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I designed this unit plan to use during hybrid learning in my sheltered Advanced English Learners class. It is an introductory unit to persuasive writing and includes a brief introduction to ethos, pathos, and logos. Students then begin practicing writing persuasive sentences. After that, they will begin writing a persuasive four-paragraph essay, with or without sentence stems depending on your students' needs. After you purchase the unit plan, you will download a PDF that will have links to

This activity provides background information about Walt Whitman, comprehension questions about his 1860 poem "I Hear America Singing," and a worksheet for students to write their own modern versions of "I Hear America Singing."

This activity in Google Slides will allow your students to practice both thesis statements and topic sentences. On some Slides, students are given topic sentences and given instructions to write a thesis statement. In other cases, students are given a thesis statement and told to develop topic sentences. There are also instance where students are given a prompt and told to write both a thesis statement and topic sentences. The activity assumes a 5-paragraph essay structure. Answer key included.

Use these resources to show your students how the works of Edgar Allan Poe have been incorporated into pop culture. Included are two examples of pop culture involving "The Raven," and one example of pop culture using "Annabel Lee." Check out my other resources in my store!

This unit study is a resources to accompany the book "Messages From Maryam," written by me-Lauren Pichon! The unit study includes resources for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

This is a very basic graphic organizer and pre-writing page for my 9th grade English Learners below ACCESS level 2.0. The packet includes an assignment description, a graphic organizer, and a fill-in pre-writing sheet. The pre-writing sheet covers three paragraphs: introduction and thesis, one body paragraph, and a conclusion.

This document includes the directions for a three paragraph character analysis essay. It also includes a pre-writing/ graphic organizer page for students to use to help them format their papers.

This script was designed for middle school English Language Learners to practice working with money and role playing the roles of cashier and customer. It is suggested that the teacher brings in the household items pictured on the script and money manipulatives for students to work with. The script would be appropriate for an ESL classroom or any upper-level elementary classroom learning to work with money. The amounts do not surpass $1. The concept of making change is not addressed.