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Common Core SL.9-10.3 literature circles
Long Way Down Novel Study
The Long Way Down Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this popular book. The Long Way Down Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 60+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this unit. The literary analysis r
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8th - 9th
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Literature Circles | Book Clubs | Student Led | Project-Based ELA
Literature circles and book clubs are an empowering way to keep up reading and discussion practices. Lit circles are a highly effective way to allow students to connect socially and intellectually and hold each other accountable. With this student-led unit, students will create their own reading calendar and pacing plan, prepare independently for weekly book clubs, schedule and run their own weekly meetings and assess their own work. The teaching philosophy incorporated here is “Student as Worke
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8th - 11th
Literature Circle: The Hobbit with Common Core Standards
The Hobbit – Common Core Curriculum Standards
Everything needed to have a student-led group project, a Literature Circle, over The Hobbit s included in this lesson. The unit will require 18 days for students to read the text within their literature circle, with an additional 3 days for reading quizzes.
Instructions for the teacher are included. A daily position sheet is included for assigning each member of the group to complete the written activities they are required to do during the 18 d
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8th - 11th
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Holocaust Literature Circles Unit Bundle
Get all my Holocaust Literature materials and save! This product includes all the materials you need for a powerful student centered learning experience. The Holocaust Literature Bundle is a collection of my favorite resources for teaching students about the atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust through fiction. Kick of you unit with a Book Tasting, then use student's selections to organize them into Literature Circles. Included: Printable Materials to transform your classroom into a literary dining
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar
This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of a very "close" family and a haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning a
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9th - 12th
Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Activity Bundle
Long Way Down Elevator Activity & Close Readings
Through the Long Way Down elevator trip close reading activity and whole novel analysis activities, students will deeply engage with Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. The novel study resource provides them repeated opportunities to think critically and apply their understanding of essential literary elements. Its rigorous tasks also encourage close reading and the use of textual evidence. With numerous options for implementation, the Long Way Down novel study close reading resources allow for dif
Grades:
8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
Long Way Down Analysis Questions & Discussion Questions
The Long Way Down chapter and discussion questions will give students repeated opportunities to practice essential standards-aligned literacy skills. For every chapter grouping of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, students will have to answer rigorous, text-based questions that assess not only their ability to comprehend but also their ability to analyze key events. With numerous options for implementation and editable questions, the resource also allows for differentiation and can enable accommo
Grades:
8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
Real Women Have Curves: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Play/Drama Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Play/Drama series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's IncludedL
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circles Meeting Prep Sheets - Discussion Questions for ANY Novel
Do you want to foster authentic, student led literature discussions? Are you looking for a student centered alternative to literature circles roles? These Literature Circles Discussion Prep Sheets provide guidance and accountability for student led book club meetings!Use these literature discussion sheets prompt students to think and respond critically to the text as they read. Then, students will discuss their responses in small group book clubs, literature circles, or as a whole class. The dis
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
The Death of Vivek Oji: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's IncludedLea
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's Included Section
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9th - 12th
Girl: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's Included Sectio
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Novel Study Unit
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines novel unit is a great resource to use with a study of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and civil rights with high school students. It allows students to look at an important time in American history through the format of an interview.
Low prep with many reading activity options from which to choose and integrated mini history research lessons.
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CCSS 9th grade
Reading Schedule Chart for teacher or students to organize an
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Grades:
9th - 10th
SPEED DISCUSSION--A strategy for discussing informational text!
This ENGAGING strategy for classroom discussion is student approved! Blank stares are a thing of the past with this strategy. ANY student will find this strategy much more engaging than the typical question and answer strategies that never lead to active participation! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Arrange desks in two rows facing one another (the person across is your partner.) If you have an odd number of students, make the last 2 seats in 1 row work together the entire time (this is row 1) The students i
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7th - 10th
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Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials
Are you looking to hold a formal Socratic Seminar in your classroom?Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to what they are learning in class. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource i
Grades:
7th - 12th
Literature Circles--Role Sheets, Evaluation Rubrics, Expectations & More!
Literature circles get students excited about reading and having a voice in the classroom, holds students accountable, and keeps them engaged and interested in a text study, but they can also be overwhelming to organize.
I've done all of the planning and organizing for you; all you need to do is facilitate and watch your students grow as readers.
This CCSS bundle includes:
Detailed directions for same book and different book literature circles
Rubric for group discussions
Example of a book w
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Challenges
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on challenges.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of challengesActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Hamlet: A Socratic Seminar Discussion Activity
This easy to implement activity is designed to engage students critical thinking skills by having them engage in deep, reflective conversations with their peers. There are a variety of ways to conduct a socratic seminar and these questions will help you get exciting literature and life conversations started in your classroom!
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamlet Resource Bundle
Socratic Seminar: Dreamland Burning
This easy to implement activity is designed to engage students critical thinking skills by having them engage in deep, reflective conversations with their peers. There are a variety of ways to conduct a socratic seminar and these questions will help you get exciting literature and life conversations started in your classroom!
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Dreamland Burning Resource Bundle
Socratic Seminar Sentence Starters
Increase participation during socratic seminars! This Socratic Seminar Sentence Starters sheet provides students a variety of ways to participate in the conversation: agree with others in the group, respectfully disagree, present a new idea, cite evidence from the source, and paraphrase what has been said.This easy-to-read handout allows students to quickly choose how they want to participate while also doing the work of presenting their own opinions and finding evidence from the source. It has
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6th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 1 Finch Background Discussion Qs & KEY
This ANSWER "KEY" includes the free "Finch Background Discussion Questions" resource and suggested answers. While there is no "one right answer" to these open-ended questions, teachers may find the answers helpful as they guide and observe students in discussion.Each of these discussion questions can also be used as a writing prompt either alone or following discussion. Students may choose a prompt or teachers can assign one or more to each student or group.This free question set applies to the
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8th - 12th
SEL Poetry Units Bundle: Reading, Analysis, Writing Poetry Unit Plans
Poetry Unit Bundle: 18 Reading, Analysis, & Writing Poetry Units. This complete CCSS, Next Generation & SEL standards-aligned Middle and High School Poetry Unit Plan Bundle is the perfect addition to your poetry class and curriculum.The Who Am I: The Discovery of the Self Through Poetry curriculum includes: 18 Full Structured Lesson Plans (Do Now, Mini Lesson, Independent work activities) that teach 18 different types of poetry such as Acrostic, Nonet, Blackout, etc. Writing prompts that
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7th - 12th
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Literature Circles: To Kill A Mockingbird
This Literature Circle approach to the study of To Kill A Mockingbird is designed to foster student-centered learning. Students will use the prompts for each log to engage in a thematic exploration of the text to promote deep critical reading. The Literature Circle guide is broken into four meeting sessions. The first page provides an overview of the logs and expectations of log entries and class discussions. The intention of this approach is for students to prepare for class discussions that
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9th - 10th
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Anthem: Harkness Seminar - Rubric
From Electric English...
This is the assessment that I created for a unit on Anthem by Ayn Rand. The Harkness Method is similar to a Socratic Seminar in that the students are expected to use the material and subject matter from the book as a springboard for discussion with each other. The Harkness method takes the idea of collaboration one step further however.... The students must rely on each other as a team to determine their grades. Within each small group, the students are assigned roles ah
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10th - 11th
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