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High school literature rubrics for GATE
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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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
One Pager Reading Comprehension | One-Pager Project Short Story
Have your students share their understanding of any short story by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images from the text with a one-pager reading comprehension project. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student directions for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)Rubric for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)2 Example one pagers (One based on the short stor
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6th - 12th
Also included in: One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
Graphic Novels Before and After Reading Teaching Activity Bundle
Help your students read graphic novels with purpose and analyze them more deeply with this Graphic Novels Before and After Reading Teaching Activity Bundle.Included in this bundle is a PowerPoint to explain the basics of graphic novels to your students, including:* the characteristics of graphic novels* the features of graphic novels * how to read a graphic novel* the types of conventions authors use in graphic novels* and some basic tips to remember while reading a graphic novel. Also included
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6th - 12th
Poetry One-Pager | Poetry Project, Poem Analysis, One Pager for ANY POEM
Assign your students a one pager poetry analysis project and have your students share their understanding of ANY POEM by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images from the text. You can pick one poem for your whole class to use or have all your students pick their own individual poems! Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student directions for the one pager projectHolistic
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
The Gift of the Magi: Reading, Discussion, & Literary Analysis
Need a seasonal literature activity with a text that’s complex enough? Do you want to teach a short story, collaboration, essay writing, and/or literary terms?This collaborative unit teaches the short story “The Gift of the Magi” in a way that engages every learner from start to finish! Pick and choose from premade lessons, class discussion, vocabulary, and a small-group literary analysis essay. All students will be pushed to interact with the text and each other!"The Gift of the Magi" is a grea
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7th - 10th
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Literary Analysis Essay: Build a "Case File" of Text Evidence for ANY Novel!
NOW INCLUDES GOOGLE: Are you looking for a new, engaging way to teach literary analysis? Call the claim/thesis a "conspiracy theory", and tell students that they have to "prove" it!Ideal for students who are new or intermediate with lit analysis, this project makes students use inductive reasoning without realizing it. In this Common Core aligned project, student groups choose a question about the novel and come up with a "conspiracy theory" (thesis) to answer that question. DURING reading, smal
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!
Shakespeare's Hamlet and The Lion King Comparison Analysis Answer Key Rubrics
Use this lesson for Shakespeare's Hamlet to get students thinking critically, creatively and outside of the box! This lesson compares Disney’s The Lion King to Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Hamlet. Disney's animated film has a number of clearly discernible parallels to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In fact, in the 2004 special release of the The Lion King, the commentary confirms inspiration from the great Shakespeare. This lesson plan will help students draw inferences, make connections and identify
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Independent Reading: Goal Setting and Assignments
Independent reading assessments are always tricky: you want students to read something they enjoy, at their reading level and at their own pace. How, then, do you assess them when they are all over the place? How can you give an assignment when some have finished three books, while several are struggling to get through one? How do you reward both the voracious reader and the reader who has proudly and tenaciously finished just one? Most importantly, how do you instill a love of reading and st
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Reading workshop bundle for middle or high school reader's workshop
A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit - Drama and Analysis Activities for AMND
Are you ready to make your A Midsummer Night’s Dream unit truly magical? Immerse your students in the world of this William Shakespeare play with an interactive drama unit, an abridged version of AMND to perform, and two escape room games to introduce and review key concepts. Your A Midsummer Night’s Dream teaching unit is:✅ Interactive✅ Adaptable✅ EngagingYour A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit includes:Drama Unit for Interactive NotebooksAnalyzing dramaActing mini-lessons and activitiesIntroducti
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7th - 10th
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Short Research Project: Native American Creation Stories
This Short Research Project for Native American Creation Stories is very flexible and very low prep. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, or in a non English class looking to incorporate research in a fun way! Use it to kick off a unit in an American Literature class. This is also a great assignment in allowing students to gain awareness of other cultures or even their own. Student Experience: Students will research a Native American creation story and design a media presenta
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Project based learning: Who Killed Edgar Allen Poe
Who or What Killed Edgar Allen Poe?Edgar Allen Poe’s death has been the subject of speculation for over 150 years. Have your students meet the suspects, compare and contrast eyewitness statements of his symptoms to current medical knowledge, and write persuasive pieces to promote their theory of who or what killed Poe.Rubrics, a number of extension activities and extra credit assignments are included (in editable format) as well as character dossiers of people in Poe’s life, the lesson plan and
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8th - 12th
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Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities - Roles, Rubrics, and Worksheets
These literature circle roles include 7 inquiry-based job descriptions to facilitate student-led book clubs. These responsibilities offer students the opportunity to practice essential reading strategies. This unit also includes editable and ready-to-print rubrics, a pacing guide, and scaffolding worksheets.Included with these Literature Circle Roles:✏️ Handouts Outlining Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Scaffolding Worksheets for Each Role✏️ Task Chart Graphic Organizer and Pa
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7th - 10th
The Great Gatsby & Roaring 20s Activity - Print and Digital Escape Room
Introduce The Great Gatsby in a fun and engaging way with this Roaring Twenties themed escape room! Students will learn about the Roaring 20s era by studying how WWI impacted society, Prohibition, Women's Liberation figures, and also decode a Secret Quote they can analyze for theme! This bundle of Roaring Twenties activities has a Quality of Life reading and Vocabulary Match-Up, Icons & Influencers Biographies, a Prohibition-Era Song Close Reading activity, and a secret quote. You can prese
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9th - 12th
Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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Teaching Resources for Sold by Patricia McCormick
Over 100 pages of materials, assignments and activities for teaching Patricia McCormick's vignette-style novel, Sold.
PLEASE SEE THE PREVIEW FOR THE FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Pre reading activities: background knowledge research assignment, writing prompts, related articles, websites and more.
During reading activities: comprehension and recall questions with answer key, writing prompts, related articles/web resources, character chart, discussion group activity, reader respon
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7th - 10th
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Shakespeare Life & Sonnet Unit - One Week Mini-Unit
This 6-8 day customizable Shakespeare introduction unit contains the materials and lesson plans needed to teach students the life of William Shakespeare and the basics of his sonnets. This includes a background into the rhyme and meter of the sonnet form. It could be used in any ELA classroom as an introduction to Shakespeare or one of his plays. I use it in my Shakespearean Literature course before reading any of his plays. ⭐The bundle includes: Introductory powerpoint to sonnet form and subjec
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for Grades 9-12
Literary Analysis Comparative Essay Unit - EDITABLE
Over 300 sold! For the past several years of my teaching career, I have used this comparative essay as the “capstone” writing piece for my sophomore English students (though this essay would probably work even better at the junior and senior level). The premise is fairly simple: students choose their two favorite pieces of literature from the year (poems, short stories, novels, nonfiction works, or a combination) and write an essay comparing the themes and literary devices in those works.All of
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10th - 12th
Writing Rubric for Literary Analysis Essays, High School Essay Writing
Use this common core aligned essay rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for literary analysis essay writing. This rubric has five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content & Word Choice, Conventions/Word Choice. Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from the Common Core standards – excellent for using as a teaching tool with your students! Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from th
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9th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Theme and Character Analysis Final Essay
This final essay is the perfect way to end your Of Mice and Men novel study. This essay writing resource will help you walk your students through the entire writing process as students analyze various characters and how they all tie to the common thread of loneliness. In a five-paragraph essay, the prompt asks students to analyze the book's idea of loneliness and how it relates to three characters. This resource includes the following essay writing items:⭐️ essay handout sheet⭐️ essay outline⭐️
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8th - 11th
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Project Book Trailer Step-by-step Guide (PBL)-Fully Editable
Fun and Engaging Project Idea!Book Trailer Project is a digital storytelling activity for middle school or high school students after they finish reading a book. Students need to take the key idea from the book to create a short video that persuades people to check out a book they have read.-----------------------------Update 2022-04-26Included fully editable handout in MS WORD format.-----------------------------Update 2021-02-21We have updated the content with the following1) Updated step by s
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Lord of the Flies Escape Room (paper + digital) - Unit Review Activities
Are you ready for an engaging review for your Lord of the Flies unit? Students review the novel by William Golding by completing a series of puzzles to demonstrate understanding of plot, character, figurative language, conflict, and theme. There’s even a TWIST ending!Highlights✅ Paper game (no locks required)✅ Digital game with automatic answer validation✅ Full teacher’s guide and set-up instructions✅ ~45 minutes for on-level 9th gradersEach version contains the same Lord of the Flies review act
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7th - 10th
"Popsy" by Stephen King Horror Story Study | Printable & Digital
Introduce your students to the horror genre with "Popsy" by Stephen King! This short story brings the deliciously creepy world of Stephen King to the classroom while challenging students to use their inference skills.Stephen King is automatically a name that engages students. As soon as you introduce "Popsy," they'll be excited to read.With this "Popsy" by Stephen King Horror Study, students will first read and analyze the text using the included reading questions. These include a mix of basic c
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Study Unit for Digital or In-person
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