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Common Core RI.11-12.3 worksheets
Vietnam War Soldier's Letter Primary Source Reading
This amazing Vietnam War primary source activity features a poetic letter from an American soldier who died in the conflict. It provides a moving interpretation of what it means to be a patriotic American.The letter is beautifully written and will surely have a powerful effect on your students. It is also a great way to integrate reading analysis strategies into a lesson on the Vietnam War.After reading the 1-page letter, students answer a set of open-ended comprehension and opinion questions to
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8th - 12th
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Reading Guide
This beautiful reading guides helps guide your students (or child) as they read Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition. This guide will not only keep your students engaged as they read the book, but also help them dig deeper as they uncover the civil rights issues of the time.What's Included:Pre-Reading chartOver 80 Reading comprehension questions for each chapter recalling basic factsAdditional questions asking students to dig deeper and analyze word phrases, adjectives, as well as situations e
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Unit Bundle
CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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Not Grade Specific
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Real World Rhetoric #5, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #5 attempts to convince readers that students aren't motivated by cash rewards; they actually crave a surprisingly different prize.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes Speech Rhetorical Analysis PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use Oprah Winfrey’s headline-grabbing speech from the 2018 Golden Globes to show your students the power of a well-constructed presentation. In this one class period activity, students will discuss the #metoo movement, view Oprah Winfrey’s 10-minute speech, and deconstruct/discuss her use of rhetorical devices. Questions focus on audience, metaphor, parallelism, pathos, and symbolism. These materials can serve as a stand-alone lesson or as a solid supplement to a study of Jim Crow laws or SAT-st
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Worksheets, PowerPoint, Task Cards
Help your students make sense of Jonathan Edwards's famous Puritan sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, with these fun and engaging activities. The files in this bundle can help you create or freshen up your unit or lesson plans.
Included in this bundle:
• 24 figurative language task cards on the sermon with answer keys
• A 10-slide introductory PowerPoint that includes activities
• Two vocabulary activities
• A smartly-designed two-page extract of the sermon, perfect for annotating
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9th - 12th
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Frederick Douglass, Non-Fiction Analysis to use for ANY Novel with Slavery Theme
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a compelling autobiography and provides an honest view of the harshness of life for enslaved African-Americans in the 1800s. Use this 45-minute lesson that includes a slice of Douglass’ narrative to show your students the ugly reality of life in pre-Civil War America.This package includes a two-page excerpt from Frederick Douglass’ book (in public domain) in which he details battling Mr. Covey, an abusive slave owner. After students read the pas
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Civil Disobedience Excerpts by Henry David Thoreau: Close Reading & Analysis
Looking for a unique, student-driven activity for "Civil Disobedience" by transcendental writer and thinker Henry David Thoreau? Want to cover this selection without reading the entire work? This resource is just what you need!Included in this lesson:► Step-by-step teacher instructions► Relative video link and article suggestions► Clean copy of excerpts from "Civil Disobedience"► A paraphrased version of the excerpts for teachers as a guide or for use with struggling readers. ► Close Reading Act
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9th - 12th
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Civil Rights Movement BROWN v BOARD OF EDUCATION - Source Analysis & Readings
This BUNDLE includes six primary source analysis and informational text reading worksheets related to the famous civil rights case, “Brown vs Board of Education” that desegregated all public schools in the United States. All the worksheets include critical thinking questions and both printable and digital versions are included. "I love the format of these activities and how the information is presented!" BuddyPurchase Includes: • Brown V Board of Education Introductory Reading • Key Excerpts Fro
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9th - 12th
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Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: The Power of Negative Thinking
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver informational text activity, students will read an article by British writer Oliver Burkeman (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this “Let’s Get Real” cl
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9th - 12th
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High School Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages and questions, plus writing
This Christmas Informational Text lesson for high school students includes an engaging 3 page text passage: "Anti-Claus? Confessions of a Santa Dissenter" A one page handout that can be printed or projected includes: --discussion starters/free write prompts about students' background and opinions on the cultural impact of Santa or "The Santa Myth." --reading and vocabulary questions that lead students to identify the author's claim and reasoning for his stance on Christmas. A fully printable wri
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9th - 12th
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Florence Kelley Rhetorical Analysis Essay Unit
This product is designed for high school English teachers interested in rhetorical analysis activities for Florence Kelley's 1905 speech against child labor. This resource includes a variety of options to allow teachers to customize the materials to meet student needs. This speech is a favorite in my AP Language and honors classes. I hope your students will enjoy it as much as mine do!What's Included:UPDATE: The pdf now contains links to Google Slides versions of this resource as well as a 10-qu
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Plans Bundle
Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: Benefits of Slacking Off?
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver narrative non-fiction activity, students will read an article by New York Times acclaimed columnist Tim Kreider (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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20 SUPERHERO Hi Low Reading Comprehension Passages for Grades 5-12: 410L-600L
SET 12: 20 - High interest, low level reading passage for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older struggling readers. Included are reading comprehension and fluency. SUPERHERO-THEMED - Google, PDF, and Easel.Passages are at reading level grade 2-3 - without sounding OR LOOKING like it.This resource contains:A printable PDF for packets or classroom work – with lines for students to Easel version.Google Slide Link.These 20 High Interest, Low Level reading passages are for grades 5-12.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: BUNDLE High Interest Low Level Reading Comprehension at TWO LEVELS
Real World Rhetoric #6, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #6 attempts to convince readers that intestinal worms are better than medicine or surgery for a variety of ailments.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay•
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Orwell's Politics and the English Language Reading Guide, Quiz & Practice
This is a lesson that I started using many years ago when I taught AP Language, since Orwell's famous essay is pretty much required reading for that test. It was a good introduction to rhetoric for AP newbies on several levels:
1. The whole essay is about rhetoric to begin with
2. It's a good essay to use to introduce annotation and close and critical reading
3. It can be analyzed as an argument, looking at Orwell's use of appeals
4. At the end of the essay, he provides several "rules" for writi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Just Mercy | Complete Unit | 13 Lessons | AP Language & Composition
In this bundle, you'll find a comprehensive unit based on Just Mercy. Students will read a significant amount of the text and develop rhetorical analysis skills. This unit is most appropriate for a 11th grade class and is planned for an AP Language & Composition context. I've put a ton of thought and effort into making this unit clear, meaningful, and engaging, giving students many opportunities to engage with Stevenson's use of rhetoric and his arguments about the American prison system. Sa
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9th - 12th
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WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? -Concepts of Democracy - CIVICS - Print & Digital
This creative presentation reviews the concepts of democracy and the difference between direct democracy and a republic. Both printable and digital versions are included!Buyer feedback:"Very useful to introduce the concept of democracy." SheilaAfter the presentation students complete an activity in which they complete a graphic organizer analyzing the concepts of democracy. This purchase includes the following:Detailed LESSON PLAN23-slide PRESENTATION (PowerPoint & Google Slides)2-page NOTES
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: CIVICS | American Government MEGA BUNDLE | Semester | Print & Digital
"Speech to the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry: Text, PPT, Questions, Voc.
This is a unit on persuasive speech using Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" as the anchor text.This has Word documents, PDF documents, and one PowerPoint, which total 22 pages and 27 slides.The text includes background and footnotes.There are 10 vocabulary words (with answer key) and a quiz that has 10 true-false questions, 10 multiple-choice questions, and 10 vocabulary questions (with answer key).There is also a PowerPoint that covers persuasive speech and is broken into the
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9th - 12th
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Mark Twain Mini Unit: Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Pre-Reading Activities
This bundle of Mark Twain resources includes six of Twain's works, including excerpts from his autobiography, Life on the Mississippi, and Fennimore Cooper's Literary Offences, as well as the full texts of How to Tell a Story, The Turning Point in my Life, and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It's a great mini unit to introduce students to Twain, his style of humor, and use of dialect and use these skills to analyze Twain's most famous short story. Materials in the Mark Twain min
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8th - 12th
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's “The Minister's Black Veil” –20 Common Core Learning Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, "The Minister’s Black Veil.” The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory, narrative, and argumentative writing. This resource also include
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9th - 12th
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DISTANCE LEARNING U.S. Constitution Step by Step: Articles I-VII BUNDLE
6 Worksheet sets providing hundreds of close reading free response questions to take students step by step through the entire original U.S. Constitution! All worksheets requiring critical thinking and embed historical thinking skills along the way! Includes extensive teaching notes and a full answer key for each worksheet! There are individual worksheets for Articles I-V, with Articles VI and VII combined into one worksheet, making six resources in all. Students can complete all worksheets fully
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10th - 12th
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The American Dream in literature introduction
This 5-day mini-unit serves as an introduction to the historical concept of the American Dream. I use it with my seniors before we read "A Raisin in the Sun." We also finish up by reading some articles about the American Dream today, and students write an essay on the historical depiction of the American Dream and its relevance today.
Each day focuses on an aspect of the dream, plus an aspect of reading poetry (such as persona/tone, poetic language, form, etc.).
Included in this unit is a dail
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Real World Rhetoric #7, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #7 attempts to convince healthy pregnant women that they should consider having their babies at home rather than in a hospital.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argu
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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