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Writing-expository Common Core RH.9-10.2 resources
Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading Passages
This lesson contains an article about the Jesse Owens four gold medal performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the struggle and controversy that surrounded the games. The lesson comes with a writing prompt, a graphic organizer and questions to help initiate a discussion. Works very well as non-fiction compliment to a unit on the Holocaust or World War II.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformatio
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6th - 12th
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Marine Biology Seals vs Sea Lions Compare and Contrast Writing W/Support
Is your principal asking how your science class is supporting writing instruction?Dazzle them with this compare and contrast activity. Students read information about Sea Lions and Harbor seals, answer comprehension questions, take the information and put it into a Venn diagram and then transfer their points to paragraph form. Ta Da! You are a cross curricular master! I have also included a key for the questions as well as compare and contrast points for you to pass on to your Sped support team
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Marine Biology Bundle of Resources for Middle/High School
Summarizing a Nonfiction Text: The Age of Exploration's Unknown Heroes
Teaching summarization is easy with this nonfiction reading unit. Just have your students follow the step-by-step directions on the PPP provided and assess their writing with the accompanying rubric. The original three 1/2-page informational passage is accompanied by ten comprehension questions and is appropriate for grades 7-9.In addition, this resource allows students to work on academic vocabulary acquisition and retention by including the following: 1) ten vocabulary words with definitions,
Grades:
7th - 9th
Unit 12 - 1798-1806
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the Alien and Sedition Acts to the causes of the First Barbary War. (The original text of this unit can be found at nomadicprofessor.com in US2: The Noise of Democracy.)Sessions 12.1-12.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the PDF are hyperl
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
William Henry Harrison, Ninth President in the Presidential Series
Social Studies is the academic bedrock of our democracy, and the lives and careers of the Presidents clearly reflect the state of the nation and it policies and problems during each Commander-in-Chief's tenure, yet reading about the lives of the Presidents has been about as interesting as watching grass grow, until now. The Presidential Series accurately presents each President's life, career, tenure in the White House, problems, policies and challenges in an engaging faux-autobiography written
Grades:
7th - 10th
Thomas Jefferson: Third President in the Presidential Series
Though the lives of the Presidents are inextricably related to the history of any given period, presidential biographies are difficult to find, and those that are available are often so dry and boring that reading them is sheer torture, resulting in students many times not reading at all. However, this faux autobiography of President Jefferson is narrated in real time, is engaging, easily accessible, relevant and historically correct (I double checked dates and spellings, but the text is all ori
Grades:
8th - 11th
John Quincy Adams: Sixth President in the Presidential Series
The history of America in the early 19th Century, and the life, times and administration of President John Quincy Adams, come vividly to life and engage the readers with this faux-autobiography, written in real time. History can be so dry and lifeless, and yet it is perhaps one of our most important school subjects. so, this passage, written in the first person as a letter, gives students the feeling that the President is speaking directly to them! 25 professionally written, evidence based mult
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7th - 10th
Andrew Jackson: Seventh President in the Presidential Series
Torn between the power of the rich and greedy and the issue of slavery, America in the 1820's and 1830's was in political and social turmoil, but then came Andrew Jackson, unlettered, unrefined, but a man and President of the people. In this faux-autobiography the President speaks to your students in real time in the form of a letter. Engaging and accessible yet challenging and historically accurate (I double checked my dates and spellings, but the text is all original), the passage acquaints st
Grades:
7th - 11th
RESEARCH PAPER STEP by STEP: GLOBAL WARMING
Provides sources links and step by step analysis with clear examples and nonexamples.
10 EASY STEPS TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER
Grades:
9th - 12th
Expanded Revolution Primary Source Analysis with Essay
This text set was created to help students 1) become increasingly familiar with challenging primary sources; 2) practice informational text reading skills; 3) preview or review topics covered in class. This set includes excerpts from "The Annals of Tennessee" by J.G.M. Ramsey - The Surrender of Fort Loudon, "The Treaty of Paris 1763", "The Albany Plan of Union" 1754, "The Quartering Act" 1765, "An Account of the Boston Massacre" March 12, 1770, "The Stamp Act" 1765, Article from page 2 of the S
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8th - 12th
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