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Higher education Halloween ELA test prep thematic unit plans

Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint

Created by

This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy! Activity contains: * EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint * 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.) * 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans

AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!

Created by

A Moonlighting English Teacher

Teaching AP Lit for the first time? Or just looking to bolster your course with some fresh ideas? This is the resource for you! You'll find in this bundle every resource and lesson plan that I've created for my entire AP English Literature and Composition course over the last 7+ years, along with a bunch of bonus material. There really is a full year's worth of great stuff in this download! My hope is that my AP Lit class is NOT a stale, test-prep course in which students slog their way thr

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

10th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Halloween Scary Story Writing Lesson Plan: Movie of Death

Created by

Walton Burns

This complete Halloween writing lesson plan uses the genre-based approach to writing to teach students how to write a scary story. The genre-approach starts with having students look at examples of the target writing genre (in this case, scary stories). They then analyze the key elements that make that writing what it is. This makes it easy for them to use those elements in their own stories.In this Halloween Scary Story Lesson Plan, students read several scary stories, including "Movie of Death

Subjects:

Close Reading, Creative Writing, Halloween

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Types of Characters (and Characterization) Powerpoint

Created by

Fun's Not Just for Elementary

This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy! Activity contains: * EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint * 9 entertaining video examples * 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall posters * Variety of colorful backgrounds, images, and fonts Tems included: Antagonist Archetype Central Character Characterization Direct Characterization Dynamic Character Indirect Characterization Minor Characters Motive

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans

Spanish Day of the Dead El Dia de los Muertos Reading Passage Activity

Created by

Sra Casado Spanish and Math

Middle and High School students can read and learn about the Day of the Dead El Dia de los Muertos cultural celebration in Mexico. They will read the Spanish text, learning about what Day of the Dead is, when it takes place, why it takes place, and how people celebrate. They will answer comprehension questions and fill in a timeline. This activity will spur conversations about Latinx and Hispanic culture and how it is similar or different to the students' celebrations.[ T A R G E T • S T U D E N

Subjects:

Halloween, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Fall Halloween Writing Prompts

Created by

Beth Hammett the Educator Helper

Eerie story starters to get your students in the mood for writing scary stories! Great visuals with one liner story starters. Colorful and imaginative prompts for creative writing practice and peer workshopping. Includes: Perhaps we could become friends... Two eyes peered back at me... I've had a very interesting life! Come closer... Let me tell you how I ended up here... C'mon out...there's nothing to be afraid of! Meet my new friend The eerie glow of the pumpkin... I know what you did! Have

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

4th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Fall Halloween Bundle

What is Halloween? ( especially For young students)

Created by

The House Of Education

This recourse is about "HALLOWEEN". This is for young students especially international students. Children can learn about halloween.This lesson is great for the days leading up to Halloween or anytime you want to discuss it. This is a great resource for encouraging your students brain's skill.

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Reading

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Lectures, Thematic Unit Plans, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti Paired-Text Set Close Reading Poetry Analysis

Created by

Teach Well ELA

Back to School paired text set.Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti close reading poetry analysis. This analysis includes the poem and a comparative short story with similar elements and themes for the students to analyze and compare and contrast. DOK 2 level comprehensive questions and graphic organizer options are included. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding o

Subjects:

Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts

Grades:

5th - 8th, Higher Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.5

...

Orange Glitter Button Numbers 0 -9

Created by

Eighth Moon Graphics

These are orange glitter number buttons 0-9 from the Eighth Moon Sparkling Glitter Series. Please Take a minute to rate and comment. It is much appreciated! :D This is a part of the Glitter Button Bundle ! All products may be used in the classroom. Commercial use is permitted for: TPT products, small business, blogs, Facebook, Instagram and webpages, provided that the 8th Moon credit button is included and linked back to my TPT page: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Eighth-Moon-Gr

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Halloween, Math

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

Also included in: Glitter Number Button Bundle

Middle/High Seasonal Conversation Starters: Growing Bundle

Created by

English Education Lab

Get your middle/high school students inspired and talking with a collection of all of our seasonal conversation starters/icebreakers! Our conversation starters packages encourage critical thinking and allow students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them while simultaneously increasing their vocabulary and ability to effectively express themselves. Our packages are extremely versatile and have been used as bell-ringers, as supplementary material for topics covered in cla

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Halloween, Valentine's Day

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Centers

CCSS:

W.7.1

, W.7.1a

, W.7.1b

, W.7.1c

, W.7.1d

...

A Christmas Carol Excerpt End of Stave 4 Close Reading Analysis for students

Created by

Teach Well ELA

This activity examines an excerpt from near the end of Stave 4 of the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Whether an assessment/analysis for the end of stave 4 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, summarization, word meaning, theme, author's purpose, citing text evidence, making predictions, plot analysis, suspense, inference, and drawing

Subjects:

Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.4

, RL.7.6

...

Also included in: Holiday Time Classics Paired Text Thematic Unit

Vampires: Interdisciplinary History & Literature Week, Primary Sources

Created by

Whippoorwill Humanities

Halloween Horror Interdisciplinary WeekExplore primary sources, read THE original vampire story with your students, and have fun learning about a monster for a week! Shorts: Roundtable and Annotation Discussion PrepHorror is fun! Most of the best horror short stories are full of complex, adult themes of dealing with your inner demons as much as the eternal ghoul down the street. If you are a more advanced literature teacher looking to give your students some challenging material, these two indep

Subjects:

Halloween, Literature, World History

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Literature Circles

Oh Could I Raise the Darken'd Veil by Hawthorne Close Reading Poetry Analysis

Created by

Teach Well ELA

Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Oh Could I Raise the Darken'd Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is a great poem to start off the new semester in January. A New Year in the calendar, a fresh start in the school year, or not focusing on grim and focused on the positive, good ones are all part of the focus in the test prep oriented analysis on the poem. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that

Subjects:

Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

Day of Dead BINGO MP3 Vocabulary Pronnciation Spanish + 2-Game Audio Dia Muertos

Created by

Happy Tunes

Day of the Dead / Dia de Muertos BINGO Here is a fun activity to get familiar with vocabulary and the basics of this Hispanic tradition. MP3 files make this activity a breeze with a pronunciation audio and 2-game audio with the items shuffled. Just download and play! The Zip File includes: * MP3 of vocabulary in alphabetical order * MP3 of Game 1 * MP3 of Game 2 * Day of the Dead Bingo Game - Instructions - 24 calling cards with translation English/Spanish - 26 playing cards (class size)

Subjects:

Halloween, Spanish, Vocabulary

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know #1 (Vocabulary 1-10)

Created by

EnglishTeacher1000

100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know (Complete Words 1-10) INTRODUCTORY SHEET, QUIZ and KEY I have used the "100 Words" titles in my classroom for several years with much success for so many reasons: 1. the actual book, available from Houghton Mifflin, is sold as both a paper copy and an electronic copy, each at well under $10, making it an ideal resource for students. The assignment is also completely accessible to students who don't purchase the book itself, since the words can

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment

Heart of Darkness Excerpt Beg. of Part 3 Close Reading Analysis

Created by

Teach Well ELA

This activity examines an excerpt from the beginning of part 3 of the novel la"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. Whether an assessment/analysis for part 3 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, author's purpose, character traits, summarization, citing text evidence, inference, and drawing conclusions. Check out the other excerpt from the same novel

Subjects:

Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

...

Even More Classic Poems to Teach Specific Themes and the Paired Texts to go with

Created by

Teach Well ELA

Have you searched and searched for poetry to match the theme you are teaching? What about the non-fiction newspaper articles from the past that correlate with the fiction and theme being taught? Unit planned? Check out the lists of poems, quotes, short stories, songs, articles, novellas, novels, and excerpts that can be used to pair with the themes below. Check out the other lists available in the store as well. Cross-curricular and great for test prep. In person on online teaching. The lists in

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.2

, RL.8.3

, RL.8.4

, RL.8.5

...

A Christmas Carol Excerpt End of Stave 1 Charles Dickens Close Reading Analysis

Created by

Teach Well ELA

This activity examines an excerpt from near the end of Stave 1 of the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Whether an assessment/analysis for the end of stave 4 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, summarization, word meaning, theme, author's purpose, citing text evidence, making predictions, plot analysis, suspense, inference, and drawing

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Close Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.4

, RL.7.6

...

Also included in: Holiday Time Classics Paired Text Thematic Unit

AUTUMN: A HARVEST TIME OF DELIGHT: CRYPTOGRAM

Created by

HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE AND KINDNESS

This cryptogram describes the delightful time of Autumn, and facts about the crop of pumpkins.Have fun! This is a challenge. The staff will have some fun with this, also. Thanks for visiting!

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

Mini-Unit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Created by

Joel Troge

I taught this as part of a thematic unit on geography and society for summer school. It covered about three weeks of five one-hour long periods, but it might take you less depending on your student level. (My students are all ELLs and tend to be lower-level readers even in their native languages.) The best part of this unit is that it takes a literary classic that you love and helps students approach the rich themes--without making them take a mini-course on 19th century American regional dia

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep, Literature

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans

Day of Dead Bilingual Lesson & Activities Spanish/Inglés Dia de Muertos Leccion

Created by

Happy Tunes

Here is a bilingual lesson with all the information your students need to know to get familiar with Day of The Dead / Día de Muertos. Aquí encontrará una lección bilingüe con toda la información para que sus estudiantes se familiaricen con la celebración de Día de Muertos. In the Zip File you will find: 1. A "Day of the Dead" lesson (PDF) in English 2. Same lesson PDF translated in Spanish 3. Activities/Assessments of the lesson: * Word search * Connect the concepts * Complete the sentences

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Spanish

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Do Not Disturb Testing Sign

Created by

All About Engagement by Lauren Galli

Do Not Disturb Sign

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Test Preparation, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment

THE SPANISH HALLOWEEN

Created by

Task Per Diem

Interesting text that tells about the European origins of Halloween and the influence of Spain. The text is written in Spanish and has comprehension questions with answers. Ideal for working with students studying the Spanish language.

Subjects:

Halloween, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5 Lines 19-28 by Shakespeare Close Reading Poetry Analysis

Created by

Teach Well ELA

Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5, Lines 19-28" by William Shakespeare. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with a using short stories/excerpts and poems such as "Ozymandias" by Shelley" and other excerpts of Macbeth to show leading up to the ending conclusions. Another pairin

Subjects:

Close Reading, Halloween, Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

CCSS: