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Common Core W.11-12.9 scaffolded notes
MLA In-Text Citation Practice Bell-Ringers - Paraphrasing & Embedding
Students overwhelmed with all the rules for how to do MLA in-text citations? Set students up for success with MLA format by practicing in small chunks with these MLA in-text citation bell-ringers. These lessons provide scaffolded practice for paraphrasing and embedding quotes so that students can gradually gain mastery.Here's how it works:Start by using the PowerPoint to give guided notes on the basics of introducing quotes, paraphrasing, and MLA in-text citation rulesFor 11 days, students comp
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8th - 12th
5-Paragraph Essay Mini-lessons: Plan, Slideshow, Guided Notes, & Exit Tickets
Get everything you need to introduce (or review!) 5-paragraph essays with these 5-paragraph Essay Mini-Lessons! This PRINTABLE and DIGITAL resource will eliminate your need to prep--so you and your students can get through essay writing quicker!The included lesson plan breaks everything down from prep work (none required!) to day-to-day lessons.Use the EDITABLE slideshow containing five mini-lessons to walk your students through the formatting, structure, and citations of a 5-paragraph essay. Th
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8th - 11th
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" SOAPSTone Analysis and Reading Questions
I can remember reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Jonathan Edwards' sermon is certainly a memorable piece of American rhetoric. While this is a common text for American literature classes, the language is dense and challenging. To help students navigate this tricky text, I have selected an excerpt from the text and paired it with 25 side-by-side questions. The questions cover a variety of skills and topics, including figurative language, comprehension, allusion, inferences, author's
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11th - 12th
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Native American Literature - Indigenous Stories - 2 Week Unit
In just 2 weeks, teach your students about older and modern Native American and their literature!What's Included in this Native Literature Unit:Unit-at-a-glance suggested calendarDetailed lesson plansBinder cover for material organization4 engaging presentations (over 60 slides)Collaborative posters for students research about 7 different regionsLinks to engaging, relevant, and modern videos to incorporate into the lessonsGuided notes about Indigenous literature - key providedLinks to stories yo
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8th - 12th
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Growing Poetry BUNDLE! Templates for Tone, Theme, Mood Across Texts & More!
ADDED 10/3/23: Mood & Tone graphic organizer and two poem comparison task based on poetry by Sara Teasdale.ADDED 7/13/23: Types of Poems graphic organizer!ADDED 10/29/22: Close Reading & Poetry Analysis Practice (good for all high school analysis, but especially Pre-AP English); includes these Cornell Notes with abbreviations for common literary terms and words/marks related to note-taking! Contains scaffolded examples and answer keys.Mood, tone and poetry itself can be challenging, but
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7th - 12th
Class in Victorian Literature: Historical Context Notes and Analysis Questions
Intersections between historical context and literature are essential to comprehension, but it can be a challenge to help students see how disparate topics such as economics, politics, and social movements affect literature. That's where this resource helps! With this resource, you can help students understand the intersection between social class and Victorian literature. Further, this resource works for student with all levels of prior knowledge. There's a notes and graphic organizer section f
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11th - 12th
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Night by Elie Wiesel - Symbolism Essay
Night is Elie Wiesel's haunting and poignant memoir, rich with symbolism and historical context. We know that night is a prominent symbol in the story, but what other symbols are also present?Have students write a comprehensive, 5 paragraph essay in formulaic writing style to investigate symbolism in the book, find supporting evidence, expand on their topic, and make a claim about symbolism in the novel with this essay resource.What you get in this resource:Formulaic Writing Terms - Handout with
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Night by Elie Wiesel - Novel Unit Bundle
Paragraph Templates for an Argumentative Research Paper on a Controversial Issue
Directions: I designed these templates for an argumentative research paper on a controversial issue. Students choose a controversial issue in America and find reputable research to support their stance on it. The research paper consists of three main points: background (or history) of the controversial issue, argument, and counterargument, which the student addresses and refutes. I designed the below templates to provide scaffolding for lower-level students. While the templates for the argument
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9th - 12th
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Romantic Era - Early American Literary Movement Series, part III
This literature unit on the Romantic era is the third in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the the Age of Reason, which instituted a rationalism that sometimes went beyond its own boundaries, the Romantic writers rebirthed the ideals of: intuition, imagination, individuality and nature as a source of inspiration. Invoking the pas
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9th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Unit- Epic Mythology- The Odyssey- 6 Bundles (EDITABLE)
PROFILE:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Mythology5 Writing Prompts2 Essay Types2 Prompt Types5 Thematic Topics2 Writing Skills Focus21 CCSS Anchor Standards6 CCSS Reading Anchor Standards Focus29 Standard Learning Tips 21 Standard Testing Tips5 Scaffolding Levels6 Bonus File Agendas59 Links25 Recommended Exemplar Texts 60 MY ORIGINAL Products89 Activities
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9th - 12th
Collecting Evidence Organizer
Support your students with this evidence graphic organizer! Help students understand why evidence is important and how specific evidence from a text can improve their writing. Use this graphic organizer with any text(s), essay(s), or project(s)! Usually, I will include an example from the text at the bottom of the page so students have a better idea of how to utilize the organizer.
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6th - 12th
Harlem Renaissance - American Literary Movement Series, part VI
This literature unit on the Harlem Renaissance is the sixth in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Between 1915 and 1970 over six million African Americans migrated from the southern states to northern cities like Philadelphia, New York and Chicago to seek out a new life. Concentrated in specific neighborhoods, such as Harlem, some members of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Write a Research Paper Like a Historian - Developing a Thesis
This is the first product in a forthcoming set that pushes students to write "like a historian" by using meaningful critical thinking skills to make their writing of a regular research paper become relevant and profound! This 11-page guide takes students through how to develop a claim and topic sentences, then use them to develop a thesis. Students are guided through developing a claim with information, examples, a checklist of requirements, and information for extra help or an extra challenge.
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6th - 12th
Post-Modernism - American Literary Movement Series, part VIII
This literature unit on the Post-Modern era is the eighth and final unit in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following modernism, the post-modern movement emerged within the genetic codes of modern thinking, where the world had been broken off from more permanent concepts of truth. Post-modernism is akin to structuralism which states that trut
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BUNDLE: Introduction to Epic Mythology- The Odyssey- CCSS ELA 9-10 (EDITABLE)
AGENDA: Introduction to Epic- The Odyssey- Introduction, Extras, ConclusionPROFILE:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: EpicCreator: Erica VilliloINCLUDES:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 8 Links 14 different CCSS Anchor Standards 28 MY ORIGINAL Products10 Assessments
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9th - 12th
Rhetorical Analysis Distance Learning Unit Bundle (Special Education Friendly)
A bundle featuring plenty of resources to help all of your students write a rhetorical analysis essay. This bundle includes: Letter From Birmingham Jail (excerpted) guided reading, rhetorical situation graphic organizer, rhetorical appeals guided notes and practice, and a rhetorical analysis essay packet with outlines and graphic organizers to help students plan their essays. All of these items can easily be edited and assigned through Google Drive
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9th - 12th
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JANE EYRE Independent Reading Journal! Guided Character Evals., Vocab., Review!
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a classic of AP Literature, English Lit. and college English classes, and now you have an easy way to hold students accountable for reading it! An excellent tool for summer reading or winter vacation, this journal also brings in cross-text reflections and asks students to consider character development and foils.* I have numbered the chapters 1-38 with normal digits, but some versions use Roman numerals! Please ensure that students can “translate” the following f
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Transcendentalism - Early American Literary Movement Series, part IV
This literature unit on the Transcendental era is the fourth in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the Age of Reason and Romantic Era, the nascent Transcendental movement marries the mystery and spirit of creation, and its influence on humanity through sensory intake, with rationalism. As the literary movement matured inside the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Unit: Romeo and Juliet- 6 Bundles- ELA 9-10 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Grade Levels: 9-10Creator: Erica VilliloStandards: 19My Original Products: 48Links: 73Activities: 112Agendas: 6Exemplar Texts: 37Thematic Topics and Text Sets: 5CCSS Writing Prompts: 5Writing Skills: 3Reading Skills: 5Keys: 46Assessments: 18
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7th - 12th
Realism - American Literary Movement Series, part V
This literature unit on Realism is the fifth in the series from the American Literary movement, which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. As a reaction against Romanticism and Transcendentalism, Realism was given philosophical ground through German Idealism, American pragmatism, economic theories and further, it was assigned social obligations by the progressive movements. While the Romant
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby Senior Literature Essay Writing Guide WORKSHEETS
Are you new to teaching 'The Great Gatsby', exploring senior English instruction for the first time, or looking for comprehensive essay teaching activities? 'The 'Great Gatsby Senior Literature Essay Guide' Worksheets, are specifically designed to assist educators teaching grades 11-12 ELA (U.S) and Years 12 and 13 (NZ) in guiding their students through the intricacies of literary analysis essays.These worksheets provide everything you need to empower your students to write compelling and insigh
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11th - 12th
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Write a Literary Analysis Paper Like a Literary Critic- Developing a Thesis
This is the first product in a forthcoming set that pushes students to write "like a literary critic" by using meaningful critical thinking skills to make their writing of a regular literary analysis paper become relevant and profound! This 12-page guide takes students through how to develop a claim and topic sentences, then use them to develop a thesis. Students are guided through developing a claim with information, examples, a checklist of requirements, and information for extra help or an e
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6th - 12th
Jekyll and Hyde Differentiated Analysis Quizzes (AP Lit+)
Enjoy two sets of differentiated close-reading analysis mini quizzes to support students in their writing analysis. These are printable and directly correlated to the AP Literature Skills for Unit 4 (Short Fiction) in the College Board Teacher's Guide for AP Lit. Quiz 1 also includes vocabulary words to quiz your students on!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Complete Unit Bundle
Crucible Character Essay: Scaffolding Introduction, Body, & Conclusion
Want to assess your students' knowledge of characters in The Crucible along with their writing skills without having to start from scratch? The Crucible Character Essay is the perfect task to accomplish this goal. What's included . . . ► Gallery Walk Competition where students list traits, actions, and quotes for the character they are assigned. Then, groups rotate and continue listing information not already written for the characters. To do this, they have to read what other groups wrote firs
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9th - 12th
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