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Adult education english language arts scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Discussion Guide
This speech analysis discussion guide highlights the rhetorical devices used by King with margin annotations and correlating color coded lines underlined in the text. I use this key to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading). Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Speech Writing Template, Speech Outline, Biography Speech, 5 Paragraph Format
This editable outline helps students put together an organized speech. While it was created to write a biographical speech about the life of a famous person, it can easily be adapted to work with any speech topic. (Word .doc is editable!)
I have received many positive comments from parents about teaching students the proper speech format, and this template will guide your students through a 5 paragraph speech.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rhetorical Analysis Article of the Week - SOAPStone AP Lang
This file is a one page, front and back, article review using SOAPSTone for AP Lang or AP Lang prep.
Students are asked to analyze an article using rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), determine the author's stance, unpack a prompt, and write an introduction paragraph to an essay.
This can be used for an article of the week. For AP Lang, this can be used with an Op Ed, or used to prep students for AP Lang. I have also used it as a study guide for upcoming nonfiction essay prompts.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Shakespeare: the Legacy Viewing Guide
Enhance your students' viewing of the 2016 biographical documentary "Shakespeare: the Legacy" Starring John Nettles by using this viewing guide and teacher answer key combo. Filled with 25 questions for the 40 minute tv movie, your students will be engaged and working from beginning to end. Some answers are simple one word recall while others necessitate student understanding and minimal inferring.Use time before to read through the questions and after to discuss various answers (using the provi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Shakespeare Bundle
Renaissance Literary Period Webquest and Test
This activity contains questions and charts that lead the student through an interactive history lesson of the Renaissance Period. It is a concise guide through the historical events which shaped the literature of the period and includes questions about the time period's prominent figures, Humanism, the English monarchs (Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, etc.), the Reformation, and the changing beliefs and values of the people. The packet also includes a multiple-choice test that ma
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Serial Podcast Season 1-Listening Notes Organizers (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Listening Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-13 of the Word document.This is a 13-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they listen to Serial Podcast Season 1: Adnan Syed Case. Each page (or slide) has shapes with labels instructing students what to wri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Social Media & Pop Culture Project - student investigation of cultural influence
In this interactive unit, students will work participate in a two-week (depending on class length) investigation where they will evaluate the influence of social media, fashion, and other cultural norms within their life. First, students will spend about two days in their own investigation, where they will evaluate their own habits: phones, social media, ear buds, fashion, politics & then they will observe their surrounding world to see the habits of those people surrounding them. Next, they
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Updated AP Language & Composition Bundle - Units 1-6
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cornell Notes and Quiz Ch 2: Plot & Structure (Perrine) AP Literature
These guided reading notes (in the two-columned Cornell Notes format) feature 19 probing text- and inference-based questions that allow students to navigate the dense but informative Chapter 2 "Plot & Structure" of the Short Story/Fiction section of Perrine's anthology "Structure, Sound and Sense", a text commonly used in AP Literature. The accompanying quiz assesses students' reading and understanding through 10 multiple-choice, fill-in, and true/false questions. Answer Key included!
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cornell Notes Ch 3: Characterization (Perrine) AP Literature
These guided reading notes (in the two-columned Cornell Notes format) feature 17 probing text- and inference-based questions that allow students to navigate the dense but informative Chapter 3 "Characterization" of the Short Story/Fiction section of Perrine's anthology "Structure, Sound and Sense", a text commonly used in AP Literature.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing a Short Story | HKDSE | junior form | Pre-/post-writing worksheet
English worksheets for writing a story about being a taxi driver in Hong Kong. The worksheets serve as a scaffolding exercise/activity, covering vocabulary for writing stories, common errors students make, structure of a story (beginning, climax, resolution, ending, etc), language features for stories and useful expressions. They are great for junior or senior form students as pre-writing or post-writing worksheets. - Good for Cantonese speakers / students who are learning English as a second la
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Cornell Notes Ch 4: Theme (Perrine) AP Literature
These guided reading notes (in the two-columned Cornell Notes format) feature 14 probing text- and inference-based questions that allow students to navigate the dense but informative Chapter 4 "Theme" of the Short Story/Fiction section of Perrine's anthology "Structure, Sound and Sense", a text commonly used in AP Literature.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Vocabulary Graphic Organizer - Target Word Template
All I ask in exchange for this FREE document is good feedback!
This powerful vocabulary tool will make your students actually want to create and study their vocabulary words. This simple template works for all ages levels and subjects.
The "targeted" vocabulary term goes in the target. A student-generated definition follows. A synonym (or as close as you can get to a synonym) comes next. Finally, your students get to draw a picture representing the concept. Students love sharing their d
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cornell Notes and Quiz Ch 1: Reading the Story (Perrine) AP Literature
These guided reading notes (in the two-columned Cornell Notes format) allow students to navigate the dense but informative Chapter 1 "Reading the Story" of the Short Story/Fiction section of Perrine's anthology "Structure, Sound and Sense", a text commonly used in AP Literature. Carefully-worded fact or opinion cues and questions in the left column are page-numbered along with the chapter to aid students. The accompanying quiz assesses students' reading and understanding through seven multiple-c
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Penelopiad +The Odyssey Comparative Study GENDER focus (Atwood Homer)
This resource is designed for classes doing a literary comparative study between Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad and Homer's Odyssey, with a focus on gender expectations.The Study Guide is incredibly comprehensive and will walk students through:1. Key vocabulary2. Relevant elements of context.3. Relevent elements of form.4. Key excerpts5. Guiding questions6. EXTENSION READINGS + SECONDARY READINGS FOR SUPPORT.This worksheet is most appropriate for senior high school students (or Advanced English st
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing - Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer (Editable)
This Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Organizer allows students to follow a sequence of steps for writing those essays. Great for ELA or Social Studies or any subject for this type of essay. This version is formatted in Microsoft Word (docx) so it is editable for your use.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Harlem Renaissance Common Core Poetry
This is a brochure common core lesson on two poems from the Harlem Renaissance. The two sheets can be printed back-to-back so that students may fold them like a brochure. Once it is folded students can look at one poem while answering questions about it and then flip to the next poem and answer questions about it before proceeding to the culminating question. This brochure analyzes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes beside "Harlem Wine" by Countee Cullen. I completed this activity w
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Chapter Annotation Guide
This is a ready-to-use annotation guide for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Students actively read and mark the text for give questions. They, then, reflect, comment, and/or write questions about each chapter. This guide covers all 38 chapter of the book.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Renaissance Literary Period Webquest and Test
This activity contains questions and charts that lead the student through an interactive history lesson of the Renaissance Period. It is a concise guide through the historical events which shaped the literature of the period and includes questions about the time period's prominent figures, Humanism, the English monarchs (Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, etc.), the Reformation, and the changing beliefs and values of the people. The packet also includes a multiple-choice test that ma
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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World History II: High School Age of Enlightenment Scaffolded Essay Project/Unit
Are you looking for Project-Based, Student-Centered, Skills-Based, Experiential AND State-Standard-Aligned Activities...On Demand?Well, if so, you've come to the right place! The Creative Historian has your back!In this multi-day, World History and Geography II (1500-Present) project, your students will #collaborate in partners or larger groups, giving them a deep analysis of the main #state-standard-aligned ideas of philosophers such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, through use of historical pr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lesser Known Legends of Slavery History Lab BUNDLE with Editable PPT and Notes
IncludesEngaging 25 slide PowerPoint Guided notes that outlines some of history's lesser known legends of slavery. Short Answer ResponseEssay PromptTrue/False questions This bundle will allow for student voice and cultural responsiveness in a ground breaking and exciting way with the method of "History Labs"Legends mentionedMexican Underground Railroad workersNat TurnerPresident LincolnJohn Brown
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conjunctive Adverbs Scaffolded Practice
This is a great resource for teachers who have students who need to be scaffolded up. Conjunctive adverbs is a confusing topic, so this documents builds the students up to a high level of understanding. Great for ELL students!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Guidelines for Writing a Literary Analysis Essay (also STAAR 2.0 essay)
Printable Handout!This is a great resource for students to use while writing literary analysis essays. The STAAR 2.0 Extended Constructed Response is also in this literary analysis format. I made this for my AP English Literature students, but also used it with my 10th grade pre-AP kiddos when I introduced them to literary analysis. I used it as a two-sided handout. On the first page, there are some general guidelines for writing literary analysis. On the back, there is a formula for writing t
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Beowulf Themes and Reading Scaffold Part 1 of 2
Beowulf Themes and Reading Scaffold Part 1 of 2Includes Pre-Reading lessons and stops after the introduction and attack of Grendel’s MotherThemes and Focus- Hero Vs Villain (an object of perspective)Epic Hero (Character Flaw)Christian Addition (Oral Tradition vs Written Form)Reading is based on Excerpt Texts. https://www.neshaminy.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=6499&dataid=31512&FileName=beowulf%20text.pdf Lesson/Practice Focus- Finding and Citing Evidence Argumenta
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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