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A Christmas Carol Reading & Analysis Questions Stave 1-5 & Answer Key

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

These Guided Questions help students to process an analyze the text of A Christmas Carol as they read (find the FREE open source text HERE). It includes questions for Staves 1-5 as well as a few final reflection questions where they consider the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.6...

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National Boards Component 3 Video Planning Sheet (and Tips!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Are you overwhelmed at the thought of planning out a lesson to video tape for component 3 of National Boards? Afraid you'll film a whole lesson and then realize you left out key things that you needed to show? Fear not!This Video Planning Guide

Subjects:

Professional Development

Grades:

Staff

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Professional Development

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Blackfish Documentary / Movie Guide (answer key and time stamps included!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

In this riveting documentary about Orcas in captivity, students will take notes on how whales became a cornerstone of SeaWorld parks and ultimately became a danger to the trainers that worked with them. This guide includes:Pre-watching questions

Subjects:

Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.7

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Independent Reading Projects Bundle! (works for any book!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Students will love showing what they know about what they read in non-traditional formats! If you have students reading independently in class, this bundle includes 4 different final projects for them to show their knowledge of what they read! You

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Posters

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.9

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Juxtaposition Practice and Quiz

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a fun way to introduce the concept of juxtaposition using youtube clips (Up, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Wizard of Oz), pictures, and examples from literature. The top of the worksheet has a definition, two sentence frames so they understand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.7

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National Boards Component 4 Tips and Tricks! (Key things to watch for!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Overwhelmed by National Boards? You are not alone! We know it's hard, but you got this!As two National Boards certificated teachers who have also completed the MOC (Maintenance of Certification), we develop resources to help teachers like you. We

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Professional Development

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Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Professional Development

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National Boards Component 3: Wrapping Your Head Around It All!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Overwhelmed by the instructions for Component 3? Trying to piece through exactly WHAT you need within each video, in your additional documents, in your written commentary, and everything else? This guide through Component 3's instructions will help

Subjects:

Professional Development

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Not Grade Specific

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Graphic Organizers

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Dystopian Unit (Poems, Short Stories, & Film analysis!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Dystopian Unit!Students love digging into dystopian societies! This unit has students track commonalities of dystopian societies across a variety of texts including a poem, short stories, short films, and full length films. Inside of the Dystopian

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.1b, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.9a, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9...

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Moneyball Film / Movie Guide (Answer Key & Time Stamps)

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Movie guide for the movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Chris Pratt. Great for using in English class as part of a unit with the novel OR as an inspirational film about not giving up on your ideas. This would also be super fun for a stats or PE

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Physical Education, Statistics

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Movie Guides

CCSS:

SL.9-10.1c, CCRA.R.10

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Macbeth Film / Movie Guide & Discussion Qs - 2021 Denzel Washington

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a movie guide to go with the 2021 Denzel Washington version of Macbeth. It focuses on director and acting choices and how they impacted the play. This resource also includes 10 discussion questions for students to write about or discuss

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Movie Guides

CCSS:

CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10

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West Side Story Film Guide!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Movie guide for the movie West Side Story (2021) (musical stars Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort). Great for using in any English or drama/theater/music class including: Acting, History of Theatre, Drama, Musical Theatre, Music Appreciation, etc. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Music, Drama

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Movie Guides

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Analysis of "Anti-Hero" by Tayor Swift (annotations, analysis, and thesis)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a fun way to have students practice annotating, analyzing, and building their understanding of a text, ultimately culminating in a thesis statement.Students will use Taylor Swift's song "Anti-Hero" to analyze for literary elements. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Songs

CCSS:

W.11-12.1, W.11-12.1a, W.11-12.1b, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.7

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National Boards Component 2 Tips and Tricks! (Key things to watch for!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Subjects:

Professional Development

Grades:

Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Professional Development

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"We Ate the Children Last" by Martel Guided Reading and Questions

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Your students will gasp when they read the title of this story (mine all did!). This includes a guided reading and then critical thinking questions for the short story "We Ate the Children Last" by Yann Martel. The text of the story is not included,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Guided Reading Books

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"The Chaser" by Collier Worksheet and Discussion Questions (Valentines Day!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT Valentines Day activity for upper middle school and High School where students read The Chaser by Collier. They'll think critically about what love is and what it's NOT, as well as analyze character, setting, and thematic choices that Collier

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Valentine's Day, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Guided Reading Books

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.10

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Introduction & Conclusion Transition Sentences

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

It's often easy to help students learn how to write hooks and claims, but they get stuck on those transition sentences! This is an worksheet helps students to understand what goes in the middle of those pesky introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4

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History of Musical Theater Poster Project

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Want your students to better understand Musical Theatre? Have a working knowledge of different musical theatre time periods and genres?In Part 1 of this project:Students will select one (out of 8 options) musical theatre genre/time period (ex.

Subjects:

Drama

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Posters

$4.00

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Perils of Obedience - A companion to Night by Elie Wiesel

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is NOT "The Perils of Indifference" by Elie Wiesel, it IS Stanley Milgram's (Yale Professor) article "The Perils of Obedience." This is a fabulous companion for Night. GREAT assignment for English classes studying Night and the Holocaust. Would

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Psychology

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities

$3.00

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Practicing Commentary/Reasoning for Argument Essays

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This worksheet gives students practice at identifying errors in commentary and revising it to be better. It includes examples on how to identify and fix the problematic commentary, and then lets students practice the skills. This gives students the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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Greek Mythology - Echo and Narcissus Guided Reading

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Greek Mythology - Echo and Narcissus Guided ReadingStudents struggling to identify Greek allusions as they read? They should definitely know the story of Echo and Narcissus!Great addition to any Greek Unit! Text dependent questions based on the myth

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

$1.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Two National Boards Certified ELA teachers with 20 years of experience working at both the middle and high school levels. We share a passion for all things books, literature, and of course, Harry Potter!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Focused on engaging activities to encourage critical thinking and developing students self-motivation to be lifelong learners.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Boards Certification, National Boards MOC, District Teacher of the Year Nominee

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Math, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Government, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Other (Art), Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, Statistics, Psychology, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, School Psychology, Close Reading