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Common Core RL.8.4 microsofts for homeschool
Short Story The Monkey's Paw Analysis and Reading Comprehension Questions
Your students will love this delightfully creepy short story. It's perfect for practicing reading comprehension, literary analysis, foreshadowing, point of view, and irony with your middle school and high school students. And... by the end of the unit, students will have written a literary analysis response.Here's what teachers are saying about this unit: "An AWESOME unit. This resource is put together really well and was really easy to use.""MY KIDS LOVED THIS!!!!! We have been having so muc
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6th - 10th
Identify & Analyze Mood & Tone in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Activity
Who doesn't love the absolute creepy, terrifying mood that Edgar Allan Poe creates in his stories! And "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of his finest works. It's the perfect text to analyze and study during the month of October and Halloween! Set the mood and spark interest w/ this harrowing poem by the king of horror himself. This 31-page Mood and Tone bundle for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" includes:* 3-page original text of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story* 8 pages of literary an
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7th - 9th
Fiction & Nonfiction Reading -Teach, Practice, Test BUNDLE - Middle School ELA
Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills Units - Step-by-Step, Complete, No Prep Lessons for Middle School ELAEVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER needs the resources that are now available in this HUGE, money-saving bundle. Thousands of teachers (including ME!) are saving countless hours of planning time and are using these resources with great success! It's ready to go; everything has been done for you! Complete lesson plans, notes, PowerPoint presentations, students' activities, and editable
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6th - 8th
The Hunger Games Introduction & Visual Guide Presentation
The Hunger Games PresentationThe Hunger Games Powerpoint Introduction and Visual Guides is the ultimate visual resource for teaching The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This, combined with my best-selling Hunger Games Teaching Unit digital download, is sure to engage your students (not to mention cover all those Common Core State Standards!)."The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins is such a wonderful novel to teach and share with your students. My comprehensive presentation was previously only av
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Literary Elements Units: PowerPoints, Guided Notes, Worksheets, & Tests BUNDLE
Literary Elements: Teach, Practice, Test includes lessons, practice, and tests to teach story elements using the awesome, step-by-step, gradual release of responsibility method!The Literary Elements Teach, Practice, Test Bundle will help you save you 30% off of the individual prices of the units! Everything you need to teach literary elements to mastery will be at your fingertips. GOOD NEWS! These resources are now part of a GROWING bundle, available here: Fiction and Nonfiction Teach, Practice
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5th - 8th
Figurative Language PowerPoint, Notes, Worksheets & Test DISTANCE LEARNING
Figurative Language: Teach, Practice, Test provides everything you need to teach students how to locate and analyze figurative language. It’s a step-by-step, “soup to nuts” unit that includes a PowerPoint presentation with guided notes, follow-through practice worksheets, a long-term assignment, and an editable test that includes multiple choice and written response questions. UPDATE (4/2020): I've added a digital file to reduce your remote teaching prep work by providing Google Drive versions
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5th - 8th
Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Dystopian Literature Bundle Volume I — 5 Short Stories, Literary Analysis
The 5 short stories included in this dystopian literature bundle are:Ray Bradbury - "The Pedestrian"Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - "Harrison Bergeron"Shirley Jackson - "The Lottery"Yann Martel - "We Ate The Children Last"Ursula K. Le Guin - "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"Can't get enough dystopian literature? Check out my second bundle!Dystopian Literature Bundle Short Stories Volume IITeach all the literary elements that encompass dystopian literature such as: allegory, theme, irony, setting, symboli
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7th - 12th
The Lottery Short Story Analysis, Writing and Textual Evidence Dystopian Lit
Your middle school students will be captivated by this chilling short story! Students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and foreshadowing. This creepy, unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students. Reasons to love this unit:print and digital versions (Google Slides and PowerPoint)super creepy story is sure to engage your students!includes lesson plans and teacher checklist – makes an ideal sub plan provides literary analysis practice: students will analy
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6th - 10th
Informational Text & Reading Literature with Film Clips: Grade 6-8 Lesson Bundle
Teach EVERY middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using inspirational and engaging videos (Printable & Digital! 15 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with VIDEO CLIP ACTIVITIES - plus grade 9 - 12 lessons for scaffolding, differentiation and gifted
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Author's or Writer's Craft Introductory Unit
Everything you need to teach Writer's or Author's Craft. Over 30 pages of slides & activities.
Writer’s Craft is the art of writing.
Studying the writing of good writers makes students good writers. Looking closely at the artistic choices writers make helps students to become even better writers.
Observing writer’s craft also helps students to become better readers. Understanding writer’s craft can help readers to understand a writer’s purpose and voice.
Studying Writer's Craft will help
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6th - 12th
The Crossover Novel Study--Thinking Critically About Text
In Power Point format. Easily converts to Google Slides! This is a complete and no-prep novel study of the The Crossover by Kwame Alexander-- the winner of the 2015 Newberry Medal. It is a story told in free verse and hip-hop verse. It tells the beautiful story of Josh Bell's close knit family and a tragedy through the context of basketball. It will definitely engage your students. I love, love, love it!The study requires students to think critically about text to find its deeper meanings.
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4th - 8th
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Connotation & Denotation Mini-Lesson, 10-Minute Mastery, PowerPoint Slides
Understanding the CONNOTATIVE and DENOTATIVE meaning of words is a significant part of understanding an author’s craft and word choice in literature, and it has your students diving deeper into a text, using their analytical and higher-level comprehension skills. This 10-minute mini-mastery lesson will have your students comprehending, practicing, identifying, and mastering the connotation and denotation of words in a text in a short amount of time. In addition, your students will also be able
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6th - 10th
Context Clues Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary words in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice with short context clues reading passages. These activities help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. This digital resource includes strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each bellringer slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the un
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher—Radio Play Drama Analysis & The Twilight Zone
Students will read and analyze the script of Lucille Fletcher's radio play: The Hitchhiker (also spelled The Hitch-Hiker). Have them listen to the drama on the Orson Welles Show to understand the impact that music and sound effects have on a play. Students will love to compare the audio version of The Hitchhiker to the episode of The Twilight Zone Rod Serling adapted for television. (The gender swap of the main character makes for a great discussion.)In this dreadful, ominous tale, students will
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Hitchhiker Unit — Radio Drama by Lucille Fletcher
Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language & Literary Terms by Act
So you know you need to teach literary terms with Romeo and Juliet, but where do you start? It can be time-consuming and just plain overwhelming to sit down with one of the Bard's plays and try to analyze each line for literary devices. Have no fear!
I have been working on a list of literary terms that can be applied to the play for ten years, and this product encompasses 49 different poetic and figurative language terms. You can introduce as many or as few literary terms to your students as yo
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8th - 10th
Setting, Mood, and Tone PowerPoint and Notes: Cornell and Folding Interactive
Teach Setting, Mood, and Tone PowerPoint and Notes
Setting, Mood, and Tone don't have to be too difficult for kids to understand. You just need a few tips and tricks to teach them. This unit will be a great help.
The guided notes come in two interactive styles: folding and Cornell. The 34 slide PowerPoint and the 23 page pdf include the following:
★ clear explanations on how to read closely to determine setting, mood, and theme
★ examples for modeling
★ video links to enhance the lesson
Speci
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5th - 8th
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint Preview, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Response
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint. Preview and respond to the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling with this presentation. Introduces vocabulary with definitions, plot diagram, literary elements, anticipation guide, author biography and background information, strategies for reading short stories, comprehension check, and writing responses. Cobra and mongoose facts and photos, a link to the story and a National Geographic video clip of a mongoose encounter with a cobra. This is an engaging
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Poetry Terms - Figurative Language - Literary Devices Trashketball Game
Have fun reviewing poetic devices in the context of lines from classic poems with this interactive game! Types of figurative language reviewed are metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, and hyperbole. Sound devices reviewed are alliteration, caesura, couplet, onomatopoeia, and iambic pentameter. All that you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint presentation, a soft ball, dark tape, and a trash can. Students compete to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can!There are f
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Poetry Reading and Writing Activity Bundle
Short Story Bundle of Three Scary Stories for Any Time of Year Print and Digital
Scare your students – and teach them to analyze great literature at the same time! This bundle includes three creepy short stories: “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Tell-tale Heart,” and “The Lottery.” Perfect for any time of year -- a great for a sub plan.Digital and print -- ready for whatever you need! Each unit includes a print version, a Google Slide option, and PowerPoint.Your students will love reading, analyzing, discussing, and debating them! And you will love having them in a unit -- read
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6th - 9th
Figurative Language + Connotation with Videos | Printable & Digital
Use short film clips to teach figurative and connotative language, and the impact of word choice on meaning, tone and mood in secondary reading literature and informational texts (common core ELA standard #4) - Printable & Digital.Includes lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Google Doc, Google Slides, ANSWER KEY and rubric for a no prep teacher-guided lesson, student-led Google classroom or distance learning activity!Teach Grade 3 - 5? GRADE 3 - 5 VERSIONProduct Includes (zip)
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6th - 12th
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Introduction to Poetry | Guided Notes | Intro to Poetry
Teach your students what a poem is as well as all the important information necessary while teaching poetry, like: vocabulary, sound devices, types of poetry, figurative language, how to analyze a poem, and how to find rhyme scheme. In this resource, you will receive a packet of graphic organizers/guided notes along with a Powerpoint lesson that teaches the following terminology:VOCABULARYpoem, speaker, line, stanza, quatrain, couplet, cinquain, tercet, refrain, symbol, theme, moodtone, imagery,
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Symbolism Presentation
In this two week presentation, you will find 10 mini-lessons (15-20 minutes each) that will help your students understand symbolism in a fun way! (Plus you will love it because all the work has been done for you...sweet!)
Day 1: Introduction to Symbolism with academic language and picture symbols
Day 2: Familiar symbols in literature - Can you match symbolic items with what they represent?
Day 3-4: Use pictures to help students figure out what different colors symbolize. Students fill in wo
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4th - 9th
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
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