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Free adult education literature handouts
Shakespeare: Five Act Structure: Graphic Organizer, Notes, Plot Pyramid
Shakespearean Drama, Five Act Structure: Graphic Organizer, Notes, Plot Pyramid
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One page Student Notes Handout on the Freytag Pyramid and the structure of five acts in a drama
Double Sided Graphic Organizer for ANY 5 Act Play.
Use with- Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Cesar, Twelfth Night, and the rest of Shakespeare's catalog.
Include this organizer in your guided reading, center tasks, choice activity, or even with a strugglin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl Short Story PDF Text
"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl is a fun and darkly humorous text to use with students of a variety of ages! Over the years of teaching this fabulous short story, I have noticed that various PDF versions often have many typos, misspellings and grammatical errors that can be distracting and confusing for students. However, I did find a full text version, thanks to classicshorts.com! You can access their version of it here: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.htmlAll I did was copy
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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FREE The Great Gatsby Character Map Printable Worksheet
Free Great Gatsby Printable Character Map!Use this great character map worksheet to engage your students in the classroom. Have students track various character traits, important quotes, and more while reading! This worksheet is adaptable to suit your specific needs in the classroom. Looking for more? Check out our array of resources for The Great Gatsby:✎ Great Gatsby: Character vs. Society✎ Great Gatsby: Character vs. Man✎ Great Gatsby: Character vs. Self✎ Jay Gatsby as Antihero Classroom Pos
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Macbeth Anticipation Guide FREEBIE
An anticipation guide to be used before a study of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It introduces students to some of the major themes of the play including the supernatural, greed, karma, success, superstition, loyalty, power, and feminism. After students fill out the guide independently, I suggest facilitating a discussion of some of the more controversial statements in order to begin students thinking critically about some of the themes that they will encounter in the play.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Seven Reading Comprehension Strategies and Ideas for Lit. Response
Page one summarizes seven comprehension strategies that are easy to read and understand.
Page two transforms the seven comprehension strategies into literature response prompts that students can use to guide them to make text supported responses.
These strategies are based on Mosaic of Thought.
I have literature response templates that guide students to writing stronger literature responses:
Literature Response Template with lines
Literature Response Template without lines
(You can use this
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Creating Discussion Questions About Literature
This free handout helps move students from writing basic, summary-based discussion questions to thought-provoking, analytical questions in response to literature. This resource is perfect for activities such as: Socratic seminarsWhole group discussionsBook club or literary circle discussionsThis is also a great resource for teachers who may struggle with creating open-ended questions for: TestsEssaysStudy guidesSocratic SeminarsEnjoy this free product which is ready for classroom use. Just print
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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FREE THINGS TO READ Word Search Puzzle Handout Fun Activity
A word search puzzle featuring words associated with things to read. This word search will give you an idea of a different items that can be read. Use this sheet as part of your teaching curriculum, a treat for early finishers or just for fun.I have included 30 words in the list. Words may appear forward, backward, up, down or diagonal. Words may overlap and cross each other. When you have found a word, be sure to circle it and cross it off the list.Word List: Bible, Billboard, Book, Card, Cat
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet (IGCSE) - Act 1 - Symbolism + Humour (Worksheet + ANSWERS)
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act One of the play. The worksheet includes:Symbolism and Imagery in Act One activity (Creative response and analysis exercise)Shakespeare's use of Humour and Wordplay in Act One - Guided Questions and Analysis ActivityMODEL ANSWERS for all the questions + activities as well as a teacher’s guide and further in-depth analysis and commentary of the relevant aspects of Act
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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7 Types of Conflict: Handout, Worksheet, Exercise - Distance Learning
In storytelling, there are seven types of conflict. Help students learn each one, how to identify them, and then write their own examples. This can be used in relation to literature or creative writing.
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby Paired Poems Activity
This includes five poems to be paired with "The Great Gatsby." I do this activity after reading the novel. I have the students read the poems and answer all ten questions about each poem. We discuss each poem thoroughly as a class based on their answers. I find this is a great way to segway in to poetry after reading a novel.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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William Shakespeare (Author Biography + Questions)
This FREE print-and-use handout and worksheet provides an in-depth but not too detailed biography of William Shakespeare. I've included follow-up comprehension and discussion questions as well. Check out my Complete Romeo and Juliet Teaching Bundle!Don't miss my Complete Advanced Teaching Bundle for Hamlet!Enjoy, and please leave feedback!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hamlet (IB Shakespeare): Introduction Handout + Pre-Reading Drama Activities
This detailed worksheet / handout is part of my teaching unit of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy Hamlet. I usually teach this tragedy as an IB English A: Literature or Language & Literature Higher Level Text, but it can be seamlessly integrated into any upper school / high school curriculum. The worksheet includes:Introductory text to the play, including detailed information about the context of composition and the critical reception of the play.Follow-up discussion questions, with a specific
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Complete Advanced Activity Bundle
Literary Devices & Elements Guided Notes
This is guided notes page goes with a jumbo power point presentation loaded with media clips and engaging boredom busters while teaching the basic vocabulary and domain specific language required for the middle and high school language arts curriculum.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet (IGCSE) - Act 3 - Review and Close Reading Worksheet + ANSWERS
This NO PREP WORKSHEET is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act 3 of the play. The worksheet includes:Act 3 Review Questions (can be used as a simple review or assessment of your students’ knowledge of Act 2 of the play. Act 3 Close Reading & Passage-Based Exam PRactice: (focuses on 3.5.1-36, with all the imagery of light and darkness - a crucial dichotomy and thematic trope and motif that runs through the play)Model Answers for all the q
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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1984 (George Orwell) - Pre-Reading Activities (Critical Thinking & Discussion)
This advanced ready-to-teach worksheet & handout is designed as a pre-reading activity for George Orwell's monumental dystopian classic, 1984. It includes:1. Thought-provoking information text that asks the question What is Literature and Why Should we Read Literature? Although the text begins in general terms, the concepts and issues raised should facilitate a critical discussion about the purpose of reading any literary text as well as 1984.2. Follow-up discussion and critical thinking que
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: 1984 - George Orwell - Book 1 IGCSE TEACH + EXAM PREP BUNDLE + ANSWERS
FREE - Lord of the Flies (Golding) - Author Biography and Context
This FREE handout and worksheet is designed as a pre-reading activity to help introduce students to the author of the novel "The Lord of the Flies" - William Golding, as well as to provide the historical context within which much of Golding's works were written (the post-World-War-II period). The handout includes:1) An expository article about the author (biography, World War II experience, post-war life, and writing.2) Comprehension and discussion questions linked to the article and to the nove
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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IGCSE Shakespeare: Macbeth - Act 3, Scenes 2-3 - Worksheet + Activity + ANSWERS
This FREE print-and-use lesson worksheet and activity is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It focuses specifically on Act 3, Scene 2-3 of the play, with a particular focus on the murder of Banquo and Fleance’s escape in Act 3, Scene 3. The resource includes:Comprehension Questions for Act 3, Scene 2-3 of MacbethAct it Out! - Guided group work and drama activity, designed to help students bring this dramatic scene of Banquo’s death and murder to life, and to facilitate a critica
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Introduction to Shakespeare: If Shakespeare Wrote About You -Personal Quiz
In this ice-breaking activity, language arts & drama students can show off their personalities & get to know their peers while being exposed to the characters & content of Shakespeare's 4 play categories. Great for the start of a Shakespeare unit!Through a series of get-to-know-you questions, students are encouraged to share about themselves and based on their answers, learn what type of play they would be a character in. It can be completed either as a written questionnaire, or an a
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Bundle: Introduction to Shakespeare - Drama and Language Arts Lessons
FREE Macbeth (Shakespeare): Introduction to the Play (Handout + Activity)
This FREE worksheet / handout is part of my teaching unit of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy Macbeth. Macbeth is a set text for the IGCSE Literature Examinations in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and this introduction is part of that particular unit and it is in that context that I mostly teach the play. The handout includes:Introductory text to the play, including detailed information about the context of composition and the critical reception of the play.Follow-up discussion questions, with a specific f
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE Of Mice and Men - Analysing Themes in the Novel (+ ANSWERS)
This FREE worksheet takes a closer look at the central themes of the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, namely loneliness and dreams. It is best used after reading Chapter 5, as it focuses on how the various characters of the novel are used to develop these themes.Enjoy!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Model Literary Analysis essay and body paragraphs -- MLA format
Included is a full, five paragraph analytical essay, in MLA format, comparing how three different poems and poets tackle the concept of spring. The thesis is the last line of the introduction. This essay features in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Also included in this bundle (after the initial essay) is a more complex example of literary analysis -- but just one body paragraph. The paragraph is presented in two forms -- one is a straight forward analysis/comparison of a theme that appear
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Prayer For Peace! Prayer Of Saint Francis Of Assisi! FREEBIE!
Enjoy this great FREEBIE from Hello Homeschool - Prayer for Peace (Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi).I hope this printable will bring some comfort. God bless. Thanks for viewing my product - I appreciate it very much!Please check out all my other products and FREEBIES in my TPT store!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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IGCSE Shakespeare: Macbeth - Act 3, Scene 1 ("To Be Thus is Nothing") + ANSWERS
This FREE print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It focuses specifically on Act 3, Scene 1 of the play, with a particular focus on Macbeth’s fourth soliloquy (“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus.”). The worksheets include:Comprehension Questions for Act 3, Scene 1 of MacbethShakespeare in Context: Information Text about soliloquies, with a particular focus on their role in Macbeth.Close Reading & Extract Analysis: This activity guides
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Free Irony Printable for Graphic Organizer
This free printable explaining the three types of irony can be used as a valuable source for notes, but that's not all. Each example includes a task for application. This can be used as a printable for the separated pieces to be put in interactive notebooks. Enjoy!
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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