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Common Core W.9-10.4 cultural activities
"Night" By Elie Wiesel: A Group Research Project
Engage your students with this "Night" Group Research Project! This collaborative project is the perfect way to introduce students to the novel, and it requires requires to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five-paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a class presentation.Assigning this group research project is a great introduction to the Holocaust and Nazi Germany before students read the novel. This project can also be an extension a
Grades:
8th - 11th
Fahrenheit 451 Group Research Project
This "Fahrenheit 451" Group Research Project is aligned with the common core standards and requires students to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a PowerPoint presentation that is presented to class.Assigning this group research project is a great introduction to the historical context of the story before students read the novel. Some of the research topics include Senator Joe McCarthy, the R
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Fahrenheit 451 Teaching Unit and Novel Study
Ancient Greece Group Research Project
This Ancient Greece Group Research Project is aligned with the common core standards and requires students to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a PowerPoint presentation that is presented to class.
This group research project is a great introduction to The Odyssey, Greek Mythology, Greek Drama, and more.
This download includes:
- The research project assignment (PDF)
- Research topics and w
Grades:
7th - 12th
Crucible Group Research Project
This Group Research Project for "The Crucible" is aligned with the common core standards, and requires students to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a PowerPoint presentation that is presented to class.
Assigning this group research project is a great introduction to the historical context of the story before students read the play. This project can also serve as an extension activity during
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Color of Friendship - Movie Guide
The Color of Friendship is a Disney Channel film that is based on a true story. It follows the journey of two young girls in 1977--one from America and one from South Africa--as they participate in a student exchange program and learn more than they could have ever imagined.I remember when this film originally aired on Disney channel in 2000. It made a lasting impression on me as a student, and was immensely beneficial in helping me to understand Apartheid. So, when I became a teacher and Kaffir
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Great Gatsby Group Research Project
This Group Research Project for "The Great Gatsby" is aligned with the common core standards and requires students to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a PowerPoint presentation that is presented to class.
Assigning this group research project is a great introduction to the the historical context of the plot before students read the novel. This project can also serve as an extension activity
Grades:
9th - 12th
Students for Movie Day's featured film of the week: Remember the Titans
Resilient Cafe' presents Students for Movie Day with this featured film of the week: Remember the Titans. This includes alignment of NGNYSS, questions, and answers, discussion activities with links on how to implement them and perform them, essays, KWL Chart, T-Chart, and a movie test with answers. This movie is based on the Civil Rights Movement history and generates many discussions along with embedding ELA skills in writing, speaking, and listening.
Grades:
8th - 12th
NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)
In this fantastic Latin Folktales and Magical Realism unit, you will study characteristics of Latin folktales, analyze Latin cautionary folktales (El Silbón, El Sombrerón, La Llorona, La Siguanaba) and Latin animal folktales (Boitatá, El Cóndor y El Colibri, El Zorro, Jukumari), then explore genre elements of Magical Realism, and identify elements of Latin folktales and Magical Realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel García Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Discussion Questions and Prompts for "We Should All Be Feminists"
In this document, you will find comprehension questions, quick-write prompts, pre-viewing questions, and post-viewing questions/discussion prompts for the TED Talk "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (video available on YouTube). This is a great resource to use while teaching Things Fall Apart, but is also great as a stand-alone discussion of gender roles in society and literature!
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Chimamanda Adichie Bundle
Song of Roland: Presentation of Select Portions of the Epic
This unit covers basic information about the early Middle Ages. Activities include research assignments and creative writing. Students present groups of Laisses as sportscasters calling a football game, a 60 Minutes newscast, a comic book, and a funeral eulogy. A student emcee provides pertinent details that tie the story together. This is a fun way to get students to think critically, be creative, and present their productions. My class of high-risk English II students loved this challenge. COM
Grades:
7th - 12th
Middle Eastern Literature Unit
This comprehensive unit of study offers a wide variety of selections of Middle Eastern literature and cultural elements encompassing folk lore, spiritual writings, informational text, audiovisual offerings, autobiographical text, and public speech to engage students in an in depth, extended discovery of both the historical and modern literature and culture of this dynamic and often troubled region of the world.
Designed to span a four to six week segment of the semester, the Middle Eastern Lite
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10th
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Ancient Rome Group Research Project
This Ancient Rome Group Research Project is aligned with the common core standards and requires students to work together to create a research project. The final project includes a five paragraph research paper written and cited in MLA format and a PowerPoint presentation.
This group research project is a great introduction to Julius Caesar.
This download includes:
- The research project assignment (PDF)
- Research topics and websites for students to visit (PDF)
- Group member evaluation form
Grades:
6th - 12th
My Name/Family Crest
This is an activity based on House on Mango Street, the "My Name" vignette, but it can be adapted as an intro activity, as a history, activity, or really anything to do with identity and family!
The students will look up their last names (or first names if they are unable to find last names) and learn what their name means. Then they will draw two symbols to represent their family, and a paragraph on the back explaining what they drew, why, and what they learned!
Very relevant and applicable
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6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
5 Coat of Arms Writing Activities / Google Slides
During my Medieval Romance unit, I often ask students to make their own coat of arms or to make a coat of arms for one of the characters, maybe King Arthur or Lancelot. Over the years, it’s become one of my favorite writing activities—that’s why I wanted to share it with you. This is also one of my favorite resources for back to school. Using this resource, I can get to know students, get an idea of where they are as writers, give them a low-stress way to introduce themselves (and I can introduc
Grades:
6th - 12th
Informational Text and Activities for Valentine’s Day and Romeo and Juliet
High interest standards-based nonfiction text for Valentine’s Day and Romeo and Juliet. Includes 5 multiple choice, 2 short answer, 10 discussion questions, exit ticket, answer keys, and rubrics. Student Experience: Begin with a quick vocabulary-building activity. Then students read entertaining NYT informational text (“To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This”) that covers a study suggesting relative strangers can fall in love by asking and answering 36 questions. Then students respond to the artic
Grades:
9th - 12th
Día de los Muertos Student Research Project
The focus of this assignment is to help students independently research information about a focused topic and select their own expression of knowledge format. Project also includes students creating a 'calaveras literaris' in remembrance of a person that has dead. These projects can be completed independently or with a group. Rubrics is established by the expectations of the teacher.
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5th - 10th
Unit: African Stories / Mythology and Folklore / ELA: 7-12 (EDITABLE)
*17 links in Bonus File- Agenda: African StoriesGrade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 12Original Products: 10Links to Resources: 8Rubrics: 3
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7th - 12th
Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Unit: Animal Farm by Orwell - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Unit: Novel- Animal FarmClass: ELA 9-10Bundles: 6Essay Type: 4 Argumentative and 1 Informative/ExplanatoryText Sets: 5Prompt Type: 2 Topic and 3 Standard5 Thematic TopicsReading Skills: 5Links to Resources: 45Keys: 46Assessments: 18Writing Skill: Formal WritingScaffolding Levels: 5Activities: 99Creator: Erica Villilo26 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on 18 different CCSS Anchor Standards 5 Writing Prompts: 2 Topic and 3 Stan
Grades:
9th - 10th
The Alchemist UbD Unit
This unit is UbD and aligned with ELA Common Core standards. Includes: 4 essential questions, rationale, table of thematic texts, unit goals, pacing calendar, 15/25 lesson plans, and coordinating graphic organizers.
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6th - 12th
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Unit: Fables for Mythology and Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 8Steps: 10Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 15Rubrics: 1Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Theme (CCSS.ELA.R.2)with textbook fable of choice (CCSS.ELA.R.10)STORY: “Right Mind and Wrong Mind” Page 172 STORY: “Princess and Tin Box” Page 332Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Narrative Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.3)With Folder: Fables- Not by Aesop (CCSS.ELA.R.1)Complete MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Literary Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.2) With LINK: List of Aesop's
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7th - 12th
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American Beginnings and The Fable Packet
From Electric English...
This is a short comprehensive unit on the early beginnings of American history. From a literary perspective, it is still important to understand how historical context lends itself to meaning and analysis of written work, both fiction and non-fiction. This mini-unit will be one week's work for the students, but it will be a jammed pack week of fun and interesting ideas for the students to engage in with you and with their fellow peers. This packet includes the following:
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10th - 11th
About Me Slide
This slide template allows students to share a little bit about themselves, without being overly personal or intimidating. There is an example slide included as well. If you push this assignment out electronically via Google Classroom or Canvas, you can then create a class slideshow that everyone has access to, which helps build rapport and relationships.
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4th - 12th, Staff
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