Literature Workbooks

This 180-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The colorful workbooks will enable you to capture and hold the attention of modern-day students. The higher-order questions will help you pivot from reading comprehension to interpretive analysis and critical thinking. Deliver top-quality lessons while inspiring students to fall in love with Shakespeare's Hamlet!!

Every page in this teacher-friendly unit is fully editable! So you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! The unit also includes an answer key filled with insights from Shakespeare scholars at universities like Harvard and Cambridge. Your students will be reading like a professor!

Here's what you'll find in this editable 180-page complete unit:

• Introduction to Shakespeare's World: The 30-page introduction includes five handouts covering topics like Shakespeare's biography, the language of Renaissance England, the construction of the Globe Theater, how to recognize iambic pentameter, and more. Every handout is followed by a comprehension check, practice exercise, or quiz. You could spend up to a week with the introductory handouts — or skip them altogether. Answer keys included. (30 pages)

• STUDENT WORKBOOKS on Hamlet: The 50-page workbook features rigorous & highly engaging worksheets on every scene in Hamlet. 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 worksheets are guaranteed to foster skills in close reading, thoughtful analysis, and lively discussion. They will have your students feeling genuinely excited to study Shakespeare every day! (50 pages)

• Workbook ANSWER KEYS: 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: Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard), Marjorie Garber (Harvard), Philip Fisher (Harvard), Coppélia Kahn (Brown), Dympna Callaghan (Syracuse), A. C. Bradley (Oxford), Frank Kermode (Cambridge), Michael Neill (Auckland), and many others. (50 pages)

• Figurative Language Quiz: The quiz challenges students to identify 8 types of figurative language — metaphor, simile, metonymy, paradox, oxymoron, personification, apostrophe, and hyperbole — used across 25 quotations from Hamlet. Also included is a glossary with definitions of the types of figurative language as well as examples of how they're used in the early scenes of Shakespeare's play — so you can begin reviewing the types of figurative language with students before they tackle the quiz. Answer key included. (5 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Let students choose from one of 5 thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop a topic of their own. Writing schedule, outline template, and rubric included. (8 pages)

• Pacing Guide: The pacing guide provides suggestions about which scenes to assign for homework to make sure the nightly workload is manageable while each class session is maximally productive. (2 pages)

This unit is hot off the presses! It was created in 2024 and is informed by the most recent academic scholarship on Hamlet. While the colorful worksheets will make it highly engaging for all students, the unit was also designed to have more than enough rigor for Honors, IB, and AP Literature courses. What a great time to revitalize your approach to this complex play!

The entire 180-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Microsoft Word *and* PDF. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize them to 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 in PDF format — which is easy to navigate and quick to print.

Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for top-quality units on canonical literary texts by diverse authors. Inspire students to arrive at a whole new depth of insight while falling in love with Shakespeare!

Happy teaching!

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Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing

INTRO TO SHAKESPEARE: Biography, Globe Theater, Language, & Meter

These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains ten close reading activities about inspirational female figures from history and four biography writing units. Ideal for emergency sub plans in fifth grade or sixth grade.

26 Lessons, or 26 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are ten reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:

• Marie Curie
• Rosa Parks
• Mother Teresa
• Ruby Bridges
• Anne Frank
• Cleopatra
• J.K. Rowling
• Serena Williams
• Greta Thunberg
• Amelia Earhart

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Then, there are four biography writing units about Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, J.K. Rowling and Marie Curie. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately an hour each.

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• Distance Learning Resources
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NEED AN IDEA FOR A LITERARY QUIZ? Or just don't have the time to make one up? Here is a quick and easy quiz to ensure students are learning their words!

This packet is a literature response to Amber Brown is Not a Crayon. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. This book is at a Level N. Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed- - Predicting - Visualizing - Short Answer Response - Questioning - Story Mapping - Grammar - Character Analysis - Text Connections - Compare and Contrast

This literature guide features a comprehensive mini-unit for Edgar Allan Poe's tale of terror and torture, The Pit and the Pendulum, now digital to support distance learning. The guide provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of sensory details, literary elements, figurative language, and symbolism. A full answer key is provided in a separate file for teacher use. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so the wide range of activities in this literature guide will keep your students engaged and help them to gain a deep understanding of one of the most horrifying tales in American literature

Product Includes:

• Detailed instructions to access documents through Google Drive
• Anticipation Guide - "Creative Quick-Write"
• Vocabulary Worksheet
• Sensory Detail Chart
• Sensory Detail Analysis Open Response
• Comprehension Questions
• Literary Elements Chart
• Figurative Language Worksheet
• Symbolism Activity
• Snap-Chatter Worksheet
• Essay Questions
• Full Teacher Answer Key

This resource is completely paperless and requires students to have Google Drive accounts.

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Check out these great resources for your study of The Pit & the Pendulum:

⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide (original paper version)

⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Sensory Detail Activities

⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Socratic Seminar

More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:

⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint

⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Crossword Puzzle

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle

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This Edgar Allan Poe "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO" TEXT allows students to look at themselves, their relationships, and their society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 6th - 11th Graders will love this short work and editable resource. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" highlights Montresor and Fortunato at a carnival. As they celebrate through the night, they discuss the lineage of their families as they go on a search for a vintage Amontillado wine. In a dark, musty catacomb reality sets in. Montresor wants revenge. Why? What has Fortunato done? And, why is only one of these gentlemen leaving the catacomb alone? Where's the other man?

Your students will look at themselves, their relationships, and their society.

This Product Includes:

1. Short Narrative Prose

(a) Colored Version

(b) Black & White Version

(c) Audio and Visual Versions

(d) ***NEW*** STUDENT COVER PAGE (to assign as workbook)

(e) ***NEW*** SUGGESTED USES (includes how to use L.A.P. Charts video)

(f) ***NEW*** LITERARY ANALYSIS PARITICPATION (L.A.P.) CHART,

VOCABULARY CHART, and NOTES PAGE

You may also appreciate:

• WINTER DREAMS [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• HIGH HORSE GOES COURTING [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• THE OPEN WINDOW [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE [TASK CARDS]
• THE SNIPER [TASK CARDS]
• A WORN PATH [TASK CARDS]

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Reading Response Journal Prompts for student's daily reading time.

Do you want to increase your students' retention of what they are reading? Journaling is a great way to encourage them to reflect about what they've read.

A Reader's Journey ~ This is a FULL YEAR Reading Journal notebook for students. If you're looking for EASY TO USE reading journals put together in a student friendly format of graphic organizers, then this is the journal that you're looking for! Topics include:

Identifying Parts of Speech

Making Predictions

Character Studies

Time Period Studies

Fact vs. Fiction

Setting

Venn Diagrams

Radio Commercials

Problem Solving

Synonyms/Antonyms

Comic Strips

Book Reviews

Quote Reactions

AND MORE!

Students complete daily activities as they focus on learning more from what they read. This is a great resource for a reading class!!

Can be printed in color OR black & white.

Enhance your "Animal Farm" novel study with this comprehensive workbook. Designed for middle and high school students, this workbook is the ultimate companion to George Orwell's classic allegory. This resource equips educators with everything needed for a successful novel study, from pre-reading activities to guided chapter notes, multiple writing prompts, and complete answer keys.

Engage your students with purposeful pre-reading activities:
Lay a solid foundation with pre-reading activities that cover essential vocabulary and background knowledge about Orwell and the context in which "Animal Farm" was written. These activities help students connect with the story before diving into the text.

Master the chapters with guided notes:

Guide your students through each chapter with detailed notes emphasizing comprehension, literary analysis, and transfer skills. These notes help students identify key themes, character development, and important events throughout the novel.

Thought-provoking writing prompts:
Encourage deeper thinking and creativity with multiple writing prompts that require students to analyze the text, explore symbolism, and discuss the themes of "Animal Farm." This section includes a peer grading rubric to promote collaborative learning.

Time-saving answer key:
Save time with a complete answer key that provides detailed explanations for all workbook activities, ensuring you have everything needed to guide students through the novel study.

A NOVEL STUDY for A PLACE TO HANG THE MOON based on the book by Kate Albus.

This 73 page Novel Study includes highly engaging and comprehensive questions and activities that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

This is a NO-PREP resource that has been created with questions and activities following the order of the book. Students will be able to respond to each section after they have read it. Teachers can use this resource as either an independent work packet for students or as a guide to questions and discussion whilst working alongside students. Students will cover a wide range of Curriculum Standards in context.

This novel study is ideal as an independent activity or follow-up to the book.

AN ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED

Activities include:

Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context. Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view. Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme. Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses. Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work and morphology. Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story. 3 non-fiction passages with questions – World War 2, Evacuees and Civilians Who Helped Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story including diary writing and personal narrative. Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative. Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues. All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

"The Copycat Kid" by Sally Rippen is part of the Billie B. Brown series. This file contains comprehension questions for each chapter of the book and vocabulary questions. It has an Accelerated Reading level of 2.6. If you have suggestions or want to ask any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by email, mrleeslearners1@gmail.com About the story There is a new girl in Billie's class and Billie has been asked to be her buddy. Being the new girl's buddy is a very important job, but what happens when the new girl starts to copy everything Billie does? Other Billie B. Brown Book Studies Billie B. Brown: The Extra-Special Helper By Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Secret Message by Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Birthday Mix-up by Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Soccer Star by Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Big Sister by Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Beautiful Haircut by Sally Rippin Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Little Lie by Sally Rippen Book Study Billie B. Brown: The Second-best Friend by Sally Rippen Book Study *** How to get TeachShare credits to use on future purchases *** Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button, click it and you will be taken to a page where you can leave a quick rating and a short comment about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you provide feedback, you’ll earn TeachShare credits that can be applied to future purchases to save you money! Plus, the feedback you provide helps me make my products better suit your needs! *** How To Follow My Store *** Click the green star beside my name at the top of this page OR at the top of my store page. Following me notifies you when I post a new item and you will receive customized email updates about my store.

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! 

Happy teaching!

Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.

adamjernigan@gmail.com

P.S. Remember to “follow” my store to receive email updates on new products by Rigorous Resources. New products will be 50% OFF for the first 24 hours!

Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing

INTRO TO SHAKESPEARE: Biography, Globe Theater, Language, & Meter

A biography writing project about the famous English author, J. K. Rowling. Perfect for students learning about Harry Potter. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is great for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn about the famous figure whilst working on their comprehension skills and developing their creative writing.

Included in this PDF printable resource:

• Three fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs

• Writing templates for four draft paragraphs

• Two prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusion

• A template for students to write up their neat biography text

• A crossword puzzle & wordsearch activity to consolidate learning

If you would like to add another lesson, download the J.K. Rowling Reading Comprehension Activity. This would give the students more background knowledge before they start writing the biography.

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This resource is great for:

• In class learning

• Independent work

• Homework

• Creative writing sessions

• Assessment practice

• Emergency sub plans

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The first lesson is interactive and involves students cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the students need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the third lesson children need to choose the most important facts and include these in an introduction; after this they need to answer several questions on a prompt sheet before writing up their conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before writing up their work on to a neat copy on the template provided.

For a digital version of this resource that can be completed on tablets and computers check out the J.K. Rowling 5th Grade & 6th Grade Biography Writing Unit | Digital & Print.

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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.

Whether you are reading this book whole-class, as a book club or individually, this packet can be differentiated to fit your needs. - Character List --> Spot to put in all major characters along with a definition and a picture -Text Connections - available for all 22 chapters. Spot for students to write in the type of connection - Summarizing - 3 scaffolded levels of Summarizing. Customizable for all 22 chapters. Place for chapter number and title, keywords and leveled summarizing. Level 1 --> Keywords provided and a place for pictures. Level 2 --> No keywords but place for pictures for beginning, middle and end. Level 3 --> Full paragraph summary, complete with self-editing on the bottom

This Edgar Allan Poe "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO" TEXT allows students to look at themselves, their relationships, and their society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 6th - 11th Graders will love this short work and editable resource. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" highlights Montresor and Fortunato at a carnival. As they celebrate through the night, they discuss the lineage of their families as they go on a search for a vintage Amontillado wine. In a dark, musty catacomb reality sets in. Montresor wants revenge. Why? What has Fortunato done? And, why is only one of these gentlemen leaving the catacomb alone? Where's the other man?

Your students will look at themselves, their relationships, and their society.

This Product Includes:

1. Short Narrative Prose

(a) Colored Version

(b) Black & White Version

(c) Audio and Visual Versions

(d) ***NEW*** STUDENT COVER PAGE (to assign as workbook)

(e) ***NEW*** SUGGESTED USES (includes how to use L.A.P. Charts video)

(f) ***NEW*** LITERARY ANALYSIS PARITICPATION (L.A.P.) CHART,

VOCABULARY CHART, and NOTES PAGE

You may also appreciate:

• WINTER DREAMS [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• HIGH HORSE GOES COURTING [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• THE OPEN WINDOW [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
• AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE [TASK CARDS]
• THE SNIPER [TASK CARDS]
• A WORN PATH [TASK CARDS]

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Please consider checking out the other EDUCATIONAL materials and resources in my store.

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Are you looking for ways to encourage your students to read in your classroom or at your school? This bundle has everything that you need!

Encourage reading with little competition in the Dewey Decimal Reading Race. Students earn racing points and move along the race track by reading books from different Dewey categories.

Create a new book report experience and add student work to you classroom with the Word Cube Book Reports. This one includes an electronic scoring rubric with formulas already calculated!

Encourage reading and comprehension by using the 180-day A Reader's Journey ~ A Reading Journal!! 180 days worth of reading journal topics. Includes page documentation, title and author information, and a journal prompt to reflect on what students have read for the day.

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Enhance your "Animal Farm" novel study with this comprehensive workbook. Designed for middle and high school students, this workbook is the ultimate companion to George Orwell's classic allegory. This resource equips educators with everything needed for a successful novel study, from pre-reading activities to guided chapter notes, multiple writing prompts, and complete answer keys.

Engage your students with purposeful pre-reading activities:
Lay a solid foundation with pre-reading activities that cover essential vocabulary and background knowledge about Orwell and the context in which "Animal Farm" was written. These activities help students connect with the story before diving into the text.

Master the chapters with guided notes:

Guide your students through each chapter with detailed notes emphasizing comprehension, literary analysis, and transfer skills. These notes help students identify key themes, character development, and important events throughout the novel.

Thought-provoking writing prompts:
Encourage deeper thinking and creativity with multiple writing prompts that require students to analyze the text, explore symbolism, and discuss the themes of "Animal Farm." This section includes a peer grading rubric to promote collaborative learning.

Time-saving answer key:
Save time with a complete answer key that provides detailed explanations for all workbook activities, ensuring you have everything needed to guide students through the novel study.

This workbook is:

• Curriculum Aligned:

Seamlessly integrated into your curriculum, meeting educational standards with ease.

• Student-Centric Learning:

Elevate student comprehension and literary analysis skills through engaging and meaningful activities.

• Versatile and Easy to Use:

Tailored for both students and teachers, ensuring a user-friendly experience for everyone.

• Ideal for Classroom and Homeschool Use:

Perfect for both traditional classrooms and homeschool settings, offering a flexible and adaptable resource for any learning environment.

Looking for additional resources? Check out these character slides to help students track character development further. Or grab these classroom posters to get your room ready for the unit!

About Billie B. Brown

'Billie B. Brown' is a series of illustrated chapter books for reluctant and emerging readers written by Sally Rippin. The ‘Billie B. Brown' Series is full of down-to-earn, realistic stories, with word art or illustration on every second page and no more than 50 words per page.

In the bonus section you will find the document that has all of the worksheets together as one file. If you have suggestions or want to ask any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by email, mrleeslearners1@gmail.com

Included in this bundle are the comprehension worksheets for:

The Beautiful Haircut

Billie is the best hairdresser ever. She likes to style her dolls' hair, but real hairdressers cut hair, too.

The Birthday Mix-up

Billie's party is going to be the best ever, with lots of fun things planned. Now, she just has to wait for her friends to show up.

The Soccer Star

When the boys won't let Billie play soccer with them, Billie disguises herself as a boy and proves that girls can play soccer, too.

The Little Lie

Billie broke her arm, and it is going to be the best story ever for Show and Tell, especially if she adds in a crocodile.

The Secret Message

Billie and a friend find a tiny bottle at the beach and imagine what's inside. Could there be a secret message from a pirate?

The Big Sister

Billie's mom is having a baby, and Billie can't wait to give the baby her favorite teddy.

The Extra-Special Helper

Billie's class is on a field trip to the zoo, and Billie's job is helper.

The Second-best Friend

Billie has always been best friends with Jack, but when Rebecca wants to be her best friend, too, Billie is afraid she will have to choose.

The Copycat Kid **New Added July 8**

There is a new girl in Billie's class and Billie has been asked to be her buddy. Being the new girl's buddy is a very important job, but what happens when the new girl starts to copy everything Billie does?

Each book has a two page worksheet that includes questions from the each chapter and vocabulary.

Billie B. Brown Books To Be Added

The Bad Butterfly

The Midnight Feast

The Spotty Vacation

The Deep End

The Night Fright

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These student workbooks feature everything you'll need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. These workbooks, with their colorful design and rigorous content, are guaranteed to have your students falling in love with Shakespeare's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers!

Every page of these teacher-friendly workbooks is fully editable. So 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 and insightful answer key! The answer keys are brimming with interpretative expertise from leading Shakespeare scholars who teach at universities like Harvard, Yale, 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 features brief summaries of every scene in the play. It also 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. (3 pages)

• STUDENT WORKBOOKS on Much Ado About Nothing: The 50-page workbook features highly engaging worksheets on every scene in Shakespeare's Much Ado. 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), René Girard (Stanford), Harry Berger (Yale), Carol Cook (Vassar), Dympna Callaghan (Syracuse), Emma Smith (Oxford), Farah Karim-Cooper (King’s College London), Indira Ghose (Fribourg), 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 Much Ado. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I love hearing from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature! 

Happy teaching!

Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.

adamjernigan@gmail.com

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Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing

INTRO TO SHAKESPEARE: Biography, Globe Theater, Language, & Meter

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