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High school writing-essays cultural activities $5-10
Synthesis and Argument Writing: Is it ever okay to fail?
Every English teacher needs new ways to teach argument, rhetoric, and analytical writing. The Inquiry-Based Synthesis Essay is here to save the day!This argument essay is designed to help you out in a quick fix OR to teach in-depth rhetorical analysis. The essay can be scaffolded up or down, from highly difficult and challenging to ELL and SpEd friendly. In a nutshell: The essay question asks students to develop an argument about the question: is it ever okay to fail? Their job is to read t
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8th - 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
End of Year Scrapbook Project on Culture and Identity | Essay Writing
This fun and hands-on essay writing scrapbook project for middle school and high school English and writing classes includes 24 essay topics on culture and identity, a sample student essay, essay analysis, graphic organizers, essay writing outline templates, three self-review activities, a peer review activity, scrapbook design templates, and two bonus activities. This project works on personal essays with or without research. It includes topical essays, compare/contrast essays, sequential ess
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7th - 10th
Themes of Collaboration and Mental Health in “The Professor and the Madman"
Students will analyze themes of collaboration, mental health, and societal perceptions of mental illness in “The Professor and the Madman” by Simon Winchester, and connect these themes to contemporary events and discussions surrounding mental health awareness and stigma.Includes assessment questions
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Holidays Around the World Writing Project, Leveled, Differentiated!
Students will pick a country they are interested in studying and answer questions about the holiday traditions in that country, then write an essay in paragraph form, using the questions as a graphic organizer. This product includes geography, writing, and social studies components. There are 2 levels for the writing portion, the first level contains a fill in the blanks essay. Level 2 is for intermediate learners who are able to free write their answers in essay form.
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K - 12th
Exploring Social Commentary in “Great Gatsby” by Rod Wave/The novel Great Gatsby
Students will analyze social commentary in the lyrics and “The Great Gatsby,” exploring themes such as the American Dream, societal expectations, romantic relationships and the impact of wealth on individuals.Includes Lyrics with explanation and assessment questions
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Curriculum (Chapter 6-10)
Based on the popular YA novel, the following curriculum helps provide students a comprehensive review of the text. The curriculum includes the following: Anticipation GuideComprehensive Chapter Check Character Analysis Vocabulary Language ReviewGrammar Review - AdjectivesFigurative Language ReviewThink-Through QuestionsOpen-Ended Prompt/Short Answer Response PracticeExtension Activities - Quotable Quotes
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8th - 12th
Back to the Present: Research-Predictions & Outcomes of What the Future Might Be
As part of a dedicated elective on Science Fiction/Fantasy, students are tasked with engaging with past and current predictions of changes to our society and technology, and how well (or poorly) those predictions turned out.Students have a wide range of options from which to choose, and then can tailor them further to their own specific areas of interest (with teacher review). They will develop an annotated bibliography with a minimum of six sources and then further create an oral presentation
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Frank Herbert's DUNE-Individualized Research Projects
Frank Herbert's novel Dune explores rich themes across a broad range of disciplines including environmental change, religious zealotry, the benefits and dangers of technology, man's relationship to and with nature, and far more.These individualized research options allow the students to choose one and personalize it to investigate an area of greatest interest to themselves, engages them in meaningful and extended academic research and synthesis of ideas, and culminates in a final major research
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Personal Essay Inspired by The Little Prince Book and Most Recent Film
The novella The Little Prince is far from a "children's book." It has within it a great deal of philosophy and wisdom as related to how we perceive the world, others around us, and what we find most valuable in our lives. This culminating final essay for twelfth graders-- with multiple prompt options-- follows a close reading of the book and a viewing of the recent "spin-off" animated film so that the students can consider how they themselves have grown, been impacted by others, what they find
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12th
Oklahoma History- Essays, Projects, and Map Activities
This bundle includes:2 maps (political and physical)1 short documentary worksheet over the Dust Bowl2 "Major Event" research papers with grading rubrics3 different Prezi/slide projects with grading rubrics: Native American History, State Timeline, and Famous Figure Profile. Total bundle is 7 pages with 8 total activities.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Interview with an Elder Essay Project
Would you like your students to learn the skill of interviewing while also learning about a past generation's culture? This project informs students on how to interview another person, practices that skills, and then allows the students to interview an elder in order to learn about that elder's life. The culminating assessment is an expository/narrative essay that helps the students connect to both the past and the present through their elder.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Veterans Day Unit - Nonfiction Texts, Reading Logs, Research Essay
This .zip file includes resources for an entire unit focusing on tone, mood, diction, and syntax in a number of nonfiction texts written by different veterans from six major wars. Included in this file are six separate folders containing between 4 and 6 texts of different genres from six of our country's major wars. These texts come from the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Iraq/Afghanistan War. They consist of letters, songs, poems, journal entries, personal narratives, an
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9th - 12th
Sociology Book Project
Do you want to challenge and engage your students, but need a sociology project?I'll introduce you and your students to the basics of Sociology through books in a way that's easy to understand. You'll learn how Sociology is used in our everyday lives and the different fields of study within sociology.Sometimes it is difficult to engage today's High School or College Students. Our newest generation at times seems more challenging to engage. Therefore I created a project inspired from my very ow
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hispanic Heritage Month: Hispanic/Latina-American Woman Research Project
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th. To commemorate the accomplishment of Hispanic-American Women to American society, students will conduct a biography research of a famous Hispanic- American Woman.
This product contains 2 graphic organizers ( one for the research and the other one for the essay planning) and step-by step directions to follow and complete the biographical research . Additionally, there is a sample of a small poster for students to see
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
History of Christmas
-42 Slide PowerPoint
-26 Printable
Covers the origins and history of Christmas, from the ancient world to the present. Including the history of our most common and unique traditions. Includes multiple printable worksheets, coloring sheets, projects, and research worksheets, with teacher's key.
Everything you need to give a comprehensive understanding of one of the worlds most popular holidays.
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4th - 12th
Social Justice: Poetry Analysis AP English Style Essay Prompts
15 poems with AP Lit styled FRQ prompts. The poems center on the idea of diversity and represent a wide-variety of groups often viewed as "other." Classics to Contemporary Poems provide the opportunity for extended analysis practice while engendering conversations focused on issues and concerns of the day (Identity).Poetry and Poetry Prompts are appropriate forPre APAPHonors**Prompts may need rewording for struggling readers
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Social Justice: Critical Analysis Activities and AP Style Essay Prompts
Interview an Adult Essay
This series of lessons teaches students how to give an effective interview. As a summative assessment, they will transform their interview into an essay.The materials included are:Description of the assignmentImportant steps in preparing and giving interviewsA list of over 70 great interview questionsPeer editing worksheetA model essay
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Common App Writing with Mentor Texts: Amy Tan's Short Story & Pixar's "Bao"
Assist your students in drafting incredible Common Application essays with the help of some of the greatest authors. This collection features Amy Tan's short story "Fish Cheeks" as a fantastic mentor text for a common app essay. Students will also expand their horizons with a visual analysis of Pixar's "Bao" complete with a modified version featuring sentence stems and symbols. It also features a Chinese candy tasting review assignment as a bonus - this requires purchasing at least one piece of
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Creative Writing Screenplays Using Heroes & History (+ Essay Study Guide)
English / Spanish / European History / Film Studies
CREATIVE WRITING for HOLLYWOOD
ESSAY, SCREENPLAY OR FICTION
A Writer's Journey: How to Find Your Heroes
Essay + Author's Study Guide
*****
"Not the Spain of Hemingway or Hollywood"
The Making of a Novel and Its Screenplay Adaptation
Essay by Cynthia Buchanan
Bonus: Study Guides from "The Scarlet Spaniard" screenplay
and the Spanish Civil War
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Persuasive Essay
The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas persuasive essay will help support and guide your students through the essay process. Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of these engaging activities built from best teaching practices and common core.Featured:1. Prompt2. Pre-writing activity: Inside/Outside Circles3. Videos (to clarify "code-switching")4. Graphic organizer5. Essay Outline6. Self-edit7. Rubric8. Teacher directionsTo follow my store, please click HERERelated Products⭐ The Hate U Gi
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Novel Study Bundle/Answer Keys/Editable
Research Essay Unit "Famous Person" Middle School Bundle
List of 41 appropriate famous people, lesson on paraphrasing, lesson on notetaking, and three sample compositions-Assigning middle school students to write an essay on a famous person pays great dividends, both in Language Arts and Social Studies. As a longtime Language Arts teacher, I see that this is usually the favorite essay topic of the year for my students. It also lends itself to oral presentations or multi-media presentations afterwards.Ideally, students should write about a person of
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6th - 9th
Samantha Smith's Pen: Learn the Power of Persuasion & 18" Doll Knitting Pattern
Would there be a response if Samantha was alive today and able to write a letter to Putin? What would it be? "Writing rubric included for easy scoring". "Highly engaging and motivating!"The power of persuasion! Learn about a persuasive letter written by a girl from Maine, an advocate for peace, who may have saved the world from a nuclear war during the 1980’s. Suggested for Grades 6 on up.Learn how to write a persuasive letter or essay & Easel Assessment.Know any knitters?
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Bundle: Samantha Smith: Short Story, Persuasive Letters
Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Author's Craft and Thesis (Day 2)
This lesson builds on the previous lesson (Day 1), inviting students to identify the strategies (author's craft) that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s employs to convey his central idea in "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". The final task asks students to draft a thesis statement in response to the prompt: "Write an essay that describes how Dr. King develops the central of injustice."
Grades:
8th - 12th
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