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ELA test prep Common Core RL.11-12.10 resources
Literary Analysis: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Reading & Writing Unit
Are your students confused about text analysis? You know how to do it yourself, but you're not sure how to make it accessible to students? I know the feeling. Analyzing texts is hard, and it rarely comes naturally. It's a difficult concept to break down into a methodical process. Still, it can be done. I created these analyzing texts materials to help my students practice analyzing a variety of texts, including nonfiction, fiction, paired texts, short films, movies, commercials/advertisements, a
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8th - 11th
Context Clues Vocabulary Bundle- SAT + Close Reading Practice for ELA
This bundle targets the five different types of context clues: definition, synonym, antonym, inference, and punctuation. Students will practice each type of context clue using SAT-style sentence completions. They will then complete a close reading of The Declaration of Independence plus a close reading of an excerpt from the novel Middlemarch using context clues to decipher the meaning of unknown words and phrases.Here is what is included in this bundle: Teacher Page Types of Context Clues
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9th - 12th
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Introduction to Independent Reading - Why Choice Reading Matters Presentation
Before you begin a choice reading program - book club, literature circles, or any other independent reading arrangement - engage your students with a discussion about literacy and why reading matters. Students need to see the implications that relate to their own lives in regards to any course content - literacy included!This lesson consists of a 26 slide editable PPT presentation, which allows you flexibility to adapt it for different age groups, cultures, and demographics. Within the lesson, t
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9th - 12th
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" Short Story Mini Unit with AP Lit skills
Here to Teach . . . “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charolotte Perkins Gilman This lesson was created for AP Literature and Composition students. Five AP Skills are covered using this one short story. As demonstrated in the PowerPoint, the following AP Skills are taught and practiced in this lesson: • Characterization - Skill 1.D: Describe how textual details reveal nuances and complexities in characters’ relationships with one another. • Structure - Skill 3.E: Explain the function of a significan
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School English AP Literature BUNDLE with 12 products
Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Trashketball Review Game
Make learning fun while assessing your students' reading comprehension of Lord of the Flies with this activity that uses cooperative learning. Throughout this PowerPoint, teams of students recall characters, plot, symbolism, and other literary devices to compete to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can! There are 25 questions in total. Brain-based research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this game motivates them with their love of sports. Using heterogeneous gr
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8th - 12th
Fiction Elements Review Game (Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Theme)
This trashketball game reviews literary terms including character, setting, plot, conflict, narration, and theme, that are essential knowledge for understanding fiction. Using references to classic literature, students check their understanding of these fundamental concepts and the following additional literary elements: · dynamic character· static character· protagonist· antagonist· character foil· exposition· rising action· climax· falling action· denouement· first person point of view· second
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8th - 12th
The Crucible by Arthur Miller Trashketball Review Game
Make learning fun and assess your students' reading comprehension of The Crucible by Arthur Miller with this activity that uses cooperative learning. Throughout this PowerPoint game, teams of students recall characters and plot events from each act in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. There are 30 editable short-answer questions in total. Research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this activity motivates students further by tapping into their love of
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8th - 11th
Poetry Video Quiz
This powerpoint is colorful and assesses poetry and figurative language knowledge using poetry scenes from popular movies, followed by a question about the poem given.
After creating a video quiz over main idea, I discovered that my students were actively engaged the entire lesson, while still giving me immediate feedback over their understanding of content.
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- 7 video clips ( please ensure your school allows access to youtube prior to purchasing)
- 7 EDITABLE questions
- answer key
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Great Gatsby Post-Reading Activity - Reading Comprehension - Gatsby Game
Use this fun trashketball game to review The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Teams of students recall characters, plot events, symbols, and literary devices (imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, and allusion) in order to compete to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can! All you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint presentation, a ball, dark tape, and a trash can. If you desire, edit the questions to meet the needs of your class. With six rounds of play, there are
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8th - 11th
Test for The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Here is a challenging summative assessment for the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Requiring close reading of the book, the test includes three sections: character and quote matching, true and false statements, and a short essay (prose constructed response). A key is provided for the first two sections of the assessment, and evaluation criteria are included for the short essay. If students simply read SparkNotes or a similar summary, they will not be able to pass this test. Please provid
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
AP Literature Exam Prep Multiple-Choice MCQ Quiz - Character, Characterization
Implement this AP Lit MCQ quiz packet to engage your AP students in targeted and focused multiple-choice exam prep practice for skill category one: the function of character. Not only does this characterization quiz feature two popular AP Literature texts: "A Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin (short story) and "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath (poem), but the questions are adapted directly from prior AP exams. Plus! After students take the quiz, they will have ample opportunities to calculate their skill
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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In Cold Blood Study Prompts
This 18-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of the text and build up a full understanding of what Truman Capote is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The text-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision an
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11th - 12th
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Trashketball Review Game
Assess your students' reading comprehension of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with this engaging activity. During this trashketball game, teams of students recall characters, plot, setting, and literary devices (imagery, simile, metaphor, allusion, and symbolism) from Frankenstein in order to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can! There are 30 questions in total. Game questions are editable.Brain-based research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this game motivates t
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9th - 12th
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Heart of Darkness Ch. 1 Close Reading PART 1 (3 passages / Google Ready)
Even my AP Lit. students blow past the opening frame of Heart of Darkness. In an effort to slow down their reading and encourage them to read more closely, I designed these three close reading passages and multiple choice questions. They worked extremely well for my students! After working through these three passages, my students were more aware of the motifs at play in the story, made better predictions and inferences throughout the rest of the reading, and had a better grasp of the literary f
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11th - 12th
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AP Literature Poetry Multiple Choice Atwood "Song of the Worms (Editable .gdoc)
Meaningful, contextualized AP Lit Multiple Choice Practice with a rich, readable Margaret Atwood poem—"Song of the Worms." The poem discusses the plight of oppressed or invisible groups of people dramatized through a "song" relayed by worms oppressed by cruel and violent boots. - *10* Questions- answer key - detailed answer explanations- formatted like the AP English Literature and Composition Exam for practice with exam question types- discussion-worthy subject to accompany many novels like The
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11th - 12th
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AP English Literature Skills Packet + Chart with Clickable Links. 25 pages.
This 25-page packet includes a clickable AP English Literature standards/skills chart. When students click a skill on the chart, it will link them to a page in this document showing them examples of complex literary analysis for each essential knowledge point written by a veteran AP lit teacher. Can be used for examples along the way and as a year-end review.Example texts used include the following:Novels and PlaysShelley's FrankensteinShakespeare's HamletHawthorne's Scarlet Letter Fitzgerald's
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11th - 12th
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Study Prompts
This 17-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Wilde is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision and
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11th - 12th
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Mood and Tone PowerPoint
Teaching author's style with mood versus tone? This is a literary concept often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are test-ready with this comprehensive, interactive 38-slide PowerPoint that includes numerous examples and kid-friendly pictures. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!Like Task Cards? Like PowerPoints? Try the Teach & Reach Bundle for 100% student engag
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7th - 12th
Also included in: ELA Jumbo PowerPoint Bundle - Volume 2
The Devil and Tom Walker Common Core FSA Parcc Test Prep
Here is a Power Point that contains 20 higher level, high complexity assessment questions modeled after the Common Core Assessments - PARCC and FSA. The questions are presented in multiple-choice, Hot Text, Multi-select, and Open Response formats.
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9th - 12th
Figurative Language CENTERS: 8 Stations, 3 Quizzes, 1 Glossary | All SHAKESPEARE
Hoping to deepen your students' knowledge of figurative language? Eager to equip your students with the tools and techniques for analyzing figurative language in Shakespeare's plays? This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective method for giving students practice at analyzing the most important types of figurative language. Students will develop the skills not only to identify types of figurative language but also to explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning
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7th - 12th
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Common Core Question Stems and Annotated Standards Grades 11-12 - Literature
Over 200 ELA Common Core Reading: Literature Question Stems and Annotated Standards specifically written for Grades 11-12! Meet the rigor and demands of the Common Core with ease with these standard-specific question stems ready to "pop" into lessons, activities, or assessments.No more guessing, no more time spent researching what the standards actually mean, no more coming up with your own questions to be sure you are using the verbiage and rigor your students need. Save yourself HOURS and elim
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11th - 12th
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ELA Test Prep Olympic Games Digital Unit 3 Escape Rooms! | 4 week Unit
Looking to engage your students with test prep even while distance learning? Get this 4 week digital Olympic Games Test Prep Unit! Students will compete in Escape Room Fridays to win medals for their country. BUT, they can't play on Friday unless they work hard on the practice activities all week! This is all digital, super engaging, and so much fun for you and your class!With 95 pages of slides, students will engage in poetry analysis, rhetoric analysis, short story analysis, nonfiction analys
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7th - 12th
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Fahrenheit 451 Trashketball Game - Characters, Plot, Literary Devices - Bradbury
Assess your students' reading comprehension of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury with this fun cooperative learning activity. Throughout this Trashketball game, teams of students recall characters, plot, and literary devices (imagery, symbolism, simile, allusion, and onomatopoeia) in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. There are 25 short-answer questions in total. Research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this activity motivates students further by tappin
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8th - 11th
The Catcher in the Rye Study Prompts
This 16-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Salinger is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revision
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9th - 12th
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