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Common Core RL.8.2 dbqs
Mayan Literature - The Popul Vuh
Students will have the opportunity to engage with one of the most enduring works of ancient Mesoamerican literature, the Popul Vuh. The Popul Vuh captures unique aspects of Maya culture, mythology, and understanding of the universe. This assignment allows students to examine primary source material and ask though-provoking questions about the text.
Aztec
Maya
Mayan
Olmec
Inca
Toltec
Plot
Setting
Rising action
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient History
American History
America
American
North Amer
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6th - 12th
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Aztec and Mayan Primary Source Readings - Vocabulary, Imagery, Foreshadowing
This assignment gives students the opportunity to read a Mayan chant and an Aztec song that almost seem to predict the doom of their civilizations. Students will analyze the readings to determine theme, foreshadowing, mood, and word meanings.
Aztec
Maya
Mayan
Olmec
Inca
Toltec
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient History
American History
America
American
North America
South America
Mesoamerica
Pyramid
Chichen Itza
Glyphs
Archaeology
History
Primary Sources
Writing
Reading Strategies
Vocabulary
Imager
Grades:
5th - 9th
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" Discussion Questions and Chapter Summaries
Teach the classic, I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan with the following google drive resources!Resource includes: Discussion questions grouped by chapters: (1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-13, 14-18)- Discussion questions include short answer and multiple choice. Questions are state standard based questions for 8th grade ELA. Overall, 42 discussion questions for the entire novel.Digital Chapter by Chapter Summaries- Students will use the digital chapter by chapter summary to write a brief object
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Primary Source Readings from the American Revolution (1750-1783)
This download contains a series of primary source documents that exposes the student to the actual words of pivotal figures during the American Revolution. Included are the following primary sources:
Memoir on the English Aggression (1750)
A Soldier’s Diary (1755)
Proclamation of 1763
The Sugar Act (1764)
Patrick Henry Word Cloud (1775)
The Battle at Lexington Green (1775)
Letter from George Washington (1775)
Abigail Adams Letter (1775)
King George III Address to Parliament (1775)
Common
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7th - 12th
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Novel Study: The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
When Mark, a 12-year-old from Washington, runs away with his camera, his notebook, and his beloved dog, he’s got a plan and a reason. “The mountain is calling me,” he insists. In The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart, the main character's life goal is to reach the top of Mount Rainier, even if it kills him.This is a wonderful story on so many levels, so I wanted to create a novel study that allows students to show their comprehension in a variety of ways:Visually & Creatively - recreating Mark'
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5th - 8th
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Emma Lazarus The New Colossus Statue of Liberty Poetry Analysis
Deeply analyze Emma Lazarus’s famous poem and connect to its larger historical context of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the “New” immigrants, and America’s melting pot with this everything's-included, no-prep lesson.************************************Greatness is appreciating the layers of poetic word in expressing a complex idea.A poem written as a favor to raise money for a pedestal on which to display an unbelievable gift from France. The iconic poem that almost wasn’t written.Take yo
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8th - 11th
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"The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman Poetry Discussion Questions
Looking for an engaging and relevant lesson for National Poetry Month? Read "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, with students. Then, use these questions for discussion!
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in: "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman Poetry Bundle
"Night" by Elie Wiesel Unit Materials
Students can use these documents to guide their reading of the novel, "Night". This unit includes analysis of theme, character descriptions, a quiz, and discussion questions.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Women's Suffrage Socratic Circle (With Reading and Questions)
This is Socratic Circle is over the question of "Did the suffragettes go too far?" It includes an interview with Suffragette Alice Paul after her completed jail time and hunger strike. It includes a page of content based questions which require students to analyze the primary source and also an outside circle questions page for students to reflect on their classmates discussion.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
MS Common Core Guided Reading Questions for Reading, Language, and Writing
The provided middle school guided reading stems provide Common Core level questions or statements that teachers can use to help students pause and reflect as they read complex literary and informational texts. The questions are rigorous and require students to use evaluation and analysis-level skills as they read. The question stems reflect the wording and rigor from numerous state test preparation materials and other teacher-created stems. Teachers can use these Common Core guided reading st
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Tell Tale Heart Reading/ Writing/ And Discussion
This product includes a slide deck and notes sheet to preview high leverage words in The Tell Tale Heart. It includes a first read annotation lesson with an audio file and a self grading post reading comprehension quiz. It includes a discussion lesson and discussion prep sheetAnd finally it includes a lesson where students will write an analytical paragraph about the text (with an included sample response and best evidence sorting activity)
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7th - 9th
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And Then There Were None Chapter Comprehension/Discussion Questions
Chapter comprehension/discussion questions that areopen-ended;high-level;standards-aligned; and adaptable for assessment.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Full Unit)
Lord of the Flies Booklet
Text Dependent Questions and Vocabulary graphic organizers based on each chapter of The Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: The Lord of the Flies Novel Study
Lamb to the Slaughter: Text Dependent Stations
Kids love the twists and turns of Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter"? Get in depth questions and answers with this "Parking Lot Hopping" activity that is minimal prep on your part! Print, post, and monitor!
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7th - 10th
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Dust Bowl Dialectical Journal ELA HOT Activity
If you're tired of students barely scratching the surface of a lesson try a dialectical journal. Use this as an activity or post-assessment to evaluate standards L4 and L5 while focusing on historical documents and primary sources. The only fictional piece of this activity is the poem “Fields of Flashing Lights” pulled from Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. Even if students have not studied the Dust Bowl era they can still use this performance task for any thematic unit relating to the idea of “O
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6th - 10th
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Roanoke Socratic Circle
This Socratic Circle is over the mystery of the settlement of Roanoke, the "Lost Colony". It includes a reading over the different theories of the events that occurred in Roanoke, a page of critical thinking analysis questions, an outer circle questions page and also a grading rubric for the activity.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Lord of the Flies- Supplemental Texts with Questions
There are supplemental texts/activities with open-ended questions that correlate to various topics in each chapter of Lord of the Flies.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: The Lord of the Flies Novel Study
Age of Exploration Multi Genre Lesson Plan (DBQ's,Primary Sources,etc)
This is a multi-genre lesson plan over the Age of Exploration with primary source and secondary source DBQ's that can also be used in a socratic circle discussion.
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6th - 12th
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
This unit includes: a unit sequence plan;a vocabulary study guide;a link to a vocabulary Quizlet set;a vocabulary quiz;the text with foreshadowing highlighted;a class work assignment with high-level comprehension/discussion questions;a rubric for written-response questions;a comprehension test study guide; and a comprehension test.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Galileo Socratic Circle (with reading and questions)
This is Socratic Circle is over the question of "Should Galileo have been put on trial for his belief in the heliocentric theory?" It includes the reading from his sentencing in 1633, a page of content based questions which require students to analyze the primary source and also an outside circle questions page for students to reflect on their classmates discussion.
Grades:
8th - 12th
R.L. 8-10. 2: "Chanclas" What does the text say and not say?
This lesson uses the vignette "Chanclas" by Sandra Cisneros to teach students to determine what the text states both explicitly and implicitly. Scaffolds like images, definitions, and text-dependent questions are embedded to aid in student comprehension and two "assessment" type questions are included at the end of the lesson.
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7th - 10th
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