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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.

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 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.

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.

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

A worksheet to practice making compound sentences with comma/conjunctions. An answer key is attached.

These resources cover Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, A Modest Proposal, and a unit of writings A-Z throughout the year related to a British/World Lit curriculum.

After reading tuesdays with morrie by Mitch Albom, students will choose three "life lessons" quotes from Morrie to analyze (strategically grouped so they will complete one about ambition, relationships, and compassion no matter what they choose). They have three activities and must complete each with the quote of their choosing. This assignment provides choice in two different ways, opportunities for collaboration, demonstration of reading and writing proficiency, and application/experience of

Use this graphic organizer to take notes during the "Zootopia" movie, comparing it to the Animal Farm book. Also sold as a PDF in a separate listing.

Use with a selection of similar poems to break students into smaller groups. Have them become the expert on their poem and then create heterogenous groupings so they can share information with each other.

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 slideshow that you can print as a handout allows students to start with developing a character then writing their own first-person narrative as part of a group wherein all participants have the same general plot and climax. This requires focus on perspectives and reflection in their narrative writing.

Using SNO's Award-Winning Sites collection, students will be encouraged to peruse a few high school news online publications. There are questions to direct them to respond to the presentation and content of the site and connect it back to their own experience with writing the school newspaper. They are provided with six site options and must give feedback on three of them.

This worksheet uses a clip from the movie "The Glass Castle," based on the book by Jeanette Walls, to practice dialogue punctuation (via transcript of scene), theme (using TDA-style analysis), and sensory details (describe as if you were the narrator). The YouTube clip is linked in the instructions and there is an answer key included with this PDF.

This can be given as an introduction of eras in a British Literature course so students have an understanding of the progression of works they'll be reading. They will use the website at the top of the worksheet to find the answers, and a key is provided.