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Free literature simulations
Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and
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3rd - 6th
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Model Literary Analysis essay and body paragraphs -- MLA format
Included is a full, five paragraph analytical essay, in MLA format, comparing how three different poems and poets tackle the concept of spring. The thesis is the last line of the introduction. This essay features in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Also included in this bundle (after the initial essay) is a more complex example of literary analysis -- but just one body paragraph. The paragraph is presented in two forms -- one is a straight forward analysis/comparison of a theme that appear
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Social Media Template (7 Posts)
Awesome for history teachers and ELA teachers!Let your students choose a character from the chapter or book they're working on and let them bring that character to life ... online!Easy differentiation with purchase of 5 post template!
Grades:
4th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Different Starting Lines Demonstration
Engage your students in an immersive exploration of the themes of prejudice, inequality, and public perception with this interactive activity designed to accompany Harper Lee's timeless classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird." This comprehensive resource provides educators with a dynamic tool to deepen students' understanding of the novel while fostering critical thinking and empathy.This lesson works alongside a YouTube video titled "Equal Opportunity? Different Starting Lines..." (https://www.youtube
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9th - 11th
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Banned Book Week: "The Torch Committee" A Role Playing Game
We all hate the idea of banning books... except for the books that we really don't like! Using the song "The Torch Committee" by folk singer Josh Ritter as a backdrop, this role playing game invites students to act as one of the nefarious censors of the Torch Committee. Students are given six different books to research: each of which was infamously banned. In groups, they will discuss the reasons for banning the book, and ultimately decide the fate of some of the world's most scandalous liter
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11th - 12th
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Ender's Game - The Court Martial of Colonel Graff
A fun, Common-Core-tied project perfect for a culminating activity after reading ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card.
This novel is a modern classic, and one of the most important books in the young-adult science-fiction genre. With the Lionsgate-produced movie version coming out in the fall of 2013, expect student interest in the book to raise in the next year or so--a perfect opportunity to teach from a fantastic work of literature.
This culminating project includes:
* A mock-trial project in w
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8th - 12th
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Character of Interest
This product is helpful for:Sub plan (1 day activity)Independent text studyFacilitating engaging classroom discussionAudition preparationCharacterizationTheaterLiteratureFormative assessment*Teacher Tip: for an engaging product launch, dress up like a detective or make the room look "disheveled" and send students to different investigation stations
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Not Grade Specific
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Supply and Demand Negotiation Simulation for John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath"
In this dynamic class activity, students will experience firsthand the effects of supply and demand described in the marketplace of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." Just as too many families were forced to sell their goods at heartbreaking prices before leaving home in search of a better life, students are set-up to feel the frustrations of excess supply with limited demand in this negotiation simulation. The simulation includes teacher instructions, 13 post-activity discussion questions
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Book Character Social Networking-HS English/Foreign Langauge litturature
In this fun activity, students pose as characters in a novel, play, or short story to interact via the educational social networking site edmodo.com! This activity is a 2+ night homework assignment designed for high school English and advanced foreign language classrooms (levels 3 and up), and is meant to enhance in-class reading. Includes directions, lesson plan, rubric, and a student example.
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9th - 12th
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Mockingbird Twitter template for Comic Life® in .zip file
Meet the kids where they are with this template loosely modeled after the popular social networking site "Twitter". Students work at higher levels to create microblog posts about what the characters in the novel feel, rather than simply quote what they say in the story. This template works with Comic Life® and your photo library to create a printable/displayable page for classroom or hallway display. Text fields are editable and photos dragged from your library will automatically resize.
Mocki
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7th - 12th
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Memoir Narrative Socratic Seminar Project Maus Common Core
This project integrates reading, writing and listening.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Dealing with Required Reading: Flowchart
In many schools across the country, teachers are required to teach certain texts based on a curriculum document created by their department or district. Often, texts on this list stifle teacher's creativity, are mismatched for student's level of reading and understanding, or are just simply boring. This collection includes a variety of resources to help teachers evaluate the required reading policy and take steps to eliminate or make modifications to it.
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3rd - 12th
FUN Romeo and Juliet Football Play Assignment
Shakespeare provided very little guidance in terms of stage direction. It is your job to be the director and choreograph your actors' movements on stage: who needs to be where, when, and doing what? Plot out your characters' movements like a football coach would.
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Google Tour
Engage students in the setting of The Great Gatsby through this Google Tour. This tour leads students through the real-life locations in which the novel's plot takes place. In connection with Michelle De Certeau's theories on place and space, students will explore the setting as an active character. This tour includes:1. De Certeau's theories on place and space2. Images and videos3. Specific locations4. Quotes from the text5. Interactive questions at each location6. Images and videos
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10th - 12th
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Combat Required Reading
In many schools across the country, teachers are required to teach certain texts based on a curriculum document created by their department or district. Often, texts on this list stifle teacher's creativity, are mismatched for student's level of reading and understanding, or are just simply boring. This collection includes a variety of resources to help teachers evaluate the required reading policy and take steps to eliminate or make modifications to it.
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3rd - 12th
Cinderella visual storyboard
KS1 Literacy/English
This is a visual storyboard for the traditional tale Cinderella.
Also contains a word-bank.
Effective for stimulating speaking and listening.
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PreK - 1st
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Cinderella Decision Making Style Test
Allow your intermediate students to find out what type of decision maker they are along with Cinderella and her Prince! Students learn that there are four types of decision making styles that people possess. They learn the characteristics of each and connect each to themselves for optimal engagment.
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4th - 5th
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