This Just Mercy Mega Bundle includes the following four products: 1. Just Mercy Argument Prompts | AP Lang | Social Justice | PDF & Digital This AP Lang-style argument essay collection includes fourteen controversial prompts based on the social justice book Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. These are just some of the thought-provoking prompt subjects based on Stevenson's arguments in his book: * proximity develops understanding * "Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done." * victim involvement in the trial process * treating others with mitigation * hope * judging juvenile misconduct * the brokenness of humanity * just mercy * the death penalty * the power of "stonecatchers" Student must take a position and support with appropriate evidence. Most of these can be stand-alone prompts or can be incorporated into a book study of Just Mercy; however, some prompts in the collection will require the reading of the book. Digital Activity already created for you to easily assign to your students via Google Classroom. Via the Digital Activity Interactive Layer, you also have the option to customize and create annotations and additional directions to this Digital Activity for your specific needs. 2. Just Mercy: Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang | PDF One of the best ways for AP Lang students and high school English students to understand and use parallel construction and other syntactical constructions is have them imitate successful authors' constructions. Students will learn the following syntactical constructions: *Parallel Construction *Antithesis *Asyndeton *Anaphora *Epistrophe *Epanalepsis For nineteen text passages from Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, representing the above syntactical constructions, students will write commentary for the rhetorical effect the construction has on meaning (suggested answer key provided). They will then write an original imitation of the structure, mimicking the author. In my AP Lang classroom, students who practice imitating specific syntactical structures are more able to incorporate them successfully into their own writing! A suggested answer key for how the structure affects meaning is also included. Be sure to open the preview for a closer look at this product. 3. Just Mercy Quote Response: Say, Mean, Matter | PDF In this Just Mercy product, students respond with commentary in the format of "Say, Mean, Matter" to seventeen significant quotes from the book Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. The first page defines the expectations for "Say, Mean, Matter," in the following manner: Say: What is the text literally saying; a direct quote or paraphrase Mean: What does this quote or passage mean in the context of the story? What does it illustrate about a character or conflict? Is it symbolic? How does it connect to a deeper meaning in the story? Read between the lines. What can you infer? Be sure to connect to the story. Matter: Why is this quote or idea in the passage important past the novel? What universal meaning or thematic idea does it illustrate? How does it relate to society, human behavior, the world, or abstract concepts? Example response included. 4. Just Mercy: The Movie | Questions & Quote Responses This movie guide for Just Mercy, based on the book by Bryan Stevenson, includes twenty-three short-answer questions with a suggested answer key, plus six Say, Mean, Matter significant quotes from the movie on an accompanying document. In the quote response part of this product, students respond with commentary in the format of "Say, Mean, Matter" to six significant quotes from the movie Just Mercy. The first page defines the expectations for "Say, Mean, Matter," in the following manner: Say: What is the text literally saying; a direct quote or paraphrase Mean: What does this quote or passage mean in the context of the story? What does it illustrate about a character or conflict? Is it symbolic? How does it connect to a deeper meaning in the story? Read between the lines. What can you infer? Be sure to connect to the story. Matter: Why is this quote or idea in the passage important past the novel? What universal meaning or thematic idea does it illustrate? How does it relate to society, human behavior, the world, or abstract concepts? Example response for Say, Mean, Matter included for the first quote. While this could be an engaging supplement to reading Just Mercy, this movie guide and quote responses are not dependent on reading the book first and can fully function as stand-alone lessons following the movie viewing.