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Common Core RL.9-10.3 microsofts under $5
Direct and Indirect Characterization Bundle: Lesson, Activities, PowerPoint
Teach direct and indirect characterization with this engaging lesson and activity bundle designed for middle (advanced) and high school students. This lesson uses the "STEAL" acronym to help students remember the five unique methods of indirect characterization. Students will discover the strategies authors use to develop characters when writing short stories. This bundle will successfully move to students to a point where they can begin analyzing how complex characters are developed and, in tur
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8th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Meme Activity
Act 3 is FULL of action and drama! To make sure the students understood just how much happened in this Act, I created a meme activity for different situations. I was so impressed with their creations and their understanding of the text! This assignment includes 12 different situations/scenarios from Act 3. Students will work independently, with a partner, or in a small group to create a meme representing their assigned scenario. Additionally, students need to describe the context of the scene an
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9th
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Also included in: Romeo & Juliet BUNDLE!
Speed Dating for ANY Novel: Engaging Literary Analysis Discussion Activity
Engage ALL of your students with this fun "speed dating" discussion activity that works for ANY novel. This student-centered lesson scaffolds discussion AND the challenging skill of literary analysis. Students will be paired up to discuss questions aligned with Common Core 9-12 ELA standards in different rounds of "speed dates." After each round, students will rotate to a new partner and receive a new question. By the end of class, students will have interacted with 15+ peers and discussed 15+ q
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stages of the Hero's Journey Presentation
Analyze myth, legend, and literature on a whole new level by using the lens of the Hero's Journey. This 37-page presentation uses high-interest images from The Lion King and Star Wars: A New Hope to give detailed accounts of the stages of the Monomyth, Joseph's Campbell's theory of the Hero's Journey. These 12 stages include: The Ordinary World, the Call to Adventure, Meeting with the Mentor, the Supreme Ordeal, etc. In addition to helping us understand stories, the Hero's Journey can also help
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Teaching the Hero's Journey Bundle
Hexagonal Thinking Kit: Editable for Any Novel
Hexagonal thinking can help you ignite quality discussion as you read your next class novel! Unsure how to get started? This strategy can yield inspiring results, so let me help you launch it with this easy-to-use, resource-packed toolkit. Inside this editable toolkit on Google Slides, you'll find:An editable set of colorful hexagons with categories already laid out for you (characters, themes, symbols, literary elements, historical connections, modern connections, quotations) that you can tweak
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Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reader Response Google Slideshow Journal for ANY NOVEL-- EDITABLE!
This product is 50-slide Google Slideshow/ Digital Notebook that contains 50 prompts to respond to a piece of literature. Students can type directly into the slides to respond to the questions. These also make great bell-ringer activities during the regular school year for any novel unit.The 50 journal prompt style activities ask students to complete various tasks from creating a poster for the book using Canva.com, putting their characters in hypothetical situations to respond, and, of course
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6th - 12th
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
Animal Farm by George Orwell Trashketball Review Game
Make learning fun and check your students' reading comprehension for the book Animal Farm with this activity that uses cooperative learning. Throughout this PowerPoint, teams of students recall characters and plot events in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. For the first and second rounds, students simply identify the characters, but in rounds three and four, students answer questions about the chapters. In the final bonus round, students identify parallels with the Russian R
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7th - 10th
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Complete Unit Plan Bundle for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2
Teaching Fahrenheit 451 has never been easier! This complete unit plan for PART 2 has everything you need to teach Ray Bradbury’s classic tale of dystopian society. Organized into jam-packed lessons, this unit plan will challenge your students in new ways each day. Every lesson has an activator, activities for the section of text, and a quick write. An alternative option that replaces the quick write for multiple-choice is available for every lesson. Every student packet has a coordinating Powe
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9th - 12th
Poetry Bundle: 20 Short Poems to Teach Rhetorical Relationships & Explication
This bundle contains 20 short poems to analyze for the four, basic rhetorical relationships: juxtaposition, contrast, shift, and repetition. All literary devices can be categorized into these four basic relationships. A simile is a type of juxtaposition; antithesis is a type of repetition and contrast. But instead of focusing on these specific terms, these mini-lessons aim to teach students how to analyze poetry using the terms juxtaposition, contrast, shift, and repetition.Click here to fin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Romeo and Juliet Assessments: Self-Grading Google Forms Quizzes
This resource uses Google Forms to create self-grading quizzes for each Act of Romeo and Juliet.These assessments are meant to be difficult and help prepare students for the increasingly difficult forms/types/styles of questions they will experience on tests such as the ACT, SAT, and SBAC. Be sure to read the teacher notes so you can find out how to bet deliver your resources to your student,s as well as help with collecting responses, preventing cheating, and allowing students to review/fix the
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet | The Prologue | Guided Note-Taking | Introduction
Use this PowerPoint to walk your class through the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Focus on context, language and imagery, and students can use the accompanying worksheet to make close notes on the text (US letter and UK A4 provided).You might also like...Book Tasting | Correct the Errors | Spelling Punctuation Grammar | ProofreadingEditable Halloween Bookmarks | Gift Tags | Student Gifts | Add Your MessageBuilding Sentences | Figurative Language & Creative Devices | Full Lesso
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Romeo & Juliet BUNDLE of Creative ELA Activities to Study Shakespeare
Characterization Presentation and Graphic Organizers - Introducing Character
Characterization Presentation and Graphic Organizers - Introducing Character: Assist your students in mastering the art of characterization with this comprehensive resource. Through a user-friendly presentation and accompanying graphic organizers, students will gain clarity and confidence in analyzing characters. The presentation explains key terms and techniques related to characterization, equipping students with the tools to analyze how authors develop characters through both direct and indir
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7th - 10th
Story Elements - Setting | Complete Unit | Location | Time | Mood | Writing
This COMPLETE UNIT teaches students the skills and craft of READING, ANALYZING and WRITING A GREAT SETTING IN A STORY. Learn why SETTING is more than just a place but also drives other STORY ELEMENTS such as CHARACTERS and PLOT.This EDITABLE resource is set up for you to deliver through a GUIDED PROCESS of PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES that makes sense and your students will love. ❤️ ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED ❤️ Just download and start teaching.Explore the PURPOSE, and PROCESS setting plays am
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5th - 9th
Also included in: STORY ELEMENTS BUNDLE | CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, ENDINGS in NARRATIVES
Annotating Text: 5 Guided Practices l annotating worksheets
Want to guide students in developing their personal annotation style? Quality annotation helps kids remember what they read, and discuss and write about it more effectively. But it's tricky to teach, since there isn't really a one-size-fits all approach. With these guided practices, students can quickly try one targeted technique for annotation, such as highlighting and underlining with color coordination, asking questions in the margins, or using visual elements as part of their annotation. You
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7th - 12th
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The Road Not Taken PowerPoint
Teaching Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"? This 30-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Frost, anticipation questions, the text, rigorous discussion questions, and engaging writing activities. Your students will be making real life connections to this classic poem as they practice their literary analysis skills. Easy for you - engaging for them! *This lesson is al
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry PowerPoint Unit Bundle
The Scarlet Ibis Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. The multiple choice objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for The Scarlet Ibis on my site including a Reading Guide for close reading, a Story Map for enhanced Comprehension, and writing prompt to increase writing skills.
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7th - 12th
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Trashketball Review Game
Make learning fun while assessing your students' reading comprehension of the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton with this activity that uses cooperative learning. Throughout this Power Point, teams of students recall characters, plot, setting, and literary devices (allusion, theme, imagery, symbolism, and dialect) in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. There are 30 questions in total. Brain-based research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this activity
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7th - 10th
Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston | Short Story Analysis
Use the short story "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston to teach Feminist Literature, Famous African American Authors, or about Themes and Biblical Allusions in literature. This is a great lesson for students to practice literary analysis.Included in this lesson plan:- Full Text "Sweat" short story by Zora Neale Hurston- Anticipation activity, activating strategy worksheet- Powerpoint presentation: - Background Information about the author Zora Neale Hurston - Historical Context: Rural Ame
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Short Stories by Black Authors | African American Authors Bundle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Review Game
Use active learning to assess your students' reading comprehension of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Throughout this PowerPoint presentation, teams of students recall characters and plot events in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. In the first two rounds, students simply identify the characters, but in rounds three through five, students answer questions about the plot. The difficulty increases throughout each round with more challenging questions. Questions c
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6th - 10th
Diary of Anne Frank Play Activity: Reading Engagement w/ Character Analysis
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK THE PLAY UNIT READING ACTIVITY: CHARACTERIZATION / CHARACTER ANALYSISNO PREP! Ready to Print and Go! Includes PowerPoint!This is a deeply engaging activity for your students to not only learn how to analyze/characterize literature but learn how to reflect and grow as individuals through reading. WHAT IS INCLUDED: 1) POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: with definition and examples of Dynamic, Static, Round, and Flat Characters; Characterization (Indirect and Direct)2) STUDENT GUIDED
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7th - 10th
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Comparative Analysis of Different Versions
The best of both worlds: Student Choice and Comparative Analysis!Students are guided step-by-step through comparative reading and writing of a Brothers Grimm Story and an Alternative Version. Students get to choose one of seven Brothers Grimm stories to read for their assignment. There are four steps to this assignment: 1. Students compare and contrast a Brothers Grimm Story to an Alternate Version of the story. All of the versions are provided for through the hyperlinks in the document. 2. Stud
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Lord of the Flies Introduction Activities, Bookmarks, Background Notes & MORE
It is important to have anticipatory activities that will engage students to read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This bundle comes with background notes regarding Golding's life, historical connections, allegory, symbols, and more. This gives the best set-up to get students into surviving on the island! This resource includes:Background Notes slideshow (10 slides)Editable bookmarkChapter-by-Chapter Character and Symbol chartAnticipation guideWho Should Survive? handoutCHECK OUT OUR OTHER
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8th - 12th
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