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High school literature independent work packet pdfs
Brown Girl Dreaming by J.Woodson; A CCSS Aligned, PDF & Digital Book Study
OVERVIEW: If you like to inspire, teach, and motivate your students using award-winning, literature, don't overlook this amazing memoir: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2015 Newbery Honor Award, 2015 Coretta Scott King Award, 2014 National Book Award, and 2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award). Use this PDF, custom-made, no-prep, CCSS aligned memoir-study to help your students focus, understand, and stretch themselves as they read. If you want to use it with distance lea
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5th - 9th
Poetry Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These poetry analysis and comprehension worksheets in printable and digital format are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig deeper and closely read a poem. Get ready for National Poetry Month!! The no prep sheets can be used in isolation, or you could use several for one poem depending on what your needs are. You can have these ready and pull them out a moment's notice to conduct an amazingly in-depth lesson of your favorite poem.Stu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
Stargirl Novel Activities and Project Menu
Encourage creativity, critical thinking, and even kindness and empathy with this engaging, no prep, print and go set of activities and project menu. This product is designed for students to complete after and even during reading "Stargirl". Since this is a PDF file, this product may be easily shared with students so that they may view directions virtually and complete project activities either virtually or on paper. You have the option of giving your students the project menu so that they can s
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6th - 10th
DIGITAL/GOOGLE I Am Malala- Young Readers Edition Reading Journal/ Novel Unit
NOW DIGITAL! This unit includes a link to a Google Slides and Google Docs student work packet. This product is a literature circle novel unit for the book, "I Am Malala." It breaks the book into sections and provides space for:SummaryComprehension QuestionsStudent Question/AnswerVocabulary EnrichmentGraphic Organizer or Tech ConnectionThis is a great unit that I use in my own classroom. It is ready to go right out of the printer and provides the teacher with helpful ideas and links. It is aligne
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5th - 12th
The Outsiders Novel/Movie Coloring-by-Number Activities
With this set of three The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton coloring sheets, you will have a creative way to review the plot, quotes, and figurative language of the novel or movie. These beautiful, challenging sheets are no prep for you, and answers are included. Student Experience: Students will first complete the exercises (identifying quotes, figurative language, and events along the plot chart). Then, they will use those answers to color the beautiful The Outsiders-themed images according to the co
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7th - 10th
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
Novel Study Aligned to Masterminds by Gordon Korman
Masterminds, written by Gordon Korman, is a mysterious adventure your students will love. For this literature unit, I separated the novel into four parts. Each section of chapters (e.g. chapters 1 - 6) includes short answer questions with answer keys, comprehension quizzes with answer keys, and critical thinking discussion questions. I’ve also included thorough summaries for every chapter and a vocabulary unit to go along with this novel complete with words, definitions, practice activities, and
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5th - 9th
Literature Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These literature analysis and comprehension worksheets are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig more deeply while closely reading any short story, novel, or literary piece of your choice. Now in printable and digital format -- and no prep for you. Student Experience: The questions and tasks on these graphic organizers correlate directly with not only CCSS anchor standards, but also with higher-level thinking analysis skills on topic
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Literature BUNDLE, Printable and Digital Resources
The Contender Novel Study Reading Activities
Engage your students with thisThe Contender by Robert Lipsyte novel study! The Contender is a high-interest novel that is great for engaging middle school students in literature. What's more, the novel is particularly relevant today! This NO-PREP, print-and-go Guided Reading Packet is not only a great way to practice and review literary skills but will stimulate many meaningful class discussions with your students. The activities included can be used with the entire class or can be completed ind
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7th - 9th
Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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Great Gatsby Close Reading Assignment For All Nine Chapters
This is a favorite resource of mine because of its versatility in the classroom. Each of the nine chapter excerpts have 3-6 focused skill questions and an open ended response. I have used this activity as a do now, as a closure, as a cooperative learning assignment, as an independent journal -pretty much in any capacity I can. Each chapter has a literary skill focus such as mood, syntax, characterization, diction and builds the students toward a universal understanding of these elements in th
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Resource Bundle
The Hunger Games Novel/Movie Coloring-by-Number Activities
With this set of three The Hunger Games coloring sheets, you will have a creative way to review the plot, quotes, and figurative language of the novel or movie. These beautiful, challenging sheets are no prep for you, and answers are included. Student Experience: Students will first complete the exercises (identifying quotes, figurative language, and events along the plot chart). Then, they will use those answers to color the beautiful The Hunger Games-themed images according to the color-by-nu
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7th - 10th
Novel Study: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 120+ page, Common Core aligned complete novel study for The Sea of Monsters, the second book in the novel series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED.The novel study is divided into 4 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a review quiz.Section 1: Chapters 1-5Secti
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6th - 9th
Imagery Analysis Scaffolded Figurative Language Activities
Are your students at a loss when it comes to analyzing the effects of imagery, simile, metaphor, and personification? This sequence of scaffolded activities will give them concrete guidance on how to identify and analyze these common types of figurative language.This resource includes:A table including the name of each poetic device, a definition including the general effect, and an example, along with a quick exercise to practice identifying these techniques.A guide to the four steps to analyzi
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7th - 10th
Tips for Teaching Annotating: Includes Annotation Guides for Any Novel
Encourage active reading and improve reading comprehension with these tips and teaching strategies for easy annotating! These annotation guide bookmarks help middle and even high school students understand how and what to annotate and why note-taking while reading is important. They are perfect for class novels and independent reading assignments! Just copy, clip, and use as a bookmark—or attach to the inside front cover of the novel. Handouts explain how and what to annotate when reading. Annot
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6th - 9th
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Literature Text Evidence
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Literature Text Evidence - 7 reading literature passages and 56 text evidence questions.Students use a variety of text evidence activities including color-coding with highlighters. This can be done on paper, or using the highlighting feature in Google Classroom. Other questions involve deeper thought such as making inferences.The packet is completely printable, but Google links are also provided for use in Google™ Classroom. The games can be
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7th - 9th
MYTHS - Six Greek and Roman Myths with Complete Text & Quizzes|Distance Learning
This mythology unit has the full text of six myths - two Greek myths and four Roman myths. These are great to use by themselves, in literature centers, as supplements to your mythology unit, or to fulfill CCSS ELA Reading Literature #9 which requires comparing two different pieces of literature with the same theme. Included are:- Six Myths - the full text of each; each on one page - two Greek and four Roman; see preview for the list, please.- A half-page quiz for each: five true/false quest
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5th - 9th
Independent Reading Workbook for Middle and High School - Use with ANY Fiction
Do you need an engaging way to hold students accountable for their independent reading? This independent reading workbook is a great way to do that. This workbook covers plot, characters, theme, conflict, setting, symbols, and more in an engaging way. There is no prep for you. Just print and go!Independent Reading Workbook Features:This can be used with any fiction novel.It's designed for middle and high school students.It covers fiction standards.There is no prep for you. Just print and go.It c
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7th - 10th
Halloween Gothic Short Stories Bundle - Reading Comprehension
Listed in the bundle below are literary analyses for the following spooky, gothic short stories, perfect for Halloween time:The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Landlady by Roald DahlThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Monkey’s Paw by W.W. JacobsThe Hand by Guy de Maupassant
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6th - 12th
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The Summer I Turned Pretty Novel Study 8th - 12th grade
This novel study for The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han, contains 49 pages of resources, including 75 comprehension questions and 15 quote analysis pages by chapter. This resource also includes symbolism practice, compare/contrast activities, and a literary essay outline! Focus standards include figurative language, citing textual evidence, character analysis, plot, analyzing points of view and literary writing.♥ Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, parents
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8th - 12th
Langston Hughes Paired Text Analysis - "Dreams" & "Harlem" - PDF & Digital
Bring metaphors and similes to life with this set of Langston Hughes poetry analysis activities! These paired text worksheets will introduce students to two of Langston Hughes's most famous poems - "Dreams" and "Harlem" (also known as "Dream Deferred") with deep-thinking poem activities, walking students through an analysis of Hughes's rich similes and metaphors on the topic of dreams.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselling Langston Hughes Poem Activities Bun
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
The Summer I Turned Pretty Novel Study - Comprehension Questions
This novel study for The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han, contains 29 pages of resources, including 75 comprehension questions by chapter. This resource also includes symbolism practice and compare/contrast activities!♥ Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, parents, and students. This resource is meant for 8th grade through high school.♥ No-prep, predictable, and user-friendly! This novel study is perfect for small groups or independent study. This product is
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8th - 12th
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Complete Novel Study
A ready-to-print To Kill A Mockingbird novel study on Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.This easy to follow resource provides a ready To Kill A Mockingbird unit plan for teachers and a To Kill A Mockingbird student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.This great To Kill a Mockingbird unit suits students of approximately 15-18 years of age.What is To Kill a
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Novel Study Essays Posters Secondary English
One for the Murphys, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt: A PDF & Digital Novel Study
With the motto "Be Someone's Hero", you can be sure this is a timely book for middle grades! This is a ready-to-use, custom-made PDF & Digital packet designed for teachers to use with students in grades 5-8 who are reading One for the Murphys, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. It will work well for distance learning. If the buyer wants the digital product just click the red download TpT Digital button. This book encourages reading in depth. It includes a 25-page student workbook (or worksheets), a
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5th - 9th
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