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The Old Man and the Sea - Literature Kit Gr. 9-12
A Literature Kit for the novel The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway.Take a Peek Inside:Students become inspired by this tale of struggle and perseverance against nature. Creative ideas are offered to enhance learning in the classroom. Students create a link between the idea of luck and the society in which Santiago lives. Put events between Manolin and Santiago in the order that they happen after Santiago's fight with the marlin. Explore the character of Santiago by indicating wha
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9th - 12th
Writing, Grammar & Vocabulary Back to School - English Curriculum - 12th Grade
Back to School Lessons Include: Grammar and Vocabulary Unit, Text Based Analysis, Figurative Language Introduction, Transition Words in Writing, 5 Paragraph Essay, 6 Traits of Writing, 3 Multiple Choice Writing Tests, Thesis Statement, Standardized Test Writing, Examples as Supporting Details, Public Speaking, Creative Hook Introductions, Argumentative Writing Lesson, Expository Writing Lessons, Narrative Writing Lessons, and Persuasive Writing Lessons, etc.Getting back into the swing of things
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Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle - Rubric - Graphic Organizer - Outline - Quiz
Introducing argumentative writing has never been easier! This in-depth argumentative writing prompt lesson guides students through the step-by-step process of drafting an argumentative outline using an argumentative graphic organizer, developing a claim, refuting an opposing viewpoint, and writing an opinion essay. The resource also focuses on how to cite argumentative text as evidence. This lesson includes an argumentative writing rubric, an argumentative writing quiz, and an instructional vide
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9th - 12th
Humanity: Kind or Cruel? Argumentative Research Paper | High School Writing Unit
This 20 page document contains an easily modified assignment sheet, several mini-lessons, and a common core compliant grading rubric. It can work well after reading The Lord of the Flies or Animal Farm. I've mostly used this project in conjunction with Mark Twain's satire "The Lowest Animal." Mini-lessons include:thesis statementintroductionparaphrasing/summarizing/quotingrevision checklist),There is also a PDF included in this ZIP file with two student examples and a PowerPoint with notes on pa
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10th - 12th
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High School Whole Year ELA Bundle - Take the year off! We'll lesson plan for you
Poetry, fiction, graphic novels, expository writing, research, activities, worksheets, assessments, posters, lessons--all printable and all time-saving. For any grade 9-10, native speaker or ESL, it's already differentiated with a tiered assessments: Pick and choose the difficulty as you go!It's all icluded in this bundle. Bundle includes every lesson you would need for an entire year-or-two's worth of English Language Arts lessons! (Includes, at no extra chage, ESL RPG: Monsters & Mazes, a
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9th - 12th
The Great Gatsby ASSESSMENT BUNDLE | 3 Chapter Quizzes, Test, & Writing Prompts
This BUNDLE is a combination multiple choice assessments and open-ended writing assessments. The quizzes cover three chapters at a time and focus on general reading comprehension. The paragraph prompts are meant to be completed after each chapter. The test is a summative assessment, as are the essay prompts. ⭐ Follow me for new products, sales, and freebies!
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9th - 12th
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Essay Writing How To: Introduction/Hook/Thesis statement/Conclusion/5 paragraph
Teach your students how to write an essay!: outlines; introductions, hook, thesis; body paragraphs & transitional phrases; conclusions and concluding statements; and revision from rough to final draft. A whole unit on essays and expository writing using a 5-paragraph essay format:*Lesson in Powerpoint and PDF format* Student Activity Workbook* Teacher lesson plans and objectives covered, alternate examples, assessments, and scriptsUnit covers:* Structure of a five-paragraph essay* Different
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
Brave New World: Technology, Dystopias, powerpoints, handouts, and assessments
A unit for Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Includes scaffolding and historical context for the story with discussions about technology and its role in our society with articles, videos, and additional short stories.Also includes in-class and research-based assessments, and handouts and two-column notes.* By the Waters of Babylon short story and discussion on technology* Analysis of informational texts and video about technology's influence on opinions of culture, race, law, and more* Opinio
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9th - 12th
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Critical Literary Theory: Feminist, Marxist, Psychoanalytic, New Historicism etc
Critical Literary Theory: lessons and assessments & key terms - Marxist, Feminist, Psychoanalytic, Queer, Death of the Author and New Historicism Literary Theory, for AP English and adult learners. Examples of application in media and short stories as far ranging as anime, detective stories, video games, and fairy tales.The Nathaniel Hawthorne story "The Birthmark" is included for a reading upon which all critical lenses can be applied.==============Check out our other lessonsRace horror as
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Graphic Novel as Literature: IB Image Analysis, TOK, The Watchmen
Great for IB Image Analysis instruction for the DP test, TOK, as well as teaching graphic novels for secondary students. Includes image analysis with modern and classical art examples, instructional videos, in class debates and prompts, powerpoint lessons, and a printable activity packet with assessments. Features activities for a reading of The Watchmen as the book for the unit, but the instructions can all be applied for any graphic novel such as Persepolis.* Graphic Novels as Literature less
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9th - 12th
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Angela's Ashes - Literature Kit Gr. 9-12
A Literature Kit for the novel Angela's Ashes written by Frank McCourt.Take a Peek Inside:Follow the true experiences of Frank McCourt as he struggles to support his family during his youth. Help students enjoy the novel with different activities to help comprehend the difficult vocabulary words. Students are asked to predict what will happen in the novel prior to reading it, by exploring the literary device: foreshadowing. Answer true or false questions about the family's move to Ireland. Descr
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Historical Stories Lit Kit Set - BUNDLE Gr. 9-12
Satire: Irony, hyperbole, understatement, & parody RL.11-12.6 RL.8.6 RL.8.5.A
An entire unit on satire covering the three types of irony (Verbal, Dramatic, and Situational), parody, hyperbole and understatement, how satire as critique, and analysing literal vs ironic speech. Includes Diogenes of Sinope as a philosophical unit on satire, pop culture and literary examples, including scenes from Black Mirror, Simpsons, and various standup comedy acts, as well as short stories and essays including "A Modest Proposal", "The Galosh", and more. Includes a full activity book, qui
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9th - 12th
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Animal Farm Unit - lessons, activities, assessments, review game
An entire unit on Animal Farm with powerpoint lessons providing historical context, explanations of allegory, and monuments as meaning. Also includes videos providing further context and scaffolding, lesson outlines, handouts and assessments (inclulding tests and essay prompts), Socratic Seminar, and a review game. Also includes the full "Connotation vs Denotation" lesson.* What makes a good leader?* Animal Farm as Allegory: Fiction vs History* Quizzes* How do monuments and memorials communicate
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8th - 11th
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Halloween: Edgar Allan Poe, Faulkner, Lovecraft, Keats Ekphrastic Poems Werewolf
Halloween unit: William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily", Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, John Keats, Metallica and Nick cave lyric analysis, Werewolf game, Ekphrastic poetry, Anne Sexton, scary stories, poems, lessons, and assignments. Includes:* Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" explores gothic horror and the American Civil War* H. P. Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" and "Call of Cthulu" explores Cosmic Horror* What is Squamous? H. P. Lovecraft vocabulary unit on "Lovecraftian vocabulary"* Edgar Allen P
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9th - 12th
Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Persuasive Writing Rhetorical Triangle rhetorical appeals
Rhetorical Appeals: An easy to understand unit on Persuasive Writing using ethos, pathos, and logos from the rhetorical triangle to understand argumentative writing. Includes a powerpoint presentation with in class discussions and activities, assignments and assessments with answer keys provided, and many examples of realia from advertisements, speeches, and pop culture to demonstrate persuasive writing techniques all around us.==============Check out our other lessonsIs a Works Cited Ethos?: ML
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
Story Elements: Character types, Plot Pyramid, Conflict types, & Subtext
Elements of Story unit includes 6 power points covering Setting, Character types, Conflict types, Plot, and Theme, as well as lessons on understanding complex character motivations and subtext, as well as assignments on creative narrative writing, assessments with answer keys and rubrics, and fun Memes of the Day related to the learning content.* Elements of Story lesson: Plot, Setting, Theme, Characters* Freytag's Pyramid assignment* Synopsis and Paraphrasing plot practice assignment* 6 types o
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9th - 12th
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Civil Disobedience Research Project Multi-Media Presentation | Transcendentalism
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." Sometimes nonviolent protest and rebellion is necessary to achieve it. This assignment sheet and rubric lay out the specifics for a short individual or partner research project before or during a unit on Civil Disobedience. A list of 18 project options and a rubric is provided. Additionally, there is an optional culminating writing assignment included. It requires students to take notes on one another's presentations and use those examples to suppor
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9th - 12th
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Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson Civil Disobedience Walt Whitman L.9-10.4
Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Self Reliance, Henry David Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Walden, Margaret Fuller and Women's Suffrage, Abolitionism, Walt Whitman and Free Verse Poetry, L.9-10.4.* Includes PowerPoint/PDF Lesson on Transcendentalists (key themes and history)* Printable Student Workbook with Activities, Discussions, and Assessments* Lesson on American Counterculture and Civil DisobedienceCovers:* What is the meaning of transcendentalism and abolitionism L.9-10.4* R
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9th - 12th
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The Road - Literature Kit Gr. 9-12
A Literature Kit for the novel The Road written by Cormac McCarthy. Take a Peek Inside:Students become captivated with the idea of survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Incorporate probing questions and informative vocabulary to create a thorough and useful experience for students. Identify the meaning of words found in the reading. Gain a raw understanding of the father-son dynamic by exploring the father's sacrifice for his son. Make predictions of the disaster that destroyed the world based o
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9th - 12th
Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle - Rubric - Graphic Organizer - Outline - Quiz
Introducing argumentative writing has never been easier! This in-depth argumentative writing prompt lesson guides students through the step-by-step process of drafting an argumentative outline using an argumentative graphic organizer, developing a claim, refuting an opposing viewpoint, and writing an opinion essay. The resource also focuses on how to cite argumentative text as evidence. This lesson includes an argumentative writing rubric, an argumentative writing quiz, and an instructional vide
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9th - 12th
Scaffolded Essay Graphic Organizers | Multi-Paragraph Writing Planning Guide
Step-by-step! Give your students the structure they need. Scaffold essays for struggling writers. Use these color-coded graphic organizers for brainstorming, planning, and prewriting to guide your students through the essay writing process! If you have the resources to do so, PRINT IN COLOR. If not, USE HIGHLIGHTERS! Forcing students to highlight various parts of their essays has been a game-changer in my classroom. Too often, they offer evidence without providing a clear topic sentence, or the
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8th - 12th
Rhetorical Devices: Parallel Structure Repetition Rhetorical Question L.9-10.1a
A unit on Rhetorical Devices: parallel structure (parallelism), repetition, and rhetorical questions. Using Foundational American texts and relatable pop culture examples, this unit focuses on analysing how rhetoric improves writing.Contains pop culture examples (such as lyric excerpts by Beyonce, the Talking Heads, and Star Wars quotes), important text from American History (including Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech and John F. Kennedy's inaugural Address, and Lincoln's "Gettysb
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
New Historicism: Lesson, Media, and Assignments
Understanding New Historicism: How does literature act not just as a self-contained story, but as a historical document showing the cultural and political attitudes of the time period it was written in? Using both contemporary and older texts and media in a way students will understand, this unit includes PowerPoint slides, activities, assignments, and included media to help students understand this Literary Critical Theory. Best paired with the Diogenes Education Critical Literary Theories unit
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Logical Fallacies, Debate, and Tools of Argumentative Essay Writing - AP English
Tools of argument and debate, rhetorical skills, propaganda discussions, ethical dilemmas, introduction to philosophies of the world, and argumentative writing aligned to Common Core to prepare students with lessons, activities, assignments, printable handouts, note guides, and instructions with memes and realia.A unit with lectures, in-class activities, and assignments to understand argumentation, debate, and logical fallacies. Includes:PowerPoint Lessons Teacher lesson plansStudent Assignments
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
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