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Close reading worksheets for Microsoft Word
Article of the Week | GROWING Article Library (Over 125 high-interest articles)
This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to assign articles of the week in your class. Once you purchase this produce, you will have access to a Google folder with over 125 Articles of the Week AND all the reference materials needed to begin using the AOW assignment in your class.Each Article of the Week includes a graphic organizer with power vocabulary words, a central idea box, and response questions to guide students' written reflection. This folder will be frequently updated with new arti
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9th - 12th
9th-Grade English ELA Curriculum | Coming-of-Age Literature | Full Year Editable
UPDATED FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: Full-Year Curriculum! Diverse Authors! Discussion-Based! This MEGA-BUNDLE has everything you'll need to teach a year-long 9th-grade English course on Coming-of-Age Literature. The focus of this course is coming-of-age novels, plays, and poems written by diverse authors from around the globe. How have teenagers from different parts of the world grappled with ethical dilemmas? With complex social dynamics? With the struggle to achieve a sense of independence
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9th - 10th
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - Detailed Reading Questions with Answers
This is a complete set of questions (297) to provoke and test students' learning when studying the novel by Rick Riordan.
This product features a number of different types and styles of questions. Some focus on reading and basic fact-finding. Some seek opinions from students on action or character, and encourage them to justify those opinions. Others ask students to explain terms, or words from the text. By paying close attention to the text, and with occasional use of their dictionaries, stude
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5th - 8th
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Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 Close Reading Activity
Students will perform a close reading of Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet (when Romeo eventually kills Tybalt) with alignment to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5. Students highlight lines of dialogue that create tension and then respond to questions, with varying levels of complexity, about how tension and other effects are created by Shakespeare's structural decisions. Students answer questions side-by-side to the text, promoting close reading and mimicking the format of CCSS standardized tests. Th
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9th - 11th
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HIGH SCHOOL POETRY | 5 American Poets: Dickinson, Hughes, Frost, Bishop, Brooks!
This high-school poetry bundle features 5 EDITABLE units on American poetry that can be used in sequence over two weeks. The 5 units feature a total of 50 poems by 5 American poets: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. By having students read the 10 best poems by each writer, you'll introduce them to the breadth of each poet's work while taking a deep dive into two or three poems in each class session.This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dy
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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First They Came For The Jews + Terrible Things dual text analysis, Holocaust
This product is in the form of a Google Doc, so it's perfect for uploading right to Google Classroom for Distance OR in-person learning! After you purchase, you'll see a word doc that contains the link to the Google Doc. Make a copy and you're good to go!This paired text analysis requires students to first read and analyze the allegory "The Terrible Things". There are questions that ask about author's purpose, symbolism, and comprehension. Next, students will read, annotate, and analyze the
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6th - 9th
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A Brief History Of Theatre - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the history of theater / drama from the ancient Greek Dionysian rituals till the establishment of London’s theater houses.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a fill-in-the-gaps exercise, and a fun crossword . The text can also be u
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Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Hamlet: Complete Unit Plan
This extensive 240 page unit plan for Hamlet is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each scene and act of the play. Our Hamlet unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Shakespeare’s craft and encourage them to write t
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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MY ÁNTONIA Complete Unit: Fully EDITABLE Lessons on Willa Cather's Classic Novel
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Discussion-based! Informed by the latest cutting-edge scholarship!....This 135-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Willa Cather's My Ántonia!! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handouts, discussion questions, daily quizzes, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and gener
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Theme Activity - Fables, Worksheet, and Answer Key!
Using Aesop's fables, the students will identify the theme of each story in the attached chart. This could be done individually, in pairs, small groups, or used as one station in centers. Discussions can be completed afterwards. Students can also be given each of the fables and highlight the facts that lead them to finding the lesson/moral.
This activity can be used in conjunction to teaching theme or as a separate review and follow-up activity.
Please rate and give feedback if you use it a
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5th - 8th
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Counting by 7s - Detailed Reading Questions with Answers
This is a comprehensive ready-to-go set of questions (262) to provoke and test students' learning when studying the novel Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. This product features a number of different types and styles of questions. Some focus on reading and basic fact-finding. Some seek opinions from students on action or character, and encourage them to justify those opinions. Others ask students to explain terms, words, or pieces of dialogue from the text. By paying close attention to the
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Counting by 7s - Study Guide: Activities Bundle for Mixed Ability
Paired Passage- Poetry, Song Lyric Questions for "Mother to Son" and "Dear Mama"
This assignment is a set of 8 response questions for a paired reading of "Mother to Son" poem by Langston Hughes and "Dear Mama" song by Tupac Shakur. Poem and song lyrics are not included due to copyright restrictions, but can easily be found online.
Each question asks for a written response that includes text evidence. I suggest using this as a two-day activity in which students spend the first day doing close-readings of both the poem and the song lyrics, and the second day spent writing the
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8th - 11th
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" Scavenger Hunt
My students were really struggling with both the plot and the vocabulary of Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher," so I created this scavenger hunt so that they could note key parts in the plot and character development and get simple definitions to some of the tough vocabulary words as well.
This is a great ready made lesson plan that you can use as a whole group, small group, or independently. It would also be great to use as an emergency lesson plan.
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7th - 12th
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The Crisis, No. 1 by Thomas Paine Rhetorical Analysis / Annotation
This worksheet guides students through annotation and close analysis of selections from Thomas Paine's pamphlet The Crisis, No. 1, focusing on rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) and rhetorical devices and how Paine uses them to achieve his purpose. Students may complete the reading and analysis individually, in small groups, or as a whole class. The worksheet is also great for substitutes! This product does not include an answer key.
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11th - 12th
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland ) Novel Study
Here is a set of 33 worksheets with high level, short answer, comprehension questions for the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll. Many questions relate to the logically fallacious reasoning Carroll uses for entertainment and instruction within the book. These questions ask the students to figure out where the reasoning is flawed. Each chapter has a worksheet of 5 to 7 questions. In addition, there are a set of worksheets offering a side by
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5th - 8th
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HATCHET CHAPTER QUIZZES (ALL CHAPTERS), 29 PAGES, HATCHET CHAPTER ASSESSMENTS
This 29 page Word Doc product contains quizzes, assessments for almost every chapter (including the epilogue) of the novel "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, EXCEPT for chapters 6, 16, 17.The quizzes all begin with multiple choice questions and some end with either short answer question(s) or a long answer question. Both the short and long answer questions require students to use critical thinking, inferencing skills, perspective, creative thinking, introspective thinking, as well as identify and make t
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4th - 8th
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Differentiated Exit Tickets- Sequence of Events - Grades 3,4,5 RL 3.5, 4.5, 5.5
Here are some quick reads with questions that can be used as exit tickets for the skill of sequence of events. As a multigrade AIS ELA teacher, i used these as formative assessments in each of my groups for the different grade levels however they can easily be used as differentiation in the regular classroom. There are three exit tickets for grade 5 (rl 5.5) 1 for grade 4 (RL 4.5) and two for grade 3 (rl 3.5) - all correlating to Sequence of Events.Great for documenting student mastery of the
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3rd - 5th
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The Life Cycle Of A Star - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes what scientist currently believe to be the life circle of stars from heat clashing nebulas to massive supernovae.
After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match exercise and a fun crossword . The vocabulary used in the text
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Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Bundle - Informational Texts
Symbolism Worksheet
My students were really struggling with the concept of Symbolism in large texts. I designed a worksheet and a unit specifically at helping them understand symbols and abstract vs. concrete language. This worksheet comes with 6 short paragraphs with a common symbol. Students use this worksheet to help sharpen their understanding. This is only a beginning step in the scaffolding process to understanding symbolism. I teach 10th grade, but many of my students are low level. I could see this being us
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7th - 10th
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The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving
Why did the Pilgrims celebrate the first thanksgiving? Teach your students to question history's "official narrative" with this interactive text! This original text dives into the history and context of the first thanksgiving by focusing on the relationship between Pilgrims and the indigenous people of the Wampanoag Confederation, led by Tisquantum (Squanto). Interspersed with the text are maps, graphics, and critical comprehension questions to support deep analysis.☺ Reading Level: 8th gradeRec
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6th - 12th
A Brief History of the Internet - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives an account of how the Internet developed in the late 20th century and how it rose to prominence during the early 21st century
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises and engage in an in class discussion. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Romeo and Juliet- Act 4 Tic-Tac-Toe Worksheet
Great resource for flipped learning while studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Worksheet focuses on pivotal moments in Act 4. Students must play tic-tac-toe and select three activities that line up horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Present worksheet at beginning of act and allow students to work at their own pace, completing activities as they read.Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that contains Powerpoints, Guided Notes Handouts, Quizzes/Answer Keys, and Test/Answer Key-- enough fo
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7th - 12th
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A Doll's House - 50 Question Multiple Choice Quiz / Assessment
50 question summary assessment / final quiz based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.
This is a multiple choice activity. The questions are quite tricky, so I use as an open book test or scavenger hunt. This makes it an active learning activity as well as an assessment tool.
Questions are based on plot, character, vocabulary, and important quotations. There are twenty questions for Act 1 and 15 each for Acts 2 and 3. You could use as 3 separate activities, i.e. at the end of each act. This is actual
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8th - 12th
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Rhetoric and 12 Angry Men Unit Activities
These activities are to supplement a unit on rhetorical appeals and logical fallacies. Prior to this, students should be introduced to ethos, pathos, and logos, and a sampling of logical fallacies (suggestions: hasty generalization, faulty emotional appeal, misuse of statistics, faulty appeal to authority, ad hominem, slippery slope). These materials focus on the application of those concepts to the play 12 Angry Men.
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• Prereading activity with the opening lines
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9th - 11th
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