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Social studies Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources under $5
Facebook Character Sketch Lesson Any Novel Full Version 1
Facebook activity templates for any novel or nonfiction text - aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Includes Microsoft Word templates to share with students in a 1:1, BYOD, or paperless classroom.
This IS included in my Literature Activities for ANY Novel or Nonfiction Text, Volume 1.
This is the full version of the Facebook Character sketch lesson in Microsoft Word. *Updated to include NEW Facebook Layout Pages with the new "Timeline" format, separate student copies, a short status-upd
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Ancient Mesopotamia Gods & Myths Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learn
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.Students will adore these
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4th - 10th
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Character Study Activities | Any Text or Novel | Tattoo, Playlist, Selfie & more
12 differentiated activities for studying a character from any novel, short story or text. Great for class readers, but also perfect when your students have chosen their own books to study!This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Includes...Write an informal letter to a characterDesign a tattoo for a characterPack a bag of ten items for a characterImagine a character selfieFill a character's heartMap a character's past and predict their futur
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7th - 10th
Instagram Templates for ANY Novel Study! Grades 5-12, CCSS Character Analysis
Use these TWO different styled Instagram templates to add depth to any novel or historical study! This is the perfect real-world way to analyze characters or a historical figure. This activity is an easy print-and-go for grades 5-12!
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5th - 12th
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Don Quixote (Reader's Theater Script-Story + Teacher Guide)
Is he a noble champion of knightly values or a demented old man? The aged knight Don Quixote is both hilarious and heartbreaking, and his refusal to see the world as it really is can be both inspiring and frightening. His misadventures have become immortal. Ultimately, the story grapples with the question: Which is better: illusion or reality? Fascinating readers for generations, Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote has been called the first novel.This Reader's Theater script-story dramatizes some
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7th - 12th
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Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Native American Myth: The Earth on Turtle's Back Questions & Creative Activity
Enjoy these engaging and no-prep supplemental activities for The Earth on Turtle's Back from the Iroquois tribe. American Indian creation stories can be difficult for students to comprehend because of the creative and abstract nature of the stories. These materials can help your students engage in the text and analyze the story on a deeper level! Included in this product:★ Tips and annotation notes for reading the myth with your students★ Comprehension questions (with an answer key) ranging of a
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7th - 12th
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Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
MAUS Unit Test with Objective Mastery Tracker and Key
Save money and time by downloading the entire unit.zip file!: MAUS I: A Survivor's Tale - Common Core Unit for $12
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MAUS-I-A-Survivors-Tale-Common-Core-Unit-1125382
This individual download includes:
FINAL TEST test for Maus. Questions are grouped by objective. They include the following:
Plot-Recall
Conflict
Characterization
Irony
Foreshadowing
Motif/Themes
Vocabulary
Other than 10 plot recall questions, questions are rigorous and Common-Core Test
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7th - 12th
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Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Of Mice and Men | Dialect and Vocabulary Language Study | Steinbeck's Slang
This vocabulary task for Of Mice and Men asks students to look closely at unfamiliar words and phrases from the 1930s dialects shown in the novel. Use as starters, bellringers, a main task or plenaries. This versatile resource can be used pre-reading or alongside the novel.The 48-slide PowerPoint features clues and quotations, slowly building up to and revealing the meaning, so the answer key is built in. The accompanying worksheet allows for a written record of guesses and discussion, and prov
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9th - 11th
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Conflict in Literature One Pager with Mini Lesson
Teach students to identify and analyze conflict in a story. This product includes a conflict mini lesson with guided notes, and a one pager for analyzing conflict in ANY story or novel!The conflict mini lesson will explain internal vs. external conflict and introduce the four major types of conflict in literature - man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, and man vs. society. Slides include guided notes and links to clips from popular movies that illustrate each type of conflict in a fun, enga
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Literary Analysis One Pager Bundle for ANY Novel
Animal Farm Intro Powerpoint
Includes allegorical/historical character parallels, introductory timeline to the rise of communism, links to historical notes, video clip links. Please be sure to preview the videos to ensure that your teaching aims are met. Clips are not meant to be used in their entirety. To be used with character chart. Creative animation used to improve engagement.
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8th - 12th
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you've read the novel.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or just for a fun and enga
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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John Smith's Journal - 5 day unit - Excerpt from General History of Virginia
This is a 5-day unit in which students analyze an excerpt from the journal of John Smith. Students will: Delve into the context of the author's purpose, read the text (included), engage with the vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences supported by evidence, and complete a writing assignment from a choice board.Note on Level of Rigor: High school is the target grade range for the standards in this unit. However, this unit may also be used for 8th grade classes
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8th - 12th
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Introduction to the Odyssey by Homer | PowerPoint with Guided Notes and Key
Teaching The Odyssey can feel like an overwhelming task. Not only is the story’s ancient time period and Greek culture completely foreign to most students, it is also epic poetry which adds on another layer of complexity. This extensive and beautifully designed twenty-eight slide PowerPoint presentation is the perfect introduction to Homer's Odyssey. Use it on day one of your unit to help students better understand: · Terms like epic, in medias res, bard, etc.· Background info on the author (inc
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9th - 12th
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Rabbit-Proof Fence - Complete Film Analysis and Study Guide PPT
This 32 slide PowerPoint is a comprehensive film analysis and study guide aimed at teaching films with a global dimension. Rabbit-Proof Fence is about an 'epic journey across an unforgiving landscape that tests the girls’ very will to survive'. Their only resources – tenacity, determination, ingenuity, and each other. By looking through different voices and perspectives, students are able to understand themes and issues important in our increasing globalised world. The study guide follows the u
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6th - 11th, Adult Education
Character Dating Profile Template
Have your students create a dating profile for a character in the story they are reading or even for historical figures! This activity helps students evaluate their knowledge about the character/person and allows them to be creative, while basing their answers on the text/history.
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9th - 12th
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Cry, the Beloved Country - Comprehensive Teaching Resource PPT
This 30 slide PowerPoint Presentation is everything you need to teach Cry, the Beloved Country which is a look at the historical injustice of apartheid in South Africa. It is visually engaging to ‘hook’ your students in shedding light on wrongful discrimination and segregation. Alan Paton tells an engaging narrative about a father’s search for his son against the backdrop of political and social unrest in South Africa in the 1940s. The presentation includes a pre-exercise to help with context,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Patrick Henry Speech to the Virginia Convention Test Prep Give Me Liberty Quiz
This Reading Test Prep Quiz Pack for Patrick Henry's Speech "Give Me Liberty" contains 15 Reading Comprehension QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, which focus on the Common Core standards and are modeled after various standardized tests!!A detailed lesson, pre-quiz reading questions, and test prep quiz options are included to help you teach this iconic and relevant speech in your English and/or United States History classrooms!My goal is for test prep to become a natural and easy part of the curriculum, ins
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8th - 12th
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Frederick Douglass Quiz: "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?"
This is a quiz (and key) covering Frederick Douglass' famous speech "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?" Reading this speech goes well with the study of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. This is a 20-question multiple choice quiz (and key), useful as a reading check and springboard for discussion.
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8th - 11th
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Robinson Crusoe: A Reader's Theater Script-Story
The timeless story of one man's survival, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is now available as a Reader's Theater script-story. Join Robinson Crusoe as he washes ashore on a lonesome island, salvages debris from his wrecked ship, does battle with his own despair, and attempts to build himself a home in new surroundings. In a physical, yet mental, battle, Crusoe uses faith and ingenuity to survive in a strange environment. Sometimes hailed as the first English language novel, this story is the arch
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6th - 12th
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Whale Rider Movie Guide Activities: Worksheets, Reading, Coloring, & more!
Enhance your students' learning experience with my Whale Rider Video Guide Worksheets. This comprehensive resource is designed to accompany the film, and is perfect for use in the classroom.The Problem:Most movie worksheets only check for Depth of Knolwedge Level (DOK) 1 knowledge, leaving students unchallenged and disengaged.The Solution:My worksheet spans all Depth of Knolwedge Level (DOK) 1-4, challenging students to not just watch the video but to analyze, evaluate, and draw conclusions.Hell
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9th - 12th
Disney's Moana (2016) Viewing Guide
Want to add a little Pacific Islander heritage to your classroom? With this viewing guide for Disney's epic adventure Moana (2016), the work has been done for you. All we can say is, "You're welcome!"Moana is one of Walt Disney Pictures's most culturally-authentic films and an excellent example of the Hero’s Journey. The film features an original storyline that incorporates Polynesian mythology: A young heroine named Moana goes on an epic voyage to save her island home. Along the way, she meets
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5th - 12th
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