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High school literature resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in:Â 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Make it Rigorous: Honors Romeo & Juliet Unit Test
Don't lower the bar--raise it! This editable Romeo & Juliet unit test will reveal the depth of your honors students' understanding of Shakespeare's great drama. This assessment is 75 higher-level multiple choice questions including reading passages, character analysis, and vocabulary in context. Use the free propaganda handout to accompany your instruction as you journey through the pages of the novel. The test includes optional short answer questions too.
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9th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness is a novel I taught to prepare my students for the AP Lit exam. The main element I focused on besides figurative language was setting. This is made up of very specific AP level types of questions. They are very comprehensive and in-depth. There are many questions dealing with specific types of figurative language. I included the answers directly underneath the question so they can easily be edited out by the teacher to make copies or upload electronically for students. I
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Script - 45 Minute Version!
This is Shakespeare's famous play A Midsummer Night's Dream condensed down to 45 minutes. Puck acts as both the mischievous fairy and the narrator leading the audience from scene to scene. Perfect for school plays for younger actors and short performance events.
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5th - 9th
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AP Lit and Comp Tone Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach near the beginning of the semester with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize tone before they move on to more difficult literary devices.This unit includes:Assignment 1: Group assignment on creating tone Assignment 2: Complementary tones (students will look at passages and poems to identify complementary tones)Answer key for assignment 2Assignment 3: Shifting/Contrasting tones (students will look at passages
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
This is a complete unit on Much Ado about Nothing for the AP Lit and Comp class.I start the unit by introducing the literary terms we will be focusing on during the unit. There are instructions on how students will complete an annotated glossary for the literary terms and they will then be assessed on the literary terms after completing the unit. I have provided an example of the what the literary terms test format is (feel free to edit the terms to fit the class needs). I have also provided m
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11th - 12th
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The Metamorphosis Exam
Here's a fully editable and in-depth 50-question test with essay prompt on Franz Kafka's surrealistic classic "The Metamorphosis" and art styles connected to his era. The multiple choice questions focus primarily on symbolism, irony, surrealism, archetype and themes. A solid wrap-up to a most profound novella.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Menu of Independent Reading Projects FREE Enrichment and GATE
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3rd - 10th
AP Lit Group Seminar Novel Project Unit
This is an AP Lit level group seminar novel project teaching unit. The purpose of this unit is to allow students to learn independently from the teacher either over summer break, fall break, winter break, or spring break. The district I teach in is year-round, meaning every 9-10 weeks we have at least a two week break. Since the AP Lit exam is in May, I needed my students to continue learning during those breaks without me. Included in this unit:A list of seven novels (Wuthering Heights, Gre
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I taught Frankenstein to my AP Lit students. These are comprehensive questions for each section of the novel. I have included the answers to each question below it. This should make it easy for the teacher to edit the answers out for student copies or uploads. I mainly focused on Point of View while teaching Frankenstein.I purchased testing materials from Applied Practice and used the multiple choice and prose essay prompts to assess my students at an AP Level. I think Applied Practice is a
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10th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Final Test, William Shakespeare Play, Assessment, Exam
This is a final test for Romeo and Juliet, including multiple choice, true/false, quote identification, matching character to description, and short answer essay prompts. Answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Lit and Comp Diction Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach in the second quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize diction before they move on to more difficult literary devices.This unit includes:Assignment 1: Introduction to DictionAssignment 2: Diction practice on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeAnswer key for assignment 2Assignment 3: Diction practice on The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington IrvingAnswer key for assignment 3Assignment 4:
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11th - 12th
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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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"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Quiz, American Literature
Discover the depth of Gwendolyn Brooks' iconic poem "We Real Cool" with this 10- Question Poetry Quiz. Unveil the rebellious spirit, unravel the symbolism, and test your understanding of this literary masterpiece in a brief, engaging quiz. 10 multiple-choice questions with an answer key.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Don Quixote de La Mancha 45 Minute Play Adaptation Script, Readers Theater
This is a 45 minute adaptation of Cervantes' Don Quixote de La Mancha. Perfect for class productions or readers theater.
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7th - 11th
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AP Lit and Comp Figurative Language Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize specific types of figurative language devices so this unit give students an opportunity to look closely at passages and poems to practice identifying specific types of literary devices. This unit includes:Assignment 1: Introduction to Figurative LanguageAssignment 2: Figurative Language Practice (Alliteration, catalogue, personification, Anachronis
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Quarter 1 pacing calendar
This is the pacing calendar I use for my AP Lit and Comp class. I generally average about 70 students each year in two sections of AP Lit and Comp. Each class has about 35 students made up of English Language Learners, special education students, as well as accelerated and GATE students all together because my district has an "open door" policy for any and all students who would like to take AP classes, whether they have the skills or not.My last pass rate for the AP Lit and Comp class was a 7
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11th - 12th
AP Lit and Comp The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
This is a unit on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the AP Lit and Comp class.There are focus questions I asked my AP Lit students. I have provided the answer key for each section.I purchased testing materials from Applied Practice for Huck Finn and used the multiple choice and prose essay prompts to assess my students at an AP Level. I think Applied Practice is a fantastic resource to assess students at an AP Level for novels and poetry.My strategy is to break up the assessments into thre
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Syntax Assignments
This is a unit I teach in the fourth quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. By the time I have taught this unit, I have already taught diction, tone, figurative language, and imagery. You can find those units on TpT.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Diction-Assignments-4600307Tone unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Tone-Assignments-4589748Figurative Language Unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Figur
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
I had my students read Slaughterhouse Five in my AP Lit and Comp class. These are focus questions broken up by chapter on the novel The literary device I mainly focused on this novel was author's style. I have included the answers as well.I have also included essay prompts.I have adapted the newest rubric from College Board to fit on 1 page when copied back to back or minimized. This is the rubric I use to score the essays.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-2019-Ref
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10th - 12th
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Plath's "Daddy" Literature Circles
This activity utilizes the Literature Circles model for analysis of Sylvia Plath's "Daddy." The roles included are Discussion Director, Stanza Master, Connector, and Summarizer/Illustrator. Students are additionally asked to colormark imagery and annotate for poetic devices and tone. A group record sheet for self-evaluation is included.
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Symbols, Allusions, Archetypes Assignments
This is a unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. By the time I have taught this unit, I have already taught diction, tone, figurative language, and imagery. You can find those units on TpT.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Diction-Assignments-4600307Tone unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Tone-Assignments-4589748Figurative Language Unit:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AP-Lit-and-Comp-Figur
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit Beginning of the Year First Day Terms Assessment
I give this on the very first day of class to determine whether students were placed correctly in AP Lit. They are required to fill this out individually with no help and turn it in at the end of class. I then look over to see if they have the necessary background information to be successful. I expect them to know at least 1/3 of the terms in order to be successful.I review the definitions and examples with the students so they have a complete list of terms to refer back to throughout the ye
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Imagery Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach in the third quarter with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize specific types of imagery so this unit give students an opportunity to look closely at passages and poems to practice identifying imagery in depth. It is important that students know how to identify diction and tone before beginning this unit. I have complete units on both diction and tone on TpT if interested.Diction unit:https://www.teacherspay
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11th - 12th
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