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Free Common Core RL.11-12.2 study guides
FREE | The Lottery by Shirley Jackson | Lit Guide | Literary Devices | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Shirley Jackson’s famous short story The LotteryExplore the setting, symbols, irony and foreshadow Insert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsDiscuss concepts of conformity, groupthink, tradition and violenceCreate guidelines that help one decide when to question or reject long standing traditionWhat's in the download?A 10 page PDF with:Links t
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7th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 1 in The Great Gatsby. Graphic organizers provide prompts with quotes, questions and topics to aid comprehension, guide analysis, and assess learning. A detailed sample answer key is also provided for the entire activity.Targeted skills: · Identify and analyze characters · Understand the influence of the setting · Follow the sequence of events· Analyze language devices· Identify and analyze symbolism · Identify de
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Lady or the Tiger Reading Guide and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. The Reading Guide provides the students with a close read of the text with dependent questions that help target the Common core State Standards for Literature. This guide helps students with comprehension to help determine what the author is saying? The student reading guide is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available f
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9th - 12th
"The Devil and Tom Walker" study guide questions
This study guide contains 22 questions for “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving that can be used as a review activity or as the students read independently. The questions hit different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, allowing the students to reflect upon what they read as well as let the teacher know whether or not the students comprehend the reading. Includes answers.Questions can also be used as a question bank for making exams or quizzes. Includes the answer key.The study guide is i
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9th - 12th
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The Minister’s Black Veil Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 12 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading tha
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Close Reading / Analysis Text-dependent Questions
These questions guide students through a close analysis of chapter one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Students work through the text, focusing on analyzing characters, building symbolism and themes, identifying tone / sarcasm, analyzing word choice, and using textual evidence. The questions can be used for individual analysis or small- or whole-group discussion of the text. They can also be left for substitutes!
All page references refer to the Scribner 2004 edition.
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter I Study Guide (28 questions)
This study guide invites the reader to answer essential questions from Chapter I. This helps the student retain the plot and also dissect some language that is challenging for the eleventh grade student.
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The Yellow Wallpaper Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 13 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading tha
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9th - 12th
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The Canterbury Tales FREE Study Guide and Questions - The Prioress and Friar
This free, no-prep, self-guided study of two pilgrims - INCLUDING THE POEM - presents two of the most interesting pilgrims from Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. This independent work packet includes a Study Guide, editable worksheets and possible answers- phew! The colorful pages of the Study Guide and the exciting 21st century translation will delight your British Literature students and enhance their understanding of part of this Medieval poem. A biography of Chaucer, vocabular
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10th - 12th
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Lesson Plans/Study Guide
This study guide/lesson plan(s) based on Mark Haddon's novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time includes comprehension and analysis questions/activities to generate discussion groups as well as individual writing tasks.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literary Devices Reference Sheet
Appropriate from 6th-12th Grades, this reference sheet includes:A version where students will fill in the definitions themselves (see my Literary Devices PPT/Google Slides presentation to aid students in this process)A version where the definitions are already filledPrint on colored paper to create a memorable resource that students can utilize year-round as they master the primary literary devices.Literary devices include:AlliterationAllusionCharged dictionHyperboleImageryIronyJuxtapositionMeta
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9th - 12th
Trifles Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 11 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading that is so central to mode
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9th - 12th
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"Shooting an Elephant" Writing Revolution Inspired Study Guide
George Orwell's authbiographical essay, "Shooting an Elephant," is a classic read for British Literature and AP classes. This study guide will lead students through an exploration of the basic plot of the text as well as guide them through analyzing character motivation, symbols, and themes. Study guide questions are written using Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler's The Writing Revolution (TWR) methods, which focus on "advancing thinking through writing." Writing Revolution strategies perfectl
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9th - 12th
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"Otherness" in Literature Reading Activity
Comparative analysis assignment including: pre-reading questions, reading analysis questions, and a comparative writing prompt using Ursula K. Le Guin’s “She Unnames Them” and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”
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10th - 12th
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FREE | The Piece of String (1884) by Guy de Maupassant | Lit Guide | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Guy de Maupassant's famous short story, The Piece of String Engage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting symbolism, irony, and foreshadowingInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyExplore the results of gossip and rumorsDebate if what happened in Hauchecome's town could happen in a school setting and
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7th - 12th
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The Interlopers Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 7 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Saki’s “The Interlopers.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading that is so central to modern
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9th - 12th
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The Turn of the Screw Study Prompts
This 14-page resource is a set of short writing tasks, and formal essay questions in the style of AP and IB examinations. The initial tasks focus student attention on significant aspects of each chapter and build up a full understanding of what Henry James is trying to achieve, how he is trying to achieve it, and how successful he has been. The chapter-based questions can, additionally, be used as a basis for class discussion, and the essay topics as an invaluable tool for pre-examination revisi
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9th - 12th
A&P Review and Study Guide
Save prep time and help your students read closely and actively with this bundle of Common Core aligned organizers, worksheets, projects, quizzes, and review materials for Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.Note: We provide as many of our worksheets and organizers as possible in Word format to facilitate easy customization.CONTENTS:Character Analysis OrganizersOrganizers for every major character of Mrs Dalloway to aid students in gathering evidence and then using it to describe a character’s traits
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9th - 12th
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Miss Brill Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 9 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading that is so central
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9th - 12th
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A Worn Path Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 11 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading that is so central to mo
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9th - 12th
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Shooting an Elephant Review and Study Guide
Join thousands of teachers who have used this 8 page, easily-printable review guide to aid their prep and improve their students’ understanding of George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant.”
This LitCharts review guide includes:
- Contextual info: author bio, historical background, related literary texts
- Analysis of characters, symbols, and themes
- Thematic analysis of important quotes
- Unique side-by-side summary analysis that supports and models the close and active reading that is so cent
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9th - 12th
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Fairy Tale Representations
These are sample pages from a unit based on fairy tales. The unit focuses on narrative conventions such as setting, characterization, point of view, plot, theme, and language features. In addition, it explores ideas, values, and attitudes based on context and their impact on the reception by a variety of audiences, past and present when it comes to gender representation. It is designed to target the Australian English Curriculum, but it also addresses other English Curriculae globally.
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7th - 12th
The Shawshank Redemption: Andy Dufresne's character traits
This chart details Andy's main character traits and how he influences Red to believe in the power of hope. This could prove useful for essays, presentations and diary entry tasks.
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10th - 12th
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Wuthering Heights Chapter Questions 1, 2, 3
In need of discussion questions for Emily Bronte's Gothic novel?
These study guide questions and answer keys for Bronte's Wuthering Heights cover chapters 1, 2, and 3, and are ready to print and use immediately. This FREE Guide is a sample of my complete product of novel questions, and give a feel for the questions used in the entire product: the reliability of the narrators, the characterization, setting, parallels and motifs from the Romantic Period are all covered. Add a class set of novel
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7th - 12th
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