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Common Core RL.9-10.4 rubrics
Lamb to the Slaughter Roald Dahl Complete Short Story Unit Activities, Keys
Roald Dahl's short story Lamb to the Slaughter is great for students to practice and hone their analysis skills. Dahl is a loved author and well renowned for his creativity and resilient characters, and Lamb to the Slaughter is no exception. With this unit students will be able to dig deeply into the text searching for irony, and practice their analytical abilities for inference, mood and tone!This unit contains a pre-reading vocabulary and activating activity, during reading (or post, dependi
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
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22 spooky, scary reader's theater scripts and monologues from Literature
Graphic descriptions and scenes begging for prediction occur frequently in horror literature. This genre also elicits some strong emotions and students often find it easy to put themselves into the character’s shoes. This product includes 22 pieces crafted from American writers such as Edgar A. Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London and Nathaniel Hawthorne and World Literature such as Shakespeare, Sir, Arthur C. Doyle and George MacDonald.Pre- and post- points to ponder, writing prompts, exit tickets
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7th - 12th
The Crucible One Pager Project
Have your students share their understanding of the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller with this one-pager activity.Students will imaginatively blend their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text.With this one-pager reading comprehension project, students will analyze the literature by determining theme, tone, symbolism, characterization, and more.Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great classroom decor!Included i
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9th - 12th
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Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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"A Sound of Thunder" Writing Prompts Digital Activity
This short story has everything, time-travel, a controversial presidential election,and dinosaurs. Ray Bradbury wrapped all of this together in a powerful short story rich with imagery and filled with literary devices. Use this lesson to make the English Literature Standards real for your students.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.I have included 10 constructed response items based on the short story "A Sound of
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6th - 10th
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Public Service Announcement Rhetorical Analysis; Close Reading; Analysis
Rhetorical analysis is intimidating to students! Give your students voice and choice with this rhetorical analysis assignment using Public Service Announcements. Students will analyze PSA print ads examining rhetorical situations, rhetorical appeals, diction, tone, imagery, and logical fallacies.PSA text is short and accessible for students to focus on and analyze the diction used and how it affects meaning and tone. Many students are intimidated and overwhelmed when asked to examine diction in
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9th - 12th
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Reading Strategies Interactive Workbook - Printable
This 30 page reading journal is ready for students. It works well with class novels, guided reading, or independent reading. Each week, students choose a reading strategy, using one of the easy-to-use graphic organizers. After completing the strategy, they also reflect on their learning. Great for checking reading comprehension before, during, and after reading.
Strategies Included:
Timeline Graphic Organizer
Venn Diagram
Cluster Chart
Character Predictions
Story Strip
Sensory Detail Chart
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5th - 12th
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Entire Year High School English - ENG 8-10 Curriculum Lesson Plans (TEKS)
When you buy this content it is truly yours to keep and edit. I will not charge you for any addons or printables. They are all included! This contains all of my smaller units for sale in my store, plus everything else! This content is good for English 1 or English 2. Organization of Lesson Plans:The Google Sheets document you'll purchase contains a note from me with 32 links. Each link gives you access to a full week of content with lesson plans (slides, printable documents, instructions, videos
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8th - 10th
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Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Reading and Analysis Lessons (NO PREP Required)
Unlock the Power of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Speech! Are you searching for a comprehensive and engaging resource to teach Dr. King's iconic speech to your students? Look no further! My multi-lesson unit on "I Have a Dream" is the perfect tool to bring history to life and inspire critical thinking in your classroom. Explore Historical Context: Dive deep into the historical background of Dr. King's speech with my captivating Google Slides presentation. From the Scottsboro boys to the Montgomery
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9th - 12th
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Poetry Research Project Contemporary Poet Study
Looking for a poetry project that includes both research and creativity? That allows you to differentiate by giving students choices? That cuts down on the possibility of cheating? That makes assessment faster and more fun for you? That diversifies and modernizes your curriculum? If you answered yes to any of those questions, this poet study project is for you! This resource provides students with a list of 40 contemporary, diverse poets to choose from. Students will study the poet’s life and wo
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts — The Yellow Wallpaper, Story of an Hour Comparison TDA Essay
If you are looking to read the perfect paired texts, look no further than "The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Both stories are feminist in nature and are free online because they were written in the 1800s! Perfect for women's history month!Included in this purchase is:a graphic organizer that outlines how students will compare multiple literary elements of the two short stories, "The Story of An Hour” (1894) by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
Unit-Long Individualized Reading SSR Project For Any Novel
Get ready for this low-prep project that will enhance your unit! Perfect for an individual reading project or whole-class novel! Throw away your guided reading questions and forget about wasting so much of your time creating study guides for students to study from for a summative assessment! Your life is about to get so much easier while students get to have some fun. This is one of my favorite projects I have ever done with my students. This product includes detailed instructions for the teache
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Star-Crossed Lovers: Hunger Games + Romeo & Juliet - Summative Essay or Project
The Hunger Games and Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet are intricate pieces of literature that mirror each other in numerous ways. This assessment enables students to practice reading comprehension, character development, story development, word meaning and choice, and understand and justify author.This product allows you the option to assess with a project or a comparative literary analysis paper/essay.The project will take a max of 6-8 periods to complete (this time frame depends
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Bundle - Worksheets, Activities, Assessments, and Keys
Julius Caesar Final Unit Exam Multiple Choice with Key and Answer Sheet
This 35-question multiple choice question exam for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is comprehensive, challenging, and ready to print and use.Questions range from comprehension to interpretation, and are in order from Acts 1-5.For increased rigor, feel free to pair this with my in-class essay prompt sheets included in my bundle (listed below) or here: Julius Caesar Essay Prompts.This will provide an excellent final assessment on Julius Caesar. Please see preview for a closer look. This is a P
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9th - 12th
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The Ultimate Socratic Seminar Bundle
This bundle of handouts, rubrics, and worksheets will give you everything you need in order to run transformational Socratic Seminars with your students. (Plus two free sample texts to use!).This bundle includes:1) A one-page introductory handout to Socratic Seminar2) A lesson plan for the intro handout3) A reproducible Seminar key for a teacher to fill out (and an example of a perfect one, as well as a guide for how to use it)4) Question Stems for students to draw from to help them formulate go
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7th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Constructed Responses and Higher Order Thinking Questions
These 10 Constructed Response writing assignments ask your students to engage in Higher Order Thinking and respond in writing to a standards-based prompt. Included are 10 printable handouts that you can use TODAY!
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Chapters 1 and 2: Three prompts on lined handouts based on these standards: CCSS RL11-12.6 (Point of View, Literal vs. Figurative Meanings), RL11-12.3 (Elements of a Story), and RL 11-12.1 (Inference/Explicit Textual Evidence)
Chapters 3 and 4: Three prompts on line
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Activities Bundle
Much Ado about Nothing reader's theater scripts, rubric, assignments
Shakespeare made easy. Package contains 2 reader’s theater scripts, rubric, PDF presentation to acquaint students with how to do reader’s theater and what malapropisms are. Both scripts help students learn Shakespearean vocabulary and present the plot in modern day language. One(47 pages) includes more detail while the shorter, 15 page version eliminate less important scenes and characters. Check out other products and freebiesQueen Lear full production script No royaltiesWho killed Will Shakesp
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8th - 12th
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Avarice Themed English Multimedia Project RI.1 RI.2 RI.4 RL.1 RL.2 RL.4
This includes a editable/printable document for students to use when creating their presentations that doubles as a grading rubric for you! The document also includes suggested texts to assign to groups at the very end.
The Hate U Give Complete Unit Plan (Critical Literacy Series #1, Common Core)
Grab the first unit in a 10-unit series I am designing that incorporates critical literacy practices. This unit incorporates several research-based critical literacy practices (Berhman, 2006; Morrell, 2008; Pescatore, 2008) to include incorporating supplemental texts, creating opportunities for student-directed research, and taking social action.Additionally, the unit meets several Common-Core standards and includes visible-thinking routines and high-impact reading comprehension strategies. Stud
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9th - 10th
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Indigenous Content | The Outside Circle | Activities Bundle
Save with this bundle of activities which includes 5 lessons designed to deepen student understanding of the historical, political, and social context around Pete’s story. The following lessons are designed to take place after five pivotal moments in the story and include: Pete’s Bloody TW TattooAfter watching a short video outlining some of the major government decisions impacting Indigenous Peoples in Canada, groups research the political and historical acts bleeding from Pete’s tattoo. Then
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Socratic Seminar Critical Reading and Thinking
This bundle is everything you need to implement Socratic seminar successfully! It includes a complete 4-page teacher guide for implementation; 10 editable Google slides to present Socratic seminar to your students; a rubric, a teacher note taking sheet for use during the seminar, an exit ticket, and a make up assignment; and a sample pre-seminar reading activity. (The teaching duration indicated is for a one class hour seminar and pre-teaching of the seminar structure. This may be modified.)Socr
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7th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" Week-long Lesson
The lesson focuses on tone/mood, diction and syntax, connotation and denotation, and theme. It includes story notes and several assignments to teach the literary concepts. It also has two short writing assignments, one for tone/mood, and the other for theme. Finaly, there is a short quiz with a teacher's copy with the answers.
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7th - 10th
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High School Short Stories Test and Answer Key with Study Guide (Volume 4)
This end-of-unit test pairs with a low-prep bundle and covers ten short stories for high school: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury, "The Good Deed" by Peal S. Buck, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"
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8th - 12th
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High School Short Stories Test and Answer Key with Study Guide - Google (Vol. 4)
This self-grading test pairs with a low-prep bundle and covers ten short stories for high school: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury, "The Good Deed" by Peal S. Buck, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"
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8th - 12th
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