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Common Core SL.9-10.4 literature circles
Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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Literature Circles Unit Plan for High School 4 Weeks With GOOGLE & Lesson Plans
This complete Literature Circles Unit Plan has everything you need for a successful Literature Circles Unit! With lesson plans and activities that apply to any book, student groups read different novels and focus on a study of nine literary elements. This resource includes detailed lesson plans, daily bell ringers, a Socratic circles discussion activity, a final exam, a reflective writing essay assignment, and engaging activities for the entire unit. Everything you need is included in a well-org
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8th - 11th
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Literature Circles | Book Clubs | Student Led | Project-Based ELA
Literature circles and book clubs are an empowering way to keep up reading and discussion practices. Lit circles are a highly effective way to allow students to connect socially and intellectually and hold each other accountable. With this student-led unit, students will create their own reading calendar and pacing plan, prepare independently for weekly book clubs, schedule and run their own weekly meetings and assess their own work. The teaching philosophy incorporated here is “Student as Worke
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8th - 11th
Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan (9-12): Literature Analysis Using Socratic Circles
Encourage your students’ active analytical efforts! Providing a framework for analytical creativity, Socratic Seminar nurtures deep thought through dialogue while encompassing many of the Common Core State Standards for reading, speaking, and listening. This strategy targets competence in analysis aligned with common core standards and expectations.To that end, this resource includes categories with model questions to assist students in their development of pertinent inquiries written to includ
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9th - 12th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
THE JOY LUCK CLUB - Agree or Disagree Pre-reading Activity
This activity has students choose sides on various issues raised in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Works great as a pre-reading or anticipation activity, or perhaps as something to use after the story as a review or reflection exercise. Includes 10 key issues that students have to take a stand on and defend.
My students absolutely love when we do these Agree or Disagree activities. Gets students up and moving, and often leads to great discussions. The key is they have to be able to defend their
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10th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy
Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy Socratic Seminars provide an engaging way for students to learn about any topic and build critical thinking skills. It’s a low-prep way for teachers to teach without sacrificing rigor. Furthermore, because it can foster open dialogues among classmates, it builds better classroom camaraderie.What buyers are saying:This was perfect! I had been looking for a way to get my students to think more and engage each other instead
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
FAHRENHEIT 451 - Agree or Disagree Pre-reading Activity
This activity has students choose sides on various issues raised in Fahrenheit 451. Works great as a pre-reading or anticipation activity, or perhaps as something to use after the story as a review or reflection exercise. Includes 10 key issues that students have to take a stand on and defend.
My students absolutely love when we do these Agree or Disagree activities. Gets students up and moving, and often leads to great discussions. The key is they have to be able to defend their point of view
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9th - 12th
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Holocaust Literature Circles Unit Bundle
Get all my Holocaust Literature materials and save! This product includes all the materials you need for a powerful student centered learning experience. The Holocaust Literature Bundle is a collection of my favorite resources for teaching students about the atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust through fiction. Kick of you unit with a Book Tasting, then use student's selections to organize them into Literature Circles. Included: Printable Materials to transform your classroom into a literary dining
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7th - 10th
Social Justice Literature Circle Unit Bundle: Black Lives Matter
Looking for an engaging social justice literature circle unit? Teach the Black Lives Matter movement, engage students in social justice issues, and encourage collaboration through lit circles with this Black Lives Matter-themed Social Justice Literature Circle Unit Bundle--online or in person! This social justice literature circle includes material for teaching The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Dear Martin by Nic Stone, and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. This bundle also i
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9th - 12th
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The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar
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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9th - 12th
Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Activity Bundle
Long Way Down Elevator Activity & Close Readings
Through the Long Way Down elevator trip close reading activity and whole novel analysis activities, students will deeply engage with Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. The novel study resource provides them repeated opportunities to think critically and apply their understanding of essential literary elements. Its rigorous tasks also encourage close reading and the use of textual evidence. With numerous options for implementation, the Long Way Down novel study close reading resources allow for dif
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8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
Long Way Down Analysis Questions & Discussion Questions
The Long Way Down chapter and discussion questions will give students repeated opportunities to practice essential standards-aligned literacy skills. For every chapter grouping of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, students will have to answer rigorous, text-based questions that assess not only their ability to comprehend but also their ability to analyze key events. With numerous options for implementation and editable questions, the resource also allows for differentiation and can enable accommo
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8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
Macbeth Socratic Seminar
This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Macbeth. 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 and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparatio
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9th - 12th
Real Women Have Curves: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Play/Drama Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Play/Drama series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's IncludedL
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circles Meeting Prep Sheets - Discussion Questions for ANY Novel
Do you want to foster authentic, student led literature discussions? Are you looking for a student centered alternative to literature circles roles? These Literature Circles Discussion Prep Sheets provide guidance and accountability for student led book club meetings!Use these literature discussion sheets prompt students to think and respond critically to the text as they read. Then, students will discuss their responses in small group book clubs, literature circles, or as a whole class. The dis
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
Feed by M.T. Anderson Literature Circle Activities (Printable)
Facilitate active participation in small-group discussions of science fiction literature with this set of literature circle materials for teaching Feed by M.T. Anderson. The following are included: a handout detailing student roles, documentation logs to hold students accountable for their tasks, and a standards-based rubric for scoring student performances. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)By engaging in these lit
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9th - 12th, Staff
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CANDIDE - Agree or Disagree Pre-reading Activity
This activity has students choose sides on various issues raised in Candide by Voltaire. Works great as a pre-reading or anticipation activity, or perhaps as something to use after the story as a review or reflection exercise. Includes 10 key issues that students have to take a stand on and defend.
My students absolutely love when we do these Agree or Disagree activities. Gets students up and moving, and often leads to great discussions. The key is they have to be able to defend their point of
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10th - 12th
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Long Way Down Nonfiction Connections Informational Texts & Activities
The Long Way Down thematic nonfiction activity sets will build students’ background knowledge about the topics and themes that influence and shape the characters and circumstances in the novel Long Way Down. Students will synthesize informational texts, conduct research, and analyze data alongside their reading of Long Way Down, which will improve their critical thinking skills and deepen their understanding of the novel. As they do, they will also practice essential skills aligned to the readin
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8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
The Death of Vivek Oji: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's IncludedLea
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's Included Section
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9th - 12th
Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
Do your students need a little guidance when discussing their novel in literature circles? Foster meaningful, student led discussions with three of my best selling literature circles activities!In this bundle, you will receive:✔ 35 Disucssion Task Cards for Literature Circles - These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's ch
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7th - 10th
35 Discussion Task Cards for Literature Circles
Spark engaging conversations with Literature Circle Discussion Task Cards!Are your students struggling to keep conversation going during book club meetings? Do they love their novels, but don't know how to engage in discussion? These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's character, theme, setting, mood, and plot. Simply cut
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
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