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Balanced literacy Common Core SL.11-12.1 resources
English Language Arts Teacher's Toolkit Bundle | Back to School | Middle & High
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7th - 10th
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Letter to Ron Franz from Chris McCandless Into the Wild: Argument Practice
This resource features a transcendental letter from Chris McCandless to his friend Ron Franz from a key point in Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book, Into the Wild. It is a compelling letter that argues for living a true and honest life. Whether your class is reading Into the Wild or studying Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson, these lessons work with a study of the book or within a study of the Transcendental Movement. Students will view supporting video and audio clips on understanding tra
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10th - 12th
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Speaking and Listening Sentence Starters Posters and Cards
Teach your students how to engage in academic discourse using these CCSS aligned sentence starters. The download includes sentence starter classroom posters as well as printable cards for individual students. Sentence starters provide students the framework needed to participate in collegiate discussions. This resource will change your classroom discussions for the better!
Grades:
1st - 12th
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1984 Novel Study
Engage and Inspire with George Orwell's "1984"!Explore the dystopian world of George Orwell's "1984." With a variety of resources, you can facilitate critical thinking, literary analysis, and creative expression.Detailed Lesson Plans:Chapter-by-Chapter Guides: Structured activities, discussion questions, and theme exploration.Reading Comprehension Questions: Multiple-choice and short-answer questions to assess understanding.Assignments and Assessments:Essay Prompts: Encourage analytical and crit
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9th - 12th
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September 11th Bundle: Two CCSS Activities for English or SS, Fully Editable
Both lessons are editable in Word, and a link to a Google Doc for each is also included so you can share these handouts with your students via Google Classroom. These September 11th activities meet the Common Core Standard of looking at how different forms of media or texts approach the same topic and require critical thinking, listening, and viewing from your students.The first activity helps students learn the impact of word choice on tone and purpose. It's also great to help them realize that
Grades:
8th - 12th
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CCSS:
Learn & Assess Active Listening Skills/Terms | Google Form Auto-Graded Quiz /10
Purpose: This quiz assesses students' understanding of active listening and related terms. Instructions:Read each question carefully, and answer all questionsThere are a total of 10 questions for 10 points Review your score and feedback (Note: incorrect responses are explained)Timeline: varies; approximately 10 minutesWhy purchase this resource?rich variety in questions, including direct (matching, m/c, t/f), inference, evidence-based, and application (analysis, logical predictive)auto-grades (n
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
The Crucible Literary Film Guide
American Literature – Colonial
*Students watch The Crucible as a supplementary activity while reading the play.
*We cover the play during the Colonial period since the play takes place during that time—it helps students to familiarize themselves with the Puritan way of life.
*We revisit the ideas of witch-hunts later during the modernism time period.
*The film guide provides thoughtful questions for students to consider.
*Each of the 50 questions are linked to common core standards and/or
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Podcast Graphic Organizers/Planner (activities for all podcasts)
Get your students excited about the world of podcasts and help them develop their listening comprehension. There are so many fantastic podcasts for students of all ages to explore. This guide can be used in a classroom setting or at home. This is a PDF format for easy printing and sharing. See the Google Doc version if you would like the ability to customize it.You will find ideas and extensions that can work with any podcast!This guide is designed for educators and/or parents to use as a compan
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Not Grade Specific
Edgar Allan Poe Horror Scene - Creative Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Media Literacy: Seven Sources of Bias Information Personal Essay
Introduces students to the 7 sources of major biases of all information regardless of its form. Reinforces critical thinking skills, fallacies, and conflicts of interest that can affect the transparency, objectivity, and authenticity of any type of piece of information. Students learn to identify fake news and false narratives to avoid or perpetuate them. The Healthy Mind Express Media Literacy Series, a nonprofit effort based in Michigan features two separate writing assignments (Seven Sources
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Instructional Materials for Antigone
This small bundle contains 5 items related to speech writing, modes of persuasion, application of themes, and class discussion.
Common Core Standards are tagged. Virginia SOLs include 9.4c/e, 10.4c/g, 11.4e/f, 12.4b, 9.6, 10.6, 11.6, 12.6.
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9th - 12th
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McCarthyism - The Crucible Connection Activity
This activity asks students to review informational text online and YouTube, then interview an educator or professional who can speak to civil rights violations.
With myriad activities involved, this assignment meets literacy standards as well as CCSS speaking and listening standards along with reading informational text.
It is available as a Word document so you may scaffold for different learners or so students may type their responses allowing the boxes to expand.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Discussion Tokens
Operating as a discussion scaffold, these tokens are laminated and given to students in small groups to guide their conversation. They can be used in any subject to increase the speaking and listening capabilities of your students. The roles each have sentence stems to build students confidence, and include Predict, Question, State, Follow On, Lead and Connect.
Grades:
4th - 11th
Podcast Graphic Organizers (podcast activities) - CUSTOMIZABLE
This is a CUSTOMIZABLE version of the Podcast Listening Guide (for Google Presentations).Get your students excited about the world of podcasts and help them develop their listening comprehension. There are so many fantastic podcasts for students of all ages to explore. This customizable guide can be used in a classroom setting or at home. This is a PDF & Google Presentation format for easy printing/sharing & customizing. The link is included with the PDF with directions. There is also a
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Book Club Role Cards
These mini task cards have specific roles for students to participate in abook club. These cards help ensure that everyone participates. Book Club Role Cards can be easily copied for multiple groups. Each card includes directions and sentence starters to help kids enact these roles.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Lawyer, Witness and Jury Rubrics
Three different rubrics are included for all participants in the mock trial to assess their performance during the trial.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Tips and Tricks for Classroom Discussions in Middle and High School
An introductory document for teachers that are new to leading classroom discussions. Contains helpful hints on how to make classroom discussions productive.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Journal Writing Rubric
You can use this rubric to assess students performance on journal entries for The Hunger Games. The rubric is aligned to the Common Core Learning Standards
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Staff
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