This is an excerpt from "An American Childhood" by Annie Dillard.
The story is chunked by paragraph with reading comprehension questions following each paragraph.
The paragraphs are also separated by lines in order to track student reading accuracy.
My students loved this. I hope yours will too.
9th - 12th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
A great supplement to your Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month Lessons.
A 10 Slide PowerPoint which contains:
The house where he was born
A picture of his Father
A picture of his Wife
Rosa Parks and the where she sat on the bus
Gandhi - MLK's inspiration
A picture of the March on Washington
2 of the colleges he attended: Morehouse and Crozer Theological Seminary
The video clip is a 20 minute compilation of 9 news clips from 1982-1999 which reflect on the life of Martin Luther King
3 Versions of the novel 12 Years a Slave.
(Each book has its own numbering)
Version 1: The novel itself. The Table of Contents has hyperlinks to the corresponding chapters.
(pg 2 - pg 145)
Version 2: The novel, medium print size, double spaced with a column for your students can take notes between each line and on the side.
(pg 146 - pg 450)
Version 3: The novel, large print, double spaced with a column for your students can take notes between each line and on the side.
(pg 450 - pg 1007)
3 Versions of the novel The Scarlet Letter.
(Each book has its own numbering)
Version 1: The novel itself. The Table of Contents has hyperlinks to the corresponding chapters.
Version 2: The novel, medium print size, double spaced with a column for your students can take notes between each line and on the side.
Version 3: The novel, large print, double spaced with a column for your students can take notes between each line and on the side.
This is 1 file with different sections. Once yo
In this game the definition or example of a literary term is given and the students will guess the term letter by letter until time runs out.
For example:
Time and Place of Story
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a fun review as a whole class game or you can divide the class into teams.
Complete with Sound
Students have a good time Guessing
Terms include:
Setting, Characterization, Conflict, Onomatopoeia, Simile, Metaphor, and few more.
15 questions in all