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High school close reading handouts for Microsoft Word
Reading Comprehension Strategies: Definitions & Activities
A guide to introduce READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES to your students. Designed to help identify things they should be doing as ACTIVE READERS!The importance of being able to read isn’t something that can be overstated; Reading strategies are a gateway for any and all students to truly understand and engage with a text. By integrating reading strategies into their lessons, teachers can help students develop the understanding and critical thinking skills they need.THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:- A Read
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
HIGH SCHOOL POETRY | 5 American Poets: Dickinson, Hughes, Frost, Bishop, Brooks!
This high-school poetry bundle features 5 EDITABLE units on American poetry that can be used in sequence over two weeks. The 5 units feature a total of 50 poems by 5 American poets: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. By having students read the 10 best poems by each writer, you'll introduce them to the breadth of each poet's work while taking a deep dive into two or three poems in each class session.This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dy
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Reading Circles: LITERATURE / FICTION Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Reading/Literature 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 then given a piece of literature (a novel or short story) to discuss. The text is then split into sections (by c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparison
This side-by-side chart is great for comparing Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story. Viewing West Side Story allows students to understand the themes of Shakespeare's play with a more understandable interpretation.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Twelve Angry Men Daily Lesson Activity Bundle
This 60-page unit contains 23 individual daily lesson activities reviewing Reginal Rose’s entire play, Twelve Angry Men. Most assignments group specific pages by scene within each act; so the class can read several pages and then complete an assignment. Or you can read the entire act and then choose from several key assignments to review major plot points or elements of the act. Honestly, there are too many activities to realistically be completed. But for my teaching style, I’d rather have m
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8th - 12th
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The Canterbury Tales- The Wife of Bath's Prologue Stations Activity
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath is a character worthy of her own text. Spend time diving into her prologue in The Canterbury Tales by challenging students to complete a close reading of anti-feminist critiques.
This stations activity focuses on six key critiques in The Wife of Bath's prologue: marriage, virginity, feminism, sexuality, men's perception of women, and what a woman knows (feminist standpoint epistemology). Teachers can print the six pages in this document and post around the cl
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7th - 12th
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Maus I and II Guided Reading (Entire Novel) with Key
These are all of the reading questions I have for the both Maus I and II novel. All 11 chapters have a set of questions. My students answered these as they read, and we would discuss the chapters after the turned in the guided reading questions. I have included the answer key with this product.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Annotation Symbol Anchor Chart
This printable features 10 valuable annotation symbols that students should utilize during a close reading of a text. The document can be given to students and posted in your classroom. Great resource for English teachers of all grades, as well any teacher with a strong reading focus.
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4th - 10th
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
Animal Farm Reading Check Quizzes / Questions for each Chapter with Answer Key
This product contains a Reading Comprehension quiz and answer key for all 10 chapters of the novella. I use it as a quiz to hold students accountable for reading but it can also be used as a a reading or study guide. Clipart courtesy of: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/G- Is-For-Graphics
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6th - 12th
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Oedipus the King Daily Activities
This 70-page unit contains 23 individual daily lesson activities reviewing Sophocles’ entire play, Oedipus the King. Most assignments group specific pages by scene; so the class can read several pages and then complete an assignment. Or you can read an entire section and then choose from several key assignments to review major plot points or elements which are developed over the course of several scenes. Honestly, there are too many activities to realistically be completed. But for my teachin
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8th - 12th
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury differentiated packets for ELLs (Central Idea)
Do you teach ELLs? Do you have a lot of different english proficiencies in the same classroom? Do you have trouble differentiating to meet all of these students needs? LOOK NO FURTHER! These packets will challenge your top students with a grade level text and support your newcomers with images and academic sentence starters!
There are 3 levels of “The Veldt” packet that are differentiated to support all students needs.
Level 1 (Newcomers and Entering)- This packet has the lowest level englis
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7th - 12th
(Easy but Great) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Assignment and Rubric
Annotated bibliographies are an amazing introduction to research (with or without an additional research essay). I use annotated bibs to encourage students to independently explore issues we are discussing in class: death penalty, gender issues, animal rights. Bibs are also effective for researching for presentations.This straightforward download offers an easy-to-follow assignment sheet (with examples of how to go about writing both a summary paragraph and analysis paragraph for each entry).
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10th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 4 Guided Notes Handout
This handout offers Detailed notes on Act 4 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Handout includes full notes with fill in the blank spaces for students to complete, and a completed set of notes for the teacher's reference. Great resource for flipping the classroom and having students take notes at home to maximize class time.This handout is the companion of my Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Guided Notes Powerpointand myRomeo and Juliet Quiz on Act 4 and Answer Key.Check out my Romeo and Jul
Grades:
7th - 12th
Common Core Close Reading (The High School Annotation Survival Guide)
Close reading a text is an essential skill to teach, especially in a high school English class following a Common Core aligned curriculum. My annotation strategy teaches students to record the gist of each paragraph or chunk of text on the right and talk back to the text using symbols on the left. For the gist, students first must determine the type of noun the chunk of text is about. They then decide what is being said about the noun.
This mini bundle includes the following:
- The General An
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 Guided Notes Handout
Detailed guided notes to assist students as they study Romeo and Juliet, Act 3.Guided Notes provide a summary of each scene in Act 3, as well as famous quotes and follow up questions. Download includes scaffolded notes with fill in the blank spaces for students to fill in information. Also included is a completed set of notes for the teacher's reference. This handout is the companion of my Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Guided Notes Powerpoint, as well as the Romeo and Juliet Quiz on Act 3 and Answer Ke
Grades:
7th - 12th
Romeo and Juliet- Act 1, Scene 1 Guided Notes Handout
Excellent resource for the first lesson on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1! Introduce students to Shakespearean characters, plot, and terminology in the first scene of this tragedy.Guided Notes Handout cover setting, literary devices, the initial conflict between the Montagues and Capulets, and Shakespearean language. Download includes guided notes with spaces for students to fill in the blanks. Also included is a completed set of notes with all information filled in for t
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7th - 12th
Analyzing Types of Persuasion in Advertising
This 6-page document may be used to introduce a unit on persuasion or to reinforce an understanding of persuasive techniques. Aristotle's three types of persuasion (pathos, ethos, logos) and other persuasive strategies are presented in a simple yet fun way and the included examples are accessible for a variety of students. It was originally designed for middle school students, but it could also work with a high school audience.
The packet is designed to be used in conjunction with a correspondi
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6th - 12th
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Lion (aka A Long Way Home) by Saroo Brierley. Lesson Plan
This is a lesson plan for the entire book with vocabulary, quick writes and guided questions. It also includes a prereading research project if you want to implement it. Answer key is included, so if you have the book you can just print it up and go. I print them up chapter by chapter and when we're done they all have a nice little portfolio of their reading.Warning: It will not work with the Young Readers Edition.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Red Dog (2011) and the Australian Identity Worksheet (plus answers)
Introducing the Red Dog (2011) Movie Analysis Worksheet - the perfect resource for teachers looking to engage their students in a fun and thought-provoking lesson on media examples of the Australian Identity!This worksheet is designed to accompany the award-winning 2011 movie Red Dog. Students will be engaged in a variety of questions designed to think critically about how the film examines different aspects of the Australian identity through the film's plot, characters and themes.This Red Dog M
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8th - 11th
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin Final Exam Practice or Reading Questions
This activity should be completed after reading "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
The handout consists of ten multiple-choice questions of varying complexity. Some questions are basic reading comprehension questions while others require students to make inferences or analyze the literary devices and techniques being used in the story.
The second page consists of a short-answer prompt that student must complete using appropriate evidence from the text. Students must use their knowledge of
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8th - 12th
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Serial Episode 5: Route Talk
This episode has students consider the timeline of Jay's case. Students are asked to use maps to determine time lines and answer questions related.
At the end, students focus on the target audience of Serial and other features of media.
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7th - 12th
Poetry Close Reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
This is one of my BEST SELLING resources! It's an easy, zero-prep lesson! Your students will benefit from interacting with this deep and meaningful text!Engage your students with vivid imagery in this classic poem by Maya Angelou.Includes an answer key.This product includes the text of the poem as well as 14 well-crafted short response questions that encourage higher level thinking and engaging discussions.Use this as a stand alone product, or look for my Poetry Unit on Tone and Figurative Langu
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5th - 12th
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Eminem's Life Story - Literary Nonfiction Practice (High Interest)
I know we all struggle getting our students to read at times. This article definitely helps with this battle because my 10th grade students love it and do not grunt while they complete it.This handout focuses on : Dictionary Skills, Inference, Tone, Theme, and More!*Editable / ANSWER KEY INCLUDED
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8th - 12th
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