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Common Core W.11-12.1 homework microsofts
Ugly Furniture Craigslist Ad: Fun writing assignment
This is a fun writing assignment for any Language Arts class after the students have been introduced to some of the elements of persuasion and have been doing some basic analysis. The students write their own Craigslist ad for an ugly piece of furniture using whatever persuasive techniques they choose.
This is a great way to break up the monotony of writing and analyzing essays and speeches. Gives the students an enjoyable outlet for their creativity, but also gives them a chance to showcase
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10th - 12th
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - Close Reading, Analysis & Comprehension
No prep! Detailed analysis of a vital turning point in the plot, testing your students' comprehension and their grasp of Shakespeare's figurative language and imagery. Total 60 pages, comprising:Students will be guided through a wide-ranging task examining what characters say, what the implications are and how this changes the narrative. Students will examine how characters make mistakes through lack of understanding and knowledge. They will see how loneliness, loss and devastation come from a
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9th - 12th
Much Ado About Nothing - Analysis of Conflict, Questions & Suggested Answers
No prep! Detailed analysis of conflict in the plot, testing your students' comprehension and their grasp of Shakespeare's complex use of language and imagery. Total 27 pages, comprising: Students will be guided through a wide-ranging task examining what characters say and do, what the implications are and how this changes the narrative. Students will examine how characters make mistakes through lack of understanding and flawed knowledge. This new resource on Shakespeare’s great play, ‘Much Ad
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9th - 12th
Exploring the parts of an Argumentative Essay
Equip students with a practical understanding of argumentative essay structure using this insightful worksheet. By analyzing a well-constructed essay sample, students gain a clear visual on the fundamental elements required for a cohesive 5-paragraph argumentative (expository) essay. This resource allows students to identify crucial segments like the hook, thesis statement, arguments, counterclaims, rebuttals, and more, providing a comprehensive overview of the necessary components for a compell
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7th - 12th
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Hamlet Act 3 Analysis Activity
Looking to delve deeper into the complexities of act 3 of Hamlet? This ready-to-use analysis activity is designed to be used after students have read and/or watched all of act 3. This editable Google Doc is a two-part assignment. Students first evaluate each scene independently for theme, plot, character & relationship developments. Then, they're asked to explain which is the most pivotal to the overall play. Then, students are given four options to dive deeper into significant characters an
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamlet Act 3 Bundle
Superbowl 58 -- XLVIII February 11, 2024 Extra Credit Writing Options
I have created two analysis writing prompts that I offer as Extra Credit to my students based on the Superbowl. One is in regards to a commercial of their choice and the other is based on the half-time show.
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible: Daily Exit Tickets
Reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible? Of course you're going to have to break up that reading some how, but how can you hold students accountable for daily reading and check for understanding? Look no further!These are the exit tickets I have used for this text. I have created a compilation of all of them for the entire play for your convenience! This product includes exit tickets for every Act of the play, dividing up acts into scenes for easier consumption.Ideas for use:Copy and paste daily in
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10th - 12th
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HAMLET - AP Literature Essay Prompt - Act Three
This is an AP Literature essay prompt for Act Three of Hamlet, focusing on the relationship between Claudius and the audience, and Shakespeare's use of allusions, rhetorical devices, and figurative language.
Contains the prompt, a selection from the play, an AP essay rubric, and four lined sheets for the essay.
Works well as a culminating assignment for AP students at the end of Act Three of Hamlet. Can also be used as part of an exam for Hamlet or general practice for the AP Literature exam.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fences by August Wilson Essay Task and Brainstorming Page -- FULLY EDITABLE
Here, students are asked to craft a literary essay that connects a thoughtful quote about dreams and conflict to August Wilson's compelling play, Fences. As students delve into the lives of the Maxson family, they will dissect the themes, characters, and conflicts that make Fences a powerful and enduring work of American literature.Includes brainstorming page.FULLY EDITABLEMore from Active and Engaged ELA
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Fences Essay Bundle
Failed Products - Great marketing homework
This is a quick, fun assignment that works great to assign for homework in a general business or a marketing class when you're working on product design & development.Students get to pick a product from those listed and do some research into why that product failed. My students really enjoy this assignment. The discussion about the products the next day is generally pretty lively and fun.There is one risqué product, see the included brief descriptions of the failed products I included, you c
Candide Anticipation Guide: Voltaire's Themes and Argumentation Activity
Prepare your students for a journey through Voltaire's Candide with this anticipation guide activity. Designed to spark critical thinking and encourage engagement with the text before students start reading the text, this resource features a series of 10 statements prompting students to consider key themes and concepts before diving into the novel. You may choose to have students revisit this list after they finish reading as well.This anticipation guide offers:Theme Exploration: 10 statements c
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9th - 12th
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HAMLET - AP Literature Essay Prompt - Act One
This is an AP Literature essay prompt for Act One of Hamlet, focusing on the introductions of Claudius and Hamlet to the audience, and how those introductions immediately begin to define the characters.
Contains the prompt, the speeches, an AP essay rubric, and four lined sheets for the essay.
Works well as a culminating assignment for AP students at the end of Act One of Hamlet. Can also be used as part of an exam for Hamlet or general practice for the AP Literature exam. This prompt is ori
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Persuasive Essay Assignment Using Ethos, Pathos, Logos
This is an assignment for a persuasive essay where students use ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade their readers of their position. Students will do a four-step process to answer their essential question: What matters to you? Students will: 1. Determine a topic2. Research 3. Outline4. Write Persuasive Paper This includes writing overview, assignment directions, Topic Brainstorm Graphic Organizer, and Essay Outline Graphic Organizer.
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9th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Movie Review assignment
This is a great option as an alternative to a literary analysis essay or just a fun way to write from a different perspective. This can be paired with the literary analysis planning rubric that is available in the store or as a part of the Mockingbird bundle.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Bundle
"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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Identity In "The Other Wes Moore"
This is a 3 page handout to help students understand how identity is developed in the novel. Students will begin by listing their own identities and making personal connections, then they will explain how various identities can be seen in a positive or negative light, and finally discuss Wes Moore's identity in the book and how his actions help to create this identity. Personally, I would do this early on in the unit to help students begin to understand the concept of identity, but this could b
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8th - 12th
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Just Mercy Unit | Bundle: CW, HW, & Slides | Week 1 Day 1 | AP Lang
Looking for a thoughtful unit based on Just Mercy? This product is a bundle that includes a classwork worksheet, homework worksheet, and slides that present a full lesson, including all student-facing questioning. This lesson was designed for an in-person context, but was also utilized by remote students, so it can work in both contexts. This lesson is designed for a 90 minute period.Please also see the listing for the classwork and homework worksheets for Day 1.I've worked to make this classwor
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9th - 12th
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MARGARET CAVENDISH'S "FEMALE ORATIONS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
This MARGARET CAVENDISH "FEMALE ORATIONS" product [Suggested Uses, Posters, Discussion Questions, Essay Exam, CAVENDISH & ME, and more] provides students a chance to experience what happens when we are a part of a society. This academic essay allows students to read and analyze this canonized work about being good citizens in our GLOBAL society. 11th - 12th Graders will love these short works and product. Check it out!SUMMARY:Margaret Cavendish recognizes that 17th century society was proble
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: MARGARET CAVENDISH'S "FEMALE ORATIONS" [BUNDLE]
Proposal Essay Assignment
This essay asks students to investigate a local problem in their school or town and propose a solution to the problem.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mindy Kaling Commencement Speech Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Directions: Read the following 2018 Dartmouth commencement speech given by actress and author, Mindy Kaling. Use the bank of rhetorical strategies to guide your close reading of the speech. Then, in a well-developed essay, identify Kaling’s purpose and explain two ways that she demonstrated her purpose. Explain how her purpose enhances her message or the meaning of the speech. Bank of Strategies: Rhetorical questions, Repetition, Allusions. Metaphor/simile, Personification, Aphorism, Imagery, P
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9th - 12th
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Just Mercy Unit | Classwork Worksheet | Week 1 Lesson 5 | AP Language & Comp
Looking for a thoughtful unit based on Just Mercy? This product is a class worksheet that presents a full lesson, including all student-facing questioning. This lesson was designed for an in-person context, but was also utilized by remote students, so it can work in both contexts. This lesson is designed for a 90 minute period.Please also see the listing for the accompanying slides for this lesson.I've worked to make this classwork worksheet simple and clear yet rigorous and engaging for student
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Just Mercy Unit | Bundle: CW, HW, & Slides | Week 1 Day 5 | AP Lang
PLOT TWIST! The Catcher in the Rye
This Plot Twist! assignment asks the students to envision a new ending for The Catcher in the Rye after a key moment in the story. The key moment is given to the students and they are provided space to brainstorm some ideas on how the story might turn out differently.
After coming up with some ideas, the students write a two-page alternate version of the rest of the novel based on evidence they cull from what they have read. This allows students to engage the novel both creatively and criti
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10th - 12th
The Great Gatsby: Nineteen Essay, Short Essay, and Speaking Topics
These essays range from five paragraph explorations of various aspects of The Great Gatsby (nine topics in all) to shorter writing assignments (eight topics in all) that may work well as quick-writes or be included as part of a Gatsby unit test. Two of the major assignments (writing and speaking) call for students to define Fitzgerald’s novel in terms of the concept of the American Dream by selecting someone they know who, they believe, exemplifies the American Dream.
Identifying & Evaluating Arguments Chart
This is a blank chart your students can use when identifying the parts of an argument and evaluating for bias/soundness. It has spaces for students to write the main idea/thesis/claim, bias, reasons, evidence, counterargument/claim, and rebuttal. I used this in the classroom when giving students copies of argument paragraphs and they had to fill in the boxes, identifying the different parts of the argument.
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7th - 12th
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