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Social Emotional Learning and English Language Arts Mega Bundle

About this SEL/ELA Mega Bundle:

★ Social Emotional Learning

★ 147 resources!

★ Includes a COMBINATION of ELA and SEL resources

★ Print and Dgital versions

★ Excellent for Grades 7-12, Home School

★ Approximately 7,130+ pages

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ABOUT THIS MEGA BUNDLE COMBO:

✅ This Mega Bundle features a blend of ELA and Social Skills/Social Emotional Learning resources. It is organized alphabetically, ensuring seamless navigation and easy access to the specific materials you require. :-)

✅ Purchasing at the current list price provides access to all future bundles and resources at no additional charge. List price will continue to change as new resources and bundles are added, but it will not affect your original purchase price!!! SELECTED resources will be added to this growing bundle!

✅ This incredible MEGA BUNDLE comprises a diverse range of bundled resources designed to elevate rigor in classrooms, boost student engagement, foster critical thinking and reflection, and enrich the overall classroom environment.

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▶️If you are specifically looking for ELA resources, consider exploring the All ELA Bundle.

▶️ If you are specifically interested in Social Skills, Life Skills, or Social Emotional Learning resources, consider checking out:

✅ All SEL Mega BUNDLE (This Bundle includes ALL SEL ONLY resources in my store!)

✅ Mini Social Skills Bundle

✅ Social Emotional Learning Activity Worksheets Mega Bundle

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English Language Arts | All ELA Bundle | Reading Comprehension Lessons and Activities | Reading Strategies

This All ELA Mega Bundle includes:

❤️ Accountable Talk Bundle

❤️ Inference Bundle

❤️ Context Clues Bundle

❤️ Figurative Language Bundle

❤️ Graphic Organizer MEGA Bundle

❤️ Literary Analysis Graphic Organizer Bundle

❤️ Reflection Sheets Bundle

❤️ Novel Inference Task Card Bundle

❤️ Author's Purpose Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet

❤️ Making Inferences with Pictures Bundle

❤️ Groupwork Bundle

❤️ Additional Products

About This Bundle

★ Includes 73 resources

★ Approximately 3,500+ pages

★ Resources for an English Language Arts classroom

★ Bundle of Bundles

★ Print and Digital

★ Excellent for Middle School and lower-level High School Students

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This Mega Bundle is a GROWING BUNDLE!

• Purchasing at the current list price provides access to all future resources and bundles at no additional cost. List price will continue to change as new resources and bundles are added, but it will not affect your original purchase price!!!

This amazing MEGA BUNDLE includes a variety of bundled resources intended to push rigor into classrooms, increase reading and writing skills, increase student engagement, promote critical thinking and reflection, and enhance overall classroom environments.

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Other GROWING Bundles you might be interested in:

• All SEL Mega BUNDLE (This Bundle includes ALL SEL resources ONLY in my store!)
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Includes prompts for writing informative and argumentative essays. Also includes writing powerpoints, outlines, and rubrics

This product bundles all of my resources based on the work of Stephen King. Please check them out individually using the links below! Thank you!

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This resource features a bundle of all of our best-selling lesson plans, materials, and activities for Shakespeare's beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the play's themes, characters, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. Comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and journal prompts for each scene are included so that students may achieve a basic level of understanding of the play, however the real winners in this bundle are the rest of the materials that bring the play to life!

Included in this bundle:

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Literature Guide

This resource features a comprehensive literature guide for use while reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the play and promotes strong reader response by encouraging students to connect and have fun with this highly relatable text! The wide range of activities in this guide from daily journal prompts, illustration activity, and a creative writing assignment to the final essay questions will keep your students engaged throughout and help them to gain a deep understanding of possibly their first interaction with the great William Shakespeare. A full answer key is provided for this guide.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Anticipation Activity

This product features a fun and engaging pre-reading activity for A Midsummer Night's Dream called "Tossing Lines." Give your students a chance to become familiar with the lines before they even begin reading the play. This is a prediction activity that encourages critical thinking and actually gets students excited to start reading Shakespeare! Over the years, this non-intimidating approach to Shakespeare has been the most often requested anticipatory activity that I do with my students.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Bell-Ringer Prompts

One of my goals in teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream is for my students to be able to easily relate to the play. I begin each day with a reflective bell-ringer journal prompt that allows students to connect with the day's scene. These prompts are tried and true and encourage deep thinking from students but more importantly, they allow students to understand the timelessness of the play and Shakespeare in general.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Shakespeare's most beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding the play... and no preparation is required by you at all.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Social Media Materials

This resource features two fun, interactive activities to bring A Midsummer Night's Dream into the current day! In this 50 minute lesson plan with accompanying materials, your classroom will transform into a real life "tweeter-world" in which students will create tweeter accounts for characters in the novel and interact with one another through their tweeter pages. The Snap Chatter worksheet and assignment is perfect for an engaging homework or sub-plan that your students will look forward to working on and sharing with their friends. Your students will thank you for offering such fun ways to connect with the play and will not even realize how much they are learning by digging deep into the text. Both activities work perfectly for a Friday or any day that students need a mental break and a chance to tap into their creativity!

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream HOT SEAT!

This resource features all the materials you need to conduct a thoughtful and engaging "HOT SEAT" for A Midsummer Night's Dream. The hot seat is set up essentially like a talk show, however in order to allow for full class participation, there are multiple interviewers and multiple character guests. Through role play, this lesson tests your students' understanding of the play and allows them to showcase their knowledge of the characters and the relationships between them.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM

Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM! There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game

This resource features a lesson plan and materials for the Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game, an engaging and competitive way to review A Midsummer Night's Dream. Let's face it, review days can be difficult... and boring... so your students will appreciate you making learning fun with this collaborative game. The resource includes not only a meticulously detailed lesson plan and set-up instructions, but 75 questions on characters, plot, quotations, and vocabulary from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Besides simple set-up, very little preparation is needed for this lesson and if your students are like mine, they will ask for this form of review for every unit of study!

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Essay Prompts & Rubric

This product contains 9 thoughtful essay prompts for A Midsummer Night's Dream, all perfect for a 5 paragraph essay or a short open response for a test (I have used them in both ways). A detailed rubric is also included.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Puzzles

This resource features 3 fun puzzles that focus on elements from A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is the perfect activity for when a school vacation is coming up and you’re scrounging for lesson ideas or when you need a quick sub plan during your Midsummer Night's Dream unit. I like to use it prior to a break; while so many other classes are watching movies, you have three activities that will keep them busy and challenge their knowledge about the play.

⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Quote Posters - newly added!

Make your classroom pop with this set of 30 beautifully-made posters featuring quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a noteworthy quote from the play imposed over a stunning photograph that will spruce up your ELA classroom. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them not just during your Macbeth unit, but all year long!

Buying this bundle saves OVER 20% off the price of these resources.

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This product bundles together activities for 9 of Stephen King's short stories and includes an analysis of King's short essay "Why We Crave Horror Movies". Please check out each product individually!

Introducing argumentative writing has never been easier! This in-depth argumentative writing prompt resource guides students through the step-by-step process of drafting an argumentative** outline **using an argumentative **graphic organizer. **These lessons will demonstrate developing a **claim, reasons, **and **evidence, **refuting an opposing viewpoint, and writing an **opinion **essay.

All aspects of **argument writing **are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing **hooks **and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the beginning writer to the advanced writer, this resource has something for everyone.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their argumentative writing skills. The **writing quiz **reinforces **guided note-taking **techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing argument writing easy for teachers.

These **no-prep lessons are adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video **with **writing tutorial **and **template **can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Argumentative / Argument Essay Writing Prompt Bundle includes:

Entertaining Instructional Video with:

• Description of argumentative essay
• Requirements of argumentative writing
• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

Detailed Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards indicated on lesson plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

Worksheets with:

• Prompt
• Brainstorming section
• Thesis statement development
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template

Slide Show Presentation with:

• Introduction slide with prompt (interactive for students to identify key vocabulary)
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template slides
• Checklist slide

Argumentative Writing Quiz

Argumentative Rubric

Argumentative Graphic Organizer

Google Slides™

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The lessons in this bundle include:

• Should Teachers Be Armed in School
• Should the Border Wall Be Expanded
• Should the Electoral College Be Abolished
• Is Fake News a Problem
• Is Free Trade Necessary
• Are Gun Control Laws Necessary
• Is Universal Health Care Needed
• Is Immigration Reform Needed
• Should Marijuana Be Legalized
• Should National Anthem Protests Be Banned
• How Should the Opioid Crisis Be Solved
• Should Prayer Be Allowed in Public Schools
• Is Special Interest Lobbying Undermining Democracy
• Should Student Protests Be Allowed
• Should Vaccinations Be Required
• Should Identification Be Required to Vote
• Is Bullying a Problem in Schools

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Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

This bundle is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

• All ELA Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers

★ 140 PAGES

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for ANY grade!

★ A discounted resource!!!

This resource includes:

------ 140 Graphic Organizers (5 SETS!)

★ 22 Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 53 Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 22 Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 18 Character Analysis Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 10 Main Idea Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 15 Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

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This MEGA BUNDLE is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Graphic Organizers are included for the following skills/topics:

► Making Inferences

► Making Predictions

► Main Idea

► Analyzing Setting

► Textual Evidence

► Character Analysis

DESCRIPTION

✅ There are 140 Graphic Organizers that are created in different formats/variations to support differentiation for students and help them participate in active reading and deep analysis of the texts they read.

✅ These graphic organizers are designed to support students in making inferences, predictions, analyzing characters and setting, and identifying main ideas. They can be used for any grade as well as any text under study.

✅ This is an excellent tool to set a "purpose for reading" and keep track of what's happening in texts as well as encouraging students to actively engage in reading!

✅ These Graphic Organizers can be used as part of a larger lesson, as formative assessments, with whole group instruction, small group instruction, and with novel groups/literature circles. These graphic organizers can also be assigned as a "Purpose for Reading" during silent reading time, classwork, or homework!

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These sets can also be purchased separately in my store, too - WHOOP WHOOP!

• Graphic Organizer GROWING MEGA BUNDLE

INFERENCES:

• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6

MAKING PREDICTIONS:

• Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Tables) SET 1
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Magnifying Glasses) SET 2
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Sticky Notes) SET 3
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 4
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 5
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Crystal Glass) SET 6

MAIN IDEA:

• Main Idea Graphic Organizers

CHARACTER TRAITS:

• Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
• Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
• Character Analysis PowerPoint Graphic Organizers

SETTING:

• Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers
• Setting Graphic Organizer Bundle

Additional Graphic Organizer Packets (Print and Digital)

• Plot Graphic Organizers
• Imagery Graphic Organizers
• Conflict Graphic Organizers
• Mood Graphic Organizers
• Theme Graphic Organizers
• Tone Graphic Organizers

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Included in this bundle is everything you need to teach Stephen King's The Mist! I love to start my students thinking about the horror/suspense genre by reading "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King; an analysis of this 3-page essay is included. Once we start reading The Mist, we analyze a different suspense element with each chapter. The chapter-by-chapter activities culminate in a Socratic Seminar which I use as my assessment!

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This 180-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare’s Othello. The colorful workbooks will enable you to capture and hold the attention of modern-day students. The higher-order questions will help you pivot from reading comprehension to interpretive analysis and critical thinking. Deliver the best lessons while inspiring students to fall in love with Shakespeare's Othello!!

Every page in this teacher-friendly unit is fully editable! So you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! The unit also includes an answer key filled with insights from Shakespeare scholars at universities like Harvard and Cambridge. Your students will be reading like a professor!

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.... Shakespeare's Othello is finally being appreciated as one of his most virtuosic and masterful accomplishments. The play amounts to a fascinating study of interracial love and same-sex friendship, ethical action and eloquent speech, jealousy and self-doubt, cynical manipulation and courageous advocacy.

In addition to focusing on the themes mentioned above, this curriculum brings an anti-racist lens to the study of Othello. Although the play was written over 400 years ago, Shakespeare's Othello can help students achieve a deeper understand of how race and gender operate in today’s world. This unit provides an opportunity to discuss modern concepts such as “intersectionality,” “stereotype threat,” and “code switching.”

This unit ranks among the very best that I've ever created, and I couldn't be more excited to share it with you!!

Here’s what you’ll find in this editable 180-page unit:

• Introduction to Shakespeare’s World: The 30-page introduction includes five handouts covering topics like Shakespeare’s biography, the language of Renaissance England, the construction of the Globe Theater, how to recognize iambic pentameter, and more. Every handout is followed by a comprehension check, practice exercise, or quiz. You could spend up to a week with the introductory handouts — or skip them altogether. Answer keys included. (30 pages)

• STUDENT WORKBOOKS on Othello: The 60-page workbook features colorful and highly engaging worksheets on every scene in Othello. Each worksheet is divided into sections which invite students to engage with the text in a variety of different ways:

• The Passage Analysis section invite students to analyze one or two key passages from each scene.
• The Evidence Hunt challenges students to answer an interpretive question by finding the best textual evidence to support their answer.
• The Comparing Quotations section invites students to make connections between quotations from different scenes in the play.
• The Discussion Question section features three higher-order questions designed to foster lively discussions and interpretive debates among students.
• The Quick Writes challenge students to compose short arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights!

• Workbook Answer Key: The 60-page answer key to the workbook provides detailed answers to the passage analysis, evidence hunt, and comparing quotations sections. The answer key is informed by the best books and articles written by leading Shakespeare scholars: Marjorie Garber (Harvard), Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard), Coppélia Kahn (Brown), Eamon Grennan (Vassar), Dympna Callaghan (Syracuse), Susan Snyder (Swarthmore), Janet Adelman (Berkeley), Emma Smith (Oxford), Farah Karim-Cooper (Kings College London), Michael Neill (Auckland), and others. (60 pages)

• Figurative Language Quiz: The quiz challenges students to identify 8 types of figurative language — metaphor, simile, metonymy, paradox, oxymoron, personification, apostrophe, and hyperbole — used across 25 quotations from Othello. Also included is a glossary with definitions of the types of figurative language as well as examples of how they’re used in the early scenes of Shakespeare’s play — so you can begin reviewing the types of figurative language with students before they tackle the quiz. Answer key included. (5 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Shakespeare’s Othello. Let students choose from one of 5 thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop a topic of their own. Includes a writing schedule, outline template, and grading rubric. For teachers of AP Literature, this unit also features FRQ3 prompts focused on Othello. (8 pages) 

This unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the complete unit in PDF format — which is easy to navigate and quick to print.

Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for top-quality units on canonical literary texts by diverse authors. Wishing you an amazing experience with teaching Shakespeare's Othello. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to get in touch at the email address below. I love hearing from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature! 

Happy teaching,

Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.

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Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing

INTRO TO SHAKESPEARE: Biography, Globe Theater, Language, & Meter

Want to discuss environmental challenges with your AP Spanish® students?  Unit 6, Environmental, Political and Social Challenges is a perfect time!  This bundle includes activities for reading, writing and listening comprehension as well as an assessment!

Teachers can assess what students understand quickly by using the self-checking Formative and Edpuzzle questions that go with the articles and videos.  Students can practice answering open-ended questions with other articles and teachers have an answer key to refer to.  Last, the persuasive paragraph allows teachers to do an interim assessment that can be graded quickly!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish® students

How can I use this product?

• Use this as a mini unit within Unit 6
• Activities can be done in class or assigned as homework

What’s included in this product?

• 2 articles about global warming with Formative versions (for auto-correcting)
• Google Docs copy of the above articles with embedded AP-style MCQ questions
• 2 articles (about Corals and Electronic Garbage) with questions (Plus teacher answer key)
• A podcast in Edpuzzle form with auto-correcting questions
• 2 videos with questions + Teacher answer key
• Edpuzzle version with auto-graded questions for one of the above videos
• A persuasive paragraph assessment with rubric
• Study guide for students, with rubric included

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish Unit 6 Global Challenges Complete Unit Lesson Plans

AP Spanish End of Year Bundle

Test Prep Growing Mega Bundle

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This 30-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need to help students write write phenomenal college application essays! This is the PREMIERE bundle for any English teacher, college counselor, or tutor working to help students master the Common App essay!

The materials in this bundle were designed by a Ph.D. who has taught English at top-ranked high schools and colleges for over 20 years. He has worked closely with former college admissions officers from Harvard, Brown, and NYU. This 30-page unit features all the wisdom he's gathered over a decades-long career in secondary and higher education. The unit is packed to the brim with writing tips and formatting advice that will help your students craft truly remarkable college essays!

Here are some highlights from the 30-page curriculum:

• How to Get Started (Handout #1): Tips for how to get started on one's college essay and overcome writer's block. (1 page)

• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important, the question of how they write will be equally important since a writer's style can reveal a lot about their personality. This handout features advice on how students can write essays using vibrant and virtuosic prose that will enamor any admissions officer. (2 pages)

• The Opening Line: Attention-Grabbing Hooks (Handout #3): The opening paragraph is the single most important part of a college essay. How will your students capture the interest of admissions officers? How will they make a memorable first impression? This handout offers several suggestions for how to focus an opening paragraph, followed by concrete examples of opening paragraphs by top essayists like Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, Louise Erdrich, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others. (4 pages)

• How to Format a College Essay (Handout #4): This handout offers advice for the structural organization of college essay, with tips on what should be included in each paragraph. The strategy offered here will enable students to showcase their skills at descriptive writing, narrative writing, informational writing, and reflective writing — all in less than 650 words! (1 page)

• Sample Essays: Show your students eight successful college essays written by students who were recently admitted to top-ranked colleges and universities. These were the favorite essays that wowed admissions committees at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Hamilton College, New York University, and Tufts University. (18 pages)

• Writing Assignment: This carefully scaffolded writing assignment will help students to get practice at writing narrative essays in response to actual prompts on the Common App from 2023-2024. (1 page)

• Writing Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the narrative essays that your students write in response to to the prompts from the Common App of 2023-2024. (1 page)

This resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the materials in PDF format, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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How to Write an Analytical Essay

How to Write an Poem Analysis Essay (AP Lit FRQ 1)

How to Frame Quotations or Embed Evidence

Figurative Language Stations

Covering Things Fall Apart? Don't know where to get started? This bundle is for you, it includes study guide, characterization booklet, introduction power point, essay on colonization is Africa, and graphic organizers.

*Update* TeachShare activities has been added to all activity files for distance learning so that you may use these products for online learning with your students.

Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

This bundle is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

• All ELA Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers

★ 140 PAGES

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for ANY grade!

★ A discounted resource!!!

This resource includes:

------ 140 Graphic Organizers (5 SETS!)

★ 22 Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 53 Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 22 Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 18 Character Analysis Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 10 Main Idea Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 15 Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

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This MEGA BUNDLE is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Graphic Organizers are included for the following skills/topics:

► Making Inferences

► Making Predictions

► Main Idea

► Analyzing Setting

► Textual Evidence

► Character Analysis

DESCRIPTION

✅ There are 140 Graphic Organizers that are created in different formats/variations to support differentiation for students and help them participate in active reading and deep analysis of the texts they read.

✅ These graphic organizers are designed to support students in making inferences, predictions, analyzing characters and setting, and identifying main ideas. They can be used for any grade as well as any text under study.

✅ This is an excellent tool to set a "purpose for reading" and keep track of what's happening in texts as well as encouraging students to actively engage in reading!

✅ These Graphic Organizers can be used as part of a larger lesson, as formative assessments, with whole group instruction, small group instruction, and with novel groups/literature circles. These graphic organizers can also be assigned as a "Purpose for Reading" during silent reading time, classwork, or homework!

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These sets can also be purchased separately in my store, too - WHOOP WHOOP!

• Graphic Organizer GROWING MEGA BUNDLE

INFERENCES:

• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6

MAKING PREDICTIONS:

• Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Tables) SET 1
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Magnifying Glasses) SET 2
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Sticky Notes) SET 3
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 4
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 5
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Crystal Glass) SET 6

MAIN IDEA:

• Main Idea Graphic Organizers

CHARACTER TRAITS:

• Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
• Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
• Character Analysis PowerPoint Graphic Organizers

SETTING:

• Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers
• Setting Graphic Organizer Bundle

Additional Graphic Organizer Packets (Print and Digital)

• Plot Graphic Organizers
• Imagery Graphic Organizers
• Conflict Graphic Organizers
• Mood Graphic Organizers
• Theme Graphic Organizers
• Tone Graphic Organizers

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Elevate your students' short response writing skills and prepare them for success on the STAAR test with these comprehensive Extended Constructed Response (ECR) and Short Constructed Response (SCR) lessons designed for middle and high school classrooms. The engaging PowerPoint lessons offer educators a valuable tool to assess and guide student learning effectively.

Key Features:

1. Sample Response Evaluation: Dive into three samples per constructed responses (6 total) and guide your students through the process of critically analyzing and scoring each one. This lesson provides detailed criteria and rubrics to help teachers accurately assess student work.
2. STAAR Test Practice: Prepare your students for the rigor of the STAAR test with targeted practice exercises. This lesson includes a variety of short stories and prompts that mirror the format and style of STAAR test questions, allowing students to familiarize themselves with the expectations and requirements of the exam.
3. Interactive Learning: Engage your students with interactive activities and discussions that encourage active participation and deeper understanding.
4. Teacher Resources: Empower educators with comprehensive teacher guides, answer keys, and additional resources to support lesson implementation and facilitate classroom instruction. These lesson materials are user-friendly and adaptable, making it easy for teachers to integrate them into their existing curriculum.
5. Skill Development: Foster critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and writing proficiency in your students as they practice crafting concise and well-supported extended constructed responses. This lesson emphasizes essential skills such as citing evidence, structuring responses, and addressing prompt requirements effectively.

Why Choose This Lesson:

• Rigorous and standards-aligned content designed to meet the needs of middle and high school students.

• Engaging and interactive activities that promote student engagement and academic growth.

• Easy-to-use resources and materials for seamless lesson implementation and classroom management.

• Comprehensive preparation for the STAAR test, ensuring that students feel confident and capable on exam day.

Empower your students to excel in short response writing and conquer the challenges of the STAAR test with this dynamic and comprehensive lesson. Elevate your teaching and ignite a passion for learning with these innovative instructional materials. Download this lesson today and watch your students thrive!

What's Included:

• Student lesson with 83 PowerPoint slides
• Checklists for 6 sample ECRs
• Scaffolded response templates
• Templates for in-class scoring (stars)
• 4 Texts to read & write about
• Multiple opportunities for students to speaking, listening, thinking, creating, and evaluating
• Included in Word and PDF

Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics for Literary/Informational Text

This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

• ALL ELA Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics

★ 38 pages

★ Includes 2 products

★ Print and Digital versions for Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ Excellent for ANY grade!

This BUNDLE includes two resources:

★ Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ Evidence-based Response Rubrics - EDITABLE!

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INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

About Resource #1: Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ 22 Graphic Organizers

★ 22 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Excellent for ANY grade and text!

This resource includes:

★ 22 Text Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ Google Slides Link

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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DESCRIPTION

✅ These Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any unit of study - literary or informational! This resource helps students focus on selecting relevant evidence to support their answers, inferences, and ideas and better organize them when answering questions, preparing for an essay, or studying any literary or informational text.

✅ These graphic organizers contain breath-taking, visually appealing borders, clip arts, and fonts and can be used with essentially any literary or informational text. Additionally, the graphic organizers are differentiated to meet the needs of your students!

✅ These graphic organizers are designed to be used with any story or book. They are great for small groups, literature circles, reading workshop, centers, or use with your reading program. They can also be used after each chapter, as a formative assessment or "checkpoint" along the way, to keep track of important quotes throughout a reading, etc.

✅ Lesson plans are not included. These these graphic organizers can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.

About Resource #2: Evidence-based Response Rubrics - EDITABLE!

★ Citing Evidence Rubrics

★ 16 pages

★ Suitable for Grades 5-12

★ PDF and Editable Versions

This resource includes:

★ 4 Evidence-Based Response Rubrics (in two variations – totaling 8 rubrics!)

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Citing evidence is an important skill that students MUST master to demonstrate credibility, proficiency, and sense of eloquence. This resource includes four rubrics that capture students’ level of mastery when using evidence. These rubrics evaluate students’ abilities to support their ideas, inferences, claims, and/or responses with relevant text evidence. It also evaluates the strength and thoroughness of their explanations/analysis of evidence.

All 8 Rubric pages are EDITABLE for you to adjust and modify to meet your needs!

The four rubrics come in two different variations (totaling 8 rubrics):

✅ Variation #1: The FOUR rubrics are created individually on one page and includes a “Comments/Feedback” section for you to complete.

✅ Variation #2: The same FOUR rubrics are minimized to two (of the same rubric) on one page without the “Comments/Feedback” section.

Please note, the editable version does not contain the same fonts and borders that are in the PDF version because they are copyrighted materials by contributing clip art artists. The editable version has been created using Times New Roman fonts to ensure full and complete access of the rubrics without any formatting issues. Additionally, I replaced some of the copyrighted clip art with “free to use” clip art! You may modify the fonts and add your own clip art and borders as you wish!

Other Graphic Organizers you may be interested in:

INFERENCES:

• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
• Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6

MAKING PREDICTIONS:

• Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Tables) SET 1
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Magnifying Glasses) SET 2
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Sticky Notes) SET 3
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 4
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 5
• Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Crystal Glass) SET 6

TEXTUAL EVIDENCE:

• Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers

MAIN IDEA:

• Main Idea Graphic Organizers

CHARACTER TRAITS:

• Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
• Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
• Character Analysis PowerPoint Graphic Organizers (Digital)

SETTING:

• Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers

Additional Graphic Organizer Packets (Print and Digital)

• Plot Graphic Organizers
• Imagery Graphic Organizers

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Evidence Graphic Organizers for Literary/Informational Text, Citing Evidence

This resource is also included in the following discounted resources:

• Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics BUNDLE
• Graphic Organizer MEGA BUNDLE
• All ELA Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ 22 Graphic Organizers

★ 22 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Excellent for ANY grade and text!

This resource includes:

★ 22 Text Evidence Graphic Organizers

★ Google Slides Link

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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DESCRIPTION

✅ These Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any unit of study - literary or informational! This resource helps students focus on selecting relevant evidence to support their answers, inferences, and ideas and better organize them when answering questions, preparing for an essay, or studying any literary or informational text.

✅ These graphic organizers contain breath-taking, visually appealing borders, clip arts, and fonts and can be used with essentially any literary or informational text. Additionally, the graphic organizers are differentiated to meet the needs of your students!

✅ These graphic organizers are designed to be used with any story or book. They are great for small groups, literature circles, reading workshop, centers, or use with your reading program. They can also be used after each chapter, as a formative assessment or "checkpoint" along the way, to keep track of important quotes throughout a reading, etc.

✅ Lesson plans are not included. These these graphic organizers can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.

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Other Graphic Organizer Packets (PRINT and DIGITAL) you might be interested in:

• Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
• Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
• Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
• Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
• Main Idea Graphic Organizers
• Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers
• Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
• Setting Graphic Organizer Bundle
• Setting Graphic Organizer Worksheets and PowerPoint
• Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers
• Plot Graphic Organizers
• Imagery Graphic Organizers
• Conflict Graphic Organizers
• Theme Graphic Organizers
• Mood Graphic Organizers
• Tone Graphic Organizers

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This 40-page EDITABLE resource will help your students write high-quality Poem Analysis Essays. Learning how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem will enable your students excel on Free Response Question #1 (FRQ1) from the AP Literature and Composition Exam. Because most students find the genre of the Poem Analysis Essay to be new and unfamiliar, the primary purpose of this resource is to provide students with models or exemplars of well-written essays on a wide range of poems. But the resource is also intended to equip you with enough prompts and templates that you'll be able to give your students ample practice at writing Poem Analysis Essays.

Here's what you'll find in this 40-page AP Lit resource:

• Tips for Success: This two-page handout contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem. How do the formal elements and literary devices in a poem contribute to its meaning? What steps should a student follow when annotating a poem from Free Response Question #1? (2 pages)

• Model Essays (Exemplars): This resource features no fewer than 7 model essays that you can use to show your students how to write a Poem Analysis Essay. The model essays provide students with numerous examples of how to write a hook, thesis, topic sentence, etc. The model essays focus on poems by Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Stafford, John Updike, Elizabeth Bishop, and Rhina Espaillat. (14 pages)

• Template to Create Your Own Essay Prompt: Use this template to create your own FRQ1 assignment. Just insert any poem that you think is sufficiently complex to warrant a complex written analysis. (5 pages)

• Glossary of Literary Devices: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, syntactic devices, etc. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

• Analysis of Trends on Recent AP Lit Exams: This analysis of poems included on recent AP Lit Exams yields several insights that should inform how you construct your literature curriculum. Should you prioritize older poems or diverse authors? Sonnets or free verse? (2 pages)

• Grading Rubric: The rubric includes columns that will enable you to give feedback on each student's thesis, textual evidence, analysis of literary devices, organization of paragraphs, and mechanics. (1 page)

This poetry unit will come to you in a single 40-page EDITABLE Word document. My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to generate in cogent and insightful essays.

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This 25-page EDITABLE writing curriculum has everything you'll need to help your students write high-quality analytical papers on any literary text. This unit was originally designed for high school English teachers who want to help students improve their analytical writing. But teachers across other disciplines report that it has helped them to deliver clear and informative lessons on how to write high-quality expository essays.

Here are some highlights from this 25-page unit on analytical/expository writing:

• The Writing Process (Handout #1): This handout offers several tips about how to choose a topic for an analytical paper on literature. Encourage your students to use the writing process as an opportunity to deepen their knowledge about the text. (4 pages)

• The Intro Paragraph: Hook & Thesis (Handout #2): In the first page of this handout, students learn to identify and formulate the interpretive questions which they will hope to answer or solve while writing their papers. The challenge of "problem construction" will present most high school students with the opportunity to develop a new and exciting skill — one that will serve them well in college and beyond. In the second and third pages of this handout, students learn to write thesis statements that balance complexity with clarity. They learn to use grammatical subordination in order to generate a main claim that is sufficiently complex to anchor an entire paper. (4 pages)

• Body Paragraphs: Evidence & Analysis (Handout #3): In this handout, students learn about how "evidence" in the humanities differs from evidence in the sciences. Because evidence in the humanities is rarely factual or indisputable, student writers will always need to frame, unpack, and analyze their evidence. This handout offers several suggestions about how, as it were, to "make the evidence speak." It also offers strategies for how to organize evidence into a series of body paragraphs that build upon one another in a logical and compelling manner. (2 pages)

• Topic Sentences / Transitional Sentences (Handout #4): This handout offers advice about how students can use transitional expressions to clarify the logical connections between the claims in each of their topic sentences. It includes a list of different types of transitional expressions along with several examples. (2 pages)

• Precepts for Effective Prose (Handout #5): This handout features about a dozen precepts or "rules of thumb" that students should follow when writing academic papers. The handout contains brief paragraphs on each of the following topics: Avoid plot summary; Always use the present tense; Minimize intensifiers; Alternatives to writing "It says"!! (2 pages)

• Sample Introductory Paragraphs: Look at six introductory paragraphs from articles published by literary scholars in academic journals over the last decade. Invite students to reflect on what they find to be particularly effective — or ineffective —about each introductory paragraph. How does each writer hook the reader's interest? How do they construct an interpretive problem? How do they generate a complex thesis statement? (6 pages)

• Paper Outline Template: Invite students to use this template when generating the outlines for their analytical papers. (3 pages)

• Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the analytical papers that your students write in response to any literary text. (1 page)

The entire writing unit will come to you in two different formats: Word doc *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or your students' skill levels — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire unit as a PDF file, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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Feel free to check out these other resources on writing:

How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write an Poem Analysis Essay (AP Lit FRQ 1)

How to Frame Quotations or Embed Evidence

Figurative Language Stations

Are you an AVID teacher looking for an easy way for students to learn and practice the focus note taking process while learning about primary versus secondary sources? Are your students about to begin an essay and need an explanation on using sources in writing? You came to the right place! This AVID Focused Note Taking Lesson Plan with Google Slides and Applying Learning opportunities has everything you need to have your students practice the very important skill of note taking while learning the importantce and benefits of using primary or secondary sources in their writing. This lesson is ready to go! Teach whole group OR have students follow along by sharing the google slides link with them. This way they have access to all the links provided!

What's Included:

• Lesson plan that walks you through the slides
• Video overview/explanations for students and teacher
• 40 Google Slides with links embedded throughout
• 1 editable slide to add your own information
• Embedded links for: Costa's Level of Thinking, Exit Ticket, 2 Column Notes

Note Taking Process and Lesson:

• Students will practice focused note taking while learning about using primary and secondary sources for writing.
• At the end of the lesson students will apply what they learned through a This or That game along with an exit ticket where they will find primary and secondary sources for 3 major events.

Click HERE to see our other AVID resources. We also have several great AVID bundle options available down below!

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