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High school informational text lectures
Editorial Cartoons Political Cartoons to Teach Persuasion Rhetoric Google Drive
Teach your students how to “read” an editorial or political cartoon with this one-day lesson that can also become part of your regular current event assignment rotation. Perfect for English/Language Arts and History/Social Studies classrooms!The lesson begins with an introduction to four persuasive tools used by editorial cartoonists (symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, and analogy) with real-world examples of classic public domain political cartoons. Then, use modern cartoon examples (links incl
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Informational Text Features Lesson, Complete Teaching Unit
This complete pack for teaching and assessing informational text features will take your instruction of this skill from beginning to end. Each of my ELA Skills-Readiness Lesson Packs includes a teacher's guide lesson plan, an easy-to-use PPT lecture explaining the concept, guided practice, opportunity for collaborative and individual practice, and a form of assessment.Student Experience: Students will take notes during the engaging and up-to-date lecture. There are plenty of examples to explain
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Skills Teaching Units, BUNDLE of Lessons
Thanatopsis, William Cullen Bryant, Multimedia Poem Analysis, PDF & Google, CCSS
Take a challenging poem and it make it far more accessible with these dynamic multimedia materials that will help students build connections between our modern world and the 1817 thoughts of American poet William Cullen Bryant.Romanticism poetry can be tough for today’s teens to master, but linking a poem’s themes to students’ own lives and popular media helps create a much richer experience. These print/post-and-teach materials do just that!This lesson, which will take at least two class period
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Annotated Bibliography Mini Lesson
An introduction to the annotated bibliography that will provide your students with an overview of the annotated bibliography as well as opportunity to practice what they learned. Mini Lesson Includes:- Introductory PowerPoint that gives students an overview of the annotated bibliography including its purpose, an example, and needed materials *NOTE: This is a PowerPoint SlideShow and cannot be edited- Guided Notes Sheet for students to use during the PowerPoint lecture- Research question and link
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Newspaper Article Writing - Journalism Nonfiction Lesson and Graphic Organizers
Newspaper Article Writing - Journalism Nonfiction Lesson and Graphic Organizers: Introduce your students to the world of non-fiction journalistic writing with this ready-to-use lesson. This comprehensive resource is designed to guide students through the process of writing a newspaper article. From understanding the key elements of journalistic writing to organizing their thoughts using the included graphic organizer, this resource provides a step-by-step approach to enhance students' journalist
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
How To Write A Research Paper and Oral Report PowerPoint
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Ethics in Journalism and Yearbook Lesson, Complete Teaching Unit
Prepare your students to be responsible journalists as they create your school's yearbook, newspaper, or magazine. You'll have everything you need to teach your students how to avoid bias, copyright, and other ethical violations with plenty of examples of what to do and what not to do. Sometimes students cross these lines without meaning to, but this teaching pack will help them understand what's right from wrong without being too heavy and technical. Lesson Contents:-Lecture (PPT and digital fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
Olaudah Equiano's "The Interesting Life" Memoir Unit
This teaching pack guides an in-depth study of an excerpt from Equiano's memoir The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano detailing his journey on the Middle Passage. There are so many options with this low prep pack that you can pick and choose or work your way through them all. Student Experience: Students are guided through the background, key events of the period, vocabulary words, an opportunity for summarizing, guided discussion for breaking down the memoir, interactive analysis of the memo
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Text Features PowerPoint Presentation
This introduction to 27 text features highlights the various print features and visual aids that help students understand nonfiction text, including the table of contents, glossary, index, appendix, captions, diagrams, and maps. Since a key component of this lesson is perusing nonfiction selections at their tables, each of the 27 features also has a slide asking students to find that particular text feature in a book at their tables. The FREE crossword puzzle (http://www.teacherspayteachers.co
Grades:
4th - 10th
Teach How to Write a Research Question and Thesis Statement
This Google Slides presentation walks students through the process of writing a research question and corresponding thesis statement. Print copies of the slides for students to use in their notes.
Grades:
8th - 12th
A Christmas Carol Introductory Slides and Activities
These 20+ slides will help introduce your students to Charles Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol. This is the perfect introduction to your unit plan and makes a great first lesson plan for the novel. The slides cover the following topics:Who is Charles Dickens (featuring pictures from his house in London)The Industrial RevolutionDebtor's prisonsChild laborVictorian educationDickens' inspiration for the novelChristmas in Victorian EnglandThe novel's titleThe prefaceStaves/chaptersNarrative voiceSy
Grades:
9th - 12th
Financial Literacy Growing Bundle of High School Lessons and Activities
This financial literacy growing bundle contains lessons and activities for a personal finance course at the high school level. Currently included you will find:Renting a Home lesson with a lecture and 8 activitiesRetirement Accounts lesson with a lecture and 6 activitiesFinancial Literacy Trivia-style Game with 25 personal finance questionsThese are great lessons and activities to add to a personal finance course, and many of the tasks are suitable for adult learners as well. I use these after t
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10th - 12th
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A Tale of Two Cities Introduction
Background information on Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two CitiesDynamic multimedia Prezi (41 "clicks") with Guided Notes Handout (4 pages, 50 fill-in-the-blanks) for students *answer key included!Information Includes:-Charles Dickens' early life and career-Life in London during Dickens' time-General Info about the novel including setting and themes-Relevant literary terms such as allegory, doubles, and paradoxes-Overview of main charactersLecture Length: Approximately 50 minutes**Prezi links a
Grades:
6th - 12th
American Revolution Lit: Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Paine
This is zip file with teacher notes and a 14 slide powerpoint that walks through persuasive devices in speeches and the following 3 selections:
1. Patrick Henry's "Speech at the Virginia Convention"
2. Ben Franklin's Speech at the Convention
3. Thomas Paine's "American Crisis"
Patrick Henry's speech is closely analyzed, while the other two are overviews. I use this ppt in conjunction with an American lit book in 11th grade English, but it could be adapted for other books and secondary levels
Grades:
10th - 12th
Media Literacy: Intro to Target Audience in Advertisements
This is a lesson on the concept of a target audience using advertisements as examples to analyze. I like to use ads to illustrate the concept because ads are self contained and short. Once students understand target audience in advertising, they can then expand that concept to include other media texts.This zip file contains:- PowerPoint on Target Audience with examples (I've included analysis on each slide in the PowerPoint note portion so that you can review it, but it won't show up when you u
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Truman Show Themes Slideshow
35 pages of an informational slideshow concerning the following 4 major themes that show up in the film:
* The American Dream
* Reality vs. Illusion
* The Power of the Media
* Utopia vs. Dystopia
Definitions and some important background information included, along with many images and photos to help students.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Historical Context Notes for the Novel by Chapter
Refugee Historical Context Presentation: This slideshow will help provide students with the important historical context made in the novel Refugee by Alan Gratz. The novel includes three different plot lines set in Germany during the Holocaust, in Cuba during the Cuban Raft Exodus, and in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. The notes provide students with the specific reference made in the novel and an easy-to-understand explanation of the history behind the reference. This is included in our pop
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Refugee by Alan Gratz Unit Plan - Novel Study Reading Unit
Non-Fiction Text Features PowerPoint Notes
This PowerPoint presentation can be used as a quick review or as a way to teach the students about non-fiction text features before reading nonfiction and informational texts. For example, I showed my 8th grade students this PowerPoint before we began reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. As I went through the PowerPoint, the students wrote the word and their purpose into a "Non-fiction Text Features Booklet." After they finished taking notes, they were given time in class to either dr
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Notice and Note Nonfiction Powerpoint
This powerpoint will help you teach the nonfiction signposts to your students. Has over 40 slides.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Credible or "Fake News"? Cultivating News Literacy in a "Post-Truth" Era
These lessons cover the basics of discerning between credible and false journalism (and the gradient between the two), using contemporary (but non-controversial) examples. There is also a slideshow (in PDF format) with links to examples of terms, as well as examples of credible journalism.
Arguably the most tangibly helpful aspect of this three-day unit is the "News Analysis Checklist" which students can apply to any form of journalism to asses its credibility. The checklist is available in PDF
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Puritans Introduction PowerPoint! American Literature
A great introduction to the Puritans for your American Literature class. I use this every year as our first look at America's early settlers before reading authors such as Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, etc.
Please provide feedback so that I may update my products, and keep them relevant to your classroom!
Also see my resource for Anne Bradstreet here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Anne-Bradstreet-Poetry-Questions-and-Journal-Assignment
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Grades:
8th - 12th
A Modest Proposal - Annotated Modernized Paraphrase
Your students will be masters of satire after they read and analyze Jonathan Swift's outrageous and historic essay A Modest Proposal. The heart of this product is an annotated paraphrase of the classic satirical essay, rewritten from the ground up for a modern high-school audience. Included in this document you will find:Context for A Modest Proposal: A thorough introduction to Swift, Swift's England, the form and function of satire, and how to read a satire for the author's true meaning. Thi
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Gatsby and The American Dream: A Non-Fiction Lesson
One of the shifts in the Common Core State Standards is the focus on informational texts. As English teachers, many of us tend to overlook rich non-fiction that exists because fiction is such an important mainstay of our field. This lesson specifically focuses on the informational text standards, but it ties in with a beloved classic of literature, The Great Gatsby.This lesson asks students to question the idea of the American dream and read contemporary news and magazine articles on the topic
Grades:
11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle
Organizing Text Structures Powerpoint, Practice Quiz and Answer Key
Need help quizzing the types of text structures: Chronological order, Sequence, Spatial, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, or Compare and Contrast?This 18 slide Powerpoint with quiz defines the structures, introduces easy to draw graphic organizers for each structure, and has students read passages at the end to identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph. The quiz has an answer key slide for your reference.Great for both Informational and Literary texts units! ******
Grades:
6th - 12th
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