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Close reading Common Core RI.9-10.9 activities
Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Compare Contrast Two or More Texts NonFiction Graphic Organizers
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts: Close Reading Strategies and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards
Use the handouts to encourage close reading and compare/contrast of two or more texts or sources (may be used with multimedia sources such as graphics, videos, podcasts, etc.). They may also be used to compare two different people, focusing on comparing their early life, struggles, and achievements. Includes modified Venn Diagrams specific to the CCSS.
These activities may b
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6th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Nonfiction Passages & Informational Text Features Flipbook | Media & Self Esteem
Teaching informational text and nonfiction text features? Check out this 45 Minute Lesson Informational Text Flipbook about the media and self esteem!This resource helps students take a closer look at controversial topics in today's society by focusing on research, using scholarly articles (informational texts), and topic videos.This particular foldable explores the impact social media has on our self-esteem. It is perfect for sub plans or to simply help students identify the deeper meaning of i
Grades:
7th - 11th
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience Activities, Worksheets
If you're teaching Thoreau's Civil Disobedience, you need this mini-bundle to make your lesson plans come alive. Included in the bundle are:An 8-page introductory PPT with activities (in both PPT and PDF formats)An excerpt from Civil Disobedience to read with studentsA quote analysis activityMoral situation activity using Thoreau's essay as a guideExcerpt from Gandhi's Civil Disobedience for comparison/contrastThoreau Civil Disobedience video worksheet (with link to YouTube video)Files included
Grades:
9th - 12th
American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
Are you new to American Literature or tired of boring worksheets? Engage students with texts by American authors in lessons that use real-world learning connections, an appreciation for cultural diversity, and critical thinking skills. These activities for your American Literature Curriculum are organized thematically and include a variety of lessons that meet the expectations of all Common Core ELA Standards. Classic American authors in the units include Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Maya Ang
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Paired Texts - Civil Disobedience and The Great Debaters - Essay Writing Lesson
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and the debate scene “Wiley College vs. Harvard University” from the movie The Great Debaters (which can be used with or without viewing the movie). Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze the arguments in the texts. This 30-page resource includes the followi
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9th - 12th
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The Gettysburg Address | Annotation, Parallel Structure, & Rhetorical Précis
With a focus on parallel structure and repetition, this 9 page document contains an annotation-friendly version of the text, an annotated key, and a rhetorical precis wordbank and template.Since it's so short, I always do MULTIPLE reads of "The Gettysburg Address." There is a good audio version on YouTube from Jeff Daniels as well. After the first de-coding read, I discuss why Lincoln structured his speech the way he did. The three paragraphs signify the past, the present, and the future. Then
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9th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis Speech Project - Rhetorical Devices, Appeals, Rhetoric
Looking an engaging rhetorical analysis activity for your high school or advanced middle school students to review and refine their rhetoric skills? This Rhetorical Analysis Speech Project is the perfect finale to any rhetorical analysis unit, offering opportunities for student choice, creativity, critical thinking, and in-depth analysis. With this rhetorical analysis project, your secondary ELA students will choose from a wide range of carefully selected historic speeches, then complete a varie
Grades:
8th - 12th
All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
All of my reading resources (for literature and nonfiction) are included in this mega growing bundle! You can use these activities with ANY book, story, or nonfiction text. (Excluding resources that are specific to novels, stories, or authors.)The zipped download includes the following teaching materials:*READING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY BOOK or STORY*Literature Activities for ANY Novel or Story, Vol. 1Literature and Nonfiction Creative Reading Resources for any book, Volume 2Creative Activities for A
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6th - 11th
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Invisible Man Activity, Lesson, Assessment, and Close Reading Bundle
This is the ultimate bundle for teaching Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison! This FULLY EDITABLE package has a full month of close readings, lessons, and activities, and your students will practice close reading for style, allusion, symbolism, historical connections, and more!This bundle includes:INVISIBLE MAN Digital Interactive Notebooknotes on Modernism and Ralph Ellisonbookmarksmotif chartsdiscussion questionsquizzesBooker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Comparison Activityhistorical speeches a
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9th - 12th
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American Literature Annotation Lessons BUNDLE from Rationalism to Postmodernism
If you're moving chronologically through American literature, this collection of annotation lessons currently includes* texts from Rationalism/the American Revolution, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism/the American Civil War, and Postmodernism. *Annotation lessons for Naturalism will be added in a future update.⚠️Most texts from Modernism and Postmodernism are not in the public domain, therefore I do not have the right to use those texts in my annotation lessons.This bundle will provide y
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9th - 12th
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Black History Month Lesson Bundle for Secondary English
This thematic bundle for African American History Month includes nine secondary ELA lessons and activities that teach a variety of ELA reading, writing, and grammar skills. Specifically, the bundle includes five paired-text lessons, two nonfiction connections lessons, one speech lesson, and one grammar Trashketball game to review sentence structures.The paired passage and nonfiction connection lessons require students to think critically and synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas ac
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8th - 11th
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Pres. Ronald Reagan's Challenger Speech AND Eulogy Rhetorical Analyses
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for TWO speeches by President Ronald W. Reagan following the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986:Speech on the Challenger Explosion and Eulogy of the Challenger 7.: 'True Heroes' The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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"Gettysburg Address": Analyzing Author's Craft Through Diction and Parallelism
Deeply understanding a primary source historical document can be extremely difficult for our students, yet the ability to do so becomes imperative as students progress toward higher education. This complete resource takes a close look at Lincoln's famous speech. A lesson plan, Google Docs and a Google Slides presentation begin with a brief look at the context of the speech and a pre-teaching vocabulary exercise to prepare students for the sophisticated vocabulary they will encounter. A different
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8th - 11th
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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Bundle - Close Reading and Essay Writing
These lessons and activities make teaching argumentative writing and rhetorical analysis easy! Use argument writing bell ringers, an argument research essay unit, rhetorical appeals task cards, research activities, paired texts, graphic organizers, and a rhetorical appeals trashketball game to differentiate instruction and meet the needs of individual students. These fourteen varied activities and lessons also help improve reading comprehension and prepare students for standardized assessments.A
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9th - 12th
G9-10 Parallel Structure with ‘The Gettysburg Address’ - Crime Scene Decoder
Liven up grammar practice with a criminal investigation in class!
What is a Crime Scene Decoder Skill Builder?
In a Crime Scene Decoder Skill Builder, students work in teams or individually to solve 10 problems that increase in difficulty relating to a specific language skill. After each answer they will receive a clue. Similar to the popular reality TV show Whodunnit or the board game Clue, there will be a fictional theft of a famous manuscript, in this case The Gettysburg Address. The goal is
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9th - 10th
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Gettysburg Address: SOAPSTone Activity
From Electric English...This is a template to analyze Abraham Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" using the SOAPSTone method :) Sometimes, it seems to me, there is an acroynym for everything.... Lol. I know, I know, but SOAPStone is actually a really effective tool for helping students understand their reading. It asks the students to consider the speaker/writer, the occasion, the audience, the purpose, the subject matter, and the tone of a piece. It can be applied to fiction or non-fiction, and
Grades:
9th - 12th
Template: DIDLS
From Electric English...
This is a template for the DIDLS method :) It asks the students to consider the diction, images, details, language, and syntax of a piece and then use that information to determine attitude and tone. It can be applied to fiction or non-fiction, and all kids benefit from its organization. This is typically an AP strategy, but I think that's a bunch of bologna... I use it for all of my classes and all of my students; it takes a little longer with some classes versus other
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9th - 12th
Native American History & Literature | Alcatraz Occupation 1969 | Irony & Satire
Want to teach a powerful lesson on the act of resistance that sparked a movement? The Occupation of Alcatraz was a powerful 19-month long protest in which the Indians of All Tribes lived on Alcatraz Island and created a small society; the occupation sparked the Indian Activist movements of the late 20th century including the Occupation of Wounded Knee, The Trail of Broken Treaties and the more recent Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock among many other actions.Besides being an exam
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Paired Texts - Preamble, Bill of Rights, Speech by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a speech by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze a central idea.This 26-page printable resource includes the following:explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidecontextual reading guidesthink alo
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9th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis - Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster - Reagan
Looking for a great speech to teach rhetorical analysis? With this resource, your students will closely read and analyze President Reagan’s iconic “Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster,” while practicing important Common Core skills, including evaluating argument and analyzing an author’s use of rhetoric, particularly his use of rhetorical devices.This rhetorical analysis resource on Reagan's Challenger speech includes:•PowerPoint Walk-through—an engaging PowerPoint that provides stu
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7th - 12th
Literary Nonfiction Units for High School English Curriculum | Literary Analysis
Do you want to include more nonfiction in your plans but struggle to find units that are both challenging and engaging?As an English teacher, you know that it’s important to incorporate different kinds of texts in your plans, but it’s not easy to find nonfiction that isn’t boring, dry, or totally irrelevant to students. If a piece is challenging, it likely doesn’t relate to students’ lives, and if it feels relevant, it’s probably dumbed down or badly written.When you’ve felt the pain of giving a
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9th - 12th
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S "LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL" [BUNDLE]
This King "LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL" BUNDLE [Suggested Uses, Posters, Argumentation Development, Discussion Questions, 2 exams/quizzes, Documentary, AP Language DCS Task Cards, Writing a Thesis Template, and more] provides students a chance to experience what happens when we stand up for what we know is right. This academic essay allows students to read and analyze this canonized work about leaving one's comfort zone. 11th - 12th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!S
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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