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Murder Mystery Inference Activity: Lamb to the Slaughter Mini Unit

By TooBookedUp

Engage your middle school students with a thrilling 5-day detective unit centered around Roald Dahl's gripping short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter." This comprehensive unit combines critical thinking, inferencing, and multimedia analysis, making it perfect for ELA classrooms. Students will step into the shoes of detectives, analyze texts, watch film adaptations, and compare their experiences, all while meeting key CCSS standards.

What’s Included:

  • Detailed Lesson Plans: Each day is thoughtfully planned to guide students through reading, analyzing, writing, and discussing "Lamb to the Slaughter."
  • Graphic Organizers: Scaffolded organizers for each day to help students track evidence, make inferences, and compare the text with the film.
  • Texts and Multimedia: The original short story and a link to the film adaptation, complete with an introduction by Roald Dahl.
  • Writing Prompts: Engaging prompts to encourage students to write opinion essays and reflections.
  • Class Discussion Guides: Questions and prompts to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions.

Day-by-Day Breakdown:

Day 1: Introduction to the Detective Activity

  • Students are introduced to the murder mystery and work in groups to analyze witness statements and evidence photos.
  • Focus on inference and deduction skills.

Day 2: Writing an Opinion Essay

  • Students write an opinion essay based on their detective work from Day 1.
  • Emphasis on textual evidence and structured writing.

Day 3: Reading "Lamb to the Slaughter"

  • Students read the short story in chunked sections, making inferences and annotating the text.
  • Use of scaffolding techniques to support all learners.

Day 4: Comparing Text and Film

  • Students watch the film adaptation of "Lamb to the Slaughter."
  • They use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the text and film, analyzing differences in storytelling techniques.

Day 5: Final Analysis and Discussion

  • Students discuss their findings and the differences between the text and film.
  • Wrap-up activities include reflective writing and sharing insights.

CCSS Alignment:

This unit aligns with CCSS standards for grades 5-8, focusing on quoting accurately from texts, citing textual evidence, and analyzing multimedia elements. Standards covered include:

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.7
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.7

Benefits:

  • Engaging and Interactive: Students love the hands-on detective work and multimedia elements.
  • Skill-Building: Focus on inferencing, textual evidence, and critical thinking skills.
  • Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: All materials and instructions are included for a seamless implementation.

Bring excitement and depth to your ELA classroom with this 5-day detective unit on "Lamb to the Slaughter." Your students will love stepping into the role of detectives while honing their reading and analytical skills.

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Dragonwings Vocabulary Quizzes

By Educate and Create

Studying Dragonwings? Are students having problems with some of the vocabulary words? Then this product is for you! Includes a vocabulary list and quiz for both Chapters 1-6 and Chapters 7-12. Great to help students with vocabulary words as they read the text! Comes complete with answer key.

Studying Dragonwings? Try these.

Dragonwings Flipbook Study Guide

Dragonwings Introduction Power Point

Dragonwings Characterization Flipbook

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We Beat The Street FULL BOOK Chapter Questions, We Beat The Street Worksheets

By Queen's Educational Resources

We Beat The Street Chapter Questions, We Beat The Street Worksheets

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Text: We Beat The Street

Chapters 1 - 22 and Conclusion

88 pages

Print and Digital

Detailed Answer Keys included

This resource includes:

WBTS Chapter Questions (for Chapters 1-22 and Conclusion)

Detailed Answer Keys (for each chapter)

Google Slide Links (for each chapter)

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This WBTS product focuses on CHAPTERS 1 - 22 and Conclusion of We Beat The Street. EACH chapter features 5 inference-based questions that require students to demonstrate inferential thinking and a deep analysis of the chapter - beyond literal comprehension. Each inference-based question can be treated as an extended response where students must make inferences and support their responses, ideas, and/or analysis with evidence from the text.

Detailed ANSWER KEYS are included to help you facilitate discussion. No prep needed!

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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❌ Lesson plans are not included. This resource can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.

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This resource is also included in the following discounted resources:

  • WBTS Mega Chapter Question Packet BUNDLE
  • We Beat The Street BUNDLE

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Please Note:

Each of the chapter questions are included in the following, more comprehensive packet.

  • WBTS Mega Chapter Question Packet BUNDLE
  • WBTS Chapter 1 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 2 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 3 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 4 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 5 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 6 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 7 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 8 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 9 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 10 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 11 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 12 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 13 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 14 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 15 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 16 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 17 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 18 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 19 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 20 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 21 Packet
  • WBTS Chapter 22 and Conclusion Packet

Other WE BEAT THE STREET resources you might me interested in:

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  • WBTS Mega Chapter Question Packet BUNDLE
  • WBTS TEST and Answer Key
  • WBTS Chapter Questions and KEYS
  • WBTS Inference Task Cards, Test, Graphic Organizer, and Bookmarks
  • WBTS Three Differentiated Writing Packets
  • WBTS Bookmarks
  • WBTS Chapter Vocabulary
  • WBTS Chapter Summaries and Notes
  • WBTS Text-to-Text Connections LESSON PACKET
  • WBTS Peer Pressure Mini Essay Packet
  • WBTS Overcoming Challenges Essay Packet
  • WBTS Inspirational Educators Short Response Packet
  • WBTS Inference Task Cards, Test, Graphic Organizer, and Bookmarks
  • INFERENCE Lesson Plan and PowerPoint
  • WBTS Graphic Organizer and Activity Packet

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Sonnets: Poem Analysis, Quizzes, Writing | Shakespeare to the Harlem Renaissance

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

This 45-page EDITABLE unit tracks the development of the sonnet from Shakespeare's day through by Harlem Renaissance. How are traditional sonnets written by English poets like Shakespeare and Keats similar to and/or different from modern sonnets written by Harlem Renaissance poets like Claude McKay and Countee Cullen? This unit invites students to compare traditional sonnets focused on love with modern sonnets focused on socioeconomic equality....

The twelve poems are divided into two reading packets, with the first packet focusing on early sonnets about romantic love, and the second packet focusing on modern sonnets about the black experience. Each reading packets 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 45-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, Christina Rossetti, John Keats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, 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 the sonnet has been put to different uses 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. (16 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 45-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!

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Shakespeare: Brutus' Speech (Julius Caesar) Writing Activity

By Beth Hammett

Teach analysis and audience through an interactive interpretation of Brutus' Speech from Julius Caesar. Students will bring the speech up-to-date using slang and time period words. Included are: student examples extra resources list scoring rubric directions with materials list Students will "get the meaning" with this easy-to-teach, fun analysis assignment. Meets standard state ELA guidelines and CCSS.

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Of Plymouth Plantation All In One: Vocabulary, Assessments, and Answer Key

By YourTeachingDoc

This bundled package contains:

1. 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.

2. A KIM Critical Vocabulary activity for students to master the key vocabulary in "Of Plymouth Plantation".

3. "Of Plymouth Plantation" mastery test - includes key vocabulary, key themes, authors purpose, and central ideas of the text. Answer key is included.

BONUS: Included at the bottom of the Vocabulary page is an online Kahoots review game for the test AND code for students to play in class or you can assign them to play it at home - incorporating technology in a fun and meaningful way!

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Writing and Literature Guide for Spanish Classes guía de escritura y literatura

By ARIANA PEREZ

More than 45 worksheets.

Some of the topics:

El argumento

texto informativo

ensayos

personajes

Narración

Análisis de obras

2 El cuento

El conflicto

3 texto lírica

la tragedia

articulo informativo

lazarillo de tormes

bernarda alba

recursos discursivos

poemas

tipos de textos

formal vs informal

ejercicios literarios

transitions

¡Escribamos una Autobiografía!

El Desarrollo

El tiempo y el Espacio

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Poetry Comprehension Worksheets,Analyzing “She Sleeps by the Rill” by Wordsworth

By The Kidz Lab

Bring powerful poetry into your classroom with this beautifully designed comprehension resource for William Wordsworth’s poignant poem "She Sleeps by the Rill." This ready-to-use set of Poetry Comprehension Worksheets is ideal for grades 7–12 ELA or literature classes.

This printable and digital PDF includes:

  • Full-text of the poem

  • 6 structured worksheet sections, each targeting a key analytical skill:

  • Theme & Meaning

  • Narrative Elements

  • Language & Diction

  • Cultural & Historical Context

  • Personal Response

  • Author’s Purpose

  • ✅ Answer Guide included for teacher use or student self-assessment

Students will develop critical reading and interpretive skills by exploring:

  • Literary devices
  • Mood, symbolism, and tone
  • The poet’s message and emotional impact
  • Text-to-self and text-to-world connections

Perfect for:

  • Poetry units
  • Literature circles
  • Sub plans
  • Exam preparation
  • Independent or guided analysis

This resource encourages deep engagement with poetry and aligns with Common Core standards for literature and textual analysis.

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Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds Lesson

By Ms. J's ELA

This lesson should accompany the short story Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds. The story can be found in the anthology Fresh Ink.

This lesson focuses on making inferences and identifying themes. Students will provide and explain textual evidence that supports inferences and themes that they identify from the story.

This resource includes 6 slides for display at the front of the class and 2 student worksheet pages which come in color and b/w.

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Short Story Escape Room Bundle - Volume 1

By Language Arts Excellence

This bundle includes 7 of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your short story unit featuring The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, A Christmas Carol, The Black Cat, The Most Dangerous Game and the Gift of the Magi.

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 7 full-length Escape Rooms for The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, A Christmas Carol, The Black Cat, The Most Dangerous Game, and the Gift of the Magi. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way based on the short story they feature.

Each Escape Room Includes:

  • Escape Room Basics
  • Detailed Day-Of Instructions
  • Escape Room Print Checklist
  • Student Teams Chart
  • Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials for each station
  • Student Answer Sheets
  • Teacher Answer Keys
  • Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
  • Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

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MAYA ANGELOU'S 4 POEMS [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEMS]

By Richard B Williams

This MAYA ANGELOU "4 POEMS" [Lesson Activities and Poem] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. Angelou's popular poems, 32 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY and ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black and White Versions, 4 quizzes, and a Biography. This resource allows students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this resource. Check it out!


Summary:

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She died on May 28, 2014 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was an American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and oppression.

This 9th - 12th grade canonized poem allows students to understand life, love, and their world.


POEMS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:

1. "Still I Rise"

2. "Woman Work"

3. "When You Come"

4. "Song for the Old Ones"


This Product Includes:

1. Who was Maya Angelou? (Video Biographies included)

2. Each poem has 8 Discussion Questions (32 in all)

3. Angelou Visual Poetry

4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]

5. Group Poem Presentations

6. Reciting Angelou

7. It's About Us and much more


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Twelfth Night Bundle: Complete Teacher's Unit

By Educate and Create

Covering the Twelfth Night? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire play of Twelfth Night !

Great for differentiation.

Includes:

⭐Flip Book Study Guide

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⭐Twelfth Night Characterization Book

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⭐Twelfth Night Act 2 Quiz

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Kindred UNIT PLAN | Discussion Questions, Vocab Lists, Writing Prompts, & More | Octavia E. Butler

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

This 60-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Octavia Butler's Kindred!! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The daily quizzes, discussion prompts, and writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and unlock profound interpretive insights!

Hold your students accountable for completing the nightly homework by beginning every class with a quick vocabulary and reading quiz. Challenge students to explicate textual details using a wide range of interpretive lenses: formalist, historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic, etc. Facilitate dynamic discussions that inspire students to arrive at a whole new depth of insight!!

Everything you’ll need to teach the novel is included in this bundle:

Unit & Pacing Guide: Suggestions for how to pace the reading homework and organize the classwork for Octavia Butler's Kindred. (2 pages)

Author Introduction: A brief summary of the life of Octavia Butler and the research that she conducted before writing Kindred. (1 page)

Discussion Questions: Sixteen pages of higher-order discussion questions guaranteed to inspire profoundly thoughtful class discussions! This unit features double-sided handouts with 8-10 questions for each of the novel's 8 sections. The discussion questions are the beating heart of this curriculum. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights! Guaranteed to build skills in close reading and critical reasoning! (16 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 your more reticent students to collect their thoughts. Or roll one out toward the end of a discussion to let students capture and refine their best ideas. (8 pages)

Vocabulary Lists: Lists of 10-12 vocabulary words to accompany every nightly reading assignment. Every vocabulary word comes with a definition and a sample sentence with the word as used in Kindred. A total of over 100 words. (8 pages)

Vocabulary & Reading Quizzes: 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 8 grades in your gradebook. Answer key provided. (16 pages)

Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Butler’s wonderfully complex novel. Let students choose amongst 5 profoundly thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop an original topic of their own. (2 pages)

Poetry Pairings: Seven thematically relevant poems by two exceptionally talented black women poets, Lucille Clifton and Natasha Trethewey. (7 pages)

This unit is filled with dozens of visual images that shed light on important scenes from Octavia Butler's novel: documentary photographs of antebellum plantations, excerpts from Butler's handwritten drafts and journals, paintings of biblical figures referenced in the novel, etc. But what really distinguishes this curriculum is how the discussion starters and writing prompts deepen students' thinking and help them arrive at profound interpretive insights!

This resource packet 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 the materials 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 PDFs, which are easy to navigate and quick to print!

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This individual or group crossword puzzle activity uses 12 terminologies and optional word bank, as well as word bank with definitions handout, that include: Simile The boy ran as fast as the wind. Sentence uses “like” or “as” to make comparisons. Metaphor The construction worker is a prince. An implied comparison between two unlike beings or objects. Alliteration Casey cackled confidently. The repetition of a single letter at the beginnings of words. Internal (Rhyme) Type of rhyme: The groom was soon doomed. Rhyme occurs inside the words of a sentence. Onomatopoeia Ring, ring…went the telephone. Sound words. Hyperbole I was so hungry I could eat an elephant. An exaggerated statement that has no literal meaning. Adjective The ragged, tattered coat. Vivid words that describe. Personification The flowers danced in the wind. Animals or inanimate objects take on qualities of humans. Synechdoche ABCs for Alphabet. Shortened forms of whole words. Adverb The two boys ran quickly. Tells when, where, or why and may end in –ly. Pun Sea captains don't like crew cuts. Deliberate use of words with multiple meanings that creates play on phrases. Oxymoron Long shorts or silent yell. Opposite words are combined to form phrases. Get students to interact with figurative language. Packet includes answer sheet with definitions. Fun introduction, test prep, or assessment for figurative language!

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Hojita para dar a los alumnos.

Sheet to give to students to interpret or critique art.

I recommend keeping them in its original size to give each student about three sheets.

Art project Includes all of the tasks for each member of the group and guided questions.

Teaching art in Spanish Guided Lesson

Kit de Aprendizaje de Arte para Estudiantes de Secundaria es la herramienta educativa perfecta para inspirar la creatividad y fomentar la apreciación del arte en jóvenes artistas en crecimiento. Este producto está diseñado para estudiantes de secundaria y ofrece más de 9 actividades en español que los ayudarán a explorar, aprender y expresarse a través del arte de manera divertida y educativa.

Guía en Español: Cada kit viene con una guía detallada en español que explica cada actividad paso a paso. Las instrucciones son fáciles de seguir, lo que permite a los estudiantes aprender de forma independiente o en un entorno de aula.


This High School Art Learning Kit is the perfect educational tool to inspire creativity and foster an appreciation for art in budding young artists. This product is designed for high school students and offers over 9 activities in Spanish that will help them explore, learn, and express themselves through art in a fun and educational manner.

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How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court... by Matt De La Peña Lesson

By Ms. J's ELA

This resource should be use with the short story How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by Matt De La Peña. This is the first short story in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. This resource includes a presentation with 11 slides which you can display to students. It also includes a colored and b/w version of 4 pages of student worksheets. The first page focuses on point of view, the second on vocabulary, the third on tiered reading response questions, and the fourth on a focus standard- RL.8.3. The presentation contains an answer key.

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Monster (Myers) vs. Murder on a Sunday Morning Compare Contrast Project

By Language Arts Excellence

Are you looking for a highly engaging final assessment surrounding the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers? This week-long project asks students to view the Oscar Award-Winning documentary, Murder on a Sunday Morning, and compare it to the shockingly similar novel. Students love seeing the real-life courtroom action play out and connecting it to the novel they read in class.

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For this week-long final assignment, there is no preparation needed!

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ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY [ESSAY EXAM]

By Richard B Williams

This ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Essay Exam resource provides students a chance to show what they know. 16 Essay Writing Prompts to encourage insightful responses from this canonized work. Also, there are an additional 15 Discussion Questions and 2 new VIDEO ESSAY projects to be used for additional essay practice or group projects. 6th and 8th Graders will love this essay exam. Check it out!


SUMMARY:

Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry features the Logan family as they work hard to keep the small piece of farmland. They endure many racial injustices, abuses, and sturggles in this effort. How will they survive and move forward? Papa may have found a way out. DOES IT WORK?

This 6th - 8th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the powerful exploration of the human capacity for prejudice, self worth, and the strength of family and friendships.


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Dragonwings Bundle

By Educate and Create

Teaching Dragonwings? 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 Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep. Don't be afraid to take flight with this bundle.

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Julius Caesar PRE-READING HANDOUT: A History of the Roman Republic | Shakespeare

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

This 4-page pre-reading handout provides students with important background information for understanding William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. This resource includes a two-page handout on the history of the Roman Republic. The resource also included is a comprehension check and answer key so that teachers can assess whether students have understood important details from the handout.

Learning about the history of the Roman Republic will provide students with the contextual information necessary for understanding certain lines in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. You could have students read this handout for homework before starting the play; or you could have students read the handout aloud together in class before giving them the comprehension check worksheet.

If you like this pre-reading handout, you'll definitely want to check out my 160-page Complete Teaching Unit on Julius Caesar. The complete unit features colorful and engaging worksheets on every scene in Shakespeare's play. Because the complete unit is both professionally designed and academically rigorous, it is especially well-suited for courses like Honors English and AP Lang.

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