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12th grade reading handouts
Macbeth FUN Personality Quiz - Pre-Reading Activity
Fun personality test to introduce students to the characters in Macbeth. Based on the format of personality quizzes that students have most likely done in their free time online or in magazines, this personality quiz has answers that align with one of five major characters in the play Macbeth (Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Duncan, The Witches). This quiz is a fun way to have students find similarities with the characters in order to peak their interest, and to see how these characters are not o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Spanish Reading - Daily Routines - Reflexive Verbs
Spanish Daily Routines Reading - Reflexive VerbsA reading passage in Spanish about the daily routine of Rodrigo and his family. This family is a little different in that Rodrigo is the strongest man in Chile and at the same time is a "househusband". He stays at home, cooks, cleans and looks after the kids while his wife works in an office.OBJECTIVEThe main objective of this reading activity is to practice reflexive verbs in Spanish and learn common vocabulary about daily routines. There are also
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Catcher in the Rye Chapter Questions, Salinger, Study Guide, PDF & Google Drive
Use these chapter questions covering J.D. Salinger’s classic American novel, The Catcher in the Rye, to pull your students into the text and inspire them to think deeply about Salinger’s themes and the character of Holden Caulfield.This packet includes 12 pages of student handouts with detailed questions (plot points, inference, and personal connections) covering all 26 chapters of Holden’s three-day journey around New York City. A separate 11-page detailed answer key is also included, of course
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Inferencing activity for high school - SHORT short stories
This is an inferencing activity that I use with my high school students.Every year, inferencing is the first unit of any English class I teach, because it's critical for students to learn the skill of active reading - and always making connections, and reading between the lines for meaning.This asks students to use their inferencing skills in a super creative way - to read VERY short short stories (some are just 6 words!) and make connections to their prior knowledge to make guesses about what t
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Inferencing practice for high school (Visual & Written)
Night by Elie Wiesel Multiple Choice Chapter Quizzes
This quiz packet for Elie Wiesel’s Night contains one quiz for every section of the novel. Each quiz is composed of five to seven multiple choice questions. A teacher answer key for each quiz is included at the very end of the packet. The quizzes are ready to print, copy, and distribute to students immediately.
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9th - 12th
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Speeches: Persuasive Writing Mini Unit & Assignment
This unit has students learn the style, structure, and techniques used in making a persuasive speech. It works for any type of speech, but focusses on Graduation/Commencement addresses as they tend to have more interesting examples, and inherently involve students reflecting on themselves / their school experiences / their growth over the last few years. This makes this assignment fabulous for student writing and reflection too! Graduation speeches tend to swing eloquently between tones (funny a
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
ELA End of Year Awards + Activity: Fun Superlatives Middle & High School English
Have a little fun on the last day of school by handing out these Literary End-of-Year Awards that only English teachers could love. ;) ❤️What's Inside: ❤️1. A Collection of 50+ Literary Awards:Authors include: Edgar Allan PoeHenry David ThoreauNathaniel HawthorneEmily DickinsonRay BradburyMark TwainRobert FrostWalt WhitmanLangston HughesF. Scott FitzgeraldMaya AngelouJohn SteinbeckWilliam ShakespeareLewis CarrollWilliam GoldingGeorge OrwellJane AustenCharles DickensMary ShelleyPhillis WheatleyAm
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8th - 12th
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Diagnostic Assignment Bundle for High School ELA
This series of diagnostic assignments assesses a HIGH SCHOOL student’s overall reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at the beginning of the school in order to create a baseline for assessing student growth over the course of the year.This bundle includes:1. Diagnostic Reading Assignment: “The Tyger”2. Diagnostic Writing Assignment: Persuasive Paragraph3. Diagnostic Speaking Assignment: Introductory Speech4. Diagnostic Grammar Assignment: Sentence Structure5. Diagnostic Grammar Assign
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Antigone Unit Sophocles Greek Tragedy Activities Bundle
Make the plot, language, and themes of this Ancient Greek tragedy accessible and relevant to your students. Over 230 PPT slides, 200 printable pages, and 55 different engaging common core activities bring this great play to life in the classroom. For a close look at the Antigone activities, view the preview. This detailed Antigone unit facilitates a deep analysis of the play within the following categories:1) Introduction to the Origins of Greek Tragedy2) Preview of the Oedipus Myth3) Indirect
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Multiple Choice Chapter Quizzes
This quiz packet for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders contains one quiz for each chapter of the book. Each quiz is composed of six to seven multiple choice questions. A teacher answer key for each quiz is included at the very end of the packet. Each of the twelve quizzes are ready to print, copy, and distribute to students, requiring very little teacher preparation time.
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6th - 12th
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Transcendentalism, Project to Link Thoreau & Emerson to Modern Pop Culture, CCSS
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were promoting the ideals of Transcendentalism way back in the mid-1800s and, yet, those same ideas still surround us today in our media and popular culture. When you pause and closely examine the music in your earbuds, the movies in your streaming accounts, and the bestsellers loaded in your e-readers, you’ll see that some of today’s artists promote the very same ideas as the founders of Transcendentalism.For this assignment, your students will become
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9th - 12th
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AMERICA RUNS ON READING! Interactive and Engaging Book Tasting
WELCOME TO AMERICA RUNS ON READING! This product has EVERYTHING and MORE to turn your room into a Dunkin' Donuts and introduce new books to your students. This activity is *editable* and gives you the flexibility to make it your own. This can be easily crafted to any grade level - you just choose the book options to meet the needs of your classes and ages. In this product, you will receive...-an in-person book tasting activity-a DIGITAL book tasting activity-SIX bookmarks that can be used as yo
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1st - 12th
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Annotation Guide for Any Text w/ Google Slides Presentation + Three Practices
We know as teachers that close reading is an essential skill for analyzing any text. Students need to practice close reading so that it becomes a natural part of the analytical process. But how can we “teach” these skills so that students understand the scope of annotating a text? It all begins with giving them annotation strategies and then modeling how those annotation strategies work.In order to help students with this process, I have created a Google Slides presentation that takes students
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9th - 12th
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Button, Button Richard Matheson Short Story Lesson Plan & Materials
Dive into ethical dilemmas and the power of temptation with "Button, Button" by famous Sci-Fi author Richard Matheson. In this captivating short story, Matheson delves into thought-provoking themes such as the value of human life and the consequences of greed. The story revolves around a married couple, Norma and Arthur Lewis, who are presented with a curious opportunity: Press a button and receive a tempting sum of $50,000. But there's a catch. If they press it, someone, somewhere in the world,
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8th - 12th
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Somebody Wanted But So Then Graphic Organizer
This is an easy to follow graphic organizer that helps students get their ideas organized!
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K - 12th
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ELA New Year 2024 Activities: Student Resolution Goal Setting, Review Stations
Part review, part goal setting-- complete engagement! Getting back into the swing of things after winter break can be daunting for both you and your students. One way to ease back into a classroom routine is by incorporating some fun New Year activities that encourage reflection, review, and goal setting. These ELA New Year activities will up the enjoyment of your first day back while setting the tone for the rest of the school year.Here are the engaging New Year resources you'll receive:⭐A shee
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7th - 12th
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Notice & Note Signposts Bookmarks - Fiction and Nonfiction
Students will never forget the Notice & Note signposts with this easy-to-use, bright and fun bookmark! These pair perfectly with my most popular product, the BITMOJI Notice & Note Signposts Posters!Checkout some of my other fun bookmarks:Watercolor Annotation Bookmarks with SymbolsUse Your Voice BookmarksCheckout my other ELA resources and follow along on @taughtbytoll!Adapted from Beers & Probst's Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading.
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4th - 12th
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Tone, Diction, and Syntax Words Reference Sheet
These are three reference sheets I laminate and always have handy for my students when we're doing any type of rhetorical analysis. They include lists of all of the most common adjectives used to describe tone, diction, and syntax, as well as explanations and examples of what each word means. For example, if the reference sheet describes "balanced syntax," it also gives a sample sentence of balanced syntax, as well as an explanation of what the effect is on the reader. BONUS! If you take the tim
The Outsiders, SE HINTON: Pre-Reading, Character Handout
Before starting the novel, THE OUTSIDERS by SE HINTON, pass out this wildly popular handout. Read the different "friend requests" out loud and have students determine whether they would FRIEND or DENY the requests, base on the words written. Each request represents one of the Greasers. Students will love reading Chapter One and finding out which character they FRIENDED and which they DENIED. This is a simple activity that instantly connects students to the Greasers!
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6th - 12th
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Symbolism at a Glance, Symbolism Cheat Sheet, Symbols Literary Analysis Writing
Help students feel more confident when they analyze literature with this one-page “Symbolism at a Glance” reference handout. How to use: Let students know this handout will serve as a guide to help them decode symbols that writers regularly use in literature. (I call it a “symbolism cheat sheet,” though you might not like that description.) After giving students a few minutes to look over the chart, ask them what other well-known symbols could be added to the sheet? What symbols have they notice
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Editable Exit Ticket Template
Create your own exit tickets in just minutes. Just type your question and print!This resource includes templates for three different question formats- multiple choice, lined, and blank. There is a self assessment section at the bottom of each exit ticket, to provide students the opportunity to reflect on their level of understanding.
Book Tasting: A Scavenger Hunt Smorgasbord
VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to Host a Book Tasting Event BLOG POST: How to Host a Book Tasting Event Book-Tasting and Text-Tasting Activities are fun and they help students make reading/writing connections.To run book-tasting or text-tasting events, you’ll need several books, short stories or articles and menu covers with task sheet inserts. Students will...... hunt for author’s craft techniques (e.g. word choice, using punctuation for effect, context clues, imagery, one-word sentences, etc.), ...get e
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Reading Tools for Middle School (Bundle)
Murder mystery - Solve the original case of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band
Students work with the Doyle’s story in a fun and engaging way. It has been written out in the form of clues. There are 25 clues to solve this mystery. Students can get them all at once and then they try to solve the case or you can make it more fun and for example hide the clues around the classroom or them away as some kind of reward – I do that when we are reviewing some area we have already covered – when the group answer the question (from the area that is being reviewed) correctly they wil
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Body" by Stephen King: Chapter Questions and Assessments
This package works effectively for all modes of teaching/learning (in-person, hybrid, remote) and for switching between the modes if required.This is a complete unit of study for Stephen King's novella, "The Body." The package includes chapter by chapter study questions with ANSWERS, a summary review, a test, and an essay assignment. Questions focus on vocabulary, close reading, higher order thinking, and making connections.Check out the complete preview. Package is in Word so you can modify.Her
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9th - 12th
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Interactive Phonics Activities
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Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
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Comparative Analysis
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