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English language arts Common Core SL.9-10.5 resources
Romeo and Juliet, Complete R&J Unit Plan for Shakespeare's Play, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of tragic love will enthrall your students when you use this collection of five weeks of lesson materials designed to challenge and entertain advanced middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores.This Romeo & Juliet unit is one of my favorites of the year. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen.This bundle includes:• A day-by-
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7th - 10th
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Punctuating Dialogue - Embedding Quotations Grammar Worksheets - Quotation Marks
Teach students about punctuating dialogue using these grammar worksheets, games, and activities! Students will learn about embedding quotations and the proper use of quotation marks with this modern and engaging lesson. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with these Punctuating Dialogue Grammar Worksheets:✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® & Google Slides®✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Informational Handout✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Practice Ac
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6th - 10th
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Full Year High School English 180 Days English 9-10 Curriculum Lesson Plans CCSS
Exhausted by prep? Tired of spending nights and weekends reinventing the curriculum wheel? This HUGE collection of materials (1,500+ slides and 800+ pages) will take the prep load off your back and give you every slide, every handout, and every day’s detailed lesson procedure tagged with targeted Common Core State Standards for 180 days (36 weeks) of English 9 or English 10. (The CCSS groups Eng. 9 and 10 together. This bundle is one year of course work for either of those levels.)This curriculu
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9th - 10th
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The Podcast Project l PBL Unit for Student Podcasting l Rubrics l Project Based
Want to get your students listening to podcasts, scripting podcasts, and then recording and publishing their own? Feeling nervous about the tech? Let me help with this complete student podcast project with rubrics and a complete guide for Project-Based Learning. In this full unit, you'll find everything you need to get your students listening to podcasts and then creating their own. It's a podcast curriculum designed by a podcaster (with over 800,000 downloads). Podcasting is as an ideal 21st c
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9th - 12th
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Julius Caesar Unit Plan, Shakespeare, FIVE WEEKS of High-Interest Lessons, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into The Tragedy of Julius Caesar? William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of political intrigue will thrill your students when you use this MASSIVE bundle of high-interest lessons. This package includes FIVE WEEKS OF COMPLETE LESSON MATERIALS designed to challenge and entertain students in grades nine through twelve.This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly homework assignments (read this file firs
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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Public Speaking Bundle: ALL My Speech Lessons! {Full Semester, with Google Docs}
NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS: Take the fear and intimidation out of public speaking with a FULL SEMESTER bundle of classroom-tested speech activities that will safely get students out of their chairs (and their comfort zones!) Download this bundle of speaking resources to build up student confidence with projects that don’t “feel” like work. Great for any general ELA teacher assessing CCSS Speaking & Learning (and also Speech class teachers specifically), these tools build foundations, track progres
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7th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
This bundle of activities includes over 90 interactive notebook activities to cover before, during, and after reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Every activity is aligned to at least one Common Core State Standard for reading literature, language (vocabulary), speaking and listening, and writing.
This IS included in my To Kill a Mockingbird Growing Bundle, found here:
To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit & Interac
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7th - 11th
Midsummer Night’s Dream Unit Plan, Four Weeks of MSND Materials/Activities, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into A Midsummer Night’s Dream? William Shakespeare’s hilarious tale of love and magic will engage your students when you use this MASSIVE bundle of fun and creative lessons. This package includes four weeks of complete materials designed to challenge and entertain middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores.This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly homework assignments (read this
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7th - 10th
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Public Speaking Unit Impromptu, How-To, Narrative, Informative, and More
Teaching a speech unit or public speaking course can be complex because so many aspects go into making a successful speech lesson. This file has a variety of tools to engage students as they grow as public speakers. It contains every public speaking activity in my store, plus many more speech activities. I also have a detailed (week by week) outline of how I run a public speaking class. NOTE: An eighteen-week (complete semester) outline for everything in this public speaking bundle is in the pre
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7th - 11th
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ELA Curriculum Bundle l End of the year English Project
This ginormous ELA bundle will solve a lot of your problems. You'll never have to stay up late trolling for lesson plan ideas again. You'll just dive into this folder, choose one of the dozens of activities and projects inside, and then hit the hay. Imagine the delicious smells of your own literary food truck festival. Imagine students fighting over your most popular reading library titles. Expect newly engaged writers when you roll out your first ever ELA maker space and guide your students in
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9th - 12th
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Lizzie Borden: Infamous Murder Case Nonfiction Unit, Tone, Bias, Persuasion
Lizzie Borden was tried and ultimately acquitted for the MURDER of her PARENTS in the 1890s. The trial was controversial. How could a WOMAN possibly hack her parents to death and why? How could this have happened while she was HOME if she didn't do it? In this nonfiction unit, students will read articles about the case and then decide for themselves if they think Lizzie Borden is INNOCENT or GUILTY. If your students like this nonfiction unit, be sure to check out the Bespoke ELA activity on
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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Twelve Angry Men | 12 Angry Men Drama Unit
12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose for middle school and high school language arts. This lessons will engage your students, invoke critical thinking, and promote high-level discussions. Lessons, assessments, performance pack, and more! Motivate your students - even the reluctant readers by performing, not just reading the play. Includes activities, games, writing prompts, discussion topics, study guide, self-assessments, etc. A great addition to your study of American literature and drama. Comments
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8th - 11th
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Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Meme Activity
Act 3 is FULL of action and drama! To make sure the students understood just how much happened in this Act, I created a meme activity for different situations. I was so impressed with their creations and their understanding of the text! This assignment includes 12 different situations/scenarios from Act 3. Students will work independently, with a partner, or in a small group to create a meme representing their assigned scenario. Additionally, students need to describe the context of the scene an
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9th
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Also included in: Romeo & Juliet BUNDLE!
Hero’s Journey, Speech Assignment for Joseph Campbell's Hero Journey, CCSS
What do Finding Nemo, Legally Blonde, and The Lego Movie all have in common? All of these stories (and so many others) fit the classic storytelling pattern of a heroic journey, as established by famed scholar Joseph Campbell.Using ten of the Hero’s Journey steps chronicled by Campbell, students will connect many of the films they love with elements of the Ancient Greek storytelling tradition in this partner speech assignment. The entire lesson plan will take six days or so, depending on your cla
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7th - 10th
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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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Human Rights Violations Research Project (Presentation or Infographic)
In this project, students will review the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to research a country's specific human rights violation. Students will conduct research using Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to create a presentation or an infographic that reviews:Location of where the violation is occurringThe specific violationThe role of the United NationsWhy is this occurringThe significanceSolutions➡️The presentation is designed to be a group project. However, it c
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8th - 12th
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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities Speech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step process of preparing
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9th - 12th
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Back to School Bundle: Icebreakers, Memes, Decor, Rules, Procedures
Back to School Bundle includes icebreakers, get-to-know-you and all about me activities, classroom posters and memes, rules and procedures activity, editable presentations, and more. You will have plenty of resources to last the first few days AND for years to come.These best-sellers are included:Back-to-School Rules and Procedures: Can I Chew Gum in Class? EDITABLE!Teacher Memes Posters {Back to School, Class Rules} EDITABLE! Grammar Fail Presentation: Using Humor to Teach the Importance of Eng
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6th - 12th, Staff
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The Tiny Podcast Project l student podcasting l project based learning (PBL)
Podcasting is as an ideal 21st century medium for students to experiment with. Think of the skills of a podcaster - writing, editing, speaking, recording, interviewing, researching, and designing. With millions of podcast episodes in circulation, and media organizations, business figures, and celebrities starting pods left and right, it's easy to show students that podcasting is relevant today. In this project, students will listen to episodes of a very short podcast called "A Little Happier" as
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9th - 12th
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TED Talks in the Classroom: Teach students to be inspirational speakers
TED Talks are an excellent and engaging way to expose students to strong public speaking skills. This in-depth unit will explore TED Talks, teaching students how to become a better public speaker. The unit culminates in students delivering their own TED Talks! You will be amazed at your students' abilities to capture an audience!
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1. TED Talk Assignment Sheet: A detailed explanation of the final speech.
2. Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to help you grade your student. Cl
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8th - 12th
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Genius Hour l PBL Unit | Genius Hour template l Genius Hour Rubric
Genius hour lets students follow their passions and aligns easily with ELA. In this extensive hyperdoc unit, you'll find everything you need beautifully laid out. Students will choose a passion to pursue, then use one of four platforms to DOCUMENT their journey, TEACH others how to follow in their footsteps, or SHOWCASE a product they've created through their project as part of their own small business. Here's what's inside:A link to a kickoff video to get students excited about the possibilitie
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Gallery Walk - Pre-Reading Activity - Context Learning Stations
Explore the context of the “Roaring 1920s” with this pre-reading activity for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Includes 5 inquiry-based gallery walk learning stations and worksheets. Digital worksheets for Google Classroom® are provided!Included with this The Great Gatsby Pre-Reading Activity:✏️ 5 Gallery Walk Stations with Primary Sources - Digital & PrintExplore the music, setting, photography, and current events of the “Roaring 20s”Analyze various book covers to predict themes wit
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8th - 11th
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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