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Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
Grades:
7th - 9th, Higher Education
English Semester Exam
Readings are at a rigorous level appropriate for high school or advanced middle school students.Topics include:ReadingLit. elementsSimileMetaphorCharacterizationImageryToneMoodSymbolismThemeAllusionIronyPersonificationOtherComprehensionPurposeWord meaningInferenceSummaryCrossover questionsSimilaritiesDifferencesWritingCEC paragraphsClaimEvidenceCommentary MLA CitationsExpository essaysGraphic organizerIntroHOTThesis statementsAbstract cause-effectExamplesQuality & relevanceDepth/detailBody P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
SAT Writing: Words Review PowerPoint
The SAT Writing: Words PowerPoint contains all the concepts and questions that covers the types of words and their respective questions on the SAT Writing Assessment. It also includes important tips and solutions to the questions as to "How to Crack It!" and a summary section. This includes 61 slides and 14 Questions.Happy Teaching!
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
A LONG WALK TO WATER Chapter MC Quizzes
A comprehensive MC test for each of the 18 chapters of this book. This product is 39 pages of state tests style questions focusing on comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language and mainly BLOOM'S TAXONOMY upper level critical thinking skills. I give students the SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS listed separately on this site AS they read, then use these MC the following day to check for comprehension and memory. This packet works well as a home unit too. Please email me at zelayaa.az@gmail.com for all
Grades:
6th - 10th
Comprehensive Poetry Overview - 60 pages of complete curriculum!
Poetry is important, and when you need to teach students about this discipline, there is no better way that this robust learning tool! With two fully editable PowerPoint presentations (including pdfs) encompassing 60 pages, this will take you all the way home. This is appropriate for intro to advanced, as it encompasses all poetic concepts such as rhyme scheme, meter, traditional and free verse, and literary devices, and all poetry elements with discrete examples from the classics as well as m
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7th - 12th
The Tempest Multiple Choice Exam
Twenty question multiple choice exam, including excerpts from the play. Questions require students to demonstrate both an understanding of the play as well as analysis of the text. Not simply a recall exam. This exam will test student's reading comprehension and ability to engage in literary analysis. Answer key included.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Visual Analysis Google Doc Worksheet
Visual Analysis is an important aspect of various curriculums, especially AP Language and Composition. Use this worksheet as a means to analyze any photo or piece of artwork. These in-depth questions will challenge students and allow them to begin analyzing artwork and photos.
Grades:
9th - 12th
90 Days of Revising and Editing Bell Ringers
90 Days of Revising and Editing Bell Ringers is a resource that can help students improve their grammar and writing skills in just 5-10 minutes a day. Including answers and explanations, this resource features reading passages followed by one multiple choice revising or editing question each day. This resource includes answers and explanations as well as culturally-responsive passages.
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7th - 12th
Revise & Edit - Grades 6-9; "Man of Many Voices"; 15 Questions; Print/Digital
Revise & Edit passage plus 15 questions. Junior High level. This is a Revising and Editing quiz, complete with a one-page passage and 15 questions, that is appropriate for practice for the Texas STAAR grade 7 ELA test (2023), Grade 8 ELA test, Texas English 1 EOC test, the Florida FSA for Language Arts middle school through freshman, and college entrance exams. The quiz covers the following skills:recognition of compound subject and compound verb;run-on sentences;commas in a series;commas w
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6th - 9th
On Demand Writing Prompt: Screen Time
To practice the writing skills needed to take, and pass, the English Placement Test for college entrance, this on demand writing task asks students to critically read and explain a text based quote. Then, create their individual argument and support it with personalized evidence. This on demand writing task can be paired with the Common Core Essay Rubric listed in our store's resources.SKILLS ADDRESSED - Critically reading a promptFormulating an argumentSupporting argument/thesis with evidence
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9th - 12th
Subordinate Conjunctions and Adverbial Subordinate Clauses
It's time for action! Embark on a mission to uncover the secret identities of subordinating conjunctions and uncover their plot to turn independent clauses into dependent clauses aka adverbial subordinate clauses. Top secret documents will reveal the rules of punctuation governing these elusive clauses when they are cruising international waters. Highly classified sentence diagrams map the way through independent and dependent clauses to reach to complex sentences.
This set includes all
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3rd - 9th
The "Hook" in Writing Powerpoint
Excellent, engaging powerpoint that demonstrates ways to develop the"hook" in the Introductory paragraph in compositions.
Grades:
3rd - 9th
A LONG WALK TO WATER - Short Answer Questions
Comprehensive list of SHORT ANSWER questions for each of the 18 chapters of this book. This product is 22 pages of state tests style questions focusing on comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language and mainly BLOOM'S TAXONOMY upper level critical thinking skills. I give students these SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS AS they read, then use the MC quizzes, listed separately on this site, the following day to check for comprehension and memory. This packet works well as a home unit too. Please email me
Grades:
6th - 10th
Summarizing Nonfiction - Lesson, Examples and Practice Middle School
Lesson, examples, and practice on Summarizing....The skill of summarizing is a difficult one for middle school students, especially summarizing nonfiction. Those who can master summarizing often sharply increase their test scores. This lesson offers explanations, examples, and a practice article for students to summarize on their own. Key included.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Test Taking Strategies PPT a PowerPoint
16 Slides for Students in Middle School and High School Strategies include taking time, Multiple Choice, Patience, looking for clues, trusting intuition and not leaving questions blank. This is for either bubble tests or computer testing standardized testing each year. #summativetesttaking#testtakingstrategies#middleschooltesttakingstrategies#highschooltesttakingstrategies#practiceforstatetesting
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6th - 12th
60 Ways to Engage Students
A reference sheet with 60 different ways to keep students engaged with descriptions on each. When using any of these ideas, the goal is for all students to be engaged in learning at the same time and to maintain that engagement throughout the academic learning.
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1st - 12th
A Rose for Emily Study Guide
A comprehensive summary, a section by section summary, questions and answers about each section, acritical study of the theme, characters, style plus a critical overview and topics for essay questions as well as outlines for essays about the story.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
High School Writing Course 3 Revising
The next installment in the HS Writing Course series, this course takes the student through the process of revising sentences, paragraphs and entire compositions. Includes practice exercises and answers with detailed explanations. Can be used for lesson plans, activities, or as an independent study.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Noun Worksheet - Use Your Students' Names in Funny Sentences
This worksheet introduces students to what a noun is and discusses the four categories they can be grouped into (person, place, thing, idea). It also explains what a proper noun and compound noun are.
Students are given two activities. Activity 1 gives them 10 nouns to categorize. Activity 2 asks them to circle all of the nouns in humorous sentences.
I have left this as an editable Microsoft Word file so that you can change the names to those of your own students to make it more fun for you
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
Thinking Critically About Juneteenth: Handout
Watch the free video first: https://youtu.be/fH6_zAGeHdMThis video provides a snippet of history surrounding the Juneteenth holiday. You are invited to think critically about what folks were thinking during the real disruption of emancipating the enslaved in Texas. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation even as those on his own team totally disagreed with his historical decision. Students with special accommodations will appreciate the ease provided while watching with their need
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Reading Comprehension: Your Preferred Skills Pay the Bills, Too
Your high school and young adult students will appreciate a current event article that helps them navigate career paths that do not require a 4-year college degree. I wrote this article as both a reading comprehension and career options text based on recent events. The file includes four open-ended reading comprehension prompts.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â A Bundle of Relevant Reading Comprehension Articles with Open-Ended Prompts
Five Adverbs a Day
Learn to use adverbs and increase your vocabulary.
Step 1: Write an original sentence for each of the following adverbs.
Step 2: Underline the adverbs in your sentences.
Example: willfully - The child was willfully defiant.
(This list is based on the Classical Conversations adverb list.)
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Was Frankenstein Created for a Word Autopsy? A Lesson in Nuance.
Many people confuse Dr. Frankenstein for his monster when they think of "Frankenstein." Likewise, many words have taken on a nuance, or shade, of meanings of their own, not necessarily conveying the original meaning. This short lesson takes a look at Nuance and puts the word "create" under the microscope in this Word Autopsy! This is a 4 slide PPT file mini lesson that gives students an opportunity to really look close at the subtle differences in meaning of words some people use interchangea
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6th - 10th
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Writing: Grab Bag Stories (English and Spanish)
Really engage students in writing. This graphic organizer help students make sure all elements of a story are present. This may look simple but I have used it with secondary students and gotten terrific test results! It works! This mini-lesson really makes a difference in student's thinking and test scores. For the lower grades this is meant to be done orally to help oral language development.
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K - 12th
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