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8th grade literature printables for Easel Activities
Hatchet Novel Study - Activities - Study Questions - Final Projects - Vocabulary
This Hatchet Novel Study Unit contains 300+ pages with a complete unit plan for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - Hatchet lesson plans, Hatchet vocabulary activities, final projects, Hatchet writing activities, and a full set of Hatchet chapter questions are included. These Hatchet novel study questions and Hatchet worksheets include detailed reading response activities that aid reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detailed answer keys are also included
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Amy's Custom Bundle
Maniac Magee Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards Aligned
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is a Newberry Medal-winning novel your middle school readers will love!This Maniac Magee novel study features everything teachers need to guide students through this fantastic book, and help them think more deeply about the book's characters, themes, and literary devices. It includes CCSS comprehension questions, character analysis, word work, and more! Maniac Magee will have your students laughing out loud, shedding a few tears, and cheering throughout the story!
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4th - 8th
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Bud, Not Buddy Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards-Based
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is the perfect novel to share with your students for so many reasons.This Bud, Not Buddy novel study unit includes both a printable PDF and digital version with everything you need to teach this amazing book while covering your reading literature standards. It includes CCSS lesson plans, comprehension questions, character analysis and vocabulary worksheets, and journal activities.Summary: Bud is an orphan living at the Home after his mother passed away.
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4th - 8th
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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
Tuck Everlasting Novel Study Unit for Middle School Common Core Aligned
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Novel Unit: Common Core Aligned!
This Print and Go! Tuck Everlasting Novel Unit is a 58-page novel study that includes:
• Lesson Plans
• Main Idea Chapter Titles
• 18 pages of reader response questions
• 5 pages of context clue word work with more space for writing all of the information needed
• character analysis work
• figurative language work
• post-reading reflection journals
• a character map
• End of Novel Project
• a table of contents to keep track o
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Novel Study Unit Bundle for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Arthurian Legends Unit - King Arthur Projects - Knights and Chivalry Activities
A fully integrated English, Social Studies, and Art unit on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This King Arthur unit or Arthurian Legend unit includes reading passages, questions, and activities on Lancelot, King Arthur, the Sword in the Stone, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the code of chivalry, and more! These make great additions to an Arthurian Legend Interactive Notebook. This unit can be done on its own as an English unit on Legends, but also makes an excellent complement to
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4th - 8th
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The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury Close Reading & Analysis Dystopian Short Story Unit
"The Pedestrian" is a very accessible dystopian short story that students will find intriguing and worthy of discussion. Its brief length (around 500 words) provides the perfect opportunity to have students "dig deeply" into a complete text, improving their reading comprehension and literary analysis skills without feeling overwhelmed. If you are simply looking for an accessible story, a way to expose students to Bradbury's poetic and descriptive style, or a way to introduce them to the widely c
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8th - 12th
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A Wrinkle in Time: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award Winning book, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into three segments: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, and Cha
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5th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Worksheets and Digital Easel Activity
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Practice with Easel Activity. Using quotes from the story by Charles Dickens, students have to identify types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion. Includes a worksheet based on A Christmas Carol, a worksheet based on the play, a figurative language matching sheet, and a handout on types of figurative language. No prep. Print or go digital for remote or hybrid learning. Keys are included, but not shown in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Bundle of Support Materials
Hamlet Comics and Activities
To be or not to be an exciting teacher of Shakespeare? The answer is obvious! Make teaching Hamlet fun and engaging with this set of lessons and activities to help you lead students on a journey through one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. The most important thing you’ll find here are comic summaries of each act. You can hand these out to students before they read to give them a summary of what will happen in the play without giving too much away or use them as a quick review for students wh
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamlet and Shakespeare Bundle
Any Book & Movie Comparison Reader's Notebook Activities CCSS RL.7
Movie and Book Comparison Activities with Interactive Reader's Notebook Foldables - Use with ANY Novel or Story
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for grades 7-12, Reading Literature RL.7 and Writing Standards W.4, W.7, W.9, W.10
Contains 37 printable pages with numerous prompts, evaluations, and comparison charts. Students will analyze the movie's scenes, direction, cinematography, acting, props, dialogue, and setting, comparing each to the novel. Differentiated for multiple levels.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Masque of the Red Death, Poe - Close Reading & Literary Analysis Unit
Use Poe’s creepy classic, “The Masque of the Red Death” to practice close reading and other critical ELA skills while teaching symbolism, allegory and imagery. This 23-page "The Masque of the Red Death" packet of activities and handouts includes:• Detailed 1-3 Day Close Reading Lesson Plan—enabling students to read with a purpose, extract key concepts, and comprehend at a deeper level• Copy of the Story—organized with numbered paragraphs for quick reference, so that students can mark up and ann
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7th - 12th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram Activity Using Story Elements - Easel Activity
Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram. A hands-on activity for the story Rikki Tikki Tavi. After learning that the plot is the sequence of events, and having been introduced to a plot diagram with the story elements exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, have your students work in small groups or partners to cut and paste this list of 12 events from the story onto the plot diagram and label what part of the story they belong to. Blank plot diagram included (as an example). St
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study Print & Digital Book Study + Graphic Organizers
This novel study on A Wrinkle in Time includes a series of activities to help students improve their reading comprehension while also checking for understanding. No prep required, you can either print the PDF for in-class or assign it online with Easel by TpT. The novel study includes 5 activities per chapter, multiple-choice questions, and answer keys. The study encompasses five activities per Chapter:1. Before you read: these questions activate student’s prior knowledge and get their brain th
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6th - 9th
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Counting by 7s Novel Study--A Complete Novel Study!
COUNTING BY 7S by Holly Goldberg Sloan is an award-winning novel (Amazon.com Best Books of the Year 2013: Ages 9-12; SLJs Best Books of 2013, Fiction; Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2013, Fiction; YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults; Horn Book Fanfare, Best Books of 2013, Fiction; ALA 2014 Notable Children’s Books, Older Readers: 2014 E. B White Read-Aloud Honor, Middle Reader). Willow Chance is a middle school girl and highly gifted. She loses her adoptive parents in a fatal car wreck. Her life be
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4th - 8th
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Emily Dickinson "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" Poetry Analysis Virtual Print
You'll love teaching this delightful poem! This lesson guides students through a detailed analysis of Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers." After analyzing it, students can then write their own poem of hope or a poem about an abstract noun.Both digital and print versions here, so you're ready for any classroom setting!There are ten parts to this lesson:Author researchVocabulary - study and synonym activityParaphrase - line by lineParaphrase by stanzaExamining dictionAnalyzi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Unit with Analysis and Poetry Writing
Introduction to Shakespeare’s Language: Fun Activities to Help w/ Comprehension
Do your students hate Shakespeare? Is that a stupid question? Perhaps the greatest obstacle between Shakespeare’s plays and student audiences is the unfamiliar language. Quite different from the language we use today, the Elizabethan English found in Shakespeare’s works presents a challenge to even the best readers. Now you can minimize the challenge—and the frustration—by introducing your students to the language of Shakespeare in a way that is fun, meaningful and memorable. Through the les
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7th - 12th
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Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang 45 page Novel Guide
This is a 45 page novel guide to use with the novel Red Scarf Girl by Ji LI Jiang. This has been successfully used in a middle school language arts classroom for many years. Table of ContentsPre-Reading ActivitiesPrologue and Liberation Army Dancer Discussion QuestionsPrologue and Liberation Army Dancer Journal ActivityDestroy the Four Olds! Discussion QuestionsWriting Da-Zi-Bao Discussion QuestionsWriting Da-Zi-Bao Journal ActivityThe Red Successors Discussion QuestionsThe Red Successors Journa
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5th - 8th
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The Open Window by Saki Short Story Unit - Close Reading & Irony
Understanding irony is so vital to appreciating literature—particularly with the short story. Using this packet, students will do a close reading of Saki’s "The Open Window," identifying examples of irony and categorizing them by type—situational, verbal or dramatic. They will also work in groups to create and perform their own irony skits to include portrayals of each type. This is a fun, learning-filled activity that I have done for years in my classroom, and it has been a student favorite!
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7th - 12th
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"Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test and Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Prep for your "Rikki-tikki-tavi" story unit in minutes with these printable and digital questions and story test! With these skill-based activities, you'll be able to check comprehension during reading, assess student understanding after reading, and spark great discussions anytime during your lesson.(If you find this resource helpful, you won't want to miss the rest of my complete Rikki-tikki-tavi Short Story Bundle!)There are 24 deep-thinking questions covering the following reading skills:Plo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
Hunger Games Q & A Chap. 1-27 + Arena Activity, Chap. Summaries
Hunger Games Chapter Check QuizzesForty pages of Hunger Games questions (chapter by chapter) with answer key, a teacher's chapter-by-chapter summary, and a creative "draw the arena" activity (with suggested teacher's key based on descriptions from the novel). This is a definite time saver (since I know how long it took me to put this together!). PDF format Questions can be used as check-quiz questions or as reading guides. Can lead to thought-provoking discussions. I included detailed notes
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5th - 12th
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Complete Student Handbook (GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF!)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE COMPLETE NO-PREP STUDENT HANDBOOK***Now digital! Students can complete this activity through Google Slides or Google Docs. Perfect for distance learning!!****This workbook is a part of a larger PRIDE AND PREJUDICE COMPLETE UNIT bundle! You may also be interested inThe Life of Jane Austen: An Introductory Presentation with Guided Notes.This is a chapter by chapter student handbook that goes through the novel Pride and Prejudice. This handbook was created with student creativit
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Novel Study Unit Bundle
"The Prince and the Pauper" Play Activities - Printable & Digital
Plan your story unit in no time! If your class is reading "The Prince and the Pauper" by Joellen Bland, these skill-based reading comprehension activities are the perfect tools to help your students practice context clues, inference, theme, characterization, and more as they enjoy a dramatization of this classic story. The following activities are included:Anticipation guideVocabulary worksheetsReading questions for each sceneInference activitiesTheme with text evidence graphic organizerNewspape
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5th - 8th
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Dark Romanticism & American Gothic Unit; Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson, The Village
In this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to short stories (The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, Rappaccini’s Daughter), poems (The Raven, A Bird Came Down The
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8th - 12th
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