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Adult education creative writing Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources
Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
“Earth on Turtle’s Back” & “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Creation Origin Myths
It’s back to school, and you’ve decided to begin the year with Native American Literature because they offer great opportunities to enhance your classroom management strategies and they add cultural diversity to your curriculum. But you don’t have good resources, and you don’t have time to make them. Worse, you know you need a major grade within a month, but you don’t have time to make an assessment. Worst of all, you know you could enhance your classroom management simply by offering a project
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Full High School English Unit Plan | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed
HS English Essay Unit | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed | Creative Writing | AP Language | Suitable for 9-12 grades If you are anything like me, you love John Green (and your students love John Green too, even if they only know him as “that guy with the puffy hair from the Crash Course History videos”). Personally, The Anthropocene Reviewed, a collection of essays based on his podcast of the same name, is my favorite of his work. When I read it, I immediately knew I wanted to incorporate
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hamlet Activities for Acts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 | Revenge, Lies, & Depression
Worried that your students will fail to make connections between Hamlet and issues that matter to their own lives? Shakespeare’s classic play has so much to offer a contemporary audience, but it isn’t always easy for students to make those connections. If your students don’t understand how his work relates to problems and questions that matter to them, they won’t be excited to study the play. Even worse, when students are forced to read a book that they see as a dead text, they’ll be bored and
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Man to Send Rainclouds by Leslie Marmon Silko | Short Story Unit Plan
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level? These lessons on “The Man to Send Rainclouds” by Leslie Marmon Silko will push your students to dig deep, get creative, and fully appreciate Silko’s wonderful writing.This seemingly simple story by acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Leslie Marmon Silko, a Laguna Pueblo Indian, tells the story of the peaceful de
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Book Report Ride
Book Reports can be kind of a drag. So, let’s make it into a ride. Using Minecraft or any other form of visual presentation – stop-motion, animation, live action video or graphic stills – take us on a roller coaster-like journey through three seminal scenes in your book. You pick the scenes, write the narration for this journey (only one voice), and bring us to a place where we won’t be able to resist reading the book ourselves.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Creative Writing Workshop Lesson 3: Building Strong Characters
Created by a NY Times Bestselling Author!
Lesson three is about characterization. Students learn the tips and tricks that make a well rounded character. Through brainstorming exercises, mock interviews, and character autobiographies, students develop their main character's life experience and personality. Then after they've nailed down their protagonist, students explore how supporting characters complement and challenge the protagonist. Finally, students learn about the ways in which charac
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Margaret Atwood: Gertrude Talks Back | Hamlet | POV Creative Writing Act 3
A modern feminist revisioning of Queen Gertrude from Hamlet, this contemporary text by Margaret Atwood is a great choice for teaching point of view as well as for looking at Shakespeare’s classic play in a new light. “Gertrude Talks Back” presents a queen who is clever, sure of herself, and unafraid to say and do what she wants. It’s a very different version of the role than what most viewers have come to expect. However, when your students dig deeper into the character with the questions for c
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Spotify Wrapped Character Analysis, HS English, Holidays, No Prep, Google App
Introducing the ultimate end-of-the-year or beginning-of-the-year activity that will have your students buzzing with excitement! Say goodbye to boring lessons and hello to the perfect blend of music and literature with my Spotify Wrapped Recap activity. Inspired by the obsession with Spotify Wrapped and Apple Replay, this activity taps into your students' love for music and famous Christmas characters (or any literary character). Imagine the joy on their faces as they create their very own symbo
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Christmas Literary & Rhetorical Analysis, No Prep, Google, Holidays
Three Ways Authors Reveal Characters | Printable | Google Drive™ | Easel™
Short Story analysis is an important Language Arts skill. Authors reveal characters in three ways. Authors reveal the physical descriptions and the personality traits of the characters they create by using either direct or indirect characterization.************************************************************************************************************SAVE $$ Click here to buy this resource along with several others in the Writing About Literature Bundle and save 20% on the individual resourc
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing About Literature Bundle
Frankenstein Guide: Volume 2 Questions, Writing Prompts, Essay, Activities & Key
In this PDF packet for Volume II (only) of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, you'll find 110 pages of teaching resources for you and your students.Here's a look at what's included:Suggested reading & activities scheduleClass activities and homeworkVolume overview (for instructional modification!)Reading questions (for you!)Guided reading questions (for students!)Chapter writing promptsEssay writing prompts and assignment with grading scorecardKey quotes and quote analysis worksheetLiterary device
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Writing Prompts | Analytical & Creative Writing
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of Twelfth Night? Whether it’s because your students are not inspired to write, you don’t know how to “teach” writing, or you’re too overwhelmed to deal with all the grading, writing is something that you might end up dropping.And the less your students write, the more anxious and uncomfortable they’ll feel when they are tasked with writing an essay or even a short reaction.If you want to help y
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Folk Tale Collaborative Writing Activity: Engaging Common Core Synthesis
This is a wonderfully fun yet challenging cooperative small group assessment activity to be used in any Creative Writing or ELA course in which you have a folk tale unit and wish to incorporate a dramatic activity. I would suggest sharing the folk tale PowerPoint notes/application set I also have for a discounted rate in my TpT store prior to assigning this activity.
This single page assessment presents the students with a choice of a.) which students with whom they wish to collaborate and crea
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby After Reading Activity | Obituary for Gatsby—Characterization
For this after reading activity based on the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, students will write an obituary for Jay Gatsby using characterization skills.If you are looking for engaging after reading activities for The Great Gatsby, this writing task provides students an opportunity to analyze Jay Gatsby's character in an interesting way! Students will discuss Jay Gatsby's history, his accomplishments, his personality, and more, all in a well-written tribute to his memory. You May
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - ALL 4 LESSON PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS
These are the 4 lesson PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS based on "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.The structure of the lessons are based on the principles of bloom's taxonomy and are fully aligned with KS3/KS4 and Common Core Standards.The 4 lessons include:Cover questionsVocabulary Builder with all new words supplied from the context of the novelAuthor examinationCharacter and setting tasksComprehension questionsUse of alliterationAuthor's use of sensesTraditional e
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Big Hamlet Writing Prompts Bundle: Argument Essay, Bellringers, Lit. Analysis
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of the play?The prompts, guides, handouts, rubrics, and suggestions here are all proven to work based on sixteen years of teaching writing to all levels of high school. It’s not easy to take students through a writing assignment or to get them to improve their skills, but with the right tools, it can be done.When you teach Hamlet with these writing activities you will:• bring your students’ writi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Setting as Character: 3 Close Reading Mentor Texts and a Writing Prompt!
Can setting play an active role in a scene? How much does your environment determine your identity? These, among other questions are at the heart of this lesson. The tree-based novel-excerpts and prompts are also awesome to use during the holiday season!Bring Nami Mun, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras's lush fictive worlds to your students, and use them as inspiration for your student's creative works!Using three descriptions of trees, this lesson plan helps students begin to see their
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Wuthering Heights - Comprehensive Teaching Resource and Study Guide
This 26-slide PowerPoint Presentation illuminates Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights! If you have never taught this text before it is a must, and it is visually engaging to 'hook' your students. Everything you need to teach this Unit. It includes explanations of Historical and contextual settings and Emily's background. Themes, characters, imagery, symbolism, and motifs are discussed. Includes analysis of major characters, family tree, infographics, exploring ideas of love and obsession, family, m
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
The Most Dangerous Game Activity Packet
Engage your students with this comprehensive activity packet designed for Richard Connell's gripping short story, 'The Most Dangerous Game.' This resource encompasses a diverse range of educational elements, including detailed literary analysis exercises to help students unravel the story's figurative language, plot intricacies based on Freytag's pyramid, and character exploration. Additionally, this packet preloads essential vocabulary to equip students with the necessary academic language, ens
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Writing Prompt on Creating Surprise Plot Twists
Description of ProductThis is a writing assignment to accompany discussions on Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. This prompt requires students to think about unexpected plot twists and alternate story lines. An excerpt from the text is provided. This is a great addition to your literary lessons regarding this story's motifs and themes. This is a no-prep activity to assist you in teaching/discussing this story. It's a great composition prompt for middle school, high school, or college-level English
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Woman in Black - BUNDLE - 5 LESSON SLIDESHOW AND HANDOUT
These are the complete 5 lesson PRESENTATIONS and HANDOUTS based on "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill.The structure of the lessons are based on the principles of bloom's taxonomy and are fully aligned with KS3 and Common Core Standards.The 5 lessons include:Cover questionsVocabulary Builder with all new words supplied from the context of the novelPathetic fallacy taskComparison of the narrator's language and contemporary languageDiscussion of Gothic FictionThe use of cliches in chapter 1Writer'
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Independent Reading Book Assignments- Digital Work Online
Do your students lack motivation to read on their own? This bundle is for you. Utilize the writing process by giving students the opportunity to be creative with their independent reading book. This bundle includes 4 project ideas. 1. Create an alternate ending assignment2. Write a Book Review3. Write a Genre Guide Book Review4. Blind Date with a Book ActivityEach of the assignments are as follows: Alternate Ending: This assignment is to be given to students while they read their independent boo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Woman in Black - COMPLETE 5 LESSON SLIDESHOW
These are the complete 5 lesson presentations based on "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill.The structure of the lessons are based on the principles of bloom's taxonomy and are fully aligned with KS3 and Common Core Standards.The 5 lessons include:Cover questionsVocabulary Builder with all new words supplied from the context of the novelPathetic fallacy taskComparison of the narrator's language and contemporary languageDiscussion of Gothic FictionThe use of cliches in chapter 1Writer's use of verb
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: The Woman in Black - BUNDLE - 5 LESSON SLIDESHOW AND HANDOUT
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