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Close reading Common Core RI.11-12.1 homework
In Cold Blood: Reading Calendar and Annotation Guide for students
This is a four page packet that provides students with a 4 week reading calendar (one you can edit based on your schedule and pacing) as well as an annotation focus and 4-5 review questions for each of the four parts of the novel. I essentially took various resources I've made over the last 2 years and combined them into one packet so that students can keep it all in one place. Makes for easy up-keep and easy grading! Students are asked to focus on things like major and minor details in the inve
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9th - 12th
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Current Events Reading Comprehension_News Articles _Middle & High School_Feb2024
Current events PDF lesson plans for reading comprehension practice or standardized testing preparation. Long reading passage of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Also great for independent readers or gifted learners to use during enrichment time. Use for differentiated instruction by allowing students to choose different articles based on interest.(Politics)
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6th - 12th
News Lesson Plans_Middle and High School Current Events_2023_11.December Week 2
Current Events Articles with Reading Comprehension Strategies for Middle / High School in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. (Politics). Life and Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor (Business). Largest Baseball Contract in Global Sports History. (Culture) U.
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6th - 12th
Politics_ An Analysis of Biden’s Campaign Speeches_Current Events Reading_2024
Current events PDF lesson plans for reading comprehension practice or standardized testing preparation. Great for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. President Biden is running for re-election, and several themes have emerged among his recent campaign speeches. He frequently uses his opponent’s name, pushes hard for abortion rights, and rarely brings up issues related to immigrationIncludes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Al
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7th - 11th
Politics_First Execution in U.S. by Nitrogen Gas_Current Events Reading_Jan 2024
Inmate Kenneth Smith faced the death penalty and executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama. This marks the first time in U.S. history an inmate was executed with nitrogen gas.Current events news PDF lesson plans for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. For middle and high school students. Follow @ NewsLessonPlan
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6th - 12th
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Labor Day Main Idea, Details, Close Reading Differentiated Leveled Passages
You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here.5 STARS “The students love the information. I love the differentiated levels and the questions.”- Laura G.NILLY DILLY'S STORY CLUB SPECIALIZES IN LEVELED PASSAGES ALL-ON-ONE SHEET—BUY INDIVIDUAL PASSAGES CLICK FOR FREEBIE PASSAGES!"Labor Day FUN FACTS"INFORMATIONAL TEXT 5 LEVEL Differentia
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Not Grade Specific
Science_Hearing Loss Breakthrough_Reading Comprehension Strategies_Jan 2024
Aissam became the first person to get gene therapy in the United States for congenital deafness. The goal was to provide him with hearing, but the researchers had no idea if the treatment would work.Current events news PDF lesson plans for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. For middle and high school stu
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6th - 12th
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Oprah Winfrey Reading Comprehension and Black History Worksheet
This product includes one reading comprehension passage about Oprah Winfrey with nine pages containing fifteen questions of various types. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 8th grade and up. Subject: The Life of Oprah WinfreyPages: 9 (15 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th grade and upConcepts tested:Picking specific details from historical passagesUnderstanding contextWords in context/vocabularyPurposeCritical thinking skillsBlack HistoryThis worksheet is a great
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9th - 12th
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Malcolm X Reading Comprehension and Black History Worksheet
This product includes one reading comprehension passage about Malcolm X with nine pages containing fifteen questions of various types. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 8th grade and up. Subject: Malcolm XPages: 9 (15 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th grade and upConcepts tested:Picking specific details from historical passagesUnderstanding contextCritical thinking skillsBlack HistoryThis worksheet is a great way to start introducing students to Black historical
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9th - 12th
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Of Mice & Men - 20 Digital Novel Activities
Please leave a review/rating if you've purchased this product :)I've taught Of Mice & Men for many years, but I was planning on dropping it this coming year. In looking my curriculum, I didn't think I needed a book by another dead white guy. This changed though when students by and large stated this was their favorite text of the year. So, I wanted to create activities that are socially relevant, rigorous, and are easily adapted to an online, remote setting. These are the activities that
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8th - 12th
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Politics_X to Allow Political Ads_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, said it would now allow political advertising in the U.S. from candidates and political parties. It also plans to expand its safety and elections team ahead of the 2024 presidential electionReading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Fol
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7th - 11th
Maya Angelou Reading Comprehension and Black History Worksheet
This product includes one reading comprehension passage about Maya Angelou with nine pages containing sixteen questions of various types. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 8th grade and up. Subject: The Life of Maya AngelouPages: 9 (16 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th grade and upConcepts tested:Picking specific details from historical passagesUnderstanding contextWords in context/vocabularyPurposeCritical thinking skillsBlack HistoryThis worksheet is a great wa
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9th - 12th
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"The Loophole of Retreat" by Harriet Jacobs Close Reading Questions (Google)
Incorporate narrative nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and help high school students practice their close reading analysis skills with this set of rigorous questions covering an excerpt titled "Loophole of Retreat" from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. This text addresses an enslaved woman's paradoxically empowering decision to hide from her master in a confined space. An answer key and copy of the public domain text are included. Additionally, a bon
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9th - 12th
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Self-Reliance and SPACECAT - Rhetorical Analysis
Students will read the excerpt, “Self-Reliance” and fill out the SPACECAT graphic organizer to better understand the rhetorical situation.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American writer, speaker, abolitionist, and a key figure in the Transcendentalist movement of the 1820s-1830s. This movement promoted the ideas of intuition, independence, and inherent goodness in humans and nature. The following excerpt comes from Emerson’s most famous essay. “Self-Reliance,” which discusses similar ide
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9th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance WebQuest Modern Day Connections
I used this in my 11th grade English class after reading several short stories from the Harlem Renaissance. I wanted to tie the unit to current events, so that students could see the connections between the themes from that time period to today.
The activity contains a list of several different Internet articles that have to do with race and current race relations. Students choose a title, then search for it, and complete the questions while reading. Students evaluate the author's argument and
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8th - 12th
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Analyzing No Country for Old Men | No Country for Old Men AP® Literature Study
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN BUNDLE❤️❤️❤️DISCOUNTED BY 20%❤️❤️❤️INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE ARE THE FOLLOWING:A multiple-choice test with 25 questions, answers, and page numbers. This test is in the product itself and as a separate PDF.Six pages of teacher notes.14 passages from the book and the film with questions – some of these passages show the difference between the book and the film – some are textual analysis questions. With each passage there are several short and long answer questions – see below
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Business_New Chick-Fil-A Sandwich_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
Chick-fil-A will debut the new Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich, which features an original Chick-fil-A filet. It is topped with custom-made creamy pimento cheese, mild pickled jalapeños and drizzled with sweet honey.Teen news articles and lesson plans covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Foll
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7th - 11th
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BLACK MEN and PUBLIC SPACES [Lesson Activities, Assignments, and Handouts]
This Brent Staples's "Black Men & Public Spaces" [LESSON ACTIVITIES, Assignments, and Handouts] Product provides students a chance to experience what happens when cultures clash. Group Projects, Graphic Organizers, Discussion questions, and writing assessments and more allow students to work on this canonized essay! This autobiographical narrative encourages insightful responses from Staples's work. 10th - 12th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!SUMMARY:Brent Staple
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10th - 12th
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Star Spangled Banner & Francis Scott Key Close Read Leveled Passages Print-n-Go!
ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SAME CONTENT, VOCAB, AND QUESTIONS!NILLY DILLY'S STORY CLUB SPECIALIZES IN LEVELED PASSAGES ALL-ON-ONE SHEET—BUY INDIVIDUAL PASSAGES CLICK FOR FREEBIE PASSAGES!You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here."Francis Scott Key & The Star Spangled Banner" CLICK TO SEE AUGUST 7 PASSAGESINFORMATIONAL TEXT 5 LEVEL
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Not Grade Specific
Excerpts of Civil Disobedience with SPACECAT - Rhetorical Analysis
Students will read an excerpt from Thoreau's “Civil Disobedience” and fill out the SPACECAT graphic organizer to better understand the rhetorical situation.On July 24 or July 25, 1846, Henry David Thoreau ran into the local tax collector, who asked him to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. Thoreau refused because of his opposition to the Mexican-American War and slavery, and he spent a night in jail because of this refusal. (The next day Thoreau was freed, against his wishes, when his aunt
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9th - 12th
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" Assessment
This assignment involves students using various literary lenses, including psychoanalytic, gender theory, and archetypal, to analyze Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” while incorporating ideas from one of two short expository writings. It includes three long response prompts and a simple single-point rubric. The two supplemental readings are Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s expository analysis called “A Feminist Reading of Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” and Charl
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Ida B. Wells' Speech: "Lynching, Our National Crime" with SPACECAT
Included is a transcript of Ida B. Wells’ speech called, “Lynching, Our National Crime,” from 1909. As students read, they will document the pieces to the rhetorical situation using the SPACECAT graphic organizer included.
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9th - 12th
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Emma Watson Speech- Rhetorical Situation with SPACECAT
Via YouTube: Watch the speech Emma Watson gives to the United Nations. Students will document the pieces of the rhetorical situation using the SPACECAT graphic organizer. A transcript of the speech has been provided if you would like to annotate as she presents. Emma Watson, a British actress, is best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. On September 20, 2014, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, gave a speech at a special event for the HeforShe campaign
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9th - 12th
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Sherman Alexie:"Superman and Me" Close Reading
This is a close reading of Sherman Alexie's, "Superman and Me". Students are directed to use the provided annotation table to annotate the text for the following features: characterizaton, repetition, and the rhetorical triangle (ethos, logos, pathos). After reading the text, there are ten questions for students to answer.
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9th - 12th
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