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Critical thinking Common Core RL.11-12.10 resources
Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You," Analysis of Twilight Zone CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive formats), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a teen girl resists efforts to look, act, and think like everyone else around her. Issues
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Twilight Zone “Time Enough at Last” Media Analysis of Twilight Zone Episode CCSS
There’s a reason Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, has stood the test of time. The stories are compelling, the episodes are well-crafted, and the themes are timeless. With this lesson download (PDF & Google Drive versions), you can also use The Twilight Zone to help students develop analysis skills and connect classic storytelling to modern issues.In this episode, “Time Enough at Last,” a bookish man who wants only to be left alone to read survives a nuclear bomb blast and finally has
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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THE GREAT GATSBY Discussion Questions by Chapter (& excerpts for analysis)
The Great Gatsby Discussion Questions by Chapter Each set has 8 discussion questions and 2 excerpts for analysis (10 items for each chapter). Omit the second page if you are not assigning key excerpts.Resource Notes: These The Great Gatsby questions were written with collaborative groups in mind, but they could serve other functions (e.g., individual reading support or test review).This resource comes from The Great Gatsby Unit: Lessons, Materials, and Assessments from TeachNovels.Serving Sugges
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: THE GREAT GATSBY Comprehension Bundle (reading questions and quizzes)
To Build a Fire by Jack London Thinking Stations: Analyze & Synthesize
Looking for a new activity to supplement your "To Build a Fire" lessons? Try these thinking stations that require students to dig into the text, analyze, and synthesize in order to complete. What's included . . . ► Teacher instruction sheet► Bell Ringer► 8 Station Tasks ► Detailed Answer Key► Clean copy of "To Build a Fire" to use if needed in stations.This activity challenges your students to think and examine text for direct and indirect characterization, plot, setting, diction, theme, figurat
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6th - 11th
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"The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich: Notes, Close Reading, Symbol Analysis
This set of guided reading and critical thinking activities for “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich will help high school students actively explore this story of a Native American family and the tragic effects of a war. The plan’s prereading notes supply knowledge of the author’s heritage, brief summary of the Vietnam War, the draft, and the effects of PTSD. Also included is a list of tone words for students to use with the response pages.A chart directs students to respond to each sentence
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Of Mice and Men BUNDLE | Differentiated Close Study | Activities | Novel Tasks
All of my Of Mice and Men products in one bundle!✨ Did you know that you could get this resource at a discount or even for free? Just go to your purchases log and leave a review for all of the products you have bought. This automatically gives you credits to spend on resources sitewide - including this one! ✨Includes...Of Mice and Men | Pre-Reading Activity | Power Ranking CharactersOf Mice and Men | Pre-Reading Activity | Silent Discussion | Book CoversOf Mice & Men Hexagonal Thinking Diagr
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 7: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 7 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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Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Short Story Analysis
This is a complete lesson plan for Ernest Hemingway’s story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”. A variety of activities will guide students through close reading and help them manage the length and detail of this exciting, dramatic episode. The plan includes graphic organizers and constructed response questions to boost comprehension and inferencing skills. The background notes will help students process connections between the author’s style and the story’s elements. A quiz and detai
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10th - 12th
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": Slides, Close Reading & Literary Analysis
This folder contains a full set of activities for close reading and literary analysis of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. The complete file includes: Illustrated PowerPoint with 25 slides: Biography of T. S. Eliot Brief Historical Background Notes on Modernism/ Imagism • Notes on Literary Devices Context for the Poem Activities, Graphic Organizers, and Handouts: Two Graphic Organizers for students to take slide notes One-page Introduction
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Spoon River Anthology: Notes, Poems, Questions for Analysis, Quiz
This lesson on E.L. Masters’ Spoon River Anthology can be used as a complete lesson plan or part of a unit on early 20th century writers. It is a good option for either in person or distance learning. The file provides nineteen selected poems individually annotated with questions and prompts for analysis. A student handout with brief background notes on Edgar Lee Masters includes a description of the poems and a glossary of terms.The carefully selected poems include interesting messages for stud
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 4: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 4 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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Literary Criticism and Critical Lens Theory PowerPoint and Guided Notes
This PowerPoint presentation is perfect for introducing students to the concept of literary criticism and using critical lens theory. This presentation provides definitions for literary criticism, critical lens theory, and multiple different types of critical lenses. It also includes questions for each lens to help guide students through the process of analyzing using lenses. At the end of the PowerPoint, there are three pop culture examples (Shrek, The Lion King, and Spongebob) that prompts stu
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: "The Great Gatsby" Full Unit Bundle
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty: A Complete Lesson Plan
This plan can be used with any high school short story unit or study of Eudora Welty’s work. The file includes easy to follow graphic organizers to guide close reading, improve comprehension, and support critical thinking. A one-page handout provides brief notes on the life of Eudora Welty, Modernism, Local Color, and Natchez. Reader response pages divide the story into three sections based on the three stages of Phoenix Jackson’s journey to Natchez. These include analysis of tone, character tr
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane: Notes, Close Reading, Quiz
Use this complete lesson to guide and assess students as they work with "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane. The set includes notes on Crane’s life, time period, writing movement, and style. There is a guided reading worksheet for each section of the story. These activities include graphic organizers and quote analysis for common core related tasks. Each page promotes interaction with the author’s vivid description of his physical and mental battle to survive the ordeal. The set also includes a
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10th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Chapter 8: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 8 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 - 11th, Adult Education
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ENGLISH | MLK Speech: "I Have a Dream" The Power of Rhetoric - Speech Analysis
This lesson allows students read, explore, and analyze Dr. Martin Luther King's speech during the March on Washington during the civil rights movement. Students examine his speech, as he uses metaphors, poems, famous quotes, and hymns to convey a powerful message as he calls for equality and freedom in one of the most iconic speeches in American history.Students use a graphic organizer as they go through the document. Allowing for question prompts, help with vocabulary, and background informati
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Scarlet Letter Chapters 9-12: Close Reading ~ Critical Thinking Activities
This file contains questions, graphic organizers, and prompts to help students examine and comprehend the unfolding conflicts in chapters 9-12 of The Scarlet Letter. Thirty-three detailed questions guide students to read closely and cite thorough text support. The short quiz contains ten basic recall questions to check understanding and participation.Eight graphic organizers prompt analysis of selected quotes and include critical thinking questions that offer engaging topics for discussion. Sk
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9th - 12th
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Complete Lesson: John Steinbeck's "The Leader of the People" from The Red Pony
The activities in this file provide a complete lesson for close reading and analysis of “The Leader of the People.” This section of Steinbeck’s book The Red Pony can stand alone as a noteworthy short story for middle grades and high school. The text can be used to build reading skill and engage students in meaningful study of how characters develop theme. A set of guided reading organizers divides the story into five sections. Varied items prompt students to cite text evidence, make inferences,
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Nonfiction Texts, Poetry Activities, Critical Thinking, Socratic Seminars Bundle
Want to challenge your students to analyze more deeply, write about and discuss big ideas, and think outside the box? Covering themes from love metaphors in Shakespeare’s sonnets to gang violence on the Chicago streets, from the Salem Witch Trials to the current refugee crisis, and from revenge in the 17th century to resistance movements during the Holocaust, these units will take your students far and wide.Some of my favorite units to teach, these lesson plans inspire students to explore atypi
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9th - 12th
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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Test with Detailed Answer Key
Eeeeeek! This ideal assessment for Of Men and Men is filled with a variety of questions--including matching, true/false, multiple choice, and short answer--and is the perfect place for students to demonstrate their understanding of this popular novel. Critical-thinking questions also include grade-level literary terminology such as foreshadowing, symbolism, conflict, theme, and more. To make this test even more desirable, a detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 5: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 5 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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520 Task Cards for AP Literature Key Questions: Use with Any Text!
Introducing the ultimate resource to elevate your high school English classroom: AP Literature Task Cards – a comprehensive collection of 520 skill-focused task cards designed to empower your students' analytical prowess and foster critical thinking skills. Aligned with the AP Literature Course Framework's enduring understandings, skills, and key questions, these task cards are your key to success in guiding students through advanced literary analysis.Incorporate these task cards into your curri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Great Gatsby Chapter 2: Close Reading Organizer & Reading Check Quiz
These pages include varied tasks to engage students in a close reading of chapter 2 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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