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Common Core W.7.4 cultural activity pdfs
The Breadwinner Novel Activity - I Am and Where I'm From Poems with Rubrics
What better way to complete a character analysis than to write from the perspective of that character? It's a great way to practice narrative writing, to make inferences based on the knowledge you have from The Breadwinner, and to get to show your understanding of what the characters in the novel go through. This is by far one of my favorite activities that I do in my class, and the students are always BEGGING to share their work by the end of it. This resource includes:"I Am" and "Where I'm Fro
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6th - 8th
Integrated Arts Writing Prompts: Symbolism / Jean Michel Basquiat distance learn
Integrating the arts into Language Arts is such a powerful way to engage visual learners and pique interest in your students. This bundle includes 6 of Jean Michele Basquiat's paintings with corresponding prompts centered around symbolism. Why does he include words in many of his paintings? What would you title his most famous work, Untitled? Some of his life story is provided to give context. My students have gone bananas for Jean Michele and will write away about anything involving his "edgy"
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Haiku Spring Poetry Writing | Poems Asian Heritage Month National Poetry Month
Engage your students with this Haiku Poem activity! This poetry resource includes everything you need: organizers, planning pages, idea topics, writing templates, exemplars, posters, anchor charts and lesson ideas! This resource will guide students through the writing process from planning to finished product. This resource is perfect anytime during the year or during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month!What's included? For Teacher:•Haiku Lesson Ideas•Activities to Inspire Haik
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4th - 8th
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
My Cultural Journey Narrative Writing Story and New Superhero Comic Book Project
Hello Again Teacher Peeps!!Thank you for your interest in the “My Cultural Journey” Project. This project will take your students through a journey of realization, acceptance, creativity, and empowerment. It’s unfortunate that many of our students are unaware of their own ethnicity and culture. Some are even ashamed of their own ethnicity and culture, just as I once was. However, through this 5-6 week journey, your students will learn a lot about themselves and their culture. What better way to
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5th - 9th
Apology Assignment
Empathy and sincerely asking for forgiveness are important lessons that middle or high school teachers don't always have time to explicitly teach. This assignment is great for reinforcing these principles in addition to having the student practice their writing skills.
To successfully assign this task the teacher needs to write the student's name and the date at the top of the letter then a brief description of what the student did wrong. (Examples: disrespected a substitute teacher, stole sup
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6th - 9th
Women’s History Month – Famous Significant American Women – Biography Task Cards
These task card biographies for Women's History Month showcase 100 famous and important American women who were pioneers in their field or achieved something notable. Included are 16 ways to use these task cards during Women's History Month or any time of the year to help your students develop their writing, speaking and listening skills. You can use these mini biographies during Women’s History Month and also for any time of the year you're teaching women's history.Updated 2/4/24: 2 photo iden
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5th - 8th
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
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7th - 12th
"A Long Walk to Water" Final Assessment with outline; PRINTABLE
"A Long Walk to Water" - 17 page pdf file to use while reading and for the final assessment. Updated 2016
Although my seventh graders and I enjoyed reading and participating in the NYS ELA7 Module One; Unit One, I felt the final assessment was a little too broad for a seventh grader to organize and answer in the way the state was asking.
What I did is I took the essential question from the unit, “How do culture, time, and place influence Salva/Nya’s identity?” and created a detailed outline
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7th
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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Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire & Turkey - Writing Prompts from Photographs
These 25 writing prompts can be used when teaching about the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires in a world history class or about the Near or Middle East in a world geography class or for doing quick writes or longer writing tasks in an English class. All the writing prompts are based on photographs that I took in Turkey and you can see a list of all the individual photographs in the Preview. The photo writing prompts are available in print and digital versions.What educators who have used this res
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6th - 8th
Washington DC Field Trip Journal Notebook Differentiated
This Washington D.C. Notebook is perfect for children and students of all ages who would like to document, scrapbook, draw, write and create memories of their field trip or vacation. Writing is perfect for synthesizing the learning which takes place through field trips and hands on learning experiences. By having peers edit each other's entries you can integrate language arts, grammar and mechanics. Writing based on educational museums and experiences with and without prompted essay topics furth
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Unit: Ballads for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 6Steps: 7Original Products: 5Links to Resources: 4Rubrics: 1Read LINK Text: The Ballad of Mulan (CCSS.ELA.R.1)With MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Discover Ballad Elements [CCSS.ELA.W.9]Read LINK Textbook Ballads (CCSS.ELA.SL.2) With MY ORIGINAL Literary Speed Dating with Ballads, have students line up in 2 lines (like speed dating) with one side having 1 ballad each and 1 side having any number of the ballad elements based on size. Have students discu
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7th - 12th
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Unit: Brothers' Grimm Stories - Mythology & Folklore ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloStandards: CCSS.ELA.SL.1CCSS.ELA.SL.2CCSS.ELA.SL.6CCSS.ELA.W.1CCSS.ELA.W.4CCSS.ELA.W.8CCSS.ELA.W.9CCSS.ELA.W.10CCSS.ELA.R.1CCSS.ELA.R.104 Original Products18 Links12 Activities
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7th - 12th
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Directions: Character Archetype Infographic [CCSS.ELA.SL.5]
4 FilesSTANDARD: [CCSS.ELA.SL.5] Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.Task:Create an infographic INFOGRAPHIC Resources:Notes: DesigningNotes: Graphic Design Tips for Non-Graphic DesignersNotes: character archetypesHow to Write an OdeHow to Write an ElegyVideo: Getting Started with Canva on iPad TutorialNotes: Text on How to CanvaInfographic Requirements: (15 total)Grading: (Not All Categories Will Apply
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7th - 12th
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ELL Make a Food Book
"Make a Food Book" allows ELL students to create their own food book using graphic organizers and a variety of learning modalities: describing, sequencing, writing, drawing, etc. Teachers and students alike will be thrilled with the final product: a beautiful, differentiated, culturally relevant book that accesses higher order thinking skills and ensures learning success. Need more E.L.L. products? Check out my E.L.L. Literary BundleTerrific Teacher Tip: Use acrostic poetry. Check for underst
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PreK - 7th
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Also included in: ELL Literary Bundle
Castles of IRELAND Research Project and Castle Tournament
Castles of Ireland Research Project, Castle Tournament, History, Geography, ELASave money by purchasing my Ireland Growing Bundle!Includes research note-taking papers for 27 of Ireland’s most famous castles. Each one comes in color and black and white. Use these as a starting point for a number of fun activities that you can do as a class.Castles Included in this study:Bunratty CastleKilkenny CastleAshford CastleMalahide CastleBlarney CastleDonegal CastleCarrickfergus CastleRoss CastleDublin Cas
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6th - 8th
Also included in: IRELAND Bundle St. Patrick's Day, ELA, Social Studies
Hispanic Heritage Profiles: Worksheets & Display
Celebrate Hispanic heritage with these 30 printable profile worksheets of famous and influential Latinos. This makes a great research project for students to do independently or in pairs and can be completed as a class or homeroom activity. It is perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month, but can be a great learning opportunity at any time of year.Included in the download you will find:suggestions for how to use the profiles and instruct studentsa sample/exemplar completed profile30 blank profiles in
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7th - 10th
Unit: Celtic Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Celtic Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 6Steps: 12Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 27
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7th - 12th
Unit: Journals & Diaries/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 15Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 28Rubrics: 1Assign MY ORIGINAL Directions: Social Emotional Learning and A Journal/Diary (CCSS.ELA.W.10)Watch VIDEO: Black Death (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Visit LINK: Plague | CDC (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Read TEXT: Journal of a Plague Year (excerpt) (CCSS.ELA.R.1) Choose 1 additional excerpt from LINK: The Journal of the Plague Year (full) (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Watch VIDEO: Bucket List Trailer (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Assign
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7th - 12th
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Unit: Manifestoes for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12 Creator: Erica Villilo Anchor Standards: 7 Steps: 8 Original Products: 5 Links to Resources: 7 Rubrics: 1Create Class Manifesto w/ “found” technique (pull words or phrases you like and add them to your own) and LINK: PDF of Graphic Manifestoes Examples (CCSS.ELA.SL.5)MY ORIGINAL SLIDES: Rhetorical Reading of Manifesto Essay of Choice with LINK: https://thisibelieve.org/themes/ [CCSS.ELA.R.6]WKSH: Evaluate a Speaker with a Photo, Video Manifesto LINK: Paul Farmer: I believe in
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7th - 12th
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