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Multiple Choice Strategies Powerpoint Test-taking strategies all subjects

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This Powerpoint Presentation contains visual descriptions of tried-and-true multiple choice strategies for all MC tests, including MCAS, MAP, State Assessments, AP, SAT, teacher licensure, National Board certification, etc. Links to videos embedded.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Test Preparation

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

Study Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.3

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Argumentative Writing Bundle - Essay organizer, stems, links, visuals, scaffolds

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This is everything I use to teach the argument essay in AP Language (also for Pre-AP Language). Writing guides are scaffolded and designed to focus on idea-based arguments with strong evidence and analysis. Resources also include thesis and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Video Files

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CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.6

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AP Language Synthesis Essay Planning & Writing Organizers

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource helps students break down the AP Language Synthesis prompt and chunk the thinking / writing process required of planning the synthesis essay. In the Synthesis Source Planning Guide, students have a clear process to creating a "Pro/Con"

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Outlines, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.50

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AP Language Rhetorical Device Presentation 93 Slides AP Exam Prep

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

I developed this resource to help facilitate students' learning of Rhetorical Devices (Rhetorical Choices). This slide deck (93 slides) contains hyperlinks to instructional videos on my YouTube Channel Rhetorical Analysis Playlist as well as the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.50

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"Read Like a Writer" Bundle Rhetorical Analysis - Lessons/Slides/Readings

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This bundle/file contains various ways to facilitate your students' new thinking around "Read Like a Writer" -- the first step to rhetorical analysis writing. This material will help students shift their mindset from "Read Like a Reader" to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.3...

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AP Language Synthesis Essay Overview Exam Prep Slides Visual Essay Support

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource helps students visualize the thinking and writing process for the Synthesis Free Response Question (FRQ/essay). My students struggle with this essay the most, so I've developed a process for students to plan, gather evidence, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.00

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AP Language Multiple Choice READING Expert Lesson Activity - SAT Prep/MCAS

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This lesson facilitates engagement with multiple choice practice by empowering students to peer teach as experts of close analysis of test questions and answer choices. This lesson teaches students to dig into the question types and choices to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3...

$3.00

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Rhetorical Analysis Sentence Strips - Pre-AP/ AP Language - Writing Scaffold

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource helps students understand rhetorical analysis essay writing with rhetorical analysis stems designed in 47 ready-to-print sentence strips. I print on colored paper and laminate, so that I can use these strips throughout the year in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$2.50

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AP Language Multiple Choice Writing Practice with Video tutorials

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This is a four-question AP Language Multiple Choice WRITING set with an AP practice question (I have included screenshots of part of the first question on this listing). This resource works great as an in-class activity in partners or individually,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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"Signpost" Annotation Strategy Cards + Graphic Organizer, Rubric, Close Reading

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource is adapted from the Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst's "Notice and Note" book using the "Sign Posts" reading strategy for fiction and informational text. The cards are printable and make a great fold-able in a notebook or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Critical Thinking

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

Flash Cards, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$3.50

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Power Verb Writing Cards - Writing Scaffold for Pre-AP / AP Lang / AP Lit

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

Easiest way to level-up student writing? VERBS! This resource helps students move their writing from basic to analytical by focusing on verb integration. These are colorful and look great laminated. I give each student a set of cards for their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.50

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AP Language Rhetorical Device Flashcards - 25 cards - exam prep - study aides

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource helps students visualize rhetorical devices, as well as understand the purpose and effect of the specific rhetorical device. I print them in color, and students glue these to note cards. I provide rings for students to create their AP

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.50

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Writing / Editing Materials - reasoning stems, thesis, peer editing cards, quote

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This file contains multiple resources as a go-to for everything from thesis development, reasoning/analysis, quotation integration, and peer editing. The reasoning stems help students with sentence extending and building beyond explaining

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1...

$3.50

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AP Language Multiple Choice READING Strategy Group Solve Activity / SAT prep

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

Get your students engaged in dissecting question types and justifying their answer choices in preparation for the AP Language exam. What: This activity (1 - 2 class periods) engages students in a "test maker" simulation as students problem solve a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Simulations, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.6

$1.50

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Rhetorical Analysis Writing Cards - AP Language / Pre-AP Essay Writing Scaffold

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This resource helps students understand how to build analysis (commentary) for the AP Language Rhetorical Analysis Essay. Cards contain models, frames, and questions to prompt students' thinking to support their development of text-based analysis.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3

$3.00

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AP Language Multiple Choice Writing Strategy VIDEO + Guide + Notes Organizer

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

I developed this resource to help facilitate students' learning of the WRITING multiple choice questions on the AP Language exam. My students found this material useful because it engages them in a video lesson that provides a walk-though of a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3...

$3.50

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Universal Ideas Mini Lesson - Idea-based writing & thinking

By Rhetoric and Rhymes

This mini lesson is a first step in getting my 10th - 12th graders and AP Language students to move away from the literal and towards the abstract and learn idea-based critical thinking skills to avoid plot summary.Check out my blog with teaching

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Projects

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.10

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

15 years classroom experience - secondary education 5 years higher education Secondary instructional coach Equitable Literacy Culturally Responsive Teaching National Board Certified, AYA ELA Teach ELA 10-12, ESL, AP Language Curriculum & Instruction Specialist New Teacher Developer

MY TEACHING STYLE

Workshop style High Engagement: Focus on instructional dialogue - Debate, Seminar, Discourse Differentiation - station work Inclusion Standards-based Equitable Literacy Restorative Justice practices Culturally Responsive Teaching

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Educator of the Year Honorable Mention, BPS/BTU 2017 Calderwood Writing Fellow, 2017

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Boston University Emerson College

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ELA 24/7 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@janamccarthyELA Check out my Blog for strategies and info: https://janamccarthyteacher.wordpress.com