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Romeo & Juliet Anticipation | Pre-Reading CSI Activity | Crime Scene Roleplay
Boost interest before you even introduce the text of Romeo and Juliet by presenting students with a crime scene and asking them to solve the crime. Students take on the following roles, each taking turns to lead the investigation:CSI Team LeaderCoronerToxicologistDetective (witness statements)Detective (evidence locker)Investigator (suspects)Students work through crime scene maps, toxicology reports, coroner's reports, witness and suspect information, and cross-reference it all before feeding th
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo & Juliet BUNDLE of Creative ELA Activities to Study Shakespeare
"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
Socratic Seminar Critical Reading and Thinking
This bundle is everything you need to implement Socratic seminar successfully! It includes a complete 4-page teacher guide for implementation; 10 editable Google slides to present Socratic seminar to your students; a rubric, a teacher note taking sheet for use during the seminar, an exit ticket, and a make up assignment; and a sample pre-seminar reading activity. (The teaching duration indicated is for a one class hour seminar and pre-teaching of the seminar structure. This may be modified.)Socr
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7th - 12th
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Poet Study - 5 Victorian Poems - Print & Digital
Alfred, Lord Tennyson has been one of the most widely read and well-loved poets of all time. These LESSONS on his most beloved and best-known 5 poems will save you time and engage your students: The Lady of Shalott, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Crossing the Bar, Ulysses, and Tears, Idle Tears.There is SO much packed into these lessons—use what you like and leave out what you don’t have time for. SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM!What’s Included:Multi-Day Lesson Plans/Pacing (See Preview for Teaching No
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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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Contemporary Short Story "Everything Stuck to Him" Review (or Test) & Answer Key
Teachers will be "stuck" on this worksheet after they see how valuable and comprehensive it is. This printable provides students with a chance to thoroughly review this contemporary, relevant short story with 15 short-answer questions, including an inference chart, that will prompt an engaging discussion. This is a perfect individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ELA - Escape Room - Zombie Apocalypse (@ Shelton Valley)
ELA Escape Room is designed to help you find out what happened to the residents of the safe town of Shelton Valley during the zombie apocalypse. Escape Room is 100% printable and can be used with or without locks! The clues do not have to be solved in chronological order, so it is perfect for having small groups working at the same time. The product comes with an overview, answer sheet, and note sheet for students; station clues, manipulatives, and ciphers for the game; and a teacher's notes/gui
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9th - 12th
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Gallery Walk - FRANKENSTEIN- Novel Study for High School
A gallery walk allows students to interact with multiple prompts (questions, quotes, images) in a way that generates ideas for further discussion and learning. A gallery walk works well as a post-reading assignment to generate reactions to the text. A worksheet is provided for student responses for each station as the group rotates through the 11 stations. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scienti
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9th - 12th
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"The Last Dog" Worksheet, Assessment, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
This printable is the "pet project" for teachers who want to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Multiple choice, true-false, fill-in, and discussion questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this piece. This worksheet is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Test (or Review) with Detailed Answer Key
Teachers will be "bewitched" when they see this Crucible assessment. Offering a complete overview of this popular play, this test gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their critical-thinking skills as they answer questions about specific events, characters, settings, allegorical events, themes, etc. It's a perfect measurement tool for teachers to use to evaluate student comprehension. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere": Poem, Worksheet, and Answer Key
Students can "take a ride" to gain a perspective of this famous patriot as well as a variety of poetry characteristics (alliteration, figurative language, mood ) as they answer 15 relevant questions. It's all in one: the poem (with numbered verses for easy access to lines), the worksheet, and a detailed answer key. This printable is so versatile that it can be used as an individual, pair, or group assignment as well as an in-class or homework assignment.
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5th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Close Reading and Critical Thinking Activities for Independent Novel Study
This plan for an independent novel assignment is designed to deeply engage students in close reading, critical thinking, and constructed response. A suggested list of works by American authors covers a wide range of interests and insights into social issues and the human condition. These books work best with average to high level readers in grades 8-12 but the activities can also be modified for varied reading levels and any novel. All of the activities can be easily used in remote learning.The
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
High School Short Story Reading Comprehension Unit
This fiction resource challenges older students to interpret fiction texts. After reading the passages, they will answer a variety of comprehension questions. This helps students develop and improve critical thinking skills. The three fiction short stories incorporate elements of suspense. Students have to use problem solving skills to interpret the plot. Due to the descriptive language and mood of the stories, students may interpret them differently allowing for fun class discussion. This resou
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8th - 10th
"Flight" by John Steinbeck: Guided Reading, Critical Thinking, Assessment
This set of activities for John Steinbeck’s short story “Flight” provides a thorough close reading guide for comprehension, critical thinking and assessment. The complete plan can be used as an addition to any short story unit or any study of John Steinbeck and the concept of Naturalism. High school students will be deeply engaged in this vivid portrayal of a teenager’s struggle for maturity and survival. The plan has a structured set of graphic organizers that separate the story into five mana
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Lamb to the Slaughter Anticipatory Murder Mystery Activity
This activity will engage your students by requiring them to think like detectives!
Oriented around the Roald Dahl story, Lamb to the Slaughter, students will have a series of witness statements and crime scene evaluations to read through before answering, "who killed Patrick Maloney?"
Your students will practice the key skills of communication, collaboration, and critical thinking as they work together to determine the perpetrator, motive, and murder weapon. This activity can easily be scaled
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6th - 10th
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Gothic Elements in Edgar Allan Poe Stories--Charts with Answers
After Reading "The Black Cat," The Fall of the House of Usher," and/or "The Pit and the Pendulum," students can work together or independently to identify the Gothic elements in the stories to better understand how Poe achieves the "single effect." There are four charts: one that includes both "the Black Cat" and "The Pit and the Pendulum," one that includes only "The Black Cat," one that includes only "The Pit and the Pendulum," and one that includes only "The Fall of the House of Usher."The su
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9th - 12th
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"Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.: Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Answer Key
This printable is a sure bargain when used as a review, test, or homework assignment. Sixteen questions, including a figurative language chart, will allow students to gain a thorough understanding of the short story as they explore characters, conflicts, themes, plot, mood, diction, and setting. To make this assessment even more desirable, a comprehensive answer key is included.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Critical Thinking | LIFE OF PI | law, ethics, utilitarianism, Forms, Slides
Critical thinking | Life of Pi | Law, Ethics, Utilitarianism, NecessityAn interesting note: this court case summary debate involves the murder of a boy named Richard Parker!!!Life of Pi and Dilemma #1 (OVER 20% discount)I teach LIFE OF PI and then my COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATE in several of my courses. These two products go especially well together. The novel is one of my favorites to teach as it raises so many interesting questions. The SUMMARY DEBATE engages students in critical thinking - enc
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Analyze and Write a Mystery Creative Writing Activity
This set of simple, straightforward activities guide students through reading, analyzing, and then writing a short mystery story. Great for literacy centers, a creative writing class, or close reading practice. Can also be part of a unit on crime!Part I presents a short original mystery story about a jewelry store robbery. Questions following the reading ask students to identify the suspects, alibis, motives and witnesses. This helps teach the vocabulary of mystery stories as well as giving insi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Hobbit: Character Blog Writing - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can writing a blog bring character insight?Description:In this Project, students write blog entries for characters from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a useful way to delve more deeply into the motivations of the characters after finishing reading, or even at a mid-way point in the book.Students work in groups to come up with a series of blog entries stretching across parts of the book, thinking about a particular character's perspective and voice. When students write
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6th - 10th
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"The Revolt of Mother": Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
Help students to "build" a comprehensive understanding of this popular Realism short story as they answer 20-questions that are interspersed with relevant literary terminology including theme, character, setting, plot, motivation, conflict, inference, and more. A detailed answer key is included.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stephen King: "Quitters, Inc." Assessment, Worksheet, or Homework and Answer Key
Students will not want to "quit" working on this comprehensive printable with 25 questions because it will help them to understand the plot, characters, inferences, theme, cause and effect, and more in "Quitters, Inc." This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment or as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Priscilla and the Wimps" Worksheet, Test, or Homework with Detailed Answer Key
Prepare your students with a comprehensive review of this popular short story as they answer 15 critical-thinking questions which are interspersed with grade-appropriate literary terminology (character, inference, setting, point-of-view, analogy, and theme). This printable is so versatile that it can be used as a worksheet, test, or homework assignment or as an individual, pair, or group activity. A detailed answer key is included.
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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