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Higher education close reading task cards
Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day
This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery to convey a message about love.Enduring Understandings:Students will understand how language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery affect a letter's meaning.Students will learn about famous people from history through the lens of their rel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Response Question Cards for Any Book-- Multi-grade Usage
These 100 question cards for any novel will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, symbolism, point of view, style, and more! Students will need to use reading strategies such as inference, summarizing, comparing and contrasting etc. to dig deeper into the text.These cards work for grades 3 through 12-- seriously! They are universal questions that work in conjunction with any novel
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Close Reading and Annotation Mini-Unit
Complete close reading and annotation unit with fiction and nonfiction practice**August 2020 Update: This unit is now digital! I created a fiction and nonfiction workbook that is optimized for digital learning. A Google Slides version is included that can be downloaded and used as a PowerPoint as well (directions included).**August 2019 Update: This unit now includes two passages that can be used for nonfiction annotation (complete with an answer key). This is perfect for AP Language and Composi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Paraphrasing Practice Task Cards
60 Inspirational Quotes to practice paraphrasing every day! Task cards, PowerPoint slides, Google slides and answer key included. Perfect for distance learning!Perfect English bell ringer or task card activity for middle or high school students to strengthen reading comprehension, analysis, and paraphrase skills for CCSS-aligned reading and writing standards. Don't stress about creating engaging English Bell Ringers or Reading & Writing Activities to strengthen comprehension. Use these 60 in
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: English Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School
180 Reading/Writing Task Card BUNDLE
Save over 20% by purchasing this BUNDLE pack of task cards!
You will receive 180 task cards that address sentence types, point of view, verb tenses, spelling, close reading, citing evidence, editing, and fluency.
You will also receive an answer keys for the 48 Sentence Type Task Cards, an editable template for the 24 Editing Task Cards, a fluency rubric with the 24 Fluency Task Cards, and more!
These are great for warm-ups, classwork, quiz review, early finishers, and more!
Check out the pre
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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English Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School
No Prep English Bell Ringers for the entire year! Students paraphrase 180 inspirational quotes to strengthen reading comprehension, analysis, and paraphrase skills for common-core-aligned reading and writing standards. Task cards, PowerPoint slides, Google slides and answer key included. Perfect for distance learning!3 products for the price of 2!PRODUCT INCLUDES:180 Task Cards 180 Powerpoint Slides Google Drive link (Google slides) for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activityAnswe
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How to Read Like a Professor AP Literature Bundle
I assign How to Read Literature like a Professor as summer reading as I think many AP Literature teachers also do. For years, I struggled with ways to intentionally incorporate the take-aways throughout the year. As a result, I have created a series of quick activities that can be used with any novel or play at any point during the year.This bundle includesNEW: Reading Like a Professor Book ClubsHow to Read Literature Like a Professor Analysis Handout--"The Professor Says-I Say"How to Read L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
A Streetcar Named Desire Task Cards -- Quizzes, Bell-Ringers, Activities
Get your students thinking critically about Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, with this set of 92 beautifully designed task cards. These cards are the perfect addition to your unit and lesson plans! The task cards are divided into scenes, with at least 8 cards per scene.
These cards can be used for:
• Bell ringers or Do-Now activities
• Discussion starters
• Group or paired work
• Entrance/Exit tickets
• Reading quizzes
To make the cards last longer, print in color and lamin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Close Reading Annotation Tools
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Close Reading Annotation Toolkit can be used with any fiction or nonfiction assignment. The tools in this kit may be used by students individually, in pairs, or in groups when:
…reading short, challenging passages.
…rereading with a pen.
…discussing impressions and personal observations of the text with others.
…responding to text-dependent questions.
How annotating text helps struggling and proficient readers:
For struggling readers: The process of annot
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Reading Tools for Middle School (Bundle)
The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Stations: Students Move, Think, Discuss
Looking for a great way to get your students talking about "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, analyzing text, and relating the story to real life? This station activity will have your students moving, collaborating, discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and comparing/contrasting!What's included . . .► Teacher instructions ► 8 stations - Students rotate around the room to answer the questions with their groups. (One of the stations has students comparing a modern article to the story, which g
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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24 Close Reading Task Cards for ANY Text
With this budget-priced pack, you will receive 24 Close Reading Task Cards with Text-Dependent Questions for ANY Text that address the CCSS and the Progression of Text-dependent Questions model.
Your students will close read any text by answering questions that focus on vocabulary, making inferences, summarizing, identifying author's purpose, making intertextual connections, and text structure.
These are great for close reading, differentiation, classwork, quiz review, literacy centers, early
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: 180 Reading/Writing Task Card BUNDLE
The Great Gatsby BUNDLE for AP Language & Composition
This bundle includes resources and AP Style prompts to pair with The Great Gatsby in an AP Language & Composition course! Looking for a bundle without AP resources? See here! This bundle includes:Bingo!Ch. 4 AP Language & Composition Style RA PromptCh.6 AP Language & Composition Style RA PromptCh.7 Quote Analysis / Polaroid ActivityAP Language & Composition Style Synthesis PromptGatsby MEME Activity Character Tinder Profiles (display posters)By purchasing this bundle, you save $6
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Distance Learning - Deforestation - Comprehension - Earth Day
A comprehension about deforestation- children read information and answer questions.What is deforestation?What are the reasons for deforestation?Logging and deforestation.Animals and deforestation.Habitats and deforestation.The clouded leopard. Spix's macawTrees and carbon dioxide. Old growth forests. Replanting trees.Palm oil. The problem with palm oil production. Final thoughts. If you would like the Google Slides version please click here ************Each slide / digital card features a short
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Climate Change And The Environment - Huge Value Bundle Of Resources
Jane Eyre Task Cards: Bell-ringers, Activities, Discussion Questions
Elevate your students' discussion and understanding with this set of 160 task cards for Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre. Each of the novel's 38 chapters has four unique questions, designed to further critical thinking and analysis.
You can use these task cards in a variety of ways: As bell-ringers, reading quizzes, group work, discussion questions for a Socratic Seminar, review activities, exit tickets, or review games. To make make the cards sturdier, I usually laminate the cards so I can
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Literary Criticism Task Cards - Critical Approaches for Writers HS+
Remember that Lit Crit class you took in college? It's definitely on my list of difficult classes! These cards are meant to challenge students on the important, yet difficult task of analyzing literature according to a specific critical approach. There are four questions for each type of criticism for a total of 36 cards:DeconstructionistReader-ResponseMythologicalFormalistBiographicalPsychologicalHistoricalMarxistFeministTypically, we don’t teach these in HS (at least the standards don’t call f
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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La familia
Included you’ll find some activities to help you teach “la familia”. To be successful with these activities students will need to know basic question words, numbers to ten, the verbs ser/estar, gustar and tener, family member vocabulary, basic descriptions, nationalities, professions and possessive adjectives.¿Quién soy?This activity provides students with a way to practice the definitions of different familiy members. Students match the definition with the vocabulary word of the family member
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Beloved by Toni Morrison - Literary Analysis Stations for the Opening Chapters
Beloved Analysis Stations for AP Literature: This resource includes four stations focused on comprehending and analyzing the opening chapter of Beloved. In the foreward of the text, Toni Morrison wrote that, when she wrote Beloved, she "wanted the reader to be kidnapped [and] thrown ruthlessly into an alien environment." The opening chapter achieves this end, which lends the text its power while also confusing many students. These stations focus not only on relieving that confusion, but on teach
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Brave New World Guided Reading and Analysis Task Cards - Chapters 1-3
Although Brave New World is an exceptionally engaging and relevant text, students often get hung up on the first three chapters. Huxley’s world-building and pseudoscientific description often disorient students and they need a bit of extra support. This product was designed to help your students make sense of the first three chapters of Brave New World without you having to explicitly explain the structure of the society to them. These task cards are focused on illuminating the structure of the
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Brave New World Complete Unit Bundle
3 Levels of Text Discussion: Text-based analysis, discourse, lesson, slides
Searching for a way to push students towards idea-based, evidence-based thinking instead of plot summary? This is it! The 3 Levels of Text Discussion is inquiry-based, facilitating higher levels of DoK in task and academic discourse. Adaptable across disciplines (works equally as well in History as ELA!) and grade levels (middle-high school, including AP Language and Literature), this activity is rooted in evidence-based claims, analytical thinking, and collaborative learning. The 3 Levels of Te
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby MEME Activity!
The Great Gatsby is full of action and drama! To make sure the students understood the important plot points, symbols, and characters, I created a meme activity for different situations. This is a great way to review at the end of the novel, or it can be modified to complete at any point of the reading. This assignment includes 12 different situations/scenarios from the novel. Students will work independently, with a partner, or in a small group to create a meme representing their assigned scena
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby BUNDLE for AP Language & Composition
RHETORICAL DEVICE FLASHCARDS Logical Fallacies Flip Deck Booklet Templates
Teaching rhetorical analysis to English Language Arts or AP Language and Composition students? This vocabulary flip card deck creates an anchor chart for close reading activities. This activity results in a useful classroom reference tool and can be used as either a collaborative activity or an individual assignment.I enjoy using this resource as a collaborative activity by assigning a term to each student or group of students. Students can use online resources to write a definition of the rheto
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Pride & Prejudice Pacing Bookmark
This bookmark should be printed on a double-sided page. This will help your students keep track of the various Ms. Bennets as well as due dates for your classroom.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Reading Task Cards for High School
Included in this product are task cards that can be used for any short story or novel and ones that can be used with any informational writing. Included are single page task cards as well as ¼ page size for your convenience.
The fiction cards cover the following topics:
• Character development
• Plot development
• Point of view
• Setting
• Style
• Theme
• Individual passages
The informational cards cover the following topics:
• Author’s purpose and point of view
• Main idea and supporting d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Wuthering Heights: Task Cards
In the classroom, utilizing these task cards for Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights can be an engaging and effective approach to foster a deeper understanding of the novel among students. The flashcards, designed for chapters 1-34, serve as versatile tools for promoting critical thinking, analytical skills, and active reading. As students progress through the story, the carefully crafted tasks encourage them to explore character development, setting dynamics, conflicts, symbolism, and overarching
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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