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Writing-expository Common Core RI.11-12.7 resources
Close Reading Article Review Questions For Any NonFiction Text
Close Reading Questions: Nonfiction Articles Aligned with the Common Core State StandardsNonfiction articles can be used in any content area. Use the handouts to encourage close reading of the passage or article. May be used with any news, feature, informational, explanatory, argument, opinion, editorial, persuasive, narrative, or autobiographical article/text. Explores comparing two texts for compare/contrast. Students will be required to find evidence from the text to support their answers.*LI
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards Plus More
Are you frustrated with trying to make Puritan works such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" exciting and enjoyable for today's teens? This happens to be one of my favorite literary works to teach because of the engaging lessons I have crafted over the years. This unit takes a topic that many students find cumbersome and turns it into something challenging and fun. They will be talking about this sermon, and other classes will be asking when they get to do the sculpture activity! Plus, st
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Research Project Template Research Graphic Organizer Essay Outline High School
This is a research graphic organizer essay outline for any research topic with a grading rubric. The intention of this research project template was to give teachers an easy-to-use, tried, and true research essay outline that they could use over and over with any subject or grade level. :) This research project template is designed for high school students needing to practice expository research skills. The step-by-step structure of this essay provides 7th or 8th-grade classroom success with th
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Constructing a Debate: Outline and Graphic Organizer for Sophisticated Argument
If your students are anything like mine, they think whoever is the loudest wins the argument! This resource will help you guide students into crafting sophisticated arguments that consider audience and purpose. Designed to be used in the planning phase of a debate, students will have access to thought-provoking questions based around the traditional stock issues of policy debate: topicality, inherency, harms, solvency, and significance. Constructing a Debate is ideal as a handout/graphic organiz
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9th - 12th
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Student Blogging Unit Plan BUNDLE: Persuasive Writing, Argumentation, Summary
Activate student engagement and inquiry with this unique and engaging blog writing unit focused on cultural criticism! Students will summarize nonfiction texts and respond with persuasive writing, argumentative writing, and analytical writing. They will create a blog to share their thoughts with others! This unit gives you ALL of the resources and links you need for no-prep student blog writing experience. If you're ready for “real world,” authentic assessment, with a ton of activities at your f
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7th - 10th
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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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9/11 Journalistic Study
Since September 11, 2001 is a significant historical event, this unit includes student interaction with two websites that allows them to use a journalistic approach. This approach allows them to report who, what, where, when, how and why through two responses. The first focus is about the day of September 11, 2001 and the second is about the recovery of Ground Zero. In addition, students are able to rhetorically analyze President George W. Bush's speech. This unit would take about seven school d
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9th - 12th
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AP Free Response SYNTHESIS ESSAY BUNDLE Scaffolding Worksheets and Assignments
Prepare for the Synthesis Free Response question on the AP Language and Composition Exam using the lesson, worksheets, and assessments provided within this bundle. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ OVER 20% IN DISCOUNTS! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Resources included in this bundle:1. RESEARCH SYNTHESIS ESSAY Writing Introductory Lesson Handouts Google ClassroomTeaching the AP Language and Composition course to Advanced Placement students, or simply covering the basics of the Research Essay
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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In Cold Blood Synthesis Prompt: CC and PARCC Aligned
Using a non-fiction text as a primary source with three additional articles, this performance based assessment (PBA), commonly called a synthesis prompt, acts as a strong versatile conclusion to the In Cold Blood unit. This essay prompt comes with an introduction plus three cited excerpted articles PLUS TWO student model essays. As the articles are lengthy, I assigned this prompt to my honors and AP as a take home essay, giving them one week to complete it. With my college prep course, I taug
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: In Cold Blood Resource Bundle - UPDATED
Synthesis Dinner Party - Digital Placemat Graphic Organizer (PRINTABLE) AP Lang
**This is an adapted resource from the AP English Language & Comp teacher Facebook group**This resource can be used while teaching synthesis and research in order to support students with synthesizing the claims of multiple sources. This resource is best used with the Synthesis Prompt (Q1) on the AP English Language & Comp exam, but this can be used for any high school class where students are working toward reading and summarizing multiple sources in order to add commentary to establish
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9th - 12th
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College and Career Research Paper
With the focus on the Common Core and the PARCC, sometimes it is difficult to fit in all the curriculum. Here is a straightforward expository research paper that assists students in focusing in on their post-secondary goals and allows you to check off "research paper" from your to-do list. Typically I assign this paper independently (after I have taught/reviewed MLA citation and works cited), with weekly deadlines and while I am teaching a short story unit or a writing unit (depending on the a
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9th - 12th
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus--A Rhetorical Analysis
This PowerPoint slideshow attempts to model for AP English Language and Composition students the thought process they should follow when writing a rhetorical analysis. It also tends to provoke lively class discussion as the subject is something dear to the hearts of most American kids (even those in the late grades of high school).
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9th - 11th
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Writing an Article Abstract Assignment
This is a strategy that I use to engage my students in reading articles about current issues. This assignment requires students to select a magazine article that is a page or longer in length and write an abstract b/w 200-300 words. Students are prohibited from selecting articles about sports or entertainment b/c those are often the subjects that they already know about. The assignment includes a description or definition of an abstract and how abstracts are used for various academic purposes. T
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Lang Unit 2 Slides: Rhetorical Appeals
Complete slide deck for your AP Lang Unit 2 skills and standards. Correlates to the AP language and composition curriculum guide. Features strong female voices to explore ethos, pathos, and logos through various activities, centered on reading and writing exercises! Check out the bundle to receive the complete unit in full! Slide design by Slide Carnival.
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Lang Unit 2 Bundle
Argument Composition unit
This comprehensive composition unit on argument is aligned with the common core learning outcomes and includes intensive instruction, critical thinking, problem solving, research and writing activities on the components of argument which include: logos, ethos, pathos, inductive and deductive logic, syllogisms, fallacies, composition analysis and writing. It has well over 20 hours of content and activities for your classroom. The materials include: an instructional PDF powerpoint, creative acti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Internet Source Evaluation
Google Slides. Perfect for Distance Learning! Tutorial Video Linked HERE!Teaching research skills can be hard and time consuming but it doesn’t have to be that way. This lesson is perfect when teaching the research process to 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who are getting ready to find sources for their research. It's a perfect media literacy lesson too. I created this digital activity about using the CARS method for source evaluation. It gives you source evaluation examples and provides pr
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10th - 12th
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A Unit for Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death
This is a lesson-by-lesson unit to be used while having a class read Postman's most famous book. It is perfect for the teacher looking to do a one-month media literacy unit.
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10th - 12th
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Historical Background Research
Understanding some of the historical context in which a novel is set or written can help the students make connections and understand some of the subtler references in the text. This short-term research project has students split up into 4 groups to research various aspects of Ken Kesey's life, majority and counterculture in 1950s and 1960s USA, and the history of mental institutions. Includes options for both student presentations and jigsaw groups.Document is a fully editable Microsoft Word fi
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9th - 12th
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Writing Module #4 | Cause-Effect Informative Essay | Concussions | Grades 7-12
Your 7th through 12th graders got this! Got what? A final product they will create in no time with step-by-step guidance: A Cause-and-Effect Informative Essay (also known as explanatory and expository essay) about the causes and effects of sustaining a concussion.KIDS LOVE THIS TOPIC - AND THAT'S HALF THE BATTLE!Students read two scientific sources, watch two super short educational videos, and critically think about a very relevant, very important issue - what causes a concussion, what happens
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Modules | Grades 7-12 Growing Bundle | Write in Every Genre
Social Justice Inquiry Project
This social justice inquiry project is designed to help high school ELA students learn about various groups who have been historically disadvantaged. Students learn about a particular group while also learning research strategies such as identifying personal knowledge, generating questions, evaluating sources, documenting sources, and sharing their findings. This unit includes: 1) Full unit overview with instructions. 2) Readings - links to a variety of articles are provided that will help to f
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Social Justice Inquiry Project Digital and Print Bundle
Rhetoric and Consumerism
This is part of a lesson on consumerism and rhetoric. This piece includes a graphic organizer and the print ads that are used in it, as well as links to the commercials (found on youtube). It aligns with Common Core standards. Powerpoint presentation (including warm-up activity) and actual lesson plan also available separately.
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11th
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Mob Mentality Article
This includes an article by Beth Balen regarding "Mob Mentality" and why general mobs are led to riot, as well as questions to be responded to and discussed following the article. This article is two pages in length, and the questions (with spacing added) total three pages. Is a great article for introducing "Group Think" or expanding discussion on why dystopian societies become so within novels of literature.
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9th - 12th
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Pinterest/Google Keep Research & Annotated Bibliography (Distance/Remote)
This activity is designed to help students stay organized while they research. For this activity, they will either use Pinterest or Google Keep to create "pins" of their research. Each pin will include a description of the research and ask them specific questions to make sure they are synthesizing their research for optimal use in their research assignments. This is ideal for remote/virtual/distance learners because they can share their boards with you and/or collaborate with their peers. Includ
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10th - 12th
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