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9th grade close reading thematic unit plans
Fahrenheit 451: Complete Inquiry Unit {Supplements, Assessments, Close Reading}
Teaching a full-length novel and also finding ways to teach critical thinking and literary analysis is quite the challenge. This set of resources will assist you in your endeavor to create a student-centered, engaged learning experience while reading Fahrenheit 451. Students will be pushed to think deeply about critical concepts and learn new skills, but they’ll do it all through lessons designed to put their curiosity and inquiry FIRST.AN INQUIRY APPROACH: To what extent is rebellion a requi
Grades:
9th - 12th
Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
Grades:
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Weekly Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
A Christmas Carol Unit Plan With Lessons and Activities for High School Students
Draw students into A Christmas Carol with this 3-week unit plan! This unit is perfect for the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break. Lesson plans, bell ringers, activities, questions, final projects and more are all included. Students spend the first two weeks on an in-depth study the text filled with engaging activities. Week 3 is spent on creative final projects and the unit is concluded with a hot cocoa party with toasts to Scrooge. All the prep work is done! Includes PDF print ve
Grades:
7th - 12th
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ELA Summer School Curriculum Bundle - Grades 9-10. Digital for Distance Learning
Complete ELA Summer School Bundle will provide you all of the lessons, materials, and activities to teach summer school- ZERO prep involved! From introduction activities and procedure slides (introduced using fun memes) to specific reading and writing strategies that have been the most beneficial to my struggling readers and writers. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Goo
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9th - 11th
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The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Analyzing Fahrenheit 451 Through Music Unit - 20+ Songs, Analysis Activities
What better way to connect students with literature than through the music they love? In this novel study for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, students will be able to analyze each part of the novel by listening to, annotating, explaining, and presenting different songs that closely correlate with the novel on many levels. Beat the boredom of study guides and chapter quizzes, and instead engage your students through music to help them analyze—and appreciate—this classic Bradbury work.This engagin
Grades:
8th - 11th
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Full Novel Unit
This bundle includes a wide range of activities, quizzes, and assignments such as: STAAR EOC Questions (including the new 2.0 type), close readings, gallery walks, discussions, literary element analysis, revising and editing, and STAAR/EOC 2.0 essay prompts. This resource also includes reading quizzes for every section of the novel, with two versions of the quiz and an answer key. Every activity has a google link to be utilized for virtual learning or 1:1 access.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Frankenstein Unit Bundle – Lesson Plans & Materials (One Full Marking Period)
Looking for everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL includes an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, printable materials, projects, assessments, and lessons in PowerPoint for teaching Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You will receive 72 pages of daily lesson plans, assessments, and supplemental materials, as well as 87 PowerPoint slides coinciding with these lesson plans. In addit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Aesop for High School! 2-Week Fables Unit
Aesop's fables are for kids, right? Wrong! Always intended for an adult audience (and performed at the royal courts of ancient Greek city states), Aesop's original fables are a GREAT way to teach literary interpretation in your high school and upper middle school classrooms. Plus, the fables are perfectly bite-sized for discussion and activities.Included in this 28-page packet are the following: -- a 2-page introduction to interpreting fables and a 1-page Aesop biography-- 40 hand-selected fa
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7th - 12th
Identity Unit English Language Arts Middle and High School Identity Activities
This editable, no prep identity unit is a perfect all about me back to school English activity for introducing your high school or middle school students to important ELA skills, like close reading strategies, annotating the text, and writing techniques. This engaging identity unit features pre-reading and vocabulary activities, step-by-step annotation, guided analysis, and scaffolded writing tasks your students will love to help you start the year strong! Students study identity as a concept be
Grades:
6th - 12th
All American Boys FULL NOVEL BUNDLE (digital access provided)
This resource has everything you need to teach and engage your students during the reading of this novel. Included:1. Introduction to Novel stations: meaningful stations to hook your students prior to reading the novel. (Link included for digital access)2. Reading Check Quizzes: 8 reading quizzes with A & B versions. (Google form links included)3. Novel Activities: Over 90+ pages of activities focusing on important concepts such as character analysis, theme, tone, symbolism, and much more. A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Poetry Playbook: Analysing Figurative Language and Meaning in Popular Songs
This comprehensive 30 slide/page package introduces students to literary devices, including: simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, alliteration, symbolism, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, and mood. After mastering the definition of a device, students apply that knowledge to unveil implicit meaning in songs that they love. Students "leave tracks of their thinking" by providing annotations and highlighting right on the page-- which promotes higher order and critical thinking over rote me
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
AP Literature and Composition Poetry Unit 1 | AP Lit. & Comp. Poems | Curriculum
Worried that your AP poetry unit won’t teach your students to analyze literature independently? Like many people in the history of reading poetry, your students might not quite understand the point of it all. Why does poetry have to be so hard to understand? Why so many comparing of things to other things? Why can’t they just say what they mean?And when students are lead to believe that reading poetry means listening to lectures and parroting a teacher’s analysis, they become even more disempowe
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9th - 12th
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Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for Grades 9-12
This extensive Shakespeare bundle contains ALL of my Shakespeare resources. You can use these materials to teach a full unit of Shakespearean Literature or as supplementary lessons in your 9th and 10th Grade ELA classes. This Shakespeare Bundle features guiding notes, quote analyses and assessments for each text plus a bonus Shakespeare Authorship Mini-Unit and introductory activities. ⭐ What's Included in this Shakespeare Bundle - Full Unit or Supplementary Lessons for 9th & 10th Grade: Thi
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9th - 12th
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Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman Reading Quizzes
This resource includes reading quizzes for every section of the novel, with two versions of the quiz and an answer key. You will also be receiving links to the quizzes on Google forms for distance/remote/1:1 learning.**Full Novel Unit coming soon!
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman (Full Novel Unit)
The Things They Carried Novel Study + Stations + Narrative Project English AP
Huge Bundle that goes WAY BEYOND a typical novel study. Ditch the boring quizzes and vocabulary fill-in-the-blanks in favor of this unique and engaging unit that has been approved by my NYC high school students, who aren't easy to please!This complete, no prep unit includes:**36-slide editable PowerPoint **14-page Unit Plan (editable Word) including: Essential questionsEnduring understandingsCCSS (grades 11-12)Focus on Author's StyleDaily step-by-step lesson plans with teacher and student direct
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Abuela Invents the Zero RACES Response Digital & Printable for Distance Learning
"Abuela Invents the Zero" is about a teenage girl that is conflicted between her American and Puerto Rican identities. When her grandmother visits from Puerto Rico she is faced with challenging circumstances. This short story teaches a lesson about how life experiences can shape our values. Students will practice their reading comprehension as they focus on theme and respond to the characters' actions. Students will also practice writing short answer responses using the RACE writing acronym a
Grades:
7th - 9th
Scary Halloween Short Stories for High School - Literary Analysis Activities
These scary short story units are perfect for Halloween! Your high school students will be spooked by the real-life comparisons and literary analysis activities in this bundle. Short stories include: “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 40% with the discounted bundle! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with these Scary Halloween Short Stories for High School:✏️ Pre-Reading Vocabulary Activities - Digital & P
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8th - 12th
Romeo and Juliet: A Creative, Engaging, One-of-a-kind Pre-AP Unit!
Written to meet the demands of the Common Core, this unit includes over 60 pages of creative, original, and challenging work. These lessons examine diction and tone, encourage annotation and close reading, and engender reflection and critical thought. They guide students toward discovering important themes: the struggle between obligation and desire, fate and free will, love and hate, faith and the loss of faith, loyalty and rebellion. But they also strive to breathe life into Shakespeare's wor
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8th - 11th
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens 14 Week Unit and Lesson Plans Grades 9-12
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens 14 Week Unit Plan + Daily Lesson Plans Aligned with ELA CCSS Grades 9-12In addition to serving as a non-fiction anchor text for secondary English Language Arts, this motivational unit can also be used as Life Skills curriculum or within Career & Tech Ed classes to teach social-emotional skills in society and the workplace.✔ 300 pages of engaging resources ✔ Link to 100 page Google Doc with student resources ✔ 70 daily lesson plans for 70-90 minute cl
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9th - 12th
All American Boys Complete 6-7 Week Novel Unit (NO PREP)
Unlock the Power of Critical Reflection with Our All-Inclusive Curriculum for All American Boys Are you ready to transform your English classroom into a dynamic space of cultural relevance, critical thinking, and literary analysis? Dive into my meticulously crafted curriculum for the riveting novel All American Boys – a unit that not only aligns with Common Core standards but also empowers your students to explore the intricacies of societal conflict, racial bias, and the enduring legacy of Dr.
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9th - 12th
Halloween Scary Story Writing Lesson Plan: Movie of Death
This complete Halloween writing lesson plan uses the genre-based approach to writing to teach students how to write a scary story. The genre-approach starts with having students look at examples of the target writing genre (in this case, scary stories). They then analyze the key elements that make that writing what it is. This makes it easy for them to use those elements in their own stories.In this Halloween Scary Story Lesson Plan, students read several scary stories, including "Movie of Death
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Mexican WhiteBoy Unit Activities and Packet
Support students as they read Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena with this incredible unit focused on these essential questions: How does our environment shape our identity? What roles do neighborhood and community play in shaping who we become? This 13 page unit includes hands-on, relevant real life activities, as well as tracking charts and insightful questions.
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6th - 12th
The Cask of Amontillado Activities - Short Story Unit - Themes, Mood, Characters
This spooky short story unit for Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” includes literary analysis activities, comprehension questions, real-life parallels, assessments, and more! Explore setting, theme, mood, characterization, irony, and other literary devices. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 45% with the bundled discount!⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Short Story Unit for “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe:✏️ 60+ Essential Vocabulary Terms - Digi
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9th - 12th
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