Andrea Chen
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Includes graphic organizers and outlines for writing essays and constructed responses, handouts for how to write constructed responses, samples of constructed responses, handouts for how to write literary analysis essays, rubrics for constructed responses and essays, etc.
A series of poetry lessons focusing on the writing and analysis of poetry. Each lesson focuses on a different literary element within several poems.
Lessons include:
Lesson 1: Vivid Language
Lesson 2: Metaphor
Lesson 3: Simile
This is a complete unit plan for The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Includes assessments, reading guides, vocabulary activities, and essay topics.
This unit on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Includes prereading activities, supplementary materials, complete reading guides, vocabulary activities, analytical quesitons, and assessments.
In this unit, below-grade level tenth graders who struggle with organization and style write a persuasive essay using humor.
Resources include a:
- Persuasion Packet
- Persuasion Unit
- Persuasion Test
AndreaNOLA's Collection includes reading guides for three short stories. These are:
- "Hair" by Malcolm X (an excerpt from his autobiography)
- "Life is Sweet in Kumansenu" by Abioseh Nicol
- "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
A collection of reading guides (Road Maps) for a variety of short stories with vocabulary, vocabulary activities, assessments, activities, and analytical questions.
Short stories covered include:
- "First Day" by Edward P. Jones
- "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
- "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
- "There Was an Old Woman Who Had So Many Children" from House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
A complete unit on Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man. Includes complete reading guides and activities, analyzing quotes activities, high-level comprehension questions, essay prompts, thematic questions, comprehensive assessments, reading quizses, supplementary enrichment materials, and prereading activities.
The prereading activity was an analysis of the movie, "Crash," and students were asked to tie in themes of invisibility, rebellion, and identity to the novel.
This unit is for Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. It includes prereading activities, complete vocabulary activities, complete reading guides, writing activities, target skills, supplementary reading, and assessments.
Includes prereading activities, essential questions, reading guide, quotes to analyze, vocabulary, vocabulary activities, quizzes, unit test, essay questions, etc.
These are some test-prep materials for the Graduate Education Exam, the tenth grade ELA high-stakes standardized exam in Louisiana.
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