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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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Various products used in AP Lang and Comp, including vocabulary, rhetorical analysis, and satire.

15 weeks of vocabulary and key terms that you should know for Advanced Placement Language and Composition. A Quizlet link and presentation rubric are attached in the original document, and there is a separate Google Slideshow for prompts for every vocab quiz.

This document has a printable booklet that contains 42 creative writing prompts for throughout the year. They are set up with Focus Correction Areas (FCAs) for length, relevance, and a blank FCA for you to assign a certain skill, grammar focus, etc. This can be used as often as you'd like to introduce, practice, or review a skill or just as a general bell ringer to get students writing. They can have choice between all prompts, or you can assign certain ones. The possibilities are endless :)

This Academic Vocabulary unit is best for 6-8 graders who are familiar with these academic terms that they'll see on assessments but need clear definitions. There are nine weeks of six-word lists and short quizzes for each.

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."

Using Jesse Welles's song "The Poor," students are asked to review structure (POV/perspective shift) and consider how it impacts author's purpose and tone. A response paper with expectations and grading rubric is included so students can see the success criteria and you can easily grade their work. Includes definitions of the structure terms. Could be assigned with a different grading policy due to being two different pages.

A breakout box to be used at the end of a Scarlet Ibis unit that has a symbolism focus. Locks required: 4-letter multilock, 5-letter multilock, hasp, two 3-number locks, 4-number lock. Also needed: blacklight marker and light

This packet contains multiple examples of texts with questions about short story elements, characterization, structure, POV, etc. The packet ends with a TDA practice based on the final short story.

TDA information that begins with prompts, then textual evidence, and moves to writer longer and more in-depth responses. Uses RACES strategy.

This project instructs students in writing a research essay on a mythological character, including an outline, rubric, additional "Character Interview" exercise, and peer review worksheet.

This project will have students in speech and drama, theatre, etc. create a picture morgue for a stage makeup unit.