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Common Core RI.11-12.2 centers
7 Literary Analysis Stations for ELA (Plot, Character, Theme, Setting, Author)
Stations are one of my favorite ways to bring movement into the language arts classroom. In the pandemic world, I have used traditional stations less, but as we start to dig our way out of all this, I have started to dust off some of my favorite stations ideas. In this bundle, you have everything you need to set up 7 stations: Theme StationSummary StationCharacterization StationAbout the Author StationSilent Discussion StationFigurative Language StationPlot, Conflict, and Setting StationStation
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6th - 12th
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Main Idea Task Cards
Identifying the main or central idea is a literary skill often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Main Idea Task Cards that focus on nonfiction, expository text. Task Cards can be analyzed in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluin
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Common Core Reading Skills Task Card Bundle
Informational Text: 3 Scaffolded Activities for Any Nonfiction Article
Looking for best instructional practices to use with informational or nonfiction texts? Meeting rigorous RI standards can be challenging when students are frustrated or disengaged. Secondary teachers can scaffold the comprehension process to help students feel confident and achieve success.This teaching resource works with any nonfiction or informational text you select for your students. It is appropriate for periodicals, exemplar texts, speeches, and informational chapter book excerpts. Use th
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8th - 11th
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Move Beyond P-I-E and Get the Receipt: A Better Way to Teach Author's Purpose
Let me make a confession: A few years ago, I got very invested in the drama between Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. For me, one of the biggest take aways from that drama was the phrase "Show me the receipts." I'd heard my students talk about "receipts" before, but something about the Kanye-Taylor drama really made that phrase memorable to me. As a teacher, I turned that phrase over in my mind. Where are the receipts in the English classroom? Well, when students are looking for auth
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Favorites Bundle / Pre-Reading & Author's Purpose
ELA Task Card Bundle (192 Task Cards!) / Print and Digital / Google Slides
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction, including informational texts, rhetoric, figurative language, literary devices, plot structure and conflict, characterization, theme, main idea, summary, making text connections, making inferences, and research skills.
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9th - 12th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention Annotation w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for Patrick Henry’s famous Speech in the Virginia Convention also known as his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Close Reading Comprehension Passages with Full Lesson Plans & Tasks BUNDLE
Are you looking for set of reading comprehension passages that fit your ESL students’ diverse needs and interests? These are all no-prep lesson plans for reading comprehension based on great topics that use text-dependent activities to advance your students' reading comprehension skills. This is the perfect package for ESL and ELL teachers looking for material their students can read and learn about. Get this package today and deliver masterful lessons without the hours of prep time. This Bundle
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ancient India: Hindu Creation & Traditional Stories: Reading Passages + Activity
This is an excellent lesson that comes with traditional Hindu stories, featuring stories on Brahma and the creation of the world, the Indian God Ganesh, and the Indian God Krishna (known as the Blue God). The stories are all age appropriate and engaging, and students of all ages will find them interesting and rewarding.Updated November 2023 to include a Power Point!--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving Bun
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Direct Quotation, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Graphic Organizers
Before writing an essay, it's important to review the differences between using direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Plus, it's helpful for students to practice the different citations for each type of evidence. To help teachers achieve these goals, I have put together a collection of graphic organizers that help students practice using direct quotes, turning the quote into a paraphrase and summary. As a challenge, some of the graphic organizers ask for MLA-style Works Cited entries
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6th - 12th
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MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
32 Rhetoric Task Cards for ANY Argumentative / Persuasive Text / Print + Digital
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction.The 32 cards are available in a .pdf but also as a Google Slides presentation (which means that all the text is editable) for those teachers interested in going paperless. Since this resource contains a Google tool, TPT
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9th - 12th
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20 - High Interest Reading Comprehension Passages - Hauntings: Grades 5-9
Interesting Reading Comprehension for Older Students. 20 SPOOKY True Stories of Hauntings and things that go bump in the night. High interest informational text readings plus comprehension written for grades 5-12 at READING LEVEL GRADE 5. In this Resource: 1. A PDF - for printing2. Google slide link to resource3. Easel versioon The passages are designed for students to read on their own and complete quick comprehension assessments. The assessments contain four to five multiple-choice question
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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CLOSE READING WORKSHEETS Secondary English BUNDLE Comprehension
This bundle of 6 CLOSE READING lessons on a short poetic, persuasive and narrative texts will help you to improve student comprehension and knowledge of language techniques.These resources are relevant to teens and largely written by teens. These are perfect for students in High School English - Years 9, 10 or 11.Each resource takes one or two lessons to work through and walks students through a framework that helps them assess and analyse many aspects of the text, such as author's purpose, mess
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9th - 12th
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Digital Escape Room: Of Mice and Men
I use this activity as part of a larger unit on Of Mice and Men. This is used as the first assignment in the unit as an introduction to the time period of the Great Depression. With this activity students will be asked to read short articles about general life during the Great Depression, the treatment of handicapped persons, and life for farmers and answer questions. They will watch two Edpuzzles on background information and information about John Steinbeck while answering questions. Students
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9th - 12th
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Ethos Pathos Logos Task Cards
Teaching persuasion and modes of rhetoric? Make sure your students understand the basics of ethos, pathos, and logos with these (40) engaging task cards. Common Core-aligned product includes (20) Q/A task cards with examples of each mode of rhetoric and (20) writing tasks where students will need to determine the best argumentation strategy. Answer key included. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Need more pr
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Argumentative Writing Jumbo Bundle
Relative Dating Rock Layers in Grand Canyon National Park Science Activity
One look at Grand Canyon National Park and you know that geologic processes have immensely shaped the land. It is so unique because of its many rock layers, fossils and minerals. Scientists have been studying this canyon for years and they use many methods to relatively date the rock layers and geological events that have occurred in the canyon. By relative dating, we can develop a timeline of events to help us understand what happened in a certain area. With this activity, students will first l
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8th - 12th
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HS-ESS2-5
, MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
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Hinduism Texts - Traditional Stories and Hindu Information Reading Passages
This comprehensive Hinduism resource bundle brings ancient Hindu culture and beliefs to life through vivid illustrations and engaging activities. The bundle includes two levels of informative Hinduism non-fiction text overviewing key aspects like Hindu Gods and deities, holy books, and rituals. It also contains three retellings of cherished Hindu traditional stories and myths highlighting Ganesh, Krishna, and the Hindu creation story. Differentiated worksheets, quizzes, and writing prompts cater
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5th - 12th
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Science News Text Analysis for articles in AP, NGSS, CCSS-distance learning
This graphic organizer helps students read an article, pull out 3 claims and describe how the evidence backs up the claim. Students must also discuss the author's perspective or point of view, author's assumptions, and the credibility of the source. Finally, they think of a follow-up question after the reading. A simple rubric is included. This graphic organizer helps gain skills in text analysis based on AP Science Practices, and informational text for NGSS and CCSS. It is similar to a CER-Clai
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Ocean and Climate Change: Virgin Islands National Park Science Activity
Virgin Islands National Park includes over 7,000 acres of shorelines, marine habitats, coral reefs, and tropical rainforests. Because this park is located on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, it is very reliant on the ocean and the effects it has on the island. There are many ways that the ocean affects the islands. In this activity, students will examine the effects of the ocean and climate change, specifically, on Virgin Islands National Park. Basically, there are six 'stations' in this activit
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8th - 12th
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HS-ESS2-5
, MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
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Central Idea | Main Idea | Compare/Contrast | Vocab for High School | Sub plans
This packet can be used for sub plans giving students practice in main idea and comparing and contrasting texts for high school students. This packet includes vocabulary, compare and contrast, main idea and supporting details, think-pair-share, multiple choice questions and short answer responses with citing text evidence. These are vital strategies for struggling readers to learn and gain experience with. Struggling readers in high school need extra help and this packet provides that help. Pac
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10th - 12th
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Lot of 14 Common Core Rhetorical Analyses of Speeches by President Barack Obama
This resource includes 14 Common Core annotated texts with marginal notes of famous speeches by President Barack Obama. The collection includes:"Prayer Vigil for Sandy Hook Elementary School (Newton, CT) Victims”"Nelson Mandela Memorial”“September 10 Speech on Syria”"50th Anniversary March on Washington” “Memorial for the Victims of the Arizona Shooting”“First Inaugural Address”“Second Inaugural Address” "Dallas Memorial for Slain Officers""Speech on Gun Control""Selma Anniversary Speech""2015 S
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6th - 12th
President Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” Common Core Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for President Abraham Lincoln’s ”Gettysburg Address” on November 19, 1863 that commemorated the Civil War’s bloodiest battle. Over 46,000 men were killed in the battle which signaled the approaching end of the Civil War. The rhetorical analysis includes 20 marginal comments with Common Core State Standards alignment. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing in
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6th - 12th
Main Idea Task Cards | 16 Passages w/ Multiple Choice Questions
Main Idea Task CardsThese task cards are great for grades 6-12, depending on the needs of your age group, as they practice selected response questions about main idea. This resource includes:Task Cards on PowerPointTask Cards as JPGsTerms of UseA blank card templateThe answer keyA recording pageIf you need to practice or remediate main idea in a tactile way, this is the item for you! You could use this as a review for your state standardized reading tests, you could make it a center combined wit
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6th - 12th
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