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Reading strategies Common Core RL.11-12.2 resources
Literary Lenses Literature Circles: A Book Club Meeting of the Masterminds
Turn your students in literary masterminds with Meeting of the Masterminds Literature Circles. For this literature circle activity, student will meet in a book club and role play using a literary lens. They’ll be a critic, (reader) responder, psychologist, historian, philosopher, and linguist. Meeting of the Masterminds Literature Circles are perfect for you if are looking for...an engaging learner-centered approach to encourage literary analysisan activity to get your students excited about rea
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis | Literary Lenses Activities Curriculum Bundle
To Kill a Mockingbird 400+ Page Novel Study Unit BUNDLE - Print & Digital
MASSIVE No-Prep To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Unit - Over 400 pages and 7 Weeks of material. Classroom-tested by over 2000 teachers, over 275 reviews for a 4.8/5 rating! SAVE over 30% by purchasing the ENTIRE BUNDLE!Teaching with Simply Novel's To Kill a Mockingbird complete unit gives the rigor you are looking for, while helping your students enjoy the story itself. In both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms!In this comprehensive To Kill a Mockingbird T
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8th - 11th
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Chapter Study Guides: Student-Led Notes & Discussion for ANY Novel (with GOOGLE)
GOOGLE NOW INCLUDED: Need an alternative to chapter quizzes? Want individual student accountability and comprehension that is mutually beneficial to students AND the teacher?Have STUDENTS divvy up the task of making a study guide for each chapter, using an editable template to answer literal and complex questions about what just happened. How it works:• Students are responsible for having their assigned chapter study guide ready to go on the day the reading was due, and THEY lead the in-class di
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness
Animal Farm Activities and Assignments for Every Chapter
Animal Farm Activities for Every Chapter: Engage your students as you read Animal Farm with these chapter activities and writing prompts. This 25-page document includes 21 pages filled with different common core aligned classroom activities to use to help students understand and analyze George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm."UPDATE 5/10/22: Resource now includes answer keysIncluded in this packet:⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 1 Activities – Rhetorical AnalysisAnalyzing Major’s SpeechFull Text of Major’s
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9th - 12th
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Annotating Poetry - teach students to annotate & read poetry - PRINT + DIGITAL
Teach your students how to annotate poetry! This Annotating Poetry lesson includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students how to annotate poetry. Begin your unit with a presentation for direct instruction. Students will use the included guided notes to follow along with the lesson. Then, work together in a whole-class setting to annotate a poem together using guided instructions and step-by-step pacing.There are three different files in the zipped download:An editable,
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6th - 9th
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The House on Mango Street Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Sandra Cisneros' award-winning novel, The House on Mango Street effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Lear
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7th - 12th
Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel Study - No-Prep Teaching Unit - 95 Pages
Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel Unit - 95 pages of worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, resources, supplemental teaching ideas, and more for Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Used in over 1,000 classrooms, with a 4.7/5 Rating! Please note that this product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom. This Their Eyes Were Watching God Teaching Guide includes:Supplemental informational texts and resources for addressing historical context and th
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10th - 12th
Theme Development Lesson, Complete Teaching Unit, Lesson Plan
The objective of this How to Recognize and Apply Theme Development Across A Text teaching pack is to foster students' beginning or basic understanding of how theme can be developed in a text - CC.R.2. The no-prep lecture provided introduces the concept and the graphic organizers and constructed response prompts could be used again and again throughout the year. Student Experience: Students are introduced to theme development with a quick review of theme, and then they begin to explore theme dev
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Skills Teaching Units, BUNDLE of Lessons
Strategy and Skill-based Independent Reading Exit Tickets | Printable & Digital
Are you implementing independent reading in your classroom or virtually with your students? You know you need to assess students' reading, but you don't want an arduous task to take out all of the fun, nor do you want activities that waste everyone's time. These 10 independent reading exit tickets are the solution for your classroom! Whether you're in the classroom or utilizing distance learning, these exit tickets provide a quick check-in with students. Each Strategy and Skill-based Exit Ticket
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9th - 12th
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Animal Farm Study Guide Questions for Every Chapter
Help your students analyze and understand George Orwell's novel Animal Farm with these study guide questions. This resource includes 100 questions (10 for each chapter) for students to answer as they read Animal Farm. This resource includes:⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 1 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 2 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 3 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 4 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 1 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 6 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapter 7 Questions⭐️ Animal Farm Chapte
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8th - 12th
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Theme in Literature | Digital and Print | Google Slides™️
⭐ DIGITAL UPDATE! Added to this resource: Guided Notes on Google Slides™️. Large Font Easy-to-Read format and Answer Key! Exactly the same content as the PDF version, so you can seamlessly transition from in-person to virtual teaching and learning!Would you like your students to FINALLY understand Theme? Teach your students about the themes they encounter in literature with this complete NO PREP lesson designed for easy, effective teaching of this difficult topic. This complete lesson, created w
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8th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Comprehension Questions - Bell Ringer Reading Quizzes - Digital
Promote close reading and assess comprehension with these chapter-by-chapter bell ringer reading quizzes for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Includes digital quizzes for Google Classroom®. These comprehension quizzes are a fantastic way to set the tone for meaningful discussions in your classroom.Included with these The Great Gatsby Comprehension Quizzes:✏️ Reading Questions for Chapters 1-9 - Digital & PrintEach comprehension quiz features 2 detail-oriented reading questions from t
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8th - 11th
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Fiction Notice & Note Signposts Doodle Notes
Engage students' whole brain while teaching this fun reading strategy! Doodle notes engage verbal and visual centers in the brain which helps students retain information longer.
Notice & Note Signposts are engaging reading tools that send students on a scavenger hunt through a text to make deeper meaning. These notes would be a great way to introduce the topic to your students.
Each signpost has its own notes sheet:
- Tough Questions
- Again & Again
- Words of the Wiser
- Memory Mom
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4th - 12th
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Complete Literature Guide
This novel, by Ken Kesey, is an excellent novel to ready with higher level high school students and college students. It is extremely interesting and provides a lot of content to analyze and discuss.
Within this literature guide are deep and dynamic analytical questions that ask students to focus on quotes, characters, plot development, themes, literary devices, and writing assignments that ask students to provide a comprehensive review of the content.
There is background information about Ken
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,AP Style
68 page unit on the poem! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 4 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS* 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS* 1 AP STYLE PROMPT* 14 VOCABULARY
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Fahrenheit 451 Reading Checks & Reading Quizzes
While my students read a piece of literature, I give them "Reading Checks" to hold them accountable for the reading. These questions are not designed to be "tricky" or difficult. They exist only as a means to check whether or not students read the assigned pages; therefore, they are 100% plot questions. I use these questions to make sure students are on the same page (literally) and are ready to move beyond plot into analysis during class activities. As a side note, reading check grades are
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7th - 12th
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![Preview of THEME ANALYSIS "FOLDABLE" ACTIVITY [ANY STORY] CCSS, NO-PREP PRINTABLE](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/THEME-ANALYSIS-FOLDABLE-ACTIVITY-ANY-STORY-CCSS-NO-PREP-PRINTABLE-1524692-1500873427/750f-1524692-1.jpg)
THEME ANALYSIS "FOLDABLE" ACTIVITY [ANY STORY] CCSS, NO-PREP PRINTABLE
This engaging activity can INTRODUCE, RETEACH, REVIEW AND/OR ASSESS the development of THEME in literature.
Activity bundle is aligned with CCSS standards: RL 7-12.1, RL 7-12.2 and RL 7-12.3
22 PAGE PRODUCT INCLUDES HIGH-QUALITY:
1. Activity/Project Directions for Students (with attached rubric)
2. Multiple Versions of 2 UNIQUE "No-Glue Foldable" Graphic Organizers (13 in all)
3. Multiple Versions of the "Theme Activity" RUBRIC
4. THOROUGH Student Examples for EACH Graphic Organizer
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7th - 12th
A Raisin in the Sun: End of Play Escape Room {9-12 ELA}
A Raisin in the Sun ends with a lot of questions, but one question I like to post to the students is, where did that scoundrel Willy Harris run off to? Using this interactive, high-energy Escape Room, your class will transform into the Chicago Police Headquarters and work in teams to track down Willy Harris and the money he stole from Walter Younger.Want to see the Escape Room in action? Head on over to my Instagram page and watch my Escape Room highlights!The Setup:Your classroom becomes CPD
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: A Raisin in the Sun: Complete Unit Bundle {Digital & Print Included}
I Am Malala – Comprehension and Analysis Bundle
Save prep time and help your students read closely and actively with this bundle of Common Core aligned organizers, worksheets, projects, quizzes, and review materials for I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.
Note: We provide as many of our worksheets and organizers as possible in Word format to facilitate easy customization.
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Character Analysis Organizers
Organizers for every major character of I Am Malala to aid students in gathering evidence and then using it to describe a character’s
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8th - 12th
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1984 Goldstein's Book Graphic Organizers Activity with Key
Students complete these graphic organizers when reading Goldstein's book in Chapter 9 of Section 2 of Orwell’s 1984. The book excerpts are an important part of the novel; in skipping them, kids miss out on the important concepts that Orwell found imperative to his message in the novel. These graphic organizers are an efficient and engaging activity compelling your high school ELA students' attention and assisting with their understanding of the 1984 dystopian society. Printable PDF or TPT Digita
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10th - 12th
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Twelfth Night – Comprehension and Analysis Bundle
Save prep time and help your students read closely and actively with this bundle of Common Core aligned organizers, worksheets, projects, quizzes, and review materials for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
Note: We provide as many of our worksheets and organizers as possible in Word format to facilitate easy customization.
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Character Analysis Organizers
Organizers for every major character of Twelfth Night to aid students in gathering evidence and then using it to describe a chara
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8th - 12th
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The Fault In Our Stars Novel Study: Reading Guide and Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 10 sections, with each section focusing on 30 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PRE
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6th - 12th
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Theme Essay
Are students rolling their eyes when you give out copies of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? They may not care about Victorian literature, but students will get excited when you talk about leading a double life and the questionable dishonesty of keeping secrets. Ten opinion statements make text-to-self connections with the novel for students before, during, and after reading.Grab this guide, print, and go! No paper? No problem! Assign in Google Forms and have results tallied instantl
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Jekyll and Hyde - Bookend Bundle - Anticipation Guide & Visual Project
1984 — Comprehension and Analysis Bundle | Distance Learning
Save prep time and help your students read closely and actively with this bundle of Common Core-aligned organizers, worksheets, projects, and review materials for 1984 by George Orwell. Great for in-class activities, homework, or for distance learning. All activities are provided in two versions: as PDFs, and as editable Word Docs that can be easily converted to Google Docs. This bundle includes: Character Analysis OrganizersOrganizers for every major character of 1984 to aid students in gatheri
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9th - 12th
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