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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 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.

Lyrics and close reading questions for seven songs about war and its effects on humans and society. Have students choose a few to complete while you play these songs throughout the period. Used in a Beowulf unit, but could be attached to any battle novel, poetry analysis, or political discussion about art and activism.

This breakout box is made to be completed in about 30 minutes as a review of material on illegal drugs. Information for set up, all lock codes, hints, and paper supplies are all included. You will need a larger box, a smaller box, a key lock, a three-digit lock, a four-digit lock, and a five digit multilock, along with a blacklight marker and light.

This timeline worksheet has five events on it that happened in America from 2000-2016 and asks students to place their own important life events on the timeline.