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Free 9th grade Common Core RL.8.10 resources
Music as Poetry Analysis Activity for Any Song - Digital and Print
Teaching students to analyze poetry can be challenging. This free resource uses pop culture music (almost any song of your choosing will work) to engage students in discussion about lyric poems. Song analysis activities make teaching poetry fun!ContentsThis song analysis activity is included in different versions:1. A condensed two-page graphic organizer 2. A 14 page resource with one question on each page so you can use them individually, with learning stations, or with gallery walksFormatsThi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
How to Annotate Text, Annotations, FREE Sticky Note Method Handout with Bookmark
Encourage your students to improve their close reading skills by teaching them to annotate text with this simple sticky-note procedure. This single-sheet handout gives examples of rich and weak annotated comments along with helpful suggestions to guide students who aren’t sure what they should be writing about when they’re asked to annotate a book.The sheet was designed for students to keep intact in their binders or to slice up and use as a bookmark during reading time. Want more handouts and r
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8th - 11th
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Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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Identifying Symbolism FREE Handout Distance Learning
Symbolism can be hard for students to identify and analyze. Use this free handout with any story, novel, poem, play, and even speeches to help your students! You may utilize this as a print-and-go worksheet or share it digitally with your students on a secured platform using the Google Slides link in the PDF. Use it in conjunction with my INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLISM presentation.Created and copyrighted by Tracee Orman
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7th - 12th
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson - Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Bell Ringers
Assess students’ knowledge of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” using these FREE reading comprehension questions! These bell ringer quizzes include six close reading questions that evaluate students' reading comprehension. Includes digital quizzes for Google Classroom®! Included with these Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes:✏️ “The Lottery” Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Digital & PrintSix close reading questions to evaluate knowledge and understanding✏️ Editable Reading Comprehension Que
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8th - 11th
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Character Analysis One Pager for ANY Novel!
Looking for a creative alternative to the standard end of novel test or literary analysis essay? Enter one pagers! A one pager is a visual response to literature that gets students creative juices flowing while analyzing and synthesizing information from a novel or short story. In the character analysis one pager activity, students will create a one pager to analyze the protagonist of a story. Students will consider the character's development, traits, motivations, and more. Students will demon
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis One Pager Bundle for ANY Novel
Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
FREE! Virtual Escape Room: Marine Biome Edition (Escape the Zoo Ep.1)
About Escape Rooms in general:These escape rooms are an engaging and interactive way for students to learn problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and teamwork. It will require them to work together to solve puzzles and clues, fostering a sense of camaraderie and cooperation. It will also encourage students to think creatively and to approach problems from different angles, which is a valuable skill in any academic or professional setting. Give your students the opportunity to experience the
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
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Also included in: Virtual Escape Room Growing Bundle: Escape the Zoo (20% off!)
Digital Escape Room Challenge: A Dream Within a Dream!
This free, single digital escape room challenge is an engaging way for students to display their understanding of figurative language. This Escape Room challenge is based on Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream." In this challenge, students fall asleep after reading "A Dream within a Dream" only to find themselves locked in a Gothic mansion in their dreams. Students will read the poem and must use their knowledge of stanzas, metaphors, personification, and alliteration to escape! This resou
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES LIST 4 ALL GRADES K-12 AND SUBJECTS + TEACHER RESOURCE
Sometimes, you just need a list of websites for everyone. Here it is. FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES Put together by Teach Me, Maria!It takes time to gather this information, figure out the appropriate grade levels, and format, maintain, and update this page. All I ask is for an honest review if this list helps you.
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Digital Classroom Bookshelf for Independent Reading and Book Recommendations
Looking for a way to connect with students via distance learning? To continue enhancing the classroom reading culture? To build relationships and talk about books? Try using a digital class bookshelf.This digital class bookshelf will allow students to share what they are reading. Each student will be able to view the entire class's book selections. The template allows for up to 25 students to add "currently reading" books to the class template; however, you can add a separate slide in the docume
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7th - 10th
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Young Adult Literature Book Quote Posters Editable
Need some high-interest lines from popular young adult literature? This editable resource contains 20 different narrative leads from books teens like to read. Use these young adult literature book quote posters to promote the literacy culture in your building by hanging them in classrooms and hallways. They can also be used as writing prompts, impromptu speech topics, first line Friday hooks, and more. Teenagers just need to find a book that hooks them in order to want to sit down and read it. T
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Analysis Handout - for any poem
Use this one-page handout to help secondary students analyse and deconstruct any poem. This easy, step-by-step handout is structured in four parts:Poetic form and structureLanguage use and effectVisual and auditory imageryTone, mood, message and reader interpretations.I've developed this handout over several years and have found it helped my most reluctant and struggling students to engage with and analyse poetry. Check out my other poetry resources:POWERPOINT Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Ow
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7th - 12th
Free Scaffolded Reading & Research Notes: Help Students Independently Annotate!
One of my year-long goals is for my students to reach a place where they can independently take and make meaningful notes and annotations while they read. Personally, I prefer to write in my books, but in the classroom, that's not always possible. With this in mind, I put together these 5 Square Notes sheets (kind of like graphic organizers) that walk students through annotation and/or note taking. Each sheet is set up in the 1-2-3-2-1 style, which is a pattern that's easy for students to rememb
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8th - 12th
The Bed Shadow - Middle school reading comprehension practice suspense/horror
The Bed Shadow is a short story targeted at middle school and above readers. It is a light horror/suspense story written to be engaging for all readers. No blood and not too scary, the piece should keep the readers attention.Includes 5 multiple choice and 5 open-ended questions to assess reading comprehension. Great as a resource for subs or for informal reading assessments. Vocabulary is light, nothing too complex.Audio version of this story (without questions) available at https://youtu.be/XFg
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7th - 12th
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Free Argument Writing Prompt for Banned Books - Novel Study
Teach students about censorship with this free argument writing activity. Students brainstorm potential evidence, counterarguments, and refutations for a claim about a banned book. Use as a stand-alone lesson or culminating assessment after a class reading of a challenged book. This 5-page resource includes: -instructions-the prompt-think aloud model-bonus graphic organizer to help students brainstorm and write rationales for challenged booksWant additional handouts that take students through
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7th - 10th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
FREE “The Necklace” Short Story | Google Form Auto-Graded Reader Quiz /17
I love using "The Necklace" (a tragic story of irony in a woman's life) with my middle and high school learners! But despite all the rockstar resources out there for various ages, it was still important to me to have a quick, ready, auto-graded and RICH READING ASSESSMENT handy as part of my short study unit.This quiz is an effective self-check-in for readers, scaffolds other larger tasks, is all auto-graded, has varied question styles and covers the whole short story. Additionally, it will save
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8th - 12th
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FREEBIE Reading Log & Summary Writing | Digital or Print | Google Slides
Use this digital reading log with any text to keep students accountable for independent reading in a stress-free way!Digital or Print! Assign via Google Classroom or print for students to complete by hand.With this reading log, students keep track of pages and chapters read, rate their books, and provide a summary of their text. This is a great way to build writing into your regular classroom routine! Complete it weekly as a way to keep students engaged with their independent reading novels thro
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5th - 12th
Poetry Analysis - Maya Angelou's: Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All
Practice some poetry analysis skills with your students! This is a worksheet that gives Maya Angelou's poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All. It is followed with questions asking students to determine speaker, subject, theme, rhyme scheme, and ask students to write their own original stanza to correspond with the poem. Includes a rating system for the student, so teachers can see what poems engage their students!
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6th - 9th
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Weekly Reading Reflection Journal - Free Sample
Weekly Reading Journals are intended to engage students in deeper conversations about books and reading that go beyond simply asking students to record the number of pages they read. Students will ponder on what others have to say about reading, reflect on their own reading and apply literary questions to their choice books or class reading. **Please note this is a small sample of my Weekly Reading Journals Full Year This product containsAccess to 2 weeks of printed journal pages (same questions
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7th - 10th
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50 States Read Across the USA Reading Challenge
Motivate your students to read a variety of novels with this USA Reading Challenge!
There are two versions of this reading challenge:
(1) Individual Student Recording Sheet
* copy double-sided and keep in a safe place for the quarter, semester, year, etc.
(2) Classroom Recording Sheet
* print a large poster version and collaboratively try to read a book set in each of the 50 states
* for upper grades, a great place to start looking for those hard to find states is epicreads.com
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3rd - 12th
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Flying Lessons and Other Stories Review Graphic Organizers Freebie
Flying Lessons and Other Stories is a contemporary collection of short stories by diverse authors. This freebie includes a short story review graphic organizer for each of the short stories within the book. Use these graphic organizers as you read or as a review at the end of the story! You can print multiple to a page to use as a reference for each story. Great for reviewing common literature terms throughout the year! Topics covered on the graphic organizer include protagonist, antagonist, sec
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
TPCASTT Method Handout | Poetry Analysis | Middle School High School English
FREE TPCASTT Poetry Analysis Method Guide & Chart! Enhance your students' poetry analysis skills with this comprehensive 3-page PDF resource, absolutely FREE! Designed for secondary grade levels, this educational gem includes a 2-page handout unraveling the powerful TPCASTT method, an essential tool for deciphering the intricacies of poetry.Unveil the magic of TPCASTT, where each letter encapsulates a critical aspect of poetic exploration: Title, Paraphrasing, Connotation, Attitude/Tone, Sh
FREE Fiction Reading Response Form
Looking for a formative assessment to track comprehension and reading analysis? This Google form makes collecting data about student progress easy. Use with any fiction book, either a whole class novel, literature circles or student free choice reading books. All students write a summary response for their reading that day and then pick one: setting, character, conflict or theme to analyze. Perfect after a 30 minute chunk of independent reading. Use multiple times to collect data and formatively
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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