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Black History Month vocabulary Common Core RI.9-10.5 resources
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Unit Bundle
You've got the book, now how do you present the content to get your students thinking before they read the book as well as give them some historical context and vocabulary terms? How do you foster their critical thinking skills while they are reading? Finally, how do you assess what they have learned?If these are your questions, then this Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Bundle is you.In this bundle, you get:Hidden Figures Reading GuideHidden Figures Movie GuideHidden Figures Presentation
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3rd - 12th
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth Rhetorical Device Annotation Activity
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
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9th - 12th
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Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) Treasure Hunt: Question Trail Activity
Ignite student enthusiasm in this fun movement-based activity and rediscover the triumphant trio of rhetorical appeals — ethos, pathos, and logos! Transform a mundane review into an exhilarating adventure, infusing fun and engagement into the learning process. How it works: Picture your students filling out their answer sheets as they embark on a quest, deciphering 18 intriguing question cards scattered around the classroom. Each answer they uncover brings them one step closer to unraveling the
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7th - 10th
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Amanda Gorman The Hill We Climb Poem Analysis — MLK I've Been to the Mountaintop
In this lesson, students will analyze Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop."On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman touched the American people when she delivered her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration. Let your students be a part of her powerful message. Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in US history. Students will also read an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I’ve
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Black History Month ELA Activities
Black History and Social Justice | TED Talks Lessons
Intriguing resources to engage your students in reading, listening, and writing activities. Your students will love pondering higher-level questions regarding civil justice - which will culminate in writing a court Motion (with authentic Rules of Court guidelines).Each lesson is accompanied by a link to an episode of TED Talks: “We Need to Talk About an Injustice” by Bryan Stevenson, “Color Blind or Color Brave” by Mellody Hobson, and “The Danger of Silence” by Clint Smith. These fascinating spe
Grades:
8th - 11th
MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figura
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader's theater script
Letter from a Birmingham Jail reader’s theater is a 2 page script for 8 readers that explains the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s arrest and subsequent letter, summarizes the content of the letter and provides a peek at subsequent landmark events that came as a result of the civil rights movement.Also included: a rubric, reader's theater version of MLK's I Have a Dream speech, and some Black History visual writing prompts/bulletin board items to promote critical thinking.Check out
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Black History Month bundle (in person and remote)
NC English 2 EOC Academic Voc/Standards Notes/Graphic Organizers/Practice
I developed these slides and guided notes to help break down what the academic standards students are tested on are asking students to be able to do.Ready to plug and play in your digital classroom. I post the slides and note sheet online for students that are absent, and present the slides in class. Students are provided with printed note-taking sheets when they are present on the day of the guided notes.Help your students become more critical readers as they prepare for the North Carolina Eng
Grades:
9th - 10th
MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
MLK Close Reading and Comprehension Quiz “I Have a Dream” Speech
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quiz. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and close reading quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike! A classroom activity for Martin Luther King Jr. day. An ELA activity and close reading lesson for MLK day. What's Included:■ 5-page reading pa
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5th - 12th
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My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
8th - 12th
Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr Analysis Activity Unit BUNDLE
This growing analysis activities unit will help students analyze the rhetoric of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. The analysis activities included in this Letter from Birmingham Jail bundle include Think Alouds, anticipation guides, guided questions, quotes analyses, and answer keys. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 11, this in-depth Martin Luther King Jr unit is bound to give your students ample opportunity to explore every aspect of this well-known and important te
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8th - 11th
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MLK Multiple Choice Quizzes Close Reading & Literary Devices "I Have a Dream"
This BUNDLE includes:■ Two multiple choice quizzes pdf and Google Form■ Two answer keys■ Reading passagePRINTABLE or DIGITAL reading passage and quizzes. MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, and literary devices quiz. The pages can be used for classwork, homework, flipped learning, blended learning, distance learning, Google classroom, and extension activities. Great for 6th-8th grades, and 9-12 grades. Perfect for middle school students and high school students alike!A classroom activity for Martin L
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5th - 12th
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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin - Novel Studies Reading Bundle
This bundle includes everything you need to get you started when teaching The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. With over 130 pages of vocabulary and reading activities, the hard work is done for you when reading this classic novel with your class. This download includes close-reading worksheets for every chapter of the novel, as well as reading quizzes for every two chapters. Close-reading worksheets include questions regarding character analysis, figurative language, and close-ended questi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman Speech Analysis Mini Unit - Digital & Print
This Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman Speech Analysis Mini Unit is a must have to teach rhetoric for Black History Month and Women's History Month. Students will analyze Sojourner Truth's famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech with this set of digital and print activities focusing on ethos, pathos, logos, allusion, and juxtaposition. Students will use guided annotation, show their critical thinking skills with a one pager, and close read the speech using graphic organizers. What's included in this Ain'
Grades:
8th - 11th
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
No Prep Editable Novel Guide for Stamped with Activities & Full Answer Key
This editable packet is full of study guide questions and vocabulary words for each chapter, activities, and writing prompts for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. It is a truly revolutionary "non-history" book that explains the history of over 600 years of racism. It is a must-read for high school students. Included:- Study Guide Questions- Vocabulary Words by Chapter- Meet the Authors Activity- Anticipation Guide- Five Written Responses- Vocabulary Activ
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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THE OTHER WES MOORE Puzzles
As a major part of any English Language Arts class, THE OTHER WES MOORE shines. 5 Content-Related PUZZLES to culminate your students' hard work on this unit. A Word Search, Crosswords, Letter Tiles, Matching, and Double Puzzle Puzzles with Answer Keys will make your classroom GREAT! These puzzles allow students to do a deep dive into this canonical piece for further comprehension. Check it out!You may also appreciate:THE PIANO LESSON [SHORT RESPONSE QUIZZES]OTHELLO [SHORT RESPONSE QUIZZES]OTHELL
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: THE OTHER WES MOORE [BUNDLE]
Black History Month Project with Rubric: Harlem Renaissance Research Project
Kick-off February 2024 with these Black History Month Activities/ Black History Poster Project intended for middle and high school English classrooms. Students complete a series of activities where they learn about one of the most iconic cultural periods in African American History: The Harlem Renaissance. First, students complete a video and an article activity to gain historical context about the events that led to the Harlem Renaissance. Students learn about the Jim Crow Laws and the Great Mi
Grades:
6th - 12th
Sojourner Truth Speech Aint I a Woman Quiz Reading Comprehension Activities Test
Need help with teaching speeches from history? This Quiz & Lesson Pack for "Ain't I A Woman?" by Sojourner Truth contains 17 reading comprehension test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, which focus on the Common Core standards and are modeled after various state standardized tests, as well as pre-quiz reading comprehension questions to help get your students thinking before taking the quiz!My goal is for test prep to become a natural and easy part of the curriculum, instead of something else you h
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8th - 11th
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Warriors Don't Cry Chapter/Quiz questions for entire book
This assignment contains comprehension and analysis questions for the classroom edition of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. There are 10-15 questions (a mix of comprehension and analysis) for each chapter (18 chapters total), along with a "words to know" vocab section for each chapter. I used this unit with an inclusion low-level 9th grade reading class, so the questions are fairly straightforward and literal. These questions could be used for a reading check, for exit slips, or for o
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6th - 10th
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" SELF GRADING Quiz
In this self grading assessment on Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter, students will answer 25 questions covering rhetorical devices, meaning of words in context, author's purpose, and author's craft. This Google Form Quiz is created so teachers can have results as soon as students submit their quiz. No grading needed!This is a fully customizable and editable test. You can add or remove questions as appropriate for your group of learners. This product is a part of a growing nonfiction bundle and a
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8th - 11th
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President Obama’s First and Second Inaugural Addresses – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated texts and marginal notes for the First Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, and the Second Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013. The included zipped folder also includes copies of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standa
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
EVERYMAN PUZZLES
As a major part of any English Language Arts class, puzzles help students learn and develop a love for the literature; EVERYMAN is no different. 5 Content-Related PUZZLES to culminate your students' hard work on this unit. A Word Search, Crosswords, Letter Tiles, Matching, and Double Puzzle Puzzles with Answer Keys will make your classroom GREAT! These puzzles allow students to do a deep dive into this canonical piece for further comprehension. Check it out!In this resource:A Word Search, Crossw
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: EVERYMAN: A MORALITY PLAY [BUNDLE]
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