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The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Critical Thinking Activities, Cognitive Bias: Nonfiction Close Reading, TED Talk
Tired of students who are afraid to think for themselves?If your goal is to open your students’ minds, to get them to think critically, to help them become more receptive to new ideas, or to show them the importance of examining the evidence before jumping to conclusions, you’ll need this resource. These informative and engaging lessons on cognitive bias will challenge your students to consider fascinating questions about the way that the human brain works. Why is it that when people are faced w
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9th - 12th
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Detailed Hero's Journey PPT: Jung & Campbell Monomyth Cycle w/Analysis!
Highly visual, interactive 24-slide presentation w/custom transitions and animations, relevant graphics and hyperlink in final slide to brief youtube video w/modern-day examples on the monomyth archetype. Everything is done for you: easily modify as needed to provide relevant, contemporary cultural examples, as you wish! In this engaging PPT, you're purchasing:a.) An invitation at the start for students to identify prior knowledge of what makes a hero figure, including peer share time.b.) Learni
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Spoon River Anthology: Notes, Poems, Questions for Analysis, Quiz
This lesson on E.L. Masters’ Spoon River Anthology can be used as a complete lesson plan or part of a unit on early 20th century writers. It is a good option for either in person or distance learning. The file provides nineteen selected poems individually annotated with questions and prompts for analysis. A student handout with brief background notes on Edgar Lee Masters includes a description of the poems and a glossary of terms.The carefully selected poems include interesting messages for stud
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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"The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich: Notes, Close Reading, Symbol Analysis
This set of guided reading and critical thinking activities for “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich will help high school students actively explore this story of a Native American family and the tragic effects of a war. The plan’s prereading notes supply knowledge of the author’s heritage, brief summary of the Vietnam War, the draft, and the effects of PTSD. Also included is a list of tone words for students to use with the response pages.A chart directs students to respond to each sentence
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Text Analysis Reading Comprehension end of the year ela activities
Unlock the Power of Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing by analyzing this small section of Plato’s Republic. In a world where critical thinking and persuasive communication are increasingly valued, this digital resource offers a unique platform for students to hone these essential skills. Whether you’re an educator eager to challenge your students with argumentative texts or a parent aiming to augment your children’s understanding of critical thinking, textual analysis, and persuasive wr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": Slides, Close Reading & Literary Analysis
This folder contains a full set of activities for close reading and literary analysis of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. The complete file includes: Illustrated PowerPoint with 25 slides: Biography of T. S. Eliot Brief Historical Background Notes on Modernism/ Imagism • Notes on Literary Devices Context for the Poem Activities, Graphic Organizers, and Handouts: Two Graphic Organizers for students to take slide notes One-page Introduction
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty: A Complete Lesson Plan
This plan can be used with any high school short story unit or study of Eudora Welty’s work. The file includes easy to follow graphic organizers to guide close reading, improve comprehension, and support critical thinking. A one-page handout provides brief notes on the life of Eudora Welty, Modernism, Local Color, and Natchez. Reader response pages divide the story into three sections based on the three stages of Phoenix Jackson’s journey to Natchez. These include analysis of tone, character tr
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Poet Study - 5 Victorian Poems - Print & Digital
Alfred, Lord Tennyson has been one of the most widely read and well-loved poets of all time. These LESSONS on his most beloved and best-known 5 poems will save you time and engage your students: The Lady of Shalott, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar, Ulysses, and Tears, Idle Tears.There is SO much packed into these lessons—use what you like and leave out what you don’t have time for. SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM!What’s Included:Multi-Day Lesson Plans/Pacing (See Preview for Teaching No
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9th - 12th
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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Test with Detailed Answer Key
Eeeeeek! This ideal assessment for Of Men and Men is filled with a variety of questions--including matching, true/false, multiple choice, and short answer--and is the perfect place for students to demonstrate their understanding of this popular novel. Critical-thinking questions also include grade-level literary terminology such as foreshadowing, symbolism, conflict, theme, and more. To make this test even more desirable, a detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Contemporary Short Story "Everything Stuck to Him" Review (or Test) & Answer Key
Teachers will be "stuck" on this worksheet after they see how valuable and comprehensive it is. This printable provides students with a chance to thoroughly review this contemporary, relevant short story with 15 short-answer questions, including an inference chart, that will prompt an engaging discussion. This is a perfect individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ELA - Escape Room - Zombie Apocalypse (@ Shelton Valley)
ELA Escape Room is designed to help you find out what happened to the residents of the safe town of Shelton Valley during the zombie apocalypse. Escape Room is 100% printable and can be used with or without locks! The clues do not have to be solved in chronological order, so it is perfect for having small groups working at the same time. The product comes with an overview, answer sheet, and note sheet for students; station clues, manipulatives, and ciphers for the game; and a teacher's notes/gui
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9th - 12th
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"The Last Dog" Worksheet, Assessment, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
This printable is the "pet project" for teachers who want to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Multiple choice, true-false, fill-in, and discussion questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this piece. This worksheet is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Test (or Review) with Detailed Answer Key
Teachers will be "bewitched" when they see this Crucible assessment. Offering a complete overview of this popular play, this test gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their critical-thinking skills as they answer questions about specific events, characters, settings, allegorical events, themes, etc. It's a perfect measurement tool for teachers to use to evaluate student comprehension. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Close Reading and Critical Thinking Activities for Independent Novel Study
This plan for an independent novel assignment is designed to deeply engage students in close reading, critical thinking, and constructed response. A suggested list of works by American authors covers a wide range of interests and insights into social issues and the human condition. These books work best with average to high level readers in grades 8-12 but the activities can also be modified for varied reading levels and any novel. All of the activities can be easily used in remote learning.The
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Persuasive Writing, Critical Thinking Activities, Informationtional text, AP ELA
Persuasive Writing, Critical Thinking Activities, Informationtional text, AP ELAThe Great BooksNietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra (small extract only)Critical Reading and WritingThis is a self-contained product on higher-order thinking skills/textual analysis. Everything you need is here.TEACHER TIP:You don’t need to teach entire works, just short excerpts of the Great Books, to engage students in complex, higher-order thinking and other skills deemed essential in the new CCSS guidelines.ANALYZI
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Flight" by John Steinbeck: Guided Reading, Critical Thinking, Assessment
This set of activities for John Steinbeck’s short story “Flight” provides a thorough close reading guide for comprehension, critical thinking and assessment. The complete plan can be used as an addition to any short story unit or any study of John Steinbeck and the concept of Naturalism. High school students will be deeply engaged in this vivid portrayal of a teenager’s struggle for maturity and survival. The plan has a structured set of graphic organizers that separate the story into five mana
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Gothic Elements in Edgar Allan Poe Stories--Charts with Answers
After Reading "The Black Cat," The Fall of the House of Usher," and/or "The Pit and the Pendulum," students can work together or independently to identify the Gothic elements in the stories to better understand how Poe achieves the "single effect." There are four charts: one that includes both "the Black Cat" and "The Pit and the Pendulum," one that includes only "The Black Cat," one that includes only "The Pit and the Pendulum," and one that includes only "The Fall of the House of Usher."The su
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9th - 12th
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"Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.: Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Answer Key
This printable is a sure bargain when used as a review, test, or homework assignment. Sixteen questions, including a figurative language chart, will allow students to gain a thorough understanding of the short story as they explore characters, conflicts, themes, plot, mood, diction, and setting. To make this assessment even more desirable, a comprehensive answer key is included.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Revolt of Mother": Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
Help students to "build" a comprehensive understanding of this popular Realism short story as they answer 20-questions that are interspersed with relevant literary terminology including theme, character, setting, plot, motivation, conflict, inference, and more. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stephen King: "Quitters, Inc." Assessment, Worksheet, or Homework and Answer Key
Students will not want to "quit" working on this comprehensive printable with 25 questions because it will help them to understand the plot, characters, inferences, theme, cause and effect, and more in "Quitters, Inc." This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment or as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House" Review (or Test) & Detailed Answer Key
This comprehensive worksheet (or test) "houses" 20 questions about the characters, setting, inferences, symbolism, motivation, conflict, theme, and plot. This assessment is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment or as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment. It's the perfect way to help students to understand this popular short story.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Philosophy, critical thinking, reading comprehension in Nietzsche's Zarathustra
Philosophy, critical thinking, and reading comprehension in Nietzsche's Zarathustra Nietzsche is everywhere – especially in popular culture and he is an incredibly engaging thinker! Still, most teachers don't have the time to prepare lessons beyond the core texts they are supposed to study. For this reason, I have created this Textual Analysis product on one of Nietzsche's most famous works: Thus Spake Zarathustra This product covers part of the Prologue - please see the preview!Thus Spake Zara
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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