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Middle School Poetry - Tone and Mood

By Carpe Momentum

I taught this incredibly effective lesson in my 7th grade ELA class. Students told other teachers about the lesson, talked about it all day to their friends, and went home and shared the poem and video with their parents. This lesson includes a

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English Language Arts, Poetry

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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AP Language and Composition - Friday Fun with SPACECAT! Rhetorical Shorts

By Carpe Momentum

All students struggle with rhetorical analysis and would benefit from more practice. We also want to expose our students to texts from centuries past so they become accustomed to the more complex language that always appears on the AP exam. But

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

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Write like Shakespeare: Sonnet Extension Activity

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Teach this fun lesson in conjunction with any Shakespeare study including plays or sonnets. Students will use adaptations of modern pop songs to understand sonnet structure, clearly identify the rhythm of iambic pentameter, and develop an

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Critical Literary Theory Unit - Use With Any Novel

By Carpe Momentum

Welcome to my over-stuffed unit on Literary Criticism Theory. This unit is designed to guide students in learning and applying several critical theory lenses to a novel. It includes PPTs on the theory, guided activities focusing on common high

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English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

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The Devil and Tom Walker Trading Game - Romanticism

By Carpe Momentum

Use this interactive lesson to get your students talking to each other, interacting with the story, and writing a summary response. Grab their interest with an interactive trading game where students negotiate with classmates to trade for high value

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Rhetorical Analysis & Parallelism: Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech

By Carpe Momentum

This lesson set includes a fully annotated copy of Henry’s famous “liberty or death” speech, a two page graphic organizer your students can use to complete a rhetorical scavenger hunt, a PPT with analysis and vocabulary by paragraph, and links to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.11-12.5, RI.11-12.6, RI.11-12.8, RI.11-12.9

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High Interest Paired Fiction and Non-Fiction Text - Footbinding

By Carpe Momentum

High interest middle school level paired fiction/non-fiction passage with guided questions and graphic organizer included. Includes video links for hook and engage and exit slip ideas. My class LOVED this lesson!The book excerpt is the property of

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English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Middle School Poetry: Assonance and Consonance

By Carpe Momentum

This lesson is comprised of resources I collected and tweaked in my classroom. I have included everything you need to help your students not only identify the sound devices of assonance and consonance but to also begin to appreciate why the poet

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.4, RL.7.10

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Three Shades of John Donne - Metaphysical Poetry

By Carpe Momentum

This lesson set offers a mature look at the metaphysical poetry of John Donne. I expanded the lesson set available in the Prentice Hall/Pearson British Tradition textbook. Please note that this lesson set discusses, in part, Donne's focus on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.6, RL.11-12.7, RL.11-12.8, RL.11-12.9, RL.11-12.10

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Chopin's Desiree's Baby - Regionalism and Irony

By Carpe Momentum

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin – Regionalism and Irony This lesson is appropriate as a stand-alone short story study or as part of your unit on Realism/Regionalism. The lesson includes the complete text of Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby,” introductory

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Literature, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lesson

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Civil Rights Background Study - Paired Fiction and Poetry

By Carpe Momentum

A challenging fiction and poetry pairing that works great for an ELA background study on civil rights, this lesson features a pivotal passage from Susan Crandall's "Whistling Past the Graveyard" and two civil rights era poems (authors unknown). The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Visual Literacy: Read Any Image for Middle and High School

By Carpe Momentum

This interactive, attention-grabbing lesson plan provides everything you need to teach your students the importance of visuals and how to “read” them. Students will learn to consider an image as a type of writing product. I have included a guiding

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English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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CCSS:

RI.8.5, RI.8.7, RI.11-12.7

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Integrating Quotes as Evidence: AP Language and Composition

By Carpe Momentum

Do your students struggle with integrating textual evidence in the form of quotes into their own writing? Most students default to dropping stand alone quotes into their essays and fail to add contextual information or pertinent background

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

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Lesson

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AP Language and Composition Unit 2 Lesson Set The Homelessness Crisis in America

By Carpe Momentum

AP Language and Composition Unit 2 Lesson SetThe Homelessness Crisis in AmericaAuthor's Strategic Writing Choices, Evidence-based Claims, Persuasive WritingUpdated to Reflect the Fall 2019 CEDAs a veteran AP Lang & Comp teacher, I realize the

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lesson

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Ozymandias with Modern Music Connections! 12th Grade Poetry

By Carpe Momentum

Grab your 12th graders attention and get them talking! I've paired Shelley's "Ozymandias" with modern popular music lyrics that will tease the underlying theme to the surface.Includes copies of the poem and lyrics, video links, thoughtful discussion

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English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

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Emily Dickinson: 3 Day Socratic Seminar Unit

By Carpe Momentum

Afraid to try a Socratic Seminar? Give it a shot with this power pack that includes everything you need to get your students digging into and discussing the poetry of Emily Dickinson: slideshow with introduction to Dickinson and guidance/explanation

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.7, RL.11-12.9, SL.11-12.1, SL.11-12.2, SL.11-12.3, WHST.11-12.2

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Middle School Foreshadow Flashback 2 Days Full Lessons

By Carpe Momentum

Foreshadow and Flashback Lesson - Middle School This engaging lesson includes everything you need to teach your middle school students foreshadow and flashback using authentic fictional texts. This two day lesson includes a guiding PPT, a cloze for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Lesson

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High Interest Fiction/Non-Fiction Paired Passage - Dogs

By Carpe Momentum

Call of the Wild Excerpt + Newscast Transcript of Vapor Wake Dogs Story with DRTA Graphic OrganizerPaired Passages for Reading ComprehensionMiddle School 6 - 8 English Language ArtsDRTA Graphic Organizer includes text dependent questions on

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English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Paired Passage - Socio-Economic Diversity for Middle School ELA

By Carpe Momentum

Another lesson to get your kids talking about things that are important to them and practicing ELA skills at the same time! This lesson features paired fiction and non-fiction passages, is CCSS aligned, and provides opportunity for students to work

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

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CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.9

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Thanatopsis with Real World Connections ~ Paired Non-Fiction

By Carpe Momentum

Thanatopsis and Organic Burials Paired Text Study: Each year, I have found it more and more difficult to engage my students in “Thanatopsis.” The language is dense and the subject uninteresting and irrelevant to most of my students. This year, I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.4, RI.11-12.7

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