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Free Common Core RL.9-10.10 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
How to Annotate Text, Annotations, FREE Sticky Note Method Handout with Bookmark
Encourage your students to improve their close reading skills by teaching them to annotate text with this simple sticky-note procedure. This single-sheet handout gives examples of rich and weak annotated comments along with helpful suggestions to guide students who aren’t sure what they should be writing about when they’re asked to annotate a book.The sheet was designed for students to keep intact in their binders or to slice up and use as a bookmark during reading time. Want more handouts and r
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8th - 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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FREE Figurative Language Practice Activity
Engage students in figurative language practice with this FREE Figurative Language Tasting Activity! This fun, tasting activity will have even the most disengaged students writing similes, metaphors, and hyperbole as they practice using figurative language in descriptive writing.Stop dragging students through figurative language practice! Replace boring exercises with this hands-on activity.In this FREE Figurative Language Tasting Activity, you will provide students with small treats (think a mi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Mini-unit Bundle: Creative Writing
Identifying Symbolism FREE Handout Distance Learning
Symbolism can be hard for students to identify and analyze. Use this free handout with any story, novel, poem, play, and even speeches to help your students! You may utilize this as a print-and-go worksheet or share it digitally with your students on a secured platform using the Google Slides link in the PDF. Use it in conjunction with my INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLISM presentation.Created and copyrighted by Tracee Orman
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7th - 12th
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson - Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Bell Ringers
Assess students’ knowledge of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” using these FREE reading comprehension questions! These bell ringer quizzes include six close reading questions that evaluate students' reading comprehension. Includes digital quizzes for Google Classroom®! Included with these Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes:✏️ “The Lottery” Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Digital & PrintSix close reading questions to evaluate knowledge and understanding✏️ Editable Reading Comprehension Que
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8th - 11th
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Character Analysis One Pager for ANY Novel!
Looking for a creative alternative to the standard end of novel test or literary analysis essay? Enter one pagers! A one pager is a visual response to literature that gets students creative juices flowing while analyzing and synthesizing information from a novel or short story. In the character analysis one pager activity, students will create a one pager to analyze the protagonist of a story. Students will consider the character's development, traits, motivations, and more. Students will demon
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis One Pager Bundle for ANY Novel
Alliteration Activity Middle School Poetry
Searching for and engaging alliteration activity? These FREE Alliteration Activities are such a fun way to get your middle school students excited about poetry! This product includes direct instruction and many examples of alliteration in poetry as well as in real life. An engaging Slides presentation will guide your class through the activities. Laugh and have fun with your students while studying this poetic device. Also included are two student assignments. The first asks students to take a c
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Free Printable Foldable Activity
Enjoy this free introduction to archetypes and the hero's journey. I've included two folding graphic organizers that you can use with any hero's journey. Teach archetypal symbolism with the first foldable, then extend that to the hero and create a representation of eight sections of the journey. I used it with The Odyssey, but it will work for so many others: Harry Potter, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Lord of the Rings,Percy Jackson, or movies that involve the hero's journey Star Wars, Black
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8th - 12th
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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English 9 Lesson Plans: One Year of Lesson Plans and Activities
These fifteen pages contain an outline of how to teach English 9 or language arts freshmen. If you teach eighth or tenth grade ELA, these lessons can also give you a starting point.Outlined in 36 week, these free lesson plans walk you through the literature, grammar, and writing portions of your classes. Included in the details are vocabulary, public speaking, nonfiction, and other areas of study.Please switch, delete, and add what will work for your English 9 students. These should be a start t
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8th - 11th
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 - Complete Teaching Unit Plan
Teaching Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 has never been easier! This complete unit plan has everything you need to teach Ray Bradbury’s classic tale of dystopian society. Organized into 14 jam-packed lessons, this unit plan will challenge your students in new ways each day. Every lesson has an activator, activities for the section of text, and a quick write. An alternative option that replaces the quick write for multiple-choice is available for every lesson. Every student packet has a coordinatin
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9th - 12th
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The Hate U Give Student Workbook Sample Freebie - Chapters 1 and 2
This is a two chapter sample of a student workbook for Angie Thomas's novel The Hate U Give. The full workbook contains a page for every chapter with a mix of writing prompts, comprehension questions, background research, textual evidence practice, and connections to students' lives. This modern, eye catching workbook can be bound or used as individual worksheets. Answer keys are included. There is no prep, and it's easy to use. Just print and go. For the full workbook, click here.Check out all
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8th - 12th
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Introduction to Character Archetypes
This interactive and manipulatable Google Slide/PowerPoint Presentation introduces students to 12 Classic Character Archetypes. The lesson begins with a general description of character archetypes, then takes students through 12 archetypes by examining a colourful infographic. The teacher and students will then discuss how character archetypes are used in modern media (Harry Potter and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) to create consistent, rich characters. Finally, students will have fun guessing
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7th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Pacing Guide, Character Activity, Bell Ringer & Lesson
This free To Kill a Mockingbird resource includes a unit calendar and character activity with a bell ringer, lesson plan, and student assignment sheet for a character analysis activity and poster activity. Use the unit calendar to plan your own unit, or check out my unit here: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan.This Resource Includes:⭐ Pacing Calendar ⭐ Characterization Bell Ringer ⭐ Lesson Plan ⭐ Student Assignment Sheet ⭐ Character Analysis Activity ⭐ Students Make Character Posters More To Kill
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8th - 11th
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Narrative Writing (Short Story) with a Mentor Text - Halloween Activity
Use the classic story, "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, to make Halloween connections in secondary English Language Arts. After reading the story, students write a new ending with this creative writing prompt. In addition to analyzing author's style, students include character, setting, plot, and theme in their own story writing using the mentor text as a model. This activity gives students practice with narrative writing and helps prepare them for standardized writing assessm
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8th - 11th
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Identity Poem: Using Literature Models for Inspired Writing!
Are you tired of the same old “I Am” poems? If yes, then try something new: get to know your students and engage them with this Inspired Writing lesson! This is a great activity for your return Back To School.With Inspired Writing, students use the texts they read as models for their own writing. Each lesson shows students the connections between the literature they read and the writing that they can do. This lesson provides students with inspiration from classic poems, and they imitate charac
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6th - 11th
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The Outsiders: Free Final Project (Create an App to Connect People)
This final project for The Outsiders invites students to create an app to help Ponyboy in his mission to foster more understanding and less judgment in the world. Watch as your students bring the positive messages of The Outsiders into a creative brainstorming process that will get them thinking creatively about how to change the world. Students will brainstorm an idea, do rough and final storyboard drafts for the app, and then write a reflection connecting their app to Ponyboy’s dreams for a be
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7th - 10th
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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 Odyssey Part 1: The Poet Prays Freebie / Fillable .PDF + Google Slides
In preparing to teach freshman for the first time in many years, I cracked into our textbook to find an inaccessible and incomplete version of Homer's The Odyssey. Knowing that I would need to teach The Odyssey as my first unit, I got to work putting together a side-by-side version of The Odyssey with text on the left and guiding questions and activities on the right. I also included prompts for students to Notice and Note specific text details and moves. That does mean I have changed some words
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9th - 10th
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Also included in: The Odyssey Bundle (50+ pages, 150+ Questions) / Print + Digital
Digital Classroom Bookshelf for Independent Reading and Book Recommendations
Looking for a way to connect with students via distance learning? To continue enhancing the classroom reading culture? To build relationships and talk about books? Try using a digital class bookshelf.This digital class bookshelf will allow students to share what they are reading. Each student will be able to view the entire class's book selections. The template allows for up to 25 students to add "currently reading" books to the class template; however, you can add a separate slide in the docume
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7th - 10th
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The Great Gatsby Anticipation Guide Freebie (Editable)
Getting ready to begin The Great Gatsby? This ready-to-print anticipation guide is a great way to engage students in the issues at the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel! Whether you use this for students individually, in groups, or as the start of a classroom discussion, this anticipation guide is sure to engage students! This is a great tool to help students work on the Common Core Speaking & Listening standards. To make this resource as flexible as possible, I've included a Goog
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Ultimate Bundle (32 resources, 300+ pages)
Literary Analysis Essay Prompt Sheet, Critical Thinking, Close Reading, Engaging
NEW FREEBIE ALERT! :)Looking for a way to create BOTH engagement AND critical thinking as you study literature in your ELA Classroom? Check out this FREE Literary Analysis Reading Response sheet!Ready-to-print and use, this PDF sheet offers 12 different Literary Analysis Essay prompts that offer engaging, yet thoughtful prompts for your students to dig into and develop their critical thinking skills in the English classroom!Be the first to know about discounts, freebies, and new resources by cli
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle, Comprehension Study Questions, Writing Practice
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