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Prism: "The Tone of American Pie" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the lyrics to Don McLean's "American Pie." Details with a nostalgic tone are blue while details with a sad tone are red and an indignant or outraged tone...
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Class Flow: Color Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are your students still using words like red, blue and green instead of words like crimson, aqua and emerald to describe nouns? This flipchart will jump start them into thinking about more interesting...
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Prism: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Maya Angelou's poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show poverty are green, and details...
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Prism: "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Text highlighted in blue represents insightful details, red represents things that are difficult to understand,...
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Prism: "The March of the Flag" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Albert J. Beveridge's "The March of the Flag (1898)." Text highlighted in blue shows benevolence while red shows economic interest in red, and...
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Prism: "Mine Is a Wide Estate" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted James Still's "Mine is a Wide Estate." Text details that are neutral are blue, non-Appalachian are red, and Appalachian are green. Click on any word to see...
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Prism: "Affrilachia" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Frank X. Walker's "Affrilachia." Text details that are neutral are blue, African-American are red, and Appalachian are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of...
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Prism: "The Road Not Taken" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Text details related to sight are blue, time are red, and agency are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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Prism: "What Mitosis Has to Do With Families" Visualization

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have ReadWorks' "What Mitosis Has to Do with Families." Text details related to descriptions are blue, definitions/examples are red, and comparisons/contrasts are green....
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Prism: "What I Learned From the Incredible Hulk" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "What I Learned from the Incredible Hulk." allusions are blue, questions or pauses are red, and details that are liked or important...
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Prism: "Tom Sawyer Chapter 2 Opening" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the opening of chapter 2 of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Emotional details are blue, sensory details are red, and nature details are green. Click on any word to...
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Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Diction is blue while tone is red and imagery is green. Click on any word to see the...
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Prism: "Maples" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Judith Pordon's "Maples." Imagery is blue while personification is red and archetype is green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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Prism: "Sam and Jack" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative. Details that show pathos are blue while details that show catalogue are red and details that show epistrophe...
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Prism: "Sailing to Byzantium" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium." Details that show aging are blue, nature imagery details are red, and body descriptions are...
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Prism: "We Shall Overcome" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Dr. Charles Tindley's "We Shall Overcome." Details showing emotions are blue while inferences are red, and meaningful repetition is green. Click on any word to see the...
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Prism: "Influences on Achievement" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Grant Wiggins' blog post "Influences on Achievement." Strategies we currently use are blue while strategies that are easy to begin are red, and the most...
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Prism: "Adt Ad Analysis" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an advertisement from ADT. Details that show logos are blue while ethos are red and pathos are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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Prism: "Gettysburg Address" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." Details that show logos are blue while ethos are red and pathos are green. Click on any word to see the percentage...
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Prism: "Learning to Chunk" Visualization

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Roald Dahl's "Learning to Chunk." Details that show characterization are blue while details that appeal to visualization or the senses are red and questions...
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Prism: "Wuthering Heights Ch 33" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from chapter 33 of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Details that show a supernatural or gothic element are blue while details that show strong...
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Prism: "Article 2 B" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an article by Mary Sears entitled "How Texting Changes Communication." Details that show ethos are blue while details that show pathos are red, and details...
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Prism: "Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: Rhetorical Devices" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address. Details that show ethos are blue while details that show logos are red, and details that show pathos are green. Click on any...
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Prism: "Lightning Thief Review From the New York Times" Visualization

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Polly Shulman's review of The Lightning Thief published in the New York Times. Quotations from the text are blue while summaries are red, and the reviewer's...