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Free 11th grade literature scaffolded notes
Figurative Language Handout / Reference Notes
This is a really cute Figurative Language handout with notes and examples for 8 figures of speech.If you're looking for more: this product is included with my Figurative Language PowerPoint- Teach and Practice (google compatible) product which includes 55+ slides, guided notes, and a handout for students to record answers to the practice slides. Practice slides include 14 slides of general examples, 14 examples from music lyrics, and 14 examples from literature. This product was created with the
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5th - 12th
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Teaching Irony Slideshow/Gallery Walk with Guided Fill-In Notes Freebie
Whether you’re starting off the year teaching irony or doing an end of the year refresher, this slideshow with guided notes is perfect for engaging your middle school and high school students and holding them accountable with accessible notes.I use this in my own high school classroom and it’s a solid introduction and refresher to irony. Please enjoy and let me know how it went!Happy teaching!Check out my Short Story Mini-Unit Student Workbook resources:Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild" Short Story
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8th - 12th
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How to Know the Main Character - Reading Strategy
Do your students sometimes find it difficult to identify the main character in the story they are reading?
This resource will help them know how to find the main character in any story they are reading.
Enjoy!
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2nd - 12th, Staff
Character Sketch Worksheet
A worksheet that creates a brief character sketch. Students can use this to map out fictional characters of their own creation or to take a more in-depth look at a character in an established work. This worksheet asks about the character's appearance, thoughts, words, actions, and motivations.
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6th - 12th
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The Most Dangerous Game Part 1 (Guided Reading)
This is a Google slides presentation of the story "The Most Dangerous Game" with embedded discussion/comprehension questions, as well as audio by Edward French. Standards: RL.9.10 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Learning Target: Read and respond to questions about Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Succe
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9th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Form--Novel
Using this form, students analyze a novel one literary element at a time. Setting, characterization, plot, conflict, theme, point of view, mood, tone, and other elements are addressed, along with literary techniques. Questions are posed for each element and students enter their responses. This form can be used as a teacher led activity, it can be completed by students working in pairs, or it can be assigned to students individually. It is very useful for independent reading book reports. After
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8th - 12th
Introducing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet- Act I Scene 1- Comic Strip
BLANK STUDY GUIDE NOW INCLUDED!!!!!!Are you looking for help with Shakespeare? Do you want your child to not only understand Shakespeare but also embrace the visual nature of a play?This comic strip of Romeo and Juliet- Act I Scene 1 may just be the ticket!Shakespeare was meant to be seen. Not read at a desk. That’s why creating these comics was so important to me. One of the truths about learning Shakespeare is that it can be frustrating. Retaining everything that was said in class can be diffi
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8th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Scene Notes Template
This document is a blank template for students to take reading or discussion notes on each individual scene of Romeo and Juliet. Space is provided for act and scene labels, events and characters, questions and unfamiliar words, and figurative language. Most versions of the play have 24 scenes. To have a box for each scene you need 12 pages total, one of the first page and eleven of the second page.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Persuasive Writing Plan - Template - Scaffold - OREO PARAGRAPHS
Use this scaffold to plan the PERFECT persuasive text.OREO paragraphs:O: OpinionR: ReasonE: Example or evidenceO: Re-state opinion
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4th - 12th
Crash Course Literature #401 - 1984 Part 1 WS & Key
Guided Notes & Key including discussion/review portions. Each guided note worksheet focuses on student analysis and comprehension.Crash Course Literature #401 - 1984 Part 1Copied from Crash Course: ‘In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We’re starting with George Orwell’s classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother, and making us think about surveillance, the role of gover
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Crash Course Literature Bundle #4 Season 4 Episodes 401 to 412 WS & Keys
Crash Course Literature #201 - The Odyssey WS & Key
Guided Notes & Key including discussion/review portions. Each guided note worksheet focuses on student analysis and comprehension.Crash Course Literature #201 - The OdysseyCopied from Crash Course: ‘In which John Green teaches you about Homer’s Odyssey. If it was Homer’s… If Homer was even real… Anyway, that stuff doesn’t really matter. John teaches you the classic, by which I mean classical, epic poem, the Odyssey. The Journey of Odysseus as he made his way home after the conclusion of the
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9th - 12th
Point of View Foldable
Students create a foldable for notes on points of view: first person, third person, omniscient, and limited omniscient. Simply fold the paper in half lengthwise and cut flaps. Students can write titles on the front of each flap. An answer key for the guided notes is included. Teachers can select their own examples from relevant, grade-level appropriate literature.
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6th - 12th
Flow Chart for Determining Point of View
This is a flow chart that can help students determine the point of view in a story, whether it is first person, second person, third person limited or third person omniscient. This will help them understand narrators.
The student can start with any story and by looking at the pronouns and the inner thoughts and feelings of characters, they can determine the point of view in a story.
This would be useful for students from middle school through high school.
I hope this is helpful for you and y
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6th - 12th
Hamlet Doodle Notes for AP Lit - Free Preview
Doodle Notes will allow students to explore their understanding of William Shakespeare's Hamlet through thoughtful questions for discussion and a visual note-taking scaffold. This free resource is designed for AP English Literature and Composition teachers and students, and it includes an explicit alignment to the AP Lit Course Skills outlined in the AP Lit Course and Exam Description. The PDF document you receive with this download includes easily-printable and immediately-usable notes pages fo
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11th - 12th
British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Lyric Poetry
The Powerpoint series introduces students to the lyric poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period and focuses on "The Seafarer," "The Wander," and "The Wife's Lament." It contains notes on the poetic style and discussion questions for each poem.
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9th - 12th
FREE ABOLITION UNIT GUIDED NOTES (transcendentalism, temperance, women's rights)
These guided notes were designed to be used with the unit linked and described below...ENJOY!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Abolition-Other-Pre-Civil-War-Movements-57-highly-visual-informative-slides-525486***Enhanced to include guided notes & other tweaksThis PowerPoint is broken into 5 secions (detailed below) which can be downloaded and taught separately, or downloaded as one file and taught as a whole unit. Enjoy!Abolition & Other Pre-Civil War MovementsPart 1 - Tra
Grades:
6th - 11th
Crash Course Literature #301 - Their Eyes Were Watching God WS & Key
Guided Notes & Key including discussion/review portions. Each guided note worksheet focuses on student analysis and comprehension.Crash Course Literature #301 - Their Eyes Were Watching GodCopied from Crash Course: ‘In which John Green talks to you about Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” You’ll learn about Zora Neale Hurston’s life, and we’ll also look at how the interpretations of the book have changed over time. Also, this book will give you a healthy appreciation
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9th - 12th
*FREE!* PDF: Cornell Notes for CLOSE READING, NOTE-TAKING, & ANNOTATIONS!
* PLEASE NOTE that I have tagged CCSS, TEKS & VA Standards of Learning related to analysis of literary elements both in and across texts, as well as tracing an author's argument. As the lesson plan explains, this product can be used to assist in analysis of ANY text! Thus, it is a tool to help students get there, but does not fully accomplish that analysis without further structure--structure provided in my Mega Literary Bundle! *Now that we have that out of the way, what exactly are these C
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Crash Course Literature #101 - How and Why We Read WS & Key
Guided Notes & Key including discussion/review portions. Each guided note worksheet focuses on student analysis and comprehension.Crash Course Literature #101 - How and Why We ReadCopied from Crash Course: ‘In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini-series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What’s the point of reading critically? John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike direct communication though, the writ
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9th - 12th
FREE Metacognitive Reading Log or Journal (in digital & print)
Encourage students to reflect on HOW they read (or metacognitive awareness) just as much as WHAT they read (or reading comprehension), with this reading log, which comes in Google Slides and Doc; Microsoft Docs and Power Point; and pdf. The metacognitive sentence stems serve as a scaffold for students who have trouble naming what's going on AS they read. (I always tell my students, for Sustained Silent Reading, I care more about how they're reading and what they're thinking than the texts them
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6th - 12th
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Annotation Practice (Fahrenheit 451)
Read the following passage from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and annotate by highlighting important parts, circling unknown vocabulary words, and/or putting a ? mark next to parts you do not know. Next to each annotation mark, write comments that elaborate on the annotation.Annotation Practice
Grades:
8th - 12th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Compare and Contrast Frame
Help anchor your students in the stories of Isabel, Mahmoud and Josef with this compare and contrast frame freebie.
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5th - 12th
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THE CANTERBURY TALES // "The Knight's Tale" Guided Notes // FREE DOWNLOAD
These guided notes accompany the Knight's Tale PowerPoint linked below. Included with the notes is a bonus chivalry writing prompt which can be used as a pre-reading discussion. Knight's Tale PowerPoint by Bowe Learning Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com)
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hero's Journey / Monomyth Slide Template - High School English Students
Powerpoint Template for a Hero's JourneyDocument includes a blank template of a Hero's Journey for you or students to fill in for any work that fits. There is an answer key provided for you to reference when explaining the template to students, or for their reference as they continue to make connections using the template throughout the term. The file is a .ppt download, but the template can be downloaded as a .pdf to print worksheets!
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6th - 12th
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