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Common Core W.9-10.1d resources under $5
Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Fun End of Year Reflection | Last Week of School Letter to Future Self Template
❤️ Fun and engaging self-reflection at the end of the year helps your ELA middle school students set goals during that last week of school. This End of the Year reflection activity has templates with writing prompts for your students to compose a meaningful letter to self they can look back on at the start of next year. (This Letter Writing Activity also comes in a discounted End of the Year Writing Bundle for ELA Middle School). ❤️“Letter to My Future Self” ELA lesson uses detailed writing prom
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5th - 8th
Outsiders Introductory Lecture, S.E. Hinton The Outsiders, Prezi & Google Slides
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGrab every eye in the room with this gorgeous 38-slide introduction lecture that provides all of the background information your class will need as you launch your study of S.E. Hinton’s classic novel, The Outsiders.The presentation includes a quickwrite topic that will help make The Outsiders’ characters and themes relevant to your students (15 minutes for writing and discussion). Then, launch the 30-minute lecture which covers S.E. Hinton’s background, the time peri
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7th - 10th
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Thesis Statement Worksheets Practice Mini Lesson Argumentative Essay Writing
HOW TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT! DIGITAL SLIDES & PRINTABLE W. VIDEO TUTORIAL AND ONE-PAGER INCLUDED! Teaching thesis statement is a breeze with this quick and easy no-prep activity. This practice worksheet teaches topic, claim, and reasons. Also included is a video tutorial by me. It has examples and a color-coded analysis of both two and three pronged thesis statements. Color-coded and black and white versions included. USE WITH EASEL!INCLUDES: TOPIC, CLAIM, REASONS LESSONVIDEO TUTORIAL
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6th - 9th
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"Thank You Ma'am" Langston Hughes story, literary analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use this classic short story, “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes detailed instructions, a six-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and an optional writing activity that shows students step-by-step how to build a powerful introductory paragraph to any literary analysis essay. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for
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8th - 11th
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The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the heartbreaking story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a pre-writing organizing task that will get your students to dig back into the text and organize symbolic elements (also with answer key), and a literary analysis writing assignment where students will examine Hurst’s use of symbolism to support his them
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8th - 11th
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The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Apps
Use the classic short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of this public domain story, an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key, of course), an interactive slide lecture (both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions included) to help your students learn how to analyze text as they connect the author’s setting to the character development of Mathilde Loisel, and an opt
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8th - 11th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Scaffolded Argumentative Writing Introduction Paragraph Unit - Digital and Print
Do your students struggle with attention getters? Do they get confused about how to connect their hook to their claim or thesis statement? This scaffolded introduction paragraph mini unit is intended to help reduce frustration and support students through a simple step-by-step approach to writing effective opening paragraphs for argumentative essays. Argumentative Writing Introduction Paragraph Contents:Suggested sequence and lesson plan ideasEditable presentation with a mini-lesson for each par
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Argumentative Writing Unit Bundle for Middle and High School
Writing Competition, "Survive!" Writing Contest, End of Unit Writing, CCSS
UPDATE – You can learn more about this writing contest at my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46cEHf0UoOUTired of grading endless stacks of essays? Want to lighten your grading load while still having students write and receive meaningful feedback on their work? The answer is to host this writing competition.Students enter their writing into a series of peer-review competitions during this week-long activity. The beauty of this five-day lesson plan, which can work with any novel,
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8th - 11th
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Argument and Debate Mini Unit Topic Cards, Outline, Notes
Argumentative and Debate Topic Cards with Teacher's Guidelines and Instructions, Student Handouts, and Grading Rubrics (Aligned with the Common Core State Standards)
If you want to have a classroom debate but don't know where to begin or how to run one, this resource is for you. I've included topic cards, outlines for the format, handouts, and detailed instructions. But this can be used for more than just debating. The topic cards are perfect for having students practice writing argumentative a
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8th - 12th, Staff
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Conspiracy Theories: Uncovering the Truth (3-Part Research Project PLUS Debate)
If you’ve turned on the news lately, stood in line at the grocery store and browsed the magazines, or surfed the internet, then you know that conspiracy theories are everywhere! Some of the theories are so intriguing, we read further or turn up the volume. Others are so outrageous that we laugh in disbelief! How can we possibly separate fact from fiction when the media can be so convincing? Some of the oldest conspiracy theories are still circulating today, from Bigfoot and alien sightings, to
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary Speech & Debate Activities BUNDLE
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Zombie Apocalypse-- Persuasive Speech Activity
In this activity, students will role play that they are trapped in their school by the zombie apocalypse. They have to decide whether to stay at the school... or whether to leave the school for an alternate location. In order to make this precarious decision, they must weigh the pros and cons of both scenarios and then craft a persuasive speech to convince the class (the rest of their group) to go or to stay.Now included as part of the Ultimate Zombie Literary Unit found HERE!In this high-inte
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: THE Ultimate High-interest Halloween Bundle for Secondary ELA
Argument Writing that's Real-World Relevant: Activity Set
Argument writing can get old fast when the format is always the same. But repetition helps so much in getting students to understand how to write literary analysis. So what to do?You want your students to know how to make points, give evidence, and analyze that evidence, but you're sick of the groans when you roll out your newest essay assignment. Students focus on issues like word count and number of quotations instead of becoming better writers, and they barely engage with the feedback process
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7th - 10th
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MLA Citations: Direct Quote Lesson
Running into the same ruts with MLA citations over and over? This MLA Citations Direct Quote Lesson is scaffolded to help middle and high school students learn how to cite direct quotes correctly in their writing...once and for all!LESSON CONTENTS1. PRESENTATION - Google Slides™Contains direct instruction lesson, evidence-based term list, strong verbs list, embedded practice activities, and ideas for discussion with students2. ANCHOR CHART - Google Slides™ and PDFA quick, annotated reference fo
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7th - 9th
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25 Essential Handouts for Writing Workshop in Secondary ELA
This bundle contains 25 handouts to supplement writing workshop mini-lessons or to use as part of a writing reference center/ writer's toolbox in the classroom. Students can also keep these handouts in their writing folders or notebooks to reference throughout the year as they work on new writing tasks and as you target new writing skills.This bundle includes the following handouts: 1. Edit OUT These Words! 2. Commentary Do’s and Don’ts 3. Topic vs. Theme 4. Transitional Devices 5. Paragraph Fo
Interlopers, Saki, H.H. Munro Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the classic short story, “The Interlopers,” by Saki (H.H. Munro) to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of the public domain story, a six-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and an optional writing activity that shows students step-by-step how to build a newspaper article. You could easily extend this one-day lesson into two days by allowing in-class time to complete the journalism portio
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8th - 11th
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Formal Writing Unit (Don't Write About Your Writing) Distance Learning
This Formal VS Informal Writing Lesson and Activities will help your students with that challenging task of writing formally. My students have such a hard time with letting go of those personal pronouns, and getting rid of the "writing about your writing" language. How many essays have we read where students start with: "have you ever wondered about..." It drives this ELA teacher a little batty. I created this unit to help students get away from that informal language. This lesson is digital and
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6th - 11th
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Infamous Criminals: A High-Interest Nonfiction Research Project
In this project, students will research the life of a famous criminal and compile a bibliographic research project to share with the class. The criminals included in this project range from fraudsters to gangsters and from pirates to drug lords. There are plenty of options here to captivate the interest of secondary students. After selecting a criminal, students will compile an annotated bibliography as they go through the research process while preparing to create their final projects. Stud
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9th - 12th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Sorting Activity - Print and Digital - Editable
Empower your students with a hands-on, interactive experience that brings the fundamental structure of an argumentative essay to life! This sorting activity will transform the often daunting task of essay structuring into an exciting, hands-on adventure that'll ignite your students' creativity and understanding.Students complete the activity by sorting and assembling the pieces of an argumentative essay into the correct order. It's a puzzle that builds their confidence and competence.Here’s what
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7th - 10th
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Formal Letter Writing Unit | Business Letters | Email | Distance Learning
This best-selling 100-PAGE DIGITAL resource contains everything your students will need to learn how to write outstanding FORMAL LETTERS and EMAILS in 2024 that IMPACT upon their audience. This INTERACTIVE unit contains - Easy-to-follow, engaging instructional slides - High-quality tutorial videos - A range of writing samples for students to follow - Assessment tools, rubrics, and checklists - A range of graphic organizers, templates and tools for reluctant writers - Everything is entirely EDI
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4th - 9th
Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer and Sample - Digital & Printable Argument
Do your students struggle writing argumentative essays? This argument essay graphic organizer resource walks students through the writing process step by step. The unit provides an argument essay outline, topic planning guide, graphic organizer for each paragraph, format sample, and final copy directions. This is a great resource to support struggling students and students with IEPs. There is no prep for you. Just print and go or assign online.This argument essay graphic organizer resource inclu
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6th - 10th
Email Etiquette Lesson and Activities
Looking for email writing activities that will help you get pleasant, professional emails from your students all year long? Download my Email Etiquette Lesson and Activities and start receiving better emails tomorrow. This is a great lesson for back to school, the first few days of school, or at the beginning of a new semester to reinforce the learning. Any time is a GREAT time to teach your students something they'll use for the rest of their lives!This email etiquette mini-lesson has everythin
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Back to School Essentials for Middle School and High School Students
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