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Middle school literature unit plans for Easel Assessments
Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Ender's Game Literature Unit
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.One of my favorite portions of the year is teaching my students the science fiction novel, Ender's Game. The best part is blowing their minds at the end, by alluding to the fact that Ender's Game is a metaphorical allusion to the Holocaust. Result . . . mind blown! Tha
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8th - 10th
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Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan-Book Study
This 4-week unit study includes weekly comprehension quizzes, daily vocabulary practice, writing prompts, discussion starters, poetry connection, and extension activities. Help keep your kids engaged and on-task with this hands-on, rigorous, and culturally relevant novel study. Throughout the 4-week unit we will be exploring the themes of freedom, family, hope, and the power of music.Echo, by Pam Muñoz-Ryan. “Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly
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4th - 6th
Night by Elie Wiesel, Instructional Unit, Includes Quizzes & 2 Research Projects
This engaging and easy-to-use unit for Night has recently been expanded and improved. A second, entirely different, research paper assignment has been added. An answer key for the quizzes, as well as self-grading Easel assessments have been added.This is a unit I have used to teach the novel Night by Elie Wiesel to 8th, 9th, and 10th-grade students with great success. Obviously, it has evolved and improved over the years. The students learn not only about Elie Wiesel and his family but also are
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
MacBeth - Full Drama unit for performance
Are you ready to teach a new Shakespearean play? Did you need a full unit with all the games, activities, scripts and thinking tools to help your students engage in a Shakespearean text? Did you want to put on a play, but editing the text is a step too far?Here is a full unit ready for use in class. Over 20 documents in the Google Drive file - with unit plan and teaching outline (with lesson descriptions) included. All resources are clearly labelled and provided for teaching, from the worksheets
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Shakespeare's MacBeth - Full teaching bundle
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