Halloween Common Core RL.9-10.3 activities

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

Grades:

8th - 12th

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Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)

Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper

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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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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

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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Grades:

9th - 12th

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE

Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities

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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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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Halloween ESCAPE ROOM

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Autumn, English Language Arts, Halloween

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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Grades:

8th - 11th

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Also included in: Holiday Escape Room BUNDLE for ELA

Annabel Lee Fun Activities Edgar Allan Poe for Middle School and High School

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The Supported Teacher

Edgar Allan Poe’s famous spooky poem, Annabel Lee, is one of the most engaging Halloween ela activities for middle school and high school students. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES close reading activity is filled with fun activities and is a great way to acknowledge Halloween without losing focus on teaching ELA activities that address the standards for close reading and analysis! In this fun activity, students work collaboratively to develop their understanding of figurative language and

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.10

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Also included in: Halloween Short Stories: Edgar Allan Poe: Annabel Lee & Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe Digital Escape Room Bundle — 5 Digital Escape Rooms

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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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Close Reading, Halloween, Poetry

Grades:

7th - 12th

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CCSS:

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Michael Jackson's Thriller Music Video Analysis

Created by

Whitney LaDon

Grisly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom... Looking for a fun, rigorous Halloween lesson that your students will enjoy? This is it.Halloween is a great day to introduce students to classic, creepy texts. It doesn't get more classic than Michael Jackson! Introduce students to this iconic music video in a way that will get them thinking critically and will hit CCSS standards on characterization, inferences, comparison and contrast, and MORE! What's included? ♦ 2 guided

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Grades:

9th - 12th

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Also included in: Secondary ELA Halloween Activities

The Raven Poetry Analysis | Poem Close Reading

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Halloween, Literature, Poetry

This resource includes a copy of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe and 26 close reading questions. The analysis includes an in-depth look at academic vocabulary, poetic devices, and literary elements in the poem. (An answer key is also provided.)Poetic and Literary Devices Covered in this Activity:allusionalliterationsymbolismrhyme schemerepetitionmoodtoneimagerygothic literaturethemeYou May Also Like!The Tell-Tale Heart Digital Escape RoomIntroduction to Gothic Literature

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Grades:

8th - 12th

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Worksheets, Activities, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.8.1

English Language Arts, Halloween, Poetry

, RL.9-10.1

, RL.9-10.2

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Also included in: High School Poetry Unit | 4 Weeks | Poetry Bundle | Analyzing & Writing Poems

Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven", Halloween Activity | Poetry Analysis

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English Oh My

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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Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.8.2

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

, RL.8.4

, RL.9-10.2

, RL.9-10.3

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Bundle- The Raven, Posters

Frankenstein Abridged Story with Questions & Activity Mini Unit

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Ms Finchy

This digital resource contains a link to an online pdf of the abridged version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Abridged and adapted by T. Ernesto Bethancourt. Students click on a monster head to read the story in its entirety and then they move throughout the google slides to answer chapter questions and complete activities related to the plot of the story. Included:chapter questions for each chapter of the storyCharacter analysis for the monster and doctor FrankensteinPlot sequencing timeline C

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Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.6

, RL.8.6

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Digital Escape Room – Escape The Headless Horseman

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Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this spooky and suspenseful 360° digital escape room. Students must escape the headless horseman from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving!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 Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving in order to crack the master lock and escape the scene. This game requires reading comprehension sk

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Grades:

7th - 12th

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Also included in: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Activities Bundle

The Fall of the House of Usher—Reading Comprehension, Gothic Literature Analysis

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

This product is for Edgar Allan Poe's “The Fall of the House of Usher” and consists of reading comprehension questions and a gothic literature analysis graphic organizer.1) To activate students' prior knowledge on gothic literature, students will participate in a carousel brainstorming activity. 2) Students will define academic vocabulary for the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher."3) Students will read the full story “The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and complete the

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Adult Education

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Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

, RL.8.10

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities

Edgar Allan Poe Coloring Pages: Google Slides ™ Digital Activity

Created by

The Crazy English Teacher

My Freshmen love these! I've included quotations from "The Raven", "Dream within a Dream", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "Tell Tale Heart", and "The Cask of Amontillado". They are a great way to discuss beautiful diction, mood, and tone while the stress relief of coloring. They also make beautiful mini-posters in your room.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$You can also purchase this lesson as

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Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Printables

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Bundle of lessons: Stations and literature Units

The Black Cat Short Story Analysis

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Have your students read the creepy, gothic short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe and supplement your lesson with these pre-reading, during reading, and after reading activities!First have your students look at a series of superstitions and decide if they are superstitious themselves.Secondly, this story is RICH with academic vocabulary. Have your students choose 10 words from a list of 25 words to learn and define. Next, your students will read the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar A

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Grades:

7th - 12th

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Unreliable Narrator Editable Google Drive™ Bundle

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ELA St

This editable Google Drive™ bundle includes a 22-slide lesson with guided notes handout and a 4-page practice with answer key.As a note, TPT lists the file type for bundles of Google resources as "Google Apps™ (not downloadable)." This just means that it is not a zip file. You will still receive all of the files in your Google Drive™, and you can download them from there if you wish!

Subjects:

Close Reading, Halloween, Short Stories

Grades:

8th - 12th

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Scary Halloween Short Stories for High School - Literary Analysis Activities

Created by

Mondays Made Easy

These scary short story units are perfect for Halloween! Your high school students will be spooked by the real-life comparisons and literary analysis activities in this bundle. Short stories include: “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 40% with the discounted bundle! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with these Scary Halloween Short Stories for High School:✏️ Pre-Reading Vocabulary Activities - Digital & P

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Grades:

8th - 12th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.6

, RL.9-10.1

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The Body Snatcher Short Story Analysis

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The Body Snatcher is a Gothic Mystery Short Story by Robert Louis Stevenson. If you've never read this tale before, I highly recommend it! This gothic story is told in an embedded narrative and is inspired by the true crimes of William Hare and William Burke in 1828.The Hare and Burke murders were a series of 16 killings committed in Edinburgh, Scotland where the men would dig up corpses and sell the bodies to Doctor Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.Included in this short story

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.8.1

Megan Memories - Megan Meyers

, RL.8.4

, RL.8.10

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Also included in: Halloween Gothic Short Stories Volume II — Bonus Halloween Activity

WE WEAR THE MASK POEM & ART | Inside Outside Poem Dunbar BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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In this no-prep, easy-to-use unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside character and personality traits, and represent these findings through a self-created mask. This engaging activity turns this abstract concept into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable!This The Mask I Wear Product Includes 12 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:•Pages

Subjects:

Black History Month, Halloween, Poetry

Grades:

5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.4.3

, RL.4.5

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.5

, RL.6.3

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Also included in: BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART POETRY PERSONALITY | We Wear the Mask Dunbar

The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide

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This 25-page literature guide features a Common-Core aligned mini-unit for Edgar Allan Poe's tale of ultimate revenge, "The Cask of Amontillado." The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and reader response for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of irony, foreshadowing, literary elements, and symbolism. A full answer key is provided along with one bonus student-tested lesson plan. The wide range of activities in th

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

Grades:

8th - 12th

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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE

Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe Halloween Inferences Middle School ELA

Created by

The Supported Teacher

Edgar Allan Poe’s famous spooky short story, The Masque of the Red Death, is one of the most engaging Halloween short stories and activities for middle school and high school students! Introduce your students to the horror genre and gothic literature with Poe’s scary short story about a young prince who tries to escape death. This scary short story is filled with figurative language and is a wonderful way to teach close reading strategies, annotation, symbolism, allegory, and more! This EDITABLE

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.10

Teach with Mark and Elyse

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Also included in: Halloween Short Stories: Edgar Allan Poe: Annabel Lee & Masque of the Red Death

Holiday Literature MEGA BUNDLE - CCSS

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This is a mega bundle of our literature units to use during the holidays (9 units total). These units cover several classic texts to engage your students during the Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas seasons. Students will: Delve into the context of each author's purpose, read the texts (included), engage with the vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences supported by evidence, and will be assessed through various creative writing assignments. Each unit has

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

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The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar

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This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of a very "close" family and a haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning a

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Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Activity Bundle

Edgar Allan Poe Bundle - 3 Units - The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, House of Usher

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Teach with Mark and Elyse

This is a bundle of our literature units for the classic author Edgar Allan Poe. These are great for any literary study of Dark Romanticism or Gothic fiction, and they're also favorites to teach during the Halloween season. Students analyze three of Poe's acclaimed classics: The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Students will learn the background of the author, delve into the context of the his purpose for each work, read the texts (included), engage with the vocab

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