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Common Core RL.11-12.5 literature circles under $5
Beowulf Final Exam (Burton Raffel translation)
This 54-question final test is over the Burton Raffel translation of Beowulf. It covers the following stories in the epic poem: 1. The Wrath of Grendel2. The Coming of Beowulf3. The Battle with Grendel4. The Monsters' Lair5. The Battle with Grendel's Mother6. The Last Battle7. The Spoils8. The FarewellThe test is completely editable in Microsoft Word and consists of 12 matching, 38 multiple-choice, and four essay questions. They cover the following areas:• Characters• Anglo-Saxons (values)• Qual
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Scripts: Poe Pack (readers theater, Power Point +)
Edgar Allen Poe comes alive with reader’s theaters, choral readings, Power Point, projects, writing prompts and more. Package includes a 52 slide Power Point as well as 53 pages of scripts, graphic organizers, a visual dictionary for The Poe's Cask of Amontillado, rubric, and a How to do reader’s theater .PDF.The Raven and Annabel Lee are presented as choral readings; Helen 1831 and 1848 as tiered group project readings, The Cask of Amontillado is presented as a reader’s theater trial pre-readi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
Making Text to Self Connections | ANY TEXT | Nine Activities
Encourage your students to connect with any piece of fiction or narrative with these nine differentiated activities for linking self with text.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE.This product includes…Three approaches for students to connect self to any textThree levels of differentiation for each approachSlideshow of the tasksWorksheets for the tasks Each method has a set of instructions, plus three activities with difficulty levels indicated by a star rating. You can
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8th - 11th
Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan (9-12): Literature Analysis Using Socratic Circles
Encourage your students’ active analytical efforts! Providing a framework for analytical creativity, Socratic Seminar nurtures deep thought through dialogue while encompassing many of the Common Core State Standards for reading, speaking, and listening. This strategy targets competence in analysis aligned with common core standards and expectations.To that end, this resource includes categories with model questions to assist students in their development of pertinent inquiries written to includ
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9th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Tools | Easy Literature Writing Prompts Worksheets
These literary analysis prompts includes 25 writing prompts—perfect literary analysis tools. Print or share digitally with students! You can use these literary writing prompts with any piece of literature. This literature analysis writing prompts download works well with short stories, novels, lit circles, book clubs, and more. These digital and print literary analysis prompts download contains:✓ 25 writing prompts for literary analysis. ✓ 5 blank pages for teachers to add their own writing prom
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9th - 12th
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The ULTIMATE Collection of 1984 Discussion Questions, Parts II and III
These 1984 questions work beautifully as warm-ups, group discussions/debates, homework questions, journal entries or quiz/test questions. They are divided by chapter, for easy integration into your lessons no matter where you are in the novel.A NOTE FROM LITERARY LUMINARIES:1984 is one of the greatest written works of all time. The way that George Orwell explores the notions of freedom, punishment, love, betrayal, and the power of the media has rarely been matched since. When I first read 1984,
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9th - 12th
Julius Caesar Common Core Annotated Text – Brutus and Mark Antony’s Speeches
This resource includes the annotated text of the tomb scene in Act III, Scene ii in Julius Caesar in which Mark Antony and Brutus give their famous speeches rich with rhetorical devices and figurative language over Caesar’s dead body. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices, imagery, theme, and complex character development aligned with the RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, and RL6 stan
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9th - 12th
Memoir Questions Lit Circle - Book Club - Independent Reading Questions
Are you teaching a memoir to high school students? Download FIFTY questions in a completely editable format to add to your memoir unit. No matter what memoir you are teaching, you can use these questions in a variety of ways. They are intended for older students and for reaching high school standards.Cover important topics of a memoir with these questions:→ theme (building, interacting)→ authorial choices→ setting→ motif→ language and effect→ pacing, formatting→ socio-economic critiques → point
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9th - 12th
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Unit Plan
Entire unit plan for Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See. This includes a PowerPoint with 25 slides of pre-reading material, during reading prompts and activities, and end of book essay questions that can easily be adapted for independent reading, homeschool, summer reading, literature circles or used in traditional, whole-class instruction. Additionally, includes over 200 guided reading questions that closely follow the text. These can be used as a comprehension check for students or as
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9th - 12th
Dystopian Literary Analysis Dystopia Lit Circle, Book Study Activity
This digital literary analysis activity for any dystopian story allows for scaffolding and encourages student understanding of the dystopian genre. Because this literature activity comes with multiple pieces, you can decide what works for each student. This scaffolded literary analysis activity is the perfect starting point for a literary analysis essay on lit circles, book clubs, or a whole class read with a dystopian novel.You can see the literature activity's pieces and presentation in the th
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9th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Modified and Abridged / Editable
For my juniors, The Great Gatsby is one of our most significant units. For this reason, it's important to have accessible versions of the text. While many of my students can read the novel and be successful, several students require a modified and abridged text. Overall, sheer length of Chapter 7 is one of the reasons I chose to create an Abridged and Modified Text.This abridged Chapter 7 contains 19 pages with side-by-side questions. Students also have opportunities to compare characters, evalu
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Ultimate Bundle (32 resources, 300+ pages)
AP English Unit 1 Short Fiction: "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner
Teaching AP English for the first time? Or maybe just looking for something new? Check out this two day lesson on William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily."This is the second short story that I personally teach in Unit 1 of my own AP English Literature and Composition course. Unit 1 introduces students to the fundamentals of reading short fiction. With this classic story that students LOVE, you will teach two days worth of content. Day One is a focus on setting. Day Two is a focus on structure. I al
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP English Unit 1: Short Fiction Unit Plan Bundle
Monster by Walter Dean Myers Novel Study and Google Activities
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers. A great book for studying young adult novels, guilt vs. innocence, perspective, empathy, and courage, and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence.If your students struggle to respond thoughtfully to discussion questions, this resource is perfect!
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6th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby - Chapter 6 Annotation Activity, "Gatsby Turns To Daisy..."
This annotation activity is a creative way for your high school ELA students to demonstrate critical thinking with a close analysis of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. That last section of Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby beginning “… One autumn night, five years before….” is so spectacular that it deserves its own activity. This activity challenges students to examine Fitzgerald's words to discover how Gatsby left behind his "platonic conception" of himself and wed himself to Daisy. No prep.Printabl
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9th - 12th
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The Scarlet Ibis Student Graphic Organizer Story Mapping and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. The Story Map provides the students with visual to help student with enhanced comprehension that target the Common core State Standards for Literature. The student Story Map is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Scarlet Ibis” on my site including a Multiple Choice test (three choices) and a Modified Multiple Choic
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9th - 12th
AP Literature Unit 3 Aligned Grade 12 English Unit - Use with ANY Novel
This unit was created for AP® Literature students (12th grade) but can be used in any high school English course. The skills and essential knowledge follow Unit 3 in the AP®English Literature and Composition Course and Exam Description. Unit 3 covers Longer Fiction or Drama. These materials are not text-specific, so instructors can use them for a whole class novel, literature groups, or individual student choice novels. All materials are fully editable. Included:Characterization notesSetting not
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School English AP Literature BUNDLE with 12 products
Class Discussion Task Cards
These task cards are excellent for prompting more authentic class discussions, especially if your classes are as quiet as mine have been lately! You can distribute them intentionally or randomly, and students can hand them back to you once they have accomplished their task. Or, you can have the students exchange tasks every time you start a new topic or prompt. Tons of possibilities!
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Modified and Abridged / Editable
For my juniors, The Great Gatsby is one of our most significant units. For this reason, it's important to have accessible versions of the text. While many of my students can read the novel and be successful, several students require a modified and abridged text. While the opening of Chapter 1 is iconic, it is also challenging for students. Overall, Nick's introduction is one of the reasons I chose to create an Abridged and Modified Text.This abridged Chapter 1 contains 12 pages with side-by-side
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Ultimate Bundle (32 resources, 300+ pages)
AP English Unit 1 Short Fiction: "Half and Half" by Amy Tan
Teaching AP English for the first time? Or maybe just looking for something new? Check out this two day lesson on Amy Tan's "Half and Half."This is the third short story that I personally teach in Unit 1 of my own AP English Literature and Composition course. Unit 1 introduces students to the fundamentals of reading short fiction. With this short story taken from Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club, you will teach two days worth of content. Day One is a focus on structure. Day Two is a focus on narrat
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP English Unit 1: Short Fiction Unit Plan Bundle
The Metamorphosis: Reader Response Journal
The Metamorphosis - Reader Response Journal:This journal includes one page for each part. Students have an opportunity to respond, using their thoughts and feelings.Key Words: Franz KafkaPRINT & DIGITAL formats are included.For More THOUGHTFUL RESOURCES VISIT Creativity in Motion
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: High School Literature BUNDLE: Short Stories and Novels
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Text, Notes and Chapter Commentaries
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Text, Notes, and Chapter Commentaries contains:The full, public domain text of the novel;Detailed explanatory notes on each chapter;Extensive critical commentaries on each chapter.NOTE: I have several products on "Gatsby." Please check the others to see which best meets your needs and those of your students.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teaching AP Literature Unit 1 Skills Using "The Story of an Hour"
Here to Teach . . . “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. This lesson was created for Unit 1 Short Fiction for AP Literature and Composition but will work for any high school English class. The activity covers the following AP Lit skills: Characterization: Explain the function of character. 1.A Identify and describe what specific textual details reveal about a character, that character's perspective, and that character's motives. Setting: Explain the function of setting. 2.A Identify and d
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10th - 12th
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AP Literature Key Question Discussion Cards (Skill Category 1)
Each card has a set of questions from the AP Literature CED covering Skill Category 1 - the function of character. These can be used to jump-start small group discussions, journal prompts, essay practice, and more.Mix and match with the other Key Question Discussion cards for the perfect end of unit review.
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Literature Key Question Discussion Cards bundle
AP Literature Key Question Discussion Cards (Skill Category 2)
Each card has a set of questions from the AP Literature CED covering Skill Category 2 - the function of setting. These can be used to jump-start small group discussions, journal prompts, essay practice, and more.Mix and match with the other Key Question Discussion cards for the perfect end of unit review.
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11th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Literature Key Question Discussion Cards bundle
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