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High school literature scaffolded notes for Google Apps
Writing Theme Statements Mini-Lesson
Are you tired of students responding with vague, one-word topics when you ask them to write a theme of a poem, short story, play, or novel? If your students are anything like mine, they might have a hard time with this task without some direct instruction on theme. In this 30-minute (or up to an hour), no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn what a theme is, what it isn't, see tons of sample themes, and gradually work their way up to crafting their own theme. There is a ready-to-print notes pag
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Horror Genre Study Introduction Lesson: Slideshow & Notes | Printable & Digital
Engage students (both off and online!) with literary analysis through a horror genre study! This horror genre introductory lesson will help you set the stage by introducing the topic and some basic literary terms. This Google resource is based around a completely editable Google Slides presentation on the horror genre. Students will learn about the focus of horror, a few different types, essential literary terms--such as foreshadowing, mood, and setting--and common genre conventions.This Google
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Horror Genre Study Unit for Digital or In-person
Motif Literary Mini-Lesson
Students often have a hard time distinguishing from a motif and a theme. In this 20-minute, no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn the definition of a motif, discuss some examples from pop culture, and then watch a short film in which they identify several motifs in action. There is a ready-to-print notes page for the students to keep as a reference.You might also be interested in these other resources from my TpT store:Taming of the Shrew Unit BundleMotif Mix Up: Night Chapters 1-3 ActivityCu
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slides
Use this Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Tone and Mood or to review Tone and Mood with your students! Tone and Mood is a difficult topic for students to grasp. This Tone and Mood Anchor Chart and Notes page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Tone and Mood can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definitions of tone and mood, how to identify each concept, and even example words to describe tone and mood!This product can be used
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Reading Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Virtual Learning GROWING BUNDLE
"STEAL" Characterization Graphic Organizers For Google Classroom
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Help your students to analyze how an author developed their characters using this Google Docs and Classroom ready graphic organizer! No more messy formatting errors upon converting from .pdf or .docx to Google Docs; however, these file formats are also included in the download for your convenience.
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on others
A: Actions
L: Looks
This product provides three levels of diffe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Mood & Tone in Literature Minilesson | Mood and Tone Guided Notes
This editable minilesson is the perfect printable or digital resource to introduce mood, tone, and style in literature! With guided notes and practice passages, students will be able to distinguish these literary terms and identify the mood and tone of several texts!This minilesson presents the topics in student-friendly language with color-coded organizers to distinguish mood and tone words. Mini bookmarks are also included as a support tool for selecting positive, negative, or neutral words.Wh
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6th - 9th
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Introduction to the Crucible | Arthur Miller | McCarthyism | Salem Witch Trials
Uncover the interesting connections among Arthur Miller's The Crucible, McCarthyism, and the Salem Witch Trials with this comprehensive set of activities. This resource includes a 25-slide Google Slides presentation with information about Arthur Miller, McCarthyism, The Crucible, and the Salem Witch Trials. This has everything you need to begin your unit on The Crucible! What’s Included:25-slide Google Slides presentation with information about Arthur Miller, McCarthyism, The Crucible, and the
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9th - 12th
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Fairy Tales Mini Unit: Writing a Fractured Fairy Tale
This fully editable lesson segment teaches the elements of a traditional fairy tale and how to write a fractured fairy tale. I read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" to give students an example of a fractured fairy tale. Students then choose the way they want to fracture their fairy tales. This is a great writing exercise for students to share aloud because they always turn out amazing! I required my students to use three examples of literary devices but you could easily swap that out fo
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4th - 12th
Notice & Note Interactive Notes & Google Slides
So you read and loved Beers and Probst Notice and Note? Well, I did too! It is packed full of useful and life-changing ideas and strategies.Teach the signposts to students using interactive notes that correlate EXACTLY to a Google Slides. Begin with a linked engager video that matches the signpost, teach the signpost as students record the anchor question and what we may have learned from that signpost, then practice using the included graphic organizer with the same video. Couldn't be easier
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3rd - 9th
Lord of the Flies Pre Reading Activity and Introduction Anticipation Guide
Doing a "Lord of the Flies" Novel Study? This pre-reading introduction activity will prompt students to think about the themes, topics and ideas in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Provide the background and introduction needed before reading.Included is a writing prompt that can be used for an extension activity or a ticket out the door. This writing prompt makes a nice transition from the whole class discussion to independent work. The Instruction Slideshow goes through the Anticipation g
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8th - 11th
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Homegoing Unit Slides
The slides walk through both the historical context as well as literary and rhetorical analysis of every chapter. Slides also contain unit long assignments, chapter journal prompts, deep reading questions/rhetorical analysis, and outside resources
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Literary Theme Minilesson - Theme Guided Notes
Need a minilesson that introduces students to identifying themes in literature? This 3-part minilesson will teach students to distinguish between literary topics and themes, determine the best evidence to prove a theme, and compare types of themes seen across literature. This resource includes guided notes, chunked into 3 parts, that are color-coded by section for added organization. For theme analysis, 3 accessible yet rigorous fables are included for a model, group, and independent practice. W
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6th - 9th
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Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room + Shakespeare's Language Sonnet Activity
Shakespeare is hard. Reading Shakespeare is challenging. Teaching Shakespeare can be difficult. But getting Shakespeare? Really getting it? That’s such a powerful reward. You and your students feel like you’ve summited Everest on that day. Everything else? Mere foothills. We all do the obligatory introduction to Shakespeare. Hands up if you’ve got that Introduction to Shakespeare PPT/Google Slides deck in a folder on your computer. ✋ We’ve got a few. Each one, we thought, more engaging than the
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan with Fun Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room
Black Mirror 'Nosedive' - STUDY GUIDE BOOKLET - Contemporary Possibilities
The 'Black Mirror' series depicts several dystopian futures where individuals grapple with the manipulative effects of cutting edge technology in their personal lives and behaviours.These resources are designed to guide students through Season 3, Episode 1 'Nosedive.' Although designed for the Prelim HSC Module A - Contemporary Possibilities, this guide will suit any unit of work focussing on dystopias or media.Contents of this resource includes:Study Guide Booklet (14 pages) - analysis notes, e
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Contemporary Possibilities - The Complete BUNDLE!
Literary Devices Presentation
Need to ramp up your teaching of Literary Devices? Look no further! This beautifully presented slide deck is great for teaching common literary elements and having students take notes. Even better, though, it can also be stored in students’ Google Drive or One Drive to refer back to again and again! This resource takes 14 of the most commonly Literary Devices and breaks them in a meaningful way. Including examples from movies, literature, poems, songs, and pop culture, these concepts become more
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Introduction Lesson | Printable & Digital
Prepare your students for reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi with this Persepolis Introduction Lesson! This Persepolis Introduction Lesson will introduce students to essential concepts and terms before they begin reading. Teach with the included, EDITABLE Persepolis introduction slideshow. This includes an introduction to the novel, the author, background on the Iranian Revolution, definitions for graphic novels and memoirs, and essential questions.As students listen to the lesson, they'll us
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Whole Novel Unit Bundle | Printable & Digital
Point of View and the Unreliable Narrator
This is notes teaching point of view/perspective in narrative writing with a focus on unreliable narrators. Students are given the signs to look for in a text that the person may not be telling an accurate version of events. At the end of the notes, students are given a journal opportunity to process their notes and apply them in their writing. In my classroom, I use this with the story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson where students annotate and look for the signs listed in the notes.
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8th - 12th
Irony | Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Distance Learning | Google Slides
Use this Irony Anchor Chart | Irony Notes | One Pager | Google Slides to teach Irony or to review Irony with your students! This includes all three types of irony! This Irony Anchor Chart and Irony Notes is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Irony can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes the definition of irony, the definitions of the three different types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic), examples of the three different types of irony! Included
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Reading Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Virtual Learning GROWING BUNDLE
Introduction to Graphic Novels - How to read and text features activities
Introduce students to reading graphic novels with these resources. Students will learn how to read a graphic novel and about their unique text features. Included:notes on the text features of graphic novelsa blank sheet so that students can write in their own notesa template for students to create there own 3 panels using the features reviewed in the notesa worksheet that asks them to label the parts of a graphic novel and label the order in which to read some passagesa slide deck that accompani
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Persepolis Unit Bundle - A complete 4-week unit!
Serial Podcast Season 1-Listening Notes Organizers (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Listening Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-13 of the Word document.This is a 13-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they listen to Serial Podcast Season 1: Adnan Syed Case. Each page (or slide) has shapes with labels instructing students what to wri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Satire Notes and Activity
Satire is one of the most important literary and cultural elements and oftentimes one of the most confusing for students. Not anymore, thanks to this interactive resource. First, help students understand the basic definition and qualities of satire before offering the opportunity to engage with modern, relevant, and very hilarious clips from popular culture all in effort to better understand satire. Note: the word "Satire" in the upper left-hand corner of the first page of notes is hyperlinke
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7th - 12th
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Long Way Down Novel Study Character Analysis and Inferencing Skills Lesson Plan
Know you want to do a character study and or analysis work for Jason Reynolds' Long Way Down? Want to help students make inferences for Will, Buck, Pops or Shawn? This EDITABLE character activity + instructional slide deck is the no prep resource you want with the analysis rigor your student need!I used to have students draw the characters but with new skill-based standards, the close reading and critical thinking that comes with making inferences are so much more important!Included is both a P
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Long Way Down Jason Reynolds Novel Study Unit Activities BUNDLE
In-Text MLA Citation Practice
Have your students practice multiple different forms of MLA in-text citations.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Why Do Authors Use Figurative Language? Types and Purposes Slides and Notes
This resource includes a Google Slides presentation and corresponding notes w/ practice.Specifics:This product includes a Google Slides presentation, reviewing the following different types of figurative language and sound devices:alliterationallusionassonancehyperboleidiommetaphoronomatopoeiapersonificationmetaphorThe slides also explain the different reasons why authors use figurative language:heighten sensory detailsconvey mood and tonehelp readers visualizeemphasize importanceThe contents of
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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