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High school literature lessons under $5
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Shirley Jackson's compelling short story, The Lottery, using this comprehensive resource designed to engage your students. Included are presentation slides to guide the lesson, reading analysis questions to deepen understanding, a symbolism assignment to enhance critical thinking and a video comparison assignment for added context. Additionally, students will have th
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8th - 12th
Socratic Seminar for ANY Text: Literary Analysis - Distance Learning
The Socratic Seminar is named after Greek philosopher Socrates, who believed in the power of social learning and deliberate discussion. Socrates believed that humans learned best from questioning and discussion. He believed discussion helped individuals critically think through complex ideas and learn better than they could on their own. You can think of a Socratic Seminar as an “intellectual discussion,” but you can also see it as a conversation where you “think out loud” and “talk it out.” Ess
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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First, Second, & Third Person - Point of View Worksheets
Do you need a quick and easy way to teach point of view? These worksheets will show students how to identify the perspective from which a story is told which will help them effectively analyze literature, improve their critical thinking skills, help them understand the author's purpose, and increase their ability to recognize potential bias. It is important that students are able to accurately identify the main points of view commonly used in texts to gain a deeper understanding of what they a
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5th - 9th
The Tell Tale Heart Unit | Print & Digital | Close Reading | Full Text
Use this standards-based unit to introduce students to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” This resource is packed with activities your students will love, including audio support! Everything you need for a comprehensive and engaging unit is included in printable and digital formats! Printable PDF and digital Google Drive versions are included. Included With Your Purchase:Teacher's Guide "The Tell-Tale Heart" Full Text with Audio Support Introductory ActivityInference
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6th - 9th
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A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Slides, Assignments, Activities
A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury Short Story Slides, Assignments, Activities: Take your students on a thrilling journey through time with Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" using this comprehensive short story resource. Packed with engaging materials to facilitate learning and assessment, this resource includes a dynamic presentation to guide your lesson, thought-provoking analysis questions to deepen student understanding, and a descriptive writing activity that challenges students to vividl
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8th - 11th
Socratic Seminar for ANY Text - Literary Analysis Classroom Discussion Activity
Facilitating a Socratic Seminar in the classroom is a great way to discuss, review, and analyze literature. This Socratic Seminar resource is a great resource for teachers who are looking to assess a student’s understanding of literary analysis. This literature-based Socratic Seminar activity includes everything you need to facilitate a successful Socratic Seminar about any literary text in your classroom, including premade Socratic Seminar questions that work with any piece of fiction. I love
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8th - 11th
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The Tell Tale Heart Activities | Comic Book Project | Edgar Allan Poe
Your students will transform Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" into a comic book! Two comic book templates are included with this product: a comic book template with the "Tell Tale Heart" narrative included or a blank comic book template for students to write their own narrative. Both serve as an excellent assignment for reviewing the plot of Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell Tale Heart". INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE: "Tell Tale Heart" Comic Book Cover Page: A comic book cover page is included for s
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6th - 9th
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Presentation and Activities
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Presentation and Activities: Immerse your students in the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic masterpiece, The Tell-Tale Heart, with these comprehensive short story materials. This resource equips educators with everything necessary to effectively teach the classic work of gothic fiction and engage students in meaningful learning experiences. Included are the full text of the story, a presentation to guide the lesson, a figurative langu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Characterization Mini-Unit | STEAL Characterization Guided Notes
Looking for quick, engaging, digital activities to introduce characterization skills? In this interactive Google Slides mini-unit, students will learn multiple reading skills such as distinguishing character traits and emotions, making direct and indirect characterization using "STEAL", analyzing a character's intrinsic or extrinsic motivations, and finally, classifying characters as protagonists/antagonist, major/minor, round/flat, dynamic/static.This resource is chunked into 4 parts for you to
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6th - 9th
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The Outsiders Activity - Analyzing the Theme of Stereotyping in the Novel
The Outsiders Activity - Analyzing the Theme of Stereotyping in the Novel is a fun and creative activity that will help your students make connections and analyze theme. After reading chapters 3-4 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, students will participate in an interactive activity that will help them examine their own stereotypes and stereotypes made in the novel. This activity for The Outsiders is designed to help students empathize with the characters in the novel and examine the complexities
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7th - 10th
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The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
Looking for engaging, meaningful resources for teaching Kate Chopin's 'The Story of An Hour'? Whether you have been teaching this story for years and are looking for something fresh, or have never taught it before, these resources will guide you and your students through a critical reading of this poignant short story. CONTENTSPrintable Version of the Text Included (in the public domain)Lesson Ideas:Although there is no step-by-step lesson plan contained, this teacher’s page gives ideas for pre-
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit: Student Workbooks
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit Slides, Assignments and Activities
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit has everything you need to teach this classic work of dystopian fiction, The Veldt by Ray Bradbury and includes resources to assess student understanding, as well as get them working on their creativity and writing skills with reading response questions, a missing persons report activity, and a creative writing real estate listing for George and Lydia activity. Also included is a PowerPoint presentation that lays out the unit for you, as well as provid
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8th - 12th
Literary Genres Activities and Reading Lessons for Middle and High School
This literary genre bundle contains practical and engaging materials to help students learn the similarities and differences between various narrative genres they will encounter when reading texts. The goal is to help students identify the characteristics of the genres included and to distinguish between them when reading an excerpt of a narrative text. Use this resource as a complement to your book club or independent reading program! Included, you will find the following...Introduction to Narr
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6th - 9th
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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
Looking for engaging, meaningful resources for teaching Richard Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game'? Whether you have been teaching this story for years and are looking for something fresh, or have never taught it before, these resources will guide you and your students through a critical reading of this intriguing short story. CONTENTSPrintable Version of the Text Included (in the public domain)Lesson Ideas:Although there is no step-by-step lesson plan contained, this teacher’s page gives ideas
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit: Student Workbooks
Literary Analysis Using Pixar Short Films
I love to use these short films as a way to review literary elements with my students OR a way to introduce the concept of analysis. Sometimes, my students find it easier and less “scary” to analyze a film rather than a piece of literature. Each short film comes with a sheet of questions for students to review topics such as: • Symbolism • Theme • Mood • Characterization • Imagery • And so much more!These questions will push students to think outside of the box and actually analyze/apply what
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: High School English Lesson Bundle | Essential English Skills
Why You Should Read Learning Stations - Informational Text - Benefits of Reading
SHOW students why they should read through these engaging, collaborative learning stations that feature informational text + multimedia. Each station focuses on a different benefit of reading.These stations work well for any ELA class. They're great for the beginning of the year/semester, before literature circles, or before any whole-class or independent/choice reading project.When you purchase this resource, you will receive the following in both PRINT and DIGITAL (Google Slides & Forms) v
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Roaring 20s Learning Stations -- Pre-Reading Context for The Great Gatsby
Instead of a boring introductory lecture to provide students with historical context for F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby, facilitate hands-on learning stations!There are 6 stations. If you don't have time for all 6, you can pick which ones best fit the needs of your students! Each station contains a link to an informational text and a few questions. This activity can be done digitally, or you could just as easily print off the texts for each stations. This product also comes with
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9th - 12th
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Direct and Indirect Characterization Bundle: Lesson, Activities, PowerPoint
Teach direct and indirect characterization with this engaging lesson and activity bundle designed for middle (advanced) and high school students. This lesson uses the "STEAL" acronym to help students remember the five unique methods of indirect characterization. Students will discover the strategies authors use to develop characters when writing short stories. This bundle will successfully move to students to a point where they can begin analyzing how complex characters are developed and, in tur
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8th - 12th
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
Looking for engaging, meaningful resources for teaching Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace'? Whether you have been teaching this story for years and are looking for something fresh, or have never taught it before, these resources will guide you and your students through a critical reading of this shocking short story. CONTENTSPrintable Version of the Text Included (in the public domain)Lesson Ideas:Although there is no step-by-step lesson plan contained, this teacher’s page gives ideas for pre-re
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit: Student Workbooks
British Literature Time Period Introductions : British Literature Activities
Never worry about how to start a British Literature unit again! These succinct British literature time period introductions are designed to help you deliver simple context before diving into your British literature unit of study. Each time period includes a paragraph about the history, context of literature, and culture of the time. Anyone who knows history knows that it's impossible to cover everything before beginning a unit, but these summaries provide an essential overview.You will get: ⭐T
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9th - 12th
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List of Mood / Tone Words - Reference Sheet for Students - Handout
Handy and reusable reference sheet for students - perfect for close reading literature, end of year test prep, and creative writing.The list includes mood/tone words that are separated by category: positive, negative, and neutral.Also included is a short description of how to identify mood/tone and a few examples.This is a great reference for students which can be used to reinforce the skill of identifying mood and tone throughout the year.This resource offers an extensive and insightful list of
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4th - 10th
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Create a Character Stocking: Symbolism, Characterization, and Analysis Activity
Characterization is one of the most important things we teach in the secondary ELA classroom, so why not revisit some of your favorite, loved characters from the year around the holidays?With this activity, students will receive a blank holiday stocking to color and design so that it serves as a symbolic representation of one of their favorite literary characters. As "cute" as this may be, there's plenty of analysis and writing to be done to enhance the rigor of this lesson. Students may simpl
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7th - 12th
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The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
Looking for engaging, meaningful resources for teaching Shirley Jackson's 'The Possibility of Evil'? Whether you have been teaching this story for years and are looking for something fresh, or have never taught it before, these resources will guide you and your students through a critical reading of this thought-provoking short story. CONTENTS**Note: The actual text of the short story is NOT included due to copyright reasons. However, where possible, links and directions to where you can find th
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit: Student Workbooks
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Worksheet
This worksheet teaches students the difference among ethos, pathos, and logos. Students read each term's definition and then read nine scenarios and write what they believe someone is using to persuade others: ethos, pathos, or logos. This worksheet could be applied as a mini-lesson to any literature unit or novel.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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