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Higher education critical thinking Common Core RL.11-12.2 resources
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Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Analysis of Twilight Zone CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive formats), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a teen girl resists efforts to look, act, and think like everyone else around her. Issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Twilight Zone “Time Enough at Last” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Time Enough at Last,” a bookish man who wants only to be left alone to read survives a nuclear bomb blast and finally has
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Detailed Hero's Journey PPT: Jung & Campbell Monomyth Cycle w/Analysis!
Highly visual, interactive 24-slide presentation w/custom transitions and animations, relevant graphics and hyperlink in final slide to brief youtube video w/modern-day examples on the monomyth archetype. Everything is done for you: easily modify as needed to provide relevant, contemporary cultural examples, as you wish! In this engaging PPT, you're purchasing:a.) An invitation at the start for students to identify prior knowledge of what makes a hero figure, including peer share time.b.) Learni
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich: Notes, Close Reading, Symbol Analysis
This set of guided reading and critical thinking activities for “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich will help high school students actively explore this story of a Native American family and the tragic effects of a war. The plan’s prereading notes supply knowledge of the author’s heritage, brief summary of the Vietnam War, the draft, and the effects of PTSD. Also included is a list of tone words for students to use with the response pages.A chart directs students to respond to each sentence
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Text Analysis Reading Comprehension end of the year ela activities
Unlock the Power of Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing by analyzing this small section of Plato’s Republic. In a world where critical thinking and persuasive communication are increasingly valued, this digital resource offers a unique platform for students to hone these essential skills. Whether you’re an educator eager to challenge your students with argumentative texts or a parent aiming to augment your children’s understanding of critical thinking, textual analysis, and persuasive wr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": Slides, Close Reading & Literary Analysis
This folder contains a full set of activities for close reading and literary analysis of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. The complete file includes: Illustrated PowerPoint with 25 slides: Biography of T. S. Eliot Brief Historical Background Notes on Modernism/ Imagism • Notes on Literary Devices Context for the Poem Activities, Graphic Organizers, and Handouts: Two Graphic Organizers for students to take slide notes One-page Introduction
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fact and Opinion, argumentative texts for HS, MS, reading comprehension, no prep
Fact and Opinion, argumentative texts for HS, MS, reading comprehension, no prep Do you need a simple approach to teaching Critical Thinking at the High School and College levels?With Artificial Intelligence permeating every facet of our lives, infusing critical thinking into school curriculums is absolutely necessary. This product helps students understand the difference between facts and opinions.This self-contained product about The Socratic Method or Dialectics, widely used in Colleges, Univ
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Test with Detailed Answer Key
Eeeeeek! This ideal assessment for Of Men and Men is filled with a variety of questions--including matching, true/false, multiple choice, and short answer--and is the perfect place for students to demonstrate their understanding of this popular novel. Critical-thinking questions also include grade-level literary terminology such as foreshadowing, symbolism, conflict, theme, and more. To make this test even more desirable, a detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices utilizing evidence, reasoning, and argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER). This unit can also be used to teach the concept of Line of Reasoning for the AP Lang and AP Seminar Classes. It is structured as an investigation for students to explore the murder of a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Contemporary Short Story "Everything Stuck to Him" Review (or Test) & Answer Key
Teachers will be "stuck" on this worksheet after they see how valuable and comprehensive it is. This printable provides students with a chance to thoroughly review this contemporary, relevant short story with 15 short-answer questions, including an inference chart, that will prompt an engaging discussion. This is a perfect individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
AP Lit Task Cards | 520 Key Questions and Big Ideas | Use with Any Text
Introducing the ultimate resource to elevate your high school English classroom: AP Literature Task Cards – a comprehensive collection of 520 skill-focused task cards designed to empower your students' analytical prowess and foster critical thinking skills. Aligned with the AP Literature Course Framework's enduring understandings, skills, and key questions, these task cards are your key to success in guiding students through advanced literary analysis.Incorporate these task cards into your curri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â AP Literature Task Card BUNDLE 650 Total Task Cards Key Questions and Skills
"The Last Dog" Worksheet, Assessment, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
This printable is the "pet project" for teachers who want to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Multiple choice, true-false, fill-in, and discussion questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this piece. This worksheet is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Test (or Review) with Detailed Answer Key
Teachers will be "bewitched" when they see this Crucible assessment. Offering a complete overview of this popular play, this test gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their critical-thinking skills as they answer questions about specific events, characters, settings, allegorical events, themes, etc. It's a perfect measurement tool for teachers to use to evaluate student comprehension. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" Worksheet and Answer Key
Teachers will want their students "to go gentle into" this worksheet in order to get a comprehensive review of this popular poem. With 12 questions that address the theme, plot, moods, motivation, and tone, this assessment is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment or as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment. It's the perfect way to help readers to understand this profound narrative.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" Worksheet (or Test) with Detailed Answer Key
There's no need to "cook up" a unique and comprehensive way to test students on their understanding of this popular short story. Here it is! Using popular literary terms (setting, inference, cause and effect, conflict, etc.), students will be able to provide answers to critical-thinking questions which relate to the narrative's most important aspects. The "dessert" to this "complete meal" is a detailed answer key!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Introduction to Literary Theory
In college students are asked to view literature in a variety of lens. Exposing students to these literary theories in high school better prepares them for this type of analysis. This handout is a guide for the introduction to literary theory and the three questions per theory can be used with ANY text. From practice, I can attest that students enjoy "finding clues in the novel" that support their ideas. Though this assignment is best suited for advanced students, it can easily be modified.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Claim Evidence Reasoning: CER Mini Whodunit Bundle - Gnome Swimmer
This is a bundle of three mini lessons on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes and general education classes. It contains graphic organizers, whodunit mysteries to solve with my original character, and the solutions. (Whodunit mysteries are also available to purchase separately.)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Claim Evidence Reasoning: CER Mini Whodunit Bundle - Herpetologist Actor
This is a bundle of three mini lessons on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes and general education classes. It contains graphic organizers, whodunit mysteries to solve with my original character, and the solutions. (Whodunit mysteries are also available to purchase separately.)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Persuasive Writing, Critical Thinking Activities, Informationtional text, AP ELA
Persuasive Writing, Critical Thinking Activities, Informationtional text, AP ELAThe Great BooksNietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra (small extract only)Critical Reading and WritingThis is a self-contained product on higher-order thinking skills/textual analysis. Everything you need is here.TEACHER TIP:You don’t need to teach entire works, just short excerpts of the Great Books, to engage students in complex, higher-order thinking and other skills deemed essential in the new CCSS guidelines.ANALYZI
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â ANNOTATING | ANNOTATION GUIDE | CRITICAL THINKING, PHILOSOPHY, ANNOTATING
Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby": Essay Prompts Assignment with Condensed Rubric
Those teachers who "desire" the perfect essay prompts for this popular narrative have come to the right place. Students will gain a full understanding of this short story as they focus on plot, theme, setting, mood, characters, inference, Realism, and more. Twelve options offer a wide array of topics from which to choose. As an additional bonus, an abridged rubric is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Madame Bovary Hexagonal Critical Thinking Activity for Novel Study
This critical thinking activity for Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert uses hexagons and hexagonal thinking to encourage students to draw new connections between characters, elements of plot, and elements of Flaubert's writing within the novel.Students will work with hexagons printed with information from the novel, information from the historical and social context surrounding the novel, and several other categories and draw conclusions about how those tidbits of information fit together. They'
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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