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Literature scaffolded notes under $5
Types of Figurative Language Guided Notes Minilesson
Need notes and practices to introduce types of figurative language? This minilesson is the perfect for defining and identifying SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, IDIOM, PERSONIFICATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, ALLITERATION! With guided notes and 3 close reading passages, students will be able to distinguish 7 types of figurative language, identify examples, and explain their meanings. The graphic organizer is color-coded to classify figurative language terms into 3 categories: comparisons, sound devices, and d
Grades:
6th - 9th
Main Idea Tone Mood and Theme Notebook Pages
Are you using interactive notebooks? These pages for your students notebooks help them understand main idea, tone and mood, and theme. They can be shrunk to fit composition books as well. Information includes the definition, think about concepts, questions that could be asked, and, for main idea, what stated and implied main ideas are. Click here to FOLLOW ME to receive notices of new releases, 1/2 price for 24 hours! Inside You Will Find• 1 Main Ideas Page• 1 Tone and Mood Page• 1 Theme
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3rd - 6th
Literature Circle Collaborative Poster- Shared Reading
A perfect activity for literature circles and shared reading during your literacy block! Students work independently and in groups to analyze, respond to, and discuss fictional texts. Each student receives an 8.5” x 11” page, and contributes a different piece of information to the group's overall discussion of the text. Roles can be rotated every chapter/section, or this activity can be completed after the students have read the entire text.Note: If they are new to Literature Circles, younger gr
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: English Collaborative Posters Series #1
Canterbury Tales and Chaucer Background PPT and Guided Notes
I use the following PPT and Fill-in-the-Blank Notes (included in a zip file) to introduce The Canterbury Tales and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Included Information:
Background on Chaucer's Life
Background on the Tales themselves
Setting, Themes, Structure of The Canterbury Tales
Medieval Occupations and what they mean
Physical attributes seen in the Prologue and what they would mean to a medieval audience
The fill-in-the-blank notes are great; they keep students engaged, but they are brief enough that t
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Character Trait Word Bank (with pictures)
28 Character traits with synonyms & emoji visuals.Great for ELL / ENL students. Pictures help students easily identify the trait and multiple word choices increase student vocabulary. Students can keep this in their reading or writing folders for reference all year. This product is also included in the Baby Literary Essay Writing bundle!--------> Click here for the full Baby Literary Essay Writing bundle
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Grades:
K - 8th
Figurative Language Foldable for Interactive Notebooks
Figurative Language Foldable for Interactive Notebooks. Includes terms and definitions for the following words:
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Idiom
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Fables, Folktales and Myths Activities Interactive Notebook
Your students will learn about fables, folktales, and myths using this hands-on reading interactive notebook.This product does not contain reading passages.This product previously also contained legends, fairy tales, and tall tales. If you own this product and need these activities, please email me at Kelly@GlitterinThird.com and I will send your way! This product has been updated to reflect the Common Core Standards.This product includes:All about fairy tales, folktales, and fables sort (when?
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2nd - 3rd
Persuasive Techniques - Introduction to Rhetorical Appeals Sketch and Learn
Introduce your study of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and persuasive techniques with this background activity. You get an activity on Aristotle and the Rhetorical Triangle. This is a strong foundation for studying media literacy. Highlights:✅ Two videos and an article (found for free online)✅ Traditional worksheets or with ISNs✅ Whole class activity or stationsYour Introduction to Rhetoric activity includes:A full lesson planTwo pages of notesAn answer key ❤️ Be sure to check out my
Grades:
6th - 9th
Foreshadowing and Flashback Mini Lesson, Slides, Notes, and Worksheets 6-8
Are you looking for an engaging foreshadowing and flashback mini lesson with slides and worksheets? This resource has everything you need to get your students to understand how and why foreshadowing and flashbacks are used in literature. This resource teaches students how authors use foreshadowing and or flashback in their writing to communicate future or past events to the reader. Students also get to uncover how foreshadowing and flashbacks can shape the plot of a story. This resource is low p
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6th - 8th
Fiction Notice & Note Signposts Doodle Notes
Engage students' whole brain while teaching this fun reading strategy! Doodle notes engage verbal and visual centers in the brain which helps students retain information longer.
Notice & Note Signposts are engaging reading tools that send students on a scavenger hunt through a text to make deeper meaning. These notes would be a great way to introduce the topic to your students.
Each signpost has its own notes sheet:
- Tough Questions
- Again & Again
- Words of the Wiser
- Memory Mom
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Cask of Amontillado - TEACHER COPY with ANNOTATIONS and Vocab
This is the full text (on 7 pages with wide margins for annotations) of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado". It includes vocabulary words (highlighted in pink and defined in the margins), GISTs of each paragraph/section, example of foreshadowing, examples of imagery, pronunciations, and other miscellaneous annotations. It also includes 10 Questions for students.
ALSO look for The Cask of Amontillado - STUDENT COPY. It is the companion to the TEACHER COPY but only has vocabul
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Grades:
7th - 11th
STEAL Characterization - Indirect & Direct Characterization - Notes & Worksheets
Are you looking for an engaging STEAL characterization lesson with notes and practice worksheets? This resource teaches students how to use STEAL to analyze characters effectively and introduces students to direct and indirect characterization. This start to finish lesson teaches the difference between direct and indirect characterization, how to use the STEAL characterization and apply the lesson to real life! With this resource, your students will be able to effectively analyze how an author
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Introduction to Gothic Literature | Intro to Gothic Lit
Included is a presentation on gothic literature--perfect for any teacher who is starting a short story unit on scary tales, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Monkey's Paw," "The Black Cat," "The Landlady," and many more! This presentation includes a brief history of the horror genre and elements that encompass gothic literature. It also includes literary techniques used by authors to accomplish successful scary stories, such as irony, mood, foreshadowing, and imagery. Guided notes are included.You
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7th - 12th
Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution
Included are four signs: CHARACTERS, SETTING, PROBLEM, and SOLUTION. These can be used as anchor charts or teaching aids as you teach students how to retell a story. Each sign includes colorful graphics and simple, memorable definitions for each word. Please see my preview on TPT!!
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Writing Theme Statements Mini-Lesson
Are you tired of students responding with vague, one-word topics when you ask them to write a theme of a poem, short story, play, or novel? If your students are anything like mine, they might have a hard time with this task without some direct instruction on theme. In this 30-minute (or up to an hour), no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn what a theme is, what it isn't, see tons of sample themes, and gradually work their way up to crafting their own theme. There is a ready-to-print notes pag
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Connotation & Denotation Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slide
Use this Connotation and Denotation Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Connotation and Denotation or to review Connotation and Denotation with your students! Connotation and Denotation is a difficult topic for students to grasp. This Connotation and Denotation Anchor Chart and Notes Page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Connotation and Denotation can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definition of connotation and denotation, how to tell t
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5th - 8th
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Horror Genre Study Introduction Lesson: Slideshow & Notes | Printable & Digital
Engage students (both off and online!) with literary analysis through a horror genre study! This horror genre introductory lesson will help you set the stage by introducing the topic and some basic literary terms. This Google resource is based around a completely editable Google Slides presentation on the horror genre. Students will learn about the focus of horror, a few different types, essential literary terms--such as foreshadowing, mood, and setting--and common genre conventions.This Google
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Study Unit: 3 Stories, Elements of Horror, and More
Types of Characters PowerPoint plus Guided Notes
This 14-slide PowerPoint uses clean and uncluttered slides to teach the basic types of characters. In addition to information on characters, the PowerPoint is structured to include guidance on taking notes in Cornell-method format. A two-page guided notetaking form is included that matches the format of the PowerPoint. Plus, you receive an eight-page set of 'talking points' that include additional information to share within your presentation.
What you receive in this zipped folder:
~ Slides
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Motif Literary Mini-Lesson
Students often have a hard time distinguishing from a motif and a theme. In this 20-minute, no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn the definition of a motif, discuss some examples from pop culture, and then watch a short film in which they identify several motifs in action. There is a ready-to-print notes page for the students to keep as a reference.You might also be interested in these other resources from my TpT store:Taming of the Shrew Unit BundleMotif Mix Up: Night Chapters 1-3 ActivityCu
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slides
Use this Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Tone and Mood or to review Tone and Mood with your students! Tone and Mood is a difficult topic for students to grasp. This Tone and Mood Anchor Chart and Notes page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Tone and Mood can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definitions of tone and mood, how to identify each concept, and even example words to describe tone and mood!This product can be used
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7th - 10th
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Oedipus Rex Worksheet | Crash Course Oedipus Rex | Teaching Oedipus Rex
Teaching Oedipus Rex looking for fun activities for teaching the Greek tragedy by Sophocles? Sick of boring Oedipus Rex lesson plans? Check out this engaging Oedipus Rex worksheet to accompany the Crash Course Literature episode by John Green about Sophocles’ Greek tragedy.This Oedipus Rex teaching resource has been created to pair with the Crash Course videos by John Green (season 2, episode 2). The Oedipus worksheet includes a student worksheet of scaffolded notes and a set of teacher notes
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10th - 12th
Also included in: Crash Course Literature Season 2 Visual Note-taking Worksheet Bundle
"STEAL" Characterization Graphic Organizers For Google Classroom
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Help your students to analyze how an author developed their characters using this Google Docs and Classroom ready graphic organizer! No more messy formatting errors upon converting from .pdf or .docx to Google Docs; however, these file formats are also included in the download for your convenience.
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on others
A: Actions
L: Looks
This product provides three levels of diffe
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Odyssey Worksheet | Crash Course The Odyssey | Teaching The Odyssey
Teaching The Odyssey to 9th graders and looking for fun activities for teaching The Odyssey? Sick of boring lesson plans for The Odyssey? Check out this engaging The Odyssey worksheet to accompany the Crash Course Literature episode by John Green about Homer's epic poem.This The Odyssey teaching resource has been created to pair with the Crash Course The Odyssey videos by John Green (season 2, episode 1). The worksheet includes a student worksheet of scaffolded notes and a set of teacher notes
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9th - 11th
Also included in: Crash Course Literature Season 2 Visual Note-taking Worksheet Bundle
Introduction to the Historical Fiction Genre Lesson
Historical fiction is one of the most interesting literary genres, and it's important for students to be able to distinguish between it and nonfiction. One of the ways I help students to navigate and analyze texts intelligently is by providing direct instruction about each genre.
This historical fiction lesson contains :
1. a PPT minilesson for introducing the historical fiction genre, complete with examples using movie trailers and book trailers for historical fiction texts
2. guided notes f
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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