" movie guide for my students to use while watching the excellent 2007 film based on the book by Jon Krakauer about the life of Christopher Johnson McCandless. Did you know there are eight

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Movie Guides

$5.00

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