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Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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Novel Study Bundle: THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander
This novel study resource bundle for THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander is perfect for the teacher who wants to teach this novel with little to no preparation on their part. I have divided the book up into 4 smaller chapter sets of around 50-70 pages each and provided resources that go especially well as homework, extension activities, or regular class assignments.Throughout the bundle, students will encounter:1. Vocabulary: 5-6 unique words from each of the 4 chapter sets, as well as my personal
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3rd - 9th
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Romeo and Juliet Lessons and Activities for Real Life Connections
ROMEO & JULIET has so many life lessons for our students. Engage them in the study of the play by helping them see the many connections they can make between their lives and those of the characters.UPDATE JANUARY 2024: the resource as been updated with many additions to the slideshow and an editable version that you can use digitally.This resource includes a variety of responses, activities and reflections that are designed to help students make connections between Romeo & Juliet and th
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8th - 12th
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The Outsiders Chapter Quizzes
Assess your students' understanding of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders with chapter quizzes! This PDF download for The Outsiders chapter quizzes includes one quiz for each chapter! There is also a link to a Google Doc that will provide you with editable quizzes. Here's what you'll get:12 quizzes (one quiz for every chapter) Each quiz includes ten questions: 5 matching and 5 multiple-choice.Answer keysNEW BONUS LINK: Google Doc with editable chapter questions These quizzes are ideal for checkin
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7th - 10th
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Dystopian Escape Room, Sci-Fi Escape: Middle/High School ELA Digital Escape Room
⭐Secondary ELA students are invited to take up the cause and fight for their freedom and independence. To do so they will need to solve all five locks to break free of the oppression that threatens to overtake them! ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Escape from Dystopia Digital Escape engages students with 5 clues that take them through Dystopian/Utiopian Literature elements. ⭐ Teen students are invited to compete using clues that teach the characteristics/ideas/protagonists of dystopian and utopian l
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
The Outsiders, Do It for Johnny! Digital Escape Room
Do It For Johnny! The Outsiders Digital Escape Room is a cutting edge breakout game that focuses on reading comprehension, characters, and details. It allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the captivating 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually in the young adult literature classic, by S.E. Hinton! You definitely should watch the preview video for this breathtaking and memorable classroom experience! Your students will go throu
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7th - 12th
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One Pagers, Literary Elements, Any Novel or Text, Templates
One Pagers for Literature activities get a new look! This literary elements resource combines sketch notes style graphic organizers for any novel, short story, or text, and the digital version is compatible with Google Drive. Teachers will love the instructional options. Your students will be able to build their reading interactive notebook with these pages. There are 7 to choose from. This sketchnotes pack comes with the blackline and color versions. There's even a completed example for each li
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4th - 12th
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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Novel Study
This 50 page novel study covers "Long Way Down" a realistic verse novel by Jason Reynolds and includes comprehension questions, group discussion cards, vocabulary building, summarization, an anagrams page, sequencing, and more. Over FIFTY pages included to give you teaching options!This resource includes:✔️ 8 Comprehension Question Pages (50 Q's total) One for each chapter.✔️ Detailed answer keys including page numbers and text evidence✔️ 12 Group Discussion Cards: Make text to self connections✔
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Jason Reynolds Bundle Long Way Down Look Both Ways Ghost
Mock Trial for ANY TEXT - Argumentative Writing for Any Novel
Engage your students by conducting a mock trial while practicing close reading, citing strong and thorough textual evidence, analyzing evidence, persuasion/argumentation/debate, writing, and speaking/listening. Use this with ANY text! I used this with Poe's "The Black Cat," but you could also use this with other short stories, novels, or plays. This is truly an authentic learning experience that covers a wide range of essential skills and gets every student involved! Not including the time it ta
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
Interactive Literature Circles for Grades 4-8 {& Traditional Literature Circles}
This is your complete handbook to implementing literature circles in the middle grades. I walk you through every step of the literature circle model, including:
organization
book selection
quizzes
role assignments and work
the actual reading
group meetings
student choice
Included in this pack are role sheets and examples for students to complete the following roles:
Discussion Director
Word Wizard
Passage Picker
Character Sketcher
Figurative Language Finder (optional)
I’ve included separate
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4th - 9th
Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
High School English Sub Plans for Language Arts Classes With 10 Lesson Plans
Looking for emergency sub plans for your high school English class? If you don't have time to make detailed sub plans, or need some creative lesson plans to use in-between units, this is the resource for you! Don't let sick days be wasted days - these no-prep lessons are meaningful for students and easy for substitute teachers to implement! All student materials are available in PDF to print and writeable Google Slides. DETAILS:⭐ 10 Days of Lesson Plans ⭐ 8 Individual Lesson (two lessons last f
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8th - 12th
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The Giver Novel Study Literature Guide Flip Book
Giver: Interactive Layered Flip Book Novel Study Reading Literature Guide
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Vocabulary in Context, Theme, Cause and Effect, Character, Inference, Compare and Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Dystopian Society Genre, Setting, Symbolism, Textual Evidence, Figurative Language.
The Giver interactive novel study helps you bring enthusiasm to your common core literacy lessons. Your lessons will thrive with the interactive notebook style of the flip book. Great alterna
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6th - 9th
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Snow Day, Figurative Language, Digital Escape Room, Stranded At School
STRANDED OVERNIGHT AT SCHOOL! No way! This Snow Day Digital Escape Room is an innovative breakout game that focuses on literary terms and figurative language. It allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually outside of the school! You definitely should watch the preview video for this breathtaking cutting-edge classroom experience! Everyone loves a snow day! But, can you imagine being strande
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5th - 12th
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Macbeth One Pagers, Themes, Symbols, Apparitions, Guided Notes, and Background
Shakespeare's Macbeth is loaded with imagery. So why not use a great learning strategy for visual learning?This Macbeth teaching resource for themes, symbols, and apparitions is creative and filled with opportunities for differentiation. Your students will use the one pagers graphic note organizers to find quotes for textual evidence and discover a deeper meaning of Shakespeare's tragedy. The teacher notes give a great Macbeth summary and are useful during guided instruction. INCLUDES One Pagers
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8th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet CLOZE summary passages for each Act - PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students understand William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet with these comprehensive summary Cloze passages! This Romeo and Juliet activity includes 6 Cloze passages: one for the prologue and one for each act. These Cloze passages are an ideal way to help students understand the play! This resource contains both the print and digital files!These Romeo and Juliet Cloze passages are written in modern-day English, and help students understand the events from the play. Ideal for review
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7th - 10th
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Literary Analysis -Lessons, activities, handouts, & stems for analytical writing
Do your students really understand the process of literary analysis? Do you get a lot of plot summary instead? I’ve been teaching students to analyze literature for three decades now, and the biggest lesson I’ve learned, from much trial and error, is that I need to focus on the process, not the final product. We need to break down the steps for analytical writing and give students the time to master them before we assign a final analysis essay. Be sure to check the preview for lots of detail abo
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary ELA Mega Bundle
The Odyssey Reading Literature Guide and Greek Mythology Flip Book
The Odyssey: Interactive Flip Book Includes: Literary Terms (epic, epic hero, epithet…) Character Map and answer key, Study Guide and answer Key, A Hero's Journey visual, chart, and answer key, Map of Odysseus’ voyage, Greek Mythology chart and answer key. Great alternative to the run-of-the-mill study guide. Students will practice reading / summarization skills, recalling details, writing and inference skills...and everything will be in this one pack! Great for Center Task / Differentiation -Cl
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7th - 12th, Staff
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief 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 Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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The Hunger Games Unit Plan: 300+ pages of Activities, Quizzes, & More
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a great classroom novel that is sure to intrigue students. This large unit plan for The Hunger Games includes several activity packs to help guide your class through the novel. It includes a reading activity pack; a reading comprehension question pack; a vocabulary pack; a writing journal pack; a multiple-choice quiz pack; a chapter summary pack; and a list of Panem words/definitions. All packs are composed of handouts that can be copied and passed out t
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6th - 12th
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The Ultimate Shakespeare Introduction Kit of Activities for Any Unit
This bundle contains 20 activities to use as introductory lessons for any Shakespeare unit.It includes:Shakespeare Insult KitShakespeare Translation Practice & KeyShakespeare’s Vocabulary DictionaryShakespeare Fun-FillerFamous Sayings we Owe to ShakespeareSonnet Close Reading Exercise with Sonnet 18Sonnet Writing TaskShakespearean Theatre Terms DictionaryShakespeare Terms Bingo Game Shakespeare Agree or Disagree Activity Shakespeare Introduction Chat Cards Shakespeare Bookmarks Shakespeare W
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Analysis Unit - The Raven Activities
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - Print and go poetry analysis activities - A full text version of The Raven is included, along with comprehension questions and poetry analysis activities. These Poe themed lesson materials ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. A great addition to a poetry unit on classic literature, these short story resources include graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys.✅While this unit works anytime of the year
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7th - 9th
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