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Writing-expository Common Core WHST.11-12.1d resources
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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ON THE WATERFRONT: A Classic Film Unit
THREE WEEK 26-PAGE UNITClassic Film Unit. This 1954 giant rewrote the motion picture template of how films should be produced. Featuring Marlon Brando in what some consider his finest hour, On the Waterfront roped in twelve Academy Award nominations with eight Oscars being awarded. The film focuses on union violence and corruption among longshoremen, while detailing widespread corruption, extortion, and racketeering on the waterfronts of Hoboken, New Jersey. The unit allows for you to show the f
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: BUNDLE: TEN AMERICAN FILMS
Historifying People, Places and Things in the Present using QR CODES
HIstory is not dead, it is present all around us. In this interactive research project, students choose an ordinary object, place, or person from their immediate surroundings, conduct research, and bring the past into the present. They publish their findings on a class webpage using QR CODES that they affix to the object, place or person in the real world. In this way the class curates a living history project which they can then share with the world and even extend into a community scavenger
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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10 Nonfiction Essay Writing Prompts
These writing prompts are created to be versatile among many age groups, asking broad questions for which teachers can adjust requirements based on student level. These prompts are diverse and presented on a lined page for students to write on.They cover the four major types of essays:2 Narrative Prompts2 Descriptive Prompts3 Expository Prompts3 Persuasive PromptsSome prompts require a small amount of research, but most can be done with or without the use of outside sources, making this perfect
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5th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Bundle
Ace Critical Thinking for Success: LOGICAL Thinking
The 38-page file, from a chapter in my book on Critical Thinking, covers these:General concepts of logic: induction, deduction, syllogism, enthymeme and their relevance in lifeTwenty common fallacies defined and illustrated with real-life (some humorous) examples.Exercises for Thinking:25 real-life (some funny) examples for fallacy identification.10 real-life enthymeme examples for syllogistic analysis on their ‘logical soundness’.Topics for Writing.This file can help foster logical thinking thr
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Nonfiction Reading Comprehension with Questions: The Rise of the Demagogue
Help your students to understand the consequences of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism. This nonfiction reading comprehension unit with questions contains subtle descriptions, carefully-chosen words, historical facts, quotations from primary sources, and age-appropriate content. It is designed to provide an overview of the events leading to Adolf Hitler's totalitarian rule. Aligned with Common Core and requiring no preparation, its subtopics are as follows.The Three German ReichsThe Tangle
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Comprehension with Questions: The Holocaust
Writing About History - Research/Position Paper Assignment
This is a writing assignment you can download onto your computer for absolutely free. The assignment includes:Directions on how to completeRequirements (including possible writing topics)Letter to students describing what will be expected of themGrading rubricEverything in this word document can be adjusted, and is ready to print for you to hand out to your students. Enjoy!-Mr. Towle
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6th - 12th
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