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Holidays/seasonal Common Core RL.9-10.4 resources
Figurative Language Sorting Activity Worksheet Alternative 100 Card Sort Game
Need figurative language activities? Use this fun and interactive sorting task card game to review and reinforce figurative language. These 100 task cards each have examples of figurative language taken from authentic texts and popular YA literature. Students will sort them into seven categories: metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms, onomatopoeia, alliteration. Before you buy...this product is part of a BUNDLE that will save you money.You will want to use this student-centered
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5th - 12th
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Valentine's Day Figurative Language Assignments - Literary Devices Activity
Valentine's Day Figurative Language Assignments - Literary Devices Activity: Bring Valentine's into your middle and high school English class while also teaching common figurative language and literary devices used in poetry or fiction. These three ready-to-use figurative language assignments include a variety of Valentine's Day-themed sentences that incorporate an example of metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, or onomatopoeia! An answer key is provided to easily grade or
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides: Use this bundle of high-interest Christmas activities to engage your ELA students in reading and writing in December leading up to the break. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a holiday twist! What Teachers Are Saying About These Christmas Reading and Writing Activities: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was the BEST Christmas resource
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6th - 9th
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The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM (Shirley Jackson)
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Th
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)
Valentine's Day Activity - Figurative Language Task Cards for February ELA Fun
Help your students master identifying figurative language with these Figurative Language activity uses task cards as the perfect Valentine's Day activity to help your class stay focused during those February days leading up to Valentine's Day. Teaching and reviewing figurative language using task cards provides a fun alternative to figurative language worksheets. ✏️ The best part? The easy-to-use Valentine's Day activity will save you time.✏️ Perfect for early finishers, guest teachers, & ge
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Valentine's Day Coloring Pages Grammar Figurative Language & ELA Bundle
The Yellow Wallpaper Digital Escape Room
Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this 360° digital escape room. This activity is designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in order to crack the master lock and escape the room. This game entails reading comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences!Included in this download are teacher instructions, student instruction
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Yellow Wallpaper Unit Bundle
Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Six-Week Summer School Curriculum & Materials for English Credit (Grades 11-12)
Save planning time without sacrificing academic rigor by referencing this comprehensive, standards-based, six-week curriculum map for high school English credit recovery and/or enrichment credit (grades 11 and 12). A day-by-day breakdown of key learning events and instruction contributes to the low-prep nature of this resource. Included are all materials with which students will engage, as well as answer keys and Common Core-aligned rubrics for scoring written work. Materials are delivered in
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9th - 12th
Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
This resource features a rigorous, fun, and extremely informative escape room for one of the most celebrated playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare. It is the perfect way to introduce, re-introduce, or review the Bard with your students in an engaging and meaningful way.There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticul
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Shakespeare Resource Bundle
Creative Writing Unit Plan for Gothic Fiction and Horror (Google Drive)
Save time without sacrificing rigor in the high school Creative Writing classroom with this low-prep, Common Core-aligned unit plan and these all-inclusive resources for engaging students fully in the narrative writing process. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, printable versions are available.) Included are the following:A detailed, standards-based unit plan articulating the unit's transfer goal(s), essential question(s), enduring understanding(s), learning target(s), academi
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9th - 12th
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The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide
This resource features a comprehensive Common Core-aligned literature guide for use while reading Edgar Allan Poe's tale of the original haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of literary elements, figurative language, plot elements, and symbolism. Also included is a creative "Snap Chat!" activity that will bring the story to
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities
This Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Short Stories Bundle includes a literary analysis for the following 5 short stories:The Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathEach product includes an in-depth look at each piece of literature with corresponding activities and reading comprehension questions. All stories form a perfect gothic literature unit, Edgar Allan Poe unit, or short story unit during Halloween season!This BUNDLE also includes
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Halloween ESCAPE ROOM
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Halloween ESCAPE ROOM for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Halloween-themed Escape Ro
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Holiday Escape Room BUNDLE for ELA
A Christmas Carol ELA Animated Short Film Middle School Language Arts Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! Teach literary elements and devices and plot with this digital short film literary analysis of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked on the slides for a step-by-step, interactive analysis. ❤CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL❤ LITERARY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER TRAITSDIALOGUE, SYMBOLISM, FORESHADOWING, FLASHBACK, INFERENCE, AND COMPARE/CONTRAST, MOODStudents will explore
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7th - 12th
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Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe Digital Escape Room Bundle — 5 Digital Escape Rooms
Save money and get FIVE DIFFERENT digital escape rooms!This purchase includes the bundle of 5 Awesome Edgar Allan Poe Digital Escape Rooms. Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in these dark and creepy, 360° digital escape rooms. All 5 escape rooms are designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the texts. The clues require comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences.The 5 pieces of Poe
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7th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of “If” by Rudyard Kipling
Fun and engaging! An easy to implement Socratic seminar and more! A great way to introduce Socratic seminar, promote active learning, and begin or end the school year with a positive, inspirational message. Socratic seminar is an excellent way to infuse 21st century skills and higher order thinking skills into learning. This 62-slide, Common Core aligned PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. It is easy to implement and will promot
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
End of Year ELA Digital Escape Room
If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year and send your students off to summer vacation on a high note, look no further than this End of Year ELA Digital Escape Room for use with Google Drive!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular End of Year ELA Escape Room at home for d
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: End of Year ELA Escape Room Bundle
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Complete Unit (Print + DIGITAL)
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is known as one of America’s first short stories. This classic story by Washington Irving is still loved today, 200 years after it was first published. Great story for Halloween!This complete unit was written by My Reading Resources, and it focuses on vocabulary. The unit includes: Student Packet - 18 pages of short answer questions, multiple choice, and writing prompts designed to address many CCSS for grades 6-12 (digital option)Vocabulary cards with several game
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6th - 10th
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven", Halloween Activity | Poetry Analysis
Use Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven". Are you interested in teaching “The Raven”? Need an awesome three to four-day lesson right before Halloween? Here it is! Introduce your students to the haunting poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, and have your students learn, analyze, critically think and discuss this poem with guided vocabulary and comprehension questions. Next, have your students dive into Poe’s poetry writing, analyzing his style and formatting. Lastly, challenge your students to write
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Bundle- The Raven, Posters
Six-Week Summer School Curriculum & Materials for English Credit (Google Drive)
Save planning time without sacrificing academic rigor by referencing this comprehensive, standards-based, six-week curriculum map for high school English credit recovery and/or enrichment credit (grades 11 and 12). A day-by-day breakdown of key learning events and instruction contributes to the low-prep nature of this resource. Included are all materials with which students will engage, as well as answer keys and Common Core-aligned rubrics for scoring written work. Materials are made for Goo
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Language Arts Color by Number Bundle
This bundle contains ten color by number activities for language arts classes. These activities are designed for upper elementary, middle school and even high school students. They are great to include on sub days, as homework assignments, or just a quiet activity for students to practice language arts skills. Color by number activities included for the following topics: Verbals (Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives)Verb MoodsSentence Structure (Types of Sentences)Figurative LanguageTypes of Irony
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5th - 11th
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A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Short Story Unit Lesson and Activities
This "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle and high school students leading up to the Christmas/Holiday break. Capote's classic touches upon the themes of "friendship" and "innocence" connect perfectly to the ideas centered around the holiday season.Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities, and discussion prompts. Assess thei
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7th - 12th
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