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Informational text Common Core W.11-12.6 resources
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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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
Writing a News Article - OLC News Report Template & 4-Level Rubric - OLC4O OSSLC
Teach students how to write a news article using this lesson, graphic organizer, news report template, and rubric. Prepare for the OSSLT, teach the OLC4O / OSSLC course, or coach essential literacy with this reading comprehension strategy. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with this Writing a News Article Template, Lesson, and Rubric:✏️ How to Write a News Article Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®Teach the Five Questions Model (W5-H)Explore
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7th - 12th
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Full Year High School English Curriculum: Secondary ELA 9-12 Common Core Aligned
If you are teaching a new high school English course this year, or you're looking to upgrade your current high school English class curriculum, this full year ELA curriculum is for YOU! This Common Core Standards aligned English Language Arts curriculum will help you create meaningful learning experiences for your secondary English students AND protect your time outside of contract hours.This English curriculum is perfect for you if are looking for...creative, effective activities for you and yo
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9th - 12th
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Synthesis Essay Workbook
Teach your students how to analyze multiple sources and bring them together to form a cohesive argument. This is a great AP Language and Composition resource to teach the synthesis essay! It's also perfect as an introduction to research, analyzing sources, and defending claims. This workbook will walk them through the process step-by-step: 1) understanding your requirements2) understanding the task/prompt3) analyzing sources related to that prompt/task4) creating a thesis statement with a claim5
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9th - 12th
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Reading and Writing News Articles - Slideshow Lessons, Templates, Rubrics OLC4O
Everything you need to teach students to master writing news articles and reading nonfiction text features! Includes sample news reports, reading comprehension questions, slideshow lessons, graphic organizers, assessment guidelines, and more! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets and activities for Google Drive®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Unit for Reading and Writing News Articles:✏️ Summarizing a News Report Slideshow Lesson - Micros
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6th - 12th
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Power and Corruption Research Project - Leadership - Ambition Abuse of Power
Examine the concepts of self-identity, absolute power and corruption, leadership and influence with this high-interest resource! Learn the common traits of powerful people and discover how absolute power can be used to improve society or to devastate and destroy. This modern research project takes a fascinating look at the world’s most powerful and influential people throughout world history - including those who are living in today’s world. Students will select and research a person of power,
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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The Devil in the White City Lesson Plans and Teaching Guide
A twenty-day unit designed by The Pedantic Project with a nod to the 11-12 ELA Common Core Standards. The unit begins with a gallery walk that requires students to make predictions and form opinions. After that, the students will divide into groups and use technology to research six components of the late 1800s, including the Gilded Age. Each topic has a graphic organizer (with a teacher key). Students will complete the research and prepare presentations for the class. Rubrics are provided.
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9th - 12th
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ELA Task Card Bundle (192 Task Cards!) / Print and Digital / Google Slides
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction, including informational texts, rhetoric, figurative language, literary devices, plot structure and conflict, characterization, theme, main idea, summary, making text connections, making inferences, and research skills.
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9th - 12th
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Newspaper Article Headlines and Leads - OSSLT News Report Examples - OSSLC OLC4O
This Newspaper Article Headlines and Leads lesson explores news literacy through examples of news reports. Prepare for the OSSLT, teach the OLC4O / OSSLC course, or coach essential literacy with this reading comprehension strategy. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! 5.00Included with this Newspaper Article Headlines and Leads Lesson:✏️ Headlines and Leads Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® & Google Slides®Teach the Five Questions Model (W5-H)Differentiate between news
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7th - 12th
340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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High School Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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9th - 12th, Staff
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Digital Media Literacy Unit for High School - Print and Digital Versions
This unit is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills related to digital media. Students will learn digital media literacy vocabulary; examine media bias; examine examples of fake news; learn about satire; analyze various news articles for bias, and examine how word choice can show bias or objectivity. The unit includes the following:Introductory vocabulary activity (two versions with key)Media bias chart activity (with key) “Fake News Online” activity (with key)“Fake News
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9th - 12th
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The Things They Carried Novel Study + Stations + Narrative Project English AP
Huge Bundle that goes WAY BEYOND a typical novel study. Ditch the boring quizzes and vocabulary fill-in-the-blanks in favor of this unique and engaging unit that has been approved by my NYC high school students, who aren't easy to please!This complete, no prep unit includes:**36-slide editable PowerPoint **14-page Unit Plan (editable Word) including: Essential questionsEnduring understandingsCCSS (grades 11-12)Focus on Author's StyleDaily step-by-step lesson plans with teacher and student direct
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MLA Format and Citation Practice Activity
This Google Slides Workshop for MLA Format 8th Edition teaches students to format their papers, cite sources, use in-text citations, and avoid plagiarism. Best of all, they can keep it on hand for quick reference by saving it to their drive, and never lose it! This workshop allows students to practice these skills and has easy templates, so students can plug in their information and put their citations together. Great for distance learning, in-class learning, hybrid model, and social distancing.
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8th - 11th
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Rhetoric Meets Social Justice Speech Unit (NO PREP)
Empower Your Students with the Voices of Change! Looking to inspire your students to become advocates for justice and equality? My comprehensive multi-lesson unit is the perfect resource to engage students in meaningful discussions and critical analysis of speeches by Dr. King, Bryan Stevenson, Amanda Gorman, and John Lewis. Dive into History: Explore the historical context surrounding Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech and Bryan Stevenson's TED talk on mass incarceration. With engaging Google S
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9th - 12th
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AP Literature and Composition Mythology Unit
This unit has been compiled for my AP Literature and Composition class for the beginning of the school year to review or introduce them to Greek Mythology, which is often alluded to in literature and some of the questions on the AP Literature exam refer to these allusions.
In order to gain a better understanding of mythology, students begin by discussing the importance of studying Greek mythology before creating group projects that include choices. Students learn about creating and giving prof
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Project Based Learning Bundle - PBL Units for English Reading, Writing, Speaking
Bring your English Language Arts curriculum to life with this project-based learning (PBL) bundle! This package includes units that blend reading, writing, speaking, and listening with real-life applications, engaging students in a truly authentic learning experience. This bundle includes a mock trial outline, a vacation planning project, a book trailer assignment, a community interview activity, and a debate outline.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save over 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with this Projec
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7th - 12th
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Reading & Analyzing Bryan Stevenson's "We Need to..." Speech (NO PREP Lessons)
Dive into Justice with Bryan Stevenson's TED Talk! Are you ready to engage your students in critical conversations about justice, equity, and the criminal justice system? My comprehensive multi-lesson unit on Bryan Stevenson's "We Need to Talk About an Injustice" TED talk is the perfect resource to ignite thoughtful discussions and inspire action in your classroom. Explore Historical Context: Take your students on a journey through history with my dynamic Google Slides presentation. From the imp
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9th - 12th
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Digital Citizenship BUNDLE
This bundle includes 4 units and other resources related to digital citizenship. Students will learn about digital media literacy, digital health and wellness, digital safety and security, and digital etiquette. The activities in these units will encourage students to think critically about a variety of topics, respond to texts, conduct research, develop written texts, and more! Units can be taught individually, or you can select assignments from each to build your own custom digital citizens
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9th - 12th
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Modern Day Genocide Project (to accompany Night or a study of the Holocaust)
I used this project in my 10th grade World Literature class after our study of Night by Elie Weisel. Students had studied the causes of the Holocaust, and for this project, research modern day genocides and human rights violations that have occurred since 1945. They are instructed to find the causes of the event, people who tried to stop it, and the results of the event. They create an outline, works cited, visual, and oral presentation. Each small group researches a different event. My stu
What to the Slave is Fourth of July and Rhetoric
This resource focuses on analyzing Frederick Douglass's renowned speech, "What to the Slave is Fourth of July." Students will engage in activities such as reviewing concept vocabulary, exploring Douglass's life, reading background information on the speech, and answering close reading questions. They will also identify and analyze examples of ethos, pathos, and logos, define unfamiliar terms, and identify Douglass's main argument and call to action. In the extended version of this resource, stud
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Rhetoric in American Speeches: Henry, Paine, Lincoln, and Douglass
Inquiry Research Project & Pop Culture Writing Unit Plan for High School English
This research unit gives you EVERYTHING for a no-prep student pop culture inquiry project. This unique and engaging inquiry based learning unit plan focuses on inquiry questions, source evaluation, research process, expository writing, conclusion writing, presentation skills and more! This unit was designed to give students a voice and also a real-world audience in the format of a presentation (or pitch) of their researched findings. It is important for students to think critically, to ask quest
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8th - 11th
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