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This resource includes an interactive murder mystery activity in which students put their reading comprehension, inferencing, and expository writing skills to the test to determine who killed poor Mrs. Green. Included in the Resource:An investigative report page that explains the details of the case and gives students a place to write their police report.Interviews with all suspects to be posted around your room as stations or printed and placed in "confidential" file folders for groups. Pictur

This bundle includes all the resources needed for a complete lesson cycle on thesis/controlling idea, key details, and substantiated claims with pre-annotated examples for easy modeling, group activities, independent practice, a quiz. Included in the Bundle: Product 1: PowerPoint notes on key vocabulary with pre-annotated examples for easy modeling, and unannotated examples for whole group practice. It also includes a worksheet with additional stand alone paragraphs that requires students to de

This resource includes PowerPoint notes defining 14 common logical fallacies with a multitude of examples for modeling and whole group practice. It also includes 14 task cards perfect for collaborative work, a fun pick-up line worksheet for independent practice, and a quiz to assess learning. Included in the ResourceProduct 1: A 66 slide presentation with definitions and examples from common real-life arguments, advertising, and videos. It also includes a "Name That Fallacy" portion for whole g

This week long resource of secondary ELA activities will keep your students engaged in the days leading up to Thanksgiving while reinforcing close reading, common informational, persuasive, and fictional text concepts, grammar, and letter writing. Included in the bundle:Product 1: A Black Friday themed game based on a two page article that is perfect for just before or just after Thanksgiving break. It includes the article, multiple choice questions in print and in PowerPoint Game format, game p

This one-day complete lesson plan includes a short article defining digital footprint with a corresponding presentation of real-world examples from various social media platforms and an interactive activity to encourage students to reflect on their own digital footprint. Included in the resource:KeyNote with real-world examples.Article (just over 1 page long).Student response sheet for article/presentation.Activity to investigate student's own digital footprint.Be sure to follow my store to be

This resource is a wheel of tone and mood words. Students start at the center of the wheel with a core human emotion and move out from the center to find more specific, less common tone and mood words. Use it with with the materials in my Tone and Mood Bundle! Be sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases!

This resource includes a single day lesson that introduces the novel by providing background information, context, and discussion starters. Included In The Resource:Anticipation GuidePowerPoint NotesNote Taking SheetBe sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases!

This resource teaches students how to determine whether a source is credible by identifying bias, expertise, and facts versus opinions. It includes a set of notes with slides for modeling and for whole group practice and a follow up assignment that requires students to explore 6 sources with different claims in the controversy surrounding Tupac's death. Included in the Resource:35 slide PowerPoint (notes, examples, and whole group practice)Note Taking Sheet (to accompany PowerPoint)6 Source She

This fun Thanksgiving grammar activity reviews commonly tested punctuation rules and easily confused words while inviting students to build a Thanksgiving plate from a buffet of sentences and to get in the kitchen to rework the recipe on sentences that contain errors. It is perfect as a gallery walk or stations for single-day use or as warm-ups if separated and used over several days. Included in the resource:- Student Response Sheet - Answer Key - 18 Sentences (As Dishes in the Buffet) - Power

This resource is a set of tone and mood task cards. It's a perfect activity for stations, remediation, or additional practice. Included in resource:- 10 Task Cards - Student Recording Sheet (for Accountability) Be sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases!

This resource sets students up to synthesize two short passages (an informational text and short story) in a text set that explores the idea of revenge. Included in the resource:Article with QR codes that students can scan to evaluate sourcesShort Story with annotation prompts in the margin19 Multiple Choice Questions (some for individual passages, some synthesizing passages)Answer KeysSynthesizing Texts Graphic Organizer8 Discussion questions cards for small group or seminarExpository Essay Pro

The resource includes 10 multiple-choice questions that assess figurative language, tone, and characterization, a student response sheet to use while reading, and 4 discussion question cards to generate conversation about the text. It is also included in my Cross-Genre Mini Unit: Appearances vs. Reality. Be sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases!

This quiz asks students to identify examples of rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) in ten brief persuasive statements. Included in the Resource:10 Question QuizAnswer KeyBe sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases!

This weeks long resource of secondary ELA activities will keep your students engaged in the days leading up to Holiday break while reinforcing grammar, close reading, synthesizing texts, inferencing, and literary analysis writing. Product 1: A three-day lesson that can be used with any short story or novel in which students design an ugly sweater that includes symbols, write an analysis of the sweater, and participate in an inferencing party to analyze the sweaters designed by their peers. It in

This resource includes everything you need to teach students how to identify words with strong connotations and use them to determine the tone and the mood of a text: notes, activities, and assessment. Included in the bundle:Product 1: a PowerPoint to introduce connotation, tone, and mood, including tone shifts. It includes several example texts with differing levels of scaffolding (some with modeling provided, some for whole group analysis). Product 2: A tone and mood selector wheel. Students

This resource includes task cards that require students to determine the controlling idea of a short text, identify if the opinion is substantiated, and pinpoint the type of key details used to support the opinion. Included in the resource:8 task cardsStudent record sheetAnswer KeyFollow up with my Controlling Idea & Key Detail Quiz. Be sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purcha

This complete 2-3 day lesson teaches students the different methods of direct and indirect characterization using the STEAL acronym. Students can then practice identifying examples with a gallery walk activity (that can alternatively be used as a worksheet), a one page story with accompanying resources, and a set of task cards for stations or small group work. Included in this resource:A PowerPoint/KeyNote of Introductory NotesA Gallery Walk Analysis Activity (with 10 short passages)A 1 Page St

This resource includes a multi-week novel unit that weaves in a pre-reading activity, socratic seminars, reading quizzes, dialectical journals, and literary analysis essay writing. This resource includes:- Pre-Reading Anticipation Guide - Introductory Notes - Dialectical Journal Assignment - 3 Quizzes for each of the 3 Acts (9 quizzes total) - 3 Sets of Socratic Seminar Discussion Cards, one for each Act (44 cards total) - Literary Analysis Essay Assignment with Sample Essay - End of Novel Proje

This multi-day lesson has everything you need to teach how to summarize nonfiction texts. It includes a set of PowerPoint notes with do's and dont's, pre-annotated examples for easy modeling, and unannotated examples for whole group practice. It also includes a student planning sheet for scaffolding the writing process, and a step-by-step guide on how to use the additional materials listed out below. Included in the Resource:38 Slide PowerPoint (definitions, examples, multiple-choice explanatio

This resource includes a detailed assignment page with an example entry for students to keep a dialectical journal while reading Fahrenheit 451. The assignment requires them to trace motifs, identify literary devices, and record their reflections as they read. This assignment helps me to determine if students are 1) actually reading, 2) processing what they are reading, 3) understanding the purpose of the novel. Be sure to follow my store to be alerted to new products! >> CLICK HERE!Don't