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Holidays/seasonal Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources
The Gift of the Magi Short Story Unit - Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages
This "The Gift of the Magi" Short Story Unit contains a 50 page close reading unit on “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. Perfect for a short story interactive notebook, this Gift of the Magi teacher guide contains Gift of the Magi comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, Gift of the Magi activities, vocabulary words, foldables, close reading resources, graphic organizers, creative writing, and essay activities are all included. All activities are classroom tested and include creat
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6th - 9th
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ELA Digital Escape Room THE LANDLADY Short Story w Writing Activities OCTOBER
Middle school ELA reading and writing activities have never been more fun! Students help Billy Weaver escape THE LANDLADY while learning literary elements! This 360 digital escape room also includes a full short story literary and reading comprehension workshop on Google Slides, along with a Quizlet set and tons of fun activities. Students will play the role of a detective who is on the case of missing boys in the city of Bath. They must use the clues from the story and the links to find out
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5th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Keep students engaged this holiday season with a novel study they'll love! In this A Christmas Carol novel study for middle school, you'll get a variety of skill-based activities for practicing character development, figurative language, theme, and more middle school reading skills. Follow Scrooge on his ghostly Christmas adventure with a complete set of novel activities:Anticipation Guide and Exit Tickets (plus digital)Vocabulary Activities (plus digital)Reading Questions (plus digital)Figurati
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6th - 9th
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The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM (Shirley Jackson)
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Th
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)
Sherlock Holmes | The Blue Carbuncle | Readers Theater Script Short Story Unit
A fun holiday short story or drama theater lesson that improves students' reading and comprehension skills with a proven reading strategy. This Christmas mystery is adapted into a Readers Theater script for "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" based on the short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Google Slides Presentation, Readers Theater Script, writing exercise, discussion questions, vocabulary worksheets, and word search puzzle with answer key.**********
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5th - 12th
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The Yellow Wallpaper Digital Escape Room
Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this 360° digital escape room. This activity is designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in order to crack the master lock and escape the room. This game entails reading comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences!Included in this download are teacher instructions, student instruction
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Yellow Wallpaper Unit Bundle
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
Short Films CHRISTMAS ELA ESCAPE ROOM DIGITAL GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
What a great pair! An animated short film and a 360 digital escape room! This resources offers 4 ROOMS: 15 clues, activities, puzzles, videos, and sound effects. *Photos and Images by Jenny WalkerShort film: A Nutty Christmas - A walnut must save himself and his friends as a villainous Nutcracker tries to get them. Students will work through the clues that teach plot structure, setting, figurative language, vocabulary, and more literary devices. GUARANTEED LAUGHTER AND FUN! OUTSIDE LINKS: Make s
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: December Literary Analysis and Pi Short Film For Google Classroom Unit 4
Six-Week Summer School Curriculum & Materials for English Credit (Grades 11-12)
Save planning time without sacrificing academic rigor by referencing this comprehensive, standards-based, six-week curriculum map for high school English credit recovery and/or enrichment credit (grades 11 and 12). A day-by-day breakdown of key learning events and instruction contributes to the low-prep nature of this resource. Included are all materials with which students will engage, as well as answer keys and Common Core-aligned rubrics for scoring written work. Materials are delivered in
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9th - 12th
Creative Writing Unit Plan for Gothic Fiction and Horror (Google Drive)
Save time without sacrificing rigor in the high school Creative Writing classroom with this low-prep, Common Core-aligned unit plan and these all-inclusive resources for engaging students fully in the narrative writing process. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, printable versions are available.) Included are the following:A detailed, standards-based unit plan articulating the unit's transfer goal(s), essential question(s), enduring understanding(s), learning target(s), academi
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9th - 12th
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The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide
This resource features a comprehensive Common Core-aligned literature guide for use while reading Edgar Allan Poe's tale of the original haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of literary elements, figurative language, plot elements, and symbolism. Also included is a creative "Snap Chat!" activity that will bring the story to
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories — BUNDLE Reading Comprehension Activities
This Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Short Stories Bundle includes a literary analysis for the following 5 short stories:The Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathEach product includes an in-depth look at each piece of literature with corresponding activities and reading comprehension questions. All stories form a perfect gothic literature unit, Edgar Allan Poe unit, or short story unit during Halloween season!This BUNDLE also includes
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Halloween ESCAPE ROOM
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Halloween ESCAPE ROOM for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Halloween-themed Escape Ro
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Holiday Escape Room BUNDLE for ELA
Thank You Ma'am Digital Escape Room
Students will solve a series of clues based on the short story “Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes in order to crack the master lock and escape the room.This digital game entails reading comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences! It's the perfect review game to engage students in studying elements of a short story and finding key ideas and details from the text.Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this 360° digital escape room. This act
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Thank You Ma'am — Short Story Bundle
A Christmas Carol ELA Animated Short Film Middle School Language Arts Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! Teach literary elements and devices and plot with this digital short film literary analysis of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked on the slides for a step-by-step, interactive analysis. ❤CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL❤ LITERARY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER TRAITSDIALOGUE, SYMBOLISM, FORESHADOWING, FLASHBACK, INFERENCE, AND COMPARE/CONTRAST, MOODStudents will explore
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7th - 12th
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Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe Digital Escape Room Bundle — 5 Digital Escape Rooms
Save money and get FIVE DIFFERENT digital escape rooms!This purchase includes the bundle of 5 Awesome Edgar Allan Poe Digital Escape Rooms. Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in these dark and creepy, 360° digital escape rooms. All 5 escape rooms are designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the texts. The clues require comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences.The 5 pieces of Poe
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7th - 12th
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Annabel Lee Fun Activities Edgar Allan Poe for Middle School and High School
Edgar Allan Poe’s famous spooky poem, Annabel Lee, is one of the most engaging Halloween ela activities for middle school and high school students. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES close reading activity is filled with fun activities and is a great way to acknowledge Halloween without losing focus on teaching ELA activities that address the standards for close reading and analysis! In this fun activity, students work collaboratively to develop their understanding of figurative language and
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6th - 12th
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"It's a Wonderful Life" Compare and Contrast with Original Short Story
Do you have a week before Christmas break and do not want to start a new unit? Or are you teaching American Literature and want to introduce students to a heartwarming traditional story?This bundle gives you- a 9 page PDF of the original short story called "The Greatest Gift". - A one-page set of Comprehension questions for the story.- A Compare/Contrast chart to fill out while students watch the movie.Note: You will need your own copy of the movie for this to work. The original story was sent
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7th - 12th
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Middle School Getting to Know You Where I'm From Poem I am From Poem High School
This Where I"m From Poem activity is a perfect way to build community with your middle school or high school ela students during the back to school season or to introduce an Identity Unit any time of the year. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES close reading activity invites students to work collaboratively to annotate the text, analyze the author's choices with figurative language, and consider what it really means to "from" a place. The activity ends with a fun creative writing activity you
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7th - 10th
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Six-Week Summer School Curriculum & Materials for English Credit (Google Drive)
Save planning time without sacrificing academic rigor by referencing this comprehensive, standards-based, six-week curriculum map for high school English credit recovery and/or enrichment credit (grades 11 and 12). A day-by-day breakdown of key learning events and instruction contributes to the low-prep nature of this resource. Included are all materials with which students will engage, as well as answer keys and Common Core-aligned rubrics for scoring written work. Materials are made for Goo
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9th - 12th
The Raven Poetry Analysis | Poem Close Reading
This resource includes a copy of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe and 26 close reading questions. The analysis includes an in-depth look at academic vocabulary, poetic devices, and literary elements in the poem. (An answer key is also provided.)Poetic and Literary Devices Covered in this Activity:allusionalliterationsymbolismrhyme schemerepetitionmoodtoneimagerygothic literaturethemeYou May Also Like!The Tell-Tale Heart Digital Escape RoomIntroduction to Gothic Literature
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8th - 12th
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Complete Unit (Print + DIGITAL)
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is known as one of America’s first short stories. This classic story by Washington Irving is still loved today, 200 years after it was first published. Great story for Halloween!This complete unit was written by My Reading Resources, and it focuses on vocabulary. The unit includes: Student Packet - 18 pages of short answer questions, multiple choice, and writing prompts designed to address many CCSS for grades 6-12 (digital option)Vocabulary cards with several game
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6th - 10th
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