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Common Core RI.9-10.9 resources for GATE
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Peril Of War Unit: Stories, Poems, Speeches, and Songs About the Aftermath
This is a collection of a short story, two poems, a song, and a speech about those who are left behind in time of war. The unit includes "In Memoriam," "the sonnet-ballad," "Facing It," "The Gettysburg Address," and "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." Each selection comes with higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify strategies and literary devices to determine why the author used them. There are also rhyme scheme, literary device identification, and summarization charts inclu
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Declaration of Conscience questions
These seven questions allow students to delve deep into Sen. Margaret Chase Smith's famous "Declaration of Conscience" speech from 1950. These questions focus on rhetorical devices, controlling idea, applying those concepts to current events, and ask the students to make their own Declaration of Conscience. This is a quick and easy assignment that your students will love.
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9th - 11th
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