Back to School English Curriculum Lessons Complete for High School
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English Curriculum for High School is 155 pages of rigorous, engaging, lengthy package of quality products that can be reused for years. This bundle includes: a literary analysis essay, narrative essay, expository essay, mentor sentences lesson, journal prompts, grammar guide, one-pager activity, and a philosophical chairs unit. Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of these engaging activities built from best teaching practices.
Featured:
- Essays: literary analysis, narrative essay, and expository essay.
- Teaching essay writing can be a daunting process, but these lessons guide students through a step-by-step process of writing a personal narrative, literary analysis, and expository essay. Each lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work. The instructional videos with writing tutorials can also be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.
- These lessons demonstrate the entire process of writing a narrative essay, literary analysis, or expository essay using the elements tailored to the specific essay such as narrative: a short story to develop a plot. The videos, PowerPoints, graphic organizers, worksheets, and rubrics allow students to practice and develop their writing skills. The detailed lesson plans for high school English curriculum make implementing the lesson easy for teachers.
- All aspects of writing are covered in these lessons: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis, introducing main ideas, writing an essay hook, while incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing.
2. Mentor sentences activity
- 31 pages of mentor sentence work featuring the most progressive, innovative authors, as well as classics. Some authors include: John Green, Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, Anne Frank, Harper Lee, Jarrett Krosocka, Dashka Slater, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Lois Lowry, and so much more.
- Students analyze structure, grammar, and impact and in return mimic the author's style.
3. One-pager activity
- Prompt
- Template
- Student Examples
4. Philosophical chairs lesson plan
- Directions
- Process
- Speaking etiquette
- Graphic organizers
- Topics (long list)
- Check list
- Norms and expectations
- Talking points sheet
- Rubric grading sheet
5. 16 critical thinking Do Now/journal response prompts
- Philosophical topics that will get students to think on a high level of critical thinking. All "do nows" are writing prompts.
6. Grammar guide basics based on Lynne Truss's "Eat Shoots Leaves"
Entertaining review of:
- Capitalization rules
- Commas
- Brackets
- Apostrophes
- Semi-colons
- Colons
7. Novel Study Worksheets
- Reading comprehension
- Visualization
- Costa's question cues
- Purpose of reading
- Close reading
- Vocabulary scan
- Connecting
- Double journal response
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For more high school English curriculum, visit my blog for tips and tricks and a free novel unit, HERE
For my most popular resources, check out the following list:
Ghost Boys HERE
Wicked HERE
Hey Kiddo HERE
The Hate U Give HERE
Patina HERE
Refugee HERE
The Crossover HERE
Monster HERE
Fish in a Tree HERE
Booked HERE
The 57 Bus HERE
The Complete Persepolis HERE
New Kid HERE
The Great Gatsby HERE
Rebound HERE
Anya's Ghost HERE
Poetry Unit HERE
Kwame Alexander Bundle HERE
Hamilton Bundle HERE
Edgar Allen Poe Short Story Bundle HERE
A Wrinkle in Time HERE
The Elevator HERE
Non-fiction Titanic HERE
Product keywords: literary analysis essay lesson, expository essay lesson, narrative essay lesson, mentor sentences lessons, do now prompts, one-pager activity, philosophical chairs unit, high school English curriculum.
