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One Hundred Years of Solitude Teacher's Unit

By Educate and Create

Studying One Hundred Years of Solitude? Don't know where to begin? Then this product is for you! This is a GROWING bundle! Includes many resources for your unit on One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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The Great Gatsby UNIT PLAN: Discussion Questions, Vocab Lists, Writing Prompts, Answer Keys, & More | F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

Looking for the "green light" in a sea of Gatsby resources? Look no further, old sport! This 240-page MEGA-BUNDLE on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading slideshow, symbolic settings exercise, color symbolism activity, higher-order discussion questions, figurative language exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights. The unit was designed to have more than enough rigor for Honors, IB, and AP courses!

Everything you’ll need to teach Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is included in this bundle. The abundance of materials will give you tons of options to play with, making the experience of teaching Gatsby not just easy but invigorating! Every page is fully EDITABLE so that you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year!

Here are some highlights from this editable 240-PAGE curriculum:

Slideshow on F. Scott Fitzgerald & the “Roaring Twenties”: Introduce the novel with a slideshow about the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the cultural climate in which he was writing The Great Gatsby. Students learn about Fitzgerald’s humble upbringing in Minnesota, his exposure to wealthy socialites at Princeton, his courtship of a debutante named Zelda, his codification of the “flapper,” and his experiences at lavish parties in Gatsby-esque mansions on Long Island. What's more, students learn about how American life in the 1920s was radically transformed by the proliferation of automobiles (like the “death car” that kills Myrtle), billboard advertisements (like “the eyes of T. J. Eckleburg”), and electric lights (like the “green light” at the end of Daisy’s dock). And they learn about how modern life in New York City was depicted by artists like Georgia O’Keefe, Alfred Stieglitz, Joseph Stella, and others. Lecture included. (40 slides + 8 page lecture)

• Soundtrack for The Great Gatsby: A playlist on Spotify featuring the “jazz age” songs played at Gatsby's parties. Expose students to the upbeat ambiance of the Roaring Twenties by playing the songs that Fitzgerald embedded into his book. How is the novel’s content enhanced by songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun” and “The Sheik of Araby”?

Discussion Question Handouts (x9): Over thirty pages of higher-order chapter questions guaranteed to inspire profoundly thoughtful class discussions! This unit features double-sided handouts with 8-10 discussion questions for each of 9 chapters. The discussion questions are the beating heart of these lesson plans. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights! Guaranteed to foster deep thinking and dynamic discussions! (32 pages)

Discussion Question ANSWER KEYS (x9): While every part of this unit has an answer key, the answer keys for the discussion questions feature an extremely high level of detail. Every answer is grounded in concrete textual evidence that gets submitted to careful analysis. The keys have been informed by the best scholarly articles and books on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. (90 pages)

• Character Analysis Worksheets (x18): Studying Fitzgerald’s nuanced construction of his characters is crucial for understanding his character-driven novel. This bundle contains 18 worksheets with carefully selected passages that challenge students to explain what textual details reveal about the main characters. Two worksheets per chapter provides choice for teachers and/or students! Builds skills in close reading! (18 pages)

• Social Class Worksheets (x3): These 3 worksheets help students not only to understand the social hierarchy and but to decode the signs of social status in The Great Gatsby. What are the differences between “West Egg” and “East Egg”? Between “New Money” and “Old Money”? These handouts demonstrate how Fitzgerald's depiction of social class was informed by his careful reading of sociologist Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class (1899). Answer keys included. (5 pages)

Color Symbolism Worksheets (x4): Each student chooses one of four colors from Fitzgerald's novel — green, yellow, white, and blue — and then explains its symbolic significance by analyzing 6-8 quotations. Students come to appreciate the dual meanings of each color: for example, while green symbolizes hope and wonder, it also represents envy. Answer keys included. (8 pages)

Figurative Language Quizzes (x3): Each quiz challenges students to identify the types of figurative language — metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, paradox, etc. — used in 25 quotations from The Great Gatsby. The quizzes cover the figurative language used in chapters 1-3, chapters 4-6, and chapters 7-9 — so you can roll out each quiz after your class finishes three chapters and see whether they're improving. Also included is a glossary with definitions of the types of figurative language as well as examples of how they're used in the first chapter Fitzgerald's novel — so you can begin reviewing the types of figurative language with students before they tackle the quizzes. Answer keys included. (15 pages)

• Sound Devices Exercise: This exercise invites students to explain how Fitzgerald's use of sound devices — such as alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia — contributes to the novel's meaning. Also included is a glossary with definitions of these sound devices. Answer keys included. (3 pages)

Quotation Race (x2): Students work in pairs to identify the speakers of 25 quotations. One handout features 15 quotes from the main characters, while a second handout features 10 more challenging quotes from various secondary characters. Introduce this fun activity when you need to mix things up — or to review for the AP Exam! Answer keys included. (4 pages)

Vocabulary Lists (x9): Lists of 10-12 vocabulary words for every chapter, complete with a definition and a sample sentence with the word as used in The Great Gatsby. A total of over 100 SAT-worthy words. (9 pages)

Vocabulary & Reading Quizzes (x9): Quizzes with 10 questions per chapter. Build students’ vocabularies while holding them accountable for the nightly reading homework. Each quiz contains 7 questions on vocabulary words plus another 3 questions on reading comprehension. Grading these quizzes is simple and quick. They’re an easy way to log up to 9 grades in your gradebook. Answer keys included. (9 pages)

Creative Writing Assignment: Invite students to write in Fitzgerald’s virtuosic prose style while filling in a missing scene from the novel. What did Gatsby write in his letter to Daisy? What was said when Gatsby and Daisy finally reunited at Nick’s house? This assignment can be given mid-unit after students finish reading Chapter Six. Answer key included. (2 page)

Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Fitzgerald’s wonderfully complex novel. Let students choose from one of five profoundly thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop an original topic of their own. Rubric included. (4 pages)

Q3 Practice Essay: Designed for AP Lit teachers, this in-class essay assignment will enable students to practice the "Q3" essay from the AP Literature and Composition Exam. Included are three recent Q3 prompts that feature The Great Gatsby as one of the recommended works of literary merit. The assignment asks students to respond to one prompt by composing a well-written essay in 40 minutes. (5 pages)

Poetry Pairings (x5): Wrap things up with four poems that tackle many of the themes addressed in Fitzgerald's novel: the dignity of work, the signifiers of class status, etc. A fifth poem about teenage romance features a subtle allusion to the green light from The Great Gatsby. This fifth poem is followed by a page of discussion questions as well as a 3-page teacher’s guide with detailed answers to each of the questions. I use this poem year after year to teach students how to analyze imagery — and students delight in the "a-ha" moment when they catch the allusion to the light at the end of Daisy's dock! (14 pages)

This unit is filled with dozens of visual images that shed light on important scenes from Fitzgerald’s novel: newspaper headlines, documentary photographs, paintings by modernist artists, magazine covers, portraits of Scott and Zelda. But what really distinguishes this curriculum is how the discussion questions, close-reading exercises, and writing assignments are all designed to deepen students' thinking and help them arrive at profound interpretive insights!

This unit includes 240 pages and 40 slides of content-rich lessons. The entire unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize every page to suit your teaching style and/or the needs of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire unit as PDF files, which are easy to navigate and quick to print. The pre-reading slideshow will come to you in both PowerPoint and PDF formats.

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Printable World Book day Quotes Activities & Games - Fun Book Lovers Activities

By The Students Palace

Printable World Book day quotes activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during World Book day . These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go. this bundle contains, Coloring Pages , jigsaw puzzles , cut and paste activities , mandala coloring sheets ...

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BUNDLE: Speed Dating Discussion activities for 4 eps of The Twilight Zone!

By The Red-Haired Reader

Speed Dating is a fun spin on a traditional class discussion. This bundle includes 12 speed dating questions for each of the following 4 episodes of The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder", "Time Enough At Last", "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street", and "To Serve Man". Also included are directions for the teacher, as well as a student reflection sheet for afterwards. Please ask if you have questions!

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AP Spanish Lit Projects and Games Giant Bundle

By ARIANA PEREZ

A $60 Value includes:

4 New projects example:

  • Proyecto de una obra dramática
  • Literature Bingo
  • Review Molecules Review Molecules and puzzle matching
  • Game Board Review
  • Mimic Cards
  • Task Cards (2) Files: Temas Task Cards
  • Páginas de Portada Project
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Flying Lessons and Other Stories BUNDLE OF LESSONS FOR ALL STORIES + BONUS

By Ms. J's ELA

This bundle includes lessons for all stories in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh. The stories are not included in this resource. Lessons are focused on the following stories:

- How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by Matt De La Peña

- The Difficult Path by Grace Lin

- Sol Painting, Inc. by Meg Medina

- Secret Samantha by Tim Federle

- The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist

- Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains by Tim Tingle

- Main Street by Jacqueline Woodson

- Flying Lessons by Soman Chainani

- Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by Kwame Alexander

- Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers

Each lesson includes WORKSHEETS and a PRESENTATION. Worksheets come in color and b/w. Presentations include answer keys.

Each lesson contains:

- Pre-reading journal prompt

- Story vocabulary (except Main Street)

- Tiered reading questions

- Questions focused on one particular ELA standard

- Answer keys

BONUS ESSAY WRITING PROMPTS ARE INCLUDED!

If you teach 90 minute block classes, you would likely get through one lesson per day. If you teach 50 minute classes like I do, each lesson could take two days. This bundle could last from 2 weeks to 4 weeks depending on your schedule.

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Secondary ELA Activities for any Novel (BUNDLE)

By Language Arts Excellence

This bundle featuring six of our best-selling language arts resources is the perfect teacher's survival kit that can be adapted for any short story or novel throughout the school year!

The variety of lesson plans, activities, and assessments in this bundle will spruce up your ELA curriculum and encourages learning in thoughtful, creative ways. Due to the diversity of resources, your students will be hitting several Common Core reading, writing, and speaking/listening standards with each activity. Your students will thank you for offering such engaging ways to learn!

Products included in this bundle:

⭐Characters in the Hot Seat

This product features all the materials you need to conduct a thoughtful and engaging "HOT SEAT" for almost any class novel! 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 novel 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! This activity can easily modified for almost any novel as well as for the number of students in your classroom.

⭐Novel Playlist Assignment

This product features a creative and contemporary assignment in which students create their own music playlist for a novel by analyzing the lyrics of their favorite songs and synthesizing them with literary elements of their chosen book. This is a great activity that encourages students to think beyond the traditional 5 paragraph essay and consider literary elements in a deeper and more creative way. Your students will thank you for giving them a chance to have fun as they apply higher-order thinking skills!

⭐Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are fantastic, higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to what they are learning in class. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, I did the work for you! This packet includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom and can be adapted for absolutely any topic. All you need are the questions to form the basis of these discussions!

⭐Literature Circle Task Cards

This set of 32 unique task cards contain engaging thought-provoking questions meant to prompt lively discussion for literature circles or books clubs in your middle or high school ELA classroom. Questions are mainly reader-response and are fully aligned to the Common Core. They can be used at any point during the reading of a novel or short story and are great as both full-class lesson plans or for time-fillers at the end of class. I also like to use these cards as bell-ringer activities to check in on my students' thoughts and understanding of the novel as we go. These are the perfect task cards to add to your teacher's toolbox and use all year long!

⭐Figurative Language Challenge

I created this "Figurative Language Challenge" activity and lesson plan several years ago for my middle school students as they were studying Edgar Allan Poe's figurative language-laden works. Little did I know that it would become the most requested game among my students of all time. This resource includes a meticulously-detailed lesson plan using warm-up, explanation, application, and synthesis, and a one-of-a-kind game that will get your students excited about identifying figurative language. This is the perfect lesson plan for a Friday or any time you need to amp up the energy in your classroom without sacrificing learning... and of course, it is Common Core aligned!

⭐ Differentiated Essay Prompts for ANY Novel!

This product features 20 beautifully-made task cards with generic essay prompts that will work for any novel. These prompts are differentiated so that they appeal to all learners and give all students a chance to shine in their essay writing! After years of tweaking my essay prompts, I have created questions that are thoughtful and concise so that in turn, they reap excellent student responses.

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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [LESSON ACTIVITIES]

By Richard B Williams

This I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [LESSON ACTIVITIES] resource provides students a chance to experience what happens when we realize that we all must navigate this world and its trials, even at early ages. With 90+ Slides, Several projects, Group Activities, Graphic Organizers, VIDEO assignments, short response activities are activities in this resource. This Maya Angelou resource encourages insightful responses from work.

Watch your 9th - 12th Graders come alive and will fall in love with this novel and resource. Check it out!


**NOTE: This product has slides intended to be shown on a Promethean Board, while students are working to keep them on task; some of its activities are in a different format and are available in the BUNDLE.**

*ALSO: This novel, not the resource, discusses adult-themed topics. Please read and review novel and resource before teaching immature or too young a class *


SUMMARY:

Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting an unsettled and sometimes traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. Do our environments truly make us who we are?

This 9th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the powerful exploration of the human capacity for prejudice, resilience, rape, and self-sufficiency.


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1. Class Opener/Bell Ringer

2. CAGED BIRD Scholar Notes

3. CAGED BIRD Listening/Watch Party

4. CAGED BIRD Recitals

5. Symbols in CAGED BIRD

6. TALK

7. TEXT

8. CAGED ADULTS

9. Quoting ANGELOU

10. THE CAGED BIRD Eye-Witness News

11. CAGED BIRD: The Soundtrack and much, much more


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Fun Bundle of Coloring Bookmarks Shakespeare Plays Quotes Keepsake Gifts Craft

By Eden Digital Arts

Bun bundle of keepsake coloring bookmarks from William Shakespeare's plays with book illustrations and quotes to explore Shakespeare's works.

These work great for collaborative collage, student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.

Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonderful way to engage readers and explore the themes and characters of the play. Here are some ideas on how to use them in your classroom or at a book club:

  • Book Club and Classroom Discussions: Use the bookmarks as prompts for book club discussions. Hand out different bookmarks and ask them to share their thoughts and insights related to the quote or illustration on their bookmark.
  • Emotional Response: Have participants color the bookmarks while discussing their emotional responses to the play.
  • Use bookmarks as student or book club member rewards/gifts.
  • Attach a bookmarks to a pack of coloring pens or a book for a small gift.
  • Homemade Gifts: Encourage students to give their colored bookmarks to classmates, friends, or family members who enjoy reading. It's a thoughtful and personalized gift that can foster a love for literature.
  • Collaborative Coloring: Set up a collaborative coloring station where students can work together to create a large, colorful bookmark collage, using bookmarks featuring quotes from different books.
  • Use coloring bookmarks as a relaxing downtime activity.
  • As an addition to subplans and for early finishers.
  • Add to cards and letters.
  • Use as decorations for scrapbooks or reading journals.
  • Coloring during read-at-loud
  • Bulletin board décor and more

For best results print them on thick white cardstock paper.

Each set of bookmarks comes in two sizes.

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BUNDLE-Nutcracker Themed Literature Bundle

By Meggen Loew

Nutcracker Literature Bundle: ($18 value)

Combines The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Picture Book Study and the Nutcracked Novel Study and Vocabulary Unit.

Nutcracker and the Mouse King Picture Book Study ($5 Value)

This study works excellent as an introduction to studying the Nutcracker Ballet.

Using the picture book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the original Story by ETA Hoffman, illustrated by Gail de Marcken, and the Story adapted by Wren Mayse. The materials aim to enhance the readers understanding and interpretation of the Story.

What is Included: 23 Pages Total

· Goal and Instructional Pages for Teacher

· Lesson Plans for 10-days of lessons

· Pre-Reading Notes Page (1 page)

· Discussion Questions (9 pages)

· Story Outline (Plot Outline) (2 pages)

· Battle Plan Outline (2 pages)

· Answer Keys (4 pages)

Nutcracked Novel Study and Vocabulary ($8 Value)

Novel Study: These materials for Susan Adrian's novel Nutcracked aim to enhance readers' understanding and interpretation of the Story.

What is Included: 40 Pages

· Goal and Instructional Pages for Teacher

· Lesson Plans for 15-days of lessons- Incorporate vocabulary work in

· Discussion Questions (11 pages)

· Reality vs. Fantasy-Journal (1 page)

· Reality vs. Fantasy-Teaching Worksheet Activity (1 page)

· Reality vs. Fantasy-2 Worksheets (1 page each)

· Georgie's Problems (Conflict Worksheet) (1 page)

· Plot Diagram (1 page)

· Final Test (2 Options) (2 pages each)

· Answer Keys (8 pages)

Vocabulary: -In general, the goal for finding vocabulary words within a novel is to have students encounter words they may not have seen or heard before and then understand their meaning in the text and their everyday lives.

What is Included: 31 Pages

· Goals and Instructional Pages for Teacher

· Master Word Lists (3 pages)

· Student Dictionary (11 pages)

· Crossword Puzzles (3 pages)

· Word Search (1 page)

· Vocabulary in Context Worksheet (2 pages)

· Final Test (1 page)

· Answer Keys (6 pages)

This Bundle also includes a Bundle Guide: 8 Pages ($3 value)

· Goals and Instructions for the Bundle

· Brief Bundle Overview

· Full Bundle Lesson Plans (helps combine the two units into one)

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The Scarlet Letter Bundle

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Covering The Scarlet Letter? Don't know where to get started? This bundle is for you, focusing on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel The Scarlet Letter it includes an introduction power point, flip book study guide, characterization flip book, graphic organizers, and a film analysis worksheet.

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The Complete Maus UNIT PLAN: Discussion Questions, Reading Quizzes, Writing Prompts, Answer Keys, & More | Art Spiegelman

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

This 175-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Art Spiegelman's The Complete Maus!! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handouts, discussion questions, vocabulary lists, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!!

The graphic novel is an aesthetically innovative genre in which meaning is created through the interplay of image and text. How do we read a novel in which two narrative channels — one verbal, the other visual — interact? And how do graphic novels challenge readers to expand the set of interpretive techniques that make up “close reading”? This bundle will help students understand complex questions about literary genres, aesthetic form, social and political history, and the responsibilities that come with representing historical atrocities like the Holocaust.

Here are some highlights from the 175-page curriculum:

Pre-Reading Activity: Open this unit by reading and discussing Art Spiegelman's early 3-page comic, "Maus" (which was published in an underground comics magazine called Funny Animals in 1972). In addition to the 3-page comic itself, this unit features a double-sided Image Analysis Worksheet in which students encounter questions that will deepen their engagement with Maus. Answer key included. (10 pages)

Discussion Question Handouts: Thirty-five pages of deeply thought-provoking discussion questions! One double-sided handout containing 8-10 questions for each of the book's 10 sections. The discussion questions are the beating heart of these lesson plans. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions could be used to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, to foster in-class writing such as stop-and-jots, or to assign written reflections for homework. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster profound discussions! (25 pages)

Discussion Question Answer Keys: The answer keys to the discussion questions are informed by cutting-edge scholarship by historians and literature professors who specialize on topics like the Holocaust and Spiegelman's Maus. Of course, there is rarely a single "correct" answer for any question; rather, the discussions questions are made up of higher-order questions designed to foster lively exchanges and interpretive debates among students. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence. (50 pages)

Quick Writes: A "quick write" can be used at any time in a class to get students to pause and reflect on the text in writing. Introduce a quick write before you begin a discussion to allow students to collect their thoughts. Or roll one out toward the end of a discussion to let students capture and refine their best ideas. (10 pages)

Image Analysis Worksheets: Three double-sided worksheets challenge students to analyze 10 visually complex panels from Maus. Students will reflect on how Spiegelman builds meaning by through the use of aesthetic strategies such as visual parallels, visual puns, symbolism, strategic ambiguity, the interweaving of past and present, etc. Help students figure out what it means to "close read" a graphic novel. Answer keys included. (10 pages)

Quotation Race Worksheet: Students work in pairs to identify the speakers of 30 key quotations from Maus. Introduce this fun activity when you need to mix things up, or to refresh students' memories in preparation for the AP exam. Answer key included. (4 pages)

Vocabulary Lists: Lists of 8 vocabulary words for every chapter, complete with definitions and sample sentences with the words as they are used in Maus. A total of 80 words. (10 pages)

• Reading & Vocabulary Quizzes: Daily quizzes with 10 questions on the nightly reading homework plus another 5 questions on the vocabulary words. If you choose not to have your students study vocabulary, you can still use the portion of the quiz devoted to reading comprehension. Grading these quizzes is simple and quick. They’re an easy way to log 10 grades into your gradebook. Answer keys included. (40 pages)

Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Art Spiegelman's complex graphic novel. Let students choose from one of four thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop a similar topic of their own. Writing schedule and rubric included. (4 pages)

The resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the needs of particular students — year after year. If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the PDF version, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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BUNDLE of 10 LOVE poem foldable analysis activities! Valentine's Day!

By The Red-Haired Reader

This bundle includes 10 of the most famous love poems ever written in foldable analysis format! Perfect for the middle or high school classroom, these poems can be used in small groups, in an interactive notebook, as station activities, or in a variety of other ways! They're the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day in English class as well. Please check out each product individually and watch the video on how to use my line of foldable poetry analysis activities! Thank you!

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AP SPANISH LITERATURE STUDENT BOOK new

By ARIANA PEREZ

Una valiosa herramienta diseñada específicamente para maestros que deseen enriquecer la experiencia literaria de sus alumnos. Este recurso ha sido cuidadosamente elaborado para brindar actividades estimulantes y retadoras que fomenten el análisis y la comprensión de la literatura en español.

Características principales:

  1. Amplia selección literaria: Nuestro cuadernillo ofrece una cuidadosa selección de actividades sobre textos literarios de diversos géneros y estilos. Desde clásicos de la literatura hispana hasta obras contemporáneas, tus alumnos tendrán la oportunidad de sumergirse en distintos universos literarios.
  2. Ejercicios de análisis: Cada actividad ha sido diseñada para estimular el pensamiento crítico y el análisis literario. Los alumnos deberán explorar la estructura, los temas y los personajes de las obras seleccionadas, fomentando una comprensión más profunda de los textos.
  3. Vocabulario en contexto: Ayuda a tus alumnos a enriquecer su vocabulario y comprensión del lenguaje literario. Las actividades incluyen palabras y expresiones clave contextualizadas en los textos, lo que promueve el aprendizaje significativo.
  4. Fomento de la creatividad: El cuadernillo incluye actividades de escritura creativa que invitan a los alumnos a expresar su creatividad literaria. Podrán experimentar con diferentes géneros y desarrollar su propia voz como escritores.
  5. Respuestas: Contarás con respuestas y soluciones para facilitar el seguimiento del progreso de tus alumnos.

Con este recurso podrás enriquecer tus clases de literatura y motivar a tus alumnos a descubrir la belleza y el poder de las letras hispanas. Es el recurso ideal para fomentar el amor por la lectura y el análisis literario en un ambiente educativo estimulante.


A valuable tool designed specifically for teachers who wish to enrich their students' literary experience. This resource has been carefully crafted to provide stimulating and challenging activities that promote analysis and comprehension of literature in Spanish.

Key Features:

  1. Wide literary selection: Our workbook offers a thoughtful array of activities centered around literary texts from various genres and styles. From classics of Hispanic literature to contemporary works, your students will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in different literary universes.
  2. Analytical exercises: Each activity is designed to stimulate critical thinking and literary analysis. Students will explore the structure, themes, and characters of the selected works, fostering a deeper understanding of the texts.
  3. Vocabulary in context: Help your students enrich their vocabulary and comprehension of literary language. The activities include contextualized key words and expressions from the texts, promoting meaningful learning.
  4. Fostering creativity: The workbook includes creative writing activities that invite students to express their literary creativity. They can experiment with different genres and develop their own voice as writers.
  5. Answers: You will have access to answers and solutions to facilitate monitoring your students' progress.

With this resource, you can enhance your literature classes and motivate your students to discover the beauty and power of the Spanish language. It is the ideal tool to foster a love for reading and literary analysis in an engaging educational environment.

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The Raven Literature Guide

By Language Arts Excellence

This resource features a comprehensive literature guide for use while reading Edgar Allan Poe's arguably most famous work, "The Raven." The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition and encourages students to think critically about plot structure, literary elements, and figurative language within the poem. The wide range of activities in this guide will keep your students engaged as they contemplate the meaning of nevermore.

Product Includes:

  • Attractive cover page for student packet
  • Anticipation guide
  • Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary drawing activity
  • Comprehension questions
  • Freytag’s pyramid worksheet
  • Literary elements worksheet
  • Figurative language worksheet
  • "Snap Chatter" activity
  • The Raven Socratic Seminar Lesson & Materials
  • Full answer keys for teacher use

While this literature guide is Common Core aligned for eighth grade, it is appropriate for students in seventh-eleventh.

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ROMEO AND JULIET [LESSON ACTIVITIES]

By Richard B Williams

This ROMEO AND JULIET [LESSON ACTIVITIES] product provides students a chance to experience what happens when we don't check our ambitions. 50+ Slides, Several projects, Group Activities, Graphic Organizers, TASK CARDS assignments, Reader Response, Quizzes are activities in this product. This Shakespearean drama encourages insightful responses from work. 10th - 12th Graders will love this play and product. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

An age-old feud between two powerful families ends in bloodshed. At a Masquerade ball, young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeo’s attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet’s own cousin, Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet is dead, he takes his life in her tomb. Juliet wakes to find Romeo’s dead body beside her and, distraught, kills herself. The grieving family agree to end their feud.

This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to beg the question: should individuals be oppressed and how far would you go for love and loyalty?

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1. Class Opener/Bell Ringer

2. ROMEO AND JULIET Scholar Notes

3. ROMEO AND JULIET Listening Party

4. ROMEO AND JULIET Recitals

5. Symbols in ROMEO AND JULIET

6. ROMEO AND JULIET : The Graphic Novel

7. ROMEO AND JULIET Video Stills

8. “O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”: Quoting ROMEO

9. ROMEO AND JULIET Eye-Witness News

10. ROMEO AND JULIET: The Soundtrack

11. LOVE STRUCK and much, much more

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Teaching The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Don't know where to start? This bundle includes many activities to do before, during, and after reading the novel. This is a bundle for the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. We got you covered!

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Julius Caesar STUDENT WORKBOOKS: Colorful Worksheets & Answer Keys | Shakespeare

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

These student workbooks have everything you need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. With their colorful design and rigorous content, the workbooks are guaranteed to amplify student engagement and ensure that every class session is highly productive.

Moreover, every page in these workbooks is fully editable! You'll be able to customize the materials to match the skill levels of your students — year after year. Recover weeks of prep time while amplifying student engagement with these rigorous and colorful literature workbooks!

Best of all, every page of this workbook comes with a detailed answer key! The answer keys are brimming with interpretive insights from Shakespeare scholars who teach at universities like Harvard and Oxford. You'll have every student reading like a professor!

Here's what you'll find in this editable 100-page teaching resource:

• Pacing Guide: The pacing guide provides suggestions about which scenes to assign for homework so that students' nightly workload will be manageable while every class session will be maximally productive. The pacing guide also includes a sample homework posting which teachers can copy and paste into their school's learning management system. (2 pages)

• STUDENT WORKBOOKS on Julius Caesar: The 50-page workbook features highly engaging worksheets on every scene in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Each worksheet is divided into sections which invite students to engage with the text in a variety of different ways:

  • The Passage Analysis section invite students to analyze one or two key passages from each scene.
  • The Evidence Hunt challenges students to answer an interpretive question by finding the best textual evidence to support their answer.
  • The Comparing Quotations section invites students to make connections between quotations from different scenes in the play.
  • The Discussion Question section features three higher-order questions designed to foster lively discussions and interpretive debates among students.
  • The Quick Writes challenge students to compose short arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights!

The workbook is guaranteed to foster skills in close reading, thoughtful analysis, and lively discussion. It will have your students feeling genuinely excited to study Shakespeare every day! (50 pages)

• WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY: The 50-page answer key to the workbook provides detailed answers to the passage analysis, evidence hunt, and comparing quotations sections. The answer key is informed by the best books and articles written by leading Shakespeare scholars: Marjorie Garber (Harvard), Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard), Coppélia Kahn (Brown), Gayle Greene (Scripps), R. A. Foakes (UCLA), Emma Smith (Oxford), Dieter Mehl (Bonn), and others. (50 pages)

These workbooks and answer keys will come to you in two separate formats: Word Docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize them to match the skill levels of your students — year after year. If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access PDF versions — which are easy to navigate and quick to print.

Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for top-quality resources on William Shakespeare. Wishing you an amazing experience with teaching Julius Caesar. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I love hearing from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature! 

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This bundle packages my products for The House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek. At my school we read The House on Mango Street as a full class, and later in the year Woman Hollering Creek is one of the literature circle choices. I've also included a poetry analysis activity: a foldable for "Abuelito Who". It's a beautiful coming of age poem with themes of family, love, and loss. Please check out each product's description individually! Thank you for looking!

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Workbook for AP Spanish Literature OLDER EDITION

By ARIANA PEREZ

Workbook for AP Spanish Literature.

more than 70 pages of activities to help students practice vocabulary, literary movements, and conduct investigations.

Only two quizzes are included in this book.

Exams are not included in the workbook those are included in the teacher book.

Added:

More worksheets including two interviews, poetry sheets, Descripción de Personajes, Example of Daily objectives etc...so much more!

Everything for the same price. If you want an updated copy please e-mail at aurbina@hsd2.org

*Typos have been corrected.

Last modified: 5/4/2018 Please re-download.

As the description states there is not an answer key included.

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