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Balanced literacy dbqs $5-10
Vehicular Vengeance! - Crime / Mystery Synthesis
This student centered assignment draws upon many of the skills and standards required in an English or language arts course. Students must close-read texts, make annotations, synthesize, present arguments, and use effective listening and speaking skills in a group setting. The set-up is straightforward. Students are placed in groups (typically 4-5 students per). Each group is given the included packet of clues that must be scrutinized in order to present a solution. The clues reveal little on t
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Performance Task: Life in a Dystopia
In this Performance Task, students are asked to read 4 sources, two fiction and two nonfiction, on the topic of dystopias. Students must complete 3 research questions related to the sources, citing textual evidence.Students then complete a writing task based on what they learned from the four sources they read.Could be used as SBAC prep, a 3-4 day lesson on close reading and writing, or an assessment
Grades:
6th - 10th
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DBQ: The Pledge (Argument & Sources)
This is a resource I created during my first year as an AP Language and Composition teacher. Very similar to the DBQ (Document Based Questions) that students write in History class, this type of assignment is crucial to promoting close reading, text-supported arguments, and visual text.
This activity is designed to:
1) Help students become familiar with the wording of the exam and exam directions
2) Have students take a position on a controversial issue
3) Read visuals as text
4) Practice in-te
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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The Code Switch
It's not always what you say, but how you say it! "The Code Switch" a realistic fiction about a tender naive friendship that's challenged when two girls become valedictorian candidates. One young girl speaks colloquial English, the other articulates Standard English. The competition causes their special bond to weaken. Will their friendship withstand disagreements and differences? Who will win? Who should win? They ultimately realize the true meaning of two very important facets of life, friend
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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