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Close reading Common Core RL.7.4 microsofts
Literary Analysis with Sticky Notes - Short Story Unit w/ Activities, Writing
Teaching literary analysis can be fun, engaging, and accessible for all students! Increase student engagement and understanding in your next literary analysis unit (whether it be short stories or novels) with interactive and hands-on close reading organizers and scaffolded writing responses. Students will enjoy using sticky notes in class as they analyze the author's use of various literary devices in complex short stories and novels. This is a complete literature unit in itself!This sticky note
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Sticky Note Analysis Bundle: Literary, Rhetoric, Poetry
Poetry Unit - Poetry Analysis with Sticky Notes - Poetry Activities and Analysis
Poetry Analysis Unit! You and your students will love this poetry unit!Increase student engagement and understanding with this poetry analysis unit. This poetry teaching unit includes a multi-day, editable PowerPoint presentation filled with direct instruction and step-by-step poetry analysis, a sample poem to analyze with your students, and materials and writing assignments to use with any poem! Your students will love these interactive and hands-on close reading organizers and scaffolded writi
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Sticky Note Analysis Bundle: Literary, Rhetoric, Poetry
Figurative Language Personification Worksheet Activities
Searching for an engaging personification activity that your middle school students will enjoy? Enhance your poetry unit with these NO-PREP, Print-and-Go figurative language resources and worksheets that will help your students become masters of Personification in Poetry! Using an engaging Slides Presentation, students will learn to identify, analyze and write with personification. Ample examples of figurative language are provided in this lesson plan for teaching and modeling and guided practic
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Imagine having your entire middle school ELA school year planned for you! This curriculum and pacing guide for 7th grade ELA includes EVERYTHING you need for an entire school year of reading, writing, learning, growth, and engagement. Simply download the PDF pacing guide and yearlong curriculum, and you will have 66+ digital links along with a calendar and pacing guide that maps out your entire school year DAY TO DAY. No more wondering what you'll teach tomorrow or stressing about the next unit-
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6th - 8th
Connotation & Denotation Mini-Lesson, 10-Minute Mastery, PowerPoint Slides
Understanding the CONNOTATIVE and DENOTATIVE meaning of words is a significant part of understanding an author’s craft and word choice in literature, and it has your students diving deeper into a text, using their analytical and higher-level comprehension skills. This 10-minute mini-mastery lesson will have your students comprehending, practicing, identifying, and mastering the connotation and denotation of words in a text in a short amount of time. In addition, your students will also be able
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6th - 10th
Setting, Mood, and Tone PowerPoint and Notes: Cornell and Folding Interactive
Teach Setting, Mood, and Tone PowerPoint and Notes
Setting, Mood, and Tone don't have to be too difficult for kids to understand. You just need a few tips and tricks to teach them. This unit will be a great help.
The guided notes come in two interactive styles: folding and Cornell. The 34 slide PowerPoint and the 23 page pdf include the following:
★ clear explanations on how to read closely to determine setting, mood, and theme
★ examples for modeling
★ video links to enhance the lesson
Speci
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5th - 8th
Short Story Bundle of Three Scary Stories for Any Time of Year Print and Digital
Scare your students – and teach them to analyze great literature at the same time! This bundle includes three creepy short stories: “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Tell-tale Heart,” and “The Lottery.” Perfect for any time of year -- a great for a sub plan.Digital and print -- ready for whatever you need! Each unit includes a print version, a Google Slide option, and PowerPoint.Your students will love reading, analyzing, discussing, and debating them! And you will love having them in a unit -- read
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6th - 9th
To Kill a Mockingbird: Close Reading PowerPoint
134 PowerPoint slides to guide students through a more in-depth textual analysis of the novel. There is a word cloud for each chapter with a guiding question to help students analyze the word cloud in order to review the chapter.Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, understanding the major themes and symbolism in the novel, and identifying figurative language.Each slide also features teacher notes with the answers
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
Tangerine by Edward Bloor - Close Reading PowerPoint
This 130-slide PowerPoint is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, understanding the major themes and symbolism in the novel, and identifying figurative language. The PowerPoint is organized by chapter to mak
Grades:
6th - 8th
Figurative Language Mini-Lesson, 10-Minute Mastery, Literature, PowerPoint
Understanding FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in literature integral part of understanding an author’s craft, word choice, and the images an author creates for his/her reader. It also has your students diving deeper into a text, using their analytical and higher-level comprehension skills. This 10-minute mini-mastery lesson will have your students comprehending, practicing, identifying, and mastering figurative language (Short Story Edition) in a short amount of time. In addition, your students will also be
Grades:
6th - 10th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
This is a discounted bundle for two products:Close Reading PowerPoint:This 151-slide PowerPoint is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, u
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6th - 8th
Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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No Prep Poetry Punch: William Carlos Williams Common Core Aligned
No Prep Poetry Punch: William Carlos Williams - Students Will Read and Write Poetry in One Punch (Editable)
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
This fun activity has students learning about the poet William Carlos Williams while practicing several Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, and language skills. For GRADE 5 and up.
It includes a 30-slide presentation (editable in Powerpoint, also offered in PDF), four pages of student handouts (e
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5th - 10th
Figurative Language Mini-Lesson, 10-Minute Mastery, PowerPoint Slides, Poetry
Understanding FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in literature integral part of understanding an author’s craft, word choice, and the images an author creates for his/her reader. It also has your students diving deeper into a text, using their analytical and higher-level comprehension skills. This 10-minute mini-mastery lesson will have your students comprehending, practicing, identifying, and mastering figurative language (Poetry Edition) in a short amount of time. In addition, your students will also be abl
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Myths and Legends Grade 6, 7, 8 Complete Unit
Myths and Legends English Grade 6, 7 and 8 complete lessons pack that includes 19+ resource packs, all with differentiated activities, worksheets, video clips, engaging approaches to language, structure, organization, vocabulary, characters, genre, language analysis, settings and many more aspects of narrative writing and descriptive writing and language analysis.Includes: Myths and Legends introduction lesson that looks at characters Robin Hood extract language analysis lesson Monsters
Grades:
6th - 9th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - Close Reading PowerPoint
This 149-slide PowerPoint is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, understanding the major themes and symbolism in the novel, and identifying figurative language. The PowerPoint is organized by chapte
Grades:
6th - 8th
THE HOBBIT MEGA BUNDLE: Intro, Close reading, Review, Test, Essays, Book writing
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
Wonder Book Study & Unit | Comprehension | Assessment | Digital and Print
Bring Wonder by RJ Palacio to life in your classroom with this print and digital book study. Whether you choose to read aloud, or have your students access this novel study independently, your students will be engaged in vocabulary work, comprehension, and writing. Are you also obsessed with the story of August Pullman and the "Choose Kind" mantra? Students of all ages and levels love learning of Auggie's story from the various points of view and learning how to empathize more deeply, choose kin
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3rd - 8th
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A Sound of Thunder - Test (DOC)
This is a 30 question multiple choice test (DOC) for the short story "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. This test requires the answering of higher-level questions that require complex application aligned with common core standards (i.e., analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills). The test will determine whether or not students read the short story critically and if they are able to:Draw inferences from the textAnalyze how character(s) develop over the course of the novelIdentify themeIdent
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6th - 8th
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Test (DOC)
This is a 25 question multiple choice test (DOC) with answer key for the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. This test requires the answering of higher-level questions that require complex application aligned with common core standards (i.e., analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills). The test will determine whether or not students read the short story critically and if they are able to:Evaluate explicit information Draw inferences Identify character traitsAnalyze how complex
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7th - 8th
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Tone and Mood: Formative Assessment Aligned to State Testing
This PowerPoint provides multiple opportunities to practice and assess students' readiness for the types of tone and mood analysis questions they will see on standardized state testing. Using response cards, pinch-cards, four corners activity or similar, the teacher can immediately see which students need extra instruction and which can work independently. Included are nine excerpts from literary texts, each followed by a question analyzing the tone or mood. Some of the questions ask student to
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Tone and Mood Analysis: Complete Bundle with Multiple Components
"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" Short Story Analysis and Activity
This activity includes a 15 multiple choice question assessment that goes along with "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" by Walter Dean Myers. There is also a short constructed narrative response that asks students to revise the Point of View in the story. This would be a great activity for independent reading/sub plans/test prep/daily activity.
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5th - 8th
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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
There Will Come Soft Rains - Test (DOC)
This is a 20 question multiple choice test with answer key for the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. This test requires the answering of higher-level questions that require complex application aligned with common core standards (i.e., analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills). The test will determine whether or not students read the short story critically and if they are able to:Draw inferences from the textAnalyze how characters develop over the course of the novelIden
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6th - 8th
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