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Higher education creative writing Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources
Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 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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“Earth on Turtle’s Back” & “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Creation Origin Myths
It’s back to school, and you’ve decided to begin the year with Native American Literature because they offer great opportunities to enhance your classroom management strategies and they add cultural diversity to your curriculum. But you don’t have good resources, and you don’t have time to make them. Worse, you know you need a major grade within a month, but you don’t have time to make an assessment. Worst of all, you know you could enhance your classroom management simply by offering a project
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Full High School English Unit Plan | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed
HS English Essay Unit | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed | Creative Writing | AP Language | Suitable for 9-12 grades If you are anything like me, you love John Green (and your students love John Green too, even if they only know him as “that guy with the puffy hair from the Crash Course History videos”). Personally, The Anthropocene Reviewed, a collection of essays based on his podcast of the same name, is my favorite of his work. When I read it, I immediately knew I wanted to incorporate
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hamlet Activities for Acts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 | Revenge, Lies, & Depression
Worried that your students will fail to make connections between Hamlet and issues that matter to their own lives? Shakespeare’s classic play has so much to offer a contemporary audience, but it isn’t always easy for students to make those connections. If your students don’t understand how his work relates to problems and questions that matter to them, they won’t be excited to study the play. Even worse, when students are forced to read a book that they see as a dead text, they’ll be bored and
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Man to Send Rainclouds by Leslie Marmon Silko | Short Story Unit Plan
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level? These lessons on “The Man to Send Rainclouds” by Leslie Marmon Silko will push your students to dig deep, get creative, and fully appreciate Silko’s wonderful writing.This seemingly simple story by acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Leslie Marmon Silko, a Laguna Pueblo Indian, tells the story of the peaceful de
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury: 6 Critical Thinking Lesson Plans
This lesson plan covers the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. You can download the story for free here.This set of lesson plans is also included in our Best Short Stories for Middle School compilation of plans for 16 different classic stories, available for only $12.99.Our lesson plans are divided into the following sections:IntroEach of our lesson plans begins with a short intro page giving a brief review of the story and its publication history: when it was first published and where.Sto
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Storm by McKnight Malmar: 6 Critical Thinking Lesson Plans
This lesson plan covers the short story "The Storm" by McKnight Malmar. The story itself is not included but can be downloaded on our website for free as part of our compilation of the Best Short Stories for High School.That compilation of best stories has its own companion collection of lesson plans, which includes activities, writing assignments and lessons for eight fantastic short stories (including "The Storm"). You can find it here.Our lesson plans are divided into the following sections:I
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Lesson Plan (Short Story Included)
This lesson plan covers the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The story itself can be downloaded for free here.This set of lesson plans is also included in our Best Short Stories for Middle School compilation of plans for 16 different classic stories, available for only $12.99.Our lesson plans are divided into the following sections:IntroEach of our lesson plans begins with a short intro page giving a brief review of the story and its publication history: when it was firs
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Margaret Atwood: Gertrude Talks Back | Hamlet | POV Creative Writing Act 3
A modern feminist revisioning of Queen Gertrude from Hamlet, this contemporary text by Margaret Atwood is a great choice for teaching point of view as well as for looking at Shakespeare’s classic play in a new light. “Gertrude Talks Back” presents a queen who is clever, sure of herself, and unafraid to say and do what she wants. It’s a very different version of the role than what most viewers have come to expect. However, when your students dig deeper into the character with the questions for c
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Nine Billion Names of God: 6 Critical Thinking Lesson Plans
This lesson plan covers the short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C Clarke. While the story is not included here, it can be found for free on our website (www.reluctantreaderbooks.com/short-stories-for-middle-school).Our lesson plans are divided into the following sections:IntroEach of our lesson plans begins with a short intro page giving a brief review of the story and its publication history: when it was first published and where.Story in ContextBrief background is provided fo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Character Cell Phone
I'm sure we have all engaged in a good vent-session in regard to students and their OBSESSION with their cell phones. Right?! Well, in this creative and engaging activity, students are able to design a cell phone based on a character or person they read about!Students have to use evidence and characterization gathered from the text they read to design a cell phone that would accurately represent their person. Students will choose different apps, songs for a playlist, as well as design an appropr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Narrative & Creative Writing: Character Creation Charts with Google Docs!
Aid students in crafting a unique, compelling narrative by using these detailed character creation charts! With these charts, students will focus on characterization using ASTAR: Appearance, Speech, Thoughts, Actions, and Reactions from Others. With each section, students will craft characters by answering questions such as: does my character have any scars? What kind of accent does my character have? What are my character's core values? What does my character desire more than anything? Does my
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Writing Prompts | Analytical & Creative Writing
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of Twelfth Night? Whether it’s because your students are not inspired to write, you don’t know how to “teach” writing, or you’re too overwhelmed to deal with all the grading, writing is something that you might end up dropping.And the less your students write, the more anxious and uncomfortable they’ll feel when they are tasked with writing an essay or even a short reaction.If you want to help y
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Folk Tale Collaborative Writing Activity: Engaging Common Core Synthesis
This is a wonderfully fun yet challenging cooperative small group assessment activity to be used in any Creative Writing or ELA course in which you have a folk tale unit and wish to incorporate a dramatic activity. I would suggest sharing the folk tale PowerPoint notes/application set I also have for a discounted rate in my TpT store prior to assigning this activity.
This single page assessment presents the students with a choice of a.) which students with whom they wish to collaborate and crea
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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B&W Minimalist Literary Devices Posters (Classic & Contemporary Quotes!)
These will make a wonderful addition to your classroom and help reduce visual clutter with their great examples and minimalist design. There are a wide range of literary devices included, all with famous examples. A wide range of authors were used, too, as I tried to draw from many cultures and backgrounds. Printing will work best if you select "Fit to printable area." You'll have to trim some edges, but the border will be preserved. If you're sending it off the printshop, kindly request they tr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Great Gatsby After Reading Activity | Obituary for Gatsby—Characterization
For this after reading activity based on the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, students will write an obituary for Jay Gatsby using characterization skills.If you are looking for engaging after reading activities for The Great Gatsby, this writing task provides students an opportunity to analyze Jay Gatsby's character in an interesting way! Students will discuss Jay Gatsby's history, his accomplishments, his personality, and more, all in a well-written tribute to his memory. You May
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - ALL 4 LESSON PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS
These are the 4 lesson PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS based on "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.The structure of the lessons are based on the principles of bloom's taxonomy and are fully aligned with KS3/KS4 and Common Core Standards.The 4 lessons include:Cover questionsVocabulary Builder with all new words supplied from the context of the novelAuthor examinationCharacter and setting tasksComprehension questionsUse of alliterationAuthor's use of sensesTraditional e
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Big Hamlet Writing Prompts Bundle: Argument Essay, Bellringers, Lit. Analysis
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of the play?The prompts, guides, handouts, rubrics, and suggestions here are all proven to work based on sixteen years of teaching writing to all levels of high school. It’s not easy to take students through a writing assignment or to get them to improve their skills, but with the right tools, it can be done.When you teach Hamlet with these writing activities you will:• bring your students’ writi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Setting as Character: 3 Close Reading Mentor Texts and a Writing Prompt!
Can setting play an active role in a scene? How much does your environment determine your identity? These, among other questions are at the heart of this lesson. The tree-based novel-excerpts and prompts are also awesome to use during the holiday season!Bring Nami Mun, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras's lush fictive worlds to your students, and use them as inspiration for your student's creative works!Using three descriptions of trees, this lesson plan helps students begin to see their
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Emissary by Ray Bradbury: 6 Critical Thinking Lesson Plans
This lesson plan covers the short story "The Emissary" by Ray Bradbury. The story itself is not included but can be downloaded on our website for free as part of our compilation of the Best Short Stories for Middle School.Looking for more Ray Bradbury lesson plans? See our lesson plans for "The Veldt". Or see the collected Best Short Stories for Middle School Lesson Plans.Our lesson plans are divided into the following sections:IntroEach of our lesson plans begins with a short intro page giving
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Writing Prompt on Creating Surprise Plot Twists
Description of ProductThis is a writing assignment to accompany discussions on Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. This prompt requires students to think about unexpected plot twists and alternate story lines. An excerpt from the text is provided. This is a great addition to your literary lessons regarding this story's motifs and themes. This is a no-prep activity to assist you in teaching/discussing this story. It's a great composition prompt for middle school, high school, or college-level English
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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