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NEW! THUMBPRINTS: Character Analysis of a Character, Country, Object, etc.

By Geography & Math Made Easy

GEOGRAPHY THUMBPRINTS: A CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF A PERSON, CHARACTER, COUNTRY, OBJECT, EVENT

This lesson, although written for geography, is not subject-specific and is adaptable to any subject or topic — history, ancient studies, book studies or any time you are studying a person, character, country, object, or event. Use this character analysis to explore people, reading characters, historical characters or people, events, countries, and objects. No, an object, country, or event does not have feelings, but what if they did? How would they feel? What would they see? What would they hear? What would they say? Encourage your student to think outside the box and stretch their minds and higher-level thinking skills.

Materials Needed

  • butcher paper, poster board, or drawing paper
  • Emotional chart (Included)
  • Character analysis chart (Included)
  • Markers
  • Rulers

Type of Lesson

Group cooperation, research, exploratory, examination

Closure:

3-5 minute Presentations

Copyrighted by @MarthaBoykinLessons

For use of one class only and not to be distributed, copied, or printed outside of the classroom. Additional licenses can be purchased if other instructors and classes wish to use this lesson.

Disclaimer:

One purchase is for the use of one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this product, please purchase additional licenses.

English Language Arts
Social Studies - History
For All Subjects
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Women during Civil War: Power Point Lesson * US History

By Christa Nonnemaker

This 12-slide PowerPoint presentation covers the Civil War between 1861-1865. It is an ideal lesson for the Civil War or as a stand-alone resource for women’s history. The presentation includes descriptive text as well as primary sources. It is also a good resource during Women’s History Month.

Each slide contains information and graphics that highlight how women experienced the war or contributed during this period. During this time of relatively rigid gender roles, some women moved across the boundaries of the private sphere into the public sphere during the Civil War.

Topics include:
Background to the Civil War
Women during the 1850s
White Women in the North and West
African-American Women in the North

Women in the South
Nurses during the Civil War
Spies and Soldiers

This file has been secured via Flat Pack but if you'd also like the Power Point file, please email me at cnonnemaker@gmail.com.

There is also an Easel Activity and Assessment. Whether for standard classroom use, Home Schoolers or for asynchronous learning, these are valuable digital tools. The Easel Assessment includes Multiple-Choice and True/False questions.

This is part of the Women in American History Series which includes PowerPoint lessons as well as Reading Assignments and Worksheets, Analyzing Primary Sources and Activities for other eras.

Other resources about Women during the Civil War include:
Women during the Civil War: Reading Assignment and Worksheet
Women during the Civil War: Primary Source Analysis and DBQ's


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Women's History Month
U.S. History
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LOVE POETRY: Discussion Questions, Writing Prompts, Literary Devices | 12 Poems

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!... This 40-page EDITABLE unit focuses on the most beautiful and compelling love poems in the history of love poetry! The unit on promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor.

The twelve poems are divided into two reading packets, with the first packet focusing traditional love poems, and the second packet focusing on modern love poems. Each reading packet is followed by a classwork packet that contains a quiz on literary devices, discussion questions for two poems, and quick writes. Finally, a third packet features a writing assignment, sample student paper, and glossary of literary devices.

Here's a detailed account of what you'll find in this 40-page curriculum:

Homework Packets with Poems: The two homework packets contain a total of 12 love poems by award-winning poets such as William Shakespeare, Anne Bradstreet, Christina Rossetti, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, E. E. Cummings, and others. While the first packet focuses on traditional love poetry, the second packet focuses on modern love poetry. Thus, the two packets will set you up to facilitate fascinating discussions about how our understanding of love has changed over the centuries! (12 pages)

Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, sound devices, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether students can accurately identify the literary devices found in poems from the packet: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. Answer keys included. (4 pages).

Discussion Questions: This unit features a list of discussion questions for two poems in each of the two homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that each class discussion is focused and productive. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (14 pages)

Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)

Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

This entire 40-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!

Happy teaching!

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Links to all of the poetry units in this collection:

Poetry Unit #1: Sensory Imagery in Poetry

Poetry Unit #2: Figurative Language in Poetry

Poetry Unit #3: Love Poems

Poetry Unit #4: Ethical Dilemmas in Poetry

Poetry Unit #5: Family Dynamics in Poetry

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English Language Arts
Close Reading
Poetry
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Ultimate Inferencing for Middle & High School - Lesson & Activities

By Blooming Through High School

Unlock the power of inferencing with this comprehensive resource pack tailored for middle and high school students. Dive into the world of critical thinking and analysis with 19 unique files, carefully curated to enhance inferencing skills across various mediums.

Delve into captivating texts with a selection of short stories and poems, including "The Chaser," "Rose from the Concrete," "Rolling in the Deep," and "Cry me a River." Each file comes with detailed summaries and thought-provoking questions to stimulate deep comprehension and inferencing abilities.

Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in inferencing with supplementary materials, such as checking account statements for real-world application and a list of words describing tone to aid in textual analysis.

Explore the intricacies of inferencing through engaging activities, including an Inferencing Lesson with 26 slides designed for both group instruction and individual practice. With meticulously crafted lessons, students will develop a keen eye for detail and learn to draw insightful conclusions from diverse sources.

Unleash the power of music, poetry, literature, and more as students analyze and infer meaning through a variety of mediums. Whether used for group lessons, individual practice, or assessments, this resource pack provides all the materials you need for rapid inferencing success.

Plus, with answer keys included for all activities, you can streamline your grading process and focus on what matters most: empowering your students to become master inferencers. Elevate your teaching and transform your classroom into a hub of critical thinking and discovery with this inferencing activity!

English Language Arts
Close Reading
Reading
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Parallelism (Writing)

By Beth Hammett

A simple introduction to parallelism and how to use it in writing. Includes: Explanation Color-coded slides Why writers use parallelism Three activities: Define "parallel" and how it is used in writing, Finding Parallelism, Using Parallelism Peer workshopping component Excellent for mini-lessons, assessment writing, learning basic skills, enhancing writing, and progression of skills. Can be used individually or small/whole group.

English Language Arts
Writing
Tools for Common Core
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Enneagram Personality Test Reflection Worksheets

By Dotty's Printables

This Enneagram Test Resource is for middle and high school students to learn about their personality type and results. It includes an introduction, test instructions, reflection worksheets, type analysis pages, personal growth plans, and activities for understanding relationships.

Teachers can use it anytime during the school year for personality studies or social-emotional learning.

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English Language Arts
Character Education
Life Skills
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Archaic Language Cheat Sheet

By YourTeachingDoc

This is a pre-teaching activity where the students translate Archaic Language into common language. The document has "hidden" answers. Highlight the "common language" section and make the text black to see the answers. It is in printable format.

Note: This is a part of the "Of Plymouth Plantation" bundle complete with a vocabulary activity, assessment (with answer key) and Kahoots review game. Please visit my store for the entire unit and don't forget to leave me feedback! I welcome your thoughts :-)

English Language Arts
Reading
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AVID Mini Socratic Seminar - Back to School Social Contract

By KJ Inspired Resources

In this Mini Socratic Seminar students will have Socratic dialogue in small groups in order to discuss and plan for a social contract. By the end of this lesson your students will have a deep understanding of what it means to have a cooperative and inclusive environment for learning!

What's Included:

  • definition slide
  • purpose slide
  • advantages slide
  • preparation slide
  • Mini Seminar directions slide
  • 2 slides explaining roles and responsibilities
  • slide for management tips
  • Essential question slide
  • 3 Costa's Level of Thinking reference slides
  • 12 Socratic Seminar guiding questions for creating a positive classroom environment

Preparation:

  • Share the essential question with students
  • Provide time for all students to record the essential question and their personal thoughts/questions.
  • Share the opening question which has no single “right” answer, is framed to generate dialogue leading to greater understanding of the ideas.
  • The teacher may share all possible discussion questions with students before the seminar or the teacher may share only one question at a time.

Seminar:

  • Students are placed in small groups or virtual break out rooms of 5-6 students.
  • Teacher poses the essential question.
  • Students respond to the question through writing their own questions using Costas.
  • Teacher chooses a Socratic Seminar leader for each group.
  • The leader facilitates the seminar discussion by guiding group members to a deeper and clarified consideration of the ideas, a respect for varying points of view, and adherence to and respect for the seminar process.
  • Students may pose new questions when the discussion is exhausted. New questions posed must relate to students’ ideas and contributions in response to the initial essential question.
  • Students write a list of classroom norms with their group.

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English Language Arts
Classroom Community
Classroom Management
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Build Your Own Customized Bundle - Choose 5 Products or More & Save 20%

By Perfectly Planned Designs

Want to create your own made-to order bundle of my products that fits the needs of your classroom? Choose any 5 or more products (individual, not already bundled) and save 20%. Just follow these 4 simple steps:

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Writing an Arctic Animal Research Report Graphic Organizer, Example, & Template

By Sign with me TOD

Writing an Arctic animal research report can be a fun and interesting project for your students. This provides them with the opportunity to learn about an Arctic animal that interests them and share it with their peers! This packet includes information to share with your students about what an Arctic animal research report is, topic ideas, why an Arctic animal research report is written, what is shared in an Arctic animal research report, who the audience will be, how the completed Arctic animal research report will be published, rules to follow when writing an Arctic animal research report, where to locate information and the possible sources one could find when completing an Arctic animal research report, opening paragraph tips to hook the reader, tips that make a great Arctic animal research report, and an idea that shows the structure of an Arctic animal research report are included in this product.

An example of three possible writing topics, a completed KWL chart, and a brainstorming chart that will serve as a guide when writing the rough draft of the Arctic animal research report are included in this product. An example of a rough draft on the Arctic animal, narwhals, and an example of the sources that were used to write this Arctic animal research report are also provided to help support students and serve as a guide to help them when writing their own rough draft. Templates are included after the example along with a rough draft template and reminder checklist, so students remember to go back and check their work once it is completed.

Students can also complete the questions that are included with this product about their Arctic animal, such as what the name of you Arctic animal?, where does your Arctic animal eat?, how much does your Arctic animal weigh? Etc. Students will also be required to draw a picture of their Arctic animal. Using this template may be better to use with students who require the Arctic animal research report to be adapted.

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Creative Writing
Writing
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 10

By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace

Guided reading is not a novel approach in the realm of education. It has existed for a long time and has been extensively studied.

Fountas and Pinnell (1996) demonstrated that guided reading effectively enhances students' reading skills. This occurs by offering a well-organized and encouraging educational setting in which learners can develop their reading abilities under the supervision of an instructor.

The aim of guided reading is to assist students in cultivating essential reading skills including decoding, fluency, segmenting, and understanding. These abilities can thrive through small group teaching, support, and feedback from educators.

Guided reading enables teachers to address the individual requirements of every student according to their grade level. You will be more equipped to offer each student the specific assistance they require to enhance their reading abilities.

This ebook includes an elaborate guided reading lesson plan for your 10th-grade students. Activities and suggested answers are also included.

English Language Arts
Reading
Reading Strategies
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Secret Samantha by Tim Federle Short Story Lesson

By Ms. J's ELA

This resource should accompany the short story Secret Samantha by Tim Federle. This story can be found in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories.

This resource includes five student worksheets in color and in b/w for printing. There is also a presentation to accompany the worksheets. The presentation and worksheets include a pre-reading journal entry, vocabulary from the story, tiered reading questions, and post-reading questions focused on a standard about determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.

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Reading
Short Stories
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Halloween Reading Comprehension Discussion Cards-The Landlady by Roald Dahl

By Teach Savvy Store

Help your AVID or ELA students build reading comprehension and practice using text evidence with these editable discussion cards and talking chips for The Landlady by Roald Dahl! This activity is sure to get your middle school students in the Halloween spirit. This resource can be used during the Halloween season, but can also be used at any other time during the year! Students will read the provided story, The Landlady through the Google doc, then they will sit in small groups and take turns pulling a discussion card.

Great for: using text evidence, collaboration and team building, public speaking practice,

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DIRECTIONS:

  • Access your forced copy of the Google Doc with the story, The Landlady on the second slide.

  • Go to the last slide to add your own discussion prompts.

  • Click "File" then "Download" and then "PDF" to download the prompts as a PDF document.

  • Print, cut, and laminate a set of cards for each of your groups of 4-5 students.

  • Print, cut, and laminate talking chips.

  • Put students into groups of 4-5.

  • Decide how many talking chips each student gets (this encourages participation during the dialogue and teaches students how to use social cues when deciding when to share, instead of raising a hand).

  • One student draws a card from the top. That student asks the question and dialogue begins in the group. Students should have the short story handy so they can use evidence in their responses.

  • When dialogue dies down, students continue taking turns drawing a card, asking questions. and having discussions.

  • Students should discard the questions already asked so they don't repeat any.

WHAT's INCLUDED:

  • Google Doc with the story, "The Landlady"
  • Google slide with printable talking chips
  • 24 Discussion Prompts in color and black & white
  • Editable Discussion Prompt Cards in color and black & white

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Halloween
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Macbeth Hot Seat

By Language Arts Excellence

This resource features all the materials you need to conduct a thoughtful and engaging "HOT SEAT" for Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The hot seat is set up essentially like a talk show, however in order to allow for full class participation, there are multiple interviewers and multiple character guests. Through role play, this lesson tests your students' understanding of the play and allows them to showcase their knowledge of the characters and the relationships between them. Your students will be having so much fun that they will not even realize the high-order thinking skills they are applying with this activity.

Product Includes:

  • Meticulously Explained 2-Day Lesson Plan
  • Character Instructions
  • Interviewer Instructions
  • Sample Chart
  • 6 Character Signs
  • 3 Fire Signs
  • Student Example

This is the perfect activity for when a school vacation is coming up and you’re scrounging for lesson ideas. I always like to use it prior to a break; while so many other classes are watching movies, you have a practically hands-free lesson that your students (and administration) will love!

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Literature
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A ROSE FOR EMILY [LESSON PLANS and TEACHER NOTES]

By Richard B Williams

This "A ROSE FOR EMILY" [LESSON PLANS & TEACHER NOTES] Product allows teachers to GRAB n' TEACH! This product includes a READY-tO-Print LESSON PLAN, an Exceptional Student Education [ESE] Accommodations/Modifications, English Language Learners [ELL] Strategies, Differentiation Instruction, a BLANK LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE, and Teacher Notes on the short story. Get the ease and peace-of-mind you need to teach this work.

This PRODUCT Includes:

1. An "A ROSE FOR EMILY" Ready-To-TEACH Lesson Plan with Alternate Activities

2. "A ROSE FOR EMILY" TEACHER NOTES

3. Exceptional Student Education [ESE] Modifications/Accommodations

4. English Language Learner Strategies

5. Black & white versions

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Close Reading
Reading Strategies
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Create a Story Picture Prompts for Morning Warm-ups or Sub Tubs *Silly Animals*

By Kristen

This picture prompt writing set is perfect for easy morning warm-ups or quick on the go printables for sub tubs. Each picture comes with 2 versions. First, there is the print and go version. This set is ready to be printed and added to your sub tub. The other version is a picture prompt with directions. These are ready to be put on the whiteboard for easy morning writing prompts.

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Creative Writing
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Think Before You Speak - An Interactive Activity

By Jeni Donath

This "Think Before You Speak" activity puts a focus on taking time to reflect and think before speaking to others. In this interactive activity, students are put into teams, where they are helping one another guess a specific word while also avoiding the guess of another word. Students must focus and carefully select the words in which they are using to be helpful - a social skill that we all utilize daily (even if we do not realize it!) This activity is a great resource to bring this skill to life and take time to reflect and connect - while having a little fun in doing so! Everything you need for this activity is included in the digital download, including reflection discussion questions, so once you purchase, you are ready for your next classroom lesson! *A note is included on materials that may be helpful for the activity, but are not necessary when fully utilizing the activity!*

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Dialectical Journal for Reading Response | Lesson & Rubric Included

By Amanda Robinson

Ditch the reading logs; ignite your students' analytical fire!

The dialectical journal format becomes a springboard for engaging class discussions, fostering active participation and a deeper understanding of the text. I love to use these when we read short stories or novels when I want the students to notice something, but I want them to have the joy of discovery. Someone always, inevitably, picks up on what I wanted to highlight, and the added bonus is that other students get to share their insights, too. Dialectical Journals have been a great confidence builder!

Empower Students to Analyze, Question, and Create Meaning:

  • Go beyond summaries: Unlike traditional reading logs, dialectical journals encourage students to think critically about the text, prompting them to identify key quotes, analyze their significance, and connect them to their own thoughts and experiences.
  • Cultivate analytical skills: Students learn to question the author's intent, evaluate evidence, formulate their own interpretations, and ask their own questions.

Everything You Need to Get Started:

  • Teacher-Friendly Guide: Get a clear roadmap with a Teacher's Guide featuring an introduction lesson for dialectical journals/lesson suggestions.
  • Modeling & Practice: A sample journal page is included to model and practice the dialectical journal process with your students.
  • Ready-to-Use Dialectical Journals: Choose from Fiction or Nonfiction templates, easily printed as a weekly journal or stand-alone pages. Both formats include:
    • Journal Cover Page
    • Ideas/Concepts to Consider Page to prime students' thinking
    • 5 Journal Pages for efficient printing
    • Weekly Summary Page to encourage reflection and synthesis
  • Flexible & Adaptable: A PDF print version and Google Slides access (for all student pages) is included for a seamless transition into your existing classroom workflow.
  • Easy Assessment: Scoring Rubric (suitable for both fiction and nonfiction) simplifies grading and provides clear expectations for students.

I hope you'll find this resource as valuable in your classroom as I have in mine, and I hope it makes your teacher life a little bit easier in the process!

English Language Arts
Close Reading
Reading Strategies
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Vocabulary Memory Freebie

By Susan Wolfe

Vocabulary Memory Game for Grades 7-10

Increases student vocabulary and understanding

Includes 10 List Words

Includes Definitions for teacher and students

1 Memory Game

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Langston Hughes's 10 BEST Poems | "Harlem," "Mother to Son," "Let America..."

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!!

Here are some highlights from this 45-page curriculum:

10 Poems by Langston Hughes: The 10 poems in this mini-unit feature Langston Hughe's BEST works of poetry: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Mother to Son," "I, Too," "Theme for English B," "Let America Be America Again," "Harlem," and more. The poems are split between two homework packets, each of which features 5 poems. Each homework packet is followed by a classroom packet with discussion questions and quizzes related to the poems. (12 pages)

Discussion Questions: This bundle features a list of discussion questions for the first poem in each of the homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that every class discussion starts on a productive note. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (12 pages)

Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (3 pages)

Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices used in the poems from the homework packets: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. Answer keys included. (4 pages)

Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

The entire 45-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to modify the resource to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire unit as a PDF file, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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English Language Arts
Poetry
Writing-Expository
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