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12th grade Back to School close reading thematic unit plans
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
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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
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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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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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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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
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Semester-Long bundle for English First Peoples/Indigenous Literature/NBE
Here is a discounted bundle of all my resources that go into my semester long calendar that were created by me- I personally use this in BC for English First Peoples. Skip planning as much as possible and use these ready-made units on poetry, storytelling, podcasting, journalism, media literacy, and more- all with a focus on Indigenous voices in Canada!To see how I use this resource check out my full FREE calendar HERE!If you need more Indigenous/First Nations resources (if you teach year-long
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10th - 12th
Harry Potter Personality Sorting Hat Quiz | Harry Potter House | Get to Know You
Boost student relationships with this no-prep, easy-to-use Harry Potter House Personality Inventory! This personality survey, based on the long-standing four temperaments, turns this abstract concept into a lesson that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! TWO LEVELS of the personality test are included, making it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This personality quiz theme can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time,
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: PERSONALITY TYPES MEGA BUNDLE | 45 Themed Personality Inventories
ESL About Me Research Unit - Project Based Learning - Secondary ELL
Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL students that are FUN? Your students will have the chance to research their origin countries and share their culture with the class. NO PREPYour Students Will:Develop vocabularyAnalyze textApply knowledgePractice speaking and listening skills while completing the activitiesWork on developing writing skillsComplete researchHave the opportunity to learn more about themselves and their heritageThis unit is PACKED with activ
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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
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
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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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7th - 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
ESL Newcomer About Me Unit - Descriptive Writing - ELL - I Am From Poem
Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomer students that are FUN? Your students will have the chance to research their origin countries and share their culture with the class. Perfect for the beginning of the year to get to know your students, celebrate their language and who they are and create a strong classroom community and identity with you and your multilingual Newcomer students!Your Students Will:Develop vocabularyAnalyze textApply knowledgePracti
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5th - 12th
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
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6th - 12th
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
FALL High School Speech Therapy Vocabulary and Grammar Skill Sheets Bundle
These 15 seasonally appropriate theme-based units address so many language goals in an easy to copy format. Themes are divided into 5 timely themes per month and provide 2 in-depth learning pages and answer keys for each theme. I have been using these worksheets for 2 years with my own students and they are VERY well received by middle and high school students. These worksheets focus on semantic and syntactic skills that many of our students lack and that are required to pass standardized asse
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8th - 12th
BULLDOGS SCHOOL SPIRIT HATS NECKLACES BUTTONS {Texas Twist Scribbles}
School Spirit is a BIG DEAL! This set will have your class looking like SUPER FANS for game days, pep rallies, homecoming, etc. This set can be used for a spirit student of the week, rewards, incentives, center activities, morning activities, etc.This set includes 12 pieces of BULLDOGS mascot themed hats, necklaces, and buttons (tags).Includes:HATS (attach to sentence strip)-BULLDOGS with character words in black, white, grey-BULLDOGS with character words in black and white...great for coloring
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Name Recognition with Puzzle Names. Editable. Spelling and Vocabulary Words too!
You will receive an editable resource for name puzzles. Type your student's name in the text field! Insert pictures and voila, you will have a class set in minutes! This resource is designed to save you time. You'll instantly have a customized activity for every student in your classroom meeting literacy needs while your students learn through fun, hands-on experiences! You may use stock photographs or clipart to make spelling and vocabulary puzzles for extra practice!YOU WILL RECEIVE~~~~~~~~~~~
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PreK - 12th
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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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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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP Literature and Composition Poetry Unit 1 | AP Lit. & Comp. Poems | Curriculum
Worried that your AP poetry unit won’t teach your students to analyze literature independently? Like many people in the history of reading poetry, your students might not quite understand the point of it all. Why does poetry have to be so hard to understand? Why so many comparing of things to other things? Why can’t they just say what they mean?And when students are lead to believe that reading poetry means listening to lectures and parroting a teacher’s analysis, they become even more disempowe
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9th - 12th
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Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for Grades 9-12
This extensive Shakespeare bundle contains ALL of my Shakespeare resources. You can use these materials to teach a full unit of Shakespearean Literature or as supplementary lessons in your 9th and 10th Grade ELA classes. This Shakespeare Bundle features guiding notes, quote analyses and assessments for each text plus a bonus Shakespeare Authorship Mini-Unit and introductory activities. ⭐ What's Included in this Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for 9th & 10th Grade: Thi
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9th - 12th
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