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Close reading Common Core RL.9-10.4 interactive notebooks
To Kill a Mockingbird Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
This bundle of activities includes over 90 interactive notebook activities to cover before, during, and after reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Every activity is aligned to at least one Common Core State Standard for reading literature, language (vocabulary), speaking and listening, and writing.
This IS included in my To Kill a Mockingbird Growing Bundle, found here:
To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit & Interac
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7th - 11th
Harlem Renaissance Activities: Langston Hughes, Art, Music | American Literature
Tired of superficial resources on the Harlem Renaissance that just go through the motions when it comes to adding diversity to your plans? So often, in an attempt to study more than dead white males, teachers seek out texts by people of color. But lacking the time or energy to really engage in the research required to plan a great unit, they incorporate a few lackluster biographies and add some short pieces to their plans and leave it at that. The addition of those inane powerpoints, superficial
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9th - 12th
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American Literature Full Year ELA Curriculum for High School English | Secondary
Looking for a full-year American Literature curriculum that will engage your most reluctant learners while still challenging your most advanced students? Spanning American literature from Puritans to young authors writing today, this truly diverse curriculum has differentiated plans for honors and standard level classes. From the Puritan worldview to YOLO culture, from love and lies to the Iraq war, and from the everyday pains of growing up to the unique experience of the contemporary immigran
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9th - 12th
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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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Dystopian Short Stories Unit: The Lottery Shirley Jackson, Harrison Bergeron
Want to utilize your students’ love of dystopian fiction to keep them engaged and get them thinking about how they can make a difference in their worlds?Dystopian fiction is lots of fun—it’s imaginative, creative, and innovative. But when your classes read these texts as pure fiction that doesn’t relate to real life, they won’t make the connections to their own worlds, and they won’t feel the responsibility to make a difference in their lives. Even worse, students might use this kind of fantasti
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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
Literary Elements Analysis Interactive Notebook Flipbook for Any Novel
My literary elements analysis interactive notebook flipbook for ANY novel or story practices so many essential skills in an easy-to-assemble handy flipbook (no cutting or pasting!). 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 any book or story:1. Character Development: Students must analyze how the setting, events, and other characters have influenced each one.2. Setting: S
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
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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Salem Witch Trials Unit Bundle | Puritan Primary Source | Colonial America
Want to teach a Puritan literature unit that will get your students engaging independently with texts, making connections to contemporary issues, and excited to discuss essential questions that really matter? From their world view to their religious beliefs to their daily life, the people of the early colonial period lived lives very different from those of contemporary Americans. The texts included in this unit will give students a glimpse into those lives. Three of the pieces included in this
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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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"How it Feels to be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston | Figurative Language Lesson
Looking for a unit on this classic essay that will get your students engaging independently with the text, discussing big ideas, and sharpening their close reading and critical thinking skills?“How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston is a great choice for engaging your classes in discussions around race, identity, gender, and artistic expression. It’s also a wonderful essay for exploring figurative language and how writers create meaning through comparisons. When you teach “How it F
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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
53 High School Poems: Literary Analysis, Poetry Close Reading, ELA Lesson Plans
Want to be done planning your high school poetry lessons for the rest of your career? A collection of close reading and discussion questions, activities, and writing prompts on 53 poems that I have taught multiple times over the years, this bundle will provide you with over three months of rigorous, engaging and ready-to-go lessons to teach your students to analyze poetry on their own. The worksheets included here are great choices for supplementing a thematic unit, for adding more voices and p
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9th - 12th
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Reading Response Handouts for High School | Reading Logs | Reading Journals
Do you want you students to learn how to read, analyze, and write about literature independently?Do your students have a tough time when they are faced with a blank page or have to write without being told what to write about? This guide to reading response journals based on quote analysis and close reading will get your students reading, analyzing, and writing about literature on their own. I have been teaching with reading responses for eleven years, and this guide includes what you need to
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9th - 12th
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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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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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Shakespeare's The Tempest Complete Unit: Race, Gender, Class, & Colonialism
With themes ranging from colonial oppression to romantic love, from art to slavery, and from family betrayal to the beauty of nature—this play offers so much to explore. But if you want your classes to get excited about reading this challenging text, your students will need to be excited to delve into the book and feel empowered to tackle the difficult language on their own. You’ll also need to help your classes to make connections between their own lives and those of these fictional characters
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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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Night by Elie Wiesel Unit Plan: Projects, Activities, Chapter Questions, Writing
Are struggling to teach a unit on Night that is both rigorous and engaging? If your students’ experience of Elie Wiesel’s classic novel involves filling out meaningless worksheets, sitting silently while you give powerpoint lectures, or waiting for you to explain the novel to them, you’re doing them a great disservice. You're encouraging them to accept your answers rather than seeking them out themselves. In fact, by giving your classes the message that their ideas don't matter, you're helping
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9th - 12th
Figurative Language: High School Creative Writing & Literary Analysis Activities
Looking for an innovative resource that will help your students to better understand how literary elements create meaning in a text and apply those lessons to their own writing? Through many years of teaching, I have found that students usually have a fairly easy time identifying literary devices, but when it comes to explaining how those elements create meaning in a text, they are often stumped. Getting them to experiment with devices in their own writing is even more of a challenge.This kind o
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9th - 12th
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