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High school literature resources for Easel under $5
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Units - Questions Activities
All Summer in a Day Short Story Units - Comprehension Questions and Short Story Annotations Activities - Perfect for your upcoming Ray Bradbury short story unit or Science Fiction unit, this package contains graphic organizers, All Summer in a Day questions, vocabulary, task cards, a hexagonal thinking activity, an engaging Pennant Project, and more!✅Be sure to click on the preview for detailed descriptions and pictures of everything included in this resourceThis creative and engaging package in
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5th - 9th
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Romeo and Juliet Final Project End of Play "Who is to Blame?" Chart Activity
Looking for Romeo and Juliet Activities? Conclude your unit plan by asking students to evaluate the characters and assign responsibility for the tragic events. Students create a pie chart assigning responsibility and write an evaluative paragraph. Use it to challenge students’ thinking at the end of your unit, to introduce a literary analysis essay, or as review prior to a final exam. All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are writeable in Google Slides. This Responsi
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9th - 12th
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To Build a Fire by Jack London Short Story Anticipation Guide & Pre-Reading
The *BEST* ANTICIPATION GUIDE EVER. In the past, this story always used to put my students to sleep. I came up with this pre-reading activity, and my students really got into it. They even stayed awake for the story! It allows them to connect with the man and imitate the difficulties of starting a fire with cold, frostbitten hands and recognize the struggles the man faces. Through a couple different simple written cues, students must work without the use of their fingers and/or hands. ✏️ Buyer
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7th - 12th
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The Giver Novel Study: Final Test 45-Questions Plus Essay Questions & Rubric!
If you need more activities that are ready-to-go (detailed student instructions = less work for you!), please check out the:The Giver Novel Study Complete Unit Bundle of Activities and LessonsThis Bundle includes Lessons and Activities that are ordered from start to finish (pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading). For just the price of three cups of coffee :), you can teach this Unit with ease! _________________________________________________________________THE GIVER 45-QUESTION UNIT EXA
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7th - 9th
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - Questions - Activities
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Print and go literacy analysis activities - A full text version of The Tell Tale Heart is included, along with The Tell Tale Heart comprehension questions activities. These Poe themed lesson materials ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. A great addition to a short story unit on classic literature, these short story resources include graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys.✅While this uni
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6th - 9th
The Outsiders Book vs. Movie Compare or Contrast - Google Slide Copy Included
This product compares the book and the 1983 movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The google slide copy link is on the credits page.
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6th - 10th
The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury Close Reading & Analysis Dystopian Short Story Unit
"The Pedestrian" is a very accessible dystopian short story that students will find intriguing and worthy of discussion. Its brief length (around 500 words) provides the perfect opportunity to have students "dig deeply" into a complete text, improving their reading comprehension and literary analysis skills without feeling overwhelmed. If you are simply looking for an accessible story, a way to expose students to Bradbury's poetic and descriptive style, or a way to introduce them to the widely c
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8th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Activities
"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie. See the free preview download for a list of all the activities.
This packet has multiple activities tha
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Theme Graphic Organizer (using text evidence)
Theme is difficult for many students to infer from a text. Use this graphic organizer to help students organize the information from the story and help them discover a theme or even multiple themes and support them with text evidence
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5th - 12th
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Inferences High School Task Cards Exit Tickets Short Stories Inferencing
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice inferences can be challenging. ELA Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenging. Making inferences task cards are great to use as bell ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more. Help your high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students practice their reading comprehension. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 20
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8th - 11th
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Romeo and Juliet (1996): Complete Movie Guide
“A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrowsDoth with their death bury their parents' strife.”Help your students get the most out of this amazing adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This 21-question movie guide comes with a complete character chart and teacher key. Ready to print and ready to use!You might also be interested in these products:The Crucible1984Jane EyreThumbnail Clipart Credit: LE Designs
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8th - 11th
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The Raven Lesson | Annotation Poetry Activity for Comprehension & Poetic Devices
Print and digital options included! Students highlight and annotate to analyze and demonstrate reading comprehension of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem with a focus on (1) the plot, (2) rhyme scheme, (3) internal rhyme, (4) alliteration, (5) onomatopoeia, and (6) allusions.This product includes an annotation friendly version of Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Free versions of this public domain text are readily available in many locations, but this particular document gives students space to annotate a
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7th - 11th
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Masque of the Red Death, Poe - Close Reading & Literary Analysis Unit
Use Poe’s creepy classic, “The Masque of the Red Death” to practice close reading and other critical ELA skills while teaching symbolism, allegory and imagery. This 23-page "The Masque of the Red Death" packet of activities and handouts includes:• Detailed 1-3 Day Close Reading Lesson Plan—enabling students to read with a purpose, extract key concepts, and comprehend at a deeper level• Copy of the Story—organized with numbered paragraphs for quick reference, so that students can mark up and ann
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7th - 12th
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The Giver (2014): Complete Movie Guide
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.This amazing movie is based on the book by Lois Lowry. This 22-question guide will help your students get the most out of this powerful movie. This product also includes a section for book vs. movie comparison (I have included a teacher key for this section as well, but obviously students will come up with d
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5th - 10th
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Animal Farm Introduction & Pre-Reading Activity With Allegory Posters
Hook students by introducing Animal Farm, by George Orwell, with background information and allegory posters! Students read a background summary of the Russian Revolution, define key terms, figures and definitions, analyze existing allegories, and create an allegory poster. An alternative assignment in which students apply their understanding by writing their own mini-allegory is also included. All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are writeable in Google Slides. Cli
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8th - 11th
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Cite Text Evidence: Bell Ringers: Literature & Reading CCSS 7.1
This product is designed to help your middle school students practice Common Core State Standards. This packet focuses on Literacy Standard 1: cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. In addition, the product has weekly Growth Mindset activities to help motivate your students to do their best!Use this product as Bell Ringers, Exit Tickets, Homework, or as an assessment. • 1 month (4 weeks) of daily pra
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Bell Ringers Bundle: Literature & Reading 6 Months (24 weeks) 120 Total
The Lady or The Tiger Unit - Middle School Short Story Questions Activity
This 45 page The Lady or the Tiger Short Stories with Comprehension Questions Unit contains no prep close reading and short story annotations activities that are perfect for a short story unit on The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton. They include short story reading comprehension questions and answer keys, graphic organizers, and close reading activities.✅Please check out the thumbnails for detailed images of some of the activities included in this resource.★★★Newly updated in 2021 - ALL NEW
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6th - 9th
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Cyclops: The Monster in the Cave--Readers Theater from The Odyssey
Includes comprehension activity, key, and teacher notes! Liven up your reading curriculum and satisfy the Common Core with this kid-friendly classroom play based on the 9th book of Homer's The Odyssey. Originally published in the September 2012 issue of Scholastic's Scope magazine, "Cyclops" is suitable for reader's theater or stage performance. Use it to introduce the original text, build fluency, and improve comprehension. Pair it with a Percy Jackson novel as part of a literature circle! Or j
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5th - 9th
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Study Guide: The Hobbit Workbook
This is a literature study guide for the book titled The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. In this book a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins is persuaded to leave his home in the Shire and embark on an adventure.The guide is designed for 6th-9th grade students; it contains:background informationa short biography of J. R. R. Tolkienvocabulary activitiesdiscussion questionsliterature analyses: plants, notable nouns/vivid verbs, point of view, similes/personification, riddle, idiom, critical thinking, onomatop
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6th - 9th
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Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity
Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word
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6th - 9th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Close Reading & Analysis Dystopian Short Story Unit
Students easily get into reading and analyzing "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. They seem to find the concepts of the dystopian story fascinating, yet somehow connected to their own lives. This week-long reading comprehension and analysis short story unit will ensure that your students not only become engaged in The Veldt, but that they thoroughly understand its dystopian purpose, implications, and themes. Plus, the project at the end allows the students to get creative and think about "the bigger p
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7th - 11th
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Ghost by Jason Reynolds - NO PREP Comprehension Questions + BONUSES
This 18-page document includes basic chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions (with answer key) for Ghost by Jason Reynolds. Not only do you get questions and answers for each of the 10 chapters in the book, but also two BONUS graphic organizers for characters and vocabulary words. This is a great resource for Battle of the Books preparation, a book study, or chapter quizzes.* Love the work of Jason Reynolds? Our Ultimate Stamped for Kids Novel Study Bundle contains everything you need to lead
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4th - 12th
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Rogue Wave Short Story Unit Aligned with HMH 7 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Rogue Wave by Theodore Taylor. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include mapping the plot, tone, author’s purpose, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue, comprehension, short answer response questions, foreshadowing, theme, and point of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
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