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12th grade Easter close reading cultural activities
Native American Literature Unit: Poems, Myths, Non-fiction in Digital & Print
Looking to add some fresh activities for Native American literature to your classes' studies? You have come to the right place! Your students will love these beautifully designed slides that will not only capture their attention but also provide them with interesting Native American reading selections and engaging activities that require analyzing, creating, thinking, writing, and reflecting. Printable version included!This Native American Literature Digital Unit includes► 2 poems► 2 myths► a no
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7th - 12th
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Semana Santa y Pascua Lectura - Holy Week and Easter Spanish Reading
This reading has two paragraphs. The first one is written from the first-person perspective of a teenage girl living in Sevilla, Spain during Holy Week and discusses how she and her family are celebrating. The second paragraph discusses the various holidays around this period including Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter Sunday etc.The reading includes a glossary of specialized Easter vocabulary and 6 reading comprehension questions in Spanish. Level: Spanish 1/2 (Present tense with harder vocabulary)V
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Fairy Tale Analysis Unit High School - Cinderella Around the World Folktale Unit
Looking for a multicultural folk literature unit for your high school or advanced middle school students? Throughout this relevant and engaging fairy tale unit, students have an opportunity to study multiple Cinderella fairy tales from a historical perspective. Grimm's Cinderella is used as the anchor short story for in-class work and discussions. Then, students will have the opportunity to explore many other cultural versions of Cinderella by completing an independent research project. By the e
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8th - 12th
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Mardi Gras digital escape game
Make learning about Mardi Gras interesting with this no-prep Mardi Gras digital escape game. The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks. Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game. Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work! Students can play individually or in teams. Mardi Gras is here! You
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: French Digital Escape rooms - French bundle #2
Easter / La Semana Santa in Spain and Mexico: Reading & Activities
This is a reading activity for Spanish class about La Semana Santa / Las Pascuas in Spain and Mexico. It is also a good emergency substitute activity to keep handy in your sub folder. It can be used any time in April. It includes three articles related to Holy Week and Easter traditions in those two countries. Comprehension questions follow each article. Also included is a crossword puzzle featuring some of the terms from the articles.
The articles are in English, so this can easily be used at
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7th - 12th
ESL Lesson Plans | ESL Back to School Reading Lesson | ESL Activities
Are you looking for an engaging ESL lesson? This ESL lesson includes vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening activities for ESL students. Also included in this ESL lesson is a Digital Version! This ESL lesson is perfect for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students. In this ESL lesson students will have access to speaking and vocabulary activities. Also, ESL students will access the four domains of language. What’s Included:Digital Version of Lesson3 Levels of Differentiated Text Au
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3rd - 12th
4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form
This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste
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6th - 12th
Slideshow | Easter in Spanish-Speaking Countries | La Semana Santa Las Pascuas
ENGLISH VERSION - From dancing skeletons to colorful carpet-adorned streets, Easter brings a wealth of different traditions throughout the Spanish-speaking world. With this slideshow*, your students will learn more about how the Holy Week is celebrated by Spanish-speakers in 15 different countries. This slideshow in English has 16 slides with pictures and maps to teach not only culture but also some geography! It also comes with questions to share thoughts and ideas as a class.Overview:Easter in
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparison
This side-by-side chart is great for comparing Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story. Viewing West Side Story allows students to understand the themes of Shakespeare's play with a more understandable interpretation.
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7th - 12th
Semana Santa y Pascua (Holy Week & Easter) Internet Search Activity
Want a quick and easy way to teach your students about Holy Week and Easter traditions in Spanish-speaking countries? Try this fun and engaging Internet activity. With your download, you will receive a student activity sheet called “Busca en el Internet: Semana Santa y Pascua” ("Internet Search: Holy Week and Easter"), an answer key, a description of different ways I have used this activity in my classroom, and links for four YouTube videos to show in class to allow students to “see” what they
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8th - 12th
ESL Lesson Plans: ESL Black History Month: ESL Distance Learning
Are you looking for an engaging ESL lesson? This ESL lesson includes vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening activities for ESL students. Also included in this ESL lesson is a Digital Version! This ESL lesson is perfect for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students. In this ESL lesson students will have access to speaking and vocabulary activities. Also, ESL students will access the four domains of language. Join the Close Read of the Month Club today! Every month you will have less
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4th - 12th
World Mythology
A complete three to four week unit on mythology from around the world. Includes Mythologies from 8 different cultures, worksheets, myth packets, creatures from different mythologies, a project, and a jigsaw activity.The myth unit covers creation myths in the 1. General Asian Mythology 2. Celtic Mythology 3. Egyptian Mythology 4. Greek/Roman Mythology 5. Islander Mythology 6. Native American Mythology and 7. Norse Mythology. In addition to Local Myths from my area. You will need to do your own re
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Hero's Journey/Ender's Game/World Mythology Bundle
Dystopian Projects and Activities
This dystopian package includes the following 6 projects and activities to pair with a dystopian unit. I have also paired these activities with a Holocaust unit, and Social Justice unit.
1. Dystopia Introduction (Power Point) – This activity asks students to review a series of images, colors, words, and sounds, and give an emotional assessment of each. At the end, students are then asked to reflect on their emotional reactions and explain what a world might look like where these items, emotion
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9th - 12th
Martin Luther King, Jr. Paired Text Lesson, Printable/Digital
With this no prep activity for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, you'll be set to share important messages for Black History Month as well as meet several standards while engaging your high school students creatively. The resource includes everything you need to be successful while covering Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essay "The Purpose of Education." Student Experience: This lesson takes King's "The Purpose of Education" and pairs it with a song from popular culture, Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Easter in Guatemala - Las Alfombras Authentic Reading Activity
Easter in other countries is not always how we think of it in the United States. Other countries celebrate in many different ways!
• Target Audience – Spanish I high school, 9th-12th grades
• Students Language Level – Students should be at a Novice Low/Mid level
• The authentic text about the Alfombras of Guatemala is from a blog online. A copy of the text is included, and no changes were made; students will see the text in its authentic form. I recommend printing a class set of the authentic
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9th - 12th
Native American Literature Activities
Includes: A. Close Reading Activity comparing Iroquois’ Creation Myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and Onondaga’s Creation Myth “The Earth on the Turtles Back” with Blooms-leveled questions. B. Modern-Day, Real-World Creation Myth Examples (clips) and analysis questions. C. Perspective Sponge Activity with discussion questionsD. Two-Version Creation Myth Writing Assignment with two Common Core Rubrics (Constructed Response and Extended Response) Link for the video (Jessie's Girl) is: https:
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11th - 12th
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Plato- Allegory of the Cave Common Core Lesson
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a great piece of literature to introduce students to Ancient Greek philosophy, and it has the added bonus of promoting education in a thought-provoking way.
This Common Core aligned activity includes a condensed version of "The Allegory of the Cave," which matches a memorable eight minute cartoon video that can be accessed on YouTube (web address provided in the worksheet). Additionally, there is a Common Core-styled activity sheet that provides a variety of s
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8th - 12th
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La Semana Santa / Las Pascuas Easter Puzzle Pack
This pack includes a wordsearch and word unscramble puzzle with vocabulary related to La Semana Santa / Las Pascuas, or Easter and the Holy Week, for Spanish class. A key is included.
If you're looking for an informative packet with readings and activites about La Semana Santa, check out my Semana Santa sub plan. It includes readings with comprehension questions in English and a crossword puzzle. Perfect to keep in your emergency sub file!
La Semana Santa in Spain and Mexico Reading / Sub Plan
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Spanish Culture Vocabulary Puzzles
Washington Irving: "The Devil and Tom Walker" Assessment with Answer Key
From Electric English...
This is a three-part assessment. The first is simply true and false questions; the second is multiple choice; while, as a rule, I try to avoid this type of simplified question and answer, it is still good to give the students practice.... After all, they will see these types of questions on standardized tests. The third section asks students to make inferences from their reading, from Irving's life experiences, and from their class discussions, then to apply that knowled
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Dear Basketball Poem Questions (Poem Included) by Kobe Bryant
The sudden loss of Kobe Bryant has sent shock-waves throughout our children. I wanted to cover him in class for those that loved him. After looking and looking for a good set of questions and not finding any to suit my needs, I took his "Dear Basketball" poem and created 15 common core style questions to encourage analytical skills, knowledge of the structural elements of poetry, and comprehension. Even though you can find copies of the poem online, I included it as a convenience. You are pa
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4th - 12th
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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Slideshow | La Semana Santa | Las Pascuas en los países hispanohablantes
SPANISH VERSION - From dancing skeletons to colorful carpet-adorned streets, Easter brings a wealth of different traditions throughout the Spanish-speaking world. With this slideshow*, your students will learn more about how the Holy Week is celebrated by Spanish-speakers in 15 different countries. This slideshow in Spanish has 16 slides with pictures and maps to teach not only culture but also geography! It also comes with questions to share thoughts and ideas as a class.Overview:Introducción:
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: BUNDLE READING COMPREHENSION: Cultural Lessons & Activities in SPANISH
Easy Easter Sewing Project - Pyramid Chickens - Juggling, Doorstops or Decor
These Bean Bag Chickens are a great beginner’s sewing project. They are based on a simple pyramid shape, which are a lot easier to sew than it looks. Children need to only sew two straight lines, plus the chickens eyes.Introduce the children to French Knots if intermiate sewers or replace with small pieces of felt, buttons or even glue on googly eyes if beginners.You can either hand sew or machine sew this project!4 Page Printables include* Lesson Plan overview* Worksheet for sewing a pyramid ch
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: 5 Easter STEAM Bundle - simple STEAM inspired crafts for Easter
Motorcycles and Sweetgrass - Novel Study and Text Analysis
This unit can be taught in tandem with the text Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, written by Drew Hayden Taylor in 2011.I have used this resource alongside the text for my grade 11 university and college level First Nations English classes. It was taught over about 10 weeks.Included:Pre-reading work, to provide some background, context and social/historical significance to the story prior to reading. This includes looking at the epigraph of the text both before and after completion. Basic comprehens
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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