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Jimmy's World was an article published in The Washington Post in 1980 that won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. It was about a young boy who was addicted to heroine from childhood and caused nationwide outreach to help this child. Unfortunately... the entire article was found to be fabricated and Janet Cooke is the only writer who has had to return her Pulitzer Prize. This assignment first looks at the article as if it is true and has general questions about the article. Then the falsehood of th

These google documents include Anthem by Ayn Rand as well as chapter questions for each section. I have also included a link to the youtube animated series that reads all of the novel alongside the animated graphic novel of the text. I have also included where each section begins and ends in the animated series. Great resource for a quick novel study of dystopian themes and philosophy discussion. Great for a quick honors novel study or an on level novel study

This lesson is a Standards Based Characterization Lesson that can be used as a worksheet, or as a multi day lesson for helping kids understand how characterization helps to support theme. Can be used with any mentor text!!! The Standard, Success Criteria, and Rubric are all included in the lesson.There are 3 parts to this lesson that follow the "I do, we do, you do" instructional model 1) a model worksheet where some of the blanks are filled in using a video short film example, "The Present."

These are guided reading questions based on the first vignette in The Other Wes Moore

This resource has the introduction to The Other Wes Moore and guided questions