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Free Common Core RL.9-10.4 interactive notebooks
Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Free Printable Foldable Activity
Enjoy this free introduction to archetypes and the hero's journey. I've included two folding graphic organizers that you can use with any hero's journey. Teach archetypal symbolism with the first foldable, then extend that to the hero and create a representation of eight sections of the journey. I used it with The Odyssey, but it will work for so many others: Harry Potter, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Lord of the Rings,Percy Jackson, or movies that involve the hero's journey Star Wars, Black
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8th - 12th
Cynthia Ozick "The Shawl" | Free Short Story Unit Plan, Honors & AP Literature
Looking for a powerful addition to your unit on the Holocaust or genocide? “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick is sparse, memorable, and beautifully written. While the story itself is very short, your students will be inspired by the challenging text.This story pairs well with Night by Elie Wiesel, 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, or any other text that deals with themes of war, oppression, trauma, or death.When you teach this powerful short story
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9th - 12th
American literature Unit | Black History Free Poetry Analysis Worksheet | BLM
Looking for an engaging, rigorous unit on the Black Lives Matter Movement?In this mini unit, students will learn about the history of the Black Lives Matter movement and the way that the word “boy” has been problematic for African American males. They'll also explore both the written version and performance of the wonderful poem “not an elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith, a masterful, award-winning contemporary poet and performer. Rounding out the unit are an opinion piece and an inspiring TED
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9th - 12th
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Raisin in the Sun (Interactive Notebook)
Browse through this awesome hand crafted notebook!I assigned the whole thing to my students on google classroom and made a copy for each student.You will receive an as is copy of my notebook that won't update as I update my notebook.Here is the link to my notebook (I am constantly updating it!) http://bit.ly/q2notebookCheck the Instructions Page for my daily lesson slides with objective and standard. Pro tip: Create a copy, rename it so you can distinguish it from your copy (something like "Stud
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7th - 12th
Affect vs. Effect Worksheet - Grades 6-9
a grammar sheet showing the proper use of Affect vs Effect, Gale-Johnson, language arts, handouts, worksheets, interactive notebooks,
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Troublesome Words Worksheet Bundle for Grades 6-9
Introduction to the Holocaust
Take your introduction lesson to the next level with these interactive guided notes. Each page follows alongside the Yad Vesham youtube videos with fill in the blank, turn-and-talk, real-world connections, media comparative analysis, and written response tasks. The questions model after common core standards using student friendly language.
Here is the link to the video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB4Nc4AFjMQ&list=PLj1tRCohZq81aYbpsLMKimSXh2TibtwJW
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7th - 12th
Chat GPT, AI-Proof Writing Assignment: Characterization Analysis & Close Reading
Worried that AI programs like Chat GPT will keep your students from learning to think for themselves? Learning to write literary analysis based on textual evidence is a great way for students to learn critical thinking, evidence-based reasoning, analysis, and writing, but if you assign your students to write an essay from home, what are the odds that they’ll be tempted to cheat and never learn those skills? The key to getting your students to avoid the temptation to use AI to think for them is
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9th - 12th
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IDEAS context clues graphic organizer personal vocabulary journal EOC test prep
This slideshow is ready to plug and play in your Google classroom or LMS of your choice.I made this interactive activity for use in a high school English classroom, but it could easily scale up or down.My students enjoyed collecting their words in their personal vocabulary journals as they practiced using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. They reported that they liked the choice in deciding what words to learn. Some even said that they looked forward to reading more beca
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7th - 12th
Tone Words Flip Book
This is perfect for Interactive Notebooks or for students to hang on to and reference throughout the year. Print, trim, fold, and go!
Tone words are separated by connotation: positive, neutral, and negative. Each page has a table with different tone words, basic definitions, a space for students to write examples, and a space for students to write out non-examples. There is also an example of a passage that is positive, neutral, and negative.
The passages are all about the same subject, death,
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8th - 12th
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Divorce, Forgiveness, & Family Dynamics: Free Poetry Analysis Worksheet
Looking for an accessible poem that deals with universal truths and experiences? Pulitzer Prize Winning poet Sharon Olds' poem “The Victims” is an exploration of the ways that family dynamics change as we all grow up. The speaker deals with her parents’ divorce and her shifting allegiances. The universal themes of forgiveness, the past, and letting go of anger will engage any student with this poem.Teach your students to analyze point of view, shifts, word choice, imagery, figurative language,
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9th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet: Pre-Reading Interactive Google Slide Deck
Let’s face it, teaching Shakespeare can be intimidating (even for those of us with English Degrees and a passion for the Bard). In my 10 years teaching High School English, I’ve found that the key to a successful Shakespeare unit is creating interactive lesson plans that highlight the relatability of the texts.This interactive, pre-reading slide deck focuses on priming students for Romeo and Juliet with thematic reflection questions, characterization activities, vocabulary-building, and a prolog
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8th - 10th
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Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 Free Lesson Plan: Close Reading Questions & Answer Key
Looking for rigorous and engaging no-prep plans for teaching Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet? It’s not easy to find plans for teaching Shakespeare that are interesting enough for your students yet include enough structure and scaffolding to challenge them to read the text on their own.When you follow the step-by-step methods that I outline here, your students will learn to understand the language and appreciate the artistry of the play and ultimately, to understand their own lives a little bit better.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden: Poetry Analysis | Graphic Organizer
Looking for a no-prep lesson that will teach your students to better understand how poets create meaning with poetic elements? This lovely, sad poem about a son looking back at the Sunday mornings of his childhood is a classic choice for teaching students about diction, repetition, and theme. The graphic organizer method for analyzing poetry that you will follow in this lesson plan is very helpful to get students to focus on the choices that poets make and how they contribute to meaning in a p
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9th - 12th
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Reading Response Prompts | Reading Response Journal Questions for Any Text
Looking for reading response prompts that are both engaging and rigorous?You’re tired of students writing book summary after book summary without any analysis, and so you look online for meaningful writing prompts, only to find stilted questions full of literary jargon that immediately turn students off. Boring, irrelevant prompts create nothing but uninspired writing. Even worse, when your students don’t relate to the writing you ask them to do in class, they’ll see you as a task master who fu
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6th - 10th
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“Abuelito Who” Poem Annotation Instructions
This Google Doc activity can be quickly shared with your students as a guide on how to annotate the poem “Abuelito Who" by duel American - Mexican citizen Sandra Cisneros. This poem is excellent for connecting to students with Spanish language heritage or any student who watches an elderly loved one decline with age. Students will use simple features of Google Docs including, but not limited to:underliningboldhighlightingitalicsbulleted checklistsbracketsCOMMENTING*
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8th - 12th
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years - Interactive Notebook
This is a complete unit plan, and could be used both in a classroom environment, or for guided distance learning as a book study.In I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson, students will follow 13-year-old Elli Friedman as she grows up in the devastating years of the Holocaust. In this hyperdoc / interactive notebook, I have gathered and linked videos from reliable sources that I use to teach students the historical events that are tied to the novel. The entire unit is planned ou
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7th - 10th
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Characterization Activity - quick, engaging, student-based, and interactive!
This activity is designed to begin to help students understand characterization. It can be used as a fun pre-activity to any content, be used scaffolded notes on characterization, or as a check-in on characterization skills. Students will define characterization, then define direct and indirect characterization. They will use those definitions to practice on three examples, using bios. Then, they will apply their knowledge in a real-life setting, acting as CEOs to make a decision on who to hire
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8th - 12th
Interactive Notebook Literature Annotation Cut Outs
These interactive literature annotation directions are perfect for an interactive notebook. Students cut out these annotating cheat-sheets and glue into the front of their interactive notebook OR assigned reading. Great for encouraging intense annotating during assigned reading. Also good when it comes time to write an essay: students simply have to look at their Page Reference Cut Out and turn to the page that they have heavily annotated for quick quotes.
Although, initially designed for the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Book Tracker (English & Spanish)
Use these cute book tracker pages to begin a journal of the books you are going to read this year! Perfect for personal use or classroom use! One page is designed with a modern look and the other is dark academia. What can I do with these pages?Add titles of the book to the spinesColor in the books as you readThe Thoughts & Notes page can be used for anything! Draw what you see, feel, hear. Print out images to create a vision board of the book. Log your favorite quotes. Document your burning
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Not Grade Specific
“Bilingual/Bilingüe” Poem Annotation Instructions
This Google Doc activity can be quickly shared with your students as a guide on how to annotate the poem “Bilingual/Bilingüe” by Dominican-American poet and translator Rhina Polonia Espaillat. This poem is excellent for connecting to students with Spanish language heritage or any student whose first language is not English and is navigating generational differences in communication and connection. It is also excellent for introducing these concepts to students who may be less familiar with topic
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8th - 12th
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Guided Reading Chapters 1-4 Sing, Unburied, Sgin
Guided reading questions for first four chapters of Jesmyn Ward's novel Sing, Unburied, Sing. Chapters are divided into sections with questions that ask students to focus on plot, literary devices, and making inferences. Chapter one includes a family tree and all four chapters include helpful hints and definitions for reading the novel.
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9th - 12th
Annotation Poster
This is a printable page meant to hang on the wall or be added into a student's journal or interactive notebook. These are the steps for annotating that I have found to be helpful with my students, especially when they have never attempted to annotate before. I usually pair this with a mini-lesson and an "I do, we do, you do" on a short story or article to demonstrate the steps.
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6th - 12th
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