12th grade english language arts cultural activities for Easel

1st Day of School Survey for High Schoolers

Created by

This two-sided survey asks some very specific questions that will give you great background information about your new students:- Name/Nickname/Class Period - Home Technology Access- After-School Job Schedules- Highlights of Summer Vacation- # of Books in the Home- Special Areas of Expertise- Positive Attributes / Self-Perception- Favorite Teacher Ever- Total # of Schools Attended- Career Plans- Interests/Hobbies/Passions- # of Pets- # of Siblings/Cousins/Nieces/Nephews in the Home- Sports and C

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subjects

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

Black History Month - African-American Scientists

Created by

The Gifted Writer

This packet has 20 investigations of African-American scientists. Students search online for information about each scientist: when and where they were born, important events in their life, discoveries they are famous for, etc.:Neil deGrasse Tyson, George Washington Carver, Mae Jemison, Percy Lavon Julian, Ernest Everett Just, Marie Maynard Daly, Katherine Johnson, Edward Bouchet, Alice Ball, Roger Arliner Young, Lloyd Hall, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., Ronald McNair, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew

Subjects:

Black History Month, Science, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE - High School

Thanksgiving Activities Nonfiction Lesson on Hot Topics: Black Friday

Created by

Julie Faulkner

This informational text lesson for Thanksgiving is ready-to-go to engage your high school students this November. With leveled texts, standards-based questions, creative activity, and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate! Student Experience: The encroachment of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Thursday has been a trend years in the making. This mini unit is designed to get students not only thinking and questioning this topic, but also analyzi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Thanksgiving

Grades:

9th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.W.1

Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE

Spanish-Speaking Countries (Cultural Facts) Interactive Notebook Activity

Created by

Spanish Made Easy

This is a 3 page interactive notebook activity over the 21 countries of the Spanish-speaking world. Students will color, cut, and paste the flags of the 21 Spanish-speaking countries to their notebooks. Next, students will flip up each flag and write one or two cultural facts about each country. Cultural facts may include information about the countries holidays, celebrations, traditions, beliefs, sports, music, and food. Instructions are given on the first page. This activity was designed to b

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Spanish, World Language

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Vocabulary Bundle

Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth Rhetorical Device Annotation Activity

Created by

Creativity and Assessment in ELA

Whether you are using this speech to analyze rhetoric, tone, or diction, this annotating and highlighting activity will engage all learners. Print and digital options with optional rhetorical precis included. I recommend using paper and highlighters the "old-fashioned" way because it is far more kinesthetic, but the Google Slides file also allows for digital/paperless learning.This activity requires 5 different color highlighters. I recommend (1) blue (2) green (3) yellow (4) orange (5) pink to

Subjects:

Black History Month, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: American Literature Annotation Lessons BUNDLE from Rationalism to Postmodernism

MUSICAL COMPOSER RESEARCH PROJECT OUTLINE / QUESTIONNAIRE DISTANCE LEARNING

Created by

The Music Teacher Store

YOUR STUDENTS WILL ENJOY RESEARCHING IMPORTANT MUSICAL COMPOSERS! THIS RESEARCH TOOL PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR STUDENTS AS THEY INVESTIGATE THE FASCINATING LIVES OF MAJOR MUSICAL COMPOSERS.RELATED PRODUCTSCOMPARING COMPOSERS VENN DIAGRAMMUSICAL TIME PERIODS CHARTGet credit for future purchases:Please go to your "My Purchases" page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a "Provide Feedback" button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick ra

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Music

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Research, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Musical Composers Activity Super Bundle

Broadway Musical Unit Study Guide For Rent HIV AIDS Struggle Poverty La Boehme

Created by

Dramamommaspeaks

Part of a Bundle Rent, winner of the 1996 Pulitzer prize in Letters, Drama & Music demonstrates the consequences of the HIV/Aids epidemic of the 1990's. However, this lesson and study guide focuses on its origin, playwright & composer, songs, history of the Broadway musical and a mini-lesson the Tony Awards. This lesson suitable for an arts integration in an AP language arts or Honors social studies or drama class. Note: This lesson is most appropriate for senior high school. The le

Subjects:

Drama, Other (ELA), Vocal Music

Grades:

10th - 12th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Musical Theater Units and Study Guide | Tony Awards and Broadway Musicals

Spanish Culture Postcards from Spain Set 1 - Spanish City, Weather, Clothing

Created by

Sue Summers

This set includes 4 postcards written by Maria about 4 of Spain's great, historic cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo, and Sevilla. Students learn about Spanish culture while they translate them from Spanish to English. They'll discover the treasures of these cities, such as the Prado, El Retiro Park, La Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Parque de Maria Luisa, Spain's great artists such as Velazquez, Picasso, El Greco, Gaudi, Miro, Goya, Madrid's Plaza Mayor, and much more. The postcards include descr

Subjects:

Reading, Spanish, World Language

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish Culture Postcards from Spanish Cities Bundle - Spanish City

Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.

Created by

Textsforesl

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

Subjects:

Close Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.6

, RL.7.1

...

Also included in: 3 Month Pack - ESL Beginners + Intermediates! Readings, Activities, Vocab, Fun!

Día de los Muertos - SPANISH Day of the Dead reading, worksheets & crafts

Created by

Spanish Class

A fun way to teach your students all about el Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, in Spanish! This Día de los Muertos activity set is all in Spanish: readings, worksheets, activities. Worksheet instructions are provided in Spanish and English (separate pages). Perfect for a bilingual, dual-language, ESL, ESOL, EFL, ELD or ELL classroom!This 32 page set includes the following:- The history behind Día de los Muertos (reading passage)includes a detailed 2-page reading for older students, and

Subjects:

Halloween, Informational Text, Spanish

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Legend of the Quetzal-Reading & Comprehension-SUB Plan

Created by

El Jaguar

This wonderful "Legend of the Quetzal" cultural unit is the perfect way to celebrate September the Hispanic Heritage month in your classroom. It is written in English as a Reading Comprehension Exercise. Students will be able to learn the legends behind the "Quetzal" the national bird of Guatemala and symbol of freedom and independence of the Guatemalan people. It is a very interesting legend of a Mayan myth and great in a Social Studies environment. Perfect around Mexican Independence D

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Reading, Spanish

Grades:

2nd - 12th, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific

Types:

Cultural Activities, Interactive Notebooks

Spanish Speaking Countries Holidays and Festivals Student Research Activity

Created by

Sue Summers

Students research several areas associated with holidays and festivals celebrated in Spanish speaking countries. The areas are date/s, food, events, music and dance, location, religious celebrations, countries that celebrate the holiday, and history of the holiday. Included:1. 15 different templates, each with a different holiday and the categories listed previously. This is a fun investigative activity for students that can be completed in Spanish or English. 2. One template without the n

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Holidays/Seasonal, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish Speaking Countries Bundle - Paises Españoles / Spanish Countries

Inventor Poster {{Black History Month Research Project}}

Created by

Refined Responsiveness

This Inventor Poster is a great way to engage your students in research for Black History Month. In print or digital form, your students will get to know an African American inventor.What is included:1. Inventor Poster (8x10) - Students will use the internet or other resources to answer guided questions to fill in each section and learn more about an African American inventor. Display them in your classroom or in the hallway. Students will be proud of their work!2. Digital Poster (Google Slides)

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, Science

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Research, Projects, Cultural Activities

High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions on Racism

Created by

Catch My Products

Find conversation starters about racism during Black History Month or year round with this high school reading comprehension passage and questions about racism. After all, feelings are raw and healing is needed. These nonfiction passages and questions shed light on several terms and issues related to Black lives matter. Each passage gives an account of the issues along with a brief mention of counter arguments that as we know, can be easily shot down. Questions and writing prompts will open disc

Subjects:

Black History Month, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

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Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle

Black History Month - African-American Athletes

Created by

The Gifted Writer

30 investigations of African-American athletes. Students search online for information about each athlete's age, gender, place of birth, college attended, sports they played, awards they won, championships they were a part of, etc.:Jackie Robinson, Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Jesse Owens, Muhammed Ali, Briana Scurry, Dominique Dawes, Althea Gibson, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Tiger Woods, Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis, Magic

Subjects:

Black History Month, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.5.7

, W.5.8

, W.6.7

, W.6.8

, W.7.7

...

Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE - High School

NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)

Created by

Engage in Learning - Charlotte Clemm

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 García Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Hispanic Heritage Month, Short Stories

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit

Mardi gras in French Cultural Reading Comprehension Printable & Google Forms™

Created by

French with the Hobbs

Cultural reading comprehension practice on Mardi gras en Louisiane in print or as a self-grading Google Form™ in comprehensible French! Mixing reading with the history, traditions, and culture of this world event can be great discussion starters and discovery of Mardi gras. Your intermediate and advanced French students will follow along with 5 conversations between a boy from Martinique a boy from New Orleans as they discuss exactly what Mardi gras in Louisiana entails in a clear and organized

Subjects:

en Français, French, Reading

Grades:

10th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: Intermediate & Advanced French Reading Comprehension BUNDLE 30 Passages & Qs

Washington D.C. virtual field trip ESL/EFL English

Created by

Nadiia Baturynska

Get your students excited! Let them use English in 'real' life, because you are going to travel. It is a virtual field trip for English ESL/EFL learners around Washington D.C. The information is adapted for Pre-Intermediate learners (and higher) so your students don't get frustrated. Although the information is adapted for ESL learners, the virtual trip can also be used for native speakers as well!You are going to visit Washington D.C. - the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian Air

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English, Social Studies - History

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Growing BUNDLE English ESL virtual field trips

ESL Restaurant Menu Scavenger Hunt Activity

Created by

The English Place

What's better than English practice and food? In this fun activity, students search through three different types of real menus in order to answer questions on their menu scavenger hunt. Students get to experience authentic English and discover common colloquialisms with restaurants (such as Impossible Meat, Unwich, and Shmear). This lesson gives students an opportunity to practice with real-world English in reading.Included in this activity, you will get:Teacher Notes with links to three differ

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ESL / ELL / EFL, Reading

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: ESL Restaurant Activities Bundle

Discussion Leader's Guide: "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Created by

Compass Rose

Guide copyright Betty J. White, 2023, a.k.a. Compass Rose, revised 2024 Includes: · 20 questions to use in discussions or to assign for written responses.· 20 possible answers to the questions to assist the leader as a guide or as an answer key.· An Easel Assessment, A Brief Analysis of "Braiding Sweetgrass", self-correcting.-Illustrated.Suggested for Grades 9 on up. Cultural and Environmental Studies.What makes sweetgrass a sacred medicine? According to Tribal Trade, “Sweetgrass is believed to

Subjects:

Environment, Native Americans, Reading

Grades:

10th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

Also included in: Discussion Guides: Braiding Sweetgrass, Starry Messenger & Scientific Thinking

Notice and Note Analysis: Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan

Created by

Reading the World

NO PREP. JUST PRINT!Read this "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan text set, which combines contemporary literature and Notice and Note strategies for older students. Students will have the opportunity to identify and analyze different Notice and Note Signposts from the texts including:Tough QuestionsWords of the WiserAha MomentThis set includes:Chunked text set complete with an annotation sidebarTeacher guide to identifying and analyzing the N&N signposts used for this textGraphic Organizer where stude

Subjects:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Satire: Mark Twain's "Advice to Youth" close reading w/ vocab EASEL & KEY

Created by

Kurtz Language Arts

This famous piece is a great example of satire with Mark Twain calling out the faults of society through his "advice." The questions each focus on one paragraph's use of satirical techniques like reversal or hyperbole. The first EASEL activity allows students to complete the worksheet on their computers or you can download and print the worksheets. The second EASEL is using context clues to determine the meaning of words that appear in the essay = self-grading.For more lessons and tools for tea

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: SATIRE UNIT- PowerPoint, lessons, videos, close readings, cartoons, test w/KEY

Race v Ethnicity Web Quest

Created by

Joni Jameson and The Teacher's Backpack

This webquest provides a short introduction to Race and Identity and a look at the Black Lives Matter Protest following the murder of George Floyd. The web quest is a pdf with premade text boxes. The web quest includes a link to a youtube video of "Wade in the Water."This activity would be appropriate in any ethnic studies course, social justice unit, AP Human Geography, or language arts. I am using this webquest to supplement the reading of Stamped by Jason Reynolds.

Subjects:

Black History Month, English Language Arts, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: 12 AP Human Geography WebQuests

Art History Lesson: Compare & Contrast Essay

Created by

Creativity in Motion

Art History: Compare & Contrast Essay: This two page document includes a step-by-step process including: reading, interpreting, analyzing, researching, writing, proofreading, and editing. Additionally, this document includes a rubric to assist in the prewriting and revising process. This wonderful assignment is designed for Writing classes and Art classes. Great for Sub Plans! This is one of my best sellers! For more WRITING & ART lessons, visit Creativity in Motion

Subjects:

Art History, Visual Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Research, Rubrics, Cultural Activities

CCSS: