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First-Day Lesson Plan for American Literature: Poems about "America"
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This lesson was designed to be used on the first day of a year-long 11th-grade American Literature course. The lesson includes a poetry packet with 7 poems by diverse American authors. Each of the poems raises important questions about what "America" represents. A land of freedom and equality? A refuge for immigrants? A diverse and inclusive nation? Or a land with entrenched inequality? A saber-rattling evil empire?
Here is a list of the poems:
1. Ada Limón, "A New National Anthem" (2018) — our new Poet Laureate!
2. Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883)
3. Walt Whitman, "I Hear America Singing" (1860)
4. Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1923) — responding directly to Whitman!
5. Claude McKay, "America" (1921)
6. James Lasdun, "The Question" (2012) — is America "good or bad"?
7. Tony Hoagland, "America" (2003)
This resource also comes with a classwork packet that features discussion questions on the poems by Ada Limôn, Emma Lazarus, and Langston Hughes. The discussion questions come on three handouts, each of which contains 7 questions about a particular poem. Each handout also has a quick write where students can answer one of the questions in writing.
How might the concept of "America" represent a set of ideals and promises? Has this nation lived up to its ideals and promises? How might the idea of America be different from the reality?
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Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for resources on American literature. Every unit was designed by a Ph.D. with a research specialization in American literature. Feel free to check out these complete units on canonical texts by diverse American authors:
Complete Unit on Tommy Orange's There There
Complete Unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Complete Unit on Frederick Douglass's Narrative
Complete Unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Complete Unit on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
Complete Unit on Nella Larsen's Passing
Complete Unit on J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
Complete Unit on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Complete Unit on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Complete Unit on Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese
By Kim Romero
Get Organized with Classroom Job Posters. Students will love taking responsibility in the classroom. You can use clothespins or magnets to attach the owl badges with students' names to each job poster. The owl badges that are included are blue and white, not different colors like the ones shown above. Classroom Job Posters include: -10 Classroom Job Posters (Line Leader, Door Holder, Messenger, Classroom Morning Leader, Pencil Sharpener, Classroom Monitor, Classroom Cleaner, Teacher's Assistant, Computer Tech, and Librarian). -Job Description Poster -Owl Name Plate Badges Everything is ready for you. Print, laminate, and hang! If you like this item please check out my Beginning of Year Activities Remember to rate and comment after purchase and receive TeachShare credits to use towards items
First Day of Preschool Certificate
By Clarissa Stagg
This is a super cute certificate for the first day of preschool! Send off your little cuties with a cool and fun certificate, celebrating their first day!
Colored Pencils Clipart FREEBIE
By Sarebear Designs
This FREE colorful clip art set includes 10 high quality, colored pencil graphics!!
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By Creative Soul Printables
Introducing our Back to School Coloring Page! Get your child excited for the upcoming school year with this fun and engaging coloring page. Our coloring page features a variety of school-related images such as backpacks, pencils, books, and more. Designed with attention to detail and creativity, this coloring page encourages children to unleash their artistic side while also allowing them to familiarize themselves with different school supplies. Not only does coloring help develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and focus, but it also provides a great opportunity for children to express themselves and explore their imagination.
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Back to School: Sentence Building Worksheets | Writing Paper with Picture Box
By TaughtOught Homeschooling
Looking for a fun back to school handwriting activity? These sentence-building worksheets include writing paper with picture boxes and will help your child or student build sentences and write sentences independently. Further, students can use the finger-spacing tool (in three different skin tones) to assist them in perfect word spacing. Students can also color back to school-themed pictures that illustrate the sentence they are practicing writing.
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6 WORDS THAT START WITH - Alphabet Letter Worksheet
By All Therapy Resources
Students will love learning their A-Z with this resource. Each page features a new letter with two visual prompt examples. Each page includes six writing lines so students can write down 6 words that start with that letter.
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2nd Grade Back-to-School Math Task Cards: Addition, Subtraction, & More
By Create Learn Inspire Grow
Kick off the school year with these fun and engaging math task cards for 2nd graders! This set includes 6 task cards covering addition, subtraction, simple multiplication, and more. Perfect for a back-to-school review or warm-up activities
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Kindergarten Summer Worksheets, Counting, Coloring, Writing, And More
By Kids Teaching Zone
Make learning fun this summer with our exciting kindergarten worksheets! Complete with coloring, counting, writing, and more, these sheets will keep your little one smiling as they build essential skills for the school year ahead.
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With 25 pages of engaging activities, these worksheets provide the perfect summer boost while keeping boredom at bay. The variety of exercises targets key kindergarten-readiness skills from numbers and letters to coloring inside the lines.
Best of all, these sheets are designed specifically for pre-K and incoming kindergarten students, making them the ideal learning companion over the break. Give your child a head start this fall with delightfully fun, skill-building summer worksheets!
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Back to School Summer Reflection Printable Activity | First Week of School
By KJ Inspired Resources
This back to school summer reflections activity is a great get to know you activity! This product is designed to encompass students’ creativity and get them thinking about their back to school goals while reflecting on their favorite summer memories. This PDF is designed to look like a journal or scrapbook page for students to add their flair to!
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Back to School Freebie | Meet the Teacher Gift Tags | Retro & Preppy Checkered
By Teach Savvy Store
Back to School |Meet the Teacher Gift Tags | Retro & Preppy Checkered: Help welcome students back to school with these preppy peace, love and school buses gift tags! Perfect to pair with your meet the teacher or open house gifts. :)
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Colorful Apple Clipart FREEBIE
By Sarebear Designs
This FREE colorful Apple clip art includes 10 high quality graphics!
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Hollywood Theme Classroom Decor Name Labels or Tags Non Editable
By Sassycat Corner
Putting together a Hollywood movie theme in your classroom is a snap! Try these Hollywood / movie themed editable name labels on for size. This file is a simple pdf with six pages of labels to print and handwrite your students names, etc onto the labels. The first three pages say "Hi! My name is". The second three pages are blank, allowing a broader range of uses. Use for name tags, desk tags, locker tags, cubbies, caddies, or anywhere you need something tagged! Print, laminate, and hang from a string for a long lasting tag to use for field trips, guest speakers, etc or print on sticker paper for temporary name tags to be worn on clothing. Need an editable version of these labels: Find them here: Hollywood Theme Classroom Decor Name Labels or Tags - Editable Find more Hollywood themed classroom decor and more here! Hollywood Themed End of the Year Award Certificates Hollywood Theme Classroom Decor Homework Reward Punch Cards Hollywood Theme Classroom Decor Clip Chart - Editable Teacher Binder Covers - Editable - Hollywood Theme End of School Memory & Autograph Book with a Hollywood Theme Hollywood Themed Classroom Decor Desk Labels - Editable This theme will continue to grow over the next month. Click the green star above to be notified of new additions to this theme! Over 20 files will be added by the time this theme is finished!
Back to School Roll & Read Fluency Practice Game for CVC Words
By Happily Ever Primary Resources
This apple themed roll and read phonics worksheets for CVC words will help students improve reading fluency and decoding skills. Use it for a first week of school phonics activity, literacy center, guided reading activity, morning work, Johnny Appleseed activity, and more! This games is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students.
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Counting Books for numbers 1 to 10 FREE
By Teaching With Coffee and Mascara
Looking for an engaging way for students to practice counting from 1 to 10? This digital & printable activity is designed to help students practice counting 1-10! These crayon emergent readers are great for distance learning with Google Slides™ and Seesaw™ versions included!
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This Set includes:
- I Can Count Crayons (2 green crayons.)
includes numbers 1-10
1 book with 3 versions for easy differentiation and multiple days of practice
- a book with dots to help students practice 1 to 1
- a book with sets of crayons & traceable numbers for students to practice reading and writing numerals
- a book without numbers for students to practice counting the crayons and writing in the numeral
*Crayons are arranged in a AB pattern in a line
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FREE Back to School Letter Counting Math & Literacy Clip / Task Card Activities
By Kimberly
❤️Looking for an engaging activity to play in the first week of school? This engaging beginning of the year / back to school themed letter counting activity comes with 20 printable task cards!
✏️Cards include easily identifiable pictures to help your learners become familiar with the the types of supplies and objects they will see at school. This also familiarizes students with seeing the spelling of these commonly used words at school.
✏️ Students will love identifying the picture on each task card, counting the number of letters in the word, and placing a clip on the number to show their answer.
✏️ You can swap out the clothespins for other manipulatives like mini erasers, pom poms, bingo chips, cubes, playdoh, or dry erase markers!
✏️ Simply print task cards onto card stock, cut, and laminate for extra durability.
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Back to School Cutting Strips for Toddler Preschool, Scissor Practice
By Create Learn Inspire Grow
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these 4 pages to scissor practice Cutting Strips for Toddler , Preschool, Kindergarten PK2, PK3, PK4, Teachers and Homeshcool Parents to celebrate back to school , This resource is perfect for helping young children develop their scissor skills while enjoying a fun, themed activity .
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These cutting strips are perfect for both home and classroom use, providing a fun and practical way to celebrate the back-to-school season while building essential scissor skills. Download your copy today and watch your toddler's skills flourish!
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FREE Inspirational Posters | Bright Smiles Collection | Quotes | Classroom Decor
By A Curious Lemon Clipart
The FREE Inspirational Posters | Bright Smiles Collection are designed for use in your personal projects. They are intended to bring joy to your classroom, providing a colorful way to engage your students with appealing visuals. Perfect for back to school, this resource is ideal for any teacher looking to add a splash of color and individuality to their space. Enhance your classroom decor with these inspirational posters and let A CURIOUS LEMON CLIPART be your ally!
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What’s inside the FREE Inspirational Posters | Bright Smiles Collection ZIP FILE?:
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All files are in letter size (8.5" x 11").
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