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High school literature homeschool curricula for Google Apps
Literary Analysis Essay Unit: High School Response to Literature (2023 Update)
Newly updated, this Literary Analysis Complete Unit provides EVERYTHING you need to successfully teach students the art of responding to literature via the Literary Analysis Essay. Starting at the very beginning, you'll find lessons explaining what Literary Analysis means, ready-to-use writing prompts, graphic organizers, literary analysis templates, thesis statement lessons & practice activities, mentor introduction, body, & conclusion paragraphs, common mistakes and how to avoid them,
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
"The Most Dangerous Game" Short Story Unit
This "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing conflict, characterization, foreshadowing, theme, and more while practicing close reading strategies. Eye-catching visuals and scaffolded connections help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. *****
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
"The Scarlet Ibis" Short Story Unit
This "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing conflict, symbolism, and theme while practicing close reading strategies. Eye-catching visuals and scaffolded connections help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. ********************************************
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Literary Analysis Graphic Organizer -Literary Analysis Essay Unit - Grade 8 - 12
Struggling to break down the literary analysis skill set for all learners? This student-friendly process makes a complex set of skills easier to teach. With 19 templates and numerous worksheets, handouts, and exercises, you can leave school at school instead of reinventing the wheel in your lesson plans! All materials are provided in both PDF and Google Slides, so in-person instruction can easily switch to remote. Use color coding and visuals to teach students how to analyze literary elements an
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: High School English Writing - Research - Literary Analysis - Argument
"Flowers for Algernon" Short Story Digital Notebook - PAPERLESS
If you teach the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, you NEED this Paperless Digital Notebook that has EVERYTHING you need to teach the unit: Pre-Reading, Through the Text, Post-Reading, and Vocabulary Activities that are student-centered, engaging, and standards-based! This complete unit focused on characterization, motive, parallel episodes, and more. Plus, it provides relevant and intentional pre-reading activities to help students learn about their own intelligences and buil
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7th - 10th
The Alchemist Novel Study, Unit Plan, Bundle Discussion Questions, Comprehension
Are you seeking a fun and engaging novel study to teach Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist? This novel study was created to increase student engagement and excitement about the author, Paulo Coelho as well as Santiago's quest toward his Personal Legend. This bundle provides students with a variety of exciting activities such as creative projects, discussion-based activities that get them moving around the room and talking to their peers, structured literary analysis paragraphs, discussion questions (c
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6th - 12th
Literary Devices Presentation
Need to ramp up your teaching of Literary Devices? Look no further! This beautifully presented slide deck is great for teaching common literary elements and having students take notes. Even better, though, it can also be stored in students’ Google Drive or One Drive to refer back to again and again! This resource takes 14 of the most commonly Literary Devices and breaks them in a meaningful way. Including examples from movies, literature, poems, songs, and pop culture, these concepts become more
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
"The Cask of Amontillado" Short Story Unit
This "The Cask of Amontillado" resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing irony, character, and foreshadowing while practicing close reading strategies. Eye-catching visuals and cultural connections help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. AND, now the printable version is included, too!**
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Raise your hand if you teach short stories! This Paperless bundle of popular short stories is a perfect way to dig into literature standards–each unit is presented in a scaffolded way that’s thorough, rigorous, eye-catching, and FUN! This Growing BUNDLE includes all of my Digital Short Story Notebooks so that you can teach whole units with ease. Plus, buying the bundle saves you 20%! Focusing on short stories commonly taught in the upper-middle and high school classrooms, these units provide p
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8th - 10th
"Thank You, M'am" Short Story Unit
This "Thank You, M’am" by Langston Hughes resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing characterization and theme while practicing close reading and summarizing strategies. Eye-catching visuals and scaffolded connections help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. ******************************
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
"Broken Chain" Short Story Unit
This "Broken Chain" by Gary Soto resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing conflict, characterization, and figurative language while practicing close reading strategies. Eye-catching visuals and scaffolded activites help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. ********************************
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
"The Necklace" Short Story Unit
This "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant resource works as a complete unit that gets students analyzing irony, characterization, motive, theme, and more while practicing close reading strategies. Eye-catching visuals and scaffolded connections help to build student knowledge, and an included literary response prompt helps students to consolidate their thinking. Completely paperless, this Google Slides resource is perfect for whole-class, group, or individual completion. ************************
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
All the Light We Cannot See Novel Study, Bundle, Unit Plan, Anthony Doerr
SAVE 30% OFF on this 6-week Unit Plan for All the Light We Cannot See for Anthony Doerr’s novel. This is an UPDATED version of my original All the Light We Cannot See novel study bundle: The updates I have made now make this bundle more affordable for teachers, the unit is now condensed so that it is taught in a 6-week unit, and it now provides a daily pacing guide to help teachers stay organized with the reading schedule and overall pacing of the unit. The pacing guide includes detailed notes t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
The Alchemist Pre-Reading Anticipatory Lesson, Paulo Coelho, Novel Study
Get your students excited to read The Alchemist with this anticipatory lesson. During this activity, students watch a short video clip about the author, Paulo Coelho. Coelho's story is fascinating and your students will be intrigued by his ability to overcome obstacles in order to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Students answer discussion questions after watching the video in order to deepen their understanding of our author and make connections to their own lives. During this lesson, stu
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7th - 12th
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All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr Pre-Reading Questions Characterization
This includes two close reading activities for pages 5-9 of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See- section Zero of the novel. This scene drops students right into a war-torn Saint Malo. This is a great introductory activity since students are introduced to both main characters, Marie-Laure and Werner who have both been trapped due to the bombing all around them. During each activity, students practice analyzing evidence and interpreting important literary devices within each passage, such
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6th - 12th
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1984 Introduction Anticipation Guide an Interactive Activity
Don't kill the unit before it's even begun! For years I gave a boring power point introduction to give my students necessary background information on 1984 to ensure their success. Every semester, I dreaded this day; I knew it was a total bore to my students. What a way to set the tone for a new unit! ;) So, I got smarter and created this introductory interactive activity. Not only are my students learning the necessary background info, but they’re also learning more! And they’re doing it in a v
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8th - 12th
The Giver Final Project: Essay Argumentative Speech Lois Lowry Paragraph Writing
In need of an engaging essay for The Giver by Lois Lowry? Students complete this argumentative speech essay anytime after having read through chapter 12 of The Giver. Students create an argumentative speech that focuses on many of the themes from The Giver. Students write from the perspective of Jonas, arguing to do away with the harsh restrictions of their society. This is a great resource if you are looking for a final project for The Giver.Included in the assignment is an argumentative speech
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5th - 9th
Character Analysis BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Do your students struggle to understand characterization? Teach CHARACTER ANALYSIS in a fun way that sticks! This bundle teaches the methods of characterization and different character types, provides a digital character analysis notebook to practice analyzing characters in a class text or independent novel, and offers a character analysis essay prompt and lessons complete with a mentor essay for students to analyze and write their own. And, it's all PAPERLESS and visually appealing, making stu
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7th - 10th
1984 by George Orwell Engaging Creative Writing Activity, Character Journals
This is a fun and engaging creative writing activity for 1984 by George Orwell. During this activity, students complete two engaging digital journal entry writing assignments. This activity should be completed after finishing Book 2 of 1984 (once Julia and Winston are caught by the Thought Police). This is a great activity to explore character analysis (characterization) and student creativity. This lesson is for teachers looking for a fun and engaging 1984 activity to re-energize students' exci
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9th - 12th
The Alchemist: Theme, Symbolism Discussion Questions Introductory Paulo Coelho
This is a creative and engaging reading guide full of discussion questions to introduce Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. As students begin reading The Alchemist, they begin tracking and analyzing Coelho's use of symbolism. Included in the guide are textual analysis chapter questions that cover the first 6 sections of the novel (pgs. 1-17). These chapter questions move beyond comprehension and instead, ask students to think critically about the characters and events. Students practice gathering text
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5th - 12th
The Poet X FULL UNIT (14 classes)
This complete ELA unit for the verse novel The Poet X includes a comprehensive UBD unit plan (Common Core Standards met, transferable skills, understandings, essential questions, assessments, and a day-by-day lesson plan with pacing recommendations), an introductory Google slideshow for the unit, annotation homework assignments, daily Google Slideshows for each class discussion, a cumulative assessment poetry project, tools for running a poetry-writing workshop in the classroom, and an end-of-un
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8th - 12th
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All The Light We Cannot See Novel Study Pacing Guide, Reading Schedule Unit Plan
All the Light We Cannot See Novel Study Placing Guide/ Planning Guide/ Reading Schedule: Teaching Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is an exciting journey however; the lengthiness of the novel can make the planning process a bit overwhelming and time-consuming for busy teachers. It took me multiple semesters to get the pacing dialed in for this novel. This is why I created this All the Light We Cannot See novel study pacing guide. This guide supports teachers with choosing the activiti
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7th - 12th
All the Light We Cannot See Paragraph Characterization Discussion Questions
This includes two engaging lessons for Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See. Students complete two close reading activities with discussion questions for section One 1934 (Pages 17-26). Students analyze a passage that describes the Sea of Flames myth. This scene is important to analyze because students are introduced to one of the most important symbols in the book: The Sea of Flames. After reading the passage, students answer discussion questions about the myth of the Sea of Flames. Stud
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7th - 12th
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All the Light We Cannot See Anticipatory Activities Intro Historical Context
Get your students excited about reading Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See with these three anticipatory activities from my novel study. First, students complete a search and study activity to learn about more about the author. Students read an article about Doerr and then complete research about his personal life. Afterward, students complete two activities to build background and learn about the historical context of the novel. These activities include a short video describing the pur
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7th - 12th
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