339 results
Higher education critical thinking literature resources for Easel
The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Activities
"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie. See the free preview download for a list of all the activities.
This packet has multiple activities tha
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
A Christmas Carol; A Readers' Theater Adaptation
Included in A Christmas Carol:-complete script-pre-reading activities-vocabulary study-discussion questions-suggestions for projectsThis reader's theater adaptation is suitable for grades 7- adult. While adhering to the plot of the original work, this adaptation uses more modern language, so that it can be more easily understood by today's students. It can be used with small groups or entire classrooms in both regular and special education. Reading the play aloud, or even acting it out will m
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Glass Castle 100 Question Multiple Choice Test + Key
This comprehensive test will gauge readers' understanding of the story's basic elements and details. There are 100 test questions, each with four answer choices. Answer key is included.The test questions move in chronological order of the book, and there is at least one question from each section or episode of the book. Many questions reflect upon the students' understanding of basic literary elements like plot, setting, irony, imagery, and characterization.Many questions include direct quotes f
Subjects:
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Book Club Discussion Cards - 120 Question Cards now Digital and Printable
Book club discussion question cards are a must-have when running book clubs in the classroom. Say goodbye to the same old questions and give your students rich new question prompts to elevate their literature circles and book club discussions. These cards and questions also offer students more choice in their written responses. Included are 120 book club discussion question cards to get fiction readers thinking more deeply. The prompts are great scaffolds and guide readers to elevate the quality
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Beware the Ides of March" Julius Caesar Activity - Shakespeare
"Beware the Ides of March" Anticipation Activity for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Use this in conjunction with my Tragedy of Julius Caesar {Shakespeare} Introduction PowerPoint Presentation or alone.
This activity is a great introduction to William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar". Students will find answers about the Feast of the Lupercal (Lupercalia), in which the play opens and Caesar gets his first warning to "Beware the Ides of March." The next activit
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
The Hunger Games Movie Viewing Guide & Worksheets (Government and Economics)
Add an element of fun to your government and economics classes with this "The Hunger Games" Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheets!This movie can be used as a review of the basic principles of government and economics and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film.The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film and includes basic questions relating to government and economics.The Viewin
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: ★ GROWING BUNDLE ★ All Social Studies Lessons (30% Discount)
How to Write a Thesis Statement Exercise | Printable | Digital | Easel
Thesis statement writing is easy once you know how. One of the most difficult aspects of writing essays about literature is getting started. So often, students will just sit and stare at their blank sheets of paper because they do not know how to begin. This resource will help students develop a thesis statement and is perfect for distance learning.If given enough practice writing thesis statements, students will be confident about how to begin their essays and will have a head start on organizi
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Journal Writing Prompts Chapters 1-31
Writing prompts are in a nice eye-pleasing handout so students can staple or bind them for their own To Kill a Mockingbird journal. Have them create their own cover for their journal, as well. Blank "framed" cover page is included.
There are two prompts for each of these sections:
Chapt. 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-11, 12-15, 16-18, 19-22, 23-26, 27-31 for a total of 18 prompts all together. The prompts are thought provoking & great discussion starters.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Word Search Mini Escape Room Puzzle Game Pack - No Prep Easel Activity Freebie
This fun mini-word search escape room activity is great for individual skill building or team building. This quality word search escape room puzzle is designed to be as one escape room activity or can be combined with other escape room activities that may work with this type of puzzle.A great way to expand your escape room adventure! It is a 3 in 1 Puzzle Escape Room. A fun way to help exercise students’ problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. Great to help keep students busy wh
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
“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
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Holocaust, activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, textual analysis, writing prompts
Pre-reading activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, analysis HOPE, DESPAIR AND MEMORY This is one part of a larger lesson on Elie Wiesel. There are some common elements between the two, but my second product goes beyond the scope of this product, so if you like what you see here please have a look at the following: ❤️❤️Elie Wiesel: Hope, Despair and Memory ❤️❤️This is a self-contained product on textual analysis; everything you need is here. This product focuses on a small section of the Nobel Peace
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Stranger Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Notes, Lessons, and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core principles, 'The Stranger Unit Plan,' a 90-page compilation of lessons and activities, has been detailed and developed for clarity, depth, comprehension, and analysis- from basic to higher level cognition. This version is a third larger than the previous one with a flexibility terrific for Distance, Classroom, and Home School Learning. It includes a table of contents, a copious variety of activities for teachers to meet their goals and the needs and skills of their h
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Easy Chemistry: Food Pairs Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is a term that strikes fear in the heart of many, but has always been my favorite subject to teach. This unit simplifies a complex concept in an easy-to-understand way.Product includes:Balancing equationsMole-to-moleGram-to-gramMole-to-gramGram-to-mole Percent yield Vocabulary5 Practice ActivitiesShow What You Know ReviewCCSS and TEKS aligned.This product is a part of my growing Stoichiometry unit. Visit my store to pre-purchase the bundle at a discounted price. Product will be com
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Full Unit for The Martian by Andy Weir (With Activities)
The first few pages are provided here as a free preview, the preview is blurred however in the actual product it wont be.This is a complete 54 page unit for Andy Weir's The Martian. The unit contains a character guide, reference sheet, 144 comprehension questions with vocab words for each chapter and an answer guide for the chapter questions, 11 chapter activities to do throughout the novel, and instructions for a final paper at the end of the novel. *********************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
FIVE LITTLE INDIANS -- Michelle Good
If we abandon hope then where will our energies be fired from? ~Michelle GoodMany fine novels have been written in recent years about residential schools and the harm inflicted upon generations of aboriginal people in Canada and the United States. Michelle Good’s, Five Little Indians, is one of the best. She is well-qualified (Cree lawyer and writer) to write such a story. And the novel has received many awards and much praise. Five Little Indians is a great story -- a story full of substance
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Also included in: INDIGENOUS STUDIES READING CIRCLE BUNDLE -- FIVE NOVELS, FIVE AUTHORS
Good Country People, Flannery O'Connor
GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE: This comprehensive teacher packet includes everything you and your class will need to understand the short story by Flannery O'Connor: In-depth character analysis, exploration of major themes, important quotation guide, note-taking opportunities, allusions handout, final test, complete answer keys, and short bio sheet.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Glory Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Slides (R - 1989)
This Glory Movie Guide | Worksheet | Questions | Google Slides (R - 1989) challenges students to connect with this classic civil war film. Ask students to analyze Colonel Robert Shaw, how the war changes him and the impact he has on his soldiers. Compare and contrast him to Colonel Montgomery. Determine the symbolism of Robert's men carrying the flag after he dies and discuss the concept of 'tough love'.Note: An answer key is not included as many questions are open-ended and encourage students t
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
"Hunger Games" Quotes: Activities & Trivia Game
Want a fun, engaging way to review The Hunger Games novel? This packet of over 35 pages and 102 quotes from the book is just what you need!
It includes:
-102 Trivia cards with the quote, speaker, chapter & page numbers, and to whom the dialogue is spoken to or referring to
-Quote identification worksheet (or quiz)
-Quote: Character References worksheet (or quiz)
-Purpose of Dialogue in The Hunger Games worksheet
-Quote Analysis project/writing activity
-Answer keys for all worksheets
-Teac
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Comic Themed Exit Tickets
Student self assessment is a great way to check for understanding. Students love comics and this resource is a fun and unique set of printable comic themed exit tickets that enable students to reflect on their learning in a modern and engaging way! They also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression in your lesson that you can then use to plan differentiated lessons to suit their needs. There are 8 types of comic themed exit tickets all prompting something different for stude
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Exit Tickets for Teens - Bundle
Graphic Novel Reading Questions Literary Analysis
Graphic Novel Reading Questions and Literary Analysis to use with ANY Graphic NovelThese reading response graphic organizer pages are perfect to use with ANY graphic novel or comic book! You can use all 16 pages or pick and choose; they can also be used over and over for different parts of the story!Areas covered include: character analysis; plot analysis; setting analysis; point of view analysis; design, graphics, and layout analysis; literary devices analysis; conflict analysis; comparing two
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
'The Awakening' EDITABLE Quizzes, Discussions, & Essay Assignments – AP ELA
From editable plot quizzes to discussion and essay topics with directions, tips, and flexible rubrics, this packet for The Awakening contains everything you need to assess your students’ understanding of Kate Chopin’s classic novel about the complexities of balancing femininity and motherhood in the late 20th-century. Included with your purchase (See PREVIEW):44 The Awakening multiple choice plot questions included as 10, 20, and 40 question print-ready quizzes (with answer keys). These question
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Also included in: Classic Literature Discussions, Essays, & Plot Quizzes Bundle
Unpacking 'A Good Man is Hard to Find': Short Story Discussion & Lesson
Engage Adolescent English Language Arts students (Grades 10-12) with Flannery O'Connor's classic short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find."O'Connor's short story is compelling, dealing with issues related to class, race, moral hypocrisy, and violence. In the story, a woman from the American South goes on a family vacation to Florida. But not everything turns out as expected . . .Use this Digital Download for a Two-day English Language Arts Lesson Using my tested-in-the-classroom resources, teenag
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CCSS:
Showing 1-24 of 339 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands