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Close reading Common Core RL.11-12.5 literature circles
The Book Thief Novel Study
The Book Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials with over 100+ resources for teaching The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. The Book Thief Novel Study Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:34 Literary Analysis Assignments34 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-
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8th - 11th
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THE GREAT GATSBY Complete Unit: EDITABLE Chapter Questions, Worksheets, Writing
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 240-page MEGA-BUNDLE on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading slideshow, daily quizzes, discussion questions, close-reading exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights. The
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Wuthering Heights Student Workbook - Comprehensive Study Guide with Activities
Wuthering Heights Student Workbook contains everything a teacher needs to teach Bronte’s novel. Instead of the boring question and answer format, the Student Workbook prompts students’ ideas about characters, asks them to comment on significant quotes, and to notice some of the essential techniques used by the author such as symbolism, allusions, themes, etc. in each of the chapters. I have created this resource for my own classes, and students love the meaningful format. Instead of writing info
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9th - 12th
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Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Close Reading Task Cards for High School
Visual task cards to help your high school students read with purpose. They make close reading accessible by giving each student a specific task to focus on. Each student ends up with something to offer our post-reading discussion. Together we learn about how literary elements overlap to create a unified effect. The best part? These cards can be adapted for any fictional text. I've included strategies for scaffolding and individualizing instruction. Enjoy!
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9th - 12th
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Reading Like a Professor Book Clubs for AP Literature
Literature Circles are a great way to involve your AP Literature students in deep analysis while providing them with choice. These Reading Like a Professor Book Clubs allow students to select their own text while applying the skills they learn from studying How to Read Literature Like a Professor. The Choice Board in this unit focuses on the AP Lit Essential skills for Character, Setting and Structure while pulling from the Professor Chapters: "Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion," "Never
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â How to Read Like a Professor AP Literature Bundle
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
In Cold Blood Study Prompts
This 18-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of the text and build up a full understanding of what Truman Capote is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The text-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision an
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11th - 12th
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Atonement Study Prompts
This 16-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter, and build up a full understanding of what Ian McEwan is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revisi
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11th - 12th
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Study Prompts
This 17-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Wilde is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision and
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11th - 12th
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AP Literature Key Question Discussion Cards bundle
This bundle includes all of our AP Literature Key Questions discussion cards. Each card has a set of questions from the AP Literature CED covering the six different skill categories tied to the AP Enduring Understandings. 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.Skill Category 1: Explain the function of characterSkill Category 2: Explain the fun
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11th - 12th
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1984 Novel Study Unit by George Orwell
A ready-to-print 1984 novel study unit on 1984 by George Orwell complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.This easy to follow resource provides a ready 1984 unit plan for teachers and 1984 student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.Suits students in High School English classes of approximately 15-17 years of age: New Zealand Year 11 or 12 students, Australian Year 10-12 students.Student booklet in
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â 1984 Novel Study Essays Posters Secondary English
The Catcher in the Rye Study Prompts
This 16-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Salinger is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision
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9th - 12th
A Streetcar Named Desire Study Prompts
This 17-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each scene, and build up a full understanding of what Tennessee Williams is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The scene-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination re
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11th - 12th
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Hamlet Act Two Analysis
Check out this Hamlet Act 2 Analysis: Your Comprehensive Companion for Engaging Shakespearean Exploration in the Classroom!Elevate your teaching experience with our meticulously crafted digital resources designed to enrich the study of Hamlet's Act 2. This dynamic toolkit empowers educators to guide students through a thorough analysis of this pivotal act, fostering deeper comprehension and stimulating meaningful discussions.What is included: Act 2 QuizAct 2 Answer KeyStudent Copy Discussion Que
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Hamlet Bundle
EVERYTHING LIT. BOOKS OR CHOICE BOOKS BUNDLE
During my first unit of study within the semester - Elements of Fiction and Genre - I teach every single element of fiction while allowing the students to read lit. books that I have pre-selected from my bookshelf. Every single student in that block will read a different book - making cheating much harder! Everyone identifies the elements of fiction within their book as we learn about how we can identify and analyze them!These worksheets are very adaptable, and can be used for any novel study th
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8th - 12th
The Sun Also Rises Study Prompts
This 13-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Hemingway is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision
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11th - 12th
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Wide Sargasso Sea Study Prompts
This 14-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Jean Rhys is trying to achieve, how she is trying to achieve it, and how successful she has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revisi
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11th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Tic Tac Toe - Use with Any Novel in Middle or High School!
This detailed project asks students to select three activities from a tic-tac-toe board to analyze the assigned text or novel. This project can be used with any text.The editable Google Doc instructions include the board with nine different analysis activities, some are more creative and some are more text-based. All have specific requirements attached to them. This is a favorite project among my students each semester. It can be used with any text, so use it multiple times in a class if desired
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Bundle of Generic High School English Activities for Any Novel!
Hamlet Act Four Analysis
Check out this Hamlet Act 4 Analysis: Your Comprehensive Companion for Engaging Shakespearean Exploration in the Classroom!Elevate your teaching experience with our meticulously crafted digital resources designed to enrich the study of Hamlet's Act 4. This dynamic toolkit empowers educators to guide students through a thorough analysis of this pivotal act, fostering deeper comprehension and stimulating meaningful discussions.What is included: Act 4 QuizAct 4 Answer KeyStudent Copy Discussion Que
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Hamlet Bundle
Dracula: Study Prompts
This 17-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Bram Stoker is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revisi
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9th - 12th
Jane Eyre Study Prompts
This 15-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Charlotte Brontë is trying to achieve, how she is trying to achieve it, and how successful she has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination
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11th - 12th
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The Handmaid's Tale Study Prompts
This 14-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Margaret Atwood is trying to achieve, how she is trying to achieve it, and how successful she has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination
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11th - 12th
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Things Fall Apart Study Prompts
This 13-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of the each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Achebe is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revisio
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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