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Adult education informational text pdfs under $5
Current Event Article Close Reading, Informational Text, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Need more informational text-based lessons in your classroom? This print-and-go worksheet is the perfect little tool to use as a weekly, occasional, or extra credit assignment. You can either provide an article for your students to work through as a class or assign students to find their own article to use as the basis of the lesson. Whether you use this handout as an in-class assignment to use with copies of your local newspaper, take kids to the computer lab to find an online article, or assig
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe short story + non-fiction, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use “The Black Cat” by American Gothic/Dark Romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the short story's text, and provide opportunities for real-world connections to this grisly story via a 2009 newspaper article (link included) and critical reading activity. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of the story, a 10-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and a real-world inf
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day
This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery to convey a message about love.Enduring Understandings:Students will understand how language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery affect a letter's meaning.Students will learn about famous people from history through the lens of their rel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Rhetoric #4 Daylight Saving Time Debate, Argument & Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine two essays (one in favor of Daylight Saving Time and one in favor of Standard Time), think about the debate tools used by each writer, and determine which writer is ultimately more effective in swaying the reader. This 10-page download includes:• A full-text copy of two public domain argument essays discussing the debate to end Daylight Saving Time in the U.S.• A paper-saving handout
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thanksgiving Activities Nonfiction Lesson on Hot Topics: Black Friday
This informational text lesson for Thanksgiving is ready-to-go to engage your high school students this November. With leveled texts, standards-based questions, creative activity, and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate! Student Experience: The encroachment of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Thursday has been a trend years in the making. This mini unit is designed to get students not only thinking and questioning this topic, but also analyzi
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE
Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech Rhetorical Analysis PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use Oprah Winfrey’s headline-grabbing speech from the 2018 Golden Globes to show your students the power of a well-constructed presentation. In this one class period activity, students will discuss the #metoo movement, view Oprah Winfrey’s 10-minute speech, and deconstruct/discuss her use of rhetorical devices. Questions focus on audience, metaphor, parallelism, pathos, and symbolism. These materials can serve as a stand-alone lesson or as a solid supplement to a study of Jim Crow laws or SAT-st
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: You Eat Bugs Every Single Day
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver narrative non-fiction activity, students will read an article by best-selling American writer Mary Roach (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this “Let’s
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetorical Devices in Songs: Engaging Kinesthetic "Question Trail" Activity
Want to spice up your lessons on rhetorical/persuasive devices and engage ALL of your students? Get your students moving and interacting with this unique high-interest activity that takes students on a “trail” around the room! Use this to practice identifying devices or to review for an assessment!If you've never facilitated a "question trail," now is the time to try it out! You and your students will be hooked on its unique approach to learning.A question trail is an activity comprised of diffe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Question Trails GROWING BUNDLE: Engaging Activities
21 Chump Street Podcast & Video Lesson Compare/Contrast PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Behold the cautionary tale of Justin Laboy, an 18-year-old high school senior who agreed to sell a baggie of marijuana in a foolish attempt to impress the new hottie at school – a girl who turned out to be a 25-year-old undercover police officer. Yes, it’s a real-life version of a 21 Jump Street episode that concludes with a broken heart and a felony conviction. Justin Laboy’s case was featured on This American Life’s NPR podcast. In this lesson, students will listen to the 13-minute podcast epi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Frederick Douglass, Non-Fiction Analysis to use for ANY Novel with Slavery Theme
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a compelling autobiography and provides an honest view of the harshness of life for enslaved African-Americans in the 1800s. Use this 45-minute lesson that includes a slice of Douglass’ narrative to show your students the ugly reality of life in pre-Civil War America.This package includes a two-page excerpt from Frederick Douglass’ book (in public domain) in which he details battling Mr. Covey, an abusive slave owner. After students read the pas
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Walt Whitman, O Me! O Life! Poetry & Non-Fiction Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Make a study of poetry compelling and relevant to your students’ lives.In the film Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams famously delivers portions of Walt Whitman’s beloved “O Me! O Life!” poem. This 1-to-2-day lesson will add rigor to your students’ enjoyment of the film, but also works as a standalone poetry assignment if, like me, you aren’t able to use the full-length film with your classes. Either way, your students will be challenged and entertained as they work through Whitman’s words. On t
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Emerson: Nature and Self-Reliance Mini-Unit! *Instagram Activity Included!*
#Transcendentalism#AmericanRenaissance#RalphWaldoEmerson#Nature#Self-RelianceIt's ok if you don't understand- because "to be GREAT is to be MISUNDERSTOOD!" In this mini-unit, Ralph Waldo Emerson's two works ("Nature" and "Self-Reliance") are examined and updated to fit your student's needs! From writing to connecting transcendentalism to #Instagram, your students will be looking at simplicity in a new light. Included:**Biography** (with study questions!)**~TWO~ Quickwrite activities!****Misunder
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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APA Parenthetical Citation Guide Student Handout
APA formatting is one of the most difficult citation formats that students need to learn. This two page handout will guide your students with correctly formatting their parenthetical citations in APA format in the 5 most basic situations that could arise.
Direct quotes from current nonfiction texts are used as examples under each of the basic situations that may arise including:
*Stating the authors name in the sentence starter
*Stating the authors name in the parenthetical citation
*Two auth
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: APA Parenthetical Citations BUNDLE
Prohibition Roaring Twenties Reading Comprehension Worksheet 1920s
This passage briefly describes prohibition in America during the Roaring Twenties. 7 define questions and 5 multiple choice questions assess students' understanding of this topic. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key. INCLUDES:article (1100-1200 Lexile)7 define questions5 multiple choice questionsColor and BW VersionsKeyPart of my 1920s Bundle*I do my best to make sure I do not have typos, but occasionally they slip through. PLEASE message me and I will correct it
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5th - 7th, Adult Education
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Also included in: 1920s Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle Roaring Twenties 1920
Credible Reliable Sources Online Handout Notebook Poster
This is a single page file that reminds and reviews credible and reliable online sources for student reference on research projects.
The page includes:
Definitions of primary and secondary sources
How to "ICE" a quote: Introduce, Cite, and Explain
Websites to NEVER EVER USE (Wikipedia, blogging and opinion-based sites)
Website that are good, better, and best including the domains (.com, .org, .net, .gov, .edu)
Use this handout to blow up as a poster, print for students to keep in a folder
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elie Wiesel Biography Research, Holocaust, Wiesel Biography, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Elie Wiesel introduction lecture as you launch a study of Night (or any of his other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this famous figure’s life with this “V.I.P. of History” print/post-and-go biography activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Wiesel’s life and historical impact. Please note: This download does NOT in
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Informational Text Lenses: Close Reading Through Informational Text Lenses
Here is a great way to make reading informational text a little more fun! This lesson uses props to teach students how to analyze informational text. Also included are examples for each lens from Harry Potter informational text pieces.
You will get:
8 informational lenses with explanations for each lens
*Vocabulary decoder lens
*Text feature analyzer lens
*Text structure decoder lens
*Author’s purpose analyzer lens
*Claim of the argument lens
*Counterclaim of the argument lens
*Agree le
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Recipe Template
This recipe template can be used in a variety of ways! We sent this home for all of the students to fill out, then collected them all, combined them, and made a grade-level cook book to send home for Mother's Day. It was a hit with the students and the parents!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Sandra Cisneros Author Study Worksheet, Cisneros Biography, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Sandra Cisneros introduction lecture as you launch a study of The House on Mango Street (or any of Cisneros’ other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Cisneros’ background.Please note: This download does NOT include a
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hispanic Heritage Month Spanish Reading: Mes de la Herencia Hispana Lectura
This 3-page file includes:~A Spanish reading about Hispanic Heritage Month: its history, how it is celebrated and its significance. It also discusses the differences between the terms Spanish, Hispanic and Latino. This reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions based on the reading. ~Answer key. Level: Spanish 2 (in present and past tenses)Makes for a great cultural reading for students of Spanish!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Fall Holidays Spanish Reading Bundle: TOP 5 Lecturas @35% OFF!
Julius Caesar & Abraham Lincoln, Non-Fiction, Connect Shakespeare to Real Life
After your class has finished Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s tense drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, take a break from the play and use this 45-minute non-fiction lesson to draw compelling parallels between the actions of Cassius, Brutus, and the other conspirators with the actions of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.Interestingly, Booth was a well-regarded, successful actor of his time and performed the role of Mark Antony in a New York production
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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C.E.R. (Claim, Evidence, Response) Graphic Organizer
The C.E.R. (Claim, Evidence, Response) Graphic Organizer has been designed to help students organize their claim and use evidence to support their beliefs while fully supporting their claim. Simple, but highly useful! Included in the purchase are: C.E.R. (Claim, Evidence, Response) Graphic Organizer
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: King of Camouflage
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver non-fiction activity, students will read an article by journalist Bruce Barcott (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal opinions to share about this “Let’s Get Real” classroom activity.When your
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing In-text (Parenthetical) Citations Practice Worksheet #1
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY SHOP FOR MORE IN THIS SERIES!Worksheet provides practice for students learning how to write MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on a sample Works Cited page for a research essay. Like this resource? Here's a second one: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-In-text-Parenthetical-Citations-Practice-Worksheet-II-8725366
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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