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10th grade close reading handout pdfs
Literary Analysis -Lessons, activities, handouts, & stems for analytical writing
Do your students really understand the process of literary analysis? Do you get a lot of plot summary instead? I’ve been teaching students to analyze literature for three decades now, and the biggest lesson I’ve learned, from much trial and error, is that I need to focus on the process, not the final product. We need to break down the steps for analytical writing and give students the time to master them before we assign a final analysis essay. Be sure to check the preview for lots of detail abo
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary ELA Mega Bundle
Interactive Bookmarks for Any Novel: Questions, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary
Use these interactive and foldable bookmarks with any novel in your secondary classroom to help engage your students with the text. With multiple options to choose from, the possibilities are endless. These instructional bookmarks are classroom-tested to improve student engagement and understanding!
This resource includes five different bookmark fronts and nine different bookmark backs to provide secondary English teachers with complete control and customization.
The bookmark fronts include s
Grades:
6th - 12th
Plot Diagram of a Story: Model + Template
Use the MODEL as a resource to provide for teaching students who are discussing a fictional text. This should support their ability to analyze the development of the conflict, identify the climax and its importance to the story, and how this provides the impetus for the final resolution. Use the provided TEMPLATE to create continuity within instruction and provide to use with each fictional text you read. You can also use the Color Coding of the boxes to correlate within PPTs, mini-lessons, tas
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3rd - 12th
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Murder Mystery - Solve two murder mysteries by Agatha Christie
This download contains two murder mysteries written by Agatha Christie broken down to clues and testimonies so the students can try to solve them.
The mysteries included are:
1. Sparkling Cyanide
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 26 clues
2. After the Funeral
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 8 testimonies to infer information from
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hexagonal Thinking: One Pagers l one page templates l one pager for any novel
Hexagonal thinking is a creative way to get students making connections with one pagers. BUT, it's a lot of work for you, as the teacher, to create and cut out dozens of hexagons for your students to connect, arrange, and discuss. Why not get the students brainstorming and designing their own hexagons with hexagonal one-pagers?In this activity, groups of students use critical thinking, close reading, and design skills to create hexagonal one-pagers for characters, style elements, connections to
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Connotation and Denotation Activities | Author's Tone & Word Choice Activities
Unleash the power of words with these dynamic connotation and denotation activities! The Connotation Hyperdoc provides an engaging interactive way to present connotation, denotation, word choice, loaded words, neutral words, tone, and mood!There’s no better way to implement 21st century learning! The accessibility and modern design of the hyperdoc instantly engages students while allowing teachers to implement differentiation between tasks. The structured directions for each word choice activity
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7th - 10th
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Shakespeare's Hamlet Characterization Activity -- Worksheets, Bell-Ringers
Freshen up your lesson plans and help your students begin to analyze and keep track of the characters in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. Students analyze the given prompts based on the text to determine what it suggests about the character. Characters included are:• Hamlet• Gertrude• Ophelia• Polonius• Laertes• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern• Horatio• The Ghost• ClaudiusAside from individual classwork, use these nine worksheets as a quick group activity (each group takes a different character), as bel
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9th - 12th
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Close Reading Task Cards for any text, grades 6-10, editable
Help your middle school and high school students close read a text INDEPENDENTLY! These 32 completely editable close reading task cards help middle school and high school students to practice and perfect the close reading skills of annotating, identifying author's purpose, unlocking the meaning of challenging words, identifying central idea, and answering text based questions. The best part? These task cards can be used over and over throughout the school year and with any text. Included is a
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Crime Scene Investigation Police Reports - Worksheet Activities for Any Text
Unlock the door to real-world learning experiences with Crime Scene Reports! It's the secret ingredient you've been missing for immersive learning that brings text and characters to life. This resource is perfect for inferencing skills, mock trials, pretend investigations, or any scenario where your students can put their critical thinking and creativity to the test.Included are three versatile templates: ✅ Police/Incident Report: Dive deep into the world of law enforcement as your students beco
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7th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 1, 2, and 3 Lessons & Activities {EDITABLE}
When it's time to start The Great Gatsby, you'll need some lessons to get you going at the beginning of the novel. I like to start the unit focusing on both color symbolism and the way Fitzgerald establishes the gender roles in Chapter 1. Next, we work through several exercises in comparison and contrast between West Egg, East Egg, and the Valley of Ashes. This product includes a wide variety of lessons to help students through close reading and literary analysis and even gives students graph
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: The Great Gatsby: Activity, Lesson & Assessment Bundle
New Year's Poetry Analysis and Project for Secondary ELA
Are you a middle school or high school English Language Arts teacher seeking a meaningful, standards-based project for the post-holiday return to school in January? Look no further! Our New Year's Poetry Analysis and Project is designed to save you time while delivering a rich and engaging learning experience.Key Features:Poem Analysis: Students delve into the exploration of five unique New Year's or New Year's Resolution themed poems, fostering critical thinking and literary analysis skills.Tim
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7th - 10th
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Paired Text Analysis Lessons for "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou & Tupac
Literary analysis is less intimidating with these paired text analysis lesson plans for Maya Angelou's poem and Tupac's song "Still I Rise." Detailed, CCSS-aligned lesson plans integrate close reading, text-based writing, and research skills, making this digital & print resource both engaging and worthwhile. There are three lesson plans in this product that build upon each other. The timing of the activities may be adjusted to fit the needs of your classroom/students, and one “lesson” may a
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8th - 11th
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The American Dream- Langston Hughes "I Too Sing America" and Walt Whitman
This product focuses on the theme of "The American Dream." It includes the following:
~The full poem from Langston Hughes- "I Too Sing America"
~ The full poem from Walt Whitman- "I Hear America Singing"
~ Annotation Strategies on the poem
~PARCC Aligned/ Common Core Aligned Questions for "I Too Sing America
~PARCC Aligned/ Common Core Aligned Questions for "I Hear America Singing"
~Two Writing Prompts
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Figurative Language Han
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Grammar Foldables Grammar Worksheets: Learn Grammar from Authors!
Grab & Go Grammar Foldables provide students with an authentic and meaningful way to learn grammar. Foldables fold over the pages of a student's reading book and provide them with definitions, examples, and prompts to help them find models of grammar in action. After students find examples from the authors they love, students complete a Practice to Perfect writing page applying their new grammar knowledge!Grab & Go Grammar Foldables includes foldables and Practice to Perfect writing page
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Emerson's Self-Reliance Activities -- Transcendentalism
Make this transcendental classic fun and engaging for your students! This activity pack contains all you need to teach Emerson's "Self-Reliance" essay.Includes:-Both PRINT & DIGITAL versions for your convenience (print-ready PDFs & a digital Google Slides version) -A sheet of key excerpts that requires students to summarize each paragraph-A worksheet that requires students to answer 2 comprehension questions and 3 analysis questions and then reflect upon the text-An engaging "bumper stic
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9th - 12th
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Animal Farm Characterization Activity -- Worksheets, Bell-Ringers, Project
Freshen up your lesson plans and help your students begin to analyze the characters in George Orwell's novella, Animal Farm. Students analyze the given prompts based on the text to determine what it suggests about the character. Character included are:• Snowball• Squealer• Napoleon• Moses• Boxer• Mollie• Clover• Mr. Jones• Mr. Whymper• Mr. Pilkington• The dogs• Old Major• Benjamin• Mr. FrederickAside from individual classwork, use these 14 worksheets as a quick group activity (each group takes a
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6th - 11th
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Shakespeare's Hamlet FOUR Soliloquy Close Reading Worksheets, Activities
Help your students make sense of Hamlet's four major soliloquies in William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, with these close-reading activities. Students respond to a statement based on the soliloquy stating whether they agree or disagree and find evidence from the soliloquy to support their claim. A copy of each soliloquy is included.The soliloquies covered are: "O, that this too too solid flesh" (1.2)"Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" (2.2)"To be or not to be --" (3.1)"How all occasions do
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Great Gatsby Setting Map Project - Includes Worksheet, Template & Samples!
Help your students make sense of the geographical setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, with this close-reading setting map project and worksheet. Using the map template, students label the select locations on the map, adding textual evidence and creating a small symbol representative of the area.
This activity can be used after reading Chapter 2 or once your class has completed the novel. Samples of student work are provided.
Want more engaging materials for The Great Gats
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Wave" - Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser - Complete Teaching BUNDLE + ANSWERS
This bundle includes all my worksheets, handouts and other teaching materials to teach the iconic novel The Wave by Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser. The bundle includes:Pre-Reading Activity (thought-provoking, contextualized worksheet)Context Handout / Newspaper Article: Freedom of Speech & Political Correctness Reading Log & Chapter-by-Chapter Comprehension Questions (all chapters) NEW! - Detailed, COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER KEY + TEACHER'S GUIDE for every chapter and all the questions!The Stanle
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MLA Parenthetical Citation Guide Student Handout
MLA formatting is one of the most difficult citation formats that students need to learn. This two page handout will guide your students with correctly formatting their parenthetical citations in MLA format in the 5 most basic situations that could arise.
Direct quotes from fictional short stories, poems and books are used as examples under each of the basic situations that may arise including:
*Stating the authors name in the sentence starter
*Stating the authors name in the parenthetical ci
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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TED Talk: Why We Need Brave Journalists -- Activity for ELA or Journalism
This TED Talk is perfect for introducing the purpose of journalism or freedom of the press, and this handout is great for facilitating critical thinking centered around these key concepts. This product contains teaching suggestions and a lesson plan, as well as a one-page handout with before-, during-, and after-viewing sections.
Before viewing, students will complete a quick-write to activate their thinking. During viewing, students will answer 4 questions to check for comprehension. After vie
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9th - 12th
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Shakespeare's Language and Iambic Pentameter Activities for any Shakespeare Unit
Help students get comfortable with understanding Shakespeare's language and iambic pentameter using these worksheets and bookmarks! These activities are perfect as an introduction to any Shakespeare unit! These are reference materials your students can use again and again. Teaching Shakespeare’s language:✅ Iambic Pentameter practice✅ “Thou” vs. “You” reference✅ Tips for approaching unmarked scriptsYour Shakespeare’s Language activities include:Iambic Pentameter Worksheet & Answer Key"Thou" v
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7th - 10th
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Theme: Teaching Theme, Short Story Literary Elements, Elements of Fiction
Analyze and Infer: Identifying Theme for Google DriveTeach and review the literary element of theme with your students! This teaching resource includes access to an attractive, modern Google Slides presentation about the literary element theme and provides practical strategies for identifying the theme of any text!This resource includes the following:16 Google Slides on identifying theme with an embedded YouTube clipStudent Slide Presentation Questions Handout and Answer KeyStudent Identifying T
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7th - 10th
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