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Writing-essays Common Core RL.8.6 resources
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
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI Complete Study Unit, Common Core Aligned
This Rikki-tikki-tavi no-prep unit is complete and addresses virtually all the CCSS Reading Literature skills for ELA 5,6,7, plus Writing 2 & 3.It is excellent as a Back-to-School review of skills learned the previous year, or as a mid-year review.The unit includes -- student worksheets for the complete story, divided into four parts, and including questions, graphic organizers, and short essay responses,- a post-reading analysis for students to work with,- a two-page test: multiple choice a
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5th - 8th
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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Refugee by Alan Gratz Quizzes & Test Resources
The Refugee (by Alan Gratz) assessment package provides a complete suite of materials to assess your students' ELA skills and their comprehension of the novel. The package includes mini-quizzes for each 3 chapters, 2 vocabulary quizzes, a final literary exam, a comprehension test, and 3 essays all of which were intentionally aligned to cover a variety of critical common core state standards and skills. Answer keys are provided for all resources. Digital Compatibility: This resource is also techn
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
Literary Analysis Essay Writing and Thesis Statement With Short Film Activities
Ready to teach a thesis statement centered literary analysis? Using Pixar shorts films is the ONLY way to go! This bundle offers mini lessons with videos for all of the major literary elements and step-by-step workshops to guide students through thesis writing and each paragraph of a literary analysis essay. And of course, analyses of Pixar short films along with a sample literary analysis for the short film The Present. Students can color-code the sample essay with a digital highlighter! Liter
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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Literary Analysis Essay: Devices Elements & Techniques Using Pixar Short Films
This step by step literary analysis workshop teaches students the elements and structure of literary analysis using outline, fun sticky notes, graphic organizers, instructions, mentor texts, video links, an analysis of the short film THE PRESENT, and plenty of space to build each paragraph. USE WITH ANY OF THESE FORMATS: GOOGLE SLIDES, PAPER, EASEL!⭐ Students will be guided through the entire process with clear, user friendly instructions. Each paragraph is a color-coded workshop of its own, ma
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6th - 9th
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SHADES OF GRAY Novel Study Unit: Common Core Aligned
This post Civil War novel grabs the attention of students from the beginning. Here are questions and activities for every chapter:- reading comprehension, - fact retrieval, - cause and effect, - problem/solution, - character analysis, - opinion/validation, and more.There are no answers provided for these questions.There is a quiz for each of the following: Ch. 1 to 6; Ch. 7 to 10; Ch. 11 to 13; Ch. 14 to 17 ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED.There are vocabulary and spelling worksheets, and a mini-lesson a
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5th - 8th
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
A BOY AT WAR Novel Study: Quick Chapter Quizzes & Writing Prompts
Written by Harry Mazer, and with the plot set in World War II, this novel study has quick quizzes which allow a faster pace through the story. This unit contains the following:- 1st and 3rd Person perspective (point of view) board notes - two pages with lesson suggestions - use with doc camera/smart board/overhead- Quick chapter quizzes - two chapters per quiz, usable like exit tickets- Venn diagrams - three, designed for comparing characteristics- Writing prompts - six, in task card format; fo
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6th - 8th
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Literary Analysis 3 Paragraph Essay Distance Learning Struggling Writers
This 3 paragraph literary analysis essay builder teaches students the elements and structure of literary analysis with highly scaffolded instructions, examples, graphic organizers, mentor texts, video links, and plenty of space to build each paragraph, on a manageable scale for struggling writers. This workshop is a small model of a larger essay, and can be used to differentiate for struggling writers in higher grades, and works well for 6th grade students who are on level, learning thesis state
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis Essay
“The Most Dangerous Game” Character Analysis Unit -Digital for Distance Learning
✐Help your students fully understand the characterization in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Students will receive a digital or printable student interactive notebook to develop their understanding of these characters and ultimately create a full character analysis essay.✎This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Google Doc/Slides for each activity. ✨Included in th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Thesis Statement for Literary Analysis Using Animated Short Films
Creating a thesis statement for literary analysis is FUN and EASY with this Google Slides workshop. Teach students to analyze literary devices used in literature and Pixar short films and center their analysis around a well-crafted thesis statement, the most important sentence in the essay!Included:Digital anchor chartsLiterary device TEACH slides with explanations, mentor samples, and videosLiterary device TEACH slides include:2 Color-coded/explained thesis statement examples5 Drag & Drop T
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6th - 9th
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Graphic Novel Study Curriculum Answer Keys 70pgs
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds graphic novel study and essay includes all lessons necessary for a successful novel study unit including test, questions, activities, essay, worksheets, journal responses, etc. Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of these engaging activities built from best teaching practices.The Long Way Down/Pixar theme short film BUNDLE HERE or check out the related bundles at the bottom of this page.Featured:A fun paper-dance warm-up party2 graphic organizers to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study/Teaching for Tolerance/Short Story Bundle
MARCH TEST PREP ESCAPE ROOM ELA ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING RACE STRATEGY PASSAGES
Need help motivating students who are burnt out on test prep? This St. Patrick's Day March 360 ELA TEST PREP digital escape room will do the trick! CCSS AND COMPATIBLE WITH MOST STATE STANDARDS.The escape room is divided into thematic forest scenes, each designed to simulate a different part of the test. Students will read passages, compose ECR/SCR (constructed responses) and an argumentative essay, analyze writing samples, solve puzzles, and crack ELA codes all while scrolling through an immers
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: MARCH ELA 360 TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM & BELL RINGER GRAMMAR BUNDLE
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson: Quizzes & Assessments
This comprehensive assessment pack includes a variety of resources that will help you measure how well students are understanding Speak (by Laurie Halse Anderson) and how well they can apply literary skills taught throughout a unit. Digital Compatibility: This resource is also technology friendly! It can be utilized in classrooms where computers or tablets are central to instruction because the resource has been adapted for digital completion. The resource includes links for students to complete
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8th - 12th
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Born A Crime Assessment Resources: Quizzes and Essays - Distance Learning
PRINT + DIGITAL!Save time planning and creating with these Born A Crime Assessment resources! Better yet, these resources include digital versions to accommodate distance learning! Never used Google Forms before for quizzes? No worries, these Google Forms quizzes are pre-made and ready to go. Also, directions are included to be able to "teach yourself" how to set one up in the future.What's included in this resource?1. Unit QuizzesIncludes 3 in-depth (covers ENTIRE novel) quizzes that follow the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Suspense Writing BUNDLE | How to Writing with Rubric
GUIDED NOTESSuspense writing...what is it and how do authors create suspense?Your 8th grade ELA students will learn the answers to these questions with this Suspense Writing Guided Notes activity. The guided notes will explain to students what suspense is, the elements of suspense, and how to build suspense within writing. PRACTICE PASSAGESSuspense writing...What does it "look" like i
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7th - 9th
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The Outsiders Novel Unit - Close Reading, Inference, Text Evidence, Writing
This unit is for use when teaching the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton.
I have created this unit so that the questions and writings are similar to items students will encounter on state standardized tests. There are close reading questions for most chapters. The unit also contains 2 pages of notes to the buyer explaining the resources included for each chapter as well as information about how I teach and use the resources.
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1. Teacher notes for most chapters
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7th - 8th
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DEAR LEVI: Common Core Aligned Novel Study
For Elvira Woodruff's well-written novel depicting the hardships and determination of people on a wagon train to Oregon, here are comprehension questions for each chapter in a variety of simple styles: cloze, matching, true/false, sequencing, cause/effect, and short phrase or sentence answers. ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED.Mid-novel essay topics are here as well as suggested topic sentences. A theme essay matrix is included too along with several possible theme topics. This aligns well with 6 + 1 trai
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4th - 8th
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The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty - Short Story Unit - Narrative - ELA Task Cards
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that takes place during the Irish Civil War and features a pair of snipers? Look no further than “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an on-going discussion of
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6th - 9th
Argument Writing Activity - Banned and Challenged Books - Writing a Rationale
In this engaging lesson, students use argumentative writing to provide a rationale for the study of banned or challenged books. Students participate in a short research activity to discover the charges against the books, then use a note catcher graphic organizer to help them identify text examples that demonstrate the educational value of their books. They annotate for life lessons, character connections, pathways to understanding, and real-world relationships. After gathering their text evide
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7th - 10th
Literary Analysis Google Classroom Distance Learning
Literary Analysis On Google Slides and Paper! Meet the needs of all students, those who prefer paper and those who thrive with technology. These workshops were specifically designed separate platforms: Interactive Google Slides, and for 8.5 x 11 paper. Each is highly scaffolded and has a THESIS STATEMENT workshop that teaches students to center their entire essay around their thesis statement. SECTION WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:Pre-writing WORKSHOP:Thesis statement developmentResearch and evidence ga
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart with TDA
In this Reading Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a TDA text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature.The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters, conflict, and symbo
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7th - 11th
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Paired Texts - Kate Chopin and William Faulkner - Essay Writing
Use this paired texts lesson to guide students through close readings of two classic short stories: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Then, students practice writing a literary analysis constructed response. The prompt requires students to interpret universal themes and explore ideas of tradition and change.The 31-page product file includes the following: explicit lesson plan with Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidecontextual readin
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
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