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Shakespearean Insults | Introduction to Shakespeare Game | Dramatic Play
By Jennifer Arnold
Ready to spice up your lessons on Shakespeare’s plays?
Imagine your students passionately delivering lines like, “Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle!” Yep, we’re talking about Shakespearean insults, and this printable game is the ultimate way to engage middle and high schoolers while teaching the Bard’s wit and wordplay!
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YOUR CLASSROOM OR HOMESCHOOL:
Interactive Learning: Your students will dive headfirst into Shakespearean language through fun, competitive “duels.”
Drama Meets Creativity: They’ll use accents, gestures, and all the flair to bring the insults to life.
No Prep Required: Just print, set up, and let the hilarity unfold!
WHAT YOU'LL GET:
A list of 50 Shakespearean insults to fuel the duels.
Game instructions for individual battles, team play, and improv scenarios (perfect for all group sizes!).
Creative variations like freestyle duels, skit-making, and improv challenges.
NO Prep- just print and play! Easy setup for classrooms, drama clubs, or homeschool groups.
HOW IT WORKS:
Pair Up or Team Up: Students get their insults ready.
The Duel Begins: With dramatic flair, they throw Shakespearean shade at their opponent.
Audience Votes: The most creative and theatrical delivery wins!
Crown a Champion: Continue the duels until the Shakespearean Insult Champion reigns supreme.
PERFECT FOR:
Literature and drama classes studying Shakespeare plays
Icebreakers or fun review days
Homeschool co-ops looking for creative language activities
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By Geography & Math Made Easy
Print these fun bookmarks on colored or white cardstock and provide them to your students. The goal is to challenge the students to read and keep up with the number of books they read. Once they have finished a book, they are to color it to reflect they have finished the book.
You may also choose to laminate and them and have them use a permanent marker to cross out the emoji.
Hamlet Vocabulary list and quiz
By Educate and Create
This is a list of vocabulary words from Hamlet as well as a vocabulary test. It comes with the answer key. There are a total of 20 words.
Making Predictions Graphic Organizers Making Predictions Worksheets
By Queen's Educational Resources
Making Predictions Graphic Organizers Making Predictions Worksheets
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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE
★ Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (SET 5)
★ 4 pages
★ Includes 4 Graphic Organizers
★ Print and Digital versions (Text boxes already created)
★ Excellent for ANY text or story
This resource includes:
★ 4 Making Predictions Graphic Organizers
★ Google Slide Link
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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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All four Making Predictions Graphic Organizers have the same instructions but are in different formats, which allows you to differentiate for students!
⭐ Format #1: contains 4 rows of clouds (allows for 4 predictions)
⭐ Format #2: contains 3 rows of clouds (allows for 3 predictions)
⭐ Format #3: contains 2 rows of clouds (allows for 2 predictions)
⭐ Format #4: contains 1 huge cloud (allows for 1 prediction)
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► These graphic organizers are designed to support students in making predictions using any text under study. As they read, students will make predictions and explain why they made these predictions (suggesting that they refer to the text for specific evidence). Later, they will write what actually happened to confirm whether or not their predictions are correct.
► These graphic organizers can be used with whole group instruction, small group instruction, and with novel groups/literature circles. These graphic organizers can also be assigned as a "Purpose for Reading" during silent reading time, classwork, or homework!
► These can also be used as part of a larger lesson!
► The worksheets contain an amazing page border, fonts, and clip arts - very visually appealing!
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By Miss Clever Cookie
Looking for a** Female Writers**-themed, engaging and informative reading comprehension activity for Women's History Month? This scavenger hunt is designed to help students practice skim reading, looking for context clues, and learn some useful vocabulary.
It’s perfect for EFL / ESL students at the B1/B2 level and can also be used for native English classes at grade levels 5 - 7. With low prep, just print and hang, it contains 10 reading passages about 10 of the most influential female writers in history.
The scavenger hunt is designed so that students have to revisit and reread the reading passages multiple times when looking for code words. The answer to each question is located on a different reading passage card. Once students have answered all the questions, they unscramble the letters to reveal the final answer - the name of the murderer.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
♥ 10 reading passages
♥ answer sheets
♥ mission page
♥ directions
♥ teacher answer key
♥ conclusion
This scavenger hunt includes short articles about:
♦ Jane Austen
♦ Charlotte Brontë
♦ Emily Dickinson
♦ Mary Shelley
♦ Virginia Woolf
♦ George Eliot
♦ Agatha Christie
♦ Harper Lee
♦ Louisa May Alcott
♦ Gertrude Stein
Options for use:
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First-Day Lesson Plan for American Literature: Poems about "America"
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This lesson was designed to be used on the first day of a year-long 11th-grade American Literature course. The lesson includes a poetry packet with 7 poems by diverse American authors. Each of the poems raises important questions about what "America" represents. A land of freedom and equality? A refuge for immigrants? A diverse and inclusive nation? Or a land with entrenched inequality? A saber-rattling evil empire?
Here is a list of the poems:
1. Ada Limón, "A New National Anthem" (2018) — our new Poet Laureate!
2. Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883)
3. Walt Whitman, "I Hear America Singing" (1860)
4. Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1923) — responding directly to Whitman!
5. Claude McKay, "America" (1921)
6. James Lasdun, "The Question" (2012) — is America "good or bad"?
7. Tony Hoagland, "America" (2003)
This resource also comes with a classwork packet that features discussion questions on the poems by Ada Limôn, Emma Lazarus, and Langston Hughes. The discussion questions come on three handouts, each of which contains 7 questions about a particular poem. Each handout also has a quick write where students can answer one of the questions in writing.
How might the concept of "America" represent a set of ideals and promises? Has this nation lived up to its ideals and promises? How might the idea of America be different from the reality?
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Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for resources on American literature. Every unit was designed by a Ph.D. with a research specialization in American literature. Feel free to check out these complete units on canonical texts by diverse American authors:
Complete Unit on Tommy Orange's There There
Complete Unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Complete Unit on Frederick Douglass's Narrative
Complete Unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Complete Unit on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
Complete Unit on Nella Larsen's Passing
Complete Unit on J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
Complete Unit on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Complete Unit on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
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Breaking Down Shakespeare's Quotes: A Fun and Interactive Activity!
By Inspired By MlG
Unlocking the Bard's brilliance: Break down Shakespeare's Quotes - Fun, Interactive & Educational!
Struggling to understand Shakespeare's quotes? This interactive activity makes it FUN for students of all grades (Middle & High School) to decode the meaning and connect it to their lives!
Here's how it works:
Benefits for Students (All Grades):
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Ready to bring Shakespeare to life? This activity is perfect for:
Don't wait! Start your students on their Shakespearean adventure today!
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Imagery Anchor chart Figurative Language Posters Practice
By Dotty's Printables
This Imagery Anchor Chart resource is designed to help students understand and identify different types of figurative language in literature. Each type of imagery is presented on a separate page for clarity, making it perfect for grades 5–12.
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This resource is perfect for classroom displays, group activities, or individual study, making learning about imagery fun and accessible!
Printable World Book day Jigsaw Puzzle Template - Fun Games Activities
By The Students Palace
Fun Book day Jigsaw Puzzle Template Puzzles is an engaging and creative activity pack designed for young learners. This unique resource combines the fun of jigsaw puzzles with the creativity of coloring pages. Children will delight in solving the jigsaw puzzles to reveal adorable images of Gratitude Lettering setting. After completing the puzzles, they can express their artistic skills by coloring the pictures in vibrant hues.
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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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Book Report Project Templates | Simple Book Review | Reading Response Sheets
By Innovative Classroom Ideas
Ensure children comprehend the content they are reading by using these worksheets for book reports. These enjoyable printable book report template pages are ideal for older children enrolled in second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classes. These book report forms, which require no prep, aid in making sure that readers comprehend the material they are reading. Just print the book report template, fill it out, and write down details about the book, such as the title, author, setting, main characters, the end, and more.
These book report templates are ideal for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers of students in grades 3 through 6. They require no preparation. Instead of staring at a blank page, children should practice writing, summarizing the main ideas of the book, and confirming that they understand what they are reading. This will help your early reader succeed! A book report form, such as these worksheets, can assist kids in recalling the key elements of the literature they read and help them create an engaging report on any book they have been reading.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream "Love Arrows" Graphic Organizer
By Language Arts Excellence
This is a graphic organizer for A Midsummer Night's Dream that helps students to track the highly confusing "love arrows" between the four young lovers. You can give this to students at the beginning of the play and ask them to track the love arrows as they read. My students have told me that this simple worksheet has helped them tremendously to keep the characters straight!
Answer key with brief explanations of arrow changes is also included for your reference.
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By Richard B Williams
This Bradbury "THE PEDESTRIAN" TEXT allows students to look at themselves, their relationships, and their society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 10th - 12th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Bradbury's The Pedestrian highlights Leonard Mead, in the year 2053 A.D., who takes nightly walks. He thinks about how much he enjoys being outside and walking in the quiet darkness, and how it does not matter which way he goes. Tonight, however, the police pull him over and question him. But, something else is wrong. Why are there no other people walking the streets? Why do the police continue to question him? Why are they driving by his house?
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, their world, and their life's journey.
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Hope Quote Emily Dickinson Coloring Bookmarks Poetry Activity for Teens DIY Gift
By Eden Digital Arts
Set of 4 coloring bookmarks with the quote from the poem by Emily Dickinson "Hope" is the thing with feathers to be used as low prep activity, gifts, early finishers, student rewards, additions to sub plans, and more.
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and smaller set 7" by 2"
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Hexagonal Thinking Activity | The Hobbit | Print and Go
By That German English Teacher
Transform your literature unit into an engaging and collaborative experience with this hexagonal thinking activity. This print-and-go resource is designed to enhance pre- and post-reading exploration and help students explore themes and ideas presented in the novel while reading.
This resource works perfectly with the complete workbook!
Key Features:
Dive deep into "The Hobbit" with a versatile hexagonal thinking activity that caters to pre- and post-reading experiences. Encourage students to explore connections and themes before delving into the narrative and afterward to deepen their understanding.
Spark meaningful discussions with 35 meticulously crafted hexagonal cards focusing on key themes and ideas from "The Hobbit." From heroism and friendship to the impact of greed, guide your students in exploring the rich tapestry of Tolkien's masterpiece.
Save valuable prep time with this hassle-free, print-and-go activity. Distribute the hexagonal cards to your students or groups, and watch as they actively engage in collaborative exploration.
Suitable for high school and middle school classrooms and homeschooling environments. Adapt the activity to your needs and class dynamics, fostering an inclusive and participatory learning experience.
This resource allows for:
Ensure that this lesson works for YOUR students by adjusting the terms on the cards. Use the additional ideas provided in the notes section or develop your own.
Seamlessly integrate into your lesson plans for a dynamic and engaging literature exploration. This activity can take 5 to 30 minutes, depending on how in-depth you want your students to go!
Foster a sense of collaboration and teamwork as students explore the interconnected themes of "The Hobbit."
Cultivate critical thinking skills through in-depth analysis and discussion.
Streamline your teaching process with a ready-to-use, time-efficient activity that maximizes student engagement.
Are you looking for additional resources? Check out this close reading activity!
❤️ Blank Plot Diagram Template Graphic Organizer Printable Worksheet Story Map
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Your elementary / middle / high school students will be able to complete ELA activities with engagement and no confusion, and they will use this template to help answer text-dependent writing questions or when writing notes. This Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer includes the following: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
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Reading Response Activity: Literature Lock Screens | Fiction | Literary Analysis
By Amanda Robinson
Are you searching for an engaging way for students to complete a literary analysis reading response activity? Stop your scroll! You'll love this printable reading response activity that combines an open-ended literary reponse with the element of creation and design--resulting in a deeper level of critical thinking and idea synthesis.
Students are invited to design and create the wallpaper for a phone lock screen based off of a text--any fictional text will work--and justify their design in writing.
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By Educate and Create
This is a 12 question quiz: 10 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions covering Act 1 of the play. Comes complete with answer key. Easy to give and easy to grade.
Making Inferences Graphic Organizers, Making Inferences Organizers
By Queen's Educational Resources
Making Inferences Graphic Organizers, Making Inferences Organizers
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These graphic organizers are completely differentiated and designed to support students in making inferences using any text under study. As they read, students are asked to write significant quotes from the text and make inferences. Two of the graphic organizers require students to write textual information, what they already know (Prior Knowledge), then make inferences.
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.
These graphic organizers can be used in whole group instruction, small group instruction, and with novel groups/literature circles. These graphic organizers can also be assigned as a "Purpose for Reading" during silent reading time, classwork, or homework! This can also be used as part of a larger lesson!
Lesson plans are not included. These these graphic organizers 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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By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 20-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handout, reading quiz, and discussion questions will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!!
Hold your students accountable for completing the homework by beginning class with a quick reading quiz. Then facilitate a dynamic discussion that motivates students to become attached to the thrill generating shared knowledge. Challenge students to explicate textual details using a wide range of interpretive lenses: formalist, psychoanalytic, cultural studies, etc.
Here are some highlights from this 20-page unit:
• Pre-Reading Handout: Hemingway's Prose Style: Hemingway was the writer who invented the prose style that we now refer to as "literary minimalism." This handout gives an account of Hemingway's "theory of omission" as well as the specific techniques that he used to make his stories resonate with meanings hidden just beneath the surface. This handout also explains why Hemingway's stories are so great for cultivating skills in close reading. (1 page)
• Reading Quiz: The reading quiz contains 10 questions focused on important details from the plot of "Hills Like White Elephants." Grading this quiz is simple and quick. Answer key included. (2 pages)
• Discussion Question Handout: One double-sided handout featuring 12 discussion questions on Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." The discussion questions are the divided into 5 sections, each of which focuses on a different literary element or theme: characterization, setting, symbolism, etc. As with all of my resources, the discussion questions are the beating heart of this lesson plan. Every question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! (2 pages)
• Discussion Question Answer Key: This unit features a detailed answer key that's informed by the best scholarly essays on "Hills Like White Elephants." But please note that there is rarely a single "correct" answer for any question. Rather, the discussions questions are 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! (6 pages)
• Quick Write: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paragraph on Hemingway's wonderfully complex story. Let students choose one of the discussion questions and build out paragraph-length interpretation. (1 page)
My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the units feature rigorous, content-rich lessons guaranteed to boost your students' close-reading and critical-thinking skills. What distinguishes this unit is how the discussion questions and writing assignment are designed to help student arrive at an abundance of interpretive insights!!
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Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for resources on American literature. Every unit was designed by a Ph.D. in English with a research specialization in American literature. Feel free to check out these complete units on canonical texts by diverse American authors:
Complete Unit on Tommy Orange's There There
Complete Unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Complete Unit on Frederick Douglass's Narrative
Complete Unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Complete Unit on Nella Larsen's Passing
Complete Unit on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
Complete Unit on J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
Complete Unit on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
Complete Unit on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye