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High school english language arts handouts for Microsoft Word $10 and up
"The Body" by Stephen King: Chapter Questions and Assessments
This is a complete unit of study for Stephen King's novella, "The Body." The package includes chapter by chapter study questions with ANSWERS, a summary review, a test, and an essay assignment. Questions focus on vocabulary, close reading, higher order thinking, and making connections.Check out the complete preview. Package is in Word so you can modify.Here is a link to the Google Doc version:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Body-by-Stephen-King-Study-Questions-and-Assessments-Dig
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9th - 12th
THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
This bundle is a collection of The Lesson Shop's most popular Persuasive Writing Resources at a 50% DISCOUNT!!!The products in this bundle can be taught in combination with one another or can be broken up into stand alone resources. It includes a variety of assessment types (speeches, articles, essays) and multiple writing styles (types of tone, etc.).Designed for diverse learning environments! Students can complete these resources in a teacher-led class or use the included scaffolding for indep
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7th - 12th
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Poetry Analysis Student Handbook for AP Literature and Composition
Due to the price of quality AP Lit textbooks, I opted to take all the best parts of several and compose my own Student Handbook to use for the study of poetry in my classroom. Included here are 52 poems, each paired with AP level analytical questions. These poems and questions have been pulled from various AP textbooks, and have been neatly compiled into one document. Just post the document online, each student can print one out, and there you go-- INSTANT TEXTBOOK (that the students can take
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Three Scene Play Playwriting Unit for Drama, Theatre, or Acting Classes
DISTANCE-LEARNING FRIENDLY. REVISED AND UPDATED JULY 2019. This complete, three-week unit plan for teaching a simple, three-scene playwriting structure in any class has been extremely helpful to the many teachers who have purchased it over the past four years, since it debuted in July of 2015. I have been honing the lessons contained in this unit for a decade and a half in my own classes and it is a simple, fun and creative way to teach story structure, character development, and dialogue writin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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"One Night in the Woods" Drama Class One Act Play Based on Fairy Tales
One Night in the Woods mashes five classic fairy tales with five popular television shows to create an entertaining one act play that works as a classroom or extracurricular project. It’s Cinderella as an episode of The Bachelor, Rapunzel as The Amazing Race, and Red Riding Hood as a breaking news story!The play can also be broken into five independent scenes, four of which work completely independently of the main script. Cast is variable from 4-16. Gender is 2 male and 2 female for four perfor
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6th - 12th
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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand HUGE BUNDLE
The contents of this bundle include:1. Group Inquiry Project: This is an introduction to the novel. Students read the back of the book and research different words on the description. They then share their discoveries with the class in a creative presentation. 2. Reading Guide: Students can use this guide or the text analysis guide as they read through the book.3. Text Analysis Guided Exploration: This activity can be used all throughout the reading of the novel. Students are given chunks of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Complete Unit A (Grade 9)
This is a complete poetry unit (10-15 days) that includes well known poems, study questions, a test, a summative assignment with marking rubrics (writing a poem and/or analyzing a poem), and ANSWERS. I use it in grade 9, but it could be used in 10-11. Also have a look at Poetry Units B, C, and D. The units build on each other, but they also stand alone. The unit includes the poems "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, "Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington R
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9th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition: Literary Terms List and Quizzes
A complete list of 74 literary techniques that all AP Language students should know before taking the AP exam. Seven scaffolded quizzes are included. Quiz #1 starts with the first 14 terms, and each quiz adds on 15 terms consecutively until they reach all 74 terms on Quiz #5. Quiz #6 adds on logical fallacies and Quiz #7 is a review of all the literary techniques and logical fallacies- perfect for last minute review before exam day! Each quiz includes a matching section with the terms and defini
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Vocabulary Bundle for Middle & High School English | Vocabulary Activities
This vocabulary bundle works with middle school and high school English students. If you are working to meet language standards for grades 7-11, this vocabulary bundle will work for you.Four vocabulary activities are included in this vocabulary bundle from my store and a bonus download of a vocabulary list to get you started!Included in this vocabulary bundle:Mentor Sentences ActivityPerfect bell ringers!☆ Words in context. Definitions and teaching points provided. ☆ Covers advanced language top
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7th - 10th
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MCAS PREP for ELA: Grades 6,7,8, and 10
(please let me know if you'd like me to send this to you as a Google doc.)This a four-week, twenty day, MCAS prep unit for English Language Arts; all of the lesson plans—activator, mini-lesson, activity, wrap-up—are included, and most importantly, the actual hand-out/s for each day. In addition, the English Language Arts Core Curriculum standards are included both on the daily lesson plans, and on the activity itself. Included are high interest short stories—such as Amy Tan’s “The Rules of the
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6th - 10th
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BUNDLE [9-10 Week] Unit Craig Silvey's Jasper Jones Novel Study +BONUS FILE
Are you trying to get your students to think and write critically about the novel, instead of simply writing out summaries of the text?This lesson might just be what you are looking for!!In my class, I prioritise analysis, textual integrity and the composer's purpose and I've spent HOURS carefully backward mapping the ideal essay, so you don't have to!!!Jasper Jones is a wonderful but lengthy text for some of our students so I've hand picked specific extracts to help them (and you) get the most
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9th - 11th
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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Abridged & Scaffolded w/ Modernized Scenes
Over the years I have crafted together an abridged version of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Julius Caesar. This version has shortened scenes juxtaposed with modernized / simplified versions of key scenes. The revised scenes highlight the main themes and character conflicts in the play. Meanwhile the abridged text pulls out challenging vocabulary, highlights allusions, and is interspersed with teacher notes and scaffolded questions. I use this version as a supplement with most students and as
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9th - 12th
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.
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7th - 12th
Shane by Jack Schaefer: Study Questions and Assessments
Everything you need to teach Shane. Package includes pre-reading information and chapter by chapter study questions that focus on plot, character, theme, setting, vocabulary, and reader response. Also included are a summative News Report and Essay assignments with rubrics. NOW INCLUDES COMPLETE ANSWERS.Check out the complete preview.Package is in Word so you can modify.Have a look at my numerous other short story, novel, play, poetry, media, and literacy packages.
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7th - 12th
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Storm Boy Bundle
Storm Boy Book and Movie comparison bundle for year 5 Australian Curriculum English Unit.Editable Bundle:- 2 x movie and book booklet with a setting page to draw and write descriptive language, character profiles for Storm boy, Hide Away Tom, Fingerbone Bill & Mr Percival & a page for a main/ important event page to write about 'who, what & where.'- Event timeline posters for the book and movie to display on your learning wall. The timeline posters can be used to track along as the c
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3rd - 12th
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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng | Unit Bundle | End of Novel Study
This easy to follow 2-week unit on Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng will keep your students focused and excited to discover the novel on their own or in groups. The unit contains whole-novel activities that will help you organize your unit by meaningful, relevant topics instead of chapters and allow you to easily differentiate activities. It contains a unit plan with questions, and activities for 8 topics, a writing prompt, and 11 possible activities for each topic including directions
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9th - 12th
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Complete set of 14 worksheets with answers for Dante's Inferno
This is an entire unit's worth of worksheets for Dante's Inferno. It is based on the Robert Pinsky translation, though other versions can be used, since there are few direct quotes from the text.
There are 14 worksheets total, covering all 34 cantos of the poem. There are about 5-10 questions per worksheet. Each sheet generally has both questions that check basic plot comprehension and knowledge of detail, as well as interpretive questions which require several sentences or a full paragraph to
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9th - 12th
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Middle School and High School Vocabulary Lists - 64 Lists - 650 Plus Words
This document includes 64 sets of vocabulary lists created for middle school and high school students. Each of the lists contains 10 (or more) vocabulary words chosen from novels frequently read by students from grades 6 to grade 9 as well as those that frequently appear on the SAT (for high school lists). A clear, accurate, and comprehensive definition is given for each of the 650+ vocabulary words within this packet. The part of speech of each word is provided. Along with each vocabulary l
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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6 Synthesis Thesis Templates with Examples (AP Lang)
This includes a prompt that asks students to explore the way horror-based entertainment influences how individuals respond to the unknown. There are 6 complex templates that are shown in this document, and examples are provided that are both pro and con in relation to the topic. The sources ARE NOT included with the prompt due to copyright; however, if you reach out to me, I'll provide the sources for free.
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9th - 12th
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Cue for Treason: Chapter Questions and Assesments
Everything you need to teach Cue for Treason. Package includes pre-reading information and chapter by chapter study questions that focus on plot, character, theme, setting, vocabulary, and reader response. Very thorough ANSWERS INCLUDED. Also included are two summative assignments with rubrics and ANSWERS: the first is a news report writing assignment and the second is a test. See also my Cue for Treason Vocabulary package, which is a list of 100 words from the novel with definitions and senten
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6th - 12th
Joyce Carol Oates "Where are you Going, Where have you Been?" Unit
Comprehensive and diverse “Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Unit using Connections in Song, Poetry, Historical Events, Mythology and Fairytales. Provides supplemental texts to examine alongside Oates' short story to enhance the understanding and allow for more thought provoking discussions. Contains a connected lesson on Loss of Innocence and Examining the Devil Figure in Literature. This is hours upon hours worth of work that will give you days and days of class material.
What is I
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9th - 12th
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Breve repaso del contexto histórico para las obras de AP Span Lit
This guide is a list of historical points relevant for the AP Spanish Literature texts. It is organized by literary movements.
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9th - 12th
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Dante's Inferno: Complete Unit and Guide
Despite being penned in the 1300s, I've always been struck by the number of my AP Lit students who proclaim Dante's Inferno as their favorite book of the year. Here is an array of study materials I use to help them grasp the finer points of this epic -- study guides, a graphic organizer on the levels of hell, a power point presentation, group projects, extended notes, a gallery of artistic inspiration from Inferno, a modern take on the 7 Deadly Sins, culminating in an in-depth 80-question multip
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Official (editable) AP Research Syllabus (Course Audit & College Board Approved)
College Board Course Audit Approved editable AP Research Syllabus updated for 2021-2022. The College Board course document number is available upon request after purchase. Not only have I taught this class for several years with students consistently passing with marks higher than the national averages, but I've also taught the college equivalent of this course at an accredited university!This 17 page syllabus has it all:Locations for school and teacher contact informationCourse overviewFabricat
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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