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Back to School Common Core RL.9-10.4 resources for Gifted and Talented
"Life of Pi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! Tests and quizzes are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment!A 269 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. Original photographs of
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" EDITABLE UNIT AP Style
NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! All Tests are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment!A 170 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * over 140 READING/ANALYSIS SHOR
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10th - 12th
Poetry Analysis & Student Affirmations Activity; Invictus
Are you looking for a poetry activity that balances skills analysis and SEL at the same time? This activity has students first analyze the poem Invictus. After the analysis they learn about personal affirmations to help with emotional and mental support in times of crisis or stress. Students then create their own personal affirmations to support them when they are feeling overwhelmed.▶️ Be sure to check out the preview and the video to take a peek!✅ Included:Differentiated reading guides over th
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8th - 11th
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Comparing Poetry for Gifted & Talented Students with Any Poems - Guided Practice
Use this PowerPoint and modelling worksheets with any poems!Aimed at middle and high school gifted and talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick 'language of comparison' starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with st
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented ELA BUNDLE | Ambitious Reading, Writing and Analysis
"A Clean,Well-Lighted Place" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests, AP Style
46 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 2 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUES
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
A Separate Peace Quizzes | Differentiated | High-Level Thinking | With Keys
Are you looking for quality quizzes for “A Separate Peace”? This package contains knowledge and comprehension quizzes for each of the thirteen chapters. In addition, it includes “challenge” quizzes for differentiated instruction.The first set of quizzes are the standard “Did you read this?” kind of quiz. The second is a more challenging quiz that queries quote attribution, the use of figurative language and asks higher-level questions.You can either make a master set of copies, or you can displa
Grades:
8th - 12th
Walk-Up Song Lesson Plan | First day activity | First day lesson plan
Start your first day of English Language Arts class with an engaging and community-building activity. Students analyze MLB walk-up songs for tone and mood and then choose a song to represent themselves that you can play during the year to celebrate students.Instead of starting the year going through your disclosure and syllabus, start class by starting to teach literary analysis with tone and mood, writing, partner and group discussions, and have a fun experience helping students connect with t
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6th - 12th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Your Personal Symbol! | Back to School! | Great First-Day Activity!
Hit the ground running on the first day of school with "Your Personal Symbol!", a dynamic activity that combines personal discovery and literature! This resource is designed to engage students immediately, encouraging them to think about literature while fostering connections within the classroom.Ideal for Middle and High School English classes, this activity serves as a memorable ice-breaker and lays a strong foundation for future literature studies. It offers an exciting and interactive experi
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5th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Back-to-School Bundle: Dive Into Characterization, Symbolism & More
Reading Literature Common Core Choice Boards
Give your students a choice in how they are assessed with these versatile choice boards! Simply print and go! Each choice board is tailored to fit each common core standard to assure students have an understanding and mastery of the skill. Have students complete one or multiple items on each choice board. You can also use them to reference if you struggle generating your own assessments to meet common core literature standards. Includes 1 choice board for EACH ELA Common Core Standard (6th-12th
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6th - 12th
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Fun Poetry Analysis Bundle | Citing Text Evidence | Riddle Poems | Engaging
Fun and done! Don't tell them they're analyzing poetry. Challenge students to solve the "riddles" (a.k.a. explicate the poems). Kids will ask for more. Packed with with 7+ annotated poems, test prep, guided poetry explication, game, 5 mini-lessons, and teacher tour. Follow me to build your teacher and tutor toolbox. Thanks for visiting. Happy teaching! Get your weekends back.Celebrate Black History Month."Still I Rise" Poetry Analysis | Test Prep | Poem Frame | Examples | GameTupac "The Rose Th
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5th - 8th
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9/11 September 11 Activities Gr. 9-12
This packet is complete with activities honoring 9/11 for older students. What better way to encourage students to reflect on what 9/11 means to them?
This packet includes three articles about the 9/11 attacks and seven songs written about 9/11 with accompanying reflection worksheets. Teacher can choose from the articles as well as seven lyrics from popular musicians ranging from Leonard Cohen, Beastie Boys and Bon Jovi to Toby Keith, Darryl Worley and dc Talk. The Toby Keith and Darryl Worley
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Task Cards: To Kill A Mockingbird, Rubric, Student Centers, Writing Activities
Writing fluency! Use task cards at student centers or individual student desks to improve writing fluency for state writing assessment tests. Novel study extension activity for To Kill A Mockingbird. 42 Writing Activities.42 Task Cards for To Kill A Mockingbird can be used as:Learning CentersGroup DiscussionsBell Ringers or Exit TicketsScavenger HuntGame-Based ReviewIndependent WorkJigsaw ActivityThink-Pair-ShareGallery walkDifferentiated InstructionPerformance AssessmentTest Prep StationsLit
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6th - 12th
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BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PROJECT: "Where I'm From" Poem
Begin the year off by getting to know your students while setting the tone for rigor. Many beginning of the year projects that ask students to share something about themselves don't ask them to engage engage with ELA skills in a meaningful way. On the first few days of school, guide students to analyze this poem by George Ella Lyons and follow-up with having them use the poem as model to tell you about themselves. Have them take it a step further by asking them to add pictures and to present it
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7th - 11th
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"I Like to See It Lap the Miles" Emily Dickinson PowerPoint and Activities
Emily Dickinson's "I Like to See it Lap the Miles" PowerPoint Lesson & Activity!Your students will lap up Emily Dickinson's "I Like to See It Lap the Miles" with this interactive, engaging lesson plan. You'll get an interactive PowerPoint (yes, that's a thing) to share with a word-for-word transcript for you. Your students will then play the part of "Literary Device Detectives" as they apply what they've learned in an activity sheet. If you know me at all, you know I only make gorgeous Power
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5th - 11th
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Also included in: Poetry Unit CCSS Exemplar Texts Upper Elementary Middle School BUNDLE
Back to School skills Check ELA (answer key included)
With any state tested course, it's important to get a handle on where your students are at as soon as possible! This is the back to school skills check that I give to my 10th graders on the second day of school!It covers basic elements of fiction and figurative language. It's all multiple choice, and the answer key is included!This is by no means a comprehensive 9th grade skills check....but I don't think anyone really wants that! This is my way of giving the kids a (small) scare back into schoo
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10th
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Five Macbeth Creative Writing Assignments
These writing, acting, and artistic projects encourage students to take “ownership” of Macbeth—to ask questions about scenes and motivations referred to but not fully explored by Shakespeare in his text. Projects range from writing Fleance’s journal to scripting a scene that takes place “offstage,” to reciting a soliloquy, to imagining scenes from Macbeth set in contemporary times, to many other options. Students are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of the play through their use of detailed
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10th - 12th
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Figurative Language Bingo Book
Figurative Language Bingo Book is great for middle-grade and secondary ELA classes. ABOUT BINGO BOOKSCreated by Rebecca StarkEDUCATIONAL BOOKS ’N’ BINGOBingo Books are complete bingo games in a book. They are great for end-of-the-unit reviews and can also be used as assessment tools. Curriculum-related bingo games (science, social studies, language arts, and math) provide comprehensive coverage of the subject and are a great way to reinforce and test knowledge. There is also a bingo book for ea
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Middle-Grade ELA Bundle: Grades 5–8
Literary Lenses Socratic Seminar Discussion Activity
I love, love, love Socratic Seminars because they force students to think deeply about the text, they give students control over the conversation (which means they are SO much more active and invested), they provide an opportunity to be amazed at what my students come up with, I can’t stop smiling afterward, and they’re easy to grade! I hope you love this as much as I do. I usually complete this activity after my students have been introduced to the various literary lenses and have had practice
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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the sonnet-ballad by Gwendolyn Brooks Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This is a short poem about the effect of a woman's lover going off to war. The product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify what literary or poetic device was used and determine the author's purpose. It also includes a chart requiring students to identify the rhyme scheme of each line. I also added some cross-genre comparison questions with the song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" because the themes are similar and it pair so well. Answers are provided for all
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8th - 11th
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Multiple Choice Review Chapter 4, 5, 14, 17
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Chapters 4, 5, 14, 17 multiple choice questions in a timed review game format. Only these four chapters questions are included. RESOURCE DOES NOT COVER THE COMPLETE BOOK and no chapters of the book are included. Slide 1 presents the question, slide 2 starts a 20 second timed period for the students to study the question and choose the answer, a five second warning ding is given, the red stop sign Pencils Up image is presented in slide 3, slide 4 reveals the t
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9th - 12th
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Test Prep Bundle: Tuesdays W/Morrie, Google Grader for MC, Reading Comprehension
Arm your students with the tools of reading comprehension and analysis for assessment tests! Reading Assessments based on the the novel Tuesdays with Morrie will guide them through text analysis and multiple choice questions based on the text. Short Answer questions are included to help students organize and make conclusions about what they have read. Higher level thinking skills are used in Constructive Response. Google Grader link for multiple choice test questions.Check out the additional re
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Edgar Allan Poe Horror Scene - Creative Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
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6th - 12th
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Shakespeare and Sonnets
If you need a couple of planned and prepped lessons to share Shakespeare in a way that resonates with teenagers, this is that lesson!Get your students excited about Shakespearean sonnets with this accessible and engaging lesson on the Bard's sonnets and the iambic pentameter.This 30 page and slide Google drive folder is packed with printables, slides, and activities for every learner. Through hip hop, a TED Talk, the well-read and well-loved sonnets 18...23...65...and 104 (original and modern En
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8th - 12th
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