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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core RL.8.4 resources for homeschool
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Worksheets and Digital Easel Activity
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Practice with Easel Activity. Using quotes from the story by Charles Dickens, students have to identify types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion. Includes a worksheet based on A Christmas Carol, a worksheet based on the play, a figurative language matching sheet, and a handout on types of figurative language. No prep. Print or go digital for remote or hybrid learning. Keys are included, but not shown in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Bundle of Support Materials
Christmas Day in the Morning Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
Pearl S. Buck's short story is one of a teenage boy's life-changing recognition of his father's love a few days before Christmas. The study applies the Common Core literary standards. The study includes:1. The story in blocked paragraphs with comprehension questions ranging from simple recall to critical analysis focusing on text evidence. (Includes flashback,dialogue, symbolism, simile, personification, alliteration.) The blocked paragraphing allows for close reading.2. Theme analysis focusi
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4th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
This resource includes FIVE FULL WEEKS of content for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Additionally, in this UNIT PLAN BUNDLE, you will receive a teacher guide that encompasses an example Unit Schedule/ Pacing Guide!You can purchase each lesson individually (listed below) or save money and get the Bundle!Included in this bundle:A Christmas Carol Full TextA Christmas Carol Anticipation GuideA Christmas Carol Background Information 1840sA Christmas Carol Vocabulary for Each Chapte
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6th - 12th
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Christmas Activity & December ELA Activities - Figurative Language Task Cards
Here's an engaging Christmas activity with a focus on figurative language that's easy to use as a fun December activity during the days before the break. The Figurative Language Task Cards are a perfect Christmas activity to get your upper elementary or middle school students up and moving around the classroom. The figurative language task cards provide an opportunity for introduction and review. Better than a figurative language worksheet, each card has a sentence using figurative language rel
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4th - 7th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Christmas Parts of Speech, Figurative Language, & Vocabulary ELA Bundle
A Christmas Carol ELA Animated Short Film Middle School Language Arts Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! Teach literary elements and devices and plot with this digital short film literary analysis of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked on the slides for a step-by-step, interactive analysis. ❤CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL❤ LITERARY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER TRAITSDIALOGUE, SYMBOLISM, FORESHADOWING, FLASHBACK, INFERENCE, AND COMPARE/CONTRAST, MOODStudents will explore
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7th - 12th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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Questions to Accompany the Movie ELF Christmas Activity!
This is a set of 20 movie questions to accompany the hilarious movie ELF. While enjoying this great holiday movie your students will identify the conflict, the resolution, character traits, dramatic irony and figurative language. This activity is perfect as a reward or for those days when you have to be out unexpectedly. You might also like: Christmas Tree Figurative Language Color by Number Christmas Sentence Structure Color by NumberChristmas Verbals Color by Number FOLLOW ME! Just click the g
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Language Arts Movie Questions HUGE Bundle! End of the Year Activities
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Short Story Unit Lesson and Activities
This "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle and high school students leading up to the Christmas/Holiday break. Capote's classic touches upon the themes of "friendship" and "innocence" connect perfectly to the ideas centered around the holiday season.Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities, and discussion prompts. Assess thei
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7th - 12th
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The Little Match Girl Christmas Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
The Little Match Girl is a classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. This analysis applies the common core standards for literature. The goal of the study is to challenge students with critical thinking questions directly connected to the text.
The study includes:
1. The story in block form with questions for each block.
2. Questions that are text-based and require analysis.
3. Using specific text to analyze the development of theme.
4. Analyzing the use of specific words and phrases to c
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4th - 8th
Christmas ELA Activity Free : Holiday Figurative Language Coloring 4th 5th 6th
Need a FREE Christmas ELA Activity? This free no-prep holiday themed coloring activity will be great for the season. Keep your kids focused and engaged while the year comes to an end. This product does not specifically mention Christmas or any other holidays by name. It does mention "holidays" and the things people do to celebrate during the season. I made sure the images and content were all as secular as possible so it would be appropriate for most, if not all, students. This Download Contains
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA Color by Number Activities Bundle | Figurative Language & more!
A Christmas Carol Vocabulary Study
A Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Vocabulary Study addresses the perplexing vocabulary of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Christmas redemption. The goal of this product is to give students and teachers a resource that will demystify at least some of the difficult vocabulary and apply it to modern usage.
The Vocabulary Study includes:
A alphabetized list of the 135 words chosen for study with stave numbers. Including the specific page numbers is problematic since thi
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Activities - Printable & Digital
Ready to help your students REALLY understand the figurative language in Dickens' A Christmas Carol? These engaging figurative language worksheets (part of my complete A Christmas Carol Novel Unit) make a perfect addition to your middle school novel study. You'll analyze over 35 figurative language examples from all five staves of the classic novel, practicing identifying types of figurative language and analyzing the meaning of many important quotes from the story.This resource includes a digit
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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Christmas Holiday Poetry Pack
Why let the primary grades have all of the fun during the holiday season? These holiday poems and task cards will help you and your students stay in the holiday spirit as well as learn how to analyze poetry.
This packet includes 6 Christmas/winter poems, 24 task cards to use with these poems (or your own), and holiday themed paper for your students to use for their task card responses or to publish their own poetry. Poems are in a black and white, printer friendly format, so you can print the
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4th - 7th
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A Christmas Carol Chapter Questions — Questions for all 5 Staves & Answer Key
While completing a novel study for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens have your students answer reading comprehension questions for every chapter (staves) using this organized packet.Included are 5 sets of questions (one for every stave) which analyze character motives, themes, symbols, irony, dialogue, and basic comprehension of the plot. Detailed answer keys are provided for all questions. There are also after reading discussion questions included in the Stave 5 section. You can
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
The Gift of the Magi Reading Guide
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry is the perfect short story for Christmas time and the holiday season!In this Short Story Literary Analysis and Reading Guide for The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, your students will have a side-by-side reading guide to help them answers questions as they read (the text is in one column and the questions are in the next)—it's a great tool for students to reference the story for textual evidence and annotate while they read.The full text is included as well as du
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5th - 9th
Also included in: The Gift of the Magi Bundle
The Little Match Girl -- ESL Beginner Story -- Vocab, Lit, Critical Thinking
An ESL adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen Christmas and New Year story.Tackle vocabulary and ELA critical thinking -- including inferencing -- with a high-interest story, and bundled lesson ideas, graphic organizers and activities!This three-part story is part of a collection of high-interest material specifically designed for ENL, ESL, ELL students. It is short enough for beginners (spanning 15 pages of text, activities, and graphic organizers), yet contains meaningful content a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ANNOTATING "THE GRINCH" - Figurative Language | Christmas
Looking for a fun and educational December ELA activity? Check out The Grinch Challenge! Students will annotate the song, specifically looking for metaphors and similes... although they may find hyperbole and alliteration too! After annotating the song lyrics, it's fun to share the lyrical video on YouTube. Be prepared for a sing along! It's hard to resist. Included:The Grinch Lyrics - Similes & MetaphorsThe Grinch Lyrics - Figurative LanguageAnnotated Lyrics with KeyEnjoy!Permission to down
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4th - 8th
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Papa Panov’s Special Christmas-- A Short Story To Teach Literacy Standards
Leo Tolstoy’s short story about the old Russian shoemaker, Papa Panov, is a classic Christmas story that is easy for students to read and to understand. It lends itself nicely to teaching literacy standards. It is a beautiful story of one man’s longing to give a gift just as the wise men did on that first Christmas.
The analysis includes
1. A first close reading with general comprehension questions side-by-side with the text.
2. A second reading with deeper analysis questions alongside the t
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4th - 8th
The Nutcracker Reading Worksheets
Transport students into the magic of the Christmas holidays with this illustrated retelling of "The Nutcracker" Captivating visuals and focused questioning engage learners from grades 4 through 8 with this timeless tale that’s perfect for the Christmas season.This versatile reading comprehension pack includes:An illustrated carefully written retelling of the cherished storyTwo standards-aligned multiple choice quizzes assessing key details, sequencing, inferences, vocabulary, and author’s purpos
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas Reading Comprehension Worksheets
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Practice
In this resource, your students will identify and analyze different types of figurative language in the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. There are three parts to this activity:Multiple Choice (12 questions)Matching (14 questions) Open-Ended (6 questions)Students will cover the following literary devices: parallelism, symbolism, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.Throughout this lesson, students will determine the type of figurative language used, its lite
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
Christmas "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" Argumentation/Persuasion
"Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" is a feel-good Christmas editorial written in 1897 as a response to a little girl’s letter to The Sun, a popular newspaper of the time. Francis P. Church’s famous answer rocked readers and is still the most-read editorial of all time. This is a short but useful example of preparing a persuasive argument that can be accomplished in one class sitting, or two at the most – a perfect filler close to the holidays.
Along with the short editorial in double-entry
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6th - 12th
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Kate Chopin's "A Matter of Prejudice" Worksheet (or Test) & Detailed Answer Key
This assessment is "a matter of choice" for those teachers who want a comprehensive review of this popular Realism short story. Interspersed with literary terminology, students will gain a true understanding of this narrative as they answer 20 questions that relate to theme, character, setting, plot, and imagery. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bret Harte: "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar" Assessment & Answer Key
Students can celebrate the "gift of giving" when they complete this review (or test) from this popular short story. Included are 20 relevant questions interspersed with literary terminology. Readers will enjoy discussing the answers to questions as they analyze the actions of the characters in this holiday classic. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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