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Higher education writing-expository projects
Autobiography Project - The Story of Me
This is a year-long autobiography writing project where students tell the story of their life. Included are: parent letter, student introduction sheet, list of requirements, project checklist, and twelve chapters, each with guiding questions to help students complete this project.
Chapter titles include: A Little Bit About Me, Before I Was Born, You Make an Entrance...and You're Here to Stay!, The Early Years, Childhood Memories, School Days, School Days, Special Times in Your Life, Your F
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Structure of an Essay: A One Page Illustration of a 5-Paragraph Essay
Revised 11/1/12. Same substance as before. I just added color and changed the title.
I have drawn this picture on the front board of my classroom for the past twenty years or more while teaching the structure of an essay. It graphically illustrates a very formal but simple pattern to follow as students gather information to support a thesis and formulate a composition. The thumbnail view is exactly what you get.
Gene Wohlsdorf
The Structure of an Essay by Gene Wohlsdorf is licensed under a Cr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Word Problems Censorship 2020 AP Language Rhetorical Analysis Rubric Journalism
In this extensive and engaging unit, students will explore the idea of freedom of speech (and censorship) in the past and present United States. By reading and analyzing numerous articles, an image, and two anchor texts, Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" and George Carlin's "Parental Advisory", students will explore and defend opinions about free speech and censorship. In a summative assessment, students will write a speech assuming the voice of Carlin or Henry. This unit was ta
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Research Projects- Questions and Guided Organization Worksheets
This file includes the following documents:
#1- Explanation of what a Research Paper is about: 8 page paper that is based on the answer to a question. The students are required to read through the directions, then read through 50 dynamic, interesting questions and highlight 5 that seem interesting to them. The topics range from changing the draft age, to mandatory recycling, to the transition from pagan celebrations into Christian holidays. These are not your typical Research topics!
Once stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Study Unit to be used with The Circle by Dave Eggers
This fantastic unit has everything you need to teach Dave Eggers' stunning novel: The Circle.
Included in this packet you will find: An extensive vocabulary list, study guides, quizzes, a test, discussion questions, five (yes, FIVE!) different essay topics and rubrics, a project, and a bonus project for your students to complete.
Your work will be "complete" after purchasing this unit. Enjoy!
* This product was updated on April 6th, 2016. It now includes essay questions on the test and possi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Op-Ed Writing Project: Opinion Column on an Issue (AP Language and Beyond!)
This writing project asks students to choose an issue and write an op-ed (opinion-based column) about that issue, including a call to action or a potential solution. I use this project with my AP Language 11th-grade students as a supplement to the argument essay and to begin to teach rhetorical strategies as well. This could easily work for a journalism class or any English unit that focuses on argumentative writing. It is a FUN project that allows students to write about something they are inte
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Black Lives Matter & Civil Rights Movement Project
An incredible hoard of primary and secondary source documents for students to research, analyze and synthesize into a comparative essay on the civil rights movement and modern day movement for Black lives. Students will have 3 different topics to choose from, all with guided research scaffolds (text sets and questions to guide inquiry): "civil rights", "policing", "students and youth", and "creating social change". Included is an intro lesson on Black Lives Matter, a rubric for the writing proje
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Complete AP Lang/Crucible mock trial unit (argument assessment)
Why a trial and not a test? By the time your AP Lang. students get through The Crucible (or any large argumentative text) they are likely exhausted. Make their assessment fun and collaborative with a mock trial that imitates an actual courtroom, complete with lawyers, a judge, witnesses, and objections (and the rubrics to grade their oral and written argument skills).This mock trial can be used for ANY culminating assessment, not just The Crucible! It also works well with Antigone, The Great Gat
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Glass Castle Lesson - My Own Glass Castle Project and Speech
After reading The Glass Castle, students will create their own "castle" based on personal experiences. FILE IS EDITABLE.The assignment requires students to write a description using a checklist. They also need to create a visual and present their creation to the class.A grading rubric is provided that assesses the written work, the visual, and presentation.Don't forget to rate our product and provide feedback to earn TpT credits! This activity can also be purchased in The Glass Castle Teacher's
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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original writing assignments for AP and Honors English: 40 good ones
Forty of the greatest assignment hits from my nearly 40-year career teaching AP Literature, AP Language, and Honors English courses. Most are a bit quirky. Most have been refined in use over several years. All create fully realized writing pieces. All are original--none borrowed. Not AP prep questions--I have those elsewhere. All include directions, rationales, examples, and steps to completion. Many have rubrics or other measures of success. All are chosen to be challenging and interesting, ou
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Western Europe Country Bundle | 5 Themes of Geography
These geography resources on Seven European countries has students studying each country through the lens of the 5 Themes of Geography! Country studies in the bundle:BelgiumFranceAustriaGermanyLuxembourgNetherlandsSwitzerlandThis study will ask students to ‘think like a geographer‘ in their research and recording. Using this resource, students will...Learn about each countryDemonstrate knowledge of and ability to synthesize information and write about each country through a 5 themes of geograph
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Existentialism Brochure
This is an individual activity in which students are asked to research a variety of topics concerning existentialism. Students create a brochure that includes information on four topics that they will select from a list. The assignment also has students completing a works cited/consulted page regarding their research.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Essay Writing Rubric
This is an essay rubric that, totalled, equals 100 points. It is divided into three sections: Content & Comprehensibility, Organization, and Spelling & Grammar. Very easy to use. You will get the PDF and word version for customizing.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Wuthering Heights Activity Package
The novel, Wuthering Heights, can be confusing to students for a variety of reasons: similar character names; multiple narratives; timelines w/flashbacks; etc. This package has been designed primarily to supplement a teacher's existing Wuthering Height's knowledge. In other words, the teacher's ability to relate the general story is assumed. The items in this package are tools to make students' understanding of this complex text easier. These tools include: characters & their relationships;
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Language Project: Bias and Rhetoric in Journalism
This is my culminating project to close out rhetoric, one that I assign after spending months on annotation, rhetorical situation and dialectical journals. As an independent project, students begin to recognize the connection between what we have been studying and every day "real" rhetoric that surrounds them. Typically, I have them share their experiences with the project and the feedback is worth the grading! A rubric is included.Related ResourcesHow to Write for AP Lang Sophistication Poin
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Literary Terms Poster Project (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Using Google Slides OR PowerPoint as a means of visual demonstration, have your classes in groups or individually complete the "Movie Mania" poster. Classes will connect literary terms with movies they have watched. It is a fun way to end units that deal with plot structure, irony, foreshadowing, or any other literary terms you have reviewed. Updated: Now includes student printout and rubric! Google link included.The slides may be also printed out to be used at handouts. Easy, fun, effectiv
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Middle School Short Story Unit: Digital, Google Slides, PowerPoint
Alphabet Autobiography - Practicing Paragraphs
The alphabet autobiography is a fun, engaging project that allows you to get to know your students, determine their current level of writing ability, and teach a variety of concepts: Types of paragraphs, paragraph structure, topic sentences, supporting details, concluding sentences, word choice, and conventions. This product works very well as a beginning of the year activity, as an end of the year activity, a project you can give to reinforce instruction regarding single paragraph structure.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Autobiography Writing Project
This Autobiography Writing Project is designed to be an extended writing activity that allows students to reflect on and share impactful moments from throughout their lives. Students will compose a series of personal narratives throughout the duration of a semester or course and a component of the final project will be to create a book, their autobiography.
All materials are sold as Microsoft Word files so that teachers can customize prompts and specific requirements as necessary. My students h
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
IDENTITY AND FAMILY
These are 2 projects. One about IDENTITY and another project about FAMILY and the importance of surnames as part of the identity. There is group work and individual presentations. Suitable for ESL in secondary schools
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Genghis Khan: History’s Mysteries Research and Creative Writing Project
This original research and writing history project for high-school and college students has students practicing critical thinking skills and historical thinking, as well as expository and creative writing. Students take on the role of Historical Secret Agents deciding whether Genghis Khan is a hero or a villain or a mix of both by reviewing his record.Their mission? To go back in time to get to know the real Genghis Khan and speak to his advisors and citizens. Is his reputation as a brutal dicta
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conspiracy Theory Research Project
This is a fun way to trick students into writing a research paper. By giving them a topic that they can get excited about, this project makes the research paper a little more bearable for both students and teachers. It teaches students research skills, critical thinking, and writing skills.
Be sure to download the supplemental materials: The project outline and the Introduction to Rhetoric PPT.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
ZOMBIE CONTINGENCY PLAN *BIG* - Apocalypse
This unit includes:
- a 7 page zombie scenario/lesson plan with rubric: create your
plan and survive!! Present it via prezi.
- Rough notes for brainstorming sheets (photocopy as needed)
- a Student Exemplar final product (prezi: 51 slides)
- an 11 page zombie formal report lesson with rubric
- a 10 page student exemplar of the formal report
Have you ever wondered why your students are so enamoured with the Walking Dead, Night of the Living Dead, WWZ, Dawn of the Dead etc.?” Well, think of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Book Fringe": Literary Podcast Assignment Sheet
Capitalizing on the popularity of Serial and other podcasts, this adaptable assignment sheet provides students (ideally in a 10th-12th grade English classroom) an overview of the podcast as an emerging genre, as well as instructions on how to go about making one of their own.
Working in pairs, students choose a "fringe" literary or historical topic (one that only gets a tantalizing, passing mention in class, like Mary Shelley keeping Percy Shelley's heart in a drawer for thirty years after he
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Essay Unit: Should Classic Disney Films Be Re-Rated?
This argumentative/analytical unit requires students to view a classic Disney film, then respond to a prompt addressing the current ratings rationale for a film as many as 70 years old. These films--Dumbo, Peter Pan, and Pinocchio--contain alcohol, tobacco, and drug references; gender biases; strong language; violence; racism; and more. The download includes a 2-page overview of the argumentative essay prompt itself, explanation of the Motion Picture Association of America's current rating syste
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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