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Common Core RL.8.7 cultural activities in English (UK)
Film Study / Ponyo - Storytelling Around the World: The Little Mermaid
Topics: Film Study, Venn Diagram, Compare & Contrast, Culture, Discussion
This film study includes materials for the film Ponyo, a Japanese animated film based on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid. Perfect for extra instructional days or for a more complex unit on how own cultural lens impacts storytelling!
Lesson Components:
1) Interactive PowerPoint introduces the film and its source material, The Little Mermaid
2) Show students how to use a three-way Venn diagram to develop t
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Visualizing Shakespeare Bundle (5 plays, 145 pgs, 380+ questions) / Google Ready
I have long found CCSS. 9-10.7/11-12.7, which deal with analyzing multiple versions of a work, to be extremely challenging. The standard grows more complicated when teachers consider the 9-10 standard specifically indicates that students should consider two different mediums, and the 11-12 standard identifies Shakespeare by name.Because I find these standards particularly difficult, I developed a visualization lesson for each of the plays I teach: Visualizing Taming of the Shrew Visualizing Rome
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Unit: Animal Farm by Orwell - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Unit: Novel- Animal FarmClass: ELA 9-10Bundles: 6Essay Type: 4 Argumentative and 1 Informative/ExplanatoryText Sets: 5Prompt Type: 2 Topic and 3 Standard5 Thematic TopicsReading Skills: 5Links to Resources: 45Keys: 46Assessments: 18Writing Skill: Formal WritingScaffolding Levels: 5Activities: 99Creator: Erica Villilo26 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on 18 different CCSS Anchor Standards 5 Writing Prompts: 2 Topic and 3 Stan
Grades:
9th - 10th
A Christmas Carol: A Play Told in Six Scenes
This wonderful story written by Charles Dickens is a must for students and teachers looking for a fun and simple dramatic reading or a staged production to share with the school or family and friends. Adapted for the stage by Carol J. Macy. Dickens has an important message about kindness and caring verses striving for material wealth. Each scene asks for only minimal props and costume pieces. Victorian Christmas music can be uploaded online or purchased on a CD. Students will LOVE acting ou
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Hyperdoc: Byronic Hero in Frankenstein Letters 1-4, An Introduction (EDITABLE)
provides notes about The Byronic Heroprovides a chart for students to fill out with examples of the romantic notes in the letters 1-4 to introduce Frankensteinprovides both a group and individual optionkey included
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc: Romanticism in Frankenstein Letters 1-4, An Introduction (EDITABLE)
provides notes about Romanticismprovides a chart for students to fill out with examples of the romantic notes in the letters 1-4 to introduce Frankensteinprovides both a group and individual optionkey included
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
The Hobbit & The Hero's Journey (lesson plans and resources for Chapters 1-11)
The primary objective behind teaching J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is to demonstrate that the story exemplifies Sir Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey. By identifying certain aspects of The Hero’s Journey while reading, students should be able to follow Tolkien’s work and find trends in the storyline, making connections between the work of fiction and the pattern Campbell lays out for many protagonists in story-writing. Exploring the nuances of The Hero’s Journey will
Grades:
8th - 9th
TEXT SET: Animal Farm & I Am an American Day Address - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #19Prompt Type: TopicThematic Topic: Ignorance and EducationWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.R.7 Medium and GenreScaffolding Level: IndependentCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 41 LinksList of 7 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on Thematic Topic8 different
Grades:
9th - 10th
Hyperdoc: Gothicism in Frankenstein Letters 1-4, An Introduction (EDITABLE)
provides notes about the gothic genre of romanticismprovides a chart for students to fill out with examples of the gothic notes in the letters 1-4 to introduce Frankensteinprovides both a group and individual optionkey included
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
Love That Dog Study Guide (PDF pages included)
THE ULTIMATE DIFFERENTIATED STUDY GUIDE FOR LOVE THAT DOG!Created by two teachers trying to do a novel study of Love That Dog during lockdown. The students had access to the pages of the book and were offered 3 different levels of questions that cover a variety of comprehension strategies. This pack includes guided reading questions (3 levels for each question), feelings graphs, comprehension activities, art projects, and the PDF pages for the book. Everything you need for Love That Dog! This is
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4th - 10th
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Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading CCSS.ELA.R.6 (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading (EDITABLE)77 Slides, can use with any textWorksheet or Hyperdoc optionAdapted from "Critical Reading and Rhetorical Analysis" in Argument Today by Johnson-Sheehan and Paine[CCSS.ELA.R.6]
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Unit: Manifestoes for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading Creature's Plea Frankenstein (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading Creature's Plea Frankenstein (EDITABLE)77 Slides, can use with any textKey provided for Creature's PleaWorksheet or Hyperdoc option3 FilesAdapted from "Critical Reading and Rhetorical Analysis" in Argument Today by Johnson-Sheehan and Paine[CCSS.ELA.R.6]
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc: British History in Frankenstein Letters 1-4, An Introduction -EDITABLE
provides notes about British Romanticism Historyprovides a chart for students to fill out with examples of the romantic notes in the letters 1-4 to introduce Frankensteinprovides both a group and individual optionkey included
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Frankenstein- 22 Activities (EDITABLE)
Pyramus and Thisbe Questions
I use this to include in A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit. Download any copy of Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe and use this to check student's understanding of the text. This can also be used as a group activity.
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Directions: "Sonnet 30" Study Guide (EDITABLE)
Directions: Read and label "Sonnet 30" using Sonnet form rulesAnswer questions about "Sonnet 30"
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Sonnets- 7 Activities (EDITABLE)
Cinderella Across the Globe
Ever notice how many Cinderella stories are out there? Or are you wanting to teach your students about similarities across the world? This chart and writing prompt will get your students talking about more than just stories. They will discuss humanity.
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Trevor Noah's "Born A Crime" Venn Diagram: Source Transformation
***Common Core Standards Aligned***Source Transformation Across Mediums This resource is a 1 page Venn Diagram handout. This is to be used by learners to compare and contrast the text version of Born A Crime to the audiobook version. This resource can be utilized when reading either short excerpts or the entire book. There is also a short response questions so that learners can further their thinking about the effects of source transformation.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Born A Crime: Literary Analysis Bundle
Independent Reading ~ Comprehension Thinksheet ~ Googleversion
If you prefer the pdf version, click here. Thinksheet includes: Header: metacognition phrasestitleauthor, narratorgenre, themechapter/scene, pg__ to__, datecharacterssetting(s)questionobservationinsight/inferencevocabulary, pg___connectionease rating, enjoyment ratingFooter: CommonCore Standards for 4th - 12th grade.This resource is double-sided. It can be used as a single-sided thinksheet, but ideally it will be printed out double-sided.Two Common Core standards are included at the bottom o
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Worksheet: Venn Digram with Lines
Directions: Compare and Contrast with a Venn diagram
Grades:
7th - 12th
Worksheet: "Sonnet 30" vs. "Sonnet 23"
Directions: Compare and Contrast the sonnets with a Venn diagramkey included
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: BUNDLE: All Things Sonnets- 7 Activities (EDITABLE)
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