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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

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 activity requires students to choose a song that they will recite as if they were participating in a poetry reading. The objective is to remove the words from the tune and understand more deeply what they are saying, then present to the class. Rubric included!

This rubric is for grading a pantomime activity that requires students to be "mirrors" of each other. They will choreograph, practice, and present with a partner. An intro of this activity can be helped with a Youtube example of a fake mirror skit.

This can be used as an introduction to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe to annotate the first few paragraphs, focusing on mood and unreliable narrator.

This was used as a final assessment in an effects of battle unit centering around Beowulf. Students had to use quoted evidence from literature, poetry, research, etc. in a persuasive essay.

Rubric to grade a 3-minute persuasive speech.

Introductory activity using notes and Youtube videos to understand concepts of the voice.

This worksheet introduces a few rules of using quotation marks in writing and provides practice questions.

This document contains two graphic organizers/outlines for writing a compare and contrast essay, one for the Block Method and one for the Point-by-Point method.

A rubric to assess a speech on pet peeves.

This is a group project for Public Service Announcements and the rubric for grading.

This worksheet encourages close reading of the song "If I Die Young" to pair with "The Lady of Shalott."

Two different version of a PSA assignment with information slideshow and rubric.

Essay instructions for after reading The Outsiders with a prewriting chart.

A peer review form for a narrative writing that structures responses in a praise, question, polish format.

Essay that comes after reading a historical fiction novel that requires citing textual evidence to support a theme statement.

Allow remote students to reflect on their learning experience and gain insight into their quarterly performance.

Allow students to reflect on their performance and set SMART goals for the quarter ahead.