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Free Common Core RL.11-12.4 resources
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
Choice Board FREE Worksheet, 12 Activities for ANY Short Story & Novel Unit CCSS
This FREE student choice board works with any short story or novel study. Once students have finished reading an assigned short story or chapter of a novel, use this choice board worksheet to increase student motivation as they meaningfully reflect on the text. The choice board worksheet was designed for English/language arts students in grades 7 through 12.Want more dynamic lesson materials designed to engage our teens?Click here for a discounted 10-pack of worksheet activities that can be use
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7th - 11th
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Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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Text Messaging with Romeo and Juliet- a Fun Lesson
Trying to reach your students by using social media AND attempting to have them comprehend Shakespeare? Why not combine the two?
Due to a careless moment, Romeo's cell phone was destroyed when he dropped it on Verona’s cobblestone streets. Your student's job is to recreate the text messages that were lost from Romeo's phone. Students choose a scene in the play to recreate in text-language.
This seven page document gives a fun- yet school appropriate- lesson for students to recreate a scene
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7th - 12th
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Poetry Anchor Chart - Bookmark for Reading, Annotating, and Analyzing Poetry
Scaffold the close reading process using this Poetry Anchor Chart! This personal bookmark will support students while they read, annotate, and analyze any poem independently. This poetry anchor chart offers a 4-step process for reading and annotating any poem, along with guidance for writing a close reading response. Using this bookmark, students can have step-by-step instructions on hand throughout your poetry unit.There are several different files included in this resource to accommodate diff
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9th - 12th
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Irony in Lamb to the Slaughter - Roald Dahl - Graphic Organizer - Digital, Print
This graphic organizer explores irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Identify dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony in this thrilling short story.Included with this Lamb to the Slaughter Irony Graphic Organizer:✏️ Irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” Handout - Digital & PrintDefinitions of dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational ironyFlowchart graphic organizer with prompts to apply definitions to the text ✏️ Det
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8th - 11th
FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES LIST 4 ALL GRADES K-12 AND SUBJECTS + TEACHER RESOURCE
Sometimes, you just need a list of websites for everyone. Here it is. FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES Put together by Teach Me, Maria!It takes time to gather this information, figure out the appropriate grade levels, and format, maintain, and update this page. All I ask is for an honest review if this list helps you.
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
This document is a guided reading when working with Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." It contains questions with graphic organizers as well.
Included are:
- guided worksheets to accompany in-class reading with McDougal Littell American Literature Book
- Think-Pair-Write summary activity
- Extended writing graphic organizer
The worksheets focus on Poe's aim to create "unity of effect" and how he creates an element of gloom/terror in the plot, characters and setting of the story.
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11th
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Poetry Analysis Handout - for any poem
Use this one-page handout to help secondary students analyse and deconstruct any poem. This easy, step-by-step handout is structured in four parts:Poetic form and structureLanguage use and effectVisual and auditory imageryTone, mood, message and reader interpretations.I've developed this handout over several years and have found it helped my most reluctant and struggling students to engage with and analyse poetry. Check out my other poetry resources:POWERPOINT Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Ow
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7th - 12th
Introducing Macbeth Freebie / Macbeth Meets the Witches Abridged and Modified
Macbeth was the first Shakespeare play I ever taught, and it helped me appreciate how much fun your students can have while acting out a drama in the classroom.However, this experience also helped me understand what aspects of a Shakespearean drama frustrate students and teachers. Some of the characters are confusing, some scenes do not advance the plot or are not school appropriate, and some of the language is dense.For these reasons, I created an abridged and modified version of Macbeth. Every
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Abridged and Modified Macbeth Bundle (14 resources!)
"The Crucible" Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Student Handout
This product is a character analysis graphic organizer student handout for The Crucible by Arthur Miller! It includes every character in the play and asks students to analyze them through 5 different categories:1. Character's role in story2. How character has changed throughout the play3. Positive/Negative connotation words to describe the character4. Struggles/oppressions they face or cause for others5. Students create a drawing of each character based on the description in the textThis product
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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3 FREE Learning Tasks for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” Speech!
The following resource includes 3 FREE and RIGOROUS Common Core learning tasks to be used after students have read and studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington “I Have A Dream” speech.
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MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches -
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6th - 12th
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Tone and Mood Words Student Handout FREEBIE
Sick of listing off possible mood and tone words again and again for your creative writing students? This Mood and Tone Word Student Handout will help students better create and identify different moods and tones by providing a reference guide to some possibilities.In this two-sided handout, students will have the definitions for both mood and tone at their fingertips. That means asking you to repeat yourself less and writing more! Also included are lists of mood and tone words to help students
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School Creative Writing Workshops & Mini Lessons Bundle
Hamlet Soliloquy Study | Explication Guide for Hamlet's Soliloquies
This is an analytical writing assignment focusing on Hamlet's main four soliloquies. This task requires students to study Shakespeare's language used in each soliloquy and to connect what is said in the speech to characterization and themes from the play. This assignment can be used in any classroom from 9-10 grade up to Pre- and AP level. Looking for more Hamlet materials? Check out my scaffolded Hamlet bundle, which includes materials for all levels of learners in any ELA classroom. Everyone s
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for Grades 9-12
Emma Lazarus The New Colossus Statue of Liberty Poetry Analysis
Deeply analyze Emma Lazarus’s famous poem and connect to its larger historical context of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the “New” immigrants, and America’s melting pot with this everything's-included, no-prep lesson.************************************Greatness is appreciating the layers of poetic word in expressing a complex idea.A poem written as a favor to raise money for a pedestal on which to display an unbelievable gift from France. The iconic poem that almost wasn’t written.Take yo
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8th - 11th
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Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions: A PowerPoint for High School Instruction
As reading becomes more complex, many high school students lose confidence in their ability to comprehend and may become reluctant, unengaged readers. Reinforcing complex reading skills for high school students gives them the tools to advance with the complexity of the texts they should master.This free PowerPoint focuses on the skills of inferencing and drawing conclusions in literature. The twenty slides present definitions and examples to show students that taking a closer look can be interes
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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FREE | The Lottery by Shirley Jackson | Lit Guide | Literary Devices | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Shirley Jackson’s famous short story The LotteryExplore the setting, symbols, irony and foreshadow Insert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsDiscuss concepts of conformity, groupthink, tradition and violenceCreate guidelines that help one decide when to question or reject long standing traditionWhat's in the download?A 10 page PDF with:Links t
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Short Stories | Bundle of 15 Lit Guides | SAVE 40%
"Still I Rise" Lesson Plan — ELA, Arts, & Social Justice
Lesson plan for grades 6-12 based on the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya AngelouIncludes:English Language Arts, Arts, and Social Justice standards for grades 6-12Lesson objectives and "can do" descriptors Step-by-step walkthrough of how to execute the lessonSample modifications/accommodationsReflection Question suggestions
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6th - 12th
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Halloween Game Freebie for Middle School & Secondary ELA
Treat your middle and high school students with a Halloween game sample freebie! With this download, you'll receive a complimentary edition of the game "Chillingly Fun Idioms Charades." This edition includes teacher's instructions, quick idiom review handout, and one page of clue cards. Thanks for visiting my store! ♥And, be sure to check out some popular lessons from my shop: Full Version of Halloween Games & Puzzles1. Halloween Games and Puzzles for Secondary and Middle School English Lan
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7th - 10th
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Literary Analysis Vocabulary Words to Describe Mood, Tone, and Connotations
Are your students' literary analysis essays being limited by their vocabulary knowledge? This collection of three FREE word lists will help them use specific, precise language to understand, describe, and analyze texts in terms of mood, tone, and connotation.Do your students need help moving beyond describing a text's mood as "happy," "sad," "positive," "negative," or even just "strong"? The handy one-page list in this resource will give them over 100 better words to use.Likewise, if they're wri
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6th - 12th
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Cynthia Ozick "The Shawl" | Free Short Story Unit Plan, Honors & AP Literature
Looking for a powerful addition to your unit on the Holocaust or genocide? “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick is sparse, memorable, and beautifully written. While the story itself is very short, your students will be inspired by the challenging text.This story pairs well with Night by Elie Wiesel, 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, or any other text that deals with themes of war, oppression, trauma, or death.When you teach this powerful short story
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9th - 12th
Free Common Core Activity for Plot Structure, Theme, and Tone in a Movie Trailer
The provided FREE Common Core rigorous activity explores the development of plot structure, tone, theme, and character development in a popular movie trailer from 2014. The activities are tied to the Common Core standards RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, SL2, and SL3. The activity focus on the analysis of how authors develop plot structure (foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, humor, and mystery), tone, theme, and complex characters in a movie trailer. The activity includes a teacher answer key to assist you
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6th - 12th
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Taylor Swift x Pablo Neruda - Valentine's Day Poetry Lesson - Secondary English
Taylor Swift's All Too Well: The Short Film begins with the lines, "Love is so short, forgetting is so long." These words, taken from Pablo Neruda's "Tonight I Can Write," inspired the album Red. This lesson contains a free slide deck that contains a warm-up, provides background information on Neruda, and asks students to perform a TPCASTT Analysis (title, paraphrase, connotations, attitude, shifts, title, and theme) on Neruda's work. The lesson ends with a comparison to "All Too Well."Slide dec
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9th - 12th
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost | Poetry Analysis | Theme | Individuality
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Robert Frost's famous poem, The Road Not Taken Engage with 5 high-level, short answer questionsIdentify figurative language, structure, enjambment, flow and moodExplore Frost's message and themeDiscuss the importance of individuality and it's importance today compared to Frost's day and ageWhat's in the download?A 13 page PDF with:Links to Google Formats [PDF p1]Answer Key with CCSS [Google Slides | PDF pp2
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8th - 12th
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