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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

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

Slideshow that analyzes "A Modest Proposal" for rhetorical situation and ethos, logos, and pathos, then provides a resource for students to do their own rhetorical analysis of an essay using the PAPA format. Meant to be implemented after reading "A Modest Proposal."

This presentation starts with the genre characteristics of a how-to, then gives a teacher-created example, and ends with students choosing their topics to create a how-to based on a provided rubric. The focus here is that students are explaining how to do something that benefits a majority of their classmates in their real lives, i.e. changing a tire, doing laundry, etc.

Students will answer questions using the linked article from The Onion.

This packet introduces the idea of literature circles and provides the roles worksheet to prepare for each discussion.

This requires students to practice finding sources, researching, citing, and summarizing. They do not have to write a full research essay, just an annotated bib. The prompt is an interaction between powerful and powerless. It can be used on its own, or paired with a "power" theme unit.

The Jigsaw Protocol allows students to close read a large text in smaller parts and then share with their classmates. The attached worksheets apply to an informative or argumentative text, or a smaller text selection. There are opportunities for summarizing, paraphrasing, key terms, rhetorical analysis, author's main claim, etc.

A slideshow that can be printed for students to work on qualifying their claims and in turn their thesis statements. This was used in an AP Language and Composition course for the beginning of an argumentative writing unit.

Students will create a multimedia presentation that adapts a Native American folktale to a story that a younger audience can understand (ELI5 means Explain Like I'm 5). This slideshow contains examples, standards, a description of the assignment, and directions for using the Screencastify extension.

Use this graphic organizer to guide advanced rhetorical analysis.