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Evaluating Arguments Digital Escape Room!

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Need an engaging, fun, educational, rigorous activity for your students? Look no further! Students love learning through digital escape rooms, and this one is no different! This digital escape room can be a pre-teaching, during unit, or

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

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

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Activities, Assessment

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RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.8, W.8.1, W.8.1a, W.8.1b

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Introducing Shakespeare Digital Escape Room

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Fun and engaging with NO PREP WORK FOR YOU! - introduce your students to Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare's biography, the language he helped create, and basic information about a drama's structure, and The Globe Theatre! This digital escape

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English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

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

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Activities, Internet Activities

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CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10

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Fast Romeo and Juliet Unit! Done in under 3 weeks!

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Wow! You can TOTALLY do Romeo and Juliet in only 3 weeks!This focuses on the five major scenes in Romeo and Juliet as close reads and analysis (with film). Synopsis of the missing parts are used (I always let the students vote on which film version

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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Assessment, Movie Guides

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10

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National Boards - Knowledge of Students Guide / Bundle / Component 4

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Congratulations on working on your National Boards certificate! National Boards is a rewarding and challenging journey and we would love to help you on your way. As two Nationally Board certified teachers, we know exactly the massive undertaking

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English Language Arts, Professional Development, For All Subjects

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Activities, Professional Development

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Macbeth Opening Scene - Film Comparison (Great Intro to Macbeth!!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT way to start off a unit on Macbeth in a fun and engaging way! Students take notes on the 1971, 2005, 2006, 2004, and 2015 versions of the opening scenes of Macbeth, then they answer analysis questions around each interpretation. This builds

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Drama, Literature, Writing

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

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Activities

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RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10

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West Side Story/ Romeo and Juliet Comparison Guide

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Did you read Romeo and Juliet with your students? Why not watch West Side Story (2021) and compare the two?!This guide has students compare the main characters from the text to the film and note their similarities and differences as well as look at

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English Language Arts

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

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Activities, Movie Guides

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RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.9

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Ultimate Movie Guide Bundle (w/Quizzes and One Pager's & Answer Keys)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a GROWING Movie Guide Bundle for Broadway movie musicals! This includes movie guides with answer keys (+time stamps). These work great as a quick sub plan, building kids musical theater knowledge, prepping for reading a play, etc.This bundle

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English Language Arts, Drama

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

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Movie Guides

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$42.00

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A Muppet Christmas Carol Film Guide, One Pager, and Quiz! With Answer Keys

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Kids will LOVE A Muppet Christmas Carol film bundle.It includes a Film Guide:20 Questions include:Storyline QuestionsCharacterization AnalysisThematic Critical Thinking QuestionsReflection Questions for the film as a wholeQuestions are multiple

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English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

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Assessment, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, CCRA.R.7

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Ethos Pathos Logos (Rhetorical Appeals) Advertisement Project

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Fun way to end a unit on ethos, pathos, logos (Rhetorical Appeals). This can be used for up to 4 class periods, but could also be shorted down into 2-3 class periods if needed. Students receive a project packet where they choose something to be

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English Language Arts

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

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Activities

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Ultimate Movie Guide Bundle (Growing - w/Answer Key and Time Stamps)

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English Language Arts, Drama

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

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Movie Guides

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Social Media Argumentative Essay and Sources

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This essay bundle is a great summative assessment for a non-fiction unit on Social Media. Students love engaging with this topic and they all come with an opinion! Resources are editable and can be used fully for students that need extra

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English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

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

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Activities, Graphic Organizers

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (0.07 MB)

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Social Media Impact Unit

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a FULL unit based on non-fiction texts concerning the growth of social media and it's impact on the world, people, mental health, etc. The entire unit is editable so you can adjust as needed for your classroom and pacing. This lasts

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, School Psychology

Grades:

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

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Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Webquests

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.6, CCRA.W.9

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Social Media WebQuest

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Social Media - it's everywhere and our students are often addicted to their phones! What can help them understand the impacts of social media on their lives and those of others. Available as a PowerPoint or a Google Slides presentation. Can be done

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English Language Arts

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

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Activities, Webquests

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RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5

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Context and Anticipation Guide for Of Mice and Men Stations Activity (Fun!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Students LOVED this!Need a an engaging way to frontload a lot of background information for Of Mice and Men? This is a stations activity where students rotate around the room and groups to seven stations, each has important details and activities

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English Language Arts

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

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Activities

$5.00

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Essay Writing Workshop Bundle

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Your students' writing will improve with leaps and bounds with these clear practice worksheets where students target specific writing skills! Each comes with examples for the students to see how the skill is done correctly, then they identify errors

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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$7.00

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Identifying and Analyzing Juxtaposition in (Film, Fiction, AND Photography)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a fun way to introduce the concept of juxtaposition using youtube clips (Up, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Wizard of Oz), pictures, and examples from literature. The top of the worksheet has a definition, two sentence frames so they understand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Internet Activities

$4.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.65 MB)

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A Christmas Carol (2009 w/Jim Carrey) Film/One Pager/Quiz with Answer Key!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

A GREAT movie bundle for A Christmas Carol (2009 version with Jim Carrey)It includes a Film Guide:20 Questions include:Storyline QuestionsCharacterization AnalysisThematic Critical Thinking QuestionsReflection Questions for the film as a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, CCRA.R.7

$5.99

$5.00

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Analyze Ethos / Pathos / Logos with Commercials - Fun Rhetorical Appeal activity

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Great way to introduce the Rhetorical Appeals! Students learn how to identify ethos, pathos, and logos as they analyze commercials for premise, target audience, and the 3 appeals.This is editable, so you can adjust as necessary. It ALSO includes an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10

$3.50

Digital Download DOCX (0.03 MB)

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Broadway Movie Musicals Mega Bundle 2! (Guides, One Pagers, Quizzes!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Have resources on hand whenever you need (or want) to show the film version of a musical! Students LOVE these. This could function as a unit on Broadway musicals or as standalone musicals that you play throughout the year. :)This bundle includes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Music, Drama

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Movie Guides

$21.97

$15.00

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Two National Boards Certified ELA teachers with 20 years of experience working at both the middle and high school levels. We share a passion for all things books, literature, and of course, Harry Potter!

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Focused on engaging activities to encourage critical thinking and developing students self-motivation to be lifelong learners.

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National Boards Certification, National Boards MOC, District Teacher of the Year Nominee

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Math, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Government, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Other (Art), Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, Statistics, Psychology, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, School Psychology, Close Reading