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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.

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.

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 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.

Chart to guide students in setting SMART goals.