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Higher education Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources under $5
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Unit with Hunger Games Comparison
"The Lottery" Short Story Literature GuideThis package of documents features numerous materials for teaching Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story "The Lottery." Includes an introduction activity (using real stones), guided reading questions (for recall/comprehension, analysis, applying, critical thinking), discussion questions, a character chart, extended activities, a 26-question quiz (15 multiple choice, 9 vocabulary matching, 2 short answer essay), and a theme comparison with the novel The Hung
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Hamlet, Introduction to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Introductory Prezi & Google Slides
Grab every eye in the room with this 30-slide lecture (downloads in Prezi, Google Slides, and PDF versions) that provides all of the background information your class will need as you launch your study of William Shakespeare’s classic play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.The presentation includes a quickwrite topic that will help make Hamlet’s situation relevant to your students (15 minutes for writing and discussion). Then, launch into the 30-minute lecture which covers the time perio
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Of Mice and Men Characterization Activity -- CH 1 Worksheets
Freshen up your lesson plan and help your students begin to analyze the characters of George in Lennie in John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, with this two-page activity. Students analyze the given quotes from the text to determine what it suggests about the character.
For creative students, or to differentiate, you can instruct them to color both images of George and Lennie based upon Steinbeck's description of them.
This PowerPoint is INCLUDED in my Of Mice and Men bundle:
Of Mice a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving Short Story Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” a classic American literature short story is both a light-hearted tale of magic and a sharp social commentary on the Revolutionary War.Help students enjoy the different levels of Irving’s masterpiece with this 12-page PDF download (includes Google Drive version of all student handouts) that includes a full-text copy of Irving’s public domain story (seven pages), a high-quality public domain audio recording of the text (41 minutes), an 8-question short answer
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Desiree’s Baby, Kate Chopin short story, literary analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Empower your students to become media critics as they examine two versions of Kate Chopin’s compelling short story, “Désirée’s Baby.” By using a close reading of Chopin’s original text and a modern retelling of the story from the popular Fictional podcast, students will be equipped to meet the complex requirements of CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.This
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Speed Dating for ANY Novel: Engaging Literary Analysis Discussion Activity
Engage ALL of your students with this fun "speed dating" discussion activity that works for ANY novel. This student-centered lesson scaffolds discussion AND the challenging skill of literary analysis. Students will be paired up to discuss questions aligned with Common Core 9-12 ELA standards in different rounds of "speed dates." After each round, students will rotate to a new partner and receive a new question. By the end of class, students will have interacted with 15+ peers and discussed 15+ q
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stages of the Hero's Journey Presentation
Analyze myth, legend, and literature on a whole new level by using the lens of the Hero's Journey. This 37-page presentation uses high-interest images from The Lion King and Star Wars: A New Hope to give detailed accounts of the stages of the Monomyth, Joseph's Campbell's theory of the Hero's Journey. These 12 stages include: The Ordinary World, the Call to Adventure, Meeting with the Mentor, the Supreme Ordeal, etc. In addition to helping us understand stories, the Hero's Journey can also help
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Teaching the Hero's Journey Bundle
Macbeth Test: A COMMON CORE Skills-based Objective Assessment
This Macbeth test contains 50 multiple choice questions that assess interpretation of key quotes from the play, character motivation, vocabulary in context, literary elements, motifs, and rhetorical appeals. As an optional supplement, there is a written response/ essay portion that you can use along with the multiple choice questions or as a stand- alone assessment. This test will measure students' understanding of the play and also assess their close reading skills and ability to construct/ s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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One Pager Project for Any Novel — Literary Analysis and Summary One-Pagers
With this one-pager reading comprehension project, your students will share their understanding of any novel by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images. The one pager is a great idea for any novel study as an after reading assignment or as a creative assessment. Students' artwork also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student directions for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)Holistic Rubric for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)1 Examp
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Crucible By Arthur Miller: Act 1 Engaging Escape Room Review Activity
This product is has EVERYTHING you need for a successful escape room in Act 1 of The Crucible. I used this escape room to transition between Act 1 and 2, but it can also be used as an interactive review before a quiz, test, or essay! Included in this product is:A step-by-step guide of how to run the escape roomHelpful tipsAnswer keys for each taskStudent code word sheetGoogle form for clues if you are technology-basedPaper clues alternative for those without technologyFun printables Task 1: McC
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Anton Chekhov’s The Bet & Twilight Zone’s The Silence, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
When you’re teaching Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Bet,” you must include a discussion of how Rod Serling touches on the same story elements in his Twilight Zone episode, “The Silence.” While the two stories are different, there’s enough similarities to make these two works the perfect material for a compare/contrast analysis.This 9-page PDF download (with Google Drive versions of all student handouts) will help you lead students through a reading and viewing of the core works. The download
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
The Great Gatsby One-Pager
Have your students share their unique understanding of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text.With this one-pager reading comprehension project, students will analyze the literature by determining theme, symbolism, characterization, point of view, setting, important quotes and more. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Taming of the Shrew Choice Menu With 17 Engaging Activities!
This is another no-prep, ready to print learning mat for Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'!This works brilliantly as homework tasks given out at the beginning of a unit. I ask my students to complete one activity per week and require them to have gained 25 points by the end of the unit. There is also a variant of the sheet included that doesn't have points attached.This means that they have the freedom to self-manage; if they have a football match and a school concert this week then they o
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Facebook Character Sketch Lesson Any Novel Full Version 1
Facebook activity templates for any novel or nonfiction text - aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Includes Microsoft Word templates to share with students in a 1:1, BYOD, or paperless classroom.
This IS included in my Literature Activities for ANY Novel or Nonfiction Text, Volume 1.
This is the full version of the Facebook Character sketch lesson in Microsoft Word. *Updated to include NEW Facebook Layout Pages with the new "Timeline" format, separate student copies, a short status-upd
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Elie Wiesel's Night: Engaging Butterfly Project Final Activity Print & Digital
This is the perfect reflective, engaging, and meaningful activity for the end of your Night unit.The Butterfly Project is an exhibit honoring child victims of the Holocaust, inspired by Pavel Friedmann’s touching poem at Terezin Concentration Camp. It symbolizes hope's resilience during hatred with handmade butterflies from children worldwide dedicated to the 1.5 million Jewish children lost in the Holocaust. In this project, students will explore Holocaust victim children's poems and create the
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sticks by George Saunders, Modern Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Digital
Looking for a one-page short story from a modern writer that’ll get students thinking? “Sticks,” a flash fiction short story by George Saunders (it’s only 392 words – just two paragraphs), packs an emotional wallop and gives students plenty to analyze.Although not particularly religious, the story centers around a man who builds a large metal cross out of poles (“a kind of crucifix”) and decorates it for various holidays and occasions. In this 45-minute lesson, students will sharpen their analys
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sweat Zora Neale Hurston Short Story Analysis Unit Lesson Activities Rubric
Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston is a great short story to use to expose students to dialect in writing, and it's great to use to teach characterization and various literary elements such as simile, metaphor, allusion, foreshadow and irony. It's also an excellent incorporation into a longer unit on Southern literature, or as an introduction to one of Hurston’s longer works such as Their Eyes Were Watching God. In this lesson plan for Sweat you will find an activating pre-reading assignment, pre-r
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Hexagonal Discussion Activity
Need an activity to enliven your study of The Crucible with rich discussion? Hexagonal thinking is a simple, yet powerful activity which is really a discussion model to help students explore theme, characterization, conflict, and symbolism in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. 72 hexagonal cards made specifically for The Crucible are guaranteed to get your scholars talking! This thinking model may have its roots in the business world, but has found a dedicated following in classrooms where rich discu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Hunger Games Discussion Questions & Answers
Discussion questions and suggested answers for each part of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Forty-six total questions that are more thought-provoking and encourage critical thinking; contains printable student handout with spaces for answers if you'd like to do as a worksheet, AND paper-saving pages.
In addition, 10 follow-up questions for students to make connections to their own lives AND 11 quotes for students to relate to themes, symbols, characters, events, etc..
Also contains tea
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Bundle: 20 Short Poems to Teach Rhetorical Relationships & Explication
This bundle contains 20 short poems to analyze for the four, basic rhetorical relationships: juxtaposition, contrast, shift, and repetition. All literary devices can be categorized into these four basic relationships. A simile is a type of juxtaposition; antithesis is a type of repetition and contrast. But instead of focusing on these specific terms, these mini-lessons aim to teach students how to analyze poetry using the terms juxtaposition, contrast, shift, and repetition.Click here to fin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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