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Free Common Core RL.11-12.2 interactive notebooks
The Crucible Meme
I was looking or a quick assignment that the kids would enjoy that would also exhibit their understanding of The Crucible. Here's that assignment! They absolutely love it and don't even mind having to write an explanation as well.
I've also loved seeing their individuality bleed through.
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11th - 12th
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Cynthia Ozick "The Shawl" | Free Short Story Unit Plan, Honors & AP Literature
Looking for a powerful addition to your unit on the Holocaust or genocide? “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick is sparse, memorable, and beautifully written. While the story itself is very short, your students will be inspired by the challenging text.This story pairs well with Night by Elie Wiesel, 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, or any other text that deals with themes of war, oppression, trauma, or death.When you teach this powerful short story
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9th - 12th
American literature Unit | Black History Free Poetry Analysis Worksheet | BLM
Looking for an engaging, rigorous unit on the Black Lives Matter Movement?In this mini unit, students will learn about the history of the Black Lives Matter movement and the way that the word “boy” has been problematic for African American males. They'll also explore both the written version and performance of the wonderful poem “not an elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith, a masterful, award-winning contemporary poet and performer. Rounding out the unit are an opinion piece and an inspiring TED
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9th - 12th
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Chat GPT, AI-Proof Writing Assignment: Characterization Analysis & Close Reading
Worried that AI programs like Chat GPT will keep your students from learning to think for themselves? Learning to write literary analysis based on textual evidence is a great way for students to learn critical thinking, evidence-based reasoning, analysis, and writing, but if you assign your students to write an essay from home, what are the odds that they’ll be tempted to cheat and never learn those skills? The key to getting your students to avoid the temptation to use AI to think for them is
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9th - 12th
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Divorce, Forgiveness, & Family Dynamics: Free Poetry Analysis Worksheet
Looking for an accessible poem that deals with universal truths and experiences? Pulitzer Prize Winning poet Sharon Olds' poem “The Victims” is an exploration of the ways that family dynamics change as we all grow up. The speaker deals with her parents’ divorce and her shifting allegiances. The universal themes of forgiveness, the past, and letting go of anger will engage any student with this poem.Teach your students to analyze point of view, shifts, word choice, imagery, figurative language,
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9th - 12th
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Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 Free Lesson Plan: Close Reading Questions & Answer Key
Looking for rigorous and engaging no-prep plans for teaching Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet? It’s not easy to find plans for teaching Shakespeare that are interesting enough for your students yet include enough structure and scaffolding to challenge them to read the text on their own.When you follow the step-by-step methods that I outline here, your students will learn to understand the language and appreciate the artistry of the play and ultimately, to understand their own lives a little bit better.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden: Poetry Analysis | Graphic Organizer
Looking for a no-prep lesson that will teach your students to better understand how poets create meaning with poetic elements? This lovely, sad poem about a son looking back at the Sunday mornings of his childhood is a classic choice for teaching students about diction, repetition, and theme. The graphic organizer method for analyzing poetry that you will follow in this lesson plan is very helpful to get students to focus on the choices that poets make and how they contribute to meaning in a p
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9th - 12th
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Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Free Lesson Plan Comparing Film Versions | YouTube Video
Looking for a low-key and unique lesson on Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet? This engaging no-prep lesson will get your students analyzing film versions of the famous “Get Thee to a Nunnery” scene with Hamlet and Ophelia and discussing essential questions of the play as a whole. This classic scene can be played a multitude of ways without changing any of the words. It addresses some of the biggest questions of the play, and how the actors and directors decide to answer those questions can be portrayed
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Characterization Activity - quick, engaging, student-based, and interactive!
This activity is designed to begin to help students understand characterization. It can be used as a fun pre-activity to any content, be used scaffolded notes on characterization, or as a check-in on characterization skills. Students will define characterization, then define direct and indirect characterization. They will use those definitions to practice on three examples, using bios. Then, they will apply their knowledge in a real-life setting, acting as CEOs to make a decision on who to hire
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8th - 12th
Interactive Notebook Literature Annotation Cut Outs
These interactive literature annotation directions are perfect for an interactive notebook. Students cut out these annotating cheat-sheets and glue into the front of their interactive notebook OR assigned reading. Great for encouraging intense annotating during assigned reading. Also good when it comes time to write an essay: students simply have to look at their Page Reference Cut Out and turn to the page that they have heavily annotated for quick quotes.
Although, initially designed for the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Book Tracker (English & Spanish)
Use these cute book tracker pages to begin a journal of the books you are going to read this year! Perfect for personal use or classroom use! One page is designed with a modern look and the other is dark academia. What can I do with these pages?Add titles of the book to the spinesColor in the books as you readThe Thoughts & Notes page can be used for anything! Draw what you see, feel, hear. Print out images to create a vision board of the book. Log your favorite quotes. Document your burning
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Not Grade Specific
Comparing The Handmaid's Tale, A Doll's House, and The Awakening
Have you ever wanted to have students select from two works of literary merit, but didn't know where to begin? This prezi introduces The Handmaid's Tale, A Doll's House, and The Awakening, so that you might listen to A Doll's House (available on Audible) in class while students read either The Handmaid's Tale or The Awakening (available as PDF online) outside of class and meet for Book Clubs in small groups. This is an excellent text set prior to the AP Literature test, as these three texts ap
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11th - 12th
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