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Common Core RL.11-12.1 centers
Learning Stations for ANY Novel: Engaging Literary Analysis Activity
Need an engaging way to wrap up your novel unit and practice literary analysis? Look no further! These literary analysis learning stations work for absolutely ANY novel. These standards-aligned stations will challenge your students to collaborate and critically think. The plus side: These stations are completely editable, so if you want to tailor the questions to your specific novel, add different questions, or meet the unique needs of YOUR class, you are able to do so! The plus-plus side (yes,
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Learning Stations for ANY Novel BUNDLE: Pre- & Post-Reading Activities
Theme Task Cards
Teaching theme? Amp up the rigor and proficiency level in your classroom with these (32) Literary Theme Task Cards. Product provides excerpts from classic and popular literature with a multiple choice question addressing the most refined universal message. Turn your students into literary scholars in no time! Answer key included. This Common Core-aligned product is super sub friendly; keep them learning even when you're not there. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and alternativ
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Theme Teach and Reach Bundle
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Characterization Task Cards
Teaching characterization? Amp up the fun and proficiency level in your classroom with these (32) Characterization Task Cards where traits are revealed through S.T.E.A.L. (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks). Answer key included. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Perfect for standardized test prep and super sub friendly. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use;
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Characterization Teach and Reach Bundle
ELA Task Card Bundle (192 Task Cards!) / Print and Digital / Google Slides
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction, including informational texts, rhetoric, figurative language, literary devices, plot structure and conflict, characterization, theme, main idea, summary, making text connections, making inferences, and research skills.
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9th - 12th
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Hunger Games Discussion Questions & Answers
Discussion questions and suggested answers for each part of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Forty-six total questions that are more thought-provoking and encourage critical thinking; contains printable student handout with spaces for answers if you'd like to do as a worksheet, AND paper-saving pages.
In addition, 10 follow-up questions for students to make connections to their own lives AND 11 quotes for students to relate to themes, symbols, characters, events, etc..
Also contains tea
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Analysis Journal Writing Prompts for Any Poem Digital & Print
These poetry journal writing prompts are intended to help students respond to poems in a thoughtful way while deepening their comprehension of the text. It contains twenty response-to-reading prompts that can be used with almost any poem and is appropriate for middle and high school classrooms. What are the topics like?Each poetry journal prompt focuses on a different aspect of reading poetry. Students are asked to analyze theme, figurative language, and structure. In addition, they will make co
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Close Reading Strategies, Techniques, & Tips: A Practical Guide for High School
Tired of useless close reading handouts that do nothing more than teach your students to hate literary analysis? Simply instructing your classes to go through a checklist or point out literary elements doesn’t teach them any skills. In fact, if you teach the wrong kind of close reading lesson, you’ll discourage critical thinking and teach students that reading great literature is just about ticking off lists of literary devices. That kind of disempowering instruction creates a generation of pas
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9th - 12th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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Music as Poetry Analysis Activity for Any Song - Digital and Print
Teaching students to analyze poetry can be challenging. This free resource uses pop culture music (almost any song of your choosing will work) to engage students in discussion about lyric poems. Song analysis activities make teaching poetry fun!ContentsThis song analysis activity is included in different versions:1. A condensed two-page graphic organizer 2. A 14 page resource with one question on each page so you can use them individually, with learning stations, or with gallery walksFormatsThi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Literary Elements Print & Go for ANY Book or Story
Whether you are looking for rigorous critical-thinking questions or a place where students can doodle as they read, I've got you covered with my literary elements print & go handouts that can be used with any book or story. The literary elements covered include: character development, setting, point-of-view (first, third limited, & third omniscient), plot, theme, tone & mood, and figurative devices. These can be used at ANY point in the novel or story. Great for literacy circles or s
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8th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Prepare for an article of the week with 30 no prep, high school reading comprehension passages and questions in printable worksheets or as digital resources. Your teenagers will be fascinated by these reading passages on multiple nonfiction, historical fiction, or true story-based reading passages. Find language arts worksheets that include vocabulary activities, writing prompts, and research projects from history or science. Check out the unique stories which make for unusual writing topics fur
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8th - 11th
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The Gift of the Magi Lesson Plans and Activities
O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi" is a great read for the holiday season. I've read it successfully with high school, university, and advanced ESL/EFL students. And now I've put together the most comprehensive collection of downloadable and printable resources to teach "The Gift of the Magi" this holiday season! This 105-page collection of 15 activities, worksheets, games and assessments that I've written and honed over the years cover every aspect of the story: vocabula
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Inference Bundle | Google™️ Digital and Print
Everything you'll need to teach the skill of making inferences and to give students ample inference practice is included in this bundle! Use the resources individually or use them together for a complete Inference Unit. Start teaching the skill of making inferences with the collaborative Inference Anchor Chart, practice with the quick, engaging Two-Sentence Stories in both Digital Google Slides™ and Print formats, and then have students make their own inferences as they read fiction and non-fict
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7th - 10th
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D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Survival Guide
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) is one of my favorite things to do with my language arts classes. But I also need to keep my students accountable and "conscious readers." So I've created the D.E.A.R. Survival Guide that includes fifteen activities that align perfectly with Common Core Language Arts standards. Activities include Literature Circles, Book Selection Survey, Character Obituary, Create a Bookmark, Book Report Projects, D.E.A.R. Questionnaire, Say Mean Matter Graphic Organizer,
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4th - 12th
Also included in: D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Literary Bundle
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Crime Scene Investigation
After reading Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, students become crime scene investigators to develop a theory about what happened to Ichabod Crane using the text as evidence. This is a fun way to get students making inferences and to use textual evidence to support their thinking. The product includes teacher directions and the student activity packet. The activity can be done as stations or as a more traditional after reading activity.Duration: 2-3 class periods
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6th - 12th
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The Tempest Bundle: Complete Teacher's Unit
Studying The Tempest? Don't know where to get started? We have you covered from start to finish with this bundle.Everything you need for a fun and successful unit on Shakespeare's play The Tempest.Great for differentiation! Suits the needs of multiple learners. Includes:The Tempest Interactive Flip book Study GuideThe Tempest Interactive Characterization Flip book The Tempest Acts 1-5 QuizzesThe Tempest: Epilogue AnalysisThe Tempest Escape RoomShakespeare Comedies Power point
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading Poetry Task Cards
Help your students deepen their analytical skills with thirty (30) engaging Close Reading Poetry Task Cards. Product includes prominent poems that are often seen on standardized tests and provides deep thinking questions that sharpen inferencing and interpretative skills. Watch your students turn into "college professors" as they practice sharing and supporting critical thinking by citing textual evidence and identifying overall thematic messages. Close reading is a high yield strategy that e
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Jumbo Task Card Bundle - Volume 1
Antigone Unit Lesson Bundle of Lessons digital resource
You get my top Antigone lessons. I will continue to add to this bundle. So far it contains: 3D scene analysis, coloring pages mini-posters, and CSI literary investigation and murder board. More Bundles:♻️ A Christmas Carol Bundle of Lessons♻️ Animal Farm: Bundle Unit♻️ Bundle of 5 Learning Stations Units: Great Deal: Common Core Aligned♻️ Edgar Allan Poe Bundle of lessons:♻️ Frankenstein Growing Bundle Novel Unit♻️ Growing Bundle of Novel literacy Stations: Poetry, Mythology, Epic, Novel,Drama♻️
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9th - 12th
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Identifying and Analyzing Theme Intervention and Enrichment BUNDLE
This bundle includes 12 engaging google slides games, sorts, google form quizzes, and discussion/writing prompts to provide extra practice and enrichment for identifying and analyzing theme. This bundle is perfect for centers, independent work time, or spiraled review to differentiate for all your students!The activity sets included are. . .Identifying Theme Google Slides Game Theme vs. Main Idea Google Slides Game Analyzing Theme Google Slides GameIdentifying Theme Google Form Quiz Theme vs. Ma
CLOSE READING WORKSHEETS Secondary English BUNDLE Comprehension
This bundle of 6 CLOSE READING lessons on a short poetic, persuasive and narrative texts will help you to improve student comprehension and knowledge of language techniques.These resources are relevant to teens and largely written by teens. These are perfect for students in High School English - Years 9, 10 or 11.Each resource takes one or two lessons to work through and walks students through a framework that helps them assess and analyse many aspects of the text, such as author's purpose, mess
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9th - 12th
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Digital Escape Room: Of Mice and Men
I use this activity as part of a larger unit on Of Mice and Men. This is used as the first assignment in the unit as an introduction to the time period of the Great Depression. With this activity students will be asked to read short articles about general life during the Great Depression, the treatment of handicapped persons, and life for farmers and answer questions. They will watch two Edpuzzles on background information and information about John Steinbeck while answering questions. Students
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9th - 12th
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Frankenstein Escape Room
This 27-page product includes four unique tasks designed to challenge your students' knowledge and understanding of the novel. The tasks cover important literary elements such as plot, characters, close reading, and an encrypted message. Each task is designed to be completed in a group, encouraging collaboration and teamwork among your students.With our Frankenstein Escape Room, your students will be able to experience the novel in a whole new way, as they work to solve puzzles and clues to unl
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Frankenstein Bundle
The Epic of Gilgamesh Lesson Unit Bundle of Lessons Digital Activity
This is a bundle for my lesson unit on the Epic of Gilgamesh. I will continue to add to this bundle. So far it contains: literacy stations, 3D scene analysis, supplementary viewing guide with links, and writing prompts with rubric. More Bundles:♻️ A Christmas Carol Bundle of Lessons♻️ Animal Farm: Bundle Unit♻️ Bundle of 5 Learning Stations Units: Great Deal: Common Core Aligned♻️ Edgar Allan Poe Bundle of lessons:♻️ Frankenstein Growing Bundle Novel Unit♻️ Growing Bundle of Novel literacy Stat
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9th - 12th
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