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Close reading resources for Microsoft Word and for homeschool
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
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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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Reading Comprehension Strategies: Definitions & Activities
A guide to introduce READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES to your students. Designed to help identify things they should be doing as ACTIVE READERS!The importance of being able to read isn’t something that can be overstated; Reading strategies are a gateway for any and all students to truly understand and engage with a text. By integrating reading strategies into their lessons, teachers can help students develop the understanding and critical thinking skills they need.THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:- A Read
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
King Lear Complete Unit Plan
This extensive 277 page unit plan for King Lear is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each scene and act of the play. Our King Lear unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Shakespeare’s craft and encourage them to w
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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9th-Grade English ELA Curriculum | Coming-of-Age Literature | Full Year Editable
UPDATED FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: Full-Year Curriculum! Diverse Authors! Discussion-Based! This MEGA-BUNDLE has everything you'll need to teach a year-long 9th-grade English course on Coming-of-Age Literature. The focus of this course is coming-of-age novels, plays, and poems written by diverse authors from around the globe. How have teenagers from different parts of the world grappled with ethical dilemmas? With complex social dynamics? With the struggle to achieve a sense of independence
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9th - 10th
AP English Language & Composition Lesson Plans & Printable Materials (FULL YEAR)
This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of in-depth daily lesson plans and printable materials for teaching AP English Language & Composition. These lesson plans address all of the College Board standards in ways that promote critical thinking, creativity, inference, evidence gathering, and content-to-world connections grounded in character building and deeper life meaning.The following writing styles are covered in detail through essay writing tips, guides, models, and prompts: Rhetor
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning on Act 3 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!This 20-question quiz includes 15 multiple choice questions and 5 True/False statements. Question topics cover character motives, Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths, Romeo's exile, literary devices in context, and Juliet's predicament.Answer Key Included!This product is the companion for my Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Powerpoint and Romeo and my Juliet Act 3 Guided Notes Handout.Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that cont
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7th - 12th
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HIGH SCHOOL POETRY | 5 American Poets: Dickinson, Hughes, Frost, Bishop, Brooks!
This high-school poetry bundle features 5 EDITABLE units on American poetry that can be used in sequence over two weeks. The 5 units feature a total of 50 poems by 5 American poets: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. By having students read the 10 best poems by each writer, you'll introduce them to the breadth of each poet's work while taking a deep dive into two or three poems in each class session.This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dy
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fahrenheit 451- Test and Answer Key
50 question multiple choice summative assessment on Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451. Answer Key included!Exam includes 45 questions on characters, plot, and rhetoric in the novel, and 5 passage analysis questions.**This exam was written for AP Language and Composition students, so 10 of the questions ask students to identify rhetorical devices. The product is a word document, so you may edit and remove questions that are not applicable to your class.Want to bundle this test with powerpoints
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Fahrenheit 451 Bundle- Powerpoints and Test
Romeo and Juliet- Act 2 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative 15 question multiple choice quiz on Act 2 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.Answer Key included!Multiple choice questions cover the prologue and sonnet format, the balcony scene, literary devices in context, quote completion, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse's involvement, and Romeo and Juliet's union.This quiz is a summative assessment and can be used in conjunction with my Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Guided Notes Powerpoint and Romeo and Julie
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 1 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this 20 question multiple choice quiz on Act 1 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Quiz questions cover the following topics: character identification, plot in all five scenes, literary devices in context, and behavioral traits.Answer Key included!Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that contains Powerpoints, Guided Notes Handouts, Quizzes/Answer Keys, and Test/Answer Key-- enough for a whole instructional unit!Individual Resources for teaching Romeo a
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7th - 12th
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Reading Circles: LITERATURE / FICTION Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Reading/Literature Circles are group activities/assignments that put your students in charge. Stop telling your students what's happening in the books your read, and have them start telling each other! This works for a whole class book, or for each group to be able to select their own - Great for differentiation!Your class is split into groups (between 4-6 members works best), and are then given a piece of literature (a novel or short story) to discuss. The text is then split into sections (by c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Romeo and Juliet- Act 5 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative 20-question multiple choice quiz on Act 5 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet! ANSWER KEY INCLUDED!Quiz questions cover Romeo's return to Verona, Romeo's personal motives, the role of the apothecary, Romeo and Juliet's deaths in the Capulet vault, literary devices in context, Friar Lawrence's confession, and interpreting quotes. The questions move chronologically through each of the three scenes in Act 5.This quiz is a companion to my Rom
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7th - 12th
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Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Hamlet: Complete Unit Plan
This extensive 240 page unit plan for Hamlet is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each scene and act of the play. Our Hamlet unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Shakespeare’s craft and encourage them to write t
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 4 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative quiz on Act 4 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Quiz includes 15 multiple choice questions an 1 short answer question. Question topics cover soliloquies, Friar Lawrence's plan to assist Juliet, Juliet's "death," and the Capulet family response. The short answer question asks students to identify who Juliet relied on for support, but can no longer count on.Answer Key Included!This quiz can be used in conjunction with my Romeo and Juliet
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7th - 12th
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MY ÁNTONIA Complete Unit: Fully EDITABLE Lessons on Willa Cather's Classic Novel
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Discussion-based! Informed by the latest cutting-edge scholarship!....This 135-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Willa Cather's My Ántonia!! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handouts, discussion questions, daily quizzes, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and gener
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Theme Activity - Fables, Worksheet, and Answer Key!
Using Aesop's fables, the students will identify the theme of each story in the attached chart. This could be done individually, in pairs, small groups, or used as one station in centers. Discussions can be completed afterwards. Students can also be given each of the fables and highlight the facts that lead them to finding the lesson/moral.
This activity can be used in conjunction to teaching theme or as a separate review and follow-up activity.
Please rate and give feedback if you use it a
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5th - 8th
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The Veldt - Test (DOC)
This is a 25 question multiple choice test (DOC) for the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury . This test requires the answering of higher-level questions that require complex application aligned with common core standards (i.e., analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills). The test will determine whether or not students read the short story critically and if they are able to:Draw inferences from the textIdentify elements of the settingAnalyze how complex characters develop over the course of
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7th - 9th
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Jamaica Kincaid's ANNIE JOHN (+ the story "Girl") | 3 Weeks of EDITABLE Lessons!
NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 80-page EDITABLE unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. Invite your students to engage in student-driven discussions that promise to be profoundly stimulating! The discussion prompts, daily quizzes, short writing prompts, and final paper will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights! Hold your students
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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8th Grade English ELA Lessons & Printable Materials for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
These 8th Grade ELA Lesson Plans span an ENTIRE year – 42 weeks – of instructional practice. I spent countless hours creating them. Heaps of original, rigorous, and creative standards-based activities, reading comprehension quizzes, Unit tests, projects, text-based vocabulary in context, and other supplemental materials are included. I even have a few of my own original works in here – a poem entitled "Passing" along with 2 short stories, "A Boy's Escape from Time" and "A Halloween Addition to H
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6th - 9th
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HATCHET CHAPTER QUIZZES (ALL CHAPTERS), 29 PAGES, HATCHET CHAPTER ASSESSMENTS
This 29 page Word Doc product contains quizzes, assessments for almost every chapter (including the epilogue) of the novel "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, EXCEPT for chapters 6, 16, 17.The quizzes all begin with multiple choice questions and some end with either short answer question(s) or a long answer question. Both the short and long answer questions require students to use critical thinking, inferencing skills, perspective, creative thinking, introspective thinking, as well as identify and make t
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4th - 8th
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Differentiated Exit Tickets- Sequence of Events - Grades 3,4,5 RL 3.5, 4.5, 5.5
Here are some quick reads with questions that can be used as exit tickets for the skill of sequence of events. As a multigrade AIS ELA teacher, i used these as formative assessments in each of my groups for the different grade levels however they can easily be used as differentiation in the regular classroom. There are three exit tickets for grade 5 (rl 5.5) 1 for grade 4 (RL 4.5) and two for grade 3 (rl 3.5) - all correlating to Sequence of Events.Great for documenting student mastery of the
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3rd - 5th
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Symbolism Worksheet
My students were really struggling with the concept of Symbolism in large texts. I designed a worksheet and a unit specifically at helping them understand symbols and abstract vs. concrete language. This worksheet comes with 6 short paragraphs with a common symbol. Students use this worksheet to help sharpen their understanding. This is only a beginning step in the scaffolding process to understanding symbolism. I teach 10th grade, but many of my students are low level. I could see this being us
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7th - 10th
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