Signposts in Literature
(View Complete Item Description)This resource can be used for close readings of literature. The students must identify characters' reactions to plot elements and state the reader's reaction.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
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How Hamilton Restored My Belief In Writing
(View Complete Item Description)A presentation for writers struggling creativity as they follow along with the effect that Hamilton: An American Musical had on my own creative writing journey.
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Reading
English 12 Project
(View Complete Item Description)This is my English project called Living Through Leukemia in my Dad's shoes. This is Humanities Moment project where I talk about a humanity moment that I have gone through, and that is my dad fighting cancer. My dad's story is a comparison of the book The Fault in our Stars.
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Reading
Humanities Moment
(View Complete Item Description)My resource is a paper written on the importance of our actions and how much they impact other people.
Material Type: Reading, Simulation
YouTube Truce Humanities Project : Sophie Carmignani
(View Complete Item Description)School Project
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Using Quotations for Tiered Students
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson is best used after direct instruction with tiered students to help them understand how to integrate a quotation into a sentence and use in-text citation.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Google Slides Presentation: Eliminating Clutter
(View Complete Item Description)This presentation introduces the idea of clutter in writing. It offers examples of what cluttered writing looks like, and how it can be cleaned up. Ideas come from Jeff Andersen's "10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know." This resource can be uploaded into Nearpod to offer a more interactive option.
Material Type: Lesson
A Love That Follows You
(View Complete Item Description)My name is Hailey! I am a high school senior who loves writing. This piece is my humanities moment that revolves around my sweet grandma. In my story I talk about childhood books, growing up, and how love can change your life everyday.
Material Type: Reading
How I Accidently Discovered I Can Speak Russian
(View Complete Item Description)This is my humanties moment for the humanties moment website. It's about how I learned that I can pronouce different languages from reading a short story.
Material Type: Reading
Cohesion Part II
(View Complete Item Description)These slides coverMaintaining same tense throughout writingPoint of viewMood and ToneSee also "Cohesion Part I" and "Cohesion Part III."
Material Type: Lesson
Cohesion Part I
(View Complete Item Description)This resource reviews the concept of using transitions and basic organizational principles to add cohesion to writing. See also "Cohesion Part II" and Cohesion Part III."
Material Type: Lesson
100 Word Memoir (OER Commons Version)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will read and analyze a mentor text 100 Word Memoir. After studying the mentor text, students will create and evaluate their own 100 Word Memoir.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Tracing an Argument (OER Commons Version)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will view Wendy Troxel's TEd Talk, "Why School Should Start Later for Teens." While viewing the TED Talk, students will identify and trace the main parts of her argument.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Nearpod Lessons: Setting Goals Like an athlete
(View Complete Item Description)Short Nearpod about how to set effective goals that uses triathlon training as a metaphor for setting effective academic goals.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Nearpod Lessons: Fun Limerick Activity
(View Complete Item Description)Teaching about and writing Limericks with students in a nearpod
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Writing the Literacy Narrative
(View Complete Item Description)This Google hyperdoc walks students through the writing process for a literacy narrative in a series of steps. This can be used in a high school or college ELA course that requires personal narrative.
Material Type: Lesson, Module, Unit of Study
Writing the Evaluation Essay
(View Complete Item Description)This is a Google doc with multiple steps and resources to walk students through the writing process for an Evaluation Essay
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To Kill a Mockingbird Running Theme Log
(View Complete Item Description)As you read To Kill a Mockingbird each week, you will fill out your copy of the Running Theme Log for the theme you have selected. Once you have selected your theme, you will track and analyze it for the next several weeks, so make sure you pick a theme you are most interested in. You must have at least 1 entry per week but will likely find that you will have 3 or more entries a week depending on the theme you selected. There is no maximum for the number of entries you can have, only a limit of at least 1 per week. Running Theme Log: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWgozZZVN33CYmS9-soA_8FkklBoW7Yv10UehaZX-4A/edit?usp=sharing
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Website Evaluation Worksheet
(View Complete Item Description)This is a worksheet that helps students consider the websites that they are viewing.Students learn to: Evaluate websites using the following criteriaAuthorityPurposeCoverage AccuracyObjectivityCurrencyAppearanceCompare websites for accuracy and value
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Internet Safety Worksheet
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be reminded of the dangers of sharing too much information about themselves and learn the importance of being vigilant when they are using the internet. This will help them learn to stay safe from online predators, cyberbullying and cyberharassment, using social networks and file-sharing networks safely.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment