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Free close reading Common Core RI.11-12.1 resources
Rhetorical Analysis SOAPStone Organizer and Rhetorical Device Chart Freebie
Help your students rhetorically analyze any text with this SOAPStone organizer and rhetorical device student handout! This organizer helps ease students into rhetorical analysis, and once students understand how to complete the chart, it works great as a last-minute lesson plan idea for a sub that your students can use with any speech.Looking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishHelpful Tools and Res
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Bundle for Secondary ELA
Making Inferences with Fiction and Non-Fiction Passages : Fireflies
Making inferences is probably the most important reading skill teachers can teach and reteach. Teaching students to take what is stated in the text – either explicitly or implicitly – and marry that to their schema – ALL of their prior knowledge – and come up with a reasoned and reasonable inference allows students to understand texts at new depths and make comprehension of the text and extension of its ideas easier each time they practice the skill.
This print-and-use resource, on the topic o
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Inference Bundle | Google™️ Digital and Print
Free Scaffolded Reading & Research Notes: Help Students Independently Annotate!
One of my year-long goals is for my students to reach a place where they can independently take and make meaningful notes and annotations while they read. Personally, I prefer to write in my books, but in the classroom, that's not always possible. With this in mind, I put together these 5 Square Notes sheets (kind of like graphic organizers) that walk students through annotation and/or note taking. Each sheet is set up in the 1-2-3-2-1 style, which is a pattern that's easy for students to rememb
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8th - 12th
Star Spangled Banner & Francis Scott Key Close Read Leveled Passages Print-n-Go!
ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SAME CONTENT, VOCAB, AND QUESTIONS!NILLY DILLY'S STORY CLUB SPECIALIZES IN LEVELED PASSAGES ALL-ON-ONE SHEET—BUY INDIVIDUAL PASSAGES CLICK FOR FREEBIE PASSAGES!You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here."Francis Scott Key & The Star Spangled Banner" CLICK TO SEE AUGUST 7 PASSAGESINFORMATIONAL TEXT 5 LEVEL
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Not Grade Specific
Free Argument (Rhetorical) Analysis Voting Rights Speech and Graphic Organizer
Use this free rhetorical analysis graphic organizer to help students read and analyze the argument presented in Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech, “Voting Rights Act of 1965" (also called "We Shall Overcome"). The web guides students through analysis of rhetorical features including diction, rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), structure, author’s craft and purpose, tone, and central ideas. This scaffolded approach to argument analysis provides an alternative to the widely-used SOAPStone strateg
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
TED TALK WORKSHEET Secondary English Worksheet ELA Freebie
Improve student comprehension and interaction with this great TED TALK WORKSHEET! Have students fill out sections on the speaker's identity, oral presentation techniques and message, as well as making personal connections! There are so many great TED TALKS out there to help your students make sense of life and learning. Use this TED TALK Observation Worksheet to help them extract the main ideas and come away with actionable life lessons!Perfect for Years 8-12 Secondary English students.An engagi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: THE STORY OF TOM BRENNAN Novel Unit Posters Essay BUNDLE
Current Event Activity #1 - Analyzing News!
Do you notice your students struggling with informational text? Do they seem to have no idea what is happening in the world? Current Events to the rescue! I saw scores on the NWEA MAP test increase and met my informational text classroom goal! Use this activity with any news article and see comprehension and understanding increase while engaging students! Use as a whole class, small group, individual, or early finisher assignment. What is included?PDF Version of the Activity Google Doc version t
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Current Events Activity Bundle - Analyzing the News!
Free Rhetorical Analysis Lesson with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speech
Make real-world connections with this free argument analysis activity using a speech from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The rhetorical analysis graphic organizer guides students through analysis of rhetorical features including diction (word choice), rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), structure, author’s craft and purpose, tone, and central ideas (themes). This scaffolded approach to argument analysis provides an alternative to the widely-used SOAPStone strategy.Tim
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
Techumseh's Speech to the Osage | Native American Literature & History Lesson
Enrich your students' knowledge of Native history with this fascinating primary source.. In this speech Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee tribe, works to unite other tribes to fight against the encroachment of their lands. The powerful speech outlines many of the tragedies and dilemmas of the Native people. When your students complete this lesson on a powerful speech they will:—understand more about the history of Native people—strengthen their close reading and analysis skills—understand bul
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9th - 12th
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Annotations for Close Reading: Desk Card
**** Please click the Ratings and Feedback tab after you download this freebie so you can rate it and leave a comment. Also, follow me here on TpT to be notified when I add new freebies! Thanks! *******Elevate your students' annotation skills with these indispensable annotation cards! Designed as handy reminders, these cards offer clear guidance on the appropriate marks to use when annotating text, ensuring students maintain focus and accuracy throughout their reading journey. Seamlessly integra
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Civil Rights Speech (PARCC Questions)
This speech is titled "We Shall Overcome" by Lyndon B. Johnson. The speech includes PARCC Aligned/ CCCS Aligned Questions with an answer key.
This is recommended for high school students.
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Teaching "The American Dream" using "I Too Sing America" by Langston Hughes and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman - PARCC Aligned
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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AP Lang SOAPSTone Chart
This graphic organizer can be used to help students break down the rhetorical situation of any text while supporting their inferences with textual evidence. It can be used as a digital resource or printed as a handout.This item is also included in my "Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis Full Unit."
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8th - 12th
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Common Core Central Idea & News Literacy Worksheet
Extra! Extra! Help your student learn all about it and explore central idea while becoming more news literate. Use this worksheet to reinforce Common Core Standard RI.2 which has students look at news headlines and evaluate their accuracy.
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5th - 12th
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"A Modest Proposal" sample annotated close reading
Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" can be a tough read for students. This copy with annotations and questions can help guide students through the essay or the teacher can use this as a teaching focus.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Satire Unit
Notice & Note Nonfiction Bookmark (color & black and white)
This bookmark was created from the signposts in the book "Reading Nonfiction Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies" by Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst. The file is a PDF format so it's easy to print out. There are 8 color bookmarks on one sheet and 8 black and white bookmarks on one sheet so you can save paper when printing!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ELA Main Idea Key Details & Evidence Anchor Charts
These anchor charts provide a scaffold to support students in their understanding of Main Idea, Key Details, and Evidence. As these three concepts are often pain points for students, these scaffolds will provide students with thinking steps to consider as they evaluate their own thinking. Teachers can use these to provide targeted feedback to student responses.
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5th - 12th
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Man in the Arena - Speech Analysis
Perhaps Theodore Roosevelt's best known speech, "Citizenship In A Republic" (better known as "Man in the Arena") was delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910. This worksheet includes a copy of his speech but is interlaced with comprehension questions that help enable the student to deepen their understanding of the material. This is an excellent resource for anybody studying speech writing, Theodore Roosevelt, nationalism, or the pre-WWI world.
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9th - 12th
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"Nature" Stylistic Analysis - Ralph Waldo Emerson
UPDATE: Feb 2020 - After seeing there have been some download issues, I made the resource free. So sorry for people that have paid previously. It appears that there are some issues download to Windows that I have to troubleshoot.-------Do you LOVE Transcendentalism? Are you a sucker for nature writing? Do you want your students to analyze interesting nonfiction?Then this is the resource for you!This purchase includes Chapter 1 of Emerson's famous essay, "Nature," along with line numbers for easy
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9th - 12th
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Analyzing the Argument
Sometimes before a student can produce, they need to study the professionals. This is a quick template that asks students to analyze another author's argument. It is perfect for preliminary work for research or for argument writing. It can be used with just about any non-fiction piece, but is especially useful for argument essays/articles.I use this in English 11 in preparation for the New York State Regents Exam argument task.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: New York State English Regents Bundle
Informational Text Article Analysis
Reading informational texts and extracting key information are important skills for middle and high school students. Using this handout, students can now identify key pieces of information from a reading and make notations for future use. Consider using this as a way for students to gather ideas for a follow-up writing assignment or discussion.
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5th - 12th
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My Answer/Text Evidence chart
This chart can be used to guide students in answering questions with text evidence support. An additional chart is included in the document encouraging students to further support their evidence by explaining how the evidence supports their response. The charts are meant to be copied and pasted as many times as needed for the assignment.
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3rd - 12th
Rubric for Annotating
This freebie is a great resource for helping your students remember to follow the steps of annotating text. When my students are first getting used to this process, they find it helpful to have their own mini-checklist to use.
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3rd - 12th
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SCAN Method: How to Read a Non-Fiction Text
This resource is a great way for students to read a non-fiction text with purpose. The method helps focus their attention using Search, Chunk, Annotate, and Note concepts on non-fiction structure and content, while building transferable skills to other texts in your classroom.
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6th - 12th
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Class Discussion Prep Sheet
Tired of students playing "find the answer" when you assign readings from the text. If so, then this prep sheet is for you. After years of painstaking trial & error I have created this sheet. A space for the chapter & section titles as well as guiding questions keeps students focused. The format of this prep sheet encourages students to reading carefully throughout the assignment. This sheet can then easily be used for any type of an in-depth discussion. I use this sheet as a way
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8th - 12th
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