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Metaphors With Ms McKenna

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Student Workbook

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Practice Worksheets for Embedding Evidence/Integrating Quotations

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

During my first couple of years in the classroom, I really struggled with teaching quote integration. I found myself writing the same comments on paper after paper after paper, until I realized I needed to spend more class time having the students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

$3.00

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Dating Profile Project for any Genre or Novel Study

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

The Dating Profile Project is a fun way for students to demonstrate their understanding of a genre or as an introduction to the characters in a novel. I have included a few different styles of this product, as it can easily be applied to almost any

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Student Workbook

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This workbook helps guide students as they read Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Every four chapters has a page that helps students break down the novel. There are also a couple additional pages to help students work through theme and the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Workbooks, Homework

$5.00

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The Alchemist - The Personal Legend with Discussion Questions

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This free, editable PowerPoint is great to use when you encounter the idea of the Personal Legend in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It includes direct quotes/passages to help guide the students' understanding of the Personal Legend. This PowerPoint

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Learning Plan for ANY Text: Before, During, and After Reading Activities (CCSS)

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

CCSS aligned to ELA 11-12 standards (included in the document). Easily adaptable to any high school or middle school class! This product has more than 30 ideas for any novel, short story, or play you may be teaching to your students. It has so

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment

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Creative Writing Character Builder Worksheet (STEAL included)

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This editable worksheet helps students work through character development to create their own character -- it's great to use when they are in the preliminary stages of writing a fictional story or studying creative writing in general. The worksheet

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$1.00

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Descriptive Writing Stations Challenge

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This is a great activity to get students moving around the room while practicing their descriptive writing skills! Students are split into teams and then move to different stations around the room and try to describe objects of your choice.This was

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Introduction to Modern Literature

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This editable PowerPoint can help you introduce Modernism to your students, with a side of corny tid-bits that they may or may not laugh at! You may want to use it right before reading works by... - F. Scott Fitzgerald - T. S. Eliot - Ernest

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts, Interactive Whiteboard

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Our Town by Thornton Wilder - Culminating Project

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

A quick and easy final project to use after reading Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Students write their own scene to add into the play and can earn extra credit for performing it in class. This was originally created for a theater elective course.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Drama

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

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Descriptive Writing - Drawing Activity

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

This free and editable product includes a worksheet to handout to students. In this activity, each student creates a drawing of whatever they'd like (great for the artist students!). They then pair up and must verbally DESCRIBE this drawing to their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

FREE

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Moby Dick: Editable Facebook Project with Rubric

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

A free, editable project to use while teaching Moby Dick. Students choose (or are assigned) a character and create a Facebook page for that character. This Word Document lists the requirements for the project, and asks students to incorporate direct

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment

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Huckleberry Finn Made Easy - Close Reading Handout Suggested for Chapters 1-3

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

I have students fill out this worksheet as they read the first few chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. As they read, they copy down quotes that relate to Huck, Tom, Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, Jim, and Pap. This is an easy way to start

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, U.S. History

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

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Huckleberry Finn Made Easy - Close Reading Handout Suggested for Chapters 4-6

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

I have students fill out this worksheet as they read chapters 4-6 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. As they read, they look for evidence to support and contradict two statements: one about Widow Douglas and one about Pap. This is a great way to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

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The Office: "A blank sheet of paper equals endless opportunities" Free Poster

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

Do you love The Office? Do you often reference lines from the show during class? Then this free poster may be for you! While doing creative writing, I frequently tell my students, "A blank sheet of paper equals endless possibilities." I just HAD to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1 Reading Quiz with Quotes from the Novel

By Metaphors With Ms McKenna

During this quiz, students must match direct quotes from the text to the character that is being described within the quote. This creates a more challenging quiz; the students must think about Fitzgerald's words instead of something simple like,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Drama, For All Subjects, Literature, Writing, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Close Reading