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50 Pages of Paragraph Editing:Great for class start ups to chunk out a segment of the class: Use them daily, once a week or whatever works Used extensively for English 8 and 9 in my classes, but could still work well for English 7 or English 10 classes that struggle with editingfocusses largely on punctuation rules, subject verb agreement, spelling, tenses, parallelism, quotation / title punctuation ..etc. Answer Keys Provided Great for class start up, homeschool learning, or general ELL develop

UPDATED JAN 11th TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH CAPITOL BUILDING STORMING AS CONCLUSION TO UNIT - TO HAVE STUDENTS ASSESS OVERALL IN CONNECTION TO FINAL PASSAGES OF THE NOVELThis FUL 3-4 week unit plan looks at Orwell's classic novel and the eerie parallels that can be found during Trump's Presidency from 2016-2020. This unit plan does not look to the past, with the Russian Revolution as most units do, but to the present - to see how modern day America has a number of parallels. The unit focusses on:

Hans Christian Anderson's short tale of The Little Mermaid has been seen as an icon for the transgendered community - written from a person whose sexuality has often been discussed in relation to such a journey this mini unit will introduce the transgendered journey as seen through discussion around animated film - segments and shorts that offer analogies for understanding the journey against oppressive forces in society the unit has links to videos / excerpts from a select number of films, disc

Research Assignment for Revolutions:Assignment incorporates key stages of a revolution along with Historical Thinking Concepts. This is an assignment that can be applied as a general understanding to most revolutions and allows students an opportunity to learn about a revolution of their choice. Students will focus research on uncovering information on: - Historical Significance - Primary Evidence Followed by research on revolution of choice - looking at factors before during and after that app

Not wanting to read the entire play? Students struggling with William Shakespeare - consider this mini-unit: This film study assignment begins with a handful of key passages - short passages students can dig their teeth into, get a feel for the language, get a feel for some of the characters BEFORE watching the film. With this front-loaded work, students find the film and language of the film more accessible and are able to follow along Post film, a handful of options for character projects are

Prose Terms Review & QuizzesFile ContainsCrossword Review of key terms w/key25 Multiple Choice questions for review (or use as a test for weaker classes) w/key25 Matching Terms quiz (form as shown on cover page) w/keyPoetry & Prose terms handout with definitionsFocus is on key termsConflicts - Character versusPlot Graph stagesCharacter Types - Round, Flat, Protagonist ... etcPOV - First / Third ... etcOthers: Theme, Symbolism, Setting, Mood, foreshadowing ... etc

A Close Reading of the Declaration of Independence with Political Philosophy InfluenceStudents will begin by learning the basic theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes - their political theories on human nature and government. Students will then complete a directed reading (starting guide provided to help students get into close reading / critical reading skills) followed by questions based on their reading Close reading is followed by an original comic creation using the philosophy provided (t