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Prep for 10th grade Literature Pennsylvania standardized testing! Seven weeks (6+cumulative) of Keystone Literature vocabulary with worksheets, quizzes, adapted quizzes, and quiz keys.

Using the "Quote Sandwich" and R.A.C.E.S. formatting strategies, students can use this document as writer's checklist for their Text-Dependent Analysis response and/or as a way to peer review another student's response.

This bundle includes graphic organizers, RACES response format, embedding quotations, and multiple writing assignments that focus on analysis of a text (TDA). Perfect for standardized test prep, but also useful in teaching writing analysis in general! The testing language used is based on Pennsylvania standardized testing. Some focus on 8th grade ELA PSSA prep, others on Keystone Literature prep (10th grade). Buy the bundle to mix and match based on your students' needs!

Worksheets to go along with eight Youtube videos from the American Theatre Wing that allow students to explore careers in theatre that aren't acting. Links to every video in the play list that corresponds with the worksheet. Keys included! Can be assigned for independent work or watched as a whole class.

This handout explains the PAPA (Purpose, Audience, Persona, Argument) Square rhetorical analysis assignment. It provides a layout of how the square should be created and a rubric for grading. Students have choice of essay to analyze and are able to demonstrate creativity.

This slideshow begins a discussion on whose perspectives we are getting in our ELA textbooks. I created it for a personal narrative unit. It starts with demographic information of the world population, then I assign students sections from various ELA texts/curriculum that we use in grades 9-12. They are asked to consider the author's continent of origin, religion, pronouns, and wealth/class status. They can look through the books to find the information. Then, we combine all of what they find on

A PDF slideshow of how to use MyBib.com to create citations in MLA 9. Can be presented or posted as a resource.

Practice embedding quotations with this "quote sandwich" PDF deck, example page, and graphic organizer which applies to an article of your choice. Includes R.A.C.E.S. alignment for answering a TDA/open-ended and formatting information for making quotes Relevant, Accurate, and Sufficient. Example used is from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

Images for an interactive bulletin board: students guess what books the emojis represent, then lift the flap to check their guesses. Books range from 8th-12th grade levels. Does require cutting and pasting back to back for the "reveal."

Before watching Newsies, students can complete this 24-question, 12-point Webquest to learn more about the historical context of the movie. The four categories are Key Terms, Child Labor, 1899 History, and Pulitzer/Hearst. Sources are linked in the directions for each section and a key is provided.

This Text-Dependent Analysis question is set up for Keystone exam practice, but can be used in any English classroom. The focus is poetry analysis for structure, tone, style, and figurative language relating to author's purpose using "I Sit and Look Out" by Walt Whitman. It contains instructions, grading information, the poem, and the prompt that can be given as a packet all at once for independent completion or worked on together in steps. Consider R.A.C.E.S. formatting to answer prompt.

A chart to lead students in analyzing different "monster" representations in the media. There are clips for the three examples provided (Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, Godzilla from the 2014 movie, and the smoke monster from Lost) that are linked in each title square. Students are asked to analyze looks, sound, perspective, and effectiveness of each monster in these clips, and then come up with one example of their own. This could be used as a whole-class activity where you watch the

This one-page assignment directs students in writing a "What am I?" riddle poem, focusing on sensory details and figurative language. The front has space to brainstorm about the item they've chosen, and the back provides them a format to draft their poem. Differentiation: students can break out of the format as long as they have sensory details, a simile or metaphor, and meet a length requirement of six lines. Students are then directed to type their final copy of the poem and submit. Two exampl

20 weeks of vocabulary quizzes (with answer keys) that focus on roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Students are asked to identify the terms from that week and then use them in context.

Text-Dependent Analysis outline for RACES format -- explains each letter of the acronym and requires students to plan out their restatement and answer (RA), two pieces of Cited evidence (C1 and C2), and corresponding Explanation (E1 and E2) for how the evidence supports their answer. Can be used with any open-ended prompt which requires analysis using evidence from the text. Used as Keystone Literature prep (standardized test prep) but can be applied for many different writing tasks.

This was originally used as a letter to someone in government requesting a change in the community (promoting tolerance is the topic we used). It prompts students to write an opening statement, list how they could change and why they should change, and then end with a call to action.

These writings are aimed towards seniors, but can be adapted for any grade. Each letter represents the topic of the writing and has a "focus" (or an FCA) that the majority of the points will be earned with. The objective is to get students to write consistently, reflect on elements of their past and consider new ideas about their future, and to ultimately create a booklet of memories from their senior year. There is no need to do these in alphabetical order because they will just be compiled in

Use OzoBots to create a performer and compete against other students in a dance competition!

This was used with "All Together Now" by Barbara Jordan, but can be adapted very easily for any persuasive letter to a government official. This worksheet includes instructions, examples, steps for finding contact information and addressing a letter, and a graphic organizer.

This is a close reading of "Cult of Personality" lyrics by Living Colour that encourages students to do online research. This was originally used with an Animal Farm unit but can stand alone.