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Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources for Easel under $5
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Romeo and Juliet Final Project End of Play "Who is to Blame?" Chart Activity
Looking for Romeo and Juliet Activities? Conclude your unit plan by asking students to evaluate the characters and assign responsibility for the tragic events. Students create a pie chart assigning responsibility and write an evaluative paragraph. Use it to challenge students’ thinking at the end of your unit, to introduce a literary analysis essay, or as review prior to a final exam. All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are writeable in Google Slides. This Responsi
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9th - 12th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Gods & Myths Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learn
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Students will adore these
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4th - 10th
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The Necklace Unit - Guy De Maupassant - Short Story Reading Comprehension
This 45 page The Necklace Short Story Unit contains no prep close reading and short story annotations activities that are perfect for a short story unit on The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. They include short story reading comprehension questions and answer keys, graphic organizers, and close reading activities.✅Please check out the thumbnails for detailed images of some of the activities included in this resource.★★★Newly updated in 2022 - ALL NEW RESOURCES ADDED!!!****************************
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6th - 9th
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Paired Texts Lesson with Short Stories - The Most Dangerous Game and The Lottery
This "paired passages" lesson encourages students to practice annotation, story analysis, synthesis, and essay writing. Students complete close readings of Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” and Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery.” Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings, consider and compare themes, and write a short literary analysis essay. The lesson includes handouts with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies, which provide scaffolding for diverse
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9th - 12th
Literary Elements Worksheets & Task Cards High School STAAR Test Prep
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice literary elements questions can be challenging. Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenge students.Use as bell-ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more.Great for high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 20 literary elements task cards are perfect to prepare for the E
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8th - 11th
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How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court Short Story Unit
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court by Matt de la Peña. This is a story about a boy who is trying to become the best basketball player he can. The short story is from the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Common Core Standards. Skills covered include mapping the plot, external conflict, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context cl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Character Study Activities | Any Text or Novel | Tattoo, Playlist, Selfie & more
12 differentiated activities for studying a character from any novel, short story or text. Great for class readers, but also perfect when your students have chosen their own books to study!This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Includes...Write an informal letter to a characterDesign a tattoo for a characterPack a bag of ten items for a characterImagine a character selfieFill a character's heartMap a character's past and predict their futur
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7th - 10th
Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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Tell Tale Heart. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. Full Unit for ELA ESL Sp. Ed.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instruction.Unit includes:An illustrated adapted text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Po
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
9 Fractured Fairy Tales w/ 7 Readers Theater + Units for Valentines Day
Nine new, original Fractured Fairy Tales for Valentines Day plus 6 in both narrative and Readers Theater form included. Great Valentines Activity. Stories, plus fluency, reading comprehension, interactive notebook, plot, structure, theme -- and more! All included in both print and digital.Each of these Fractured Fairy Tale Has the Following Work PagesReaders TheaterNarrative – The StoryModified Narrative Readers Theater Script Comprehension and Summary Compare and Contrast Character Traits, Mora
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4th - 9th
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Sol Painting, Inc. Short Story Unit from Flying Lessons Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Sol Painting, Inc. by Meg Medina. This is a story about a girl and her family who go to paint the gym at her new school. The short story is from the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Common Core Standards. Skills covered include mapping the plot, external and internal conflict, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, comprehe
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
“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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The Diary of Anne Frank Play Study Unit Reading Comp Activity TIMELINE PROJECT
This is a comprehensive unit project for THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK PLAY (Goodrich and Hackett) to gauge reading comprehension as your students work through your play study unit. (Note: This is one of ten resources/activities from my Diary of Anne Frank Play Study Unit Bundle. If you need more lessons & activities, click here to preview the unit!) Creating a Timeline is a project that is not only a student favorite but also encourages engagement with the entire progression of your Diary of Anne
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7th - 10th
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Novel in Verse Reading Response Questions Literary Analysis
Novel in Verse Reading Response Questions for Literary Analysis for ANY Novel in VerseThese reading response graphic organizer pages are perfect to use with ANY novel in verse! You can use all 15 pages or pick and choose; they can also be used over and over for different parts of the novel!Includes Google Slides and Easel versions for paperless assignments!Each page is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It assesses various parts of the characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict, point
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6th - 12th
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
Book vs Movie | Comparison Project for Movie Versions and Partner Movies
These no prep booklets of resources will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart, or a book with a partner movie. This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.Use this resource with ANY book that has a movie version, or with ANY movie you are connecting to a book study. That's two products in one!The activities cover plot, setting, culture, context, characterization, theme, and symbolism comparisons with critical a
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9th - 11th
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A Christmas Carol Pre-Reading Activities & Exit Tickets - Printable & Digital
Get students interested and excited to read with this novel anticipation guide! I use this A Christmas Carol pre-reading activity to introduce Charles Dickens' classic story and spark rich discussions of theme before we even begin reading. Each of the ten statements relates to an important theme presented in the novel and is general enough that it can also be used with an adapted version of Scrooge's story.I've also included six exit tickets (a.k.a. exit slips or exit cards - depending on what
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
A Christmas Carol Test - Printable & Digital
This end-of-book test (part of my complete A Christmas Carol Novel Unit) covering all five staves of Charles Dickens' classic story A Christmas Carol includes eight character matching questions and 17 multiple-choice questions.With this test, you'll be able to assess:- general comprehension- characterization- plot- conflict- cause and effect- theme- inference- irony- symbolismThis resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Eas
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
A Christmas Carol Study Guide Questions - Printable & Digital
Good comprehension checks are a must for any novel study! These A Christmas Carol reading questions (part of my complete A Christmas Carol Novel Unit) contain higher-level reading comprehension and analysis questions to accompany Charles Dickens' classic holiday novel, A Christmas Carol. For each stave, there are 7-8 questions as well as a thought-provoking writing prompt.Students will practice:-characterization-motivation-reading for detail-plot/sequencing-inference-supporting details-cause and
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Elements of Fiction Introduction Worksheet Presentation
Introduce your middle school students to the Elements of Fiction with these No-Prep, engaging resources! Included are fun worksheets, Slides Presentation, and activities that will help your students become familiar with elements of literature. This lesson plan introduces students to plot, theme, characters, setting, point of view, conflict, and mood/tone. This resource is a great overview of your upcoming narrative unit!For more in-depth teaching and analysis of each of the elements of fiction,
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Fiction Unit - Short Story Unit for Middle School ELA
Fahrenheit 451 Bell Ringers Entry Tasks, 4 Weeks of Daily Topics for Discussions
Use this pack of Bell Ringers for Fahrenheit 451 to hook your students! Start each day of your unit plan for Fahrenheit 451 with an engaging prompt that leads into a discussion or longer assignment! 20 Bell Ringers (Entry Tasks / Journal Entries) are included for use throughout the entire novel. Subjects include archetypes, antiheroes, censorship, the first amendment, themes, ignorance, and more! Subjects encourage students to think deeply about the issues presented in Fahrenheit 451. A blank te
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9th - 11th
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Macbeth Act 3 Study Guide With Questions and Critical Thinking Activities
Engage and challenge students with this Macbeth Act III Reading Guide! Students answer questions regarding major plot points for each scene in Macbeth, make inferences, evaluate characters’ decisions, analyze language, explore and interpret three significant quotations from Macbeth Act III, compare and contrast Macbeth and Banquo, analyze the symbolism of sleep, and make substantiated predictions. A complete answer key is included! All materials are available in PDF to print and student materia
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9th - 12th
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The Odyssey by Homer Reading Guide for Books 1-6 With Questions & Analysis
Use this reading guide for books 1-6 to kick off your Unit Plan for Homer’s The Odyssey. Designed to increase comprehension and engage students, this high school resource contains important terms along with comprehension & analysis questions. Increased rigor addresses xenia in ancient Greece, gender roles, character development, & the literary convention of a flashback. Common core aligned with a detailed answer key! All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are w
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9th - 12th
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