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12th grade Common Core RL.9-10.4 centers
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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Poetry Stations High School and Middle School Digital Activity
My #1 top-selling lesson! Teachers love my poetry stations! Add this to your National Poetry Month celebration, and check out 2.0 as well. Pump up your poetry unit with this engaging and entertaining formative assessment. With a little preparation and careful instructions, students can rotate through nine poetry-based activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes. I've also included 11 copyright-free poems.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to h
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6th - 12th
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Hamlet: CSI Classroom Investigation and Murder Board
Is your Hamlet unit as dusty as Yorick's dried-up old skull? Spice it up with this creative criminal investigation of the murder that occurs in this tragic Shakespearean drama. Your students will become the investigative team as they search for textual evidence to build a criminal case. Your class will examine the textual evidence for characterization, plot, and setting, look at the protagonist through a psychological lens, make inferences, and present all their information as a murder board.Not
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamlet Unit Bundle of Lessons: Great Deal CCSS digital activity
Poetry Analysis Journal Writing Prompts for Any Poem Digital & Print
These poetry journal writing prompts are intended to help students respond to poems in a thoughtful way while deepening their comprehension of the text. It contains twenty response-to-reading prompts that can be used with almost any poem and is appropriate for middle and high school classrooms. What are the topics like?Each poetry journal prompt focuses on a different aspect of reading poetry. Students are asked to analyze theme, figurative language, and structure. In addition, they will make co
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Tone Games and Exit Tickets / Google Slides
As the new school year approaches, I am looking forward to teaching younger learners for the first time in many years. In anticipation of working with younger students, I have been working on building a variety of grammar and vocabulary games that I can use in a variety of circumstances: as bell ringers and morning work, as sponge activities, during intervention blocks, or at stations.Since this set is designed for flexibility, the entire set is available in Google Slides so you can decide wheth
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar and Vocabulary Fun and Games Bundle (20 games, 730+ cards)
ELA Task Card Bundle (192 Task Cards!) / Print and Digital / Google Slides
Task cards are a great way to connect instruction, content, and movement. For this reason, I have been working hard to develop a series of task cards that work for multiple texts. Each set of task cards has 32 cards focused on a specific part of English language arts instruction, including informational texts, rhetoric, figurative language, literary devices, plot structure and conflict, characterization, theme, main idea, summary, making text connections, making inferences, and research skills.
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9th - 12th
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The Scarlet Letter Novel Study Stations Distance Learning
This set features 13 different stations with these topics: symbolism, archetypal symbolism, biblical allegory,diction, setting mapping, Puritan poetry comparison, theme, character, seven deadly sin chart, and a frieze activity. I've also included a ticket-out-the-door assessment. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Using stations with older students creates interest and adds engagement to any lesson. A student who w
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9th - 12th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading Strategies, Techniques, & Tips: A Practical Guide for High School
Tired of useless close reading handouts that do nothing more than teach your students to hate literary analysis? Simply instructing your classes to go through a checklist or point out literary elements doesn’t teach them any skills. In fact, if you teach the wrong kind of close reading lesson, you’ll discourage critical thinking and teach students that reading great literature is just about ticking off lists of literary devices. That kind of disempowering instruction creates a generation of pas
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9th - 12th
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Sherlock Holmes | The Engineer's Thumb | Readers Theater | Short Story Unit
Detective Fiction: "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" based on the short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Readers Theater Script, Writing Prompt, Discussion Questions, and Print & Digital Graphic Organizer.*After being contacted to work on machinery in the middle of the night, engineer, Victor Hatherley experiences a crazy adventure that ends up with him lying unconscious in a pool of blood and his thumb cut off. Luckily, the physician called to he
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5th - 12th
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Music as Poetry Analysis Activity for Any Song - Digital and Print
Teaching students to analyze poetry can be challenging. This free resource uses pop culture music (almost any song of your choosing will work) to engage students in discussion about lyric poems. Song analysis activities make teaching poetry fun!ContentsThis song analysis activity is included in different versions:1. A condensed two-page graphic organizer 2. A 14 page resource with one question on each page so you can use them individually, with learning stations, or with gallery walksFormatsThi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Literary Elements Print & Go for ANY Book or Story
Whether you are looking for rigorous critical-thinking questions or a place where students can doodle as they read, I've got you covered with my literary elements print & go handouts that can be used with any book or story. The literary elements covered include: character development, setting, point-of-view (first, third limited, & third omniscient), plot, theme, tone & mood, and figurative devices. These can be used at ANY point in the novel or story. Great for literacy circles or s
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8th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Othello Literacy Stations Common Core
You get 9 literacy stations based on the tragedy Othello The stations include engaging lessons about characterization, plot, theme,literary lens, and a tiny Socratic Seminar.Wake your class up with this engaging and entertaining formative assessment. With a little preparation and careful instructions, students can rotate through several textually based activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free
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8th - 12th
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Macbeth: CSI Classroom Investigation and Murder Board
Is your Macbeth unit as dusty as a dried-up old skull? Spice it up with this creative criminal investigation of the murder that occurs in this tragic Shakespearean drama. Your students will become the investigative team as they search for textual evidence to build a criminal case. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.They will examine the textual evidence for characterization, plot, and setting, look at the protagoni
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9th - 12th
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The Gift of the Magi Lesson Plans and Activities
O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi" is a great read for the holiday season. I've read it successfully with high school, university, and advanced ESL/EFL students. And now I've put together the most comprehensive collection of downloadable and printable resources to teach "The Gift of the Magi" this holiday season! This 105-page collection of 15 activities, worksheets, games and assessments that I've written and honed over the years cover every aspect of the story: vocabula
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Twelfth Night Bundle: Complete Teacher's Unit
Covering the Twelfth Night? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students. Complete Unit. Covers the entire play of Twelfth Night ! Great for differentiation. Includes:⭐Flip Book Study Guide⭐Shakespeare Comedies Power point⭐Twelfth Night Characterization Book⭐Twelfth Night Act 1 Quiz⭐Twelfth Night Act 2 Quiz⭐Twelft
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6th - 12th
The Most Dangerous Game Figurative Language Hunt and Sort
This set of activities has been designed to accompany the reading of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” Each of these activities works well for assessing students’ knowledge of figurative language including similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification. One of the included activities requires students to sort 20 examples of figurative language into the correct figurative language category. This is perfect for struggling readers who might be overwhelmed by revisiting the entire text
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6th - 12th
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Tone Task Cards | 36 Passages w/ Multiple Choice Questions
Tone Task CardsThese task cards are great for grades 6-12, depending on the needs of your age group, as they practice selected response questions about tone, specifically over a nonfiction passage. Many resources exist for fiction, but nonfiction is a focus for upper grades.Each task card consists of a short passage, followed by a multiple choice question with options A-D.This resource includes:Task Cards on PowerPointTask Cards as JPGsTerms of UseA blank card templateThe answer keyA recording p
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6th - 12th
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Bundle of Shakespearean Characterization Units with Printable Activity
Intensify your characterization lesson for any work of Shakespeare ( Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and King Lear) with this highly engaging, printable character project. This is an ideal companion for an in-depth character analysis. Your students select a character, research their purpose in the novel, decorate a hat to represent them, and become the class expert on that character for all text discussions. This learning tool is the perfect
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9th - 12th
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The Tempest Bundle: Complete Teacher's Unit
Studying The Tempest? Don't know where to get started? We have you covered from start to finish with this bundle.Everything you need for a fun and successful unit on Shakespeare's play The Tempest.Great for differentiation! Suits the needs of multiple learners. Includes:The Tempest Interactive Flip book Study GuideThe Tempest Interactive Characterization Flip book The Tempest Acts 1-5 QuizzesThe Tempest: Epilogue AnalysisThe Tempest Escape RoomShakespeare Comedies Power point
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9th - 12th
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Macbeth: 3-D Scene Analysis Project Diorama: Final Project
Make your Macbeth Unit dynamic with this creative co-operative learning project. My “3-D Scene Analysis” allows the student to pick apart a scene from Shakespeare, isolate significant literary elements, and engagingly present them. The activity is standards based and it will lead the student team through conversations about characterization, theme, setting, tone, word choice, and mood discourse. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas se
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9th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activity Collection for "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" O. Henry
Are you looking for the perfect short story for Thanksgiving? “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen” by O. Henry is the perfect mix of classic literature and modern issues. This activity set for “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen” includes 9 no-prep activities for O. Henry’s classic short story that will challenge your students to think about tradition and holidays in a new and meaningful way. In classic O. Henry style, this short story dives deep into tradition and the difference between appearance and
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: 9-12 ELA Back to School Toolkit - Holidays and Events Bundle
Of Mice and Men Novel Study Unit
This bundle of lessons engages students all the way through your unit on John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men! All activities are in google doc format and can be easily altered to meet your needs, or print and use immediately.Characterization lesson on George and Lennie through interactive student stationsForeshadowing lesson with a fun creative writing activity and multiple choice exit ticketMinor Character jigsaw lessonClose Read lesson and answer key on the symbolism of Candy's dogSocratic Semina
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7th - 12th
"Lamb to the Slaughter" Short Story Literacy Stations CCSS digital resource
You get 8 literacy stations based on Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter". The stations include engaging lessons about characterization, plot, theme, textual analysis, author's purpose,graphic organizer, inference, dynamic and static characters, epitaph, examining text through a psychological lens, and a tiny Socratic Seminar.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Learning stations are the perfect way to review the ide
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6th - 12th
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