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AMERICAN BORN CHINESE Unit Plan: EDITABLE Discussion Prompts, Quizzes, & Writing

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UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Discussion-based! Informed by the latest cutting-edge scholarship!....This 135-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese! Invite your

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HIGH SCHOOL POETRY ANALYSIS | 2 Weeks of Lesson Plans | 50+ Poems in 10 Packets!

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This 2-week poetry unit will boost skills in close reading and formal analysis in any high school English course. The unit features 50+ canonical poems written by a diverse spectrum of English-speaking poets. The poems and accompanying lesson plans

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Romeo and Juliet COMPLETE UNIT | Workbooks & Worksheets | Colorful & Editable!!

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This "star-crossed" curriculum will inspire your students to generate stellar insights about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The complete unit has everything you'll need to facilitate profoundly engaging classes on Romeo and Juliet. The

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INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE: Biography, Globe Theater, Language, Meter, Insults!

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Planning to teach a play by William Shakespeare? Want to provide students with a fascinating overview of the author's life, the construction of the Globe Theater, the language of early-modern English, the rhythm of iambic pentameter, and more? This

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Emily Dickinson's 10 BEST Poems | Discussion Questions, Quizzes, Assignment, Key

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NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE mini-unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The discussion questions, quizzes on poetic devices,

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Langston Hughes's 10 BEST Poems | "Harlem," "Mother to Son," "Let America..."

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NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The literary devices quizzes, discussion

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JULIUS CAESAR Complete Unit Plan: EDITABLE Worksheets, Discussion, & Writing

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Friends, teachers, countrymen, lend me your ears! This 160-page complete unit has everything you'll need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The colorful workbooks will enable you to capture and hold the

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Jamaica Kincaid's ANNIE JOHN (+ the story "Girl") | 3 Weeks of EDITABLE Lessons!

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NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 80-page EDITABLE unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. Invite your students to engage in student-driven discussions

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in POETRY: Analyze Poems w/ Metaphors, Similes, Symbols, etc

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This 50-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 12 poems in this unit pivot on the use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole,

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

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"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway | 20-Page Editable Lesson Plan!

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Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 20-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Invite your class to engage in student-driven

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English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

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

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IMAGERY IN POETRY: Poems with Vivid Sensory Images | 3-Day Lesson | High School

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This 40-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 10 poems in this unit all pivot on vivid and evocative SENSORY IMAGERY. Because even our strongest students

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

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Figurative Language CENTERS: 8 Stations & 120 Quotations | Worksheets & Quizzes!

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This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective method for giving students practice at analyzing the most important types of figurative language. Students will develop the skills not only to identify types of figurative language

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

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Robert Frost's 10 BEST Poems | Discussion Questions, Poetic Devices, & Writing!

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NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 40-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The discussion questions, quizzes on poetic devices,

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

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ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN POETRY: Poems on Behaving Ethically & Morally | 3-Day Lesson

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This 38-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 10 poems in this mini-unit all focus on different kinds of ethical dilemmas.Because teenagers are genuinely

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

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

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Discussion-Based Toolkit | Socratic Seminar Grading Rubrics | Harkness Trackers

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NEW IN 2020: Toolkit for discussion-based teaching! This 10-page editable document includes participation evaluation worksheets, role-playing exercises, and discussion trackers that you might use to improve your Harkness discussions and socratic

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, For All Subject Areas

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

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Introducing Quotations: How to PROPERLY EMBED Evidence (i.e. Set Up Quotes)

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This handout provides a thorough and clear explanation of how to properly embed quotations within a paper. The handout will introduce students to the three methods they should be using to introduce textual evidence. It offers a lucid account of how

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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

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W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2b, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.L.1...

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Figurative Language CENTERS: 8 Stations, 3 Quizzes, 1 Glossary | All SHAKESPEARE

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Hoping to deepen your students' knowledge of figurative language? Eager to equip your students with the tools and techniques for analyzing figurative language in Shakespeare's plays? This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

Grades:

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

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RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.6...

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LOVE POETRY: Discussion Questions, Literary Devices, & Writing | Valentine's Day

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!... This 40-page EDITABLE unit focuses on the most beautiful and compelling love poems in the history of love poetry! The unit on promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

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FAMILY DYNAMICS IN POETRY: Poems on Parent-Child Relationships | 3-Day Lesson

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This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 12 poems in this mini-unit all focus on the complex nature of family dynamics and parent-child

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Assessment, Literature Circles, Lesson

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Sonnets: Poem Analysis, Quizzes, Writing | Shakespeare to the Harlem Renaissance

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This 45-page EDITABLE unit tracks the development of the sonnet from Shakespeare's day through by Harlem Renaissance. How are traditional sonnets written by English poets like Shakespeare and Keats similar to and/or different from modern sonnets

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Literature, Poetry, Close Reading

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

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adam Jernigan has been teaching English in high schools and universities for 25 years. After earning a B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he taught English courses at one of the most prestigious universities in the U.S. But because his real passion is for working with adolescents, he has devoted the last 15 years to teaching at top-ranked high schools. He has taught English courses in grades 9-12 and especially enjoys designing curricula for honors courses, specialized electives, and Advanced Placement courses such as AP Literature.

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Adam holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago. Trained as a specialist in American literature, he has published essays on American fiction and poetry in a range of scholarly and popular journals. He won the Margaret Church Award for the best academic essay published in the journal Modern Fiction Studies in 2014.

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