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Book Project: Turn Any Book into a Netflix Series

By Secondary Urban Legends

Lights, Camera, Literature! Introducing the "Binge-Worthy Book Series" Project! Ready to take your end-of-book projects to Hollywood-level excitement? Say goodbye to boring summaries and hello to the red carpet of creativity with our innovative

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

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Projects, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.10, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.10, RL.8.2, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.10...

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Sort the Evidence Digital Activity for Writing

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20 argument essay writing prompts for middle school students to practice sorting the evidence (for/against). Can also be used for high school remediation or skill building. Can be used in a variety of ways:✔Assign in Google Classroom✔No Google

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Assessment

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Identity Activities for Middle and High School Students

By Secondary Urban Legends

Looking to dig into identity with high interest texts to engage your middle and high school students? This unit designed to examine the effect of stereotypes on a person's identity. Activities include standards aligned questions, written short

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.6, RI.7.7, RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6...

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Shark Tank Writing and Speaking Team Building Activity

By Secondary Urban Legends

Wrapping up the end of the school year or looking for an engaging back to school activity for middle and high school students? Introducing the MASH UP of all MASH-UPs: Unnecessary Inventions meets Shark Tank. Your students may have seen these

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Lesson

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.2a, W.8.1, W.8.2a, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2a, SL.7.1, SL.7.1a, SL.7.1c, SL.7.4, SL.7.5...

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The Hate U Give and Songs of Protest Unit

By Secondary Urban Legends

Looking for high engagement independent and collaborative activities to do with your middle and high school students while reading The Hate U Give? This unit is designed to examine the use of protest songs during the Civil Rights Movement and the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Music, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, CCRA.R.1...

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Book Project: Creating Movie Trailers

By Secondary Urban Legends

From Page to Premiere: Unleash Your Students Inner Spielberg with this Book-to-Blockbuster Movie Screenwriting Unit! This comprehensive resource empowers educators to transform the way literature is experienced by guiding middle and high school

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.6

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Identity Project Using TED TALK for Middle and High School

By Secondary Urban Legends

Looking to help your students explore identity and stereotypes? Centered around the TED TALK, The Danger of a SIngle Story, this lesson brings middle and high school students through the critical thinking, discussion, and reflective process to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Projects

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.5, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, W.6.10...

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Delineate and Evaluate Claims & Assess Reasoning & Evidence

By Secondary Urban Legends

Needing to cover the common core standards? Ready for your students to read like a writer? This unit is ready to go and designed to teach students the skills of delineating and evaluating arguments, assessing the author's reasoning, and supporting

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.8, RI.8.1, RI.8.8, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.8, W.6.1, W.6.1b, W.7.1, W.7.1b, W.8.1...

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SEL Prompts for Middle and High School

By Secondary Urban Legends

Want to harness to transformative power of social emotional learning (SEL) with your middle and high school students? It is essential that our students have the tools they need to navigate their mental health and by using this GROWING BUNDLE, you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Google Apps

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Argument Writing Digital Unit with Text Set

By Secondary Urban Legends

Students still struggling with essay writing or looking to reinforce skills? THREE different essay writing activities that helps middle and high school students practice skills necessary to be successful at argument writing: 1) Driving Age Digital

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.7.1c, W.8.1, W.8.1a, W.8.1b...

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Online Resource
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Close Read Practice: The People Who Could Fly

By Secondary Urban Legends

Do your students need practice with close reading? Using this resource, students will practice close reading for author's use of words and how the theme is developed in the African American folktale The People Could Fly.Included:guided close reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5

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Argument Writing Unit: Trampolines

By Secondary Urban Legends

Argumentative essay writing practice with a fun topic on trampoline safety. Students can practice identifying the claim and evidence in the three included sources. Prepare your students using this resource for state assessments and college and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.6

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The Hate You Give Novel Theme Activities

By Secondary Urban Legends

Do you need activities to discuss themes within The Hate U Give? These short and extended response activities kick the CCSS practice in high gear because students are analyzing themes across texts, tracing how ideas are developed in a piece of work,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.4, RI.7.6, RI.7.7, RI.7.8, RI.7.9, RI.8.1...

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Odyssey Extension Unit: Hero's Journey Book Club Unit

By Secondary Urban Legends

Need to modernize your hero's journey unit? This book club unit is designed with today's students in mind. Either you are looking to add rigor to your current Odyssey or other hero's journey canon text or ready to engage in cultural relevant

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5

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Building a Reading Community in Middle and High School

By Secondary Urban Legends

Looking to foster a love for reading together in your middle and high school classroom? Use this unit to find out the types of reader's you have in your classrooms as well as to navigate conversations on the importance of reading. This unit

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.10

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The Cask of Amontillado Narrative Writing and Research Unit

By Secondary Urban Legends

There is no better mentor for narrative writing techniques than Edgar Allan Poe and in this unit your students get their creative juices flowing by writing their own retelling of the classic tale. The unit guides middle and high school students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.8.3, W.8.3b, W.8.3d, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.3b, W.9-10.3c, W.9-10.3d, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.7

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Pre-reading activities for Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

By Secondary Urban Legends

Are your students about to read the diverse novel Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher? Then you need these pre- reading activities to hook, engage, and teach skills such as :-analyzing political cartoons- identifying rhetorical devices and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.6, RH.9-10.9, RH.9-10.10

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BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

By Secondary Urban Legends

Multiple back to school activities to do with middle and high school students to keep them engaged while making goals, reflecting, and envisioning the future they want for themselves. They will listen to wise words from:Former President Barack

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Posters

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.8

$4.00

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Test Prep Reading Comprehension Paired Passages

By Secondary Urban Legends

Need test prep for your middle and high school classes? These paired passages, or paired texts, teaches essential skills necessary for Common Core standards. The standards require students to look deeper at text as they make connections and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2...

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Shades of Meaning/ Word Nuances FREEBIE

By Secondary Urban Legends

6 different drag and drop activities that allow students to be able to practice arranging words based on intensity. Similar to the paint chip activity in which students write a different word increasing in intensity. Activities also include fill in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.L.5

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Nine years of teaching Reading, Writing, and Language Arts in an urban setting. Three years as an instructional literacy coach for the fourth largest school district. Microsoft Innovative Education, Google Certified

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