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Writing-essays Common Core RL.11-12.2 resources
The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More
Engage your students in this five-week teaching unit for The Outsiders. This teaching unit for S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders contains engaging activities that will help your students understand and analyze the text. This unit plan will help challenge all learners in your classroom with built-in differentiation and scaffolding. As you read The Outsiders, students will use the comprehension and analysis bookmarks to better understand the story. The foldable bookmarks also align with The Outsid
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7th - 10th
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Literary Analysis: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Reading & Writing Unit
Are your students confused about text analysis? You know how to do it yourself, but you're not sure how to make it accessible to students? I know the feeling. Analyzing texts is hard, and it rarely comes naturally. It's a difficult concept to break down into a methodical process. Still, it can be done. I created these analyzing texts materials to help my students practice analyzing a variety of texts, including nonfiction, fiction, paired texts, short films, movies, commercials/advertisements, a
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8th - 11th
Intro to Poetry Complete Unit - Aligned AP English Literature Unit 2 Poetry I
This bundle has been overhauled to represent the 2019 changes to the AP English Literature course description and meets the AP Lit ® Skills for Unit 2 (Poetry 1). This bundle includes all of the materials you would need to introduce poetry analysis to AP® Lit students or other advanced literature students, as well as supplementary material to expand it as you need. It includes a unit plan and student objectives, which are not sold separately. This bundle includes the following resources, also so
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11th - 12th
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Novel Study Unit Plan Activity PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Catcher in the Rye Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study -- pre-reading questions, characters, vocabulary, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (517+ pages and slides -- 237+ print and 280+ digital Google Drive). ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google Forms! Get your lear
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10th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit: Activities, Writing, Quizzes, Bundle
Immerse your students in this engaging To Kill a Mockingbird novel study unit that contains everything you will need for a class study of Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.These To Kill a Mockingbird lessons and activities will help you introduce your students to the novel with a collaborative group research project. Then, begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird with the interactive vocabulary and comprehensive bookmarks that follow along with the book. As you read, engage your students in
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8th - 11th
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The Things They Carried Activities Unit BUNDLE - Vietnam War Projects
This 190-page bundle of ten resources is everything you will ever need to dive in to Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. It includes 17 detailed lesson plans and accompanying assessments, writing exercises, and handouts.It is designed for students in AP English Language & Composition, dual enrollment, college freshman composition, or a Common Core-aligned American literature class. The unit addresses skills needed for AP English Literature & Composition and is tightly aligned with Com
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10th - 12th
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PAPER TOWNS Novel Study Unit Plan Activities GREEN Prereading Characters Writing
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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9th - 11th
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"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" EDITABLE UNIT AP Style
NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! All Tests are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment!A 170 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! 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. * over 140 READING/ANALYSIS SHOR
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10th - 12th
Symbols in 1984 George Orwell - Symbolism Graphic Organizer - Assignment, Rubric
Updated in 2022! Explore symbolism in George Orwell’s 1984 using this symbol tracker graphic organizer. Includes an informational handout, symbolism worksheets, assignment instructions, and an editable rubric. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Symbolism Graphic Organizer for 1984 by George Orwell:✏️ Symbolism Activity Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Symbol Tracker Graphic Organizer - Digital & Print✏️ Symbolism in 1984 Assignment Instruct
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9th - 12th
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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
"Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been?"COMPLETE UNITActivities,Tests,APStyle
74 page unit on the short story! 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. * 17 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 8 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 12 VOCABULARY WORDS (handout and quiz
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Sentence Frames for Literary Analysis Essay Writing High School ELA, ELL & ESL
Use sentence frames (also called sentence starters) for literary analysis in your ELA or ESL classroom to support all students! Research shows that sentence frames are an effective scaffolding technique. Use sentence frames for differentiated instruction and to support ELL and newcomer students. This is appropriate for 7th-12 grade.This resource is a 5-page handout that includes 12 types of sentence frames for writing about literature: Diction/connotation/denotation, hyperbole, setting, irony, j
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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Analyzing Theme: a common core essay for ANY novel (rubric included)
This essay is aligned with the common core standards and works as a final essay for any novel or fictional text. This essay asks students to analyze how the theme of the story emerges, how it is refined, and how it is fully developed by the end of the novel.
This zipped download contains only PDF files. It includes a student assignment sheet, a theme and plot analysis graphic organizer, an essay outline, a 100 point rubric, and a peer editing form.
This essay is CCSS aligned and covers the bel
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7th - 12th
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Ethan Frome Unit Bundle
This massive bundle of resources for Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton features Common Core aligned lessons, PowerPoints, assessments, and rubrics. All of the Literary Lyceum materials on the novel are included in this bundle, which makes it a tremendous deal. Over 140 pages of materials and over 50 PowerPoint slides give you the resources you need to teach a number of different skills and standards.In this bundle, you will receive:- A vocabulary bundle with 4 vocabulary lists, 4 vocabulary quizzes w
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11th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Theme and Character Analysis Final Essay
This final essay is the perfect way to end your Of Mice and Men novel study. This essay writing resource will help you walk your students through the entire writing process as students analyze various characters and how they all tie to the common thread of loneliness. In a five-paragraph essay, the prompt asks students to analyze the book's idea of loneliness and how it relates to three characters. This resource includes the following essay writing items:⭐️ essay handout sheet⭐️ essay outline⭐️
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8th - 11th
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN Test Maker (Select from 145 exam items.)
A Raisin in the Sun Test Maker includes 145 exam items addressing a wide range of elements and topics. Delete the questions that you do not want and your test is ready.A Raisin in the Sun Test Items:RECALL AND COMPREHENSION questions (51, multiple choice)KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS questions (55, multiple choice)SHORT RESPONSE prompts (27)EXTENDED RESPONSE prompts (12)Resource Notes:A Raisin in the Sun Text Maker duplicated in PDF and DOCX formats. Modify your A Raisin in the Sun exam using MS Word o
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: A RAISIN IN THE SUN Final Assignments: Assessments, Projects, and Essays
High School English ELA Curriculum for 9th Grade, 10th and 11th W/ Lesson Plans
If you teach High School English, look no further! Reclaim your nights and weekends with this English Language Arts Curriculum Bundle for English 9 and English 10 and English 11! This bundle features all the curriculum you need in 33 popular standards-based unit plans. All the prep work is done! Meeting Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, students study classic novels, learn to write in multiple essay genres, engage in literature circles, conduct creative writing, learn discussion s
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9th - 11th
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Macbeth Unit Bundle - Digital Unit Bundle for Distance Learning
This Complete Macbeth Unit Combines six complete resources to create a comprehensive teaching unit for Shakespeare's Macbeth. ♔ A study guide will support your students in reading this drama, act by act. ♔ Students will also be able to debate the controversial topics covered in this play. ♔ An in-depth character analysis lesson will support students in developing a rich understanding of the play. ♔ The theme analysis guide will support students in drawing conclusions on this text. ♔ Finally, stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN Unit / Lesson Plans
This comprehensive resource has everything that you need to teach The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn expertly. Select from lessons and assignments focusing on citing textual evidence, style, point of view, structure, satire, controversy, argument, thematic elements, and more. Unit includes:Pre-reading activities6 reading quizzes (3 formats)Key excerpts with analysisCommon Core lessons for grades 9-12Dozens of extension lessons and activitiesCulminating projects, extension tasks, and promptsFin
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9th - 12th
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Brave New World Complete Unit - Lessons, Guides, Assessments, Activities
Explore no-prep lesson plans and activities, a complete teaching unit, everything you need to teach Aldous Huxley's dystopian masterpiece, Brave New World. Brave New World becomes more relevant every day. Your high school ELA students will be fascinated by the connections they can make between the novel and our own society. Included in this bundle of resources are introductory activities, comprehension and analysis questions chapter packets, creative activities, essay prompts, and an objective f
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9th - 12th
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Text Dependent Analysis Writing- Citing Textual Evidence - Outline - Organizer
Teaching character analysis, irony, theme, opinion, and symbolism using text based analysis has never been easier! These in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompts guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay focusing on textual evidence as support. The bundle includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, an argumentative writing outline, instructional video, detailed lesson plans, and the complete texts of five
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9th - 12th
The Great Gatsby - Color Symbolism Lesson - PowerPoint and Activities Bundle
Your high school ELA students will be fascinated by color symbolism in The Great Gatsby! This engaging activity and vibrant PowerPoint lesson guide them in their discovery of the symbolism and reinforce their understanding of Fitzgerald's use of this literary technique to enhance characterization and setting. The guided essay activity allows you to assess their comprehension.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Easel Activity Included in this bundle are three separate activities that have been successfu
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Close Reading and Writing Lessons - High School Bundle
This bundle includes six of my paired passages lessons appropriate for high school students. Incorporating a total of 12 texts, these lessons require students to think critically and synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of stories, speeches, and poems that vary by genre, time period, and author. Additionally, students use before-, during-, and post-reading strategies to help them construct connections between
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9th - 12th
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