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High school informational text resources for Microsoft Word
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
Grades:
7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
A Brief History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.The text explores the origins of the Israel-Palestine conflict, it’s 100 year old history, the latest escalations and the possibility of holding successful peace talksAfter carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:-comprehension questionsa definition matcha true or false exercisea multiple choice exercisea fill
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Essay Writing Guide: 5 Paragraphs & Beyond
A complete essay writing handout/guide for high school students (and feisty middle school students), in a digital and ready to print booklet!This Booklet includes:A Quick Reference Sheet for basic essay structureDetailed explanations of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs, including diagrams and descriptions of every partExamples of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs, with each of their sentences/parts highlightedA basic sample essay for students to analyze (different from t
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Article of the Week | GROWING Article Library (Over 125 high-interest articles)
This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to assign articles of the week in your class. Once you purchase this produce, you will have access to a Google folder with over 125 Articles of the Week AND all the reference materials needed to begin using the AOW assignment in your class.Each Article of the Week includes a graphic organizer with power vocabulary words, a central idea box, and response questions to guide students' written reflection. This folder will be frequently updated with new arti
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Internet Safety, Woes of the Web
This is a set questions paired with two articles that pose the essential question: Do you know what your digital footprint looks like? The articles catch students' attention immediately, and spark some serious discussion. Not only will students be engaged throughout this mini unit, but also they will be practicing key ELA skills. Student Experience: This lesson provides a close reading guide with questions for each article and then provides and argumentative prompt to pull both of them togeth
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Valentine's Day Activities, Hot Topics Informational Text, Does True Love Last?
Looking for a thoughtful, quick, and creative close reading lesson for Valentine's Day that covers several standards for your middle or high school students? I love to bring holiday themed lessons in when I can, but I am always very cautious to choose lessons that are standards-based. This mini-lesson meets both requirements perfectly! Student Experience: Students exercise summarizing and close reading skills as they read the article about a couple whose love brought them back together after s
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Unit Lesson Plan
This extensive unit plan for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each chapter of the novel. The novel unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Haddon’s craft and en
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Alebrijes Mexican Folk Art: Cultural Reading (English version) SUB PLAN
This 3-page file includes:~A reading that describes the history of Alebrijes, a Mexican Folk Art Tradition begun in the 1930s by Pedro Linares. It discusses the various materials used to create these fantastical animals as well as the importance of the Oaxaca region in Mexican Art. Also included is a paragraph on the annual parade of Alebrijes in Mexico City as well as a similar type of art created by the local indigenous Zapotec people made from the copal tree.~A worksheet with 10 reading compr
Grades:
6th - 10th
Reading Circles: NON-FICTION Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Reading Circles are group activities/assignments that put your students in charge. Stop telling your students what's happening in the books your read, and have them start telling each other! This works for a whole class text, or for each group to be able to select their own - Great for differentiation!Your class is split into groups (between 4-6 members works best), and are then given a Non-Fiction text (books, articles, poems, podcasts, movies, etc.) to discuss. The text is then split into sect
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Research Paper Outline
This produce is an outline template designed for student use. This shows students how to use facts, instead of just listing them. I have used this outline with grades 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade.
Grades:
7th - 12th
McCarthyism Internet Scavenger Hunt - The Crucible
This graphic organizer asks students to research for answers to prompts about The Red Scare and McCarthyism. This introduction lays the foundation for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
It is presented as a Word document so you may alter to fit your instruction or scaffold for struggling learners.
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9th - 12th
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Nonfiction Close Reading Lesson on Hot Topics: A Culture of Cheating
This easy prep mini lesson on cheating is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With specific skilled-based, text-based questions and a writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate. Make those real-world connections with hot topics informational text lessons!Student Experience: The pressure to achieve in academics, get into college, and earn scholarships often provokes students -- and even parents -- to make dishonest decisions, i.e. che
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2
Info Reading Text - September 11th Attacks (no prep)
An informational text article and vocabulary activity about the 9/11 attacks. Topics covered in the article include; the attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, Flight 93, the war on terror, and death tolls. Includes a vocab definition and word search activity. The article is appropriate for middle and high school ages. The information is from the History Channel's website, the questions are mine. Can also be used as a web quest using the history.com website. MS Word doc for easy editing.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Informational Text - American Revolution: Yorktown and Treaty of Paris (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the last major battle of the war, Yorktown, and the treaty to end the war. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Informational Text - The American Revolution Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand HUGE BUNDLE
The contents of this bundle include:1. Group Inquiry Project: This is an introduction to the novel. Students read the back of the book and research different words on the description. They then share their discoveries with the class in a creative presentation. 2. Reading Guide: Students can use this guide or the text analysis guide as they read through the book.3. Text Analysis Guided Exploration: This activity can be used all throughout the reading of the novel. Students are given chunks of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Create an Advertisement Assignment
This assignment asks students to apply their understanding of pathos, ethos, and logos, as well as other persuasive techniques to create their own advertisement. The document includes directions and rubric requirements, as well as a planning sheet.
(I used this assignment as a mid-unit assessment before moving on to analyzing persuasion in a written text, but it could also work as a culminating project or an extension activity to supplement lessons on analyzing types of persuasion in advertisin
Grades:
6th - 9th
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EDITABLE Writing Rubric: News Article - Newspaper Writing - Journalism Unit
★★★★★ This is a great, versatile, simple writing Rubric for any kind of unit based on writing a newspaper article, news story, or for a journalism unit in (specifically in upper elementary). You can edit and change any point values you'd like!SEE PREVIEW FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THIS RESOURCEThis rubric uses the grammar editing process of C.O.P.S. and is best paired with a unit on editing based on the C.O.P.S. system.WHAT'S INSIDE? Includes 1 half-sheet editable rubric to make grading your st
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4th - 11th
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I Am Malala Final Test (Young Readers Edition)
This is the final test for the young readers edition of I am Malala. There are 50 questions total. 35 are multiple choice and 15 are short answer. They are all questions that were previously asked on worksheets. Answer key is included.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Into The Wild test
This is a test I created for AP Lang and Comp classes. It is difficult.
It includes 50 multiple choice and two short answers.
There are questions about vocab, rhetorical devices, plot, figurative language, five passages with questions following.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Inferences, Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation
Students will find and record clues throughout 5 different stations that allow them to practice making inferences. This "real world" lesson asks students to become text detectives to find evidence that supports their inferences. Students must read through eye witness accounts, police reports, a media blast, observe a crime scene, and analyze some forensic evidence to collect information. At the end of the five stations, they must write up a police report. You will need to set up your crime s
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Reading Informational Text - Restaurant Menu - RI.7.1. - RI.7.3. - RI.7.5.
This item includes a lesson on how to read a restaurant menu.
*Applebee's Menu
*Over 38 questions requiring students to read the menu.
The lesson aligns with the seventh-grade common core standards:
RI.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text.
RI.7.5. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text,
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
Grades:
8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
In Cold Blood, TEDTalk: Death Penalty
This handout, with key, requires that students analyze a TEDTalk (argument) about the death penalty. They must analyze how the speaker appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. They must also identify logical fallacies (though specific terminology is not required). They must identify author's purpose and rhetorical strategies.
The TEDTalk covers themes very similar to In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (how an unstable upbringing can "result" in murderers). This source would work well in a synthesis or
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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