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11th grade writing-expository guided reading books
The Great Gatsby Literature Circle with CCSS
The Great Gatsby – Common Core Curriculum Standards
Everything needed to have a student-led group project, a Literature Circle, over The Great Gatsby i s included in this lesson. The unit will require 9 days for students to read the text within their literature circle, with an additional 3 days for reading quizzes.
Instructions for the teacher are included. A daily position sheet is included for assigning each member of the group to complete the written activities they are required to do du
Grades:
10th - 12th
CCSS:
The Oval Portrait Unit (Close Read, Assessment, and Creative Activity)
I created this because I could not find a close read or assessment ANYWHERE that I like for Poe's "The Oval Portrait."This unit contains the following:1. A Close Read that covers multiple literary skills including analysis of setting, characters, symbols, figurative language, etc.2. A text-based assessment that isn't just recall questions3. A "Symbolic Portrait" activity where students apply their knowledge of symbols to create a portrait of themselves, a book or movie character, or an original
Grades:
8th - 11th
The Scarlet Letter: Symbols - What Now?
Everyone is aware of the numerous symbols that are used by Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter. However, if you are new to teaching the novel, you might need help in finding all those symbols and in figuring out what to do with them once you have found them!
I have included a detailed list of 18 symbols or symbol groups from the book on a page- by- page basis. Some of the symbols are colors, gold, iron, vegetation, flowers and rosebush, gems, thresholds, trees and forests, and witchcraft. Mor
Grades:
11th - 12th
MLA Source Summary Template
This resource provides support for all students, including English Learners (ELs) and students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). It breaks down the works cited page in MLA format, helps students identify textual evidence, and assists with summarizing text.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Article Review Writing Reflections
This is a worksheet I made for my high school science elective classes. It's a nice general worksheet that will work with most informational articles. Students summarize, make connections between the topic and class topics, write a reflection, and document 2 questions they had while reading and go research the answers.This is a 5 page PDF file. The first 4 pages are the student worksheet. It can be printed as a booklet, or shrunk down half size to fit all 4 pages on one page front/back. The
Grades:
6th - 12th
Moby Dick: Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck by Herman Melville
This resource includes a 4-page excerpt from Chapter 36 of Melville's Moby Dick. There are guided reading questions with an answer key. Also included is an SAT-type writing prompt for a rhetorical analysis essay based on Ahab's persuasive speech to convince his crew to hunt Moby Dick. Students are provided a step-by-step outline to complete as a pre-writing, organizational tool before writing their essay.
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Passage Analysis and Expository Writing Assignment
This assignment takes a two-page passage from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which can be used to lead students through a complete analysis of the passage examining diction, detail, syntax, imagery and figurative language. A handout for students is included that defines terms they need for their analysis. Once the analysis piece is complete, there is a guided expository writing assignment making use of the information they garner from their close reading of the text.
A complete anal
Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
Non-Fiction: Population 485 by Michael Perry; Chapter by Chapter Study Guide
Michael Perry's outstanding non-fiction account of life in rural Wisconsin will touch a nerve with anyone who's spent any time in small town USA. The work in this teaching unit will guide students through the humor and sadness that Perry so eloquently explores. Rhetorical strategies are highlighted and reading skills are enhanced through focused reading activities. Students will achieve increased confidence in their own reading abilities from working through this challenging and ve
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Outliers READING Guide
Outliers Reading Guide has questions on each chapter. After teaching the book several times, I boiled down the questions to those most essential.
Use it as a summer reading assignment or reading guide by assigning students questions on Outliers each week.
I give this assignment to my AP Language and Composition or college English classes.
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Grades:
11th - 12th
The Outsiders Theme Analysis (Expository Essay) Prompt, Outline, and Rubric
Use this clearly explained prompt and outline to write an expository essay for the classic novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. Prompt lays out expectations, room for focused brainstorming, detailed outline guides students through each section of writing, and detailed rubric allows for easy, no fuss essay grading! *Created and originally used for 8th grade ELA but can be flexibly used for 6-12th
Grades:
6th - 12th
Hamlet Research Paper: Connecting the modern with the timeless
This resource contains the assignment for the paper, a pre-planning slip for students, and 2 exits slips: one for each of the first 2 days of research. The paper topics are: Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Id, Ego, and Superego and how it explains the actions, choices, and speech of AT LEAST TWO of the Characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. 2. The Five Stages of Grief as Demonstrated by AT LEAST OF TWO the Characters of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. 3. Insanity vs. Sanity: Who is truly ins
Grades:
11th - 12th
Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Guided Question Worksheet
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a delightful play sure to touch the hearts of your students. This five page guided response with 26 short essay questions will help strengthen student's comprehension as you do a group read in class.
The last question, number 27, elicits a 300-400 word essay, requiring the student to analyze the theme. Unlike more difficult assignments from this genre, students will come away feeling successful with this novel.
Other FABULOUS Historical Fict
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Lord of the Flies chapter 11
This file contains 5 documents:
1) Vocabulary list with definitions
2) Vocabulary slideshow
3) Vocabulary quiz (multiple choice, choose the correct synonym) with answer key
4) Guided reading questions with answer key
5) Additional/Alternative Assignment: ABC write: Who is the most effective leader?
6 pages + 12 vocabulary slides
Grades:
9th - 12th
Lord of the Flies chapter 12
This file contains 5 documents:
1) Vocabulary list with definitions
2) Vocabulary slideshow
3) Vocabulary quiz (matching, match an image to the word) with answer key
4) Guided reading questions with answer key
5) Symbolism: For this assignment, students are given a list of symbols to match to their basic interpretations. Then, students choose one symbol to explain in more detail in an ABC write.
8 pages + 11 vocabulary slides
Grades:
9th - 12th
Plainsong by Kent Haruf: Guided Reading/Discussion Questions
This download contains a series of ten challenging discussion questions for Kent Haruf's Plainsong. These questions for guided reading and response, or discussion, are tailored specifically to address rhetorical analysis for upperclassmen, likely within an accelerated, honors, or Advanced Placement student population. Download includes standards addressed. See the in-class essay response prompts for a unit summative assessment or exam materials. Also check out my other materials for grammar and
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Grades:
10th - 12th
Tuesdays with Morrie Reflections - Full Book
Out of all the books I have read with my seniors Tuesdays with Morrie seems to have the most success, It is a highly approachable book that the students find interesting to read. Since I am reading it with seniors, I do not read it in terms of literary devices but instead I want them to focus on the content. I want them to look at the ideas Morrie and Mitch talk about during their Tuesdays meetings and connect it to their own lives. These reflection packets are designed to do just that. I have t
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Grades:
11th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Expostitory Writing: Foil, Parallel and Catalyst
This assignment will assist students to recognize character development such as the foil, parallel, and catalyst characters in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will work in groups to identify these types of characters in the novel. They will then write an expository paper to explain how the author uses these characters throughout the work. A list of characters that fit into these three categories is included as well as two examples of introductory paragraphs that will he
Grades:
7th - 11th
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CCSS:
Common Core Writing Assessment Practice Prompts-2 (Red's Point-of-View)
Looking for prompts that students can practice that are correlated to the Common Core State Standards and new rubrics for the fifth, eight, and eleventh grade writing tests. If so, then this is the place for you. The second prompt in this series is also based on a story that should be familiar to all students, Little Red Riding Hood, and helps them transition from writing a fictional story to writing that is text-dependent. If you would like more prompts, become a follower so that you will know
Grades:
3rd - 12th
The Great Gatsby Chapter Writings Assignment: A Journal Project
This is a dialectical journaling assignment that asks students to write a page per chapter. Essentially, students will be exploring their own ideas about the book, using what characters say and do to fuel their opinions. This assignment gives them opportunities to improve their expository writing and develop voice. I encourage students to take risks and to write without worrying about perfect grammar. The important thing is that they write and analyze what's going on.
This can be altered to sui
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Independent Reading Projects
three independent book study writing projects with pacing guide and specific writing prompts in Collins Writing style.
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Great Gatsby ~ Chapter Three Study Guide and Questions COMMON CORE
Excellent study guide with reflection questions of various levels over Chapter Three in The Great Gatsby (Gatsby's Party where Nick finally meets his neighbor). The reflections move the student to consider character, motivation, theme and author's purpose
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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And Then There Were None Character Interview
As a follow up activity to the reading of the novel, And Then There Were None, this product allows your students to further explore their favorite character. Students love the freedom to present questions to one of the characters from "Soldier Island".This is a creative writing activity that functions within the confines of the "interview" writing format.Please leave feedback after purchasing your product. I love knowing how it worked out for you and your students!
Grades:
9th - 12th, Adult Education
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