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  • MCCRS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its ...
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Text Evidence for Analysis
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Whether freshmen or AP seniors, students often forget to back up their statements about texts with evidence for support or to begin with the text when considering answers to literary questions.  The more we ask them to provide textual evidence in discussion, analysis activities, essays, and on tests, the more ingrained this important skill will become.  This lesson was designed for freshmen at the beginning of the year as they begin analyzing literature.  The handout and question refer specifically to the story "Poison" by Roald Dahl, but feel free to remix the lesson to work with another text, older students or nonfiction.

Subject:
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Kim Grissom
Date Added:
10/09/2017
To Kill a Mockingbird Running Theme Log
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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

Subject:
Reading Literature
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Homework/Assignment
Author:
Melissa Daley
Date Added:
06/01/2021
Understanding and Evaluating Foreshadowing
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This module is intended for adult learners with some previous high school education who are pursuing the completion of their GED. This lesson focuses on identifying and evaluating foreshadowing, targeting the Common Core Readiness Standards for ELA/Literacy 2. Adult learners will read, analyze, and evaluate foreshadowing in multiple examples. This module involves reading, viewing, and writing components.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson Plan
Module
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Date Added:
05/23/2016
Using Details to Determine Theme
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Students often struggle to find theme in literature--one that is not a bumper sticker, a "moral to the story," or anything that could be applied to more than one story.  Understanding what theme is, an implicit argument the author is making, is the first step.  Then it gets more complicated as they realize that there are wrong answers (the ones that don't make sense with the story), there are undeveloped answers (ones that don't get far enough past motif but are on the right track), and there are many possible correct answers that can be explained and supported with the text. This activity uses the Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate strategy in small groups to help students focus on the details of the story and how they contribute to the overall point of the story.  It can be used with any piece of literature you deem appropriate for your students.

Subject:
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Kim Grissom
Date Added:
09/18/2017
Women and Revolution: In the Time of the Butterflies
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Set in the Dominican Republic during the rule of Rafael Trujillo, In the Time of the Butterflies fictionalizes historical figures in order to dramatize the Dominican people's heroic efforts to overthrow this dictator's brutal regime. In the following activities, students will examine the actions of the characters in the novel and discuss an all encompassing definition for courage.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
09/06/2019