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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a three-page PDF providing background about the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Nonfiction Forms and Traits [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a chart showing the types of nonfiction, the traits of each, and the author's purpose.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Creating and Using Outlines [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the three-page PDF The Quality Writing Center: "Creating and Using Outlines." It explains and provides examples of what to do before starting the outline, working thesis, defining purpose, the types of outlines, creating the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: Instruction Page 2: Short Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focues on plot, irony, and suspense as seen in short stories by Richard Connell and Edgar Allan Poe. It defines each term and provides examples.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: Review

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is a review of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It features a photo album of characters from the play, a link to the Absolute Shakespeare: The Tempest Study Guide, and online practice questions.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: What Is Descriptive Writing?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on what descriptive writing including defining it and discussing the characteristics. It includes links to several websites about descriptive writing including the Discovery Education Video: "Literature for Children:...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mythology and the Odyssey: Myth Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson summarizes two myths: Baucis and Philemon, an old couple who took in and cared for Zeus and Hermes who were pretending to be humans and were rewarded for their good deeds; and the story of why we have seasons due to Hades...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Nonfiction Reading

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on students reading nonfiction works including excerpts from: Night by Elie Wiesel, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, and Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Reseach: "Choosing Nonfiction Sources" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the 20-page PDF "Choosing Nonfiction Sources." It provides informatation about various types of nonfiction: primary and secondary sources, reference works, databases, newspapers and periodicals, and nonfiction books; it also...
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Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the rules for capitalization. It offers a list of capitalization rules, and links to several websites about capitalization. Click on the next page (3) for an exercise in capitalization. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
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Ga Virtual Learning: The Tempest by William Shakespeare: Acts Iv V

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on reading The Tempest particularly Acts IV-V. I provides various links to the text: Speak the Speech: The Tempest text and audio, Open Source Shakespeare: The Tempest text, and No Fear Shakespeare: The Tempest.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Animal Farm: George Orwell and Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson in the Animal Farm unit focuses on George Orwell, literary terms, and the Russian Revolution. It provides links to biographies of Orwell including text and video, links to literary terms fitting to Animal Farm, and links to...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: Similes, Metaphors, Cliches, Hyperbole

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on figurative language used in descriptive writing including similes, metaphors, cliches, hyperbole. It offers multiple links to websites pertaining to figurative language in descriptive and creative writing; an...