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10th grade Presidents' Day literature circles for International Baccalaureate
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches - Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated texts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington and President Obama's speech given at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington given in 2013. The included zipped folder also includes an unmarked copy of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical componen
Grades:
6th - 12th
Abraham Lincoln (10 Days That Shook Your World) Unit
This is a unit to use with the book Abraham Lincoln (10 Days That Shook Your World) by David Colbert. There is a quiz for each chapter of the book. The quizzes are a mixture of open ended questions and some multiple choice questions and answer keys are provided. There are two tests included with the unit. One test covers the Introduction through Day 5, and the second test covers Day 6 through the Afterword. The two tests are multiple choice with a few discussion questions. Answer keys are provid
Grades:
7th - 10th
Recording templates for Project Zero Thinking Routines
Recording templates to help students engage with thinking routine protocols from Project Zero.
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
President Obama’s Sandy Hook Elementary School Prayer Vigil Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s speech at the prayer vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT delivered on December 16, 2012. The speech was given in memorial for the 20 children and 6 adults who were killed during the shooting at the elementary school. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key
Grades:
6th - 12th
Colonial Slavery Stations Gallery Walk
This gallery walk or stations activity will have students look at colonial laws in 3 different colonial regions, slave auction ads, runaway slave ads, and a map of the triangular trade. It engages students in higher order thinking and gets them reading and thinking about primary sources! I used this in my IB class but can be adapted to all levels but shortening the readings. It includes questions that go with the stations. At the end, students will have a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the
Grades:
9th - 12th
Wheel of Analysis
Students struggle to remember that all of the authorial techniques and literary devices can be used to analyze one another. They work in concert! Emotion and foreshadowing can be evidence of characterization. Dialogue and imagery can reveal setting. A theme can be embedded in dialogue or a symbol. Conflict can be embedded in everything. Tone can be reflected in word choice ( diction) and allusion. Use this to help students craft a thesis statement, analyze a passage or text, or as a visual to he
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Analyze Literature Like a Boss! BUNDLE
Donald Trump vs. Stacey Abrams - A Rhetorical Comparison - State of the Union
This resource includes the annotated text, blank copy of the speeches, marginal notes, and accompanying guided reading activity for the following resources:President Donald J. Trump's 2019 State of the Union AddressStacey Abrams's Democratic Party Response to the 2019 State of the Union Address A Comparison Activity Between Both Speeches that Evaluates the Rhetorical Impact and Approaches of Each SpeakerThe included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speeches without annotations and margi
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conflict Chart Plus
Tired of Man vs____ ? It's too basic, too superficial. Conflict, as any author will tell you, drives a plot forward. ( No conflict, no story.) Help your students dig deep into all the different kinds of conflict within the basic 7 conflict types. Possible LessonsStudents identify and write a list of all the different kinds of conflict in a poem, passage, chapter, short story, or novelStudent identify and write a list of common conflicts in a series of novels, short stories, or poems.Student ide
Grades:
10th - 12th
Also included in: MACBETH Bundle
Aliens Workstations extract analysis for IB English B Individual Oral Practice
Get your students analysing written extracts without being slumped in their seats and bored. Get your students up and moving around with this workstation activity about aliens!This is a fantastic activity to prepare for the Individual Oral with your English B students, as it breaks down the extract by having them analyse one part at a time.What this resource includes:A written transcript from a film scene about aliens to analyse5 analysis activities for 5 workstationsA teacher guide on how to s
Grades:
10th - 12th
Sen. Kamala Harris's Nomination Speech at the 2020 DNC – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for Sen. Kamala Harris's Vice-Presidential nomination speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for students so that they can annotate it. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that stud
Grades:
6th - 12th
Chaucer's 'General Prologue': A Workbook Edition (Teaching Copy)
This 137-page Workbook Edition of ‘The General Prologue’ is built around a full copy of the original text, with a new inter-line modern translation, and together with the other versions of the resource available at LitWorks.com offers access to the Prologue in a variety of ways. Principally, it is a page-by-page reading guide, drawing students’ attention, by means of illuminating comments and challenging questions, to significant details in the narrative. It suggests a structured way of approach
Grades:
10th - 12th
Pres. Barack Obama 2016 Speech at the Democratic Convention-Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Speech at the Democratic National Convention delivered in Philadelphia, PA on July 28, 2016. This resource includes 85 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. 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. U
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Shakespeare - Sonnet 15
When I consider every thing that grows
Again, the poet ‘considers’ – an approach previously taken and weights his own thoughts about the subject with greater philosophical concerns. We also have the poet emerging as one aware of his power with words and how enduring (and beautiful) they are. Explore these notions with the associated workbook of group and individual activities. There is also a PowerPoint with a reading of the sonnet.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
FRANCES ALEXANDER by George Washington Close Read Poetry Analysis
Close Poetry Reading Analysis of FRANCES ALEXANDER by George Washington, first president of the United States. This poem is great for junior high to high school audiences as to the level and vocabulary being high, but explained within the questioning. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with using poem
Grades:
5th - 12th
Shakespeare - Sonnet 14
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;
The poet predicts the future but not as one might imagine. There is no astronomy or alchemy or natural portents. It is by looking into the subject’s eyes which gives the poet insight. The workbook with both individual and group activities helps students explore this notion along with the reading on the associated PowerPoint.
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Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Student Self-e Rubric & Guide evaluation
Preview:Assess yourself in terms of class participation, preparation, self-discipline, and attitude using the guide below. You...show engagement in class (attentiveness, interest in learning) in all activitiesalways contribute something to the class discussion and participates (pro-)actively & appropriately actively listens to teacher and classmates...
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circle Role Cards
Quality discussions during Literature Circles require training and these cards will help you do that! These foldable cards, designed to be propped-up like a tent, establish roles for Literature Circles to support students with protocols and topics of conversation. Roles include a Text Director who encourages peers to follow protocols on how to read passages together.a Topics, Tone and Theme Trackera Fortune Teller who, instead of gazing into a crystal ball, encourages students to see the futur
Grades:
5th - 12th
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