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12th grade close reading resources for Easel Activities
"Firework" by Katy Perry Poetry Terms Figurative Language Activities
Figurative Language and Poetic Devices/Poetry Terms Identification using Katy Perry's "Firework"Use Katy Perry's popular song "Firework" to teach figurative language, sound devices, and other poetry terms. You can decide how many and which devices you'd like your students to find.Updated to include additional exercises for more in-depth learning and making connections to the text! Those I've pointed out in this exercise include:alliteration, anaphora, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Macbeth Act 3 Three Differentiated Creative Assessments
This engaging Macbeth resource includes three differentiated and creative ways to assess high school ELA students’ understanding of Shakespeare's Macbeth Act 3. Students perform quote analysis and rewording, create their own dialogue among characters, and fill in a newscast template reporting on the play's plot. Includes answer key.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Easel Activity This engaging activity can be completed collaboratively or could be used as an assessment.The first activity provides 12
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9th - 12th
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Compare Contrast Two or More Texts NonFiction Graphic Organizers
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts: Close Reading Strategies and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards
Use the handouts to encourage close reading and compare/contrast of two or more texts or sources (may be used with multimedia sources such as graphics, videos, podcasts, etc.). They may also be used to compare two different people, focusing on comparing their early life, struggles, and achievements. Includes modified Venn Diagrams specific to the CCSS.
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6th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Wuthering Heights Student Workbook - Comprehensive Study Guide with Activities
Wuthering Heights Student Workbook contains everything a teacher needs to teach Bronte’s novel. Instead of the boring question and answer format, the Student Workbook prompts students’ ideas about characters, asks them to comment on significant quotes, and to notice some of the essential techniques used by the author such as symbolism, allusions, themes, etc. in each of the chapters. I have created this resource for my own classes, and students love the meaningful format. Instead of writing info
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9th - 12th
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Feed by M.T. Anderson Novel Workbook
This product will assist teachers and students in understanding analyzing, the novel, Feed. If you have never checked this book out - do it now! It's a hilarious, yet mind-boggling and tragic exploration into the future where all people have a "feed" in their brain which helps them communicate and acts as their internet. This unit was designed for a 10th grade classroom; however, any grade 9-12 could read this book.This product includes:- Title page- Multi-Genre Project with Rubric- Notes and ac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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 Analysis Activity: Student-Led Lesson for ANY Novel
Pssssst… hey, Teach. You shouldn’t be the hardest working person in the room. Leave the choices, responsibility and learning up to your students… then stand back and watch what happens. In this student-directed literary analysis activity, students become the teacher, closely reading and analyzing an assigned chapter of a novel, then “teaching” it to the class. Working in groups, they begin by assigning roles, with each group member choosing an area of focus—whether characterization, symbolism
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7th - 12th
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A Christmas Carol Pre-Reading on Charles Dickens, Background Activity
Help your students understand what motivated Charles Dickens to write A Christmas Carol! Students read an engaging 2-page article and complete comprehension questions that can be used for a class discussion! Also included in this resource is a Stave Two Investigation Activity to help students take a deep dive into the text! Please click the PREVIEW above for a closer look at everything included in this resource! Take a look at all of my A Christmas Carol resources! Top Love and Let Lit Resources
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7th - 12th
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Hamlet Scene Summary Visual Notebook - Enhanced Digital Copy Included
This resource has been created as a substitute for the traditional "questions and answers" method we are used to. As teachers, we aim to ensure students understand the play's essential elements, but we also want to engage them in a "hands-on" fashion. Studies demonstrate that Sketch noting and doodling help students retain information and understand concepts better than simply answering questions. This resource allows students to complete notes during the reading process and use the images an
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9th - 12th
The Call of the Wild Chapter Reading Checks
Ready to print and use! Questions designed to check students’ comprehension of events, plot, character, point of view, and vocabulary are sure to challenge your students while reading Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. Chapters 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 are together on a quick one page, no prep format; Chapter 7 stands alone. This product will work well as reading checks for a whole class teaching of the novel or as reading checks for independent readers. Use this product to challenge accelerated reader
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7th - 12th
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Understanding Historical Dating: BC, AD, CE, BCE, Circa, Historic, Historical
Students will read about historical dating terms and use such as BC, AD, CE, BCE, Circa, Historic, Historical, Decade, and Century. They will learn about the debate over using BC and AD vs.CE and BCE. There is a quiz that includes matching terms to definitions, fill in the blank, and a critical thinking question. There are 6 pages in this document. Two of them are student content pages.
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5th - 12th
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Intro to Romanticism- Taylor Swift's "the lakes" *No Prep Needed!* *UPDATE*
Hi all! I am a huge Swiftie and admire her love of language and writing skills. I love to incorporate engaging activities for students that will still give them important information in a way that inspires them! In my AP Lit and Composition course we are preparing to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by doing a short intro to key elements of the Romantic movement. This lesson will be a fun, engaging way of giving students necessary background knowledge of the era and having them apply it to art a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: *Intro to Romanticism Bundle*
1984 Reading Guide With Chapter Questions for Comprehension & Critical Thinking
Thought-provoking chapter questions make this comprehensive reading guide perfect to frame your unit plan for 1984 by George Orwell. Questions go beyond simple recall and require students to think critically by inferring and analyzing. This study guide includes questions for each chapter along with a detailed answer key. Click the preview for more detailed information! Incudes PDF to print and all student materials in Google Slides. Take a look at all of my resources for George Orwell's 1984! T
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9th - 12th
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Macbeth Soliloquies - Reading Annotation & Analysis Activities, Act 1, 2, 3, 5
These analysis soliloquy activities are the perfect supplement to any Macbeth unit because they increase reading comprehension and engagement at the same time. They allow students to engage and analyze some of the most important soliloquies of the play while perfectly breaking up the monotony of reading comprehension questions and traditional textbook work. Students will be able to learn more about the characters, the play’s overall message and themes, and even hold in-depth discussions about th
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9th - 12th
Julius Caesar Act 2 Reading Guide w/ Questions, Quotes, & Analysis for Act II
In this challenging and engaging Act II literature guide, students answer questions analyzing the plot, characters and language for each scene, analyze the idea of preventing power abuse and Shakespeare’s structural choices, explore and interpret three significant quotations, and make substantiated predictions for Act III of Julius Caesar. A complete answer key is included! All materials are available in PDF to print and writeable in Google Slides. ➡️ Please click the PREVIEW above for a closer
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9th - 12th
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Christmas Activities Winter Holiday Parody and Satire Song Exercise
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW. Christmas and the winter holiday season have wonderful traditions, including festive holiday songs and carols. This unique, engaging lesson plan uses favorite Winter holiday songs to facilitate students' understanding of parody and satire. Students will listen and sing along with classic holiday songs and then analyze humorous parodies/satires of those original songs. After analyzing other satires, studens will create their own parodies/satires of holiday songs to shar
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7th - 12th
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Julius Caesar Act 3 Reading Guide w/ Questions, Quotes, & Analysis for Act III
This tried and true guide contains questions analyzing the plot, characters and language for each scene. Students compare and contrast the honesty in the famous speeches given by Brutus and Antony over Caesar’s body. Students also analyze the rhetorical success of Antony’s manipulation of both the plebeians and the conspirators. Students explore and interpret three significant quotations, and make substantiated predictions for Act IV of Julius Caesar. A complete answer key is included. Materials
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10th - 12th
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1984 Characterization and Text Analysis Activity - Are You a Prole?
Looking for an engaging and relevant text analysis and characterization activity for your high school ELA students studying Orwell's 1984? Check out this well-received activity addressing the proles in Oceania. The proles in 1984 are an inert force, often drawing students' disdain. Ask your students, "Are you a prole?" This text analysis and synthesis activity is a fabulous way to have your students explore the passive majority of Oceania and discover how much they have in common with the gro
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9th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension | Mystery & Horror Genre | Extract Booklet | Activities
This booklet of 13 extracts from classic mystery and horror fiction is a great flexible resource for gothic fiction or Halloween units. Wide-spaced for easy annotation; you can adapt the pack to your high school students' needs.This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.Each extract is heavy in sense of place, figurative language, and genre. It is also suitable for Gifted and Talented students or Honors classes.The pack also includes activity sheets for single extracts, paired
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading BUNDLE of Spooky Texts and Response Activities
Othello Unit Plan and Enrichment Activities
Did Othello and Desdemona ever stand a chance as an inter-racial couple? Were they “star-cross’d,” like Romeo and Juliet? If not, what circumstances doomed their love? Students will wrestle with these and many other questions in their study of Othello, the Moor of Venice. The focus of this unit plan and enrichment activities resource is on close textual analysis for upper level (grades 11-12) students. However, like all of Shakespeare’s plays, Othello was meant to be performed before an audience
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10th - 12th
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Macbeth Act 4 Reading Guide and Answer Key With Questions and Activities
Increase comprehension and engagement with this Macbeth Act IV Literature Guide as students answer questions regarding major plot points for each scene, make inferences, evaluate characters’ decisions, analyze language, explore and interpret three significant quotations, analyze the role of fate in the play, compare and contrast the gender expectations of Malcolm and Macduff, and make substantiated predictions. A complete answer key is provided. Includes PDF to print and all student materials wr
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9th - 12th
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Much Ado About Nothing Interactive Flipbook
This flip book goes through all 5 Acts of William Shakespeare's play. It also include a character map and background information to help your students successfully navigate through the text. Answer key is included and the questions are easy to answer while reading the Act or after the play is done. Easy to use and easy to grade. It makes a great study guide for students.*Update* Available under TpT Digital Resources which adds an interactive layer on top of the pdf for distance learning. *Teachi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Much Ado About Nothing Bundle: Complete Teacher Unit
Hamlet Act 3 Reading Guide With Questions, Quotes, & Analysis for Act III
In this Hamlet Act III Study Guide, students answer guided reading questions and analyze the plot, characters, and language for each scene. This includes a soliloquy analysis of Hamlet’s famous “To be, or not to be,” speech. Students analyze character relationships, such as the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia. Students analyze Hamlet’s sanity as well as Shakespeare’s creation of a parallel plot of spying. Finally, students make substantiated predictions for the next act. Materials are in
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10th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Movie Guide
This is a two page document that can be copied onto a double-sided, one page handout. There are 25 questions that move in chronological order of the movie. Students may complete the questions on this paper in short answer form. This resource may be used during the movie to keep students engaged, or it may be used as a quiz after the movie ends. No answer key is included as answers will vary. <<<<< <<<<< <<<<< I LOVE FEEDBACK. IF YOU FIND VALUE IN THIS
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9th - 12th
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