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EngageNY

Central Idea and Supporting Details: “Equal Rights for Women”

For Teachers 8th Standards
It's my right, not a privilege! Scholars review the details of the claims in the speech "Equal Rights for Women." They meet with one of their discussion appointments from a previous instructional activity to locate evidence to support...
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EngageNY

Analyzing the Author’s Perspective: “Equal Rights for Women” by Shirley Chisholm

For Teachers 8th Standards
It's all about perspective. Scholars talk about the meaning of perspective and look closely at the point of view of Equal Rights for Women. They discuss how Chisholm addresses the views of others and complete a close reading guide to...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: “War in the Pacific,” Part 2

For Teachers 8th Standards
Who did what? Readers take a closer look at War in the Pacific to determine each country's actions. As they read, scholars underline American actions in one color and actions of Japan in another. They then begin completing Pearl Harbor...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: The Pearl Harbor Attack: Unbroken, Pages 38–47

For Teachers 8th Standards
Perspective changes everything. Scholars use a close reading guide while analyzing pages 38-47 in Unbroken. Readers learn that the governments of Japan and the United States had very different perspectives about the attack on Pearl...
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EngageNY

Analyzing Evidence: Writing about Theme

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members prepare for the end-of-unit assessment by analyzing a writing prompt. They complete a Being Made Invisible anchor chart and write their thoughts about captives and invisibility on sticky notes. In addition, they discuss...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: The Dinka and Nuer Tribes Until the Mid-1980s (“Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War” Excerpt 2)

For Teachers 7th Standards
Scholars continue making connections between the article "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War" and A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. They talk with partners to discuss how the article helps them understand a character's point of...
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EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment: Identifying Perspective and Using Evidence from Informational Texts about the Dinka and Nuer Tribes

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils consider the varying perspectives of people in different cultural groups as they read an informational text about the Dinka tribe of Southern Sudan and complete graphic organizers. They also respond to a constructed-response...
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EngageNY

Analyzing Douglass’s Purpose

For Teachers 7th Standards
Class members continue analyzing text excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. They read and draw conclusions to determine Douglass's view on slavery. Learners finish by discussing with partners how the excerpts...
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EngageNY

Tracing the Idea of Fish Depletion: Chapter 1

For Teachers 6th Standards
Would you, could you? Scholars read World without Fish and focus carefully on the use of the words could and would. They chunk the text into smaller sections and write annotations on sticky notes to help with comprehension. To...
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EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 4

For Teachers 11th Standards
What exactly is consciousness? Readers look at paragraph three of the chapter "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" and discuss how Du Bois introduces the ideas of double consciousness and true self-consciousness. Scholars track the development...
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Simon & Schuster

Classroom Activities for The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo is the featured text in three classroom activities. The first activity asks readers to analyze the description of Edmond Dantes in Chapter XVII, paying particular attention to Dumas' word...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 8

For Teachers 9th Standards
Have you ever wanted to learn more about a subject after you finished a great book? Guide ninth graders through an inquiry-based research project as they finish the first chapter of Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation. Having...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 4

For Teachers 9th Standards
Can dogs feel shame? Explore the anthropomorphic connection between human emotions and animal behavior—or lack thereof—with a lesson about Temple Grandin's book, Animals in Translation. Ninth graders continue a close reading of chapter...
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EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 20

For Teachers 11th Standards
Scholars analyze the fifth paragraph of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech. They learn more about his point of view toward color as he addresses the "white race." Pupils review their Idea Tracking Tools in pairs, answer...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: Guided Practice to Learn about the History of Wars in Vietnam

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars use a map of Asia to help them better understand the article "The Vietnam Wars," focusing on word meaning in the title and subtitle. Learners then use guided notes while reading the article and discuss their ideas with partners.
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EngageNY

Connecting Ideas in Primary and Secondary Sources: What Led to the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

For Teachers 8th Standards
Let's make some sense of those thoughts! Scholars continue thinking about the different perspectives on Pearl Harbor. They analyze quotes from War in the Pacific, Day of Infamy, and Fourteen-Part Message. Readers tape each quote to chart...
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EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment: Fishbowl Discussion, Part 1: Comparing Conflicting Accounts of the Pearl Harbor Attack

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars continue discussing Unbroken by using a fishbowl activity. Some readers share thoughts about the Day of Infamy, while others sit and observe the conversation. After the activity, pupils share what they learned.
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EngageNY

Studying Conflicting Information: Varying Perspectives on the Pearl Harbor Attack, Part 2

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars take another look at Japan's Fourteen-Part Message. They then take turns adding ideas to sentence starters to create ideas about the different perspectives of government. To finish, groups mix and mingle to share their sentences...
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EngageNY

Author’s Craft: Analyzing Narrative Techniques (Pages 73–113)

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars discuss a reading selection in Unbroken by writing to a partner about text selection. After completing the writing, learners revisit the use of active and passive sentences by reviewing a second Active and Passive Sentences...
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Health Smart Virginia

TED Talk Reflection

For Students 8th - 10th
Here's a worksheet that encourages listeners to pay close attention to a presentation and encourages them to reflect on what they have heard. Participants identify ideas that touched their emotions, new ideas, and ideas they found...
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Curated OER

Effective Literary Analyses

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss a fictional text that they are given, they identify passages, which highlight the author's style, language naances and textual ambiguities. Pupils brainstorm possible topics for an analytical essay, they are...
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Curated OER

Exploring Different Types of Written Text

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this text analysis learning exercise, students examine different types of texts and identify each one by matching them from a list. Students determine what each text communicates and for whom.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Help your learners build their reading comprehension by setting up the suggested learning stations. First, hold up a detailed picture of your choosing. Give your class 30 seconds before turning the picture over. How much of the image can...
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Curated OER

Introduction To Literary Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the fascinating ways in which authors use specific literary devices to create interesting and realistic texts. Using non-fiction articles with the subject of rogue waves, an excerpt from The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger,...

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