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Higher education reading strategies scaffolded notes
AP Lang and Comp Multiple Choice - tips for 2020 changes w/ practic
Updated with the 2019/2020 AP Language and Composition changes, this resource will offer tips, tricks, and strategies for answering the multiple choice passages on the exam. You will receive a Power Point that informatively shows students what the multiple choice section will look like, then guides them through the features of both the reading and writing MC passages giving tips, tricks, and strategies. You will receive a guided student packet to paraphrase, analyze, and break down a multiple ch
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention Annotation w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for Patrick Henry’s famous Speech in the Virginia Convention also known as his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
ELA Book for Student Reference/Writing/Literature/Grammar/Organizers
Perfect for learners who have IEP's requiring class notes, correctly completed examples, and graphic organizers. Bundle and save with the All Things English Revising & Editing WorkbookI was tired of writing things on the board over and over again. I was tired of printing out pages that students threw away. I was also tired of answering questions that students could find for themselves. So I made a book to make sure I wouldn't have to anymore. Over the course of 2 months, I thought of everyth
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: ELA Book for Student Writing/Grammar/Editing - Workbook
TED Talk Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can be used with any TEDTalk! It is a great way for students to practice listening skills, nonfiction text, and deducing the main idea. ** Updated to print on 8.5x11 **
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Introducing Historical and Biographical Literary Criticism (PDF & Google Ready)
Literary criticism is not part of every high school English curriculum, so it can be hard to find high-quality resources for introducing these complicated concepts to students. For this reason, I started making my own resources. That’s how this set was born: a think sheet I use to introduce the concept of literary criticism, a notes page to guide students through the basics of historical and biographical criticism, and an application of these lenses to poem. The poem students use to practice app
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Serial Podcast Season 1-Listening Notes Organizers (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Listening Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-13 of the Word document.This is a 13-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they listen to Serial Podcast Season 1: Adnan Syed Case. Each page (or slide) has shapes with labels instructing students what to wri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe: FULL TEXT and Guided Response
Some stories lend themselves to close reading with a teacher-guided response. Here is a celebrated story by Edgar Allan Poe that reminds us that disease and contagion is the human leveller, particularly in the age of progress and scientific development. Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 contagion fable, “The Masque of the Red Death,” is a warning to its readers. In the literature of disease and pestilence often the greatest threat is not the plague itself but the loss of what makes us human. In Poe’s stor
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP Lang and Comp Multiple Choice - tips for 2020 changes w/ practice
Updated with the 2019/2020 AP Language and Composition changes, this resource will offer tips, tricks, and strategies for answering the multiple choice passages on the exam. You will receive a Power Point that informatively shows students what the multiple choice section will look like, then guides them through the features of both the reading and writing MC passages giving tips, tricks, and strategies. Plenty of examples are given to illustrate the tips, tricks, and strategies. In addition, I e
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP Lang and Comp Multiple Choice - tips for 2020 changes w/ practic
AP Spanish Literature - Review of 38 titles, authors and time period FOLDABLE
PDF document that you cant print double sided or print individually and stack on sheet behind the other to have students study the 38 titles, authors and time periods for the AP Spanish Literature and Culture exam. Once printed and folded, the front side lists the titles, the inside lists the authors and the inside flaps of the foldable list the time periods/movements.All 38 titles are color coded by genre (cuento, novela, ensayo, etc.)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Research Report Source Sheet • Graphic Organizer for Tracking Sources
This graphic organizer serves as a companion for nonfiction research materials. Students can organize their information for future use in research writing and evidence-based claims.There is a space for title, author, news source, URL (if applicable), as well as summary and quote & connections.This is all based on students PROVING a particular point and creating evidence for support.Includes ready-made Easel activity!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading Note Tracker, Annotation Trifold, Reading Foldable
An easy way to keep notes while you read. This works well for book studies in the secondary English classroom, as well as a way to keep notes for yourself while you read. The different panels allow you to keep track of details and dive deep into how a story develops. This is a double-sided trifold that is intended for keeping notes *while* you read. When folded up, it serves as a bookmark in whatever novel you are studying. There is also a panel where you can review the book, including coloring
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
2010 Benjamin Bannker's Letter to Jefferson AP Lang, Rhetorical analysis guide
This resource will be incredibly helpful to use to teach the rhetorical analysis process. The presentation helps students first navigate the rhetorical situation: speaker, audience, context, etc. Then, the presentation walks students through a close-reading analysis. Students will use highlighters and learn strategies for analysis. Within the presentation, students will also see examples of analytical introductions - both high performing and not high performing. Students will analyze the effecti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
AP Lang and Comp Multiple Choice - Queen Elizabeth passage with 2020 changes
pdated with the 2019/2020 AP Language and Composition changes, this resource will offer tips, tricks, and strategies for answering the multiple choice passages on the exam. You will receive a guided student packet to paraphrase, analyze, and break down a multiple choice reading passage. Queen Elizabeth's speech offers plenty of great opportunities for learning multiple choice. Plenty of examples are given to illustrate the tips, tricks, and strategies. In addition, I encourage you to get my MC b
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: AP Lang and Comp Multiple Choice - tips for 2020 changes w/ practic
Simple Present Fun: Daily Routine Articles and Activities
Engage your high school ESL students with this dynamic project designed to master the Present Simple tense while exploring an article about daily routines. This comprehensive package includes a variety of activities that integrate reading, writing, and speaking skills, making grammar lessons both fun and practical. Features:Engaging Reading Material:An article that takes ESL students through a typical day in a teenager’s life, setting the stage for understanding daily routines and the use of the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Chapter Annotation Guide
This is a ready-to-use annotation guide for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Students actively read and mark the text for give questions. They, then, reflect, comment, and/or write questions about each chapter. This guide covers all 38 chapter of the book.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Non-fiction Text Analysis Organizer / Rhetorical Analysis / Advanced Placement
This is the perfect tool for students to use as a Reading Log time and time again for non-fiction text. Especially useful for Advanced Placement Rhetoric classes, this ogranizer and the Appendices attached help students evaluate purpose, tone, audience, rhetoric, and figurative language employed in non-fiction text. This will be extremely helpful to students who want to prepare not only for AP Exams but also for college entrance exams. The organizer helps students do a close reading of text and
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Structure - Subverting a Generic Code
This series of activites uses a flipped classroom, where students read, highlight and create a series of dotpoints to understand the subversion of generic codes. They then research an example of a tv series that subverts a generic code and in pairs give a three minute lesson to the class on why their tv series is part of a genre but chooses to subvert it. They are given guiding questions to respond to. The last activity is them choosing a scene from a text in a genre they know well and using i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
AP LANG. - UNIT 2 - CHECKPT. 1.1 - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
When my students were struggling to determine how to explain the function of Rhetorical Choices within a text, I adapted the AP Lang. AMSCO textbook Unit 2 Checkpoint 1.1, question #1, in a way that laid out expectations in a clearer way. I hope this will help you as well!
Grades:
11th, Higher Education
Odyssey - Timeline Notes
This four page timeline is a concise space for your students' to take notes over the important events in Homer's "Odyssey". The timeline is four pages. I print it front-back on two pages and give students the first page during the first part of the reading and second during the second half. Each spot on the timeline has an image to represent the event and lines for students to summarize the events of each section using the "and, but, so" structure.For example, to summarize the events at Cyclo
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Odyssey Unit
Rhetorical Analysis: British Parliament & the Revolutionary War
In 1775, King George III went to Parliament and delivered an impassioned speech calling for war against the rebelling American colonies. Following his speech, both houses of Parliament debated for hours before voting and deciding to enter what would be the American Revolutionary War.
In this activity, perfect for American Literature, AP Language, or even American History, students get to read an excerpt of the King's speech as well as EIGHT different members of Parliament. Teacher direction
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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R.A.P (Restate Answer Prove) Presentation
We are discussing the importance of RAP in classes as opposed to just giving an answer. You can say a lot in less time by restating what your question is and then answering it, or proving it with evidence. Presentations can be very helpful in this area because they allow you to get across what you want to say quickly and clearly, while the students get to see your thoughts on paper and develop their own ideas based on what they see.
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
AP Lang -Sojourner Truth: Aren't I A Woman, Guided Notes & Analysis with answers
This resource (1) includes a reading passage that requires students to analyze and annotate Sojourner Truth's Aren't I a Woman? Speech, (2) contains a chart for students to organize their notes into a logical sequence of analysis, (3) includes a teacher's guide to teaching rhetorical strategies and their impact on a message and then explaining how each technique would influence the audience, and (4) includes an annotated version of Truth's speech for the teacher. Truth's speech is particularly e
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Introduction to Literary Criticism for Advanced Study
Designed for Grades 11 and 12, a 25 slide power-point presentation which provides a detailed introduction to literary criticism. The concept of critical ‘lenses’ is described and short explanations are given of a number of critical paradigms including Formalism, Deconstructionism, Historical, Intertextual, Psychological, Archetypal, Mimetic and Reader-Response. Feminist (8 slides) and Marxist (4 slides) critical perspectives are explored in some detail, encompassing their core aims, central conc
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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