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The Weekly Text, 1 April 2022: A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Spelling Bee”

Posted on April 1, 2022 | Leave a comment

On this April Fool’s Day, this week’s Text is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Spelling Bee.”

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the rhetorical question (it’s a reading of one compound sentence that nonetheless yields three comprehension questions). You’ll need this PDF of the illustration of the crime scene with its attendant investigatory questions. Finally, you’ll want this typescript of the answer key to arrest the offender and bring him or her to the bar of justice.

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Cultural Literacy: Willa Cather

Posted on March 25, 2022 | Leave a comment

She’s not much read today (though I have loved the books of hers I’ve read), but I think this Cultural Literacy worksheet on novelist Willa Cather ought to have some currency in our secondary classrooms in the United States (at least!). This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of one compound sentence with two comprehension questions.

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Cultural Literacy: Greta Garbo

Posted on March 25, 2022 | Leave a comment

If you can use it, which I suppose is another way of saying if you have a student with an interest in her, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Greta Garbo. This is a half-page worksheet with a three-sentence reading and three comprehension questions. A simple, but effective introduction to this famously reclusive woman.

May I presume to recommend a viewing of Ninotchka? I doubt anyone would be sorry he or she watched this fine film.

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Cultural Literacy: Victorian Period

Posted on March 16, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Victorian Period. The era is named, of course, for Queen Victoria and her outsized influence on British mores during her reign. This full-page worksheet leads with a four-sentence reading which includes two long compounds, and six comprehension questions. In other words, a decent summary of an important social, economic, diplomatic, and political period in Great Britain,

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Cultural Literacy: Queen Victoria

Posted on March 16, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Queen Victoria. This full-page document contains a five-sentence reading with one longish compound, and six comprehension questions. It’s suitable, therefore, to use as independent practice, aka homework; it would make a suitable piece of classwork, or even make-up work, as well. Or, because it is a Microsoft Word document, you can export it to a word processor of your preference, or edit it as is, for the needs of your students.

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Cultural Literacy: Diana

Posted on March 10, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Diana, who is the Roman version of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and the moon. This is a half-page worksheet with a one-sentence reading and two comprehension questions. In other words, just the basics.

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Cultural Literacy: Dorothea Dix

Posted on March 10, 2022 | Leave a comment

While I am not exactly sure where she fits in the primary or secondary curriculum (health classes? United States history classes?), here, nonetheless, is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Dorothea Dix. This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of one sentence and three comprehension questions.

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Cultural Literacy: Rachel Carson

Posted on March 4, 2022 | Leave a comment

As we begin to see the effects of global warming on our biosphere, it might be time to reacquaint ourselves, by way of this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Rachel Carson, with one of the founders of the environmental movement. This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of three sentences and three comprehension questions.

Incidentally, the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the United Nations reported this week that some changes to the earth’s climate are “irreversible.” But, as National Public Radio opined, there is still hope. For the sake of the students we presently teach, let’s, uh, hope so.

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Cultural Literacy: Betty Friedan

Posted on March 4, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Betty Friedan. This is a half-page worksheet with a reading of three sentences and three comprehension questions. In other words, a basic introduction to this seminal figure in the modern feminist movement.

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Cultural Literacy: Kwanzaa

Posted on February 25, 2022 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Kwanzaa. This is a half-page worksheet with a one-sentence reading and one comprehension question. In other words, it doesn’t exactly do justice to its topic.

However, there is a lot of open space in this document, which means there is room to ask more questions about Kwanzaa. Like almost everything else on this blog, this is a Microsoft Word document. You may download it and modify it for the needs of your students.

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