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Common Core RL.8.4 videos
Allusions - Lesson Plan and Video Links
This packet takes students step by step through the concept of Allusions. It begins by building background through the use of a clip featuring the phrase "These are not the droids you are looking for": https://youtu.be/ihyjXd2C-E8Students then view two additional clips from other movies where that precise segment is alluded to. The lesson continues by providing students literary examples of allusions and challenges them to identify the piece of popular literature or Pop Culture that the allusio
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5th - 8th
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Suspense Unit
Students love this high interest unit and gain important skills in literary analysis, research, and narrative writing. These Common Core aligned materials help students to: Readingü Analyze literature for character, plot, theme, and languageü Explore elements of suspense including dramatic and situational irony, foreshadowing, and the unreliable narratorü Annotate with purposeü Construct text-dependent analysis responses with strong evidence and analysisResearchü Identify and cite sourcesü Take
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6th - 9th
Figurative Language in Music
Figurative language can be a difficult topic to teach, but when you combine it with popular songs it makes learning fun. This resource contains a three-page worksheet with over 20 examples of figurative language found in songs by Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons, The Score, Shawn Mendes, Marshmello, 5 Seconds of Summer... and more! The worksheet aligns to a YouTube video I created and can be used in conjunction with the video or separately. There is also a bonus section that in
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5th - 8th
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Teaching Reading Skills: Symbolism - Instructional Video, Lesson, Guided Notes
If you teach reading skills in your middle school ELA class, you will need to teach symbolism. And guess what? I'll do it for you! Use this lesson and guided notes, go to the free YouTube lesson, sit back, and take a breather! Perfect for homeschooling, when you need sub plans, or when kids are absent.I'll also provide a regular link to the video in case you can't access YouTube in your class.The concept is simple:Show the video. You get to sit back and take a breather! You could also teac
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5th - 8th
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Free Common Core Activity for Plot Structure, Theme, and Tone in a Movie Trailer
The provided FREE Common Core rigorous activity explores the development of plot structure, tone, theme, and character development in a popular movie trailer from 2014. The activities are tied to the Common Core standards RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, SL2, and SL3. The activity focus on the analysis of how authors develop plot structure (foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, humor, and mystery), tone, theme, and complex characters in a movie trailer. The activity includes a teacher answer key to assist you
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6th - 12th
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Analyzing Author’s Use of Irony in Commercials and Political Cartoons
This PARCC-style assessment merges commercials, political cartoons, and literary texts into a performance assessment. Students will construct an explanatory essay to justify their explanations. Students will analyze 2 modern commercials and 2 political cartoons that use situational and verbal irony and analyze. In the second section of the performance task, students will analyze the development of irony in a literary text and discuss similarities and differences between the author’s approache
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6th - 10th
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6 original stop motion films, customized curricula, and worksheets
This bundle includes a download link so you can own all five award-winning films, plus one bonus film! Also includes five extensive lesson plans and student worksheets. You can sample my lessons by downloading three of the 5 lesson plans for free in my store.Additional lesson plans for "The Clown," and "The Telling Tale" are included here.Students love our scrappy stop motion films! Activities include a variety of group and individual projects such as :Comparative literature (comparing oral, w
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Module 1 Lessons 18-22 Wit and Wisdom 8th Grade
This product consists of 50 slides and 5 lessons corresponding to Module 1 Wit and Wisdom Poetics and The Power of Storytelling. The products contain lesson slides, charts, activities, journal prompts, vocabulary, small and whole group discussions, videos, resources, and more.
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8th
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Also included in: Module 1 8th Grade Wit and Wisdom lesson slides
Harrison Bergeron Classroom Screenplay
‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a 1961 short story by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). The story can be categorized as ‘dystopian satire’ or a ‘satirical dystopian story’, but we’ll say more about these labels in a moment. The action of the story takes place in the future America of 2081, where everyone has been made truly equal, physically, mentally, and aesthetically.This product has broken up the dialogue, added screen directions, and printable props.
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6th - 12th
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Setting Activity - Duck Amuck
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This lesson is built around a classic Daffy Duck cartoon titled "Duck Amuck" wherein Bugs Bunny continually switches settings on an increasingly exasperated Daffy.
The lesson is a PowerPoint that may be used in class or emailed as homework. It begins with notes on setting. The subsequent pages link to the vi
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6th - 12th
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Meaning and Tone
This video is a resource for students. It walks them through the CCSS skill using the text “I, Too, Am One of the Estimated 22,000 Homeless Children In New York” by William Published on The Guardian.
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6th - 9th
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Context Clues
This video is a resource for students. It walks them through the CCSS skill using the text “I, Too, Am One of the Estimated 22,000 Homeless Children In New York” by William Published on The Guardian.
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6th - 9th
Analyzing Mood: Three Skeleton Key Trailer
Get your students in the MOOD for reading the classic thriller, "Three Skeleton Key," with this spooky story trailer. The trailer can be used in conjunction with my close reading unit "Analyzing Mood: Three Skeleton Key" which is available for sale in my TPT store. The story is perfect for teaching students students how to analyze an author's choices, and support inferences with text evidence, and study literary elements such as foreshadowing, mood, diction, and voice.
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8th - 11th
Lesson plan for 4 min. stop motion folktale - The Stockbroker & the Goddess
To see the first minute of this film visit https://lauralewisbarrfilms.com/trailersThe full film is available in my store.Students will love this 4 minute scrappy stop motion film. Activities include:* Comparative literature (oral, written, and film of a folk tale)* Creative response* Analyzing the written, oral, and film texts* Social emotional themes* Exploring other subjects related to the film.There are many creative options possible for group or individual projects. Includes other resourc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Missing Manatee Chapters 1-3 and Questions Video
Easy to upload for online learning. You can finish the year with this book. This is a powerpoint video mp4 that introduces the book "The Missing Manatee" by Cynthia Defelice. It introduces the vocabulary to the chapters. It has the words and I have read each page of the book aloud. I hope you enjoy it. I will be adding a new video each week with more chapters until the book is done. Please purchase your own copy of this book before starting this. I purchased mine from Barnes and Nobles and it
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3rd - 8th
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