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Common Core W.9-10.1 cultural activities under $5
Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Columbus Day | Indigenous Peoples Day | Reading Passage Comprehension Questions
Discover the truth about Christopher Columbus, with this close reading passage and comprehension question resource. Students record their schema about Christopher Columbus prior to reading. After reading about the life, rule, and treatment of Indigenous people under Columbus, students answer questions and have an opportunity to reflect on the passage--Did anything they read challenge what they previously knew about Columbus?This resource includes:Annotate the Text Strategies PageSchema Recordin
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8th - 10th
"Body Ritual of the Nacirema": Learning about Cultures and Making Inferences
“Body Ritual among the Nacirema” is a satirical scholarly article written by Horace Miner and published in a 1956 issue of American Archaeologist. In the article, Miner describes the odd habits of the Nacirema culture, specifically their body rituals. While many professionals (and students) who read this were/are fooled into thinking this is a real culture Miner had discovered, close reading and inferences reveal the Nacirema are actually Americans (Nacirema spelled backwards) and he’s descri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Civics Initiative: Flint Water Crisis Writing Performance Task
This performance tasks puts students in the shoes of the Michigan Governor's top advisor. They are working to ensure that he puts Flint at the top of his priority list in the upcoming election. In this document you will have news articles about Flint, a hook including a letter from President Obama, supplementary YouTube videos, a graphic organizer and more!
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4th - 12th
Black History Month Writing Prompts
Celebrate Black History Month with your students with this set of writing prompts. There is a different writing prompt for each day of the month.If you like this you may like my American Flag Booklet:American Flag BookletOr my Abe Lincoln Biography:Abe Lincoln BiographyOr my other writing Prompts:November Writing PromptsSeptember Writing Prompts
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Short story unit- "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
This slide deck includes a detailed lesson and activities for the short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid. I provide an activate your brain activity (warm up) activity, discussion questions to introduce students to some of the topic discussed in the reading, annotation guide for reading the short story and an end of lesson writing prompt. Ways to use this resource-Sub plans- Part of a short story unit- Test strategieand many more other ways!
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Washington DC Field Trip Journal Notebook Differentiated
This Washington D.C. Notebook is perfect for children and students of all ages who would like to document, scrapbook, draw, write and create memories of their field trip or vacation. Writing is perfect for synthesizing the learning which takes place through field trips and hands on learning experiences. By having peers edit each other's entries you can integrate language arts, grammar and mechanics. Writing based on educational museums and experiences with and without prompted essay topics furth
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K - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Immigration - Writing Prompts (Mexico)
23 printable or digital pages of writing prompts on immigration: Building a wall at the border, The purpose of border barriers, Why people migrate to the US, The dangers of crossing the border illegally (river, desert, bridge, etc), Rules about borders, How to enter the US legally, Deporting undocumented immigrants, National Guard soldier duties, US Customs and Border Protection agents duties, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents duties, Being kind (Emma Lazarus poem), Breaking the law, Me
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7th - 12th
Three Crucible Creative Writing Assignments
These three writing assignments all stem from a study of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and involve different skills. You may want to offer your students one of the three, and work on the necessary skills and techniques (e.g., memoir-writing for the first option, or research skills for the third) relevant to it, or offer the class a choice of the three.
In the first option, the “Stand Up” composition, I stress that the situation the student writes about may have been actually serious or just s
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10th - 12th
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WEBQUEST: Cultural Sensitivity [CCSS.ELA.W.1] (EDITABLE)
An interactive Google Doc/Hyperdoc with 12 links and 12 questions to help students understand cultural sensitivity around the concepts of appropriation, stereotyping, and representation. I use this to discuss the new live-action Aladdin movie and then in a separate assignment, how this new information might be applied to Halloween costumes.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit: Arabian Stories - Mythology & Folklore ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Debate Activity: Self Guided (Focuses on Racism Topic)
I made this product in lieu of one of my other products since we are have been doing distance learning for the last 8 months. These slides provide students the opportunity to reflect and provide responses on the topic of racism. Questions that are presented are things such as: Why is racism/discrimination so dangerous? Which is the most effective form of protest: Violent/Peaceful Protest? How have you seen racism within your community? What can be done to eliminate racism? * Introductory video i
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6th - 11th
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Chapter 1
The following lesson provides several activities that can be aligned with reading Chapter 1 of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Lessons range from Vocabulary, Short Answer Response, to Grammar.
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7th - 10th
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"Undefeated" 2011 Documentary Questions and Essay Assignment
This assignment goes with the Academy Award winning documentary "Undefeated," which you can view on Netflix. The documentary follows a high school football team and tells the in depth stories of students on this team and the various struggles they face in their lives. This assignment contains comprehension questions that students can answer while viewing (they are written in chronological order, sorry no answer key) as well as a writing prompt that I use in my classroom as a timed essay. This wo
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8th - 12th
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child Extension Activity
After reading the United Nations' “Declaration of the Rights of the Child”, you will have students create an amendment to the declaration: something they think has been left off of the list of rights. They must choose a right to something (Internet, no dress code, free food at school, a cell phone, etc.…) and then support their argument with ethos, pathos, and logos.
This extension includes directions for the activity and discussion question stems. Students will write, collaborate, and speak in
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8th - 11th
Bless Me, Ultima - Extended Response Prompts, Magical Realism, Close Reading
Extended response quizzes with arubric for Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. Prompts ask students to reflect upon elements of culture and concepts of magical realism using textual evidence.
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9th - 12th
Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery" Outside Essay
From Electric English...
This is an at home assignment designed as an assessment for the short story "The Lottery". It requires the students to write a short essay about the story taking into account our reading, our class discussion, and the supplemental material covered in class. The students should quote from the text to substaniate their opinions and brief examples of how to do so are included with the instructions. The essay prompt asks the students to hypothesize about how the lottery may
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10th - 11th
Discrimination Writing Prompts
20 writing prompts to explore discrimination based on race, gender, age, and mobility. Students respond to questions like: Why do teachers expect every student to do the same thing on the same page at the same time? How do you decide what to do each day? Do people treat you badly because you are a child? Is it okay for a business to pay a man more money that it pays a woman who is doing the same job? How do businesses discriminate against people in wheelchairs? and more...20 writing promp
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7th - 12th
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WEBQUEST: Cultural Sensitivity [CCSS.ELA.W.1] (EDITABLE)
An interactive Google Slides/Hyperdoc11 slides5 links10 questionsA Webquest to help students see, understand, research, and propose a solution to the story of "Sleeping Beauty" in today's culture.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit: Italian Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Analyzing What People Say - Politicians
18 printable or digital pages to analyze the words of domestic and foreign politicians: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, Enrique Peña Nieto (Mexico), Justin Trudeau (Canada), Angela Merkel (Germany), Emmanuel Macron (France), Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Xi Jinping (China). Ronald Reagan, John F Kennedy. Students read three different quotes from each politician and then evaluate
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6th - 12th
Freedom and Justice: Four Weeks of Digital Daily Discussions
Four whole weeks of activities, conveniently all on one Google Slideshow. Download our pdf instructions and handouts for when you are back in the classroom. Click the link to the daily discussion activity. Use to start class as a daily discussion. Student can complete day by day or all at once. They must be prepared to discuss the questions each day in class. They turn in to Google Classroom weekly for a grade. Students can type into the digital graphic organizer OR directly into the slides each
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: "I Am Malala" Lamb and McCormick Unit Bundle
“Hispanic Culture Influences Literature”: Isabel Allende - Interview Activity
Students will watch an interview with Isabel Allende and answer guided viewing questions. I've used this activity in conjunction with reading her short story "Two Words."
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Isabel Allende - "Two Words" - Magical Realism Mini-Unit
Purple Hibiscus, Pre Reading, Danger of a Single Story
This is a pre-reading activity for Purple Hibiscus. This sheet should be used with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story" (which can be found online). There are reflection questions for students to complete before/after the TED Talk and a personal connection quick write.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Purple Hibiscus Pre-Reading BUNDLE
Shirley Jackson: "The Lottery" Outside Essay Rubric
From Electric English...
This is the rubric for an out of class assignment designed as an assessment for the short story "The Lottery". It requires the students to write a short essay about the story taking into account our reading, our class discussion, and the supplemental material covered in class. The students should quote from the text to substaniate their opinions and brief examples of how to do so are included with the instructions. The essay prompt asks the students to hypothesize about
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10th - 11th
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Outside Essay
From Electric English...
This is an at home assignment designed as an assessment for the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper". It requires the students to write a short essay about the story taking into account our reading, our class discussion, and the supplemental material covered in class. The students should quote from the text to substaniate their opinions and brief examples of how to do so are included with the instructions. The essay prompt asks the students to hypothesize about gender role
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Grades:
10th - 11th
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