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High school literature scaffolded notes under $5
Types of Figurative Language Guided Notes Minilesson
Need notes and practices to introduce types of figurative language? This minilesson is the perfect for defining and identifying SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, IDIOM, PERSONIFICATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, ALLITERATION! With guided notes and 3 close reading passages, students will be able to distinguish 7 types of figurative language, identify examples, and explain their meanings. The graphic organizer is color-coded to classify figurative language terms into 3 categories: comparisons, sound devices, and d
Grades:
6th - 9th
Literature Circle Collaborative Poster- Shared Reading
A perfect activity for literature circles and shared reading during your literacy block! Students work independently and in groups to analyze, respond to, and discuss fictional texts. Each student receives an 8.5” x 11” page, and contributes a different piece of information to the group's overall discussion of the text. Roles can be rotated every chapter/section, or this activity can be completed after the students have read the entire text.Note: If they are new to Literature Circles, younger gr
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: English Collaborative Posters Series #1
Canterbury Tales and Chaucer Background PPT and Guided Notes
I use the following PPT and Fill-in-the-Blank Notes (included in a zip file) to introduce The Canterbury Tales and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Included Information:
Background on Chaucer's Life
Background on the Tales themselves
Setting, Themes, Structure of The Canterbury Tales
Medieval Occupations and what they mean
Physical attributes seen in the Prologue and what they would mean to a medieval audience
The fill-in-the-blank notes are great; they keep students engaged, but they are brief enough that t
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Figurative Language Foldable for Interactive Notebooks
Figurative Language Foldable for Interactive Notebooks. Includes terms and definitions for the following words:
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Idiom
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Persuasive Techniques - Introduction to Rhetorical Appeals Sketch and Learn
Introduce your study of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and persuasive techniques with this background activity. You get an activity on Aristotle and the Rhetorical Triangle. This is a strong foundation for studying media literacy. Highlights:✅ Two videos and an article (found for free online)✅ Traditional worksheets or with ISNs✅ Whole class activity or stationsYour Introduction to Rhetoric activity includes:A full lesson planTwo pages of notesAn answer key ❤️ Be sure to check out my
Grades:
6th - 9th
Fiction Notice & Note Signposts Doodle Notes
Engage students' whole brain while teaching this fun reading strategy! Doodle notes engage verbal and visual centers in the brain which helps students retain information longer.
Notice & Note Signposts are engaging reading tools that send students on a scavenger hunt through a text to make deeper meaning. These notes would be a great way to introduce the topic to your students.
Each signpost has its own notes sheet:
- Tough Questions
- Again & Again
- Words of the Wiser
- Memory Mom
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Cask of Amontillado - TEACHER COPY with ANNOTATIONS and Vocab
This is the full text (on 7 pages with wide margins for annotations) of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado". It includes vocabulary words (highlighted in pink and defined in the margins), GISTs of each paragraph/section, example of foreshadowing, examples of imagery, pronunciations, and other miscellaneous annotations. It also includes 10 Questions for students.
ALSO look for The Cask of Amontillado - STUDENT COPY. It is the companion to the TEACHER COPY but only has vocabul
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Introduction to Gothic Literature | Intro to Gothic Lit
Included is a presentation on gothic literature--perfect for any teacher who is starting a short story unit on scary tales, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Monkey's Paw," "The Black Cat," "The Landlady," and many more! This presentation includes a brief history of the horror genre and elements that encompass gothic literature. It also includes literary techniques used by authors to accomplish successful scary stories, such as irony, mood, foreshadowing, and imagery. Guided notes are included.You
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7th - 12th
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
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: 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: Horror Genre Study Unit: 3 Stories, Elements of Horror, and More
Types of Characters PowerPoint plus Guided Notes
This 14-slide PowerPoint uses clean and uncluttered slides to teach the basic types of characters. In addition to information on characters, the PowerPoint is structured to include guidance on taking notes in Cornell-method format. A two-page guided notetaking form is included that matches the format of the PowerPoint. Plus, you receive an eight-page set of 'talking points' that include additional information to share within your presentation.
What you receive in this zipped folder:
~ Slides
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: 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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Oedipus Rex Worksheet | Crash Course Oedipus Rex | Teaching Oedipus Rex
Teaching Oedipus Rex looking for fun activities for teaching the Greek tragedy by Sophocles? Sick of boring Oedipus Rex lesson plans? Check out this engaging Oedipus Rex worksheet to accompany the Crash Course Literature episode by John Green about Sophocles’ Greek tragedy.This Oedipus Rex teaching resource has been created to pair with the Crash Course videos by John Green (season 2, episode 2). The Oedipus worksheet includes a student worksheet of scaffolded notes and a set of teacher notes
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Grades:
10th - 12th
Also included in: Crash Course Literature Season 2 Visual Note-taking Worksheet 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
Introduction to the Historical Fiction Genre Lesson
Historical fiction is one of the most interesting literary genres, and it's important for students to be able to distinguish between it and nonfiction. One of the ways I help students to navigate and analyze texts intelligently is by providing direct instruction about each genre.
This historical fiction lesson contains :
1. a PPT minilesson for introducing the historical fiction genre, complete with examples using movie trailers and book trailers for historical fiction texts
2. guided notes f
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6th - 9th
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller - Intro to Salem, Puritanism, Witchcraft-UPDATED
**Updated to improve viewing content and to add CLOZE notes for student engagement**
This power point presentation provides background information on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, focusing on Salem, Puritanism, and Witchcraft. PowerPoint does not cover parallels with the Red Scare and Communism.
A good starting point for reading the play. I often print the power point and give it as homework for them to read and annotate. When students come in, we discuss what they learned.
Are you
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Objective Summary Graphic Organizer
Objective summary organizer guides students easily through completing an objective summary according to the common core. Provides a word bank to cognitively assist all students in meeting the standard.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The Odyssey Worksheet | Crash Course The Odyssey | Teaching The Odyssey
Teaching The Odyssey to 9th graders and looking for fun activities for teaching The Odyssey? Sick of boring lesson plans for The Odyssey? Check out this engaging The Odyssey worksheet to accompany the Crash Course Literature episode by John Green about Homer's epic poem.This The Odyssey teaching resource has been created to pair with the Crash Course The Odyssey videos by John Green (season 2, episode 1). The worksheet includes a student worksheet of scaffolded notes and a set of teacher notes
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Grades:
9th - 11th
Also included in: Crash Course Literature Season 2 Visual Note-taking Worksheet Bundle
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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Night by Elie Wiesel: Chapter 4 Jigsaw Activity
This RECENTLY UPDATED jigsaw activity splits up Chapter 4 of Night into 8 sections of close reading questions. It comes with a two-sided graphic organizer (where students will record all of the answers) as well as enlarged pages for each group. I recommend having a speaker from each group display the enlarged pages under a document camera when it's time to present. It also comes with a DETAILED ANSWER KEY!
The page numbers correspond with the Hill and Wang publication, first copyrighted in 1958
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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
Grades:
4th - 12th
Romeo and Juliet | The Prologue | Guided Note-Taking | Introduction
Use this PowerPoint to walk your class through the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Focus on context, language and imagery, and students can use the accompanying worksheet to make close notes on the text (US letter and UK A4 provided).You might also like...Book Tasting | Correct the Errors | Spelling Punctuation Grammar | ProofreadingEditable Halloween Bookmarks | Gift Tags | Student Gifts | Add Your MessageBuilding Sentences | Figurative Language & Creative Devices | Full Lesso
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Romeo & Juliet BUNDLE of Creative ELA Activities to Study Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol Background Info & Historical Context — Notes on Victorian Era
Before reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, you will want to familiarize your students with important concepts from the novella including author background information and historical context. In this pre-reading activity, teachers will use the Powerpoint presentation to teach students about numerous topics related to the novella and students will use a guided notes worksheet to copy necessary notes as well as participate in important discussions about the lesson.This lesson includes bac
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
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