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12th grade close reading games
Literary Jenga Reading Comprehension Activities Game for ANY Novel
Your students will LOVE practicing their comprehension skills while playing Jenga. The interactive component will help students retain the knowledge, too! Whether you're playing as a whole class or in small groups, this resource will leave a lasting impression on students.Looking for a unique and creative activity for your students’ reading comprehension practice? Look no further! This (editable) Literary Jenga game is the perfect way to strengthen students’ skills in a fun and engaging way.All
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6th - 12th
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Poetry Escape Room: Engaging Poetry Activity for Any Poetry Unit
Make poetry fun with this engaging and challenging poetry escape room activity that can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will label the elements/rhyme scheme of a poem, identify examples of poetic devices, closely read, and analyze poems from various authors.This sequential escape room was designed with scaffolding in mind. It takes students through 5 challenges, which start simple and gradually progress t
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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LORD OF THE FLIES CROSSWORD - 26 Clues to Test Character, Theme and Plot
Lord of the Flies is a notoriously difficult text to teach, but equally, hugely worthwhile.
Have your students do this crossword as a re-cap, revision tool or comprehension quiz.
Super engaging, academically rigorous and fun!
If you like this, why not check out my Lord of the Flies Homework Menu?It makes a great supplement to your novel unit.
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8th - 12th
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STAAR English I and II New Item Types Practice Tests and Games Bundle EOC Prep
STAAR English I and II New Item Types Test Prep - STAAR English 1 and 2 ELA Practice Tests and Review Games Bundle - Includes Printable Copies AND Self-Grading Google Forms! Everything is included, even the answer keys. These are not released tests, rather, they are 15 passages with 250 STAAR style questions and answers (various item types). There are also 3 games with 75 questions and answers. Perfect practice for the High School End-of-Course Test (EOC).Includes:Printable Copies15
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9th - 12th
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Halloween Figurative Language Task Cards for Bell-Ringers, Quizzes, Discussion
Celebrate Halloween and Fall in your classroom with this set of 24 figurative language task cards. Featuring classic and contemporary Halloween themed literature and poetry, each card prompts students to identify a specific element of figurative language and explain its use.
Passages on the cards feature writing from Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and Stephanie Meyer.
Elements of figurative language included are:
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Personification
• H
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7th - 12th
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Everything You Need for Step 1 - 4th Edition
Are you looking for no prep support for Step 1? With this mega bundle, you have everything you need to teach step 1 of Wilson Reading. Get ready for more than 300 pages of comprehension guides, worksheets and games to use with your Wilson students!What's included:Step 1 study guides and worksheets for all twenty-five controlled passages in Student Reader 1 - check out some sample freebies here, here and here.Printable worksheets for all skills in step 1 - check out a sample freebie here.Printabl
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2nd - 12th
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Emily Dickinson Bundle: Poetry Stations, Pennants, Analysis, Style
Looking for unique, engaging resources to teach Emily Dickinson's poetry? This bundle has you totally covered with a fun biography mini escape about her life, poem stations, pennant creation, and poetry/style analysis.WHAT'S INCLUDED . . .All resources in this bundle contain: ⭐Step-by-Step Instructions ⭐Bell Ringer(s)⭐Answer Keys⭐Common Core ELA Aligned✅ Resource 1: EMILY DICKINSON BIO MINI ESCAPE► 3 Puzzles about Emily Dickinson► Optional biographical poem task (example given)► Printable clue
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7th - 12th
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Everything You Need for Step 3 - 4th Edition
Are you looking for no prep support for Step 3? With this mega bundle, you have everything you need to teach step 3 of Wilson Reading. Get ready for more than 300 pages of comprehension guides, worksheets and games to use with your Wilson students!What's included:Step 3 study guides and worksheets for all controlled passages in Student Reader 3 - check out some sample freebies here, here and here.Interactive worksheets for all skills in step 3 - check out a sample freebie here.Printable workshee
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2nd - 12th
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Everything You Need for Step 2 - 4th Edition
Are you looking for no prep support for Step 2? With this mega bundle, you have everything you need to teach step 2 of Wilson Reading. Get ready for more than 300 pages of comprehension guides, worksheets and games to use with your Wilson students!What's included:Step 2 study guides and worksheets for all twenty-five controlled passages in Student Reader 2 - check out some sample freebies here, here and here.Printable worksheets for all skills in step 2 - check out a sample freebie here.Printabl
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2nd - 12th
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Speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry: Reading Game, Appeals, Test
Are your students bored with some of the early American literature? Looking for something to spice up Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"? Try out this unit, which will keep students engaged with the text while also allowing them to have some fun!What's included:► Detailed lesson plans► Common Core Standards alignment► Competition Game Cards - Instead of you lecturing on the speech, students will be sifting through the speech to find answers in order to gain puzzle pieces. The f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Everything You Need for Step 4 - 4th Edition
Are you looking for no prep support for Step 4? With this mega bundle, you have everything you need to teach step 4 of Wilson Reading. Get ready for more than 300 pages of comprehension guides, worksheets and games to use with your Wilson students!What's included:Step 4 study guides and worksheets for all thirty controlled passages in Student Reader 4 - check out some sample freebies here, here and here.Interactive worksheets for all skills in step 4 - check out a sample freebie here.Printable w
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2nd - 12th
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The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
By popular demand, all my clue by clue mysteries PDF (printable) format in one big bundle, plus a free mystery story organizing worksheet. Be sure to check the list above to see the exact list of Clue by Clue Mysteries!Each individual mystery is in PDF format and contains:A cover imageComprehensive teacher notes outlining how to use the activity in class - 2 pagesA teacher sheet with a description of the situation and mystery to be solved, hints to give students if they get stuck, and the soluti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Holiday Figurative Language Task Cards: Christmas Activity, Bell-Ringers
Celebrate Christmas and the winter holidays in your classroom with this set of 32 figurative language task cards. Featuring classic and contemporary holiday themed literature and poetry, each card prompts students to identify a specific element of figurative language and explain the function of its use within the passage.
Passages on the cards feature writing from Charles Dickens, Dr. Seuss, William Shakespeare, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Elements of figurative language included are:
• Metaphor
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8th - 12th
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Tone Review Card Game for AP English Lang or Lit
Students who struggle with identifying different tones in a text can practice with some rich tone vocabulary in this fun game for 3-6 players. Sarcastically called "The Author Uses Tone," this game is twist on Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity. This product includes:Instructions and ideas for lesson extensions (see preview)18 tone cards (2 pages, PDF)72 text cards (8 pages, PDF)A PowerPoint with two template pages to add your own cards (or have students create some for your class set!)
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Escape Room (Breakout) Print and Fully Digital
**UPDATED 10/14/2020** This escape room now includes an entirely virtual option! All you have to do is assign the Google Form and then watch your students engage in awesome escape room experience!This poetry escape room (breakout) includes five puzzles that challenge students’ critical thinking skills and collaborative communication. It is based on a fun scenario that puts students on a mission to solve a mystery before time runs out. Students will collect stanzas from Wordsworth’s “I Wandered L
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Escape Room (Breakout Room) Bundle
Figurative Language Escape Room Bell Ringer Activities Bundle - Breakout Games
Figurative Language Escape Room Bell Ringer Activities Bundle - Breakout Games: These two figurative language escape room bell ringers are a new and fun way to challenge your students each day for a week. This bundle includes 2 different escape rooms which are each intended to be completed over the course of a week. This figurative language escape room bundle covers the following literary devices: simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, pun, hyperbole, and alliteration. Studen
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7th - 12th
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Capitalization Escape Room Punctuation Digital Activity, Google Slides, and Quiz
Capitalization Escape Room Punctuation Digital Activity, Google Slides, and Quiz: This capitalization digital grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of capitalization rules! The detailed Google Slides introduce capitalization rules with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start, and a pre or post-assessment Google Forms quiz allows you to assess student understanding effectively. The highlight of the re
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: DIGITAL GRAMMAR ESCAPE CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM
Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Clue by Clues are mystery activities that help students practice critical thinking skills, reading strategies including close reading, critical reading, and inference, and get them discussing and talking! Students work in pairs or small groups to solve a mystery. They get a situation with a mystery. They have to figure it out by reading a series of clues, one at a time. As they receive each clue, they speculate on its significance, what it tells them about the situation, and how it fits with the
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6th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Digital Escape Room - Introduction to the Roaring 20s
Introduce your students to the Roaring 20s with this incredible digital Escape Room! Whether you’re reading The Great Gatsby or discussing the era in Social Studies, this game has you covered! Students learn about context, famous figures, and the debate around Prohibition. ✅ Critical thinking & Collaboration✅ ~75 minutes for 9th graders✅ Full digital interface and answer validationWith beautiful artwork and photography, this is an immersive introduction to the Roaring Twenties. Looking for
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby & Roaring 20s Activity - Print and Digital Escape Room
Slaughterhouse-Five Unit Review Escape Room - Kurt Vonnegut Novel Study
This Slaughterhouse-Five Escape Room is the perfect way to review the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. This activity makes an excellent unit review for your Slaughterhouse-Five novel study. Students will love how collaborative, engaging, and tactile this activity is.Your Slaughterhouse-Five Escape Room includes:✅ Character & Quote Match-Up✅ Identifying Motifs in Slaughterhouse-Five puzzle✅ 2 Close Readings✅ 2 Secret Messages for students to decodeYou can present this as a Breakout Box (groups work at
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9th - 12th
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Escape the Elevator - A "Long Way Down" Digital Breakout
This escape room/digital breakout activity is designed to completed after reading Jason Reynolds' novel Long Way Down. Have your students fully engaged in escaping the 7 floors of the elevator by solving puzzles that showcase their understanding of the text. This is a digital Google Slides activity only (there is not currently a printable version of this escape). The escape room is estimated to take between 60-90 minutes and can be completed alone or in partners/groups. This is the perfect activ
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8th - 12th
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Elevator Routine Mystery Activity
In this fun mystery activity, students have to solve a classic riddle: Why does a woman ride the elevator up to the 15th floor and then walk up to the 20th floor to get to her apartment? Practice critical thinking skills and follow the clues to find the answer.This is a PDF format perfect for printing and handing out to students to work on in groups. You can also get this activity in other formats: Click here for PowerPoint edition and Click here for Google Slides edition.Inside find:Teacher No
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Everything You Need for Step 7 - 4th Edition
Are you looking for no prep support for Step 7? With this mega bundle, you have everything you need to teach step 7 of Wilson Reading. Get ready for more than 300 pages of comprehension guides, worksheets and games to use with your Wilson students!What's included:Step 7 study guides and worksheets for all thirty-eight controlled passages in Student Reader 7 - check out some sample freebies here, here and here.Interactive worksheets for all skills in step 7 - check out a sample freebie here.Print
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2nd - 12th
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Dr. Seuss Close Read Writing Task Card Game Activities and Small Group Centers
These unique task cards are great for Dr. Seuss week and throughout the year as it features activities and strategies on key idea and main idea, cause and effect, problem and solution, characterization and more! It challenges students to analyze, create and persuade. Just print and laminate and use along with your Dr. Seuss book collection. Use within small group or whole group. Differentiation is built in! Earn TPT by providing feedback!Please view my other products below:Choose the Genre! Gen
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3rd - 12th
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