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3rd - 10th
Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Teaching Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" can be a really exciting time in a high school classroom with the potential for powerful discussions and a new distaste for the idea of conformity. Student favorite! This short story student workbook makes your life and the lives of your students easier. Students love having their own little workbook and teachers have zero prep to do!This short story student workbook includes:-Author bio and quiz-Pre-reading discussion guide-Vocabulary organizer with
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7th - 12th
Animation and Critical Thinking for GATE and Generation Z -- The Piano FREE
4th Graders through adults find this video and activity fascinating. Let's try it FREE!Maybe your students will ask the same question mine did, "When can we do this again?"Using a short 2 minute video and an accompanying "Visual Inference Guide," students quickly become engaged in a critical analysis as they share insights with classmates--connecting video and literature.This format works for upper elementary through high school honors classes because students respond according to their abilit
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Veldt: Creating a Graphic Novel
After reading Ray Bradbury's short story entitled "The Veldt", students will create a graphic novel version of the story that incorporates dialogue taken directly from the text. This assignment provides students with a creative outlet to illustrate their understanding and comprehension. Playing the song "The Veldt" by the artist Deadmau5 while students work provides some other stimulation and motivation to students. The song is based directly on the story!
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7th - 10th
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Poetry vs. Prose Lecture Notes
This resource will serve as an excellent tool for students to easily identify the similarities and differences between prose and poetry.
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6th - 10th
Macbeth Soundtrack Activity & Assessment
Creative and fun assignment!! Criteria sheet for Macbeth Soundtrack assignment. This is a very cool assignment that students really love. Students are forced to think critcally about their song choices and defend them in the liner notes. This can be used with any text and can also be used as a group project. I have used this successfully with several grade levels: 9th, 9th GATE, 12th,& 12th honors.
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9th - 12th
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Generating Literature Discussion Questions
When students generate their own questions for literary discussions, they are moving beyond passive consumers of information. This routine prompts students to ask questions, moving from basic comprehension to higher order thinking. Students move from creating individual questions on a selection (potentially done before class in flipped instruction), to working with a group to create and evaluate questions, then returning to individual work to answer a question of their choice. Like all routine
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5th - 12th
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Dialectical Journal Double-Entry Journal The Outsiders
This 3-page PDF includes:
1) A beginner level template with an MLA-formatted example on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.
2) An intermediate–advanced level template with an MLA-formatted example (including a lead-in to the quotation) on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.
3) An example of lead-in construction- deciding the most important 5Ws/H to giv
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6th - 9th
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Taunting Tombstones: Halloween Creative Writing Activity
If you love Spooky Season and a little dark humor, this creative writing activity will be perfect as Halloween approaches. Taunting Tombstones would be a quick and engaging activity to open your suspense unit. In this activity, students will pick a trend, saying, place, etc. that was once popular but is no longer in vogue. I have provided very specific instructions for the front of the tombstone. Then they will write an epitaph to the deceased on the back–also with specific instructions for lite
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Halloween Bundle: Literary Analysis and Creative Writing AP & Honors
Close Reading GATE or Advanced Character's Actions vs. Words
I am always looking for specific, student-friendly ways to help students dive into a deeper reading—a more analytical and critical thinking view—of any text.
This activity (and discussion) works well in my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade GATE literacy groups, but there’s no reason it cannot be used up through 10th grade. The students will simply think at different levels; however, the format remains the same (see Common Core Standards below).
We need this in my school to help students move to “advanc
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3rd - 10th
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![Preview of "Sherlock Holmes & the Deathly Howl" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/-Sherlock-Holmes-the-Deathly-Howl-New-Book-Trailer--132369-1646330462/750f-132369-1.jpg)
"Sherlock Holmes & the Deathly Howl" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sAll profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a script that is about 30 minutes long give or take a few. It is very friendly to produce, and should be quite enjoyable for your acting group. It is based upon the radio script, "The Tolling Bell" (in association with Gerald Murphy). A significant amount of notes are available that should be helpful to you. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Workshop Peer Editing Key
This is a writing workshop tool for peer editing groups. This Writing Workshop Peer Editing Key guides students through basic essay structure requirements, formatting, and editing (including thesis statement, MLA, evidence/proof, etc.). For both 9th grade English and 9th grade Gate English students. Teach your students how to peer edit and you will be much happier when it's your turn to grade the essays. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them.
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9th - 10th
An Enemy of the People AP™️-Style Essay Writing Prompts PDF & Google Docs™ FREE!
Though this play by Henrik Ibsen from 1882 is not frequently taught today, it still has so much relevance and serves as an excellent AP literature or pre-AP text! (I read it with an ELA 10 Honors class.)We were able to make powerful connections to the Flint, Michigan water crisis (2014) as well as DuPont chemical company's role in contaminating water in Parkersburg, West Virginia with unregulated PFOAs for decades.This free product includes 2 AP-Style essay prompts that can help students prepare
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10th - 12th
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The Hunger Games: Characterization Essay Topics
This file contains nine essay topics teachers can assign based on the novel *The Hunger Games.*
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7th - 10th
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Macbeth Motifs Journal
Macbethmotifs journal assignment has students follow motifs within Macbeth. It helps students with close reading, interpretation, annotation, and critical thinking. It is also a helpful resource/reference for student essays.
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Grades:
10th - 12th
Robinson Crusoe Depth and Complexity Questions
This 4-page document contains 9 Depth and Complexity questions to go along with the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.Challenge your students to think from different perspectives and engage them in group conversations using these questions as a springboard for deeper thought and discussion.
Grades:
5th - 10th
Dialectical Journal Double-Entry Journal The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This 3-page PDF includes:1) A beginner level template with an MLA-formatted example on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.2) An intermediate–advanced level template with an MLA-formatted example (including a lead-in to the quotation) on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.3) An example of lead-in construction- deciding the most important 5Ws/H to give eno
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6th - 9th
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Shakespeare, Medicine, and the Four Humours
Blow their minds with this fascinating overview of the understanding of the human body during Shakespeare's time. Every student will be 100% engaged while they explore how different the techniques doctors used during Shakespearean times were compared to today!
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9th - 11th
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Alice Through the Looking Glass Video by Spike Lit (video only)
Let Miss Reegi and Spike Literature help your students (LITERALLY) 'walk through' Lewis Carroll’s classic. Visual and engaging, a perfect fit for the Common Core classroom with an entertaining look at author, characters, story and plot. Pair with Spike Lit's "Alice Through the Looking Glass Study Guide"
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Relevant Recommended Reading for High School Students as of April 2023
Here is another relevant list of books for high school students that I wish my "high school self" could have had access to in my quest to "figure out life" at that age. Please encourage your students to visit their public library system read them on their own if book titles are banned in your school district.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
A Midsummer Night's Dream Plot Summary
This is a great way for students to summarize the plot of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by scene and setting. If you purchase the unit, you will receive the plot summary, character chart, project, and the rubrics for each.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Interlopers" Short Story 20 Word Vocabulary LIST (Goes with CW Puzzles)
These words go with my dictation vocab test and two crossword puzzles (1 with a word bank and 1 without one) for my TWENTY word set of vocab from Saki's "The Interlopers."“The Interlopers” 20 Word Vocabulary List pinioned pinnedcompact an agreement between 2 partiesaffrays fights or disturbances of the peaceunstrung unstable or nervouspious showing religious devotionretorted replied sharplyreconciliation a friendly end to a quarrelcondolences expressions of sympathymuster to gather forces OR gat
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8th - 11th
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Relevant Recommended Reading for High School Students as of July 2022
Here is a relevant list of books for high school students that I wish my "high school" self could have had access to in my quest to "figure out life" at that age. You might want to expose them to the audiobook versions as routine component of your weekly plan.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Adult Education
AP Book Talk Word Version
This is a great alternative to the written book report which saves the teacher from reading the same types of summaries again and again. This format allows AP students to express themselves freely and allows instant feedback from the teacher. The rubirc is included. It is recommended to print two pages per sheet so the teacher can have the back page to write down notes during the discussion. Feel free to make changes to the format to suit your needs. This was created with Microsoft Word 10 so
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9th - 12th
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