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High school literature lessons for SMART Notebook
The Poisonwood Bible: Understanding Author Technique
This Smart file has fifteen slides that ask students to take a close look at two passages from “Genesis”. The first one is a quote that develops the character of Rachel. Students will do a close read and decide on Kingsolver’s purpose. Then, I provide them with a rough draft paragraph that analyzes the passage, and ask them to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. Next, they will look at a second draft, which is much better, but could use some improvements. Students will discuss this as w
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10th - 12th
Story Characters - Using Body Biographies to Help With Character Analysis
This Smart Board Activity uses an INTERACTIVE character to go through the instructions!! Your students are sure to love participating with the character!!!
Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. A body biography is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a body biography, students practice character analysis, understanding liter
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Story Characters - Using "Fakebook" to create a character analysis (Smartboard)
Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. This engaging activity allows students to combine the authentic experience of reading social media text with the fun of creating a new “Fakebook” page that is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a “Fakebook” page, students practice character analysis, understanding literary devices, and d
Grades:
5th - 12th
Analyzing Quotations
Students often struggle to analyze quotations and write about them. This is an interactive, step by step process to get them thinking about the "How and Why" of analyzing quotes. Included are additional quotes to practice after walking through the steps as a class.
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5th - 10th
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Echo and Narcissus
This unit was developed to use on your SMARTboard as an introduction to mythology. The unit includes student surveys, vocabulary development, contextual clue practice, true/false questions, comprehension questions, and an enrichment activity for advanced students.
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7th - 9th
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
This is a week long unit for the study of this famous poem. The lesson focuses on the following: literary devices, inferences, theme, symbolism. The study is enhanced with lessons to activate background knowledge, vocabulary, sequencing, and writing application. There is also a bonus enrichment activity for advanced students.
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7th - 9th
Nabokov: Good Readers and Good Writers - SMARTBoard Presentation
In 1948 Vladimir Nabokov gave a series of lectures at Cornell University on various pieces of classic literature. His opening lecture called "Good Readers and Good Writers" has become a useful classroom tool in helping students develop a plan for reading difficult classic literature. In my experience, the lecture generates substantial discussion as Nabokov attacks some of reading habits that students hold dear as being "immature."
This SMARTBoard presentation is useful at the beginnin
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 1
This is the first of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L.6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pages of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . . If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 2 a
Grades:
6th - 9th
Teaching the Theme of a Novel
While reading a given novel (we read Johnny Tremain), students will put sticky notes into their novel each time a big topic comes up. Big topics include: war, independence, growing-up, love, hatred, peace, etc. Students then generate theme statements based on the textual evidence from the novel. If you use the Reader's Handbook, you can use more ideas of big topics. I like doing it this way because I want the theme of a novel to be more than one or two words. I want the students to articul
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6th - 9th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 3
This is the third of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L.6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pp. of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . .If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 1 and
Grades:
6th - 9th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 2
This is the second of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L. 6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pp. of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . . If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 1 a
Grades:
6th - 9th
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Political Background presentation
Give students an easy to understand background to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Presentation goes over the politics and rise of Caesar, and leaves them off right as the play begins. Smartboard file with activities and information for note-taking.
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9th - 12th
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The Cay - Conflict Matching
Theodore Taylor's The Cay involves a variety of conflicts involving the two main characters, Timothy and Phillip. In this SMARTboard activity, there are 8 conflicts that happen in the story. Students must sort these conflicts based on what type it is (person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. self, or person vs. nature). Enjoy!
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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