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Literature independent work packets for homeschool
Book Report Projects for Any Book Student Instructions Rubrics & Digital Options
Try these 15 creative book projects to spice up your reading program. These book project worksheets include everything you need for a comprehensive reading unit!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:15 Creative Book ProjectsDIGITAL:Google Slides (no outside materials needed!)Video InstructionsDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintVideo Instructions Self-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! Th
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3rd - 6th
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
The One and Only Ivan - Book Study
This novel study is based on the wonderful book - The One and Only Ivan - by Katherine Applegate. I made an activity for each of what I thought were the main ideas or important points that the students should get (page lengths vary by idea and activity). The activities include text-based questions, sequencing, main idea and details, characterization, compare and contrast, cause and effect, writing to text, author's purpose and point of view.The actual activities are included on 32 pages. A commo
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2nd - 5th
The Crucible Unit Plan, Arthur Miller, Lesson Plans
Teach Miller's The Crucible from beginning to end with challenging, creative, and real-world activities. The resources in this literature guide for The Crucible are classic yet modern, rigorous yet fun, and of course, easy to prep and organized to make your job easier. Student Experience: From the active reading graphic organizers with QR links to videos where students can hear from Miller himself to the modern witch hunt short research project to the paired poetry lesson with Anne Bradstreet's
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10th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Bundle | Short Stories
Identifying the reading skill that students are struggling with is only half the battle - it’s so frustrating to search for the perfect reading comprehension passage to target your desired skill. My Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages were written intentionally to give targeted, repeated practice on ten discrete fiction reading skills. My making inferences passages have clues lurking for students to make unsaid connections, my figurative language passages are chock full of similes and metapho
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3rd - 6th
Macbeth Unit Plan, Shakespeare, Lesson Plans
This Macbeth unit plan with over 375 pages of lessons is designed to help you teach Macbeth from beginning to end. From paired poetry and nonfiction to creative art projects and writing prompts to differentiated note-taking and comprehension exercises, you will be very pleased with what this classroom-tested, 4-5 week literature guide for Shakespeare's Macbeth offers. You will love the quizzes, trackers, and questions to make sure your students are reading and understanding. Your admin will love
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9th - 12th
Book Reports for 7 Book Genres + Project Ideas for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Writing a book report, no matter the book genre, has never been easier with these no-prep guided reports make it easy for students to show their understanding of the text!Whether your students are reading historical fiction, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, realistic fiction, informational, or biography, this resource is amazing!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Each of the 7 genres includes:A pre-reading worksheet.A 2-page guided book report specific to the genre.A choice board of 4 different creative
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3rd - 6th
Reading Response Sheets & Graphic Organizers for Any Book
These reading response worksheets are the perfect, ready-to-use way to keep your students accountable for what they are reading. Just what you need if you use an independent reading program such as Reader's Workshop or have multiple small reading groups.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:22 No-Prep WorksheetsDIGITAL:Easel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintMany pages to choose fromGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resource is part of a money-
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3rd - 6th
The Great Gatsby Movie Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plans
Add rigor and interest to your The Great Gatsby unit or movie study with this The Great Gatsby Movie Viewing Guide! The activities included could be used with your study of the novel or movie, but they are not novel to film comparisons. This pack works with the 1974 or 2013 version of the movie to study a film as a text. Each of these no prep, standards-based activities and assignments is classroom tested and student approved, and will have you covered for up to two weeks!Student Experience: S
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9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
With this set of resources, you will have a full year's worth of materials for teaching American literature from America's beginnings to today. If you are new to an American Literature course/junior English, or if you are a veteran teacher looking to make some changes, address differentiation, or add diversity, this comprehensive resource will provide you more than enough material to do a great job – with as little prep for you as possible! For each time period through the course of American Li
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9th - 12th
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Mini Unit, Lesson Plan
This low prep unit for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the perfect standards-based resource just in time for Halloween. Your middle and high school students explore the legend through a careful process of close reading and thought-provoking activities while taking note of the author's expert narrative techniques.Student Experience: Students will read the short story and follow along with a set of questions. The reading will conclude with an interactive plot chart review ac
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7th - 9th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Brown Girl Dreaming by J.Woodson; A CCSS Aligned, PDF & Digital Book Study
OVERVIEW: If you like to inspire, teach, and motivate your students using award-winning, literature, don't overlook this amazing memoir: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2015 Newbery Honor Award, 2015 Coretta Scott King Award, 2014 National Book Award, and 2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award). Use this PDF, custom-made, no-prep, CCSS aligned memoir-study to help your students focus, understand, and stretch themselves as they read. If you want to use it with distance lea
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5th - 9th
*BEST SELLING* Word Work Worksheets - Use With ANY Spelling List- Print & Go!
These word work worksheets can be used for any spelling list of 15 or 20 words (or less), or with any type of word work practice. Print & Go! These can be used with Daily 5 or any spelling program that you use. Send home for homework or use in class! Included: Poster of Word Work Options for StudentsNormal & SquigglyForward & BackwardsPencil and PenRhyme It!ABC OrderRainbow WordsFancy WordsHighlight the VowelsSpelling SentencesSilly SentencesSpiral SpellingSyllable SearchGraph ItPyra
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1st - 5th
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Poetry Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These poetry analysis and comprehension worksheets in printable and digital format are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig deeper and closely read a poem. Get ready for National Poetry Month!! The no prep sheets can be used in isolation, or you could use several for one poem depending on what your needs are. You can have these ready and pull them out a moment's notice to conduct an amazingly in-depth lesson of your favorite poem.Stu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
Figurative Language Quiz : Print and Self-Grading Google Form
Use this figurative language quiz for a quick check of your students. They will read and identify examples of metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and onomatopoeia. Located on Google forms, this product is 100% digital and self-grading! A printable PDF is also included in your purchase.This Download Contains:Self-grading Google forms version of quizPrintable PDF version of fill-in-the-blank quizAnswer KeyYou Might Also Like:Differentiated ELA Activities: Color by NumberText Struc
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4th - 8th
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British Literature Curriculum, Year-Long Curriculum, BUNDLE+, English Lessons
This complete curriculum is designed for teaching British literature, and you will have a full year's worth of materials for teaching the canon of British literature from Britain's beginnings to today. Teach from Anglo-Saxon literature to Swift's satire to T.S. Eliot's existentialism. With each time period through the course of British Literature, I’ve provided complete teaching packs for some key canonical pieces to represent the time period. Student Experience: Students will encounter a mix
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10th - 12th
Poetry Packet — 5 Poems (Middle School Poetry Unit: 7th, 8th or 9th Grade Level)
This Poetry Packet includes 5 Poems your students will read and analyze. The poems included are suggested for a Middle School Poetry Unit: 7th, 8th or 9th Grade ELA.This packet is a wonderful tool because you can have students complete the analyses of the poems in a variety of ways: whole-class, independently and/or collaboratively.The poems included in this packet are:"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth"We Wear The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunb
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7th - 9th
Their Eyes Were Watching God Unit Plan, Literature Guide, Lesson Plans
This low-prep, standards-based, complete unit plan is designed to take your students through Their Eyes Were Watching God in a way that the novel comes alive. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a beautifully written novel that gently yet powerfully portrays the story of women, race, love, and life. Hurston’s masterwork, Their Eyes Were Watching God, however, is more than simply the story of a woman finding herself and extending her horizons: Janie's journey is a picture of her growth and self-dis
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9th - 12th
Most Popular Short Stories Bundle — 8th, 9th, 10th Grade ELA Short Stories
Working on a short story unit? Look no further for resources. Here are the Most Popular Short Stories Bundled for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade ELA!Included in this bundle: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell All products include reading comprehension questions and
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7th - 10th
A Raisin in the Sun Movie Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plan
Add rigor to your movie viewing experience with this A Raisin in the Sun: Movie Viewing Guide. This pack of activities is an excellent way to add some rigor to your viewing of the 1961 or 2008 A Raisin in the Sun movie. It is not a play to film comparison guide. These activities are tailored specifically for this movie! Student Experience: From a thorough active viewing guide to an analysis of symbols and theme to a paired poem to an argumentative prompt, students will be challenged as you teac
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9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Cricket in Times Square Chapter Activities AND Comprehension Questions
These “Cricket in Times Square” literature activities are designed to make using the book easy for you and fun for the kids! These activities are great to use for daily reading/writing classwork, homework, extensions to the book, group assignments, or just for fun reading/writing lessons that align to Common Core Standards! This is meant to be a PRINT/ASSIGN and GO activity, with little to no prep on your part required! The answer key for chapter activities are at the end of this packet for your
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3rd - 5th
DIGITAL/GOOGLE I Am Malala- Young Readers Edition Reading Journal/ Novel Unit
NOW DIGITAL! This unit includes a link to a Google Slides and Google Docs student work packet. This product is a literature circle novel unit for the book, "I Am Malala." It breaks the book into sections and provides space for:SummaryComprehension QuestionsStudent Question/AnswerVocabulary EnrichmentGraphic Organizer or Tech ConnectionThis is a great unit that I use in my own classroom. It is ready to go right out of the printer and provides the teacher with helpful ideas and links. It is aligne
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5th - 12th
Novel Study: Independent Reading Teacher Guide Assignment
Tired of book reports and literary essays?SO ARE YOUR STUDENTS!What they need is more freedom and control over their learning, and there's no better way to give it to them than to make them the teachers! In this independent novel study, students are able to pick any novel they like, and then create a guide/textbook to teach the text. It's a great resource for group reading circles and other differentiated / personalized / Problem Based Learning style lessons. Designed for diverse learning enviro
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7th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
The Canterbury Tales Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
In this 2-3 week unit plan for The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's captivating writing style along with his rich satire and timely themes will captivate even your most reluctant readers. While most may shy away from this classic and complex text, Chaucer's approach and purpose are really connected to today's world and should be a classroom staple. This unit plan is designed to provide today's students with the tools they need to discern and conquer the text, so they can enjoy it and see how Chaucer
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10th - 12th
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