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High school writing-expository cultural activities for Microsoft Word
Writing Prompt Pack, Expository Compare & Contrast Duck Dynasty Scandal
Hey, Jack! It was a scandal that blew the nation out of the water. Millions of people stopped to weigh in on this controversial clan. With this prompt pack, you'll be able to turn that "fowl" situation from popular culture into a teachable moment in your classroom with this no prep, highly interesting and challenging informational text analysis and compare/contrast writing task pack. Student Experience: Students will explore both viewpoints of this controversy with the texts chosen. Rather
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston, Final Test, Novel Assessment
This is a final test for Zora Neal Hurtston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, including multiple choice, true false, quote matching, and short answer essay questions with an ANSWER KEY included. Possible answer examples for each short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts for essay choice questions they can use for their expository essay at the end of the term as well.This assessment delves into the rich tapestry of themes, characters, and literary elements within the nov
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost - Test / Quiz
This is a test about Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", including true / false, multiple choice, and short answer essay questions. An ANSWER KEY is included. Possible key points for short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts and the possible key points for essay choice questions and for my assessment of their expository essay as well.This comprehensive test delves into the poem's intricate themes, characters, and societal critiques, offering a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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
Persuasive Mentor Text WAGOLL- Cultural Differences Should Be Celebrated
This is a persuasive text about embracing and celebrating diversity in a classroom/school. This is good if you are teaching about diversity OR you are wanting something for Harmony Day or cultural diversity week (MARCH) or something that is related to racism.You can use this as a mentor text or to deconstruct the text as a class, independently or students in pairs.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
High School Ted Williams Essay Rationale/Outline/Vocabulary/Rubric
Ted Williams is not just a baseball legend; he is a significant figure in American history. His career spans several decades, making him a witness to and participant in many key moments in American history, including World War II and the Korean War. An essay on Ted Williams can provide insights into these historical events and their impact on individuals. Ted Williams is often lauded not only for his athletic prowess but also for his character. He was known for his dedication, discipline, and wo
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Baseball Legend Essay Assignment BUNDLE Rationale/Outline/Vocabulary/Rubric
Identity / Culture Community Interview Assignment
This assignment can be used during many units (I used as a culminating project after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God). This project asks students to interview someone in their community about the multiple facets of their identity, how these have contributed to their power and privilege (or lack thereof), etc. Part II of the assignment asks students to write up the results of this interview in a synthesis paper, analyzing their own identities and embedding quotes from their interviewee.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Bilingual Recipe Book and Narrative Project
This project will give your students an opportunity to explore a meaningful dish for them and their family history. They will be able to share how special this dish is and how it allows their family to come together and share special moments. Not only this but they will be creating a bilingual recipe book and also a narrative on the history behind their dish. Templates for the recipes are included and an example narrative as well. Although the suggested teaching time is approximately 3 days, yo
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4th - 12th, Staff
T3r Elemento and Gerardo Ortiz | STAAR Revise and Edit
There are three articles combined here and each sentenced numbered and formatted like the STAAR test. I replicated 10 STAAR type questions over replacing the best synonym or elaboration in line with the context. The articles are about a new Mexican regional band called "T3R Elemento," led by a 17 year singer from California. This opens the door for talks about life goals, passions, and pursuits, the teen as an example. The other articles are about a notorious Mexican Regional singer named Gerard
Grades:
7th - 12th
Oral History Writing Project
This writing project brings students and older members of the community together in a mutually satisfying and educationally powerful way.
The assignment involves two major components: an interview and the writing of a biographical sketch with the information obtained in the interview. There is much flexibility in how you might approach classwork associated with the assignment. The handout provides everything necessary to get the job done, but you could easily augment with class discussions, pre
Grades:
9th - 12th
Writing Prompt Pack Expository Essay Compare/Contrast Migration Stories
In this easy-prep expository writing assignment, students will read and analyze a story that discusses a cultural topic in our world today: immigration. The article shares the stories of two families who wanted to move to a better place. Students will then write an essay using the expository text structure of compare and contrast after reading the article. Suggestions for teaching: You could use this as a cold writing task for students. Another idea is to use the assignment as a summative asse
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
Writing an Autobiography Assignment
Give your students an easy to follow template to help them develop their own autobiographies. This is a great resource for the beginning of the school year, or when studying a unit on Autobiographies.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Spanish: Produce Your Own Cooking Show
From Michele Jeanmarie, take your students on a journey in producing their own TV cooking show in Spanish. As you guide them through this lesson idea, students will learn about expository writing in a second language, Spanish. This step-by-step lesson will imbue camera shy students with the confidence needed for oral language communications, in Spanish. Students learn about the process of cooking, learn to say the words in Spanish as they produce their own TV show.
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5th - 12th
Briggs-Myers Personality Assessment Essay
This assignment begins with fun as students use a Website to take a free version of the Briggs-Myers personality assessment. After reading about their personality types and discussing how accurate they think it is, students are encouraged to delve beyond themselves by considering whether American culture values certain personality types over others. The essay serves to sharpen students' rhetorical skills while encouraging them to become metacognitively aware of how culture shapes how we percei
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12th, Higher Education
Creating a Brochure for New Immigrants - The American Dream
This is a great study to help student think about America as a society, and the idea of the American dream. Students work independently or in groups to put together a brochure or website to guide new immigrants through a certain aspect of American society: justice, religion, poverty, education, military, etc.
This project works very well with Animal Farm, Of Mice and Men, and The Great Gatsby.
Include task sheet, checklist, rubric, and activities.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Holocaust Group Genocide - AVID Strategy Marking the Text
Students are a read and mark the text about 5 different groups of people who were targeted during the Holocaust. In this way, students are able to see that Jewish people were NOT the only targets.
Second, students write 4 separate paragraphs over their targeted group, edit the paragraphs with the teacher during student/teacher writing conferences, and finally create a product, a poster.
Students present their posters about their group to the class for credit. Rubric for poster is included on
Grades:
7th - 12th, Staff
"Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict" Personal Journal Reflection Assessment
This worksheet/assessment of learning task asks students to think about identity and symbol. By extending their understanding of the short essay "Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict" by Jiayang Fan, students are asked to think about an object and how it represents their identities.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â "Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict" Analysis Lesson, Symbol and Assessment
Written Dance Analysis Worksheet - SPANISH Version
***This is the SPANISH Translation - Also available here in English!
I originally developed this for my "Intro To Dance" class, but as more and more of us are asked to have our students do more and more WRITING in ALL of our classes, I realized it was also a great way to get students writing in ALL other disciplines.
After watching a dance performance (by fellow students, in a MOVIE, by a company like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in a music video, as part of a history lesson, as part of
Grades:
9th - 12th
Implementation Guide for Civic Engagement "Dear Neighbor" Project
Here's the Implementation Guide that walks you through my (ideally) 3-ish day project.Overall Flow:Students reflect on their priorities, biases, and reasons for supporting their chosen candidate in an upcoming election.Students peer-edit their letters, revising arguments for grammar and persuasive power. Teams of students campaign for their chosen candidate, collaborating to write a Platform Speech they present to the class. Campaign staffers take on discrete, specific Roles within their teams.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Civic Engagement "Dear Neighbor" Project
Introductory Exercise: Employment Application Listings
From Electric English...
These are the specific employment listings with detailed descriptions that accompany the Employment Application...
Even though you will introduce this process in the first couple of weeks of school, this will actually be an activity that you implement year round into your classroom... Question. Why should teachers take on the burden of all the tasks necessary for a highly functioning classroom when there are several capable hands to help with the work?
Answer. They sho
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5th - 12th
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Diversity - A Story on Immigration
There's an amazing wealth of information in an ESL class where diversity can be explored and celebrated. This simple handout can be used as the springboard to open discussions on diversity, the outline of a writing project, and/or the organization of a multicultural presentation/event. Just guide your students as they answer the questions and fill in the charts. Once the information is collected, students can share in pairs, compare and contrast, and write about their amazing journey. Students c
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9th - 12th
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Introductory Exercise: Employment Application
From Electric English...
Even though you will introduce this process in the first couple of weeks of school, this will actually be an activity that you implement year round into your classroom... Question. Why should teachers take on the burden of all the tasks necessary for a highly functioning classroom when there are several capable hands to help with the work?
Answer. They shouldn't.
This activity will involve the students filling out job applications for various responsibilities in the cl
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Holocaust Expository Essay
During the Holocaust, there were several groups of people (such as Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, etc.) that were targeted for what they looked like or believed in. Today, we hear news stories about racism and discrimination still being prevalent in our society. Think about the groups of people that target others or groups that are attacked for their looks or beliefs. How does this affect our society? What certain groups are being targeted today? Who is doing the discriminating?
Grades:
8th - 11th
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