Test Prep Paired Texts - Paired Passages - Close Reading & Essay Writing Bundle
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Challenge your students to read and write critically with these lessons including all of my popular "Paired Passages" (paired texts). These lessons require students to synthesize their reading and identify central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that varyPrice $25.20Original Price $31.50Save $6.30
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary byPrice $44.99Original Price $72.15Save $27.16
Are you new to American Literature or tired of boring worksheets? Engage students with texts by American authors in lessons that use real-world learning connections, an appreciation for cultural diversity, and critical thinking skills. These activities for your American Literature Curriculum are orPrice $83.99Original Price $206.71Save $122.72
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In these three lessons, students compare paired texts that have similar universal themes. These detailed lesson plans will provide you with everything you need to help your students meet Common Core English Language Arts Standards as they make connections between the texts and construct effective comparison essays.
This 60-page bundle includes the following:
-explicit lesson plans with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards
-anticipation guides
-contextual reading guides with sample annotation passages
-poetry, fiction, and non-fiction texts
-literature webs and poetry graphic organizers
-Venn diagrams
-literary analysis prompts
-rubrics
-answer keys
-sample essays
The following texts, which are in the public domain, are included in the product:
- "Ain’t I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth
- "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry
- "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain.
In order to respect copyright, online links are provided to the following texts (many of these are also available in school textbooks and anthologies):
- "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
- "Naming Myself" by Barbara Kingsolver
- "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros.
The lessons culminate in writing tasks that imitate the style of a standardized assessment. Furthermore, these lessons incorporate all strands of the Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) Anchor Standards. Because sample essays and detailed responses for all activities are provided in these lessons, this product is ideal for emergency substitute lesson plans.
Are your interested in other "Paired Passages" lessons? You may want to check the links below:
The Road Not Taken and Dream Deferred
Civil Disobedience and The Great Debaters
The Tell-Tale Heart and Sonnet 100
We Shall Overcome and Second Inaugural Address
Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily
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