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Higher education literature research
Sandra Cisneros Author Study Worksheet, Cisneros Biography, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Sandra Cisneros introduction lecture as you launch a study of The House on Mango Street (or any of Cisneros’ other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Cisneros’ background.Please note: This download does NOT include a
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Washington Irving Author Study Worksheet, Biography Activity, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Washington Irving introduction lecture as you launch a study of Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, or any of Irving’s other works and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Irving’s background.Please note: This download d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Lorraine Hansberry Author Study Worksheet, Biography Research, PDF & Google CCSS
Skip the typical Lorraine Hansberry introduction lecture and empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life as you launch a study of A Raisin in the Sun with this “Author Bio” print-and-go activity.This single-page worksheet (PDF & Google Drive versions included) is a powerful biography research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Lorraine Hansberry’s background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specific article or links to defined arti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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O. Henry Author Study Worksheet, Biography Activity, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Skip the typical O. Henry introduction lecture as you launch a study of “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Last Leaf,” or any of his other short stories and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into O. Henry’s background.Please note: This download does NOT
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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20 Research or Debate Questions for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
20 Research or Debate Questions for The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksThe 20 questions are based on controversial issues addressed in Rebecca Skloot’s book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I’ve used these in different ways:1) I’ve used them as prompts for research. This allows students to select a research questions that interests them. Then, they can do preliminary research and take a position on the issue.2) I’ve also use this as a class activity where I pair up students and assign 1 qu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Research Paper Rubric - EDITABLE
This rubric will help teachers evaluate student research papers using a point system. It includes the following categories:WRITING SKILLSMECHANICSRESEARCH SKILLSIt is quick and easy to quantify. FEEL FREE TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA AS IT APPLIES TO YOUR STUDENTS.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Study Unit to be used with Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
I completely revised this novel unit on January 12th, 2017. It now includes a study guide for every single chapter, as well as a movie guide. There are new test questions also added to the mix (10 true/false, 10 short answer, and two new essay prompts). I also changed the format in order to make it more user-friendly.
Please download a preview so that you can see all of the wonderful changes.
Students will thank you for teaching this book and you'll be showing yourself some love after you buy
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Oscar Wilde Author Study Worksheet, Biography Activity, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Skip the typical Oscar Wilde introduction lecture as you launch a study of The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, or any of Wilde’s other works and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Wilde’s background.Please note: This do
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Things Fall Apart Cultural Spotlight Mini-Research Project
The following mini-research project empowers students to showcase their research skills and learn about important concepts they'll need to know to better understand Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. The project encourages students to share their findings with their classmates and present their findings, thus being an assessment of their oral language skills, too. Finally, the project also assesses student's formatting skills and be able to document their resource via MLA formatting conven
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Franz Kafka Author Study Worksheet, Biography Activity, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Skip the typical Franz Kafka introduction lecture as you launch a study of The Metamorphosis (or any of Kafka’s other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Kafka’s background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specific articl
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
MONTH LONG, 70-PAGE UNITAdvantages • Every single product has been tested in my classroom—no corporate fluff.• Tests are deliberately written in the tone of the author’s novel under study.• Students must demonstrate knowledge-level information.• Students must interpret high-level test prompts.• All materials are designed to meet the rigors of AP and Common Core.This novel unit contains an original exam, including 40 multiple-choice items, 5 essay tests, and keys, along with a research guide, fil
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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William Faulkner Author Study Worksheet Biography, Author Bio PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical William Faulkner introduction lecture as you launch a study of A Rose for Emily, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying (or any of Faulkner’s other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Faulkner’s background.Please note
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Jonathan Swift Author Study Worksheet, Biography Activity, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Jonathan Swift introduction lecture as you launch a study of A Modest Proposal, Gulliver’s Travels, or any of Swift’s other works and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print-and-go activity.This single-page worksheet (includes both printable PDF and Google Drive version for online learners) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Jonathan Swift’s background.Please note: T
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Citations and Cite Sources for Research Essays
Updated to Edition 8 citations!
An 18 page, easy-to-follow, illustrated, quick-start guide on how-to build a BIbliography/Works Cited page using Easy Bib, an online citation builder website. Are you tired of repeating directions for how-to build a Bibiography/Works Cited page and how to properly cite research resources? Then, this is just what you need to help students visualize and work through the process! Includes:
How-to build citations using any online citation site
Differences between B
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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9 RESEARCH ESSAY Prompts on Literature for AP Dual Enrollment or Honors English
Are you tired of reading the SAME paper in your advanced English courses? I am too. Because of that, I spent countless hours writing 9 ORIGINAL prompts that fulfill the researched literary analysis paper requirement guidelines for my 12th grade Dual Enrollment Composition II class. These are ADVANCED, original prompts appropriate for AP, Dual Enrollment, or Honors courses.
I have found that while my students were not plagiarizing, they had been regurgitating analysis available on the internet,
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author Study Worksheet, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Skip the typical Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lecture as you launch a study of Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, or introduce your students to the Fireside Poets and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Longfellow’s background.Please note:
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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C.S. Lewis Author Biography Research Grid, Chronicles of Narnia Author, CCSS
Skip the typical C.S. Lewis introduction lecture as you launch a study of The Chronicles of Narnia (or any of Lewis’ other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print-and-go activity.This single-page worksheet is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into C.S. Lewis’ background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specific article or links to defined articles. It is an organizer
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Khaled Hosseini Author Study Biography Worksheet, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Skip the typical Khaled Hosseini introduction lecture as you launch a study of The Kite Runner (or any of Hosseini’s other novels) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Hosseini’s background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specif
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Pre-Reading Collaborative Existential Philosophy Research~Camus & "The Stranger"
This is a 2-page, detailed PDF (printable!) pre-reading / research activity to set the stage for reading Albert Camus's existentialist masterpiece novella The Stranger (L'Etranger). The PDF includes:
a.) cooperative learning tasks within teams
b.) jigsaw topics (5 separate topics for 5 separate teams to research, from French colonization in Algeria, to Camus himself, to the origins and resolution of WWII, to current and historic death penalty laws -- both within and outside of the U.S., to Exist
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Unpacking 'A Good Man is Hard to Find': Short Story Discussion & Lesson
Engage Adolescent English Language Arts students (Grades 10-12) with Flannery O'Connor's classic short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find."O'Connor's short story is compelling, dealing with issues related to class, race, moral hypocrisy, and violence. In the story, a woman from the American South goes on a family vacation to Florida. But not everything turns out as expected . . .Use this Digital Download for a Two-day English Language Arts Lesson Using my tested-in-the-classroom resources, teenag
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Shakespeare's Life and Times Group Research Assignment
This assignment can be used before starting any Shakespearean play. I divide the class into five groups and either take them to the library or use the computer lab. Each group has a different topic to research and present to the class. The topics are:
King James I
Queen Elizabeth I
Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare's Time-period
The Globe Theatre
There is also a peer evaluation sheet and a rubric for the presentations.
Both an editable MS Word copy of this project and a PDF version are included
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Norse Mythology/Viking Folklore No Prep Lessons *BUNDLE*
History Workshops will help your students dig more deeply into subjects while improving their reading skills. This bundle contains five NO PREP article guides that work great for close reading, supplemental lessons, creative writing, and more! The vocabulary, close reading, and writing responses make these lessons completely Common Core aligned.Topics cover Thor, Odin, Valkyries, Norse Afterlife, Elves and Dwarves, Viking Warrior Women, and more! Please go through each product description before
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Black History Month Biography Research Project Banners,Activities Reading ...
This Black History Month package includes: biography project banners for prominent figures such as Barack Obama, Shirley Chisholm, and others. It also includes a set of reading comprehension and question-solving kits to test students’ educational abilities and introduce them to the most prominent figures in black history. It also includes coloring pages for these inspiring figures.You will Receive A PDF file that Includes pages.Size: 8.5 x 11 in.Click Here To Follow My Store and Get New Updates.
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2nd - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BUNDLE: THE ART OF POETRY (A SET OF SEVEN CHAPTERS)
Dear Readers:This bundle includes the following readings:History of English PoetryPoetic TermsVerses and the kinds of versesPoetic ScansionHow to Critique a Poetic and Non poetic textPhonetics and phonology(with reference to scansion)Genres of poetryCLICK HERE TO GET THE OTHER HANDOUTS OF THE SAME TEACHER
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12th, Higher Education, Staff
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