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Free higher education Common Core RL.11-12.2 resources
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
"The Crucible" Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Student Handout
This product is a character analysis graphic organizer student handout for The Crucible by Arthur Miller! It includes every character in the play and asks students to analyze them through 5 different categories:1. Character's role in story2. How character has changed throughout the play3. Positive/Negative connotation words to describe the character4. Struggles/oppressions they face or cause for others5. Students create a drawing of each character based on the description in the textThis product
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Engaging Character Analysis Instagram Activity for Any Text - Distance Learning
This activity also works well for distance learning!What do young teenagers and adults love more than reading an awesome short story in English Class? Instagram!This is the perfect resource to throw into any unit when you need a quick, no-prep, and creative activity. In this activity, students will use this Instagram template to further analyze a narrator or character in a story. When I use this in my class, I will let students pick their favorite character from our story to then create their po
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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
100 Common Literary Themes List and Thematic Statements Handout | MS + HS ELA
Elevate your secondary English classes with this FREE educational resource! Designed to empower educators and engage students, this invaluable product combines two essential elements: a meticulously curated list of 100 common literary themes and a concise handout on writing thematic statements. Thematic Statements Mastery: Empower students to unlock the profound layers of literature through the art of crafting compelling thematic statements. This guide equips educators with a proven methodology
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare's Hamlet | Pre-Reading Handout on Major Themes in Hamlet | Free
This 3-page pre-reading handout introduces students to the most prominent themes in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. By having your class read and discuss this thematic introduction together, students will be captivated by the complex questions invoked in Shakespeare's play before they begin reading the enigmatic first scene.If you like this 3-page pre-reading handout, you'll definitely want to check out my 200-page Complete Teaching Unit on Hamlet. The complete unit features worksheets on every sc
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Free American Literature Thematic Pacing Guide - Teaching American Literature
Are you new to American Literature? Use this free pacing guide! Organized by themes, this pacing guide provides an American Literature course overview, essential questions, Common Core ELA Anchor Standards, links to TED Talks and blog posts, and teaching strategy suggestions. There are also links to blog posts and freebies that you can use to supplement the units. Themes covered include the following: "American Ideals and Voices" "The Search for Equality and Justice" "The American Dream" "Faci
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Discussion Activity
Have your literature students conclude their study of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with a fun and interactive discussion!ALL students will participate in small group discussion with the activity included. You can expand the small group discussions to a whole group discussion as well!Challenge your students with detailed and specific questions from each section of the work. You could also use these questions in a summative writing activity as well!What's IncludedTeacher instructions slideQuest
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Designing a Book Cover - Lesson Plan/Activity
Designing a Book Cover Lesson Plan/ActivityBring the magic of book cover design to your classroom with this engaging and hands-on lesson plan. Designed to ignite students' creativity and visual communication skills, this comprehensive resource guides them through the process of crafting an original book cover design for a novel of their choice.In this immersive lesson, students will:Analyze the elements that make book covers effective and eye-catching, from imagery and symbolism to color sch
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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*FREE!* PDF: Cornell Notes for CLOSE READING, NOTE-TAKING, & ANNOTATIONS!
* PLEASE NOTE that I have tagged CCSS, TEKS & VA Standards of Learning related to analysis of literary elements both in and across texts, as well as tracing an author's argument. As the lesson plan explains, this product can be used to assist in analysis of ANY text! Thus, it is a tool to help students get there, but does not fully accomplish that analysis without further structure--structure provided in my Mega Literary Bundle! *Now that we have that out of the way, what exactly are these C
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
The American Dream: from Jay Gatsby to Jay-Z
Engage students with a variety of accounts of The American Dream using this activity that serves as a supplement to The Great Gatsby. After students discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's message about The American Dream, they analyze four very unique texts:1. excerpt from Jay-Z's memoir 2. text by John Steinbeck 3. article by Ruth Sidel4. song by rap artist Killer MikeStudents use this graphic organizer to detail each artist's view of The American Dream by incorporating quotations/evidence from each tex
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Literary Analysis Essay Outline (Times New Roman)
Student resource/printable handout: outline of an AP English Language and Composition literary analysis essayI used the classic Times New Roman font to create this resource, which is also available in a dyslexia-friendly font (Verdana) in my store.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literary Analysis Essay Outline (Verdana)
Student resource/printable handout: outline of an AP English Language and Composition literary analysis essayI used a dyslexia-friendly font (Verdana) to create this resource, which is also available in Times New Roman in my store.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Comprehension check for Act Two and Requiem of "Death of a Salesman"
Want to combine recall with higher-level questions? This 20-question multiple choice quiz integrates both, pushing students to connect their understanding of plot and characterization to the deeper meanings in the play. Remind students to read each possible answer carefully. For at least one question, what is true in Act One is NO LONGER TRUE in Act Two.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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American Dream Project
Tie all of your novels together for a great end of year project!!This is a simple idea for an in-depth American Dream project. Since most English 3 classes read The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, and Death of a Salesman, this seemed to fit for most classes. It also asks the student to relate these novels to an outside character in the media. You could easily change some of the novels or requirements to fit all levels or your specific curriculum.
The project comes with a simple rubric that can al
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Morrison's Beloved Midway (Book I) Socratic Activity (prompts, process, rubric)
This lesson contains all you need to run a midway Socratic for Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. Eight thoughtful prompts are provided, the steps to set up and run the Socratic are clearly explained, and the lesson contains a Socratic rubric and self-reflection. Morrison's postmodern novel is a challenging one, having a midway socratic after the conclusion of book I is a great way to engage students in critical thinking and synthesis discussion.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Ghosts" by Ray Bradbury An Analysis
"The Ghosts" is one of Ray Bradbury's wonderful, but often overlooked, short stories. It is a hilarious story and the ending sometimes goes overlooked by the students. As with all materials, be sure to pre-read the story first so you know whether or not it will work with the make up of your classes.Like all of Bradbury's work, "The Ghosts" has a plethora of literary devices for students to identify and apply. Included in this product is an activating prompt, during reading analysis questions
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hamlet vs Lion King
Analysis of Themes and archetypes in multiple texts (written and visual).Distance learning
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Choice" by Dorothy Parker Comprehension Check Quiz
Dorothy Parker's poem, "The Choice", is often partnered with readings like "The Road Not Taken" and "The Lady or the Tiger."
This is a short comprehension check quiz with 10 total questions. Split on page, 2 quizzes print on each paper (saving paper for teachers with limited resources!). Students can write their answers on a separate paper, or write answers on the back.
Comprehension check covers CCSS material:
-speaker of the poem
-alliteration
-rhyme scheme
-figurative language (simile)
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Character Graphic Organizer for A Raisin in the Sun
A Graphic Organizer to help students make sense of the progression of the main characters throughout the events of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Characters include Mama, Walter Lee, Ruth, Beneatha, and Asagai.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Beowulf - Imagery Analysis - Light & Darkness and Christian & Pagan
This is an imagery analysis chart to use while reading the epic poem Beowulf with students. The juxtaposition of light & darkness and Christian & pagan imagery provides atmospheric, symbolic, and thematic meaning in the epic. This mixing of Christian and pagan beliefs as Christianity was emerging during the period provides a historical context for the work. By analyzing the light and darkness imagery, students can contrast descriptions of characters and trace the theme of Good vs. Evil i
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Spanish Literature "El Burlador de Sevilla" personajes y simbolismos
Clase: AP Literatura y Cultura en EspañolObra: "El Burlador de Sevilla y el Convidado de Piedra" Autor: Tirso de Molina. Actividad: Revisión de los personajes de la obra y actividad de identificación y reflexión de los simbolismos de cada uno. AP Spanish Literature and Culture character and symbolism worksheet and writing activity.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Lesson Plans/Study Guide
This study guide/lesson plan(s) based on Mark Haddon's novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time includes comprehension and analysis questions/activities to generate discussion groups as well as individual writing tasks.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Othello Act 1 reading guide questions
I looked forever for reading guides for Shakespeare that help the kids do close reading and focus in on lines that are important at the time and will become important later. I have spent years refining these questions that I have used for AP literature and general literature classes. These reading guides are editable to fit your classes. Some of the questions are simply about plot; others focus on the deeper themes of the play Othello.
I don't grade these but use these as a basis for all of my
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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