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Critical thinking Common Core RL.11-12.2 resources
Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Analysis of Twilight Zone CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive formats), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a teen girl resists efforts to look, act, and think like everyone else around her. Issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Twilight Zone “Time Enough at Last” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Time Enough at Last,” a bookish man who wants only to be left alone to read survives a nuclear bomb blast and finally has
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Critical Thinking Activities, Cognitive Bias: Nonfiction Close Reading, TED Talk
Tired of students who are afraid to think for themselves?If your goal is to open your students’ minds, to get them to think critically, to help them become more receptive to new ideas, or to show them the importance of examining the evidence before jumping to conclusions, you’ll need this resource. These informative and engaging lessons on cognitive bias will challenge your students to consider fascinating questions about the way that the human brain works. Why is it that when people are faced w
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9th - 12th
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Detailed Hero's Journey PPT: Jung & Campbell Monomyth Cycle w/Analysis!
Highly visual, interactive 24-slide presentation w/custom transitions and animations, relevant graphics and hyperlink in final slide to brief youtube video w/modern-day examples on the monomyth archetype. Everything is done for you: easily modify as needed to provide relevant, contemporary cultural examples, as you wish! In this engaging PPT, you're purchasing:a.) An invitation at the start for students to identify prior knowledge of what makes a hero figure, including peer share time.b.) Learni
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Book vs Movie | Comparison Project for Movie Versions and Partner Movies
These no prep booklets of resources will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart, or a book with a partner movie. This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.Use this resource with ANY book that has a movie version, or with ANY movie you are connecting to a book study. That's two products in one!The activities cover plot, setting, culture, context, characterization, theme, and symbolism comparisons with critical a
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9th - 11th
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THE GREAT GATSBY Discussion Questions by Chapter (& excerpts for analysis)
The Great Gatsby Discussion Questions by Chapter Each set has 8 discussion questions and 2 excerpts for analysis (10 items for each chapter). Omit the second page if you are not assigning key excerpts.Resource Notes: These The Great Gatsby questions were written with collaborative groups in mind, but they could serve other functions (e.g., individual reading support or test review).This resource comes from The Great Gatsby Unit: Lessons, Materials, and Assessments from TeachNovels.Serving Sugges
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: THE GREAT GATSBY Comprehension Bundle (reading questions and quizzes)
To Build a Fire by Jack London Thinking Stations: Analyze & Synthesize
Looking for a new activity to supplement your "To Build a Fire" lessons? Try these thinking stations that require students to dig into the text, analyze, and synthesize in order to complete. What's included . . . ► Teacher instruction sheet► Bell Ringer► 8 Station Tasks ► Detailed Answer Key► Clean copy of "To Build a Fire" to use if needed in stations.This activity challenges your students to think and examine text for direct and indirect characterization, plot, setting, diction, theme, figurat
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6th - 11th
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Of Mice and Men Post-Reading Symbolism Quiz | Printable Revision Activity
Explore eleven symbols or motifs in Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. Distributed across four worksheets, each task focuses on a symbolic image within the text, asking students to use the image to identify the object and its symbolism before backing up their thoughts with reasoning and quotations.Full answer key provided!The four worksheets are also provided with four different image formats - simple icons, detailed illustrations (which can also be colored for mindfulness), silhouettes and colo
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9th - 12th
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"The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich: Notes, Close Reading, Symbol Analysis
This set of guided reading and critical thinking activities for “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich will help high school students actively explore this story of a Native American family and the tragic effects of a war. The plan’s prereading notes supply knowledge of the author’s heritage, brief summary of the Vietnam War, the draft, and the effects of PTSD. Also included is a list of tone words for students to use with the response pages.A chart directs students to respond to each sentence
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Of Mice and Men BUNDLE | Differentiated Close Study | Activities | Novel Tasks
All of my Of Mice and Men products in one bundle!✨ Did you know that you could get this resource at a discount or even for free? Just go to your purchases log and leave a review for all of the products you have bought. This automatically gives you credits to spend on resources sitewide - including this one! ✨Includes...Of Mice and Men | Pre-Reading Activity | Power Ranking CharactersOf Mice and Men | Pre-Reading Activity | Silent Discussion | Book CoversOf Mice & Men Hexagonal Thinking Diagr
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 7: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 7 in The Great Gatsby. Graphic organizers provide prompts with quotes, questions and topics to aid comprehension, guide analysis, and assess learning. A detailed sample answer key is also provided for the entire activity.Targeted skills: · Identify and analyze characters · Understand the influence of the setting · Follow the sequence of events· Analyze language devices· Identify and analyze symbolism · Identify de
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Spoon River Anthology: Notes, Poems, Questions for Analysis, Quiz
This lesson on E.L. Masters’ Spoon River Anthology can be used as a complete lesson plan or part of a unit on early 20th century writers. It is a good option for either in person or distance learning. The file provides nineteen selected poems individually annotated with questions and prompts for analysis. A student handout with brief background notes on Edgar Lee Masters includes a description of the poems and a glossary of terms.The carefully selected poems include interesting messages for stud
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 4: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 4 in The Great Gatsby. Graphic organizers provide prompts with quotes, questions and topics to aid comprehension, guide analysis, and assess learning. A detailed sample answer key is also provided for the entire activity.Targeted skills: · Identify and analyze characters · Understand the influence of the setting · Follow the sequence of events· Analyze language devices· Identify and analyze symbolism · Identify de
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Argumentative Text Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Digital Resource, debate
Argumentative Text Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Digital Resource, debate Unlock the Power of Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing by analyzing this small section of Plato’s Republic. In a world where critical thinking and persuasive communication are increasingly valued, this digital resource offers a unique platform for students to hone these essential skills. Whether you’re an educator eager to challenge your students with argumentative texts or a parent aiming to augment your child
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Short Story Analysis
This is a complete lesson plan for Ernest Hemingway’s story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”. A variety of activities will guide students through close reading and help them manage the length and detail of this exciting, dramatic episode. The plan includes graphic organizers and constructed response questions to boost comprehension and inferencing skills. The background notes will help students process connections between the author’s style and the story’s elements. A quiz and detai
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10th - 12th
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": Slides, Close Reading & Literary Analysis
This folder contains a full set of activities for close reading and literary analysis of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. The complete file includes: Illustrated PowerPoint with 25 slides: Biography of T. S. Eliot Brief Historical Background Notes on Modernism/ Imagism • Notes on Literary Devices Context for the Poem Activities, Graphic Organizers, and Handouts: Two Graphic Organizers for students to take slide notes One-page Introduction
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fact and Opinion, argumentative texts for HS, MS, reading comprehension, no prep
Fact and Opinion, argumentative texts for HS, MS, reading comprehension, no prep Do you need a simple approach to teaching Critical Thinking at the High School and College levels?With Artificial Intelligence permeating every facet of our lives, infusing critical thinking into school curriculums is absolutely necessary. This product helps students understand the difference between facts and opinions.This self-contained product about The Socratic Method or Dialectics, widely used in Colleges, Univ
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Identifying and Analyzing Theme Intervention and Enrichment BUNDLE
This bundle includes 12 engaging google slides games, sorts, google form quizzes, and discussion/writing prompts to provide extra practice and enrichment for identifying and analyzing theme. This bundle is perfect for centers, independent work time, or spiraled review to differentiate for all your students!The activity sets included are. . .Identifying Theme Google Slides Game Theme vs. Main Idea Google Slides Game Analyzing Theme Google Slides GameIdentifying Theme Google Form Quiz Theme vs. Ma
Does My Head Look Big In This? Novel Study
Introduction: This includes an explanation of Islam with terms used in the novel as well as two articles about the current conflict in Gaza as this is referenced in the novel. Throughout the Reading: Students use a template to analyze the characters, conflicts, and significant quotes/text evidence as well as create summaries based on main events. There are nine templates, one for every five chapters. Closure: Students use an outline of a girl wearing a hijab to determine relevant symbols that co
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11th
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Identifying and Analyzing Literary Elements SUPER MEGA Bundle
This SUPER MEGA bundle combines the the Identifying Lit Elements Mini-Unit Bundle, the Identifying Lit Elements Intervention and Enrichment Bundle, the Analyzing Lit Elements Mini-Unit Bundle, and the Analyzing Lit Elements Intervention and Enrichment Bundle all in one place! Save money and get all the lesson activities you need to introduce identifying and analyzing lit elements, give extra practice, and deepen learning in profound and relevant ways! The included activities are. . .Lit Elements
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4th - 12th
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Poet Study - 5 Victorian Poems - Print & Digital
Alfred, Lord Tennyson has been one of the most widely read and well-loved poets of all time. These LESSONS on his most beloved and best-known 5 poems will save you time and engage your students: The Lady of Shalott, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar, Ulysses, and Tears, Idle Tears.There is SO much packed into these lessons—use what you like and leave out what you don’t have time for. SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM!What’s Included:Multi-Day Lesson Plans/Pacing (See Preview for Teaching No
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9th - 12th
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FILM ANALYSIS WORKSHEETS FOR ANY MOVIE | EDITABLE
Need a movie response handout that will improve student concentration and guide film analysis? These film study worksheets are perfect for both classroom watching and independent movie watching for homework. These short answer response sheets will provoke thought and help your students focus during and after the watching of ANY movie. The 16 questions on plot, character, and film techniques insist that students give specific examples from the movie to prove their points. No vague or one word an
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5th - 12th
Also included in: END of YEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA ACTIVITIES BUNDLE- 3 WEEKS OF FUN!
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty: A Complete Lesson Plan
This plan can be used with any high school short story unit or study of Eudora Welty’s work. The file includes easy to follow graphic organizers to guide close reading, improve comprehension, and support critical thinking. A one-page handout provides brief notes on the life of Eudora Welty, Modernism, Local Color, and Natchez. Reader response pages divide the story into three sections based on the three stages of Phoenix Jackson’s journey to Natchez. These include analysis of tone, character tr
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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