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Common Core W.9-10.1 cultural activities $10 and up
NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)
In this fantastic Latin Folktales and Magical Realism unit, you will study characteristics of Latin folktales, analyze Latin cautionary folktales (El Silbón, El Sombrerón, La Llorona, La Siguanaba) and Latin animal folktales (Boitatá, El Cóndor y El Colibri, El Zorro, Jukumari), then explore genre elements of Magical Realism, and identify elements of Latin folktales and Magical Realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Middle Eastern Literature Unit
This comprehensive unit of study offers a wide variety of selections of Middle Eastern literature and cultural elements encompassing folk lore, spiritual writings, informational text, audiovisual offerings, autobiographical text, and public speech to engage students in an in depth, extended discovery of both the historical and modern literature and culture of this dynamic and often troubled region of the world.
Designed to span a four to six week segment of the semester, the Middle Eastern Lite
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10th
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Halloween Activity Bundle Halloween Lessons and Activities Bundle
Eight Halloween themed ELA/English lessons, posters and games for the high school ELA classroom. Celebrate Halloween with the 'big kids' with these eight spooky Halloween lessons. Bundle includes posters, short story lessons, coloring pages, and classroom murder mystery activity all perfect for celebrating the spooky season in your English classroom.This Bundle Includes:4 Halloween Themed Lessons3 Download and print postersShort story lessonsTheme, tone, and mood lessonMurder mystery game Hallow
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9th - 12th
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Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Unit: Animal Farm by Orwell - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Unit: Novel- Animal FarmClass: ELA 9-10Bundles: 6Essay Type: 4 Argumentative and 1 Informative/ExplanatoryText Sets: 5Prompt Type: 2 Topic and 3 Standard5 Thematic TopicsReading Skills: 5Links to Resources: 45Keys: 46Assessments: 18Writing Skill: Formal WritingScaffolding Levels: 5Activities: 99Creator: Erica Villilo26 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on 18 different CCSS Anchor Standards 5 Writing Prompts: 2 Topic and 3 Stan
Grades:
9th - 10th
Distance Learning: What Would You Do for Teens and Young Adults PowerPoint
Get students thinking and talking with this collection of creative and original hypothetical What Would You Do? situations from veteran English teacher Taylor Sapp. The 27 critical thinking prompts here are designed with young learners or elementary school students in mind.This is the PowerPoint edition. You can also get it in a Google Slides edition.What would you do if:you had a friend who was a little too touchy-feely?you could teleport anywhere you wanted in the world?you saw a person holdin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Persepolis Unit: Re-Imaging the Middle East through the Graphic Novel
Fundamentalists, Terrorists, and Fanatics: Re-Imaging the Middle East through the Graphic Novel
This is a complete unit on the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
IMPORTANT: While I have uploaded this as an MS Word document, it actually works much better in Google Drive, as I have linked everything together. If you purchase this, please send me a message with your email and I will gladly share the original unit documents with you.
When I taught this in my class, we had frequent discus
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A Thousand Splendid Suns: Disney Short Film Analysis
Short films are a great way to get students analyzing for literary elements! In this activity, students will analyze the Disney short film, Far From the Tree. This 7 minute short tells the story of a young raccoon and a frustrated parent trying to keep the child safe from the possible dangers of the Pacific Northwest beach. In the end, the young raccoon learns that the parent has valid reasons for being overprotective, but realizes that it's possible to live with an open mind and heart. This fil
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â A Thousand Splendid Suns: Character Analysis & Short Film Analysis BUNDLE
TEXT SET: Animal Farm & I Am an American Day Address - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #19Prompt Type: TopicThematic Topic: Ignorance and EducationWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.R.7 Medium and GenreScaffolding Level: IndependentCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 41 LinksList of 7 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on Thematic Topic8 different
Grades:
9th - 10th
Distance Learning: What Would You Do for Teens and Young Adults Google Slides
Get students thinking and talking with this collection of creative and original hypothetical What Would You Do? situations from veteran English teacher Taylor Sapp. The 27 critical thinking prompts here are designed with young learners or elementary school students in mind.This is the Google Slides edition. You can also get it in a PowerPoint edition . What would you do if:you had a friend who was a little too touchy-feely?you could teleport anywhere you wanted in the world?you saw a person hold
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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TEXT SET: Animal Farm & Four Freedoms - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #18Prompt Type: Standard = ELA Standard ReasonsThematic Topic: Conformity and Social PressureWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.W.1 Argument AnalysisScaffolding Level: PartnerCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 42 LinksList of 7 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literatur
Grades:
9th - 10th
TEXT SET: Animal Farm & "The Nose" - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #17Prompt Type: Standard = ELA Standard ReasonsThematic Topic: Fear and ParanoiaWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.W.3 Narrative AnalysisScaffolding Level: GroupCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 39 LinksList of 4 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature for the Them
Grades:
9th - 10th
Unit: Celtic Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Celtic Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 6Steps: 12Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 27
Grades:
7th - 12th
Unit: Italian Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Italian Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 10Original Products: 5Links to Resources: 13 Rubrics: 5
Grades:
7th - 12th
I am Malala Young Readers Daily Digital Journal
Each entry will encompass two chapters at a time. Students will have an activity for the Prologue and Epilogue. Students will complete various tasks including creative writing opportunities, one where they are creating a poem based on the selected chapters. This is a fun, interactive journal, students will not do the same thing every day, but strong analytical activities occasionally repeat based upon the chapter. Every other day, students have a creative entry vice the normal analysis of the ch
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â "I Am Malala" Lamb and McCormick Unit Bundle
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