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High school literature printable pdfs
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!
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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Types of Irony Sort : 50 Card Sorting Activity
Types of irony are sometimes tricky to teach. Use this fun and interactive sorting game to review and reinforce irony using examples from books and movies. Take a break from worksheets! These 50 cards each have examples of situations and scenes. Students will sort them into three categories: dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony.You will want to use this student-centered activity for years to come! Included: 50 cards with dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony examples
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6th - 9th
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Romeo and Juliet Comics and Activities
Enliven your “Romeo and Juliet” lesson plans with these high-interest comics and activities. Your students will interact with the tale of the star cross'd lovers through fun and engaging comics with Shakespeare's language taken directly from the play. To add to the fun for students, there are Easter eggs hidden throughout the comics -- metaphors and other images from the play that are hidden in the illustrations for students to find. There are plenty of teaching ideas here and they are perfect f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare Bundle
The Tell Tale Heart Unit | Print & Digital | Close Reading | Full Text
Use this standards-based unit to introduce students to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” This resource is packed with activities your students will love, including audio support! Everything you need for a comprehensive and engaging unit is included in printable and digital formats! Printable PDF and digital Google Drive versions are included. Included With Your Purchase:Teacher's Guide "The Tell-Tale Heart" Full Text with Audio Support Introductory ActivityInference
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6th - 9th
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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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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
The Tell Tale Heart Activities | Comic Book Project | Edgar Allan Poe
Your students will transform Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" into a comic book! Two comic book templates are included with this product: a comic book template with the "Tell Tale Heart" narrative included or a blank comic book template for students to write their own narrative. Both serve as an excellent assignment for reviewing the plot of Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell Tale Heart". INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE: "Tell Tale Heart" Comic Book Cover Page: A comic book cover page is included for s
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6th - 9th
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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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Long Way Down Novel Unit Bundle - Printable Novel Study - Jason Reynolds
This novel unit is full of engaging resources for Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Students will explore Long Way Down's themes with a pre-reading carousel discussion activity, practice comprehension with the student workbook, analyze the text with a variety of analysis activities, track the time with an interactive bookmark, and show their knowledge with a final test. Activities are engaging and require critical thinking. Students will enjoy this unit! Everything is easy to use and ready to pri
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7th - 10th
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The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe Poetry and Reading Guide, Halloween Reading
Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven is a wonderful poem for your classroom during the days around Halloween. American literature poetry. Includes:Writing Prompts and answer keyComprehension questions and answer keyPoetry Literary devices and answer keyAligned and Outlined ELA Common Core State Standards, 9-12 Reading, Writing, Speaking and ListeningPrint in grayscale. White paper or color paper. Great alternative to the run-of-the-mill study guide. Students will practice reading, citing evidence, reca
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6th - 12th, Staff
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson with high-level bloom questions included.
EXCELLENT FOR ONLINE/REMOTE TEACHING & LEARNINGQUICK LOOK: This product includes:*The full text of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson *High bloom level questions laced within the text for students to respond to as they read. *Hand out analysis and evaluation-level question prompts for text questioning and class discussion*All questions are core aligned for deep analysis and engagement with the highly-complex themes of the story. TEACHING AS A 3-4 DAY LESSON: To keep the flow of our reading goi
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7th - 11th
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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
Animal Farm Unit - Questions, Quizzes, Vocabulary, Critical-Thinking, Bundle
Engage your students in an exciting and comprehensive study of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. This Animal Farm novel study a 5-week teacher pacing guide and everything you'll need to plan your upcoming Animal Farm unit.Begin your Animal Farm unit with a collaborative group research project that will help your students understand the historical, social, and political context of the novel. As you read, your students will follow along with the Animal Farm comprehension and analysis bookmarks an
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8th - 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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Symbolism Game for Making Connections in Literature
Many great literary and poetic works contain enriching symbolism, but these symbols are useless unless students know how to actively search and find connections between the concrete world and abstract ideas. This game gives students the chance to practice and strengthen that skill.In this game, the class is divided into groups of 3 or 4 students each, and each group is given a random “Concrete Object Card,” along with an “Abstract Idea Card.” Groups must then find and explain connections betwe
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
The Hate U Give Full Novel Unit Bundle - Printable Novel Study - Angie Thomas
This complete novel unit bundle for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas has everything you need to teach the novel. This comprehensive novel unit includes a fun, interactive pre-reading carousel discussion, a student workbook, character activities, sticky note analysis activities, an escape room, a character test, and comprehension quizzes. Your students will love The Hate U Give with this fun, engaging novel unit. There is no prep. All materials are ready to print and go. All answers keys are inclu
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8th - 11th
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The Hunger Games Coloring Pages Book
The Hunger Games Coloring PagesColoring is a great way to reduce stress and we all know how stressful it is being a teenager! Use these coloring pages as a motivational tool in your classroom. The less your students are stressed, the better results you'll get from them academically.Just Print and Go!This download contains 21 full pages of The Hunger Games themed designs.Some designs are more intricate and others are more simple (see preview for image of pages) to allow for both differentiation a
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Lord of the Flies Mask Project
Engage your students in a Lord of the Flies project that requires them to dive deeper into the text and hunt for symbolic details, both universal and specific to Lord of the Flies, with a mask project.As your read or after you read chapter 4, assign this project to your students. Students will create a symbolic mask to represent Jack and his clay and charcoal face paint, chart their symbolic elements, and write about the change in Jack. This resource includes a letter to the teacher to introduce
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8th - 11th
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Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Pack for Any Novel or Story
Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for Any Novel or Story (Grades 6-12)This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle. A YEAR'S WORTH: Over 90 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. (Many can be used for 5th grade students, as well.) You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! Read on for all the skills practiced.Students will practice numerous skills, including: making inferences (inferr
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Croc Charm Book Project- Fiction Independent Reading Accountability- Book Report
Do you need an engaging book project for independent reading accountability? This croc charm book project is an activity your students will love. Students will create croc charms for a novel by focusing on characters, conflict, symbols, and setting. This croc charm book project can be done on the printable PDF or online in Google Slides. It can be used with any piece of fiction, a rubric is included, and there's no prep work for you. Just print and go or assign online.This independent reading cr
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6th - 10th
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Figurative Language in Pop Culture Full Unit (Digital & Print)
Huge 2021-22 update of my best-selling unit! Now with full support for DIGITAL or print delivery, whether in-class or via distance learning.Bundled for a $6 discount this Full Unit includes 4+ weeks covering:Similes, Metaphors and More in Pop Culture (x3+ lessons)Rhetorical Questions, Hyperboles & More in Pop Culture (x3+ lessons)Poetry Annotation and Analysis with 2pac (2 lessons)Song Lyrics: Analysis and Creation (x4+ lessons)Figurative Language in MARVEL movies (Bonus)With 80+ Google Slid
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6th - 9th
Dragon Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots PDF
Connect the dots to reveal the picture of the dragon. There are 945 dots to connect - an extreme challenge for kids and adults alike! Include this fun and challenging activity in a lesson about mythology, fiction, and literature.Print this dot to dot for your classroom, year after year.All content created by Tim van de Vall (Tim’s Printables).PDF format. Dot to dot is on page 1. Answer key on page 2.Tags: hard dot-to-dot, difficult connect the dots, challenging dot-to-dot, huge connect the dots,
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2nd - 9th
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Also included in: Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots Bundle Vol. 1
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