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11th grade informational text worksheets for Easel
Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Remembering 9/11 - September 11th Memorial Activity
Students will watch 3 animations and listen to 10 audio clips from survivors and those remembering loved ones who were lost on 9/11. They will also record their reactions, inferences, and evaluations of the stories provided.Included:An excerpt that explains 9/11 and the importance of hearing these stories2 versions of a graphic organizer that guides students through recording their reactions, inferences, and evaluations of the stories providedColorBlack and whiteLinks to the 13 animations and cl
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9th - 12th
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Henrietta Lacks and Bioethics CER Research Project - Black History Month Project
Looking to spark amazing discussion and engage your students in real-world debate, all while learning an important figure in Black History? Help your students learn about Henrietta Lacks, HeLa Cells, and the property rights of biological materials with this bioethics research project. Students will gather information from text and video sources. Then they will craft an argumentative essay using the CER format.The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin with gathering
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8th - 11th
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ROMEO and JULIET Introduction History Background Texts, Activities PRINT, EASEL
This is a great resource to introduce Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and provides a chance to use informational text with your students.The resource includes:1) two reading passages that include a brief history of the playwright as well as the play. The passages total about 1000 words in length and are both illustrated;2) a list of ten vocabulary words found in the passages (5 from each) for students to define;3) six questions on the two passages that encourage critical thinking and measure unde
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8th - 11th
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The History of Halloween Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Activities
Are you looking for a no-prep resource to help your students learn more about the history of Halloween? Save yourself precious prep time and guide your high school students (or middle school students with some support) through these easy-to-use activities that will enlighten your students to the ties that Halloween has to the past! Just print the student pages, and use the included reading passage as a whole class close reading or independent assignment. With easy-to-follow directions, this res
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9th - 11th
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Main Idea Supporting Details - Citing Evidence - Quotes as Supporting Evidence
Teaching how to use quotes as supporting details has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to incorporate quotes used as supporting evidence in an essay. Additionally, anchor paragraphs using a quote as supporting evidence provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for di
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Supporting Details - Supporting Evidence in Writing Essays - Citing Evidence
Diversity and Inclusion TED Talks Choice Board & Comprehension Questions
This diversity lesson will jump-start student critical thinking about diversity & inclusion in society. Add these TED talk comprehension, close reading, and response questions for nine different TED talks to your English classroom! With a blend of comprehension, analysis, and response questions, with multiple choice and short answer formats, you can help students to be accurate and perceptive, analytical, and connected audience members. Complete with detailed answer keys, this no-prep resour
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8th - 11th
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Current Events Reading Comprehension Worksheet | Use With Any Article
Your middle and high school students can choose any current event article to complete this handout. Students answer five literal and inferential comprehension questions and cite information from the text. To complete this assignment, the class can vote on an article to read together, or assign as homework. This is a helpful tool to collect data and progress towards IEP reading comprehension goals or as a way to expose students to current events. This Download includes: ✅Teacher directions✅ A two
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8th - 11th
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Bias in the News/Media: Student Resource Page & Worksheet (DIGITAL)
Are you studying media bias? Use this handy one-page reference sheet to teach your class about four common types of bias in the news: labelling, omission, placement, and source selection. Then, use this three-page digital or printable worksheet for students to analyze ANY news article. This flexible worksheet allows you to tailor articles to student interest and/or reading levels, easily creating a differentiated classroom. If you're teaching bias in the news, check out this introductory slidesh
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Bias in the News/Media Bundle
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions on Racism
Find conversation starters about racism during Black History Month or year round with this high school reading comprehension passage and questions about racism. After all, feelings are raw and healing is needed. These nonfiction passages and questions shed light on several terms and issues related to Black lives matter. Each passage gives an account of the issues along with a brief mention of counter arguments that as we know, can be easily shot down. Questions and writing prompts will open disc
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The History of Jewelry Making
Informational text with vocabulary and comprehension activities included. Highlighted vocabulary and definitions on the lefthand side. This resource highlights common types of jewelry, gemstones, and gives a historical overview from prehistory to present times.
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4th - 11th
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Satire: Mark Twain's "Advice to Youth" close reading w/ vocab EASEL & KEY
This famous piece is a great example of satire with Mark Twain calling out the faults of society through his "advice." The questions each focus on one paragraph's use of satirical techniques like reversal or hyperbole.The EASEL activity allows students to complete the worksheet on their computers or you can download and print the worksheets.For more lessons and tools for teaching satire, please click here.
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9th - 12th
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High School Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions Martin Pistorius
You are in between novels and looking for a short high school reading comprehension passage with questions for your students, but nothing seems to hold their attention. Maybe you need a quick activity for when a lesson runs short or to plan for a substitute teacher. Here is a fascinating passage about a man who had a brilliant mind that was trapped in a disabled body in which he couldn't speak or move. Better yet, this resource may be printed or used in Google docs!Click here to save about 30% o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Great Gatsby F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Biography Texts Activities PRINT and EASEL
Teaching The Great Gatsby? This resource would be a great way to introduce your students to the writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald.This biography unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald is designed as a multi-purpose reading and writing assignment for high school English students and works well as warm-up reading and writing activities. Each biographical passages can be used all at once or over several periods. I have also included the biographical passages as one continuous reading passage (with slight changes
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Biography and The Great Gatsby Movie Activities BUNDLE
Compare and Contrast: Two Vacation Towns
Are you planning to review some basic reading methods with your students? Comparing and contrasting is an essential cross-curricular reading skill, and this worksheet will make it easy to demonstrate, review, or practice the method. It would also work well for sub plans or homework!This product contains two short reading passages followed by two compare/contrast exercises. The first passage is about CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, and the second passage is about MACKINAW ISLAND, MICHIGAN (two of my favori
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5th - 12th
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High School Reading Passage and Questions About Dolly Parton
Teach your high school students about an amazing woman during women's history month, or year round, with this nonfiction reading comprehension passage and questions about Dolly Parton! Teens will build vocabulary, answer discussion questions, research and write in this high school reading comprehension passage and questions about Dolly Parton. See how music led this superstar to become a top philanthropist through starting and supporting multiple charities. Click HERE to save 30% off the price o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Informational Text Report, (middle school or high school). Close reading
Use this graphic organizer to help students while they read through any informational article or text. I like to use them when students read through the small informational books in my classroom about various science topics that are not covered by our textbook. My struggling readers find this to be a particularly helpful resource!Tips for TpT Shoppers:How to receive credit on TpT to use for future purchases:• Go to your My Purchases page. Under each purchase you will see a Provide Feedback butt
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5th - 12th
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Dr. Martin Luther King: The Art of Rhetoric: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Teach the art of persuasion with rhetorical appeals: Ethos, Pathos, Logosteach nonfiction text structure with graphic organizersteach how to recognize claimsteach use of repetition in rhetorical textscelebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic message for Black History Month and every month!Develop vocabularyteach the use of figurative language in nonfiction texts (simile, metaphor, allusions)teach compassion and empathy!
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9th - 12th
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Was He Really Shakespeare? PRINT and EASEL
William Shakespeare: was he really the author of the plays attributed to him? This is a perfect resource to have in your sub folder, to assign as homework, to use to introduce your Shakespeare unit, etc. \The resource includes 1) two reading passages about the theory that the man called William Shakespeare from Stratford was not actually the man who wrote the plays and poetry attributed to him - it examines the reasons these theories arose, William of Stratford’s background and documented eviden
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Shakespeare BUNDLE Informational Text Resources, Poster Activity Resource
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Biography Texts Activities Gr 8-10 PRINT and EASEL
This resource provides teachers with a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and is perfect for introducing a unit on Chaucer or English Literature in general. It works well as a homework assignment, independent work, or to place in your sub file.The resource includes two reading passages about the author of, among several works, The Canterbury Tales. The biographical texts form a brief sketch of his life from his birth ca 1342 to his death in 1400. A page of questions (assessing comprehension
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8th - 11th
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ELA 6-12 Persuasive Super Bowl 2024 Commercial Project, Rhetoric/Fallacy Option
Students will be engaged during every aspect of this Super Bowl Commercial Project. Students are tasked with creating a 30 second commercial for something that already exists and/or a something they invent. If students are familiar with rhetorical appeals and logical fallacies, there is a version of the sheets to require use in the commercial. However, if students are unfamiliar with those persuasion techniques, don't worry! There is also a version that simply requires practicing persuasion. Stu
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6th - 12th
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Analyzing Mob Mentality in Literature and Life: CCSS Teaching Notes and Activity
Although this activity is one lesson in my The Crucible (Arthur Miller) Unit Plan, here is a version of it that is more generic so teachers can use it with any literature where mob mentality plays an active role.This lesson will engage Middle and High School students while they strengthen their critical thinking skills as well as their writing and speaking skills. Is mob mentality always negative? Can it have a positive impact on society? Is the media a perpetrator or a victim of this type of
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6th - 12th
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HAMLET Background History Informational Texts Activities PRINT and EASEL
An Introduction to Hamlet - this resource is the perfect introduction to your class study of one of Shakespeare's best works with informational texts, questions, and vocabulary activities.The resource includes: 1) two reading passages that provide a brief historical background on the playwright as well as the play. The texts total about 1000 words in length and are both illustrated;2) a list of ten vocabulary words found in the passages (5 from each) for students to define;3) six questions on th
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9th - 11th
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Persuasive Leaflet Creation | No-Prep Rhetoric Project | Middle and High School
Everything you need for your students to design a persuasive leaflet for a school club of their choice using differentiated, printable worksheets that can also be combined into a booklet! This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Students earn their budget in dollars, pounds, or currency of your choice in the starter task, which they then cash in for features to include in their leaflet design and content. Check out the preview for the version
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7th - 12th
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