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Free Common Core RL.9-10.1 resources
Music as Poetry Analysis Activity for Any Song - Digital and Print
Teaching students to analyze poetry can be challenging. This free resource uses pop culture music (almost any song of your choosing will work) to engage students in discussion about lyric poems. Song analysis activities make teaching poetry fun!ContentsThis song analysis activity is included in different versions:1. A condensed two-page graphic organizer 2. A 14 page resource with one question on each page so you can use them individually, with learning stations, or with gallery walksFormatsThi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
How to Annotate Text, Annotations, FREE Sticky Note Method Handout with Bookmark
Encourage your students to improve their close reading skills by teaching them to annotate text with this simple sticky-note procedure. This single-sheet handout gives examples of rich and weak annotated comments along with helpful suggestions to guide students who aren’t sure what they should be writing about when they’re asked to annotate a book.The sheet was designed for students to keep intact in their binders or to slice up and use as a bookmark during reading time. Want more handouts and r
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8th - 11th
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Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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Marigolds by Eugenia Collier: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
Looking for engaging, meaningful resources for teaching Eugenia Collier's 'Marigolds'? Whether you have been teaching this story for years and are looking for something fresh, or have never taught it before, these resources will guide you and your students through a critical reading of this nostalgic short story. CONTENTS**Note: The actual text of the short story is NOT included due to copyright reasons. However, where possible, links and directions to where you can find the story are included.
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit: Student Workbooks
Reading Comprehension Task Cards | STAAR Test Prep | Print & Google | FREE
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice reading comprehension skills can be challenging. Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenge students. Use as bell-ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more. Great for high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 10 reading comprehension task cards are perfect to prepare f
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8th - 11th
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Analyzing Mood and Tone using Movie Trailer Remixes
This is a great way to break up the monotony with a little bit of humor while still teaching crucial analysis skills! My high school students love the remixes - which are professionally done - and engagement during this lesson is always high. Students analyze three sets of movie trailers. Each set contains the original trailer and one remake. Analysis focuses on the effects of music, filters, dialogue, inclusion/exclusion of scenes all impact tone, mood, and characterization. This product includ
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9th - 12th
Identifying Symbolism FREE Handout Distance Learning
Symbolism can be hard for students to identify and analyze. Use this free handout with any story, novel, poem, play, and even speeches to help your students! You may utilize this as a print-and-go worksheet or share it digitally with your students on a secured platform using the Google Slides link in the PDF. Use it in conjunction with my INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLISM presentation.Created and copyrighted by Tracee Orman
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7th - 12th
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson - Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Bell Ringers
Assess students’ knowledge of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” using these FREE reading comprehension questions! These bell ringer quizzes include six close reading questions that evaluate students' reading comprehension. Includes digital quizzes for Google Classroom®! Included with these Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes:✏️ “The Lottery” Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Digital & PrintSix close reading questions to evaluate knowledge and understanding✏️ Editable Reading Comprehension Que
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8th - 11th
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Character Analysis One Pager for ANY Novel!
Looking for a creative alternative to the standard end of novel test or literary analysis essay? Enter one pagers! A one pager is a visual response to literature that gets students creative juices flowing while analyzing and synthesizing information from a novel or short story. In the character analysis one pager activity, students will create a one pager to analyze the protagonist of a story. Students will consider the character's development, traits, motivations, and more. Students will demon
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis One Pager Bundle for ANY Novel
Inference Reading Passage - The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga
Get students practicing close reading and making inferences with this short inference reading passage activity for the short story “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga. This is an engaging horror tale that students will enjoy reading and thinking about.Students will read the story, stopping at the designated stop signs to answer inference and evidence-based questions. Questions ask students to make inferences, support inferences with evidence, make predictions, and infer the meaning of vocabu
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Creepy Stories Inference Reading Passage Bundle + Freebie
Alliteration Activity Middle School Poetry
Searching for and engaging alliteration activity? These FREE Alliteration Activities are such a fun way to get your middle school students excited about poetry! This product includes direct instruction and many examples of alliteration in poetry as well as in real life. An engaging Slides presentation will guide your class through the activities. Laugh and have fun with your students while studying this poetic device. Also included are two student assignments. The first asks students to take a c
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Free Printable Foldable Activity
Enjoy this free introduction to archetypes and the hero's journey. I've included two folding graphic organizers that you can use with any hero's journey. Teach archetypal symbolism with the first foldable, then extend that to the hero and create a representation of eight sections of the journey. I used it with The Odyssey, but it will work for so many others: Harry Potter, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Lord of the Rings,Percy Jackson, or movies that involve the hero's journey Star Wars, Black
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8th - 12th
RACE Writing Strategy: Student Bookmark FREEBIE
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. This bookmark reference is something students can keep with them to refer to as they practice th
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6th - 9th
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Making Inferences with Fiction and Non-Fiction Passages : Fireflies
Making inferences is probably the most important reading skill teachers can teach and reteach. Teaching students to take what is stated in the text – either explicitly or implicitly – and marry that to their schema – ALL of their prior knowledge – and come up with a reasoned and reasonable inference allows students to understand texts at new depths and make comprehension of the text and extension of its ideas easier each time they practice the skill.
This print-and-use resource, on the topic o
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Inference Bundle | Google™️ Digital and Print
Chapter 1 Digital Activities - The Great Gatsby - Free Resource
The Great Gatsby has never been so easy to teach. This bundle includes a student activity for chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these resources perfect for centers, group work, or substitute days, too! Lead your students through the analysis of chapter 1 with this engaging student activity. They will love the easy to use format and clear directions. Here's what you'll get:· A complete student activity resource filled with engaging activities (
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9th - 12th
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Poetry Anchor Chart - Bookmark for Reading, Annotating, and Analyzing Poetry
Scaffold the close reading process using this Poetry Anchor Chart! This personal bookmark will support students while they read, annotate, and analyze any poem independently. This poetry anchor chart offers a 4-step process for reading and annotating any poem, along with guidance for writing a close reading response. Using this bookmark, students can have step-by-step instructions on hand throughout your poetry unit.There are several different files included in this resource to accommodate diff
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9th - 12th
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Logical Fallacies FREE Close Reading Activity: Old Major's Speech, Animal Farm
Each year, while teaching my high schoolers about logical fallacies, I struggle to find a text they can work with to identify and analyze examples. After all, a speech filled with logical fallacies is hardly one to be remembered in the history books!With that in mind, I turned to a famous speech that instead comes from one of the most iconic novels of our time, one that focuses squarely on how the misuse and abuse of language—through propaganda and, yes, logical fallacies—can be used by those in
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7th - 12th
English 9 Lesson Plans: One Year of Lesson Plans and Activities
These fifteen pages contain an outline of how to teach English 9 or language arts freshmen. If you teach eighth or tenth grade ELA, these lessons can also give you a starting point.Outlined in 36 week, these free lesson plans walk you through the literature, grammar, and writing portions of your classes. Included in the details are vocabulary, public speaking, nonfiction, and other areas of study.Please switch, delete, and add what will work for your English 9 students. These should be a start t
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8th - 11th
Irony in Lamb to the Slaughter - Roald Dahl - Graphic Organizer - Digital, Print
This graphic organizer explores irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Identify dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony in this thrilling short story.Included with this Lamb to the Slaughter Irony Graphic Organizer:✏️ Irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” Handout - Digital & PrintDefinitions of dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational ironyFlowchart graphic organizer with prompts to apply definitions to the text ✏️ Det
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8th - 11th
Socratic Seminar Rubric (Editable) — Expectations and Guidelines
This resource includes a rubric, guidelines, discussion prompts, and student reflection for a Socratic Seminar based on ANY text. A Socratic seminar is a student-led, formal discussion, based on a text. The conversation focuses on rigorous and thoughtful dialogue amongst classmates. Students must prepare by reading and annotating the text. Then during the seminar, they will listen closely to the comments of others while thinking critically for themselves. They must talk to EACH OTHER, not the te
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7th - 12th
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Cite Textual Evidence Practice The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry
"The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry: Cite Textual Evidence
A rigorous lesson for the holiday season in your secondary ELA classroom.
This resource is a complete lesson plan and student materials to help students cite evidence to support analysis of what the text says in O’Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi.” This lesson plan includes all student materials and an answer key. The resource pairs with The Gift of The Magi: Comprehension
This lesson should ideally be a second or third read
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6th - 9th
The Hate U Give Student Workbook Sample Freebie - Chapters 1 and 2
This is a two chapter sample of a student workbook for Angie Thomas's novel The Hate U Give. The full workbook contains a page for every chapter with a mix of writing prompts, comprehension questions, background research, textual evidence practice, and connections to students' lives. This modern, eye catching workbook can be bound or used as individual worksheets. Answer keys are included. There is no prep, and it's easy to use. Just print and go. For the full workbook, click here.Check out all
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8th - 12th
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Narrative Writing (Short Story) with a Mentor Text - Halloween Activity
Use the classic story, "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, to make Halloween connections in secondary English Language Arts. After reading the story, students write a new ending with this creative writing prompt. In addition to analyzing author's style, students include character, setting, plot, and theme in their own story writing using the mentor text as a model. This activity gives students practice with narrative writing and helps prepare them for standardized writing assessm
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8th - 11th
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