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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
This is a nine-page PDF entitled "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" which explains in detail the parts of a literary analysis and how to write them.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: University of California, Davis: Avoiding Plagiarism [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page PDF focuses on avoiding plagiarism including defining plagiarism, reasons to avoid it, how to cite sources, guidlines for avoiding plagiarism, and examples.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Stages of the Writing Process [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a three-page PDF of the "Stages of the Writing Process" including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. W.11-12.5 Writing Process
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

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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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit and Composition: Transcendentalism: Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on various types of phrases including: Prepositional, Appositive, Participial, Gerund, and Infinitive. It defines each and provides examples; these are followed by a self-assessment identifying the different types of...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature & Composition: The Journey Motif

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on the "Journey Motif" using the following works: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell, "Journey" by Edna St. Vincent Millay,"Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats, "The...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Comparative and Contemporary Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a unit on comparative and contemporary mythology which discusses how the myths from various cultures have similar themes, linguistics, structure, and/or psychological forces. It also discusses the influences of mythology on...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mountain Building

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will learn how pressure creates stress and strain on rocks. Learn how different types of strain are produced by different plate tectonic settings, and explore the different types of mountain ranges and...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

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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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Comp: Animal Farm by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to a unit on the political allegory Animal Farm by George Orwell, in which he uses animals to symbolize political leaders in the Russian Revolution.
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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Comp: Animal Farm by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the reading of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It provides links to a study guide and an online text of the novel. It lists The Seven Commandments, Animal Farm's original Constitution and reminds students to pay...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mythology and the Odyssey: Background Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the story of the beginning of Greek Mythology. It tells the story of Uranus (Father Heaven) and his wife Gaea (Mother Earth) and their childen the Titans and the monsters. It follow the story through Zeus and the...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Beowulf: Reading the Epic: Prologue and Grendel

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Prologue of the epic poem Beowulf and the character Grendel, a monster of a giant race. It features links to several translations of Boewulf, cpmplete text, audio, and abridged versions. This lesson focuses on...
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: The Nun's Priest's Tale[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 12-page PDF of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Characteristics of Science Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the characteristics of science fiction including the three types of science fiction, a list of characteristics from National Geographic. It features links to Fact Monster: "Science Fiction," Goodreads: "Popular...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Lamb to the Slaughter Persuasive Writing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF of a persuasive writing assignment for the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. It asks the students to watch a linked video clip of the closing argument by Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and apply...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Animal Farm by George Orwell: Allegorical Representations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the allegorical representations of characters in Animal Farm and literary terms. It provides a link to an activity matching the characters from the story to their political counterparts and an interactive crossword...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Animal Farm Assessment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a final assessment for the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. There are two groups of assignments: Group 1 requires students the choose one from three essay questions and answer it according to requirements. Group 2 requires...
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Interactive
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Shakespeare's Crazy Crosswords: Much Ado About Nothing[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a crossword puzzle a crossword puzzle about Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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Unit Plan
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...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar/writing Ii: Instruction Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson on grammar and writing focuses on clauses including dependent and independent clauses and run-on and comma splice sentences. It features links to "Purdue OWL: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses," "Purdue OWL:...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Rhetorical Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a unit on the use of rhetoric in speaking or writing to persuade an audience to the desired way of thinking or action. If focuses on rhetorical techniques and the three audience appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Logical Fallacies List: Arguments to Avoid [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a multi-page PDF list of logical fallacies to avoid when writing. These include a detailed list includes fallacies in relevance, reasoning, omission, and ambiguity; and discusses the logic tool "Occam's Razor." This list of...