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Ethos, Pathos, Logos Diagram & Sentence Stems

By Gwen Heskett

This two-sided handout is a great reference to support students with understanding ethos, pathos and logos. The front side depicts a diagram with definitions and strategies for each of the appeals used to persuade an audience and on the back,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, International Baccalaureate, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

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IB Global Issues

By Gwen Heskett

This 4-page resource is designed to help students in any of the IB English classes identify global issues in a text or body of work by providing examples in each of the 5 fields they might use, adapt or consider as they prepare for the new IB

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Guess the Rhetorical Appeal Group Activity

By Gwen Heskett

This fun, small group activity provides practice with recognizing examples of ethos, pathos and logos. Groups are given an envelope containing 10 strips, each with a different statement that involves attempting to persuade a teacher for an

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Games

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Tone & Theme With Calvin & Hobbes

By Gwen Heskett

What is tone? And how is this different from tone of voice? Students often have a difficult time distinguishing between these two in literature since a character’s tone of voice may be very different than the tone (the author’s attitude or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, International Baccalaureate

Grades:

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

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Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.7

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Seating Chart Preference Questionnaire Using Google Forms

By Gwen Heskett

Use this Google form to solicit info about students' preferences about seating and who they might work well with. I emphasize seating charts are designed to cultivate a classroom community which means they may not always sit next to friends (and

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Classroom Forms

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Letter To My Future Self

By Gwen Heskett

In this assignment, students are asked to write letters to their future selves which you keep to send at the end of their senior year or pass out at graduation. Included is a template to give students ideas about what to write, but it is also an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts

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How To Find an Author's Central Claim

By Gwen Heskett

For years I have struggled to help students identify an author's central claim and pull together the writer's opinions about the most significant topics in the text into a concise sentence that moves beyond simplistic or vague statements - The

Subjects:

International Baccalaureate, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Rubrics

CCSS:

RI.9-10.2, RI.11-12.2, CCRA.R.2

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Exit Ticket & Rubric for Quoting the Text (Editable)

By Gwen Heskett

If you have students who insert quotes into their essays all by their lonesome, this exit ticket and rubric specific to writing integrated quotes will help reinforce the concept of blending the quotations they use with context. I have included both

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Rubrics

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Sentence Stems for Writing About Stylistic & Rhetorical Devices

By Gwen Heskett

Whether students are analyzing stylistic devices in novels or poetry, or rhetorical devices in speeches, nonfiction and expository text, this resource is for you! No longer will your students write, "The speaker repeats this idea because it's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.6, CCRA.W.2

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Adding Reflection To Your Narrative

By Gwen Heskett

If you ask students to write autobiographical narratives or personal statements, you will love this four page resource! It provides strategies, samples and sentence stems that help students understand how to add meaningful reflection into their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.9-10.3b, W.11-12.3b, CCRA.W.3

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Personal Narrative Rubric -Editable!

By Gwen Heskett

This EDITABLE narrative rubric can be used for scoring personal statements as part of the college admission process or for writing short autobiographical stories. Check out the preview to see it!I have used this rubric in both regular and advanced

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.9-10.3, W.9-10.3a, W.9-10.3b, W.11-12.3, W.11-12.3a, W.11-12.3b, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4

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Tone, Tone of Voice, Mood & Atmosphere: What's the Difference?

By Gwen Heskett

This single-sided handout provides students with an explanation of how tone, tone of voice, mood and atmosphere are different. Also included is an explanation of each based on To Kill a Mockingbird. Even if your students have not read this book,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5

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Essay Structure Slideshow

By Gwen Heskett

Use these slides to introduce and review terms necessary to understand the parts of a 5 paragraph essay. The slides visually depict how an essay is structured and how the different parts relate to each other. Rather than going through all of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Outlines

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Argument Essay Rubric -Editable

By Gwen Heskett

Includes both a pdf and editable Microsoft word version of this rubric which can be used for any argument-based, multi-paragraph essay that requires the citation of sources. The individual strands evaluate the student's claim or thesis organization

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9

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Princess Bride Mystery Party

By Gwen Heskett

What has happened to Princess Buttercup? Similar to a “mystery party,” students take on the role of characters from the text, record clues in a graphic organizer as they listen to others reveal what they know, and try to solve what has happened to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Editable Rubric for Literary Analysis Essays

By Gwen Heskett

This editable (Google Doc) rubric is designed to score literary analysis essays and is formatted to print on a single page. Check out the preview to see more!Want to help your students improve their skill with analyzing text? Check out my

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Printables

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Sentence Stems For Asking Great Questions About Literature

By Gwen Heskett

If you use Literature Circles, have your students prepare their own open-ended questions to discuss during group meetings and use this resource to teach them how to do it! Included are four pages of sentence stems organized into categories that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

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Summary Rubric - Editable (based on Common Core Standards)

By Gwen Heskett

*Included is both a pdf and editable Microsoft word version.If you have your students write summaries, this might be the rubric for you. The individual strands or areas of focus evaluate the student's ability to identify the author's central claim

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, International Baccalaureate

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Rubrics

CCSS:

RI.9-10.2, W.9-10.2c, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2

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Tone Finder Toolkit

By Gwen Heskett

This 4-page list groups tone words with similar meanings together into over 100 CATEGORIES helping students to narrow their focus versus having to look through a long alphabetical list. A closer look will also reveal that negative tone categories

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, RI.9-10.4, CCRA.R.4

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Quoting the Text Matching Activity with Lord of the Flies

By Gwen Heskett

In this hands on activity, students match strips with quotes from chapters 1-2 of Lord of the Flies to context statements creating single smoothly blended sentences.This packet also provides materials for teaching students the basics of quoting the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Rubrics

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, W.9-10.9, CCRA.W.9

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