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The Language of Setting

For Teachers 5th Standards
Descriptive language can be used to create a vivid and imaginative setting. Create the chart suggested in this plan to track the descriptive language found in The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The class discusses the land beyond...
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Curated OER

English Lesson Plans for Grade 7

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Discuss the correct use of certain phrases such as "managed" and "could" in this English lesson. Middle schoolers listen to interviews on work customs in different countries and compare them. They make inferences after reading given...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2002 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there a secret to keeping secrets? Scholars choose a character in a novel or play and analyze how the character keeps a secret.  Writers also craft essays to reveal elements of poetry and the use of language in a passage. The prompts...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2006 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Scholars select a novel or play and then craft an essay that describes the setting's role in the story. Pupils also create essays that analyze a poet's use of language and the values of characters in a novel excerpt.
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2013 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there a moment that changed your life? Readers analyze novels and plays to discover the moments in which characters change from children to men. Writers also create essays to analyze literary devices used in The Rainbow and figurative...
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Literacy Design Collaborative

The Power of Language

For Teachers 8th Standards
There is power in words. Readers take a close look at three text to determine how language structures affect meaning, including include poems and recipes. Scholars analyze the language authors use by circling important words, underlining...
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Activity
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AP English Project: Journal of Literary Terms and Devices

For Teachers 11th - 12th
To prepare for the AP English exams, individuals are asked to create a notebook of literary terms and devices. The terms must be defined, accompanied by representative artwork, and illustrated by an example drawn for a named source. A...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: August 2013

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Individuals exercise their minds by taking the Comprehensive Examination in English, which assesses listening and reading comprehension and writing aptitude. Scholars answer multiple-choice questions and write two short-response essays....
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2005 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Does more power make you more important? Test takers ponder the question as the 2005 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B asks scholars to take a close look at power by writing thoughtful essays. Writers...
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College Board

2010 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Home is where the heart is. The 2010 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B require scholars to think about what home really is. They look at how a character leaves home, yet home remains within the...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2004 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there an art to dying? Scholars write essays describing how a death scene contributes to a novel or play. They also write essays analyzing poetic techniques an author uses and literary elements they see in a passage. Writers create...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2007 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Scholars use the 2007 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions to write essays examining how a character's tie to the past affects the story. The resource also requires pupils to write essays comparing two related...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2010 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Three free-response prompts provide scholars an opportunity to practice for the AP® English Literature Composition exam. Using released prompts from the 2010 free-response section, writers craft an essay about the experiences of a...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2016 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Have you ever met a wolf in disguise? The last essay question in the 2016 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response exam asks writers to think of deceitful characters and create essays describing why they carried out...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2015 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
It is a cruel world. Scholars create essays about a piece of work that describes what cruelty reveals about a character. A prompt from the 2015 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions also contains two other essay...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2014 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How much would you give up for others? The last prompt in 2014 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions asks scholars to write essays about a character in a piece of work that has sacrificed and what the sacrifice...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: August 2011

For Students 9th - 12th
Ever wished for a way to assess all areas of reading? Scholars take a comprehension English exam that assesses listening skills, passage and poetry reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. The final tasks allow pupils to choose...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: June 2011

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Get those pencils sharpened—it's time to see what the class knows! Using the resource, scholars complete a four-part English examination. They read passages and respond to multiple-choice comprehension questions. They also complete two...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: June 2012

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't be so critical! During the final task of the Comprehensive English Exam, scholars choose two texts from their reading to discuss a perspective given from a critical lens. The exam also includes multiple choice reading comprehension...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Symbolism and the Use of “New Language” in The Handmaid’s Tale

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Words matter. Words frame thought. Words are symbolic. Readers of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale examine how the words In Gilead's "New Language" reinforce the power of the government and provided insight into the symbolic level...
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The Language of Setting

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Examine the connection between descriptive language and emotional impact. For the first few chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, learners record the descriptive writing the author used to vivify the woods in...
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Curated OER

"English - What Can You Make of It?"

For Teachers 1st
Young readers "drag and drop" words into the correct category - noun, verb, or adjective. They review recognizing nouns, verbs, and adjectives. More advanced students can create their own "Drag and Drop" activities.
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K20 LEARN

Wherefore Art Thou So Difficult, Shakespeare? Understanding Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th Standards
'Tis not easy to understand the language of the Bard! But, hark! Fret not! With the assistance of this joyous activity, young players learn how to translate Shakespeare's English into modern language. Groups examine passages from Julius...
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Curated OER

Lesson: Paint Inspiring Words

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The painting Three Young Girls circa 1620, was believed to be painted after the death of the subjects' mother. Art enthusiasts analyze the image details to determine if they come to the same conclusion. They then use the sensory details...

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