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Close reading Common Core W.9-10.2d resources
"The Kite Runner" EDITABLE COMPLETE UNIT Activities,Tests,Analysis,AP Style,Keys
A 127 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Original photographs of Afghanistan included on handouts.EXAMPLE PACING GUIDES: 3 sample pacing guides for 3 different levels (Honors/AP, Grade Level, Below Grade Level) for a 3 weeks unit. * over 135 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloo
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9th - 12th
Literary Analysis Essay Writing with Ex-Basketball Player by John Updike
Scaffold essay writing for your students with step-by-step directions including writing a claim, choosing the best text evidence, explaining evidence, and connecting evidence to a theme. Because the lesson uses gradual release of responsibility, it is excellent for your students who need the complicated task of writing a literary analysis essay broken into smaller segments. The lesson incorporates the poem “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike. First, students complete a close reading and analy
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
Fences by August Wilson Unit Plan Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Projects
If you're teaching August Wilson's play, Fences, you need this teaching bundle to help shape your unit and lesson plans. Included in this bundle:• 56 task cards with engaging critical thinking questions for every scene of the play• Anticipation guide• Writing activities for each scene• Acting activities• Sample pacing guide• Troy as a tragic hero• Uncle Remus allusion close-reading activity• 7 Characterization chart activities• Video worksheet for film on the Negro Baseball Leagues (film availab
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8th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet COMPLETE UNIT | Workbooks & Worksheets | Colorful & Editable!!
This "star-crossed" curriculum will inspire your students to generate stellar insights about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The complete unit has everything you'll need to facilitate profoundly engaging classes on Romeo and Juliet. The lesson plans are brimming with student-centered materials which will inspire a life-long love of Shakespeare!The beautiful workbooks will enable you to capture and hold the attention of modern-day students. The higher-order questions will help you pivot f
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8th - 11th
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Feed by M.T. Anderson Novel Workbook
This product will assist teachers and students in understanding analyzing, the novel, Feed. If you have never checked this book out - do it now! It's a hilarious, yet mind-boggling and tragic exploration into the future where all people have a "feed" in their brain which helps them communicate and acts as their internet. This unit was designed for a 10th grade classroom; however, any grade 9-12 could read this book.This product includes:- Title page- Multi-Genre Project with Rubric- Notes and ac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Paired Texts Lesson with Short Stories - The Most Dangerous Game and The Lottery
This "paired passages" lesson encourages students to practice annotation, story analysis, synthesis, and essay writing. Students complete close readings of Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” and Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery.” Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings, consider and compare themes, and write a short literary analysis essay. The lesson includes handouts with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies, which provide scaffolding for diverse
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9th - 12th
The House on Mango Street Quiz, Close Reading, and Research Bundle (Google)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and help students practice close reading analysis skills with this bundle of 36 resources (11 self-grading quizzes, 24 close reading worksheets, and a research project) for teaching The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Each close reading activity focuses on a single vignette from the novel and helps readers get a better sense of how the author's literary style develops character and advances plot. Answer keys are provided, and all materials are mad
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6th - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Close Reading Analysis Activities
Must have MLK "I Have A Dream" resource for rhetorical analysis and Black History Month. Guided close reading worksheets help students analyze the rhetorical situation, diction, syntax, figurative language, connotation / denotation, and rhetorical appeals found in Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech". This lesson involves direct instruction, engaging supporting videos, guided rhetorical analysis practice exercises, and a structured rhetorical analysis close reading of MLK's "I Have a
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Malcolm X Close Read Rhetoric Bundle
A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit Plan Bundle, Activities
Whether you're teaching Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream for the first time or looking for ways to freshen up your lesson plans, this unit plan bundle is for you! With more than 100 files, everything you need to teach Shakespeare's popular comedy is in this bundle.
Included in the bundle:
• Anticipation guide
• Characterization charts and activities
• 84 task cards with critical thinking questions
• Drama activities
• Writing prompts
• Activities for each scene of the play
• 46-sli
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9th - 12th
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Jamaica Kincaid's ANNIE JOHN (+ the story "Girl") | 3 Weeks of EDITABLE Lessons!
NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 80-page EDITABLE unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. Invite your students to engage in student-driven discussions that promise to be profoundly stimulating! The discussion prompts, daily quizzes, short writing prompts, and final paper will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights! Hold your students
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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Literary Analysis Essay Writing Practice and Paragraph Writing Activities
Finally, a tried-and-true process for teaching literary analysis essay skills! Students will focus on connotation and denotation, use literary analysis graphic organizers, apply inferential thinking to text analysis of images & quotations, and analyze paired-texts (no-prep lesson plans), all while practicing important written text analysis skills needed for literary analysis paragraph & essay writing. Assess student learning with Google Form quizzes and writing tasks!********************
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8th - 11th
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Star-Crossed Romances: Unit 4 (9th Grade MyPerspectives)
Dive into the timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet with this immersive novel study lesson designed for high school English classrooms! This comprehensive lesson package is packed with a wealth of activities, videos, comprehension checks, CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) paragraphs, audiobook links, and other resources aimed at fostering lively discussions and deepening students' understanding of the text.Throughout the lesson, students will actively engage with the material, participating in interact
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9th - 12th
Paired Texts - Naming Myself and My Name - Essay Writing
Prepare students to write a literary analysis essay with this lesson. Students first complete close readings of the poem "Naming Myself" by Barbara Kingsolver and the excerpt "My Name" from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts, consider and compare themes, and complete a prose constructed response.This resource includes the following: explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidethink aloud
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
The ULTIMATE Tone List: Tone Words by Concept and Connotation Student Reference
This extensive Ultimate Tone List will give your students a bank of sophisticated words to use in their analysis of complex texts. Two versions provide you options for differentiation and flexibility if you move levels. In Version #1, words are grouped by connotation (positive, negative, neutral) and categorized by common concepts (joy, anger, etc.). In Version #2, words are grouped by more nuanced concept (reverence, humility, etc.). As an English teacher, tone is central to what I teach studen
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Bundle: Organizers, Activities, and Assessments
MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 1: Inside the Nightmare
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises OVER 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!
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8th - 12th
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Born A Crime: Close Reading and Writing Activities
Digital Learning Friendly ActivitiesEasily uploaded to online learning platforms. Word doc. for easy editing.Close reading and writing activities for Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. These activities provide the opportunity to take advantage of the popularity and appeal of Noah's story especially with the self-proclaimed "non-readers." The activities provide opportunities for students to read closely and analyze the moves of a writer to write their own narratives. Reproducibles Include:Chapter by Cha
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Close Reading and Essay Writing Lessons - Middle School Bundle
This bundle includes six of my paired texts lessons appropriate for middle school students. These lessons require students to think critically and synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then, detailed before-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them construct connections between the texts. At the end of each lesson, students write a short essay.The following te
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6th - 9th
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Animal Farm Bundle: Activities, Essays, Projects, Task Cards
Everything you need to teach George Orwell's timeless novel, Animal Farm, is included in this bundle. With more than 100 pages, you will find the following activities to help shape your unit or lesson plans:60 task cards covering each chapter of the novelPre-reading activitiesAnticipation guideGeorge Orwell biography activityBell-ringersWriting activitiesCharacterization activitiesFinal essay prompt with rubricReview activities that can be used as quizzes (with keys)Propaganda poster project wit
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7th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Civil Disobedience and The Great Debaters - Essay Writing Lesson
In this lesson, which incorporates science of reading strategies, students complete close readings of an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and the debate scene “Wiley College vs. Harvard University” from the movie The Great Debaters (which can be used with or without viewing the movie). Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings and write a short analytical essay requiring them to analyze the arguments in the texts. This 30-page resource includes the followi
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9th - 12th
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All American Boys Complete 6-7 Week Novel Unit (NO PREP)
Unlock the Power of Critical Reflection with Our All-Inclusive Curriculum for All American Boys Are you ready to transform your English classroom into a dynamic space of cultural relevance, critical thinking, and literary analysis? Dive into my meticulously crafted curriculum for the riveting novel All American Boys – a unit that not only aligns with Common Core standards but also empowers your students to explore the intricacies of societal conflict, racial bias, and the enduring legacy of Dr.
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9th - 12th
Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Challenge your students to read and write critically with these lessons including all of my popular "Paired Passages" (paired texts). These lessons require students to synthesize their reading and identify central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then, the before-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them construct connections between the texts. Each lesson culminates in a writing task that imitates th
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7th - 11th
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Sherlock Holmes THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE Close Reading Study Guide | Worksheets
“The Red-Headed League” Sherlock Holmes Close Reading Study Guide is ready so your students can enjoy a trip to Holmes’s flat at 221B Baker Street, London. Here’s what you’ll find in your 33-page printable study guide:• introductory information about the story, along with links if you prefer to read the story online• a reproducible copy of the story• questions and vocabulary to use as students read the story• a vocabulary test based on vocabulary highlighted in the study guide• a test on the sto
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Sherlock Holmes: Conan Doyle Biography and The Red-Headed League
MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 3: Extending Freedom's Reach + 12 Angry Men
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 130 SLIDES corresponding to Unit 3 of the 10th Grade MyPerspectives curriculum. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative! Also included is the complete instruction, activities, etc., for 12 Angry Men, which fits the essential question of this unit.
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8th - 12th
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"The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen Close Reading Worksheet (Google)
For many high school readers, age-appropriate fantasy and fairy tale fiction are genres that maximize engagement with literature. With this worksheet composed of rigorous questions on "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen, English teachers will help students extend beyond reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. An answer key and copy of the public domain narrative (estima
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6th - 12th
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