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Close reading Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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Argument Analysis: Regifting for Distance Learning
Argument Analysis: Regifting - a winter holiday activity now updated with a shareable Google Slides version for distance learning!A complete mini-unit for analyzing nonfiction text, practicing speaking and listening skills, and writing an argument essay complete with original data graphs. Students will analyze both sides of the regifting argument, then write their own arguments for or against regifting. Includes an anticipatory activity, articles, comprehension and critical-thinking questions (d
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6th - 11th, Staff
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
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 Circle Roles and Responsibilities - Roles, Rubrics, and Worksheets
These literature circle roles include 7 inquiry-based job descriptions to facilitate student-led book clubs. These responsibilities offer students the opportunity to practice essential reading strategies. This unit also includes editable and ready-to-print rubrics, a pacing guide, and scaffolding worksheets.Included with these Literature Circle Roles:✏️ Handouts Outlining Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Scaffolding Worksheets for Each Role✏️ Task Chart Graphic Organizer and Pa
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7th - 10th
Types of Conflict - Literary Conflict Examples - Activity for Any Movie Trailer
Explore the four types of literary conflict using any movie trailer! This lesson differentiates between person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society, and person vs. nature. Students can use the graphic organizer provided to analyze the literary conflict in your students' favorite film trailers. Included with this Types of Literary Conflict Lesson:✏️ Types of Conflict Informational Handout - Digital & PrintDifferentiate between the four types of conflict: person vs. person, person
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6th - 10th
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Annabel Lee Fun Activities Edgar Allan Poe for Middle School and High School
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
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6th - 12th
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Middle School Getting to Know You Where I'm From Poem I am From Poem High School
This Where I"m From Poem activity is a perfect way to build community with your middle school or high school ela students during the back to school season or to introduce an Identity Unit any time of the year. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES close reading activity invites students to work collaboratively to annotate the text, analyze the author's choices with figurative language, and consider what it really means to "from" a place. The activity ends with a fun creative writing activity you
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7th - 10th
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Assessment Questions (Reading Comprehension)
174 questions organized by chapter and fully editable. An answer key is included. Questions are multiple-choice, multiple-correct, matching, short answer, and short essay. They include simple reading comprehension questions and more complex questions that require students to make inferences, explain irony, identify figurative language, and answer questions using support from the text. These questions can be used for study guides, quizzes, and tests. Since they are organized by each chapter, it w
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
This is a discounted bundle for two products:Close Reading PowerPoint:This 151-slide PowerPoint is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, u
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6th - 8th
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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Engage NY 7th grade ELA Module 1 BUNDLE {Units 1, 2 and 3} Google Slides
Engage NY ELA units are complex these easy to follow Google Slides match each lesson of the 7th grade Engage NY curriculum Module 1 for Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. A total of 39 lessons that total over 500 slides.They are aesthetically appealing and will help to keep you on track with the lessons. Students will find these helpful to know what pages to be on as you are teaching. Additionally, they can refer to the board to be reminded of the questions that they are discussing or answering. These s
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7th
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Middle School Poetry Unit - Reading & Writing Poetry - Analyzing Poetic Devices
This modern middle school poetry unit will hook even your most reluctant readers! Includes introductory slideshow lessons, poetic device games and activities, poetry writing workshops, assignments, rubrics, and more. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️Included with this Middle School Poetry Unit:✏️ Analyzing Themes in Song Lyrics LessonIncludes a slideshow lesson, informational handout, examples of song lyrics, application activity
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4th - 10th
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Analyzing Themes in Song Lyrics - Teach Poetry Analysis Through Song Lyrics
Teach students how to identify themes in song lyrics with this poetry analysis lesson! Guide students through an exploration of central themes expressed in songs. Includes slideshow lesson, informational handout, sample lyrics, application activity for any song lyrics, and a creative expression assignment with rubric. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Poetry Analysis Lesson:✏️ Poetry in Song Lyrics Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPo
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4th - 10th
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Grade 8 Short Story Bundle - 8th Grade Literary Analysis Unit for Language Arts
Explore dystopia, analyze literary conflict, and teach descriptive writing with this short story bundle for Grade 8 English! Includes units for Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” Sandra Cisneros’ “Eleven,” and Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks.” Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 40% with the bundled discount!⚡️⚡️⚡️Resources included with this 8th Grade Short Story Bundle for English Language Arts:✏️ Dystopian Short Story Unit for “The Lottery” by Shi
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7th - 9th
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Making Inferences Lesson - Solving a Mystery Game - Case of the Lost Manuscript
Transform your lesson on making inferences into a thrilling adventure with this solving a mystery game! Students will explore "The Case of the Lost Manuscript" to make inferences and solve the mystery. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Making Inferences Lesson:✏️ Investigation Briefing Overview Slideshow - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides® & PDF✏️ Investigation Briefing Overview Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Investigation Clu
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6th - 12th
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My Name Sandra Cisneros Activities & Lesson Plan for Middle School & High School
Students love exploring family, culture, and the importance of names with this engaging activity for My Name by Sandra Cisneros! Use this engaging NO PREP, 100% editable, Google Slides activity to teach close reading skills and support reading comprehension while building community with your middle school & high school students - especially during the back to school season! This scaffolded and differentiated resource includes everything you need for success, from a detailed lesson plan &
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7th - 10th
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Literary Device Matching Game - Poetic Device Game Cards with Examples - Poetry
Explore poetic devices and engage students with pop-culture references using this Literary Device Matching Game! These poetic device game cards showcase examples from both classic literature and contemporary song lyrics. Includes 16 literary device vocabulary terms and 32 examples.Included with this Literary Device Matching Game:✏️ Literary Device Match-Up Game Cards - Colour & GreyscaleExplore 16 common poetic devices including simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, alliteration, and onomatopo
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5th - 12th
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Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe Halloween Inferences Middle School ELA
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
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6th - 12th
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Animal Farm Activity Bundle - Includes Mock Trial - Unit Plan - George Orwell
Immerse your students in the captivating world of Animal Farm by George Orwell with these FIVE resources! Encourage close reading, foster critical thinking, and spark lively discussions as students delve into the characters and events of the novel.Here are resources included in this bundle:⭐️ Animal Farm Character Trading CardsEach card features a vibrant illustration of a key character from the novel, along with essential details and quotes. Engage your students as they collect, analyze, and di
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7th - 10th
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Eleven by Sandra Cisneros - Short Story Unit Bundle - Digital & Print Activities
This short story unit for Sandra Cisneros’ "Eleven" includes comprehension questions, literary analysis activities, assessment tools, close reading quotations, and informational handouts. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros Short Story Unit:✏️ Comprehension Questions and Answers - Digital & Print✏️ Discussion Questions and Answers - Digital & Print✏️ Types of Conflict Work
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7th - 10th
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The Ultimate Socratic Seminar Bundle
This bundle of handouts, rubrics, and worksheets will give you everything you need in order to run transformational Socratic Seminars with your students. (Plus two free sample texts to use!).This bundle includes:1) A one-page introductory handout to Socratic Seminar2) A lesson plan for the intro handout3) A reproducible Seminar key for a teacher to fill out (and an example of a perfect one, as well as a guide for how to use it)4) Question Stems for students to draw from to help them formulate go
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7th - 12th
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Figurative Language Posters - Literary Device Vocabulary Worksheets Intermediate
Reinforce literary analysis vocabulary with these figurative language posters! These posters double as figurative language worksheets by having students locate definitions and examples for each literary device term. Use their work to create a word wall anchor chart on your classroom bulletin board! Included with these Figurative Language Posters:✏️ 10 Figurative Language Worksheets - Digital & PrintThese templates can be completed by students before displaying them on your bulletin board✏️ D
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7th - 12th
Socratic Circle: Revenge and Forgiveness
This discussion activity is sure to engage students and surprise teachers as they watch even the most reluctant readers come alive in a Socratic Circle. What is it? A class conversation. Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates believed that “…the highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others.” According to Socrates, learning comes from asking questions. A Socratic Circle is a type of group conversation with a chosen text that leads all participants to greater understanding. A S
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6th - 8th
Literary Analysis Graphic Organizer + Literary Analysis Unit to Any Story CCSS
No Prep Resource - Print and Go: Say goodbye to endless lesson planning and hello to seamless literary analysis instruction! This no-prep resource is your ultimate companion, offering a ready-to-use solution that will make your life easier than ever. Simply print, distribute, and watch as your students dive into the intricate world of literary analysis with enthusiasm!It Includes:Study Unit and Study Guide: A comprehensive guide covering all 16 main categories and subcategories of literary analy
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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