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11th grade informational text literature circles for Microsoft OneDrive
Beowulf Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, Modern Pairings, Test
This Beowulf unit plan is designed for an active, creative, and inclusive classroom. With its difficult language and dated topics, Beowulf can be challenging to teach. However, with a little inspiration, it is possible to include meaningful, engaging, and fun activities for teaching Beowulf into your unit plan.These fun activities for teaching Beowulf will help you bring the archaic epic to life for your modern students!You will get:⭐ A detailed day-by-day Beowulf unit plan explaining exactly ho
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9th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, Mask, Test
Lord of the Flies by William Golding offers unique insight into human nature, the dangers of unchecked power, and the consequences of a failing society. With this Lord of the Flies Unit Plan, you’ll be able to dig deep into these dark themes while preparing students for a more hopeful future. From Steven King to Suzanne Collins, Lord of the Flies has inspired readers through the ages to explore the ugliness of human nature within the safe pages of a book. In turn, readers use these lessons and i
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8th - 12th
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The Canterbury Tales Unit Plan: Fun Activities for Wife of Bath, Pardoner + More
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer provides the perfect opportunity to teach storytelling for social change. Bring the Medieval Canterbury Tales into the modern age with these engaging and inclusive Canterbury Tales activities!You will get:⭐Detailed teacher notes and pacing guide⭐ The Canterbury Tales Prologue close reading activity⭐ Character profile templates (great for differentiation!)⭐Activity for The Pardoner's Tale⭐Activity for The Wife of Bath's Tale⭐Activity for a third story of y
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Text Set: ELA Theme, Characterization, Plot
Engage students with the classic yet twisted short story Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl paired with lesser known but equally surprising poem by the same author.With this Roald Dahl text set, students will read his version of Little Red Riding Hood and compare it to Lamb to the Slaughter. Viewed through a gender lens, Roald Dahl is a master at portraying female characters as a powerful element of surprise. These two Dahl texts paired with informational texts and a story element review create
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8th - 12th
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History of Halloween Masks Close Reading or Informational Text Pairing
This informational text close reading and craftivity makes a perfect stand-alone assignment or an interesting informational text pairing for The Masque of the Red Death or the Romeo and Juliet masquerade scene. Students will read the informational text passage and answer close reading questions in the margins of the page. The craftivity allows students to design a mask that fits their personality based on a color connotation worksheet that is provided (they could also design a mask in the colors
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4th - 12th
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Student Lead Reading Groups | Reciprocal Teaching | Reading Groups | Book Study
Transform your reading instruction with our comprehensive Student Lead Reading Groups resource! Designed to support reciprocal teaching, this resource provides the tools you need to create engaging and student-centered reading groups. Perfect for literature circles, novel studies, close reading groups, and book clubs, this resource helps students take ownership of their reading and develop critical thinking skills.What's Included:Reciprocal Teaching Materials: Guides students through prediction,
Grades:
1st - 12th
Essential Question Digital Choice Boards: Supplemental Readings for ELA & SEL
Finding the time to track down supplemental resources for your units is difficult, so I've done all of that for you. Each digital choice board in this bundle is defined by a juicy Essential Question and each board contains 25 supplemental resources that will help students broaden and deepen their answers to that essential question.If you have your novel unit ready to go but just need one more thing to broaden the unit a bit outside the central text or texts, these digital choice boards are the
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Theme and Central Idea with Video | Printable & Digital | CCSS.R.2
Teach students theme and summary of central ideas using short film clips (Printable & Digital) - Includes lesson plan, student handouts, answer key, PowerPoint slides and Google Drive (Google slides) link for a no prep Google Classroom, distance learning activities or traditional classroom lesson!2 products for the price of 1: Grade 6-8 version & Grade 9-12 version!Product Includes (zip):Lesson plan (editable .docx)Printable student handouts (editable .docx)PowerPoint slides (editable .p
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6th - 12th
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Shakespeare Informational Text, Test Prep, Close Reading, and Poem Puzzle
Before you teach Shakespeare's plays, have your students learn about Shakespeare through this informational text while also practicing test prep and close reading skills! This Shakespeare informational text is designed to spark curiosity about the mysterious life of the bard while also prompting inferencing, reading for context clues, and other Common Core test-taking skills. After students work hard on their Shakespeare close reading, they will have a chance to be creative by putting together t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Take Cornell Notes Slides Presentation Note-Taking Practice Study Skills
Learning how to take notes with the Cornell notetaking system is an academic game-changer! Note-taking skills are essential to a student’s success. Enhance your note-taking strategies, whether you write by hand or use a device! This resource includes an informative slides presentation that outlines how to take Cornell notes step-by-step. This notetaking mini-unit will increase students’ ability to recall and to understand new information. Elevate students’ study skills with explicit Cornell not
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8th - 11th
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Reading Circles: NON-FICTION Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Reading Circles are group activities/assignments that put your students in charge. Stop telling your students what's happening in the books your read, and have them start telling each other! This works for a whole class text, or for each group to be able to select their own - Great for differentiation!Your class is split into groups (between 4-6 members works best), and are then given a Non-Fiction text (books, articles, poems, podcasts, movies, etc.) to discuss. The text is then split into sect
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Middle and High School Reading Comprehensions 25 High Interest Stories
Written for older, middle and high school readers. A whopping 25 high interest, low reading level reading comprehension passages (over 500 pages). These short stories come with rigorous inference and comprehension activities to elevate reading levels and fluency, boost comprehension, inference, spelling and vocabulary. Lots of spooky stories included, but there are other topics too. Please look at what's included in this bundle.Updated to include 5 more stories! I have added to this bundle and i
Grades:
4th - 11th
ELA Common Core Task Cards - MEGA Bundle - CCSS Reading and Writing
Elevate Your ELA Classroom with the Ultimate Task Card Mega Bundle!Unlock the power of interactive learning in your middle and high school classes with our ELA Common Core Task Card Mega Bundle! This all-encompassing set of 326 task cards is not just a teaching tool—it's a gateway to a world of creative, engaging, and effective learning strategies tailored for grades 7-12.Why Choose My Mega Bundle?Diverse Topics: Covering a wide array of ELA Common Core standards, these cards delve into everythi
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Grades:
7th - 12th
How To Read Literature Like a Professor for Kids
This study guide walks students through each chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor for Kids. The pages provide a place for students to summarize what they've learned in each chapter and also an activity to show what they know by putting each chapter into use using their choice of literature or media.
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5th - 11th
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Just Mercy by Stevenson Chapter Quizzes for High School English /Social Studies
My students were enthralled with Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Young Readers Edition) by Bryan Stevenson! The themes of race, poverty, age, gender, justice, and mercy were eye-opening and compelling for my students. Many Social Studies and Current Events teachers offer Just Mercy as a launch for great discussions and research opportunities. This novel will inspire students' interest in law and promote discussions relating to child development, justice, poverty, the foster sy
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7th - 11th
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Born a Crime Reading & Discussion Learning Stations Activity
This fun Born a Crime learning stations activity "progressive dinner"™ asks students to view or read nonfiction and poetry texts that connect to Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. This fun reading stations activity is hands-on and interactive, a great way to spice up your unit! I use this activity to help students make text-to-text connections and facilitate reading and discussion of supplementary texts for Born a Crime. There are 25 different text options to use at progressive dinner™ stations. Studen
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Interactive Reading Activities Bundle
The Marrow Thieves Introductory Slideshow & Info
The award-winning author Cherie Dimaline's YA novel The Marrow Thieves is becoming more and more popular in English classrooms across Canada, and beyond.This introductory slideshow presents students with all the relevant information linked to the novel. 25 slides of high quality info and matching visuals. Includes the following:* Details on the author and some of the her other work* A synopsis of the novel* Character backgrounds* Themes - definition and popular examples* A short list of themes f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading Circles: BIOGRAPHIES Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Biography Reading Circles are group activities/assignments that put your students in charge. Stop telling your students what's happening in the books your read, and have them start telling each other! This works for a whole class book, or for each group to be able to select their own - Great for differentiation!Your class is split into groups (between 4-6 members works best), and are given a biography to discuss. The text is then split into sections (by chapter or page #), and each section is gi
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
To Kill A Mockingbird Unit Tests Parts One and Two DIGITAL & PRINT Bundle
Teaching "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is an exciting endeavor for English teachers to undertake. Lessen your time spent prepping assessment materials for this unit with this DIGITAL (GOOGLE FORMS) AND PRINT resource, and spend more time discussing the novel and rich historical background that inspired it with your students!In this product you get TWO Self-Grading Google Forms Tests and a PRINT version of the same tests with an answer key:TKAM Part One Test - Chapters 1-11 (30 questions)
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6th - 12th
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MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figura
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Unbroken YRE Chapter Questions / Online-Ready / 200 Total / Postable Answer Keys
I love teaching Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Young Readers Edition). Louie Zamperini's story is both harrowing and uplifting, and my students are wowed by this American hero's amazing life. This listing is for Unbroken chapter reading questions. It contains a total of 200 questions. Here is the breakdown:Introduction - Chapter 2: 14 questionsChapters 3-5: 16 questionsChapters 6-8: 18 questionsChapters 9-11: 11 questionsChapters 12-17: 26 questionsChapters 18-22: 21 questionsChapters 2
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7th - 12th
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Essential Question Inquiry Unit for ELA: Fear and Hope
Tailored for high school English teachers and their students, this dynamic unit intertwines literature, historical analysis, and critical thinking to explore the layers of narratives concealed beneath the surface of conventional history. We will analyze poetry, historical speeches, nonfiction articles, and more. This EQ pairs well with narratives that explore themes of fear or hope, fiction and/or non-fiction.LET'S TAKE A LOOK INSIDE: Unit OutlineThe Essential Question Adventure Pack: An Intr
Grades:
8th - 11th
The Declaration of Independence Common Core Annotated Speech w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the Declaration of Independence. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos)
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6th - 12th
Easy Differentiated Biographies with Reading Comp for SpEd Mini Bundle (Set 1)
Biographical Text with preview tasks, comprehension activities, and more!Printable Worksheets Included - Adapted for Fill In or Cut and Paste Depending on Level!My Middle School students are always asking about motivating texts that are meaningful and accessible for them. This is It!Great for independent reading or a whole group activity to complement a unit on BiographiesGoogle Slides and PDF printable included.This set includes:3 sets of 2 Differentiated Texts Each about Popular singers Includ
Grades:
1st - 12th
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