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Common Core RL.9-10.4 interactive notebooks under $5
Harlem Renaissance | Zora Neale Hurston "Sweat" | High School Short Story Unit
This widely-anthologized story of a hardworking washerwoman and her abusive husband is a deceptively simple tale of good and evil, suffering and redemption, and reaping what you sow. However, when read in the context of the many biblical allusions in the story as well as the African American Spiritual, the seemingly-straightforward story becomes much more nuanced and complex. This fascinating mini unit will take your students through recordings of Zora Neale Hurston singing songs she learned th
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9th - 12th
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Figurative Language in Songs: Fight Song Activities Editable
Use "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten to help your students understand figurative language, poetic devices, speaker's tone, theme, and author's purpose. (Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Reading Literature, Language, and Writing)
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
"Fight Song" is an uplifting song with a positive message for students: be strong, never give up, and don't let others bring you down. This is a perfect song to get students ex
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7th - 12th
Native American Literature | Sherman Alexie | Indigenous Poetry | Stereotypes
Why are stereotypes dangerous? What is our role in breaking down stereotypes? Students might know some of the stereotypes surrounding Indigenous people, but they likely don’t fully understand where they come from, why they are harmful, or why positive stereotypes can be equally painful as negative ones. This 90-minute lesson will get them examining some of those assumptions when they explore videos featuring teens talking about stereotypes, a powerful slam poem performance, an accessible and
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9th - 12th
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Introduction to Shakespeare: Sonnet 73 & Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Looking for engaging lessons that will give your students the confidence and skills they need to read Shakespeare independently? So often, teachers think that the only way they can introduce their classes to the Bard is by working through the same old boring power point lectures on when Shakespeare was born, when he died, and where he lived.But Shakespeare’s work is popular 500 years after he died for a reason. The universal themes and questions of his poetry and plays are still very much relev
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9th - 12th
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Dystopian Short Story: The Lottery Shirley Jackson | Lesson Plans | Bullying
Looking for a complete unit on “The Lottery” that will challenge and inspire your students to make a difference in today's troubled times? By making connections among bullying, genocide, the Nuremberg trials, Stanley Milgrim’s obedience study, and a classic poem about the Holocaust, your students will be inspired to take their study of Jackson’s powerful story past the pages of the text.When you teach “The Lottery” with this unit you will:be sure that your students won’t miss any of the importa
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9th - 12th
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan: High School Short Story | Close Reading & Creative Writing
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level?These lessons on “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan will push your students to dig deep, get creative, and fully appreciate Tan’s wonderful writing.This classic story of a parent’s expectations and a daughter’s willful desire to be accepted is a great choice for discussing themes of communication, culture, parent-child relations
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9th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Figurative Language & Vocabulary Interactive Notebook
To Kill a Mockingbird Figurative Language & Vocabulary Interactive Notebook - Common Core AlignedIncludes interactive notebook activities for students to use for vocabulary and figurative language devices practice while reading To Kill a Mockingbird.The skills students will practice and elements of literature studied include:-interpreting words (vocabulary) and word connotations-identifying and analyzing figurative language devices such as similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, idio
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7th - 11th
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost | Poetry Analysis & Close Reading High School
The close reading questions on Robert Frost’s iconic poem “The Road Not Taken” will get your students thinking about big ideas and questions that matter, as well as noticing how the smallest details of a poem contribute to meaning.This poem is one that everyone thinks they know, but they don’t really. It is likely that your students know the title of the poem and the last three lines—which have been quoted in everything from graduation speeches to needlepointed pillows. In fact, the title of t
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9th - 12th
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Trail of Tears Unit | Native American Literature | Indian Removal Unit
Looking for a resource on the Trail of Tears that will help your students understand why that tragedy is still relevant today?This innovative unit will take your students beyond a general understanding of the events of the 1830s to a more comprehensive understanding of why history matters. Students will start out by exploring two engaging videos: one on the history of the Trail of Tears and one on why treaties still matter today. Then, they’ll move on to a creative exploration of some first-hand
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9th - 12th
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin Dystopian Short Story
Looking for an engaging short story unit that will inspire your classes to make a difference in their worlds?In this classic of dystopian fiction, Ursula Le Guin describes a city where people celebrate happily without a care in the world—except for one child, kept in miserable conditions.“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a great choice for getting students to think about their own role in perpetuating injustice in the world. It’s also a wonderful text for teaching point of view, setting, a
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9th - 12th
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Harrison Bergeron Lesson Plans | Kurt Vonnegut Dystopian Short Story Unit Plan
Want to inspire your classes to engage in healthy discussion and speak out against injustices? Students are bombarded on a daily basis with the message that it’s better to go along to get along, and that conflict is scary and to be avoided. They are led to believe that their voice isn’t important, especially when fighting against forces that are more powerful than they are. Believing this message can lead to a generation of future leaders who feel powerless and hopeless and do nothing to make t
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9th - 12th
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Hunger Games Interactive Notebook Flipbook: Literary Analysis
My literary analysis interactive notebook flipbook for The Hunger Games (by Suzanne Collins) practices so many essential skills in an easy-to-assemble handy flipbook. I also included traditional handouts for teachers who do not use interactive notebooks.
This story elements literary analysis flipbook includes six sections to use with The Hunger Games:
1. Character Development: Students must analyze how the setting, events, and other characters have influenced each one.
2. Setting: Students an
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6th - 10th
Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
"Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde | Close Reading Poetry Lesson
Want to teach a relatable poem that will get your most reluctant students excited about reading poetry?Audre Lorde’s free verse poem “Hanging Fire” is a great choice for teaching point of view, tone, speaker, gender roles, and diversity--it's also an accessible and relevant poem that has been a favorite of my students for years. In this engaging poem, the teenage speaker worries about everything from braces to her own death. Students will love this poem because of its natural sound and its por
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9th - 12th
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Diction and Word Choice Lesson - Geraldo No Last Name - Sandra Cisneros
This lesson on Diction and word choice can be used as a traditional worksheet, digital worksheet, or with Interactive Notebooks (ISN). I use it in my Short Stories unit with "Geraldo No Last Name" by Sandra Cisneros, but this resource is editable for any text. (optimized for grades 7-10)What You Get: 1. Introductory PPT (editable)2. Two lesson plan ideas: analytical or creative writing options3. Interactive Notebook layouts and foldables4. Traditional worksheet version (editable .doc)5. Digital
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7th - 10th
Claude McKay "If We Must Die" | Black History: Red Summer of 1919 | BLM
What is the best way for people to maintain their dignity in the face of racism, oppression, and brutality? Written after the horrific events of the Red Summer of 1919, Claude McKay’s timeless poem “If We Must Die” attempts to answer that important question. This classic of the Harlem Renaissance is also a great poem to explore issues of the Black Lives Matter movement. When you teach “If We Must Die” with this powerful unit, you will:Start your class periods with bellringer freewrite prompts t
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9th - 12th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin | Literary Analysis | Short Story Unit Plan
Looking for a fun, rigorous unit on Kate Chopin’s classic story?With bellringer freewrite prompts, questions for close reading and discussion, and creative writing exercises, this mini unit will get your students discussing big ideas and engaging in a close reading of this classic story of a woman’s failed search for autonomy in 19th century America. The plans in this resource work for interactive notebooks as well as learning stations. If you have time to complete everything here, there is enou
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9th - 12th
The Man in the Well by Ira Sher, Short Story Unit Plan: Power & Dehumanization
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students writing, analyzing, and discussing big questions around why people do bad things? This short unit on “The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher will challenge your students to dig deep and think hard about what it takes to speak out against an immoral majority.“The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher is a very compelling and fairly horrifying story of a group of kids who, without even discussing it, decide to let a man die. With themes arou
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood | Allusion Poetry Lesson: Gender Roles
Looking for an engaging poem to add a feminist perspective to your unit on The Odyssey?In this accessible but sophisticated poem, Margaret Atwood takes the classic story of the mythical sirens and turns it on its head. When you teach Atwood's sad and lovely poem with this innovative and rigorous unit you will:Start your class period with bellringer freewrite prompts that will help students to focus, get ready to work, and begin to explore the essential questions of the text.Strengthen your stud
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9th - 12th
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Native American History & Literature: Indian Boarding Schools | Louise Erdrich
Looking for a resource on the Indian Boarding Schools that will help your students understand how victims of mistreatment and abuse resist oppression in their own ways? In an effort to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the assimilation policies of the United States caused a great deal of pain to the tens of thousands of young people who were displaced from their homelands and taken to horrific institutions. While the Native American children who were forced to cut their hair and forget their c
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Elements of Poetry Foldables and Handouts for Middle School
If you love interactive notebooks but don't always have the time, you will love these easy-to-read elements of poetry handouts and foldables aimed at upper middle and high school students. Definitions for narrative, lyric, and free-verse poetry, plus figurative language and sound devices are included. This packet includes color and black & white handouts for the following:Introduction to Poetry: narrative, lyric, and free verse Figurative LanguageSound DevicesMore Poetry TermsBlank space all
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7th - 9th
Margaret Atwood Poem: Half-Hanged Mary | Poetry Close Reading Lesson
A modern feminist retelling of the Salem Witch Hunts of the Puritan period, this contemporary poem by Margaret Atwood is a great choice for teaching poetic devices as well as for exploring some of the major themes of American Literature. “Half-Hanged Mary” is based on the true story of Mary Webster who was probably one of Margaret Atwood’s ancestors. This poem is long and challenging for sure, but it is also a fascinating tale of a real-life phenomena. While students might need a few class perio
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9th - 12th
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Immigration & the American Dream | Pat Mora: “La Migra” and “Elena”
Looking for powerful yet accessible poems to deepen your students understanding of the immigration experience?These two poems by Pat Mora are seemingly simple and easy to read, but they also bring up bigger issues of language, power, relationships, immigration, and The American Dream. They are great choices for students who are reluctant to read poetry, and they are great choices to add to a bigger discussions of themes of American Literature as they offer perspectives not often seen in other t
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9th - 12th
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"Mother to Son" Langston Hughes Poetry Writing & Poetry Analysis Unit
Looking for a creative, innovative unit on this classic poem that will take your students’ experience beyond the page?Langston Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son” is simple enough for most students to comprehend the bigger themes without a problem, yet in spite—or perhaps because of—its simplicity, it is also a wonderful poem for exploring extended metaphor, a parent’s love for their children, and natural writing. When you teach Hughes’ lovely poem with this fun and rigorous unit you will:Start your c
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9th - 12th
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Interactive Reading Notebook Activity: Analyzing Author's Choices
Interactive Reading Notebook: Analyzing the Author's Choices (Grades 6-12)
This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle.
Use this fun "road trip" reading journey interactive notebook activity to analyze the author's choices for theme, plot, setting, characters, and word meanings/connotations.
Students will practice numerous skills, including: making inferences (inferring), analyzing theme, evaluating the sequence of events and author's pacing, identifying and defining fig
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
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