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Creative writing Common Core RI.11-12.10 resources for ESL-EFL-ELL
Princess Bride Film Study, Movie Guide + Activities, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
William Goldman’s The Princess Bride is the perfect fairy tale to use with secondary students, but it’s not enough to just hit “play” on the DVD. Instead, add a layer of rigor to your students’ study of The Princess Bride with this packet of print-and-teach materials that will take four days to complete while entertaining and challenging your teens.Materials in this 18-page film study include (PDF + Google Drive versions of student handouts):• A suggested lesson procedure page with calendar (1 p
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8th - 11th
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards Plus More
Are you frustrated with trying to make Puritan works such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" exciting and enjoyable for today's teens? This happens to be one of my favorite literary works to teach because of the engaging lessons I have crafted over the years. This unit takes a topic that many students find cumbersome and turns it into something challenging and fun. They will be talking about this sermon, and other classes will be asking when they get to do the sculpture activity! Plus, st
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards: Activities, Writing, Test
Are you frustrated with trying to make the Puritan sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" exciting and enjoyable for today's teens? This happens to be one of my favorite literary works to teach because of the engaging lessons I have crafted over the years. This unit takes a topic that many students find cumbersome and turns it into something challenging and fun. They will be talking about this sermon, and other classes will be asking when they get to do the sculpture activity!What's inclu
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9th - 12th
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Transcendental Bundle
Looking for an engaging way to introduce your students to famous transcendentalist thinkers and writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? This bundle includes plenty to challenge your students with excerpts from "Self-Reliance,” "The American Scholar,“ “Nature,” Walden, and "Civil Disobedience."What's Included . . .► Step-by-step instructions for each day.► Common Core English Standards aligned to daily tasks.► Understanding Transcendentalism group synthesis task.EMERSON:► Viewing gui
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9th - 12th
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Thematic Unit: Immigration & The American Dream | Lit. & Synthesis Essay Writing
Want your students to feel more empathy for people whose lives are not like their own? Even though they might know that opening the “golden door” for those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” is a foundational value of this country, many students don’t have first-hand experience with immigration. Seeing the stories in the news or knowing some facts and figures won’t help them relate to the human beings who are working so hard to make it here and won’t challenge them to care about what hap
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading Comprehension Passages with Full Lesson Plans & Tasks BUNDLE
Are you looking for set of reading comprehension passages that fit your ESL students’ diverse needs and interests? These are all no-prep lesson plans for reading comprehension based on great topics that use text-dependent activities to advance your students' reading comprehension skills. This is the perfect package for ESL and ELL teachers looking for material their students can read and learn about. Get this package today and deliver masterful lessons without the hours of prep time. This Bundle
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MyPerspectives Unit 2: The Individual and Society
This resource is a concise and engaging unit plan on American Literature with the theme of the individual and society. Students explore the question: what role does individualism play in American society? Through various texts, activities, vocabulary, assessments, and tasks, students engage with American Literature in an innovative and informative way. Texts in this unit include but are not limited to: The poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Elliot, excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau,
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: MyPerspectives American Literature Units 1-5 BUNDLE
Rhetorical Devices: Parallel Structure Repetition Rhetorical Question L.9-10.1a
A unit on Rhetorical Devices: parallel structure (parallelism), repetition, and rhetorical questions. Using Foundational American texts and relatable pop culture examples, this unit focuses on analysing how rhetoric improves writing.Contains pop culture examples (such as lyric excerpts by Beyonce, the Talking Heads, and Star Wars quotes), important text from American History (including Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech and John F. Kennedy's inaugural Address, and Lincoln's "Gettysb
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
Asian Literature Unit Plan
This resource (81 Slides) encapsulates Asian literary works of authors from Vietnam, India, China, etc. Students will be taught about the Asian Diaspora and how the literature and even paintings of Asian authors and artists reflect the diaspora. This resource includes creative activities, discussion questions, and links for short stories, interviews, videos, etc. used. BONUS: Includes a literary element mini-lesson where students analyze ten main literary elements.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: World Literature BUNDLE: 4 UNITS ( YEAR LONG)
Villain Origin Story Unit Plan: Printable Handouts
This resource accompanies the Villain Origin Story unit plan which is a fun, interactive unit that allows students to explore villain backstories and creatively develop their own complex villains with complex origin stories. It includes a step by step writing workshop template which students can follow to create their own villains and write their own villain origin stories.(0ver 40 pages of printable handouts, activities, rubrics, etc all of which are ready to print and use!)
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7th - 12th
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Stephen King Elements of Horror: "The Man Who Loved Flowers" Short Story & Essay
Looking for a compelling unit on horror that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level? Students love the work of Stephen King and with good reason! His writing is accessible, compelling, and impactful. But reading well-written horror stories with your classes accomplishes way more than just grabbing their attention. What’s great about literary horror when it’s taught the right way is that it really give
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Common Core ELA Regents Review - Part 2 - How to Write the Argument Essay
This is a very comprehensive step-by-step Powerpoint that takes students through the process of approaching Part 2 of the ELA Regents Exam. It teaches students how to sort through the information in a non-stressful way, and it helps students to develop an argument and support it clearly and strongly. This is a very visual Powerpoint that leads students through all of the steps of reading the texts in a purposeful way, organizing information with an outline, addressing the essential counterclaim
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9th - 11th
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Every-Goal Speech Therapy Unit - Remembering Names
Do your students have difficulty remembering names? If so, this is the perfect unit for your middle, junior high, and high school speech therapy students!Included materials: Informational Article (Remembering Names) and worksheets that correspond to the article for the following targets: main idea, details, sequencing, critical reasoning, narrative, pragmatics, grammar, vocabulary, vocabulary post test. NEW! UNITS OPTIMIZED FOR DISTANCE/DIGITAL LEARNING3 Formats included with your purchase!-.pdf
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6th - 12th
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Narrative Writing: Villain Origin Story Step-By-Step Workshop & Rubric
This resource accompanies the Villain Origin Story unit plan which is a fun, interactive unit that allows students to explore villain backstories and creatively develop their own complex villains with complex origin stories. It includes a step by step writing workshop template which students can follow to create their own villains and write their own villain origin stories.
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7th - 12th
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Writing a Biographical Narrative - Spanish & Chinese Translations
Teach your students how to write a biographical essay with scaffolded support. Begin with sentences, paragraphs, and into a complete essay. Translated copies: EnglishSpanishChinese! Easy to use and editable google slide. Print them off and use as handouts, or upload to Google Classroom.
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5th - 12th
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Native American Literature Unit: Poems, Myths, Non-fiction - Digital
Looking to add some fresh activities for Native American literature to your classes' studies? You have come to the right place! Your students will love these beautifully designed slides that will not only capture their attention but also provide them with interesting Native American reading selections and engaging activities that require analyzing, creating, thinking, writing, and reflecting.This Native American Literature Digital Unit includes► 2 poems► 2 myths► a nonfiction text► Teacher sugge
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7th - 12th
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Annotation Guide
Detailed handout demonstrates to students a standardized way to annotate non-fiction text. Includes definitions and model.
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7th - 12th
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Monthly Reading Log | Daily Reading Log | Independent Reading Log | Digital
Use these EDITABLE themed monthly reading logs in GOOGLE SLIDES as a simple way to hold your students accountable for independent reading while fostering their love for reading. Whether you're implementing DEAR (Drop Everything And Read), SSR (Silent Sustained Reading), Million Minutes, and more, these EASY TO PREP (just add dates!) monthly reading logs make independent reading time stress free and easy to manage. The monthly format makes these logs quick and easy to grade at the end of the mont
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3rd - 12th
American Literature Unit Plan: The Individual and Society
This resource is a concise and engaging unit plan on American Literature with the theme of the individual and society. Students explore the question: what role does individualism play in American society? Through various texts, activities, vocabulary, assessments, and tasks, students engage with American Literature in an innovative and informative way. Texts in this unit include but are not limited to: The poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Elliot, excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau,
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature YEAR LONG UNIT BUNDLE (5 UNITS)
Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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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
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7th - 12th
Common Core ELA Regents Review and Test Taking Tips - Comprehensive Powerpoint
This is a comprehensive Powerpoint designed to clearly review how to approach each of the three parts of the ELA Regents exam. It offers strategies for each section, is easy to understand, and visually appealing. It also includes examples of writing for part 2 (the argument essay, examples of each paragraph of the essay) and part 3 (full text analysis). I have had great success in using this PowerPoint with my general education students, my ENL students (ELLs), as well as my special education s
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9th - 11th
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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
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9th - 10th
Banned Books - Reading and Research Activity - Great Dystopia Introduction
This resource is a fabulous way for your high school ELA students to research and creatively express their understanding of censorship and book banning throughout history and in literature. In dystopian novels, censorship is a form of control that keeps citizens ignorant, allowing the authority to maintain power. Fahrenheit 451, particularly focuses specifically on this method of oppression, but control of the media, banning books, and restricting information are common across the genre. No prep
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9th - 12th
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