Common Core RL.11-12.5 dbqs

Rhetorical and Argumentative Analysis of the Funeral Scene in Julius Caesar

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The annotated version of Act III, Scene II of Julius Caesar is aligned with the Common Core emphases on how and why author's use specific rhetorical devices and argumentative appeals to enhance the meaning of the text and develop the characters and themes. The marginal notes for these critical monologues by Mark Antony and Brutus over Caesar's body, are detailed explanations of the appeals and literary and rhetorical devices that highlight this essential dramatic literature selection. The anno

Subjects:

Literature, Poetry, Reading Strategies

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Guided Reading Books

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BLACK LIVES MATTER, Current Events, Common Core Unit

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Ms Harrington's English and Social Studies

Great for Black History Month! This full unit covers multiple perspectives on the "Black Lives Matter" debate and allows students to find their own point of view on the issue. The unit includes a literary connection, background, historical connections, an implicit argument, arguments across multimedia, photographic connections, a class debate planning system, a research guide, and space for an argumentative essay.

Subjects:

Black History Month, Civics, Writing

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Research, Thematic Unit Plans, DBQs

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AP Language Synthesis Essay with Bully Documentary

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Angela Sing

This prompt is an AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay question. It contains six reviews of the documentary BULLY that students must use to defend, qualify, or challenge a statement provided. I have limited the number of pages students may write to two, but it is an editable Word document. Likewise, this is a take-home assignment and would need to be modified slightly if done in a timed-situation. Modified AP Synthesis Rubric provided. It obviously requires that students have watc

Subjects:

Character Education, Informational Text, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

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THE LOVE BUNDLE [POEMS ON LOVE, LOSS, & LIFE]

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The Angry Teacher Store

This "LOVE BUNDLE" product provides students a chance to enjoy the Valentine's season or just delve into love, LOSS, LIFE, [AND DEATH] and its real-life sentiments. 4 LOVE SONNETS from Francesco Petrarch, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, and Edmund Spenser, poems from Galway Kinnell and Robert Browning with 42 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, 28 Multiple Choice Questions, 6 Quizzes, 4 Short Response Assignments, 20+ MAJOR PROJECTS and as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Activities, DBQs, Assessment

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AP Literature Prose Essay Analysis: Excerpt from The Known World-Quiz

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Living to Read

Here are 12 specific "text evidence"-based MCQs on this excerpt from The Known World by Edward P. Jones. This was the text for the Prose Fiction Analysis Essay prompt on the 2014 AP Literature Exam. MCQs focus on: POV, characterization, imagery, details, figurative language, parallelism, juxtaposition, inference, structure, shifts, and tone. ***If you love quality and price of this resource and want to help other teachers find it, then please select My Purchases, choose Ratings, and leave Feedba

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Also included in: AP Literature Prose Fiction Essay Exam Prompts-Quizzes Bundle

Great Depression/Dust Bowl - Social History - Read & Write Critically

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It's Knapp Time

Using Chapter 19 from John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, students get a very real and relevant idea of what struggles Americans faced during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Steinbook wrote the book in the late-1930s while the Depression was still ongoing so the book stands as a kind of social commentary on the dilemma we were enduring. Chapter 19 serves as one of the "montage" (as I call them) chapters that break away from the main story and characters - in this case painting a picture of th

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

DBQs, Independent Work Packet

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The Crucible Reading Packet

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Secondary Learning Solutions

This document is a packet that includes reading review questions, theme analysis, a literary device identification chart, and a guided notes section. It is a one-stop shop for studying The Crucible!

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

11th

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