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Balanced literacy Common Core RI.11-12.3 resources
Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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NewsELA Literacy-Focused Graphic Organizer
This assignment has it all: informational text, literacy practice and differentiation by product. This highly effective graphic organizer asks students to summarize, predict, formulate and connect specific details to strengthen literacy skills. It is designed to be used with the NewsELA website that has different Lexile levels for instant differentiation. A Word document is attached so you may adjust to fit your curriculum and instruction or scaffold for differentiation.
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: How He Drove Drunk & Someone Died: Reading Passages
This lesson contains an article about drinking and driving, and the consequences it can cause on those who do it and its victims. The lesson comes with writing and discussion prompts to help initiate a discussion on this very important topic, especially for young adults who are not fully aware of the dangers and potential consequences.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Driving While Distracted: Reading Passages Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the dangers and consequences of driving while distracted (specifically, mobile-devices). The lesson includes a writing response, graphic organizers, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInfor
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6th - 12th
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"Long Way Down" Bundle one-pager/choice board/WebQuest/DOK Task Cards
Welcome to an engaging and comprehensive resource for teaching Jason Reynolds' gripping novel, Long Way Down. This product is designed to facilitate deep comprehension, critical thinking, and creative exploration of the text through a variety of activities suitable for middle and high school students.Included in this Resource:1. One-Pager Project: Students will creatively represent their understanding of Long Way Down through a one-page visual summary. They can incorporate key themes, characters
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10th - 12th
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The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) PowerPoint, Google Slides
33 slides of content! New product! This is an engaging way to introduce this powerful story to your students, and make the sometimes difficult content more inviting to them. Included in this PowerPoint are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, pre-reading questions, guided reading, and guided reading questions. Google slides link provided.The perfect tool for anyone teaching this short story!
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Short Story PowerPoint Bundle: 7 Stories in One Digital Lessons
The Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury) PowerPoint, Google Slides
Ray Bradbury's "The Sound of Thunder" brought to you in PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students. Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this PowerPoint are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, questions for pre-reading, guided reading, and post-reading. Great for short story units, imagery, and descriptive writing! Google slides li
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Short Story PowerPoint Bundle: 7 Stories in One Digital Lessons
Informational Article: Who Shrank My Doritos? Reading Passages + Comprehension
This is an informational article that addresses the growing trend of food manufacturing companies providing less food in their packaging while still charging the same Price. And in some instances, providing less food, but charging even more. Accompanying the article is a worksheet with comprehension activities and questions.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wag
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6th - 12th
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Harrison Bergeron: Short Story Google Slides, PowerPoint Digital Lesson
In-class OR distance learning! Now 33 slides! Kurt Vonnegut, Jr's "Harrison Bergeron" brought to you in digital form! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this presentation are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer sc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â American Literature: Short Story Bundle (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Informational Article: Scenes from the Border: Reading Passages + Comprehension
This lesson is based around an article about immigration from Mexico. However, what the article reveals about exactly who and why are crossing over is more surprising that most people would assume. The lesson comes with comprehension questions (written responses and multiple choice) that will help lead to a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Gender Games: Reading Passages + Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the Title IX, and how it has changed the role females play in high school and college athletics, and the effects of those on male athletes, female athletes, and the way institutions handle their sports programs. The lesson includes a writing response, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Ol
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Locked Away Forever: Reading Passages, Comprehension
In this lesson students will read about the debate over whether people under the age of 18 should receive life in prison without parole for crimes they committed. The lesson also includes comprehension and discussion questions to help initiate a meaningful discussion on the matter.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational A
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6th - 12th
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Informational Article: Birth of India & Pakistan: Reading Passages + Activities
This lesson includes a 4 page article on the origins of India and Pakistan, as countries, free from the imperial reign on Great Britain. The lesson includes a writing prompt, comprehension questions based on the article and student response questions designed to initiate a class-wide discussion.--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving BundlesAncient India Unit - Bundle of 25 LessonsAncient India and Ancient C
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Informational Text Article: Lyin' Eyes Reading Passages, Comprehension Questions
This lesson includes an article about how eyewitness testimony in criminal cases is unreliable, and that the modern use of DNA is now freeing people who were wrongly incarcerated. The lesson comes with comprehension questions and activities. A good article to start a meaningful discussion on an important issue.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? R
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6th - 12th
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The Glass Castle - Analyzing Narrative Writing
Using an excerpt from Jeannette Walls' memoir, students will complete the graphic organizer as they analyze the passage for elements of storytelling and literary devices.
My students used this in preparation for the state End-of-Course test that includes a narrative writing constructed response.
It is uploaded as a Word document so you may make adjustments to fit your instruction and curriculum. I offer this as an electronic copy to students on Blackboard so they may type their responses
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9th - 12th
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The 33 Chilean Miners: Practice with Argument
In 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days. The incident transfixed the world as the brave miners experienced and overcame adversity. The vent provides the backdrop for students to read, listen to, and view supporting clips while learning to write more with depth and intention. Students will read a book excerpt from Hector Tobar’s Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free published in The New Yorker. A 60 Minutes
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9th - 12th
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Hip-Hop Artistry Knows No Borders: Practice with Argument
NOTE: Though some of the sources from The New York Times, New Yorker, or the Atlantic require a subscription, most of the sites offer several free downloads each month. Links often die. Contact us and we will try to fix broken links. Students learn about hip hop music from Latin America. Students will read, listen to and view supporting clips while learning the necessary elements to analyze the text. Students will show mastery of the standards at the end of the lesson through a SOAPSTONE Analy
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Hip Hop Bundle
Informational Article: Kick Them Out: Reading Passages + Comprehension Questions
In this lesson students will read an informational written by a high school that in which the author supports kicking trouble making students out of school because it severely inhibits other students from learning. Accompanied with the article is a writing prompts and opinion questions for the students to answer. This is an excellent way to start a good, meaningful discussion on the subject.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Oly
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Telling Plastic to Bag It Reading Passages Questions
This lesson centers around an article about the ideas behind reducing, or in some cases, eliminating the use of plastic bags (and its effects on the environment, businesses, pollution). The lesson comes with a strong prompt, comprehension questions to help initiate a discussion, and a short extension activity and reading.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage B
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8th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: From Fighting to Friending: Reading Passages
Students will be able to analyze an informational text that focuses on how young Israeli's and Palestinians are reaching out to each through social media. The lesson comes will both the article, comprehension questions and graphic organizers to analyze and informational text. An excellent article and activity that leads to a great discussion about a situation that many students are not aware of, but should be moving forward.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article:
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6th - 12th
John Adams by David McCullough: Practice with Rhetorical Analysis
David McCullough wrote a contemporary biography of John Adams. Students will read, listen to and view supporting clips while learning the necessary elements to analyze the argument from a passage in the book. There are links to a reading passage on "The Boston Massacre" as well as a comparison between Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Students will show mastery of the standards at the end of the lesson through Socratic Seminar, multiple-choice questions, and a rhetorical analysis written timed essay
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9th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: A Planet Without Apes: Reading Passage Comprehension
This less contains an article around the endangerment of apes around the world, and their dwindling numbers. This lesson also contains a writing prompt, comprehension questions and questions to help initiate a discussion on this topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational Article: How He Drove Drunk & Someone Died:
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6th - 12th
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Grapic Org: Analyzing "All I Need to Know...Kindergarten" (Springboard text)
This GO examines Robert Fulghum's iconic "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It helps students focus on the Credo's purpose, syntax, diction, punctuation, and tone all in the context of a person's independent wisdom and knowledge. Analyzing this text leads to the Embedded (Summative) Assessment for this part of the unit where students draft their own credo (see separate file/product for GO for students to write their own credo). The assignment follows the College Board Springb
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8th - 12th
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ELA: Creating Reading Logs & Reader Responses: Printable Worksheets
Students understand how to write short responses (about character, setting, narrator, etc.) based on their independent reading books. Teacher will walk students through the process of how to create effective logs and responses that show the readers understanding and comprehension of the text. There are teachers model in this lesson, as well as different options of ELA strategies for students to apply to their own reading and respond to.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme
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6th - 12th
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