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Common Core W.9-10.1 cultural activity microsofts
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
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
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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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)
Social Experiment: Tell Me How You Really Feel
This project is a great supplement to the SpringBoard Level 5 Curriculum (2013 edition). It is similar to the "Brown Eye v. Blue Eye" experiment conducted in the 1970s. The objective of this project is to get students to understand that they and others have biases towards people based upon labels. By the end of the three weeks, the intended outcome is for students broaden their perspectives and have meaningful conversations about culture, identity, and acceptance. The project can be adapted in
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8th - 12th
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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
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
“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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10th - 11th
Analyzing sexism in tennis: close reading and rhetorical analysis
Activities include: Argument evaluation, image analysis, close reading, rhetorical analysis on the current topic of sexism in tennis.
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7th - 12th
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Outside Essay Rubric
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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10th - 11th
Editable MLK Day Critical Thinking Project
Editable MLK Day Critical Thinking Project
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this assignment will engage students and help with writing skills. This is one way for teachers to encourage their students to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through writing prompts.
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5th - 12th
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