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High school 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
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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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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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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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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"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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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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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 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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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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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
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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Diction Analysis Sentence Frames--Template to Examine Word Choice
Diction Analysis Method:Do your students struggle with understanding why an author selected one word over another? Use this fill in the blank sentence template for analyzing author's word choice to help! This download includes examples of diction analysis using the template and offers passages for students to analyze using the frame. You could also just use the template with text of your choice.BOTH DIGITAL/REMOTE AND PRINT OPTIONS INCLUDED!Page 1 of this file contains a link to Google Slides
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9th - 12th
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Comprehension Questions- Young Readers Edition
My 9th grade special needs Literature class enjoyed reading "The Boy who Harnessed the Wind" the young readers edition. I created these reading comprehension worksheets for every chapter.
A large percentage of my students have language disorders and challenges with reading comprehension. Most of the included questions require minimal interpretation of the text. I developed these questions to test their understanding of the material and to review the things we had discussed in class.
Tests are
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7th - 9th
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Shirley Jackson ~ The Lottery Full text with Bonus Ebook Distance Learning
"The Lottery" is by far my favorite short story ever. Jackson's writing style allows for a unique portal to the internal workings of the human mind, however sadistic the story may be! As such, I have built a whole unit around the tense atmosphere and unusual imagery Jackson has used to bring to life her allegorical statement on society. Students will follow the marginal questions to uncover the deeper significance of the setting, gender roles and humanity as a whole. What's included? Links to e
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Five Short Stories for Freshman!
Oedipus the King / Oedipus Rex Quiz or Test
This listing is for a test over Sophocles' Greek Tragedy Oedipus Rex. The test is comprehensive, thorough, and clear. I've perfected this test over several years of administering it to honors sophomores. I consider the difficulty level moderate.If you would rather buy this test as a Google Doc & Google Form, see this listing.The test is 55 questions and divided into three parts.Part 1: character and location identification / 11 questionsPart 2: multiple choice / 17 questionsPart 3:
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9th - 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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Reading Quizzes for ALL CHAPTERS of George Orwell's 1984
NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of reading quizzes for 1984. The book is divided into four roughly equal reading sections: Part I, ch.1-6 (50 questions)Part 1, Ch. 7-8 & Part 2 (50 questions)Ch. 1-4; Book 2, Ch. 5-10 (50 questions) Part III, Ch. 1-6 (50 questions)There are 10 questions in each of five quiz versions for each of the four sets of readings, totaling 200 questions in all. A few questions may repeat between the five versions for each reading set. Three questions in each group
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Analyzing Rhetorical Appeals in 12 Angry Men
Have students closely analyze and evaluate the rhetorical appeals in an excerpt from Act 1 of 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose. We watch the original black and white film first from 1954 and then return to scenes from each act to closely analyze the moves made by characters as they persuade each other of the guilt or innocence of the boy on trial. (Ethos, logos, pathos and various logical fallacies would need to be taught prior to starting this text.)If you want activities for each act, see my unit
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9th - 11th
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Detailed Reading Questions with Answers
This is a complete ready-to-go set of questions (341) to provoke and test students' learning when studying the novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
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 text, and wi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Active Learning Tasks Bundle
Macbeth Fill-in-the-Blank Activities
This 25 page Fill-In-The-Blank bundle is originally part of our Macbeth complete unit. We decided to sell this component separately and it includes five fun fill-in-the-blank activities for Shakespeare’s play.
Fill-In-The-Blanks:
• All five acts are included
• Each review sheet follows the play’s plot in chronological detail
• Word banks are included for each fill-in-the-blank activity
• Teacher answer key included for each act
**Students have the most fun doing these assignments in small gr
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9th - 11th
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The Great Gatsby LITERARY DEVICES EXERCISES
NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Engaging! Thought-provoking! This 20-page EDITABLE document invites your students to analyze the literary devices used in The Great Gatsby. This activity promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The worksheets on literary devices will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!Here's what you'll find inside: • Figurative Language Quizzes (x3): Each
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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