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Free high school literature thematic unit plans
Lord of the Flies Full Text Unit Test
This Lord of The Flies Unit test contains 62 questions, and it was given at the pre-ap level. It contains a matching section that covers symbolism, and multiple choice questions. Many of the questions deal with the characters and plot, but the last section covers literary terms found in the novel. A study guide that correlates closely is also available.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Unit Plan Template
This template is meant to be a tangible resource in which you can organize your year. It works best with middle school and high school unit planning because it is organized in terms (9 weeks). Most of the organization comes from my background in both Reader's Workshop and LDC modules, which are student centered curriculum integration models. There is a place to write down texts, as well as planning each week briefly in order to create a comprehensive unit. I've used this model I created for 3
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading List and Website Sources for Texts About Diversity
If you like this freebie, click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA and receive product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways. Given all of the tragic events that have happened in our world and continue to happen in our world, I have compiled a reading list of 75 texts for grades 6-12 about DIVERSITY, RACISM, INCLUSION, TOLERANCE, and MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS. I truly believe that it is crucial to our world that we diversify our students' reading experiences beyond the standard cannon
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" Symbol Analysis
If your class is like mine, you have eager students that enjoy talking about a plethora of topics. Like any good teacher, you want to provide your student-authors with an environment that cultivates expression and exploration. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Symbol Analysis" allows students to look at the symbolism throughout the text and write about its significance.
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Happy teaching,
April
Thrifty Teacher Boutique
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Trash Novel Study Resources and Activities
This package by 'New Zealand English Resources' contains a Unit Plan and teaching sequence aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum. This novel study fits ideally under the theme of 'Relationships'. It contains a powerpoint presentation (36 slides) broken down into elements of a novel which have a weekly focus. There is a 'Relationships Project' full of exciting creative activities focusing on the novel lasting 6 weeks. It contains a ppt presentation of 'Real Life Trash Images' with an accompanying
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Night - Elie Wiesel Unit Plan
This is a unit plan to be used for the novel, Night by Elie Wiesel. This is mainly for high school students, there is some graphic matieral (ie the video of his interview). Therefore, you may use parts if you would like.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Immigration Novel Unit: Shooting Kabul/Inside Out & Back Again/Home of the Brave
Dear TpTer,
The goal of this Immigration Novel Unit is to teach empathy and understanding while reading some great novels with your students. It was created in collaboration with 5th grade teachers. I am offering it for free to help other teachers who might be planning a similar unit. Rather than daily scripted lessons, this is a compilation of resources that we used and liked. It includes information on the three novels we read, resources for those novels, unit activity ideas, printable student
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Lord of the Flies Unit Plan
Lord of the Flies - incredibly detailed scheme of work document on reading skills that includes activities and resources for over 19 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include characters, plot, structure, historical context, themes, language analysis and more.To work in conjunction with our Lord of the Flies complete scheme of work pack
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Lord of the Flies Complete Unit
Creative Writing Unit Plan
Creative Writing and Short Stories - incredibly detailed scheme of work on writing skills that includes activities and resources for over 17 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, vocabulary, genre, organization, cohesion, settings, characters, themes and more!
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Creative Writing Complete Unit
Free American Literature Thematic Pacing Guide - Teaching American Literature
Are you new to American Literature? Use this free pacing guide! Organized by themes, this pacing guide provides an American Literature course overview, essential questions, Common Core ELA Anchor Standards, links to TED Talks and blog posts, and teaching strategy suggestions. There are also links to blog posts and freebies that you can use to supplement the units. Themes covered include the following: "American Ideals and Voices" "The Search for Equality and Justice" "The American Dream" "Faci
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Merchant of Venice: Scheme of Work Overview for the Whole Play
A 15 lesson scheme of work designed to support students through the entire play of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. This is aimed at high-ability middle school classes, but it would be easily adapted for high school classes. All of the lessons are available to download - some of them are free. More Resources for The Merchant of Venice:A complete bundle of resources for The Merchant of Venice which includes lessons to take you through the entire play, a quiz, knowledge organiser and
Grades:
6th - 10th
ELA Grades 11-12 Quarter 4 (Spring) American Literature Curriculum Roadmap
This curriculum pacing guide maps out 9 weeks of lessons for your American literature class (grades 11-12). Use this to help plan your own quarter, or to see how I pace out my ELA Quarter 4 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle.This Quarter 4 (Spring) curriculum resource takes students through the following four units:The Southern Gothic (Flannery O'Connor and Joyce Carol Oates)The Crucible20th Century American Rhetoric (McCarthy, JFK, LBJ, and Reagan)Contemporary and Diverse Short
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9th - 12th
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ELA Q1 Roadmap for Junior English American Literature Curriculum
This curriculum guide maps out 9 weeks of lessons for your American literature class (grades 11-12). Use this to help plan your own quarter or to see how I pace out my ELA Quarter 1 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle.This Quarter 1 curriculum resource takes students through the origins of American rhetoric and literature covering the speeches of Revolutionary War figures like Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin, the short stories of Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and finall
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Quarter 1 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle
ELA Grades 11-12 Quarter 3 (Winter) American Literature Curriculum Roadmap
This curriculum pacing guide maps out 9 weeks of lessons for your American literature class (grades 11-12). Use this to help plan your own quarter, or to see how I pace out my ELA Quarter 3 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle.This Quarter 3 (Winter) curriculum resource takes students through the rhetoric, poetry, and short fiction of The Harlem Renaissance. Then students engage in a brief survey of the works of the Lost Generation including Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants,
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9th - 12th
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Wuthering Heights: 27-Lesson Unit Outline - FREE - Best Downloaded with Bundle!
Description:Unit Overview: This 27-lesson unit outline is recommended for high school students taking AP Literature (grades 11-12). It is designed to progress students’ literary analysis abilities through close reading and analysis of poetry, short prose, and the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Students will read the novel outside of class, with occasional in-class scaffolding lessons, reading accountability quizzes, and Socratic seminar discussions. Other in-class lessons will be focus
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11th - 12th
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Myths and Legends Unit Plan
Myths and Legends - incredibly detailed scheme of work on reading skills and writing skills that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, characters, tone, types of character and more.To work in conjunction with our Myths and Legends pack
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Myths and Legends Grade 6, 7, 8 Complete Unit
The Heroic Journey and Whirligig: A Unit Plan
I prepared this Unit Plan for my first-quarter "Instructional Methods" class in my teaching credential program in 2003. It includes 10 days of detailed lesson plans, handouts, and related readings (short story, poem, newspaper article).
This Unit Plan is free because it's INCOMPLETE. The assignment was to create detailed lesson plans only for the first 10 days of the Unit. Since I never actually taught this Unit, I never implemented plans for the entire novel.
This is a .doc file, which can b
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Things Fall Apart Theme: men vs. women worksheet and prompt
Students will identify details from Chinua Achebe's novel, "Things Fall Apart" that help readers understand the roles and values of men and women in Ibo culture during the 1890's. They will compare this to the roles and values their culture places on men and women. This prompt may be used for a literary analysis essay or just as a worksheet.
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9th - 12th
American Dream Project
Tie all of your novels together for a great end of year project!!This is a simple idea for an in-depth American Dream project. Since most English 3 classes read The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, and Death of a Salesman, this seemed to fit for most classes. It also asks the student to relate these novels to an outside character in the media. You could easily change some of the novels or requirements to fit all levels or your specific curriculum.
The project comes with a simple rubric that can al
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Roadmap for Junior English American Literature Quarter 2 (Fall) Curriculum
This curriculum guide maps out 9 weeks of lessons for your American literature class (grades 11-12). Use this to help plan your own quarter, or to see how I pace out my ELA Quarter 2 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle.This Quarter 2 curriculum resource takes students through Edgar Allan Poe's impact on American literature and Gothic horror, Frederick Douglass's fiery anti-slavery rhetoric, and the most significant authors of American Realism including Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain,
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: ELA Quarter 2 American Literature Curriculum Grades 11-12 Bundle
Coming of Age / "The Boy in the Black Suit" overview
Introduction to the concept of coming-of-age stories, leading to an overview of The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds (plot, key terms, setting, author interview).
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9th - 11th
Also included in: "The Boy in the Black Suit" unit resources
Gothic Fiction Unit Plan
Gothic - incredibly detailed scheme of work on reading skills and writing skills ( that includes activities and resources for over 17 lessons! Designed for Grade 6, 7 and 8 students. Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, characters, tone, types of character and more.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Gothic Fiction Complete Unit
Tuesdays with Morrie Unit/Lesson Plan
This is a unit outline that coincides with the new common core standards. It is a thematic unit that focuses upon critical thinking and literary analysis.
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9th - 12th
Understanding the Great Depression: Context for "The Mighty Miss Malone"
Students will be able to explain the key aspects of the historical context of the Great Depression, including its impact on families, schools, and racial disparities, as well as its relevance to the events in "The Mighty Miss Malone."
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
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