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Seasonal 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
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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
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6th - 10th
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Honoring Multiple Perspectives: A Practice in Reflection and Empathy
Give your students a chance to practice empathy, consider scenarios from alternate perspectives, think critically, and reflect.This Social-Emotional Learning activity comes with 5 scenarios, each with 5 stakeholder's perspectives to consider either as a written activity or class discussion.Suggestions for Use:Assign roles to small groups of student for discussion. Allow each group to present their stakeholder's perspective.Assign roles to students as a writing prompt before whole class discussio
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5th - 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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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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4th - 7th
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48:48
The Missing Manatee Book Chapters 10-13 and Questions Read Aloud Video
Easy to upload for online learning. You can finish the year with this book.This is a powerpoint video mp4 where I read the book "The Missing Manatee" (Chapters 10-13) by Cynthia Defelice.It introduces the vocabulary to the chapters. It has the words and I have read each page of the book aloud. I hope you enjoy it. I will be adding a new video each week with more chapters until the book is done. Please purchase your own copy of this book before starting this. I purchased mine from Barnes and Nobl
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3rd - 8th
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