PAPER TOWNS Novel Study Unit Plan Activities DIGITAL Pre-reading Character Green
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Description
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging Paper Towns activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.
To make your digital experience smooth, we include instructions (w/ screenshots!) of how to download and organize your resources in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. We've added Google Forms versions of each activity that auto-corrects their responses using a suggested answer key (which you can adjust afterward or modify your answer key) and compiles grades into a spreadsheet with learners' names and class periods to make things easier for you to grade all in one place (some types of question aren't able to auto-grade, though, because of the short-answer format). Our activities easily integrate w/ Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
TEXT: PAPER TOWNS by John Green
LEVEL: 9th - 11th
TOTAL: 253+ slides/forms in lesson plan unit
→ Based off the 2009 Penguin Books Edition [ISBN: 978-0142414934].
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included
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Save $$$ and buy the bundle. → → → Print Version → → → Digital-only Version → → → Combo Version
Both versions & the combo bundle contain the same activities. The only difference is how they are optimized for print/in-person or digital distance learning. The print/in-person version is formatted to save you photocopies and ink, while the digital makes use of colorful, rich graphics and more space for working along with easy-grade forms. And the Combo bundle includes all of it to meet your shifting needs day-to-day.
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LITERATURE PLAN CONTENTS
→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit
→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
→ Meets Common Core Standards
→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)
- answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the novel
- 14-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 parts of the plot
- 8-slide analyzer & answer key
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,5
★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer - 6 Types of Conflict (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 different types of conflict
- 5-slide analyzer & answer key
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
★ Characters Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the main characters
- 15-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3
★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)
- analyze and complete dozens of figures of speech specific to the novel
- 10-slides/forms bundle (4 parts)
- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Allusion
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 47-slide slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)
- 120 vocabulary words from the novel
- four 30-question quizzes
- 20 slides/forms bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer key
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ "Song of Myself" Analysis (→ print : → digital)
- Learners read an excerpt from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" and analyze how it connects with Quentin and the theme
- 5 slides/forms activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Selfie Video Update Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Learners record selfie video for the world to know what's going on in the minivan
- 1-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,3
★ 13 Comprehension Pop Quizzes (→ print : → digital)
- a 5-question pop quiz per 3 chapters
* 22-slides/forms of slideshow quizzes & keys
- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn't read recently would not do well.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Persuasive Essay and Speech (→ print : → digital)
- 7 essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
- Includes essay and speech grading rubrics
- 11-slide bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9
- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
★ Movie vs. Novel Comparison (→ print : → digital)
- compare and contrast the movie and novel
- 2-slide comparison
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
Enjoy! And remember, if the doors won't open, unscrew them from the jambs!
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WHAT IS CREATED FOR DIGITAL?
★ Our Created for Digital resources take all the trusted, quality instructional tools you know and love and convert them into the digital format you need for your online learners.
Why go Digital?
··· Paperless. No printing.
··· Instant saving ... students work in the file.
··· 1:1
··· Technology Proficiency
··· Easy integration w/ these Learning Management Systems (as of 9/24/2020): Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
··· Works on Chromebooks, Android Tablets, and other devices
··· Engaged students
··· Easy group work
··· Paper trail of revisions for teacher to see
Includes:
··· Teacher Tutorial - access link and how to use this with your learners
··· Microsoft OneDrive user instructions - a step-by-step visual tutorial. This will only take minutes!
··· All slides can be used over and over again.
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