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The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving Complete Unit

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Selena Smith
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Looking for ready-made unit with fresh activities for "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washing Irving? This unit is just what you need for stress-free planning and engaging student tasks.

This week-long unit includes the following:

Step-by-step, day-by-day lesson plans

► Daily aligned Common Core Standards

Daily bell ringers to get students thinking about each day's lesson at the beginning of class

Vocabulary exercise with hands-on, challenging writing extension option

Comprehension game with answers

Reading quiz in 2 versions with answers

Romanticism analysis with answers

Character analysis requiring evidence from text

Limerick poetry writing with competition

Optional comparison/contrast to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"

Final test contains multiple-choice, true/false, vocabulary, short answer, and essay questions. It comes in 2 versions to deter cheaters. This also comes in an editable PowerPoint file in case you wish to make changes. (14 multiple choice, 6 true/false, 10 vocabulary matching, 8 short answer, 1 essay.)

Students will enjoy having a variety of activities for “The Devil and Tom Walker” while teachers cover several curriculum goals. Some of these activities are for individuals to complete while others offer collaborative options.

These lessons are broken down into 90 minute class periods. Feel free to adjust to fit your students’ needs and class schedules.

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39 pages
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Standards

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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

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