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7th grade Common Core RI.9-10.5 resources for Microsoft Word
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
Introduction to Poetry - Whole Unit - Over 20 Poems!
Corresponding PowerPoint Presentation Saved to Google Drive!Daily Step by Step Lesson PlansPerfect for Distance Learning or Printable PacketsPoetry allows for a unique format of written word that can be accessed on a variety ofplanes. As such, it allows us as teachers to correct that false notion that many students hold toward reading: it's boring. Over the course of my years, I have told many students that if reading is boring, they are doing it wrong. It was with that idea in mind that I creat
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7th - 10th
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Teen Vaping | Reading Comprehension & Analysis Passage | Informational Text
This nonfiction, informational text addresses the trend of teen vaping ("juuling"), the appeal to teenagers, and the potential harmful effects such as nicotine addiction. Students will read the article and answer critical thinking and discussion questions about this informational text. Skills covered in the questions include: ✅ Analysis of word choice/rhetoric ✅ Understanding new words in context ✅ Comprehension of an informational text ✅ Analysis of an informational text ✅ Forming an opinion
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7th - 10th
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Warriors Don't Cry Chapter/Quiz questions for entire book
This assignment contains comprehension and analysis questions for the classroom edition of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. There are 10-15 questions (a mix of comprehension and analysis) for each chapter (18 chapters total), along with a "words to know" vocab section for each chapter. I used this unit with an inclusion low-level 9th grade reading class, so the questions are fairly straightforward and literal. These questions could be used for a reading check, for exit slips, or for o
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6th - 10th
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Autopsy: Age of Revolutions, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific Age of Revolution and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Autopsy: Age of Revolutions
Article Analysis Worksheet with Enduring Issue Activity
This worksheet is great for copying on large scales to have on hand for any day in which you need! Assign students any Social Studies or Language Arts related article and have them complete this worksheet as they read. This worksheet also has connections to enduring issues on the back, asking students to identify enduring issues found within their article and to cite evidence. (New York State Standards).I've used this in my middle school class to reinforce the main components of Enduring Issues
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7th - 11th
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The Red Bandanna by Tom Rinaldi (Young Readers' Edition): Full Unit Plan
This unit combines the memoir The Red Bandanna by Tom Rinaldi with a deep dive into primary resources found on the 9/11 Memorial and Museum website. The unit is seven individual modules- each module has three or more activities. The activities require students to explore numerous primary source documents using a variety of mediums (speeches, documents, timelines, newspaper articles and artifacts). All necessary resources are hyperlinked for both the student and the teacher, so this lesson is
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6th - 12th
Autopsy: The New World, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific New World Colony and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative. The students will be looking int
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: The New World
Rhetorical Triangle Graphic Organizer with Question Prompts
Engage your students in a rhetorical analysis with this interactive rhetorical analysis graphic organizer that prompts them to look closely at a variety of texts from persuasive essays to political speeches.Students look closely at the title, audience, and the audience and are guided every step of the way.You will receive access a Wod file that links to the editable Google Draw file. You can either edit or print for your students use to find success with a challenging task!
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7th - 12th
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J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech
J.K. Rowling is my hero and a role model to all human beings! Not only has she reached rock bottom and built herself into the woman we all know and love, she is willing to share that painful experience with the world in hopes of inspiring others to persevere. Her “fairy tale” should be shared with each and every student as a means of empowerment. For that reason, I have made three forms of this resource. 1. Students are asked to analyze Rowling’s story-telling, word choice and tone as a means of
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7th - 12th
Sharon Draper's "Darkness Before Dawn" - 21 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 21 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Darkness Before Dawn." This novel is the 3rd in her Hazelwood High series. The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This re
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6th - 10th
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring & The Environmental Movement
What´s it about?This activity is about exploring the work of Rachel Carson, a pioneering environmentalist and writer who wrote the influential book "Silent Spring." The activity involves reading and analyzing excerpts from the book, and answering questions to gain a deeper understanding of Carson's views on environmental issues and the impacts of human actions on the natural world. The goal of the activity is to foster critical thinking and engagement with environmental issues, and to inspire st
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7th - 12th
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HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
P.I.E.S. Paragraph Packet
I use the P.I.E.S. paragraph to help my students build their writing. Many of my students struggle with writing a solid paragraph. Through P.I.E.S., the students can create an effective paragraph. Each resource builds off the last. Depending on the writing task, the students begin with a brainstorm of some sort. This allows them to get their ideas on paper using a graphic organizer. Next, the students will begin utilizing an outline with sentence starters (perfect for ELL students). After, the s
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5th - 12th
Jamestown w/ Native American and British perspective+ Primary source practice
This is a great lesson to help students see both perspectives of the British landing on Native American land. Students will be able to understand each side, practice picture analysis, practice primary source analysis, and complete an exit ticket.
Included in this lesson:
1) Do Now with MC and short answer question on Jamestown
2) Guided Notes on both the colonist perspective and Native American perspective (track changes has answers to this)
3) 3 pictures and analysis questions to help student
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6th - 11th
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Text Evidence Practice with Nonfiction Articles
The perfect handout to pair with any informational article you teach! It is designed to be multi-purpose and can pair with current event articles or thematically appropriate content for any unit! This worksheet encourages students to use good reading strategies during their reading of an informational article and guides them to use context clues to uncover the meaning of unfamiliar words. After they read the article, the worksheet asks them to practice citing text evidence by providing quotes th
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6th - 12th
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READING FOR TEXT ANALYSIS LESSON PRESENTATIONS BUNDLE
A bundle of presentations on reading for text analysis.This Bundle Includes PowerPoint presentations on:Audience, Register, TonePurpose, Content, StyleComparing TextsUnderstanding TextsInferring MeaningPEE ParagraphExpository TextsPersuasive TextsSkimming, Scanning, Close ReadingReading ComprehensionHere are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:To challenge early finishersFor effective tutoringAs ESL stations and sub tubsAs holiday work and homeworkFor small group collaborationsF
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6th - 10th
Rhetoric Assignment based on final scene of The Great Debaters
I use this assignment to finish the unit on rhetoric that's included in my Black History Month unit. This is a single Word document which you can edit as needed for your classroom.There are 2 parts to the assignment - a formative assessment and a summative one. I usually put the movie on and assign students to journal about at least one time they see an example of logos, pathos and ethos throughout the movie. We discuss journal entries at the end of each class. Before the final scene of the movi
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7th - 12th
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Logical Fallacies Note Catchers (Editable)
Three note catchers with definitions and examples for 10 common logical fallacies. Note catcher 1: All definitions and examples provided.Note catcher 2: Definitions with blanks for guided notetaking, all examples provided.Note catcher 2: Definitions with blanks for guided note taking, all examples provided.Information is for the following logical fallacies:Ad HominemRed Herring Bandwagon Slippery SlopeStraw ManHasty Generalization Begging the Question Appeal to Authority Double Standard Burden o
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Nonfiction Close Reading Graphic Organizer
Here is a SOAPStone graphic organizer for close reading a nonfiction text. It is great lesson to go along with any speech, letter, essay, etc. It also reinforces students citing to support their answers.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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covers:grammarreading strategiescomparing two articlescomparing two poemsresearch paper writingargumentationfigurative languagefigurative speechpoetry typesgenressubgenresgraphic organizerswriting process modeledMLA citationethos, logos, pathosbandwagonpersuasion techniquescontext cluesLatin and Greek rootsvarying sentence structureself-checking opportunities with answers or examples
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5th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension/Test Taking Strategies
This is a handout that I provide students with in order to learn different reading strategies and test taking strategies. Reading strategies can help students access information that is not explicitly stated. They help readers infer meaning, make conclusions and generalize information. Reading strategies are beneficial for texts that have complex ideas and vocabulary. The primary purpose of test-taking strategies is to improve student performance on exams. A second, but related, purpose is to re
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7th - 12th
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Teaching Annotation SIMPLY
An activity designed to teach annotation in a manageable way to 7-12 English Language Arts students. Using quick terminology and a symbol system, students will learn to analyze difficult texts, using tricks to absorb reading better. State testing, which requires students to tackle difficult pieces of texts in an effective way, do not allow for a lot of time. This activity will teach students to read things quickly, but absorb slowly, highlighting the most important information. It contains TWO s
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7th - 12th
"I Have a Dream" Close Read: Annotating the Text worksheet
This is resource walks students through the process of annotating the "I Have a Dream" speech for theme, tone, repetition, parallel structure, allusions, figurative language, and vocabulary. Students write in the margin and highlight and bracket the text in order to compile all aspects of a rhetorical analysis.
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6th - 12th
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Newspaper Activity - Comparing News Stories and Editorials
This activity asks students to find and read a news story and an editorial on the same topic, and then analyze the differences between the two. Great for AIS classes.
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5th - 11th
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