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High school close reading thematic unit plans for GATE
Abandoned Places - Creative Writing Activity from Nonfiction (print + digital)
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world abandoned places! Students choose one as a setting for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten abandoned places (in
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
Grades:
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Summer Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Fahrenheit 451: Complete Inquiry Unit {Supplements, Assessments, Close Reading}
Teaching a full-length novel and also finding ways to teach critical thinking and literary analysis is quite the challenge. This set of resources will assist you in your endeavor to create a student-centered, engaged learning experience while reading Fahrenheit 451. Students will be pushed to think deeply about critical concepts and learn new skills, but they’ll do it all through lessons designed to put their curiosity and inquiry FIRST.AN INQUIRY APPROACH: To what extent is rebellion a requi
Grades:
9th - 12th
Dolly Parton's America Podcast Unit Plan : Podcast Lesson Plans for High School
When I first heard the Dolly Parton's America podcast, I knew it was special. Since its release, it's won a Peabody award, topped the podcast charts, and captivated listeners from all over the world. As an advocate for using podcasts in the classroom, I knew this literary production would make a fabulous unit for the ELA classroom.If you have never listened to Dolly Parton's America, please do so BEFORE considering this podcast unit for your classroom. There are some mature topics best suited fo
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP English Literature & Composition BUNDLE – Printable Materials for ENTIRE Year
This resource bundle is comprised of an ENTIRE YEAR's worth of Unit Plans and activities with 132 pages of ALL printable materials for teaching a FULL AP English Literature & Composition course. This product is well-organized into The College Board's most updated 9-Unit format, and also includes a clear Table of Contents, making it very simple and easy to navigate all of the included materials for the year.Includes:Table of ContentsSummer Reading Project Options for entering AP Literature &a
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
ELA Summer School Curriculum Bundle - Grades 9-10. Digital for Distance Learning
Complete ELA Summer School Bundle will provide you all of the lessons, materials, and activities to teach summer school- ZERO prep involved! From introduction activities and procedure slides (introduced using fun memes) to specific reading and writing strategies that have been the most beneficial to my struggling readers and writers. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Goo
Grades:
9th - 11th
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A Christmas Carol Unit Plan With Lessons and Activities for High School Students
Draw students into A Christmas Carol with this 3-week unit plan! This unit is perfect for the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break. Lesson plans, bell ringers, activities, questions, final projects and more are all included. Students spend the first two weeks on an in-depth study the text filled with engaging activities. Week 3 is spent on creative final projects and the unit is concluded with a hot cocoa party with toasts to Scrooge. All the prep work is done! Includes PDF print ve
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7th - 12th
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Assertion Journal Bundle #1: A Year of Quotations for Analysis and Response
Challenge your students to blend close reading and argumentation skills as they broaden their world views! Assertion journals--written responses to pithy quotations--are an integral part of my classroom. Through them, students learn to think critically, analyze, and argue. They are frequently cited by my students as one of the most helpful and enjoyable assignments of the entire year. This product contains ten topical collections of quotations, presented attractively with unique pictures and bac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Demystifying Fear - Nonfiction Passage and Vocabulary - Reading Comprehension
Looking for gripping nonfiction activities for your classroom? This nonfiction reading passage comes with close reading questions that promote learning vocabulary in context. Students will explore the contradictory nature of fear and the techniques filmmakers use to manipulate our emotions. Includes suggested lesson plan and answer key. (grades 7-10)What You Get in your Nonfiction Activities resource:1. Nonfiction reading about fear2. Word Work - vocabulary in context with accompanying close rea
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7th - 10th
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Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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Intro to American Literature: What voices count in America? Short Story Unit
This short story unit to help you students take on diverse perspectives and deeply consider the literary canon. Students will consider whether or not the American Literature canon truly represents “America,” and will discuss which voices seem to carry more weight in our country. These controversial questions are bound to lead to impassioned discussions about what implications this carries for those groups of people whose voices are not commonly represented in traditional American Literature cour
Grades:
10th - 12th
Analyzing Fahrenheit 451 Through Music Unit - 20+ Songs, Analysis Activities
What better way to connect students with literature than through the music they love? In this novel study for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, students will be able to analyze each part of the novel by listening to, annotating, explaining, and presenting different songs that closely correlate with the novel on many levels. Beat the boredom of study guides and chapter quizzes, and instead engage your students through music to help them analyze—and appreciate—this classic Bradbury work.This engagin
Grades:
8th - 11th
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Full Novel Unit
This bundle includes a wide range of activities, quizzes, and assignments such as: STAAR EOC Questions (including the new 2.0 type), close readings, gallery walks, discussions, literary element analysis, revising and editing, and STAAR/EOC 2.0 essay prompts. This resource also includes reading quizzes for every section of the novel, with two versions of the quiz and an answer key. Every activity has a google link to be utilized for virtual learning or 1:1 access.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Frankenstein Unit Bundle – Lesson Plans & Materials (One Full Marking Period)
Looking for everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL includes an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, printable materials, projects, assessments, and lessons in PowerPoint for teaching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You will receive 72 pages of daily lesson plans, assessments, and supplemental materials, as well as 87 PowerPoint slides coinciding with these lesson plans. In addit
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Aesop for High School! 2-Week Fables Unit
Aesop's fables are for kids, right? Wrong! Always intended for an adult audience (and performed at the royal courts of ancient Greek city states), Aesop's original fables are a GREAT way to teach literary interpretation in your high school and upper middle school classrooms. Plus, the fables are perfectly bite-sized for discussion and activities.Included in this 28-page packet are the following: -- a 2-page introduction to interpreting fables and a 1-page Aesop biography-- 40 hand-selected fa
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Assertion Journal ULTIMATE Bundle: Rhetorical Analysis and Argumentation
This ever-growing bundle of Assertion Journals includes every quotation set from The Rhetor's Toolbox. Challenge your students to blend close reading, rhetorical analysis, and argumentation skills as they broaden their world views! Assertion journals--written responses to pithy quotations--are an integral part of my classroom. Through them, students learn to think critically, analyze, and argue. They are frequently cited by my students as one of the most helpful and enjoyable assignments of the
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Grades:
9th - 12th
All American Boys FULL NOVEL BUNDLE (digital access provided)
This resource has everything you need to teach and engage your students during the reading of this novel. Included:1. Introduction to Novel stations: meaningful stations to hook your students prior to reading the novel. (Link included for digital access)2. Reading Check Quizzes: 8 reading quizzes with A & B versions. (Google form links included)3. Novel Activities: Over 90+ pages of activities focusing on important concepts such as character analysis, theme, tone, symbolism, and much more. A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Identity Unit English Language Arts Middle and High School Identity Activities
This editable, no prep identity unit is a perfect all about me back to school English activity for introducing your high school or middle school students to important ELA skills, like close reading strategies, annotating the text, and writing techniques. This engaging identity unit features pre-reading and vocabulary activities, step-by-step annotation, guided analysis, and scaffolded writing tasks your students will love to help you start the year strong! Students study identity as a concept be
Grades:
6th - 12th
Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
AP Language & Composition Lessons, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL YEAR
Looking for everything you need to teach AP English Language & Composition for the ENTIRE YEAR all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL of 250 pages and 397 slides includes: 136 pages of College Board Aligned Daily Lesson Plans for the FULL Year (42 weeks) in Hook/Teach/Model/Practice/Apply format with Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Vocabulary in Context, Reading Comprehension Quizzes, and Unit Tests304 PowerPoint slides for Daily Lessons throughout the Entire Year with Clea
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Poetry Playbook: Analysing Figurative Language and Meaning in Popular Songs
This comprehensive 30 slide/page package introduces students to literary devices, including: simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, alliteration, symbolism, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, and mood. After mastering the definition of a device, students apply that knowledge to unveil implicit meaning in songs that they love. Students "leave tracks of their thinking" by providing annotations and highlighting right on the page-- which promotes higher order and critical thinking over rote me
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
AP English Language & Composition Introductory Unit: Taking It Up A Notch
This complete, ready-to-go unit will excite students and help you establish a classroom community. The lessons and activities will get students talking, goal-setting, moving, reading, and writing as they explore what it means to be an AP Language and Composition student. EDITABLE lesson plans and PowerPoint slides make it easy for you to modify the unit to suit your schedule and needs.
While this five-day unit is designed for the beginning of the school year, the lessons and activities could b
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Grades:
10th - 12th
There There by Tommy Orange Whole Thematic Unit
Tommy Orange’s fascinating 2018 debut novel captivates readers with its complex messages, and it is ripe for analysis in an AP English Literature class due to its fascinating narrative structure, interconnected storylines, and rich prose. Students will love his intensity in building plot and the complex conversations you’ll have with your students are some of my absolute favorite parts of the school year. In this dynamic whole unit plan, you’ll have access to editable, digital Google Slides and
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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