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High school literature thematic unit plans $5-10
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:Â American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
The Metamorphosis Unit Bundle | Includes Existentialism Lesson!
This bundle contains everything you need to teach Kafka's The Metamorphosis and the theory of existentialism to your ELA students, including: A differentiated, jigsaw-style lesson to introduce existentialismGuided reading notes, explaining important plot events and themes as students readMaterials, including questions and a rubric, to conduct a Socratic SeminarAn editable 35-point unit testThese materials are designed to last 5-6 days with the novella taking 3 days to read, but pacing can easily
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11th - 12th
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz: Prepare your students for reading short stories or novels with this ready-to-use resource. This comprehensive lesson prepares students with a solid understanding of essential story elements and literary elements crucial for analyzing fiction. The included short story elements presentation, engaging review game, and quiz create an excellent introductory lesson that lays the groundwork for insightful literary analy
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7th - 10th
The Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse THEMED Literary Unit-- HIGH INTEREST BUNDLE
Let’s face it. Zombies are cool. I love a good zombie movie… especially if it’s zombie apocalypse satire like Shaun of the Dead. As an English teacher, I’m always looking for unique angles to “hook” my students, and zombies are high-interest. Why write about the typical school uniform type of topics when there are zombies? Why not plan for a zombie apocalypse and learn essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at the same time?That's where the Ultimate Zombie comes into pla
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9th - 12th
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Visual Literacy & The Graphic Novel
Teach visual literacy and introduce the graphic novel. This resource is full of engaging lessons and activities for building visual literacy skills. It will also introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel (you don't need to be reading one).Whether you teach the graphic novel or not, this bundle will give you the opportunity to work on your students’ analytical skills. We spend our days analyzing visual clues and interpreting people’s actions based on those clues. However, when it comes
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8th - 12th
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The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Seedfolks Novel Unit (30 pages) - Chapter Notes, Essays, Quiz, Themes
This is a creative unit/student project (30 pages attached) to teach with the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, which emphasizes character analysis and response to literature. (See the preview for the overview of the student project.) It includes chapter-by-chapter notes (or you may buy just these notes separately on my profile), a One-Pager activity, a character report card, a Response to Seedfolks Quiz, Reflection questions, a student Seedfolks story (students write their own chapter), a c
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4th - 9th
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Persepolis "Identity and the Battle of Ideologies" FULL UNIT
This unit plan contains all of my original ideas and resources I've created for my unit on Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, which I use as the primary text during my Middle East unit in my World Literature class. I teach the class to 12th graders, and I love using literature to encourage critical thought and connections across subject areas. Along with analyzing the graphic novel through a more traditional literary lens, I also use to the content of the book to inspire
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â World Literature Full Year Book Study BUNDLE (Modern/Highly-relevant Books!)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Unit 16-Day,PPTs,FullText,Quiz,Essay,Common Core
This is a full unit on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is a classic from Middle Ages English literature. Included in this unit is a whole unit plan covering 16 days with Common Core alignment and the following:
1. PowerPoint on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Arthurian Legend.
2. A much easier to read modern version text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with in-text discussion questions at specific moments of the story.
3. Discussion question keys for the teacher.
4. A quiz ove
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9th - 12th
A Raisin in the Sun Unit | Editable teaching materials for 9-12 grade students!
This bundle includes everything you need to teach A Raisin in the Sun to your upper level ELA/American Lit students. This no-prep unit includes the following: An anticipatory lesson that studies Langston Hughes' "Harlem" and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" 52 slides of Guided Reading Notes, helping students identify the play's themes and gather evidence for themA handout for brainstorming and gathering evidence for theme formation A 15-page student note handout that aligns with the gu
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11th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird CLOSE READING PASSAGES - UPDATED
Focusing on the idea of “courage,” this is a Common-Core based lesson asks students to summarize and annotate, concentrating on literary devices, and the reading strategies of making inferences and questioning.This resource engages students in close reading strategies to examine six excerpts from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.Additionally, there are metacognitive thinking stems that allow students to make personal and real-world connections to the text.Finally, each excerpt give students writi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Death of a Salesman Unit (18-Days): Complete 30-Page Unit with ELA Common Core
Death of a Salesman 18-Day Unit with ELA 9-10 and 11-12 Common Core Alignment.
This unit contains everything you need to teach the modern tragedy Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. It contains the following items:
1.) Complete Unit Plan with Common Core alignment for all days.
2.) PowerPoint for Arthur Miller background and his view on tragedy.
3.) Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller.
4.) Vocabulary Activity and Family Write (The American Dream).
5.) Death of a Salesman Group Read #1.
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9th - 12th
Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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4th - 9th
Script Writing Unit Plan
This is a detailed unit plan for a Language Arts 7-9 class or a Drama class. This unit focuses on script writing, scaffolding skills from Radio Plays to Reader's Theatre to adapting children's stories into original scripts. This is a great way to expose students to a variety of texts.This product includes: - Detailed lesson plans are included for 12 lessons- Teacher notes- Warm up game options- Comprehension reading with questions and answer key- Rubric, checklists, and peer assessments
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7th - 9th
Frankenstein Unit Bundle – Lesson Plans & Materials (One Full Marking Period)
Looking for everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL includes an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, printable materials, projects, assessments, and lessons in PowerPoint for teaching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You will receive 72 pages of daily lesson plans, assessments, and supplemental materials, as well as 87 PowerPoint slides coinciding with these lesson plans. In addit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Aesop for High School! 2-Week Fables Unit
Aesop's fables are for kids, right? Wrong! Always intended for an adult audience (and performed at the royal courts of ancient Greek city states), Aesop's original fables are a GREAT way to teach literary interpretation in your high school and upper middle school classrooms. Plus, the fables are perfectly bite-sized for discussion and activities.Included in this 28-page packet are the following: -- a 2-page introduction to interpreting fables and a 1-page Aesop biography-- 40 hand-selected fa
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7th - 12th
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls A Teaching Unit
This is a 64 page unit for teaching the novel, Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls. There are vocabulary activities, vocabulary crossword puzzles, comprehension questions (both literal and inferencial), and activities for each chapter. Activities include Fact and Opinion, Cause and Effect, Parts of a Novel, Creative Writing, Making Inferences, Factual Comprehension, Expressing Comprehension through Art, Figurative Language, Comparison using Venn Diagrams, and Internet Research.
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4th - 12th
Of Mice and Men - Close Reading Unit
This resource engages students in close reading strategies to examine five excerpts from the novel Of Mice and Men.
Focusing on the ideas of friendship and loneliness, this Common-Core based lesson asks students to summarize and annotate, concentrating on literary devices, and the reading strategies of making inferences and questioning.
Additionally, there are metacognitive thinking stems that allow students to make personal and real-world connections to the text.
Finally, each excerpt give s
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7th - 12th
The Call of the Wild Unit Plan Bundle - 5 Weeks - Jack London, Novel Study, CCSS
This is a comprehensive 5-week unit plan for taking your class through The Call of the Wild, the classic novella by Jack London. In addition to the bundled resources there is a pacing guide, a full set of lesson plans, warm ups, exit tickets, and additional activities exclusive to this unit. Students will participate in an engaging PowerPoint session, research Jack London in a biography research organizer, work on vocabulary practice worksheets for each chapter, complete reading comprehension q
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7th - 10th
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The American Dream in literature and today unit plan
This 26-day unit introduces the historical concept of the American Dream. Five days of the unit are devoted to "A Raisin in the Sun." We also read some articles about the American Dream today, and students write an essay on literature's depiction of the American Dream and its relevance today.
At the beginning, each day focuses on an aspect of the dream, plus an aspect of reading poetry (such as persona/tone, poetic language, form, etc.). After that, we read "A Raisin in the Sun." Finally, we re
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Things They Carried "Storytelling and Human Psychology" FULL UNIT
It's hard to think of a novel with more nuanced and engaging prose than Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried! This product contains my original full unit on the novel that I use in my AP English Literature and Composition class. I nestle the book in my thematic "Literature and Human Nature" quarter, so along with digging into the technical richness of the book's language, many of my lessons and discussions are inspired the book's rich psychological and social content -- hence my title of this
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â AP English Literature Full Year BUNDLE!
Animal Farm Unit Plan - 4 Weeks - Novel Study of the George Orwell Classic, CCSS
This is a comprehensive 4-week unit plan for taking your class through Animal Farm, the classic novella by George Orwell. The complete bundled unit has a pacing guide, a full set of daily lesson plans, warm ups, exit tickets, and a variety of activities to engage students. Students will participate in an engaging PowerPoint session (includes background information of the Russian Revolution), research George Orwell in a research organizer, complete close reading questions and discussion questions
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7th - 10th
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Critical Literary Theory Unit - Use With Any Novel
Welcome to my over-stuffed unit on Literary Criticism Theory. This unit is designed to guide students in learning and applying several critical theory lenses to a novel. It includes PPTs on the theory, guided activities focusing on common high school literature, children’s books, advertisements, and poetry, plus flashcards, handouts, and a culminating essay assignment. My students found it insightful and engaging and truly enjoyed participating in the activities and analyses. I taught this unit
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11th - 12th
Fear and Suspence Short Story Unit - UPDATED!
Thank you for your interest in this updated short story unit. Any month of the year is the perfect time to introduce suspence and horror to your students! When I created this unit, I had three main goals in mind for my students: (1) To expose them to the elements of a short story, (2) To compare and contrast a short story with a novel, and (3) To gain experience in narrative writing skills .
Included in this short story unit are:
A lesson-plan overview for the entire unit, individual, step
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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