"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well
Symbolism and Traditional Literary Symbols
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Symbolism Bundle 130+ Pages/Slides of Materials
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Shakespearean Drama, Five Act Structure: Graphic Organizer, Notes, Plot Pyramid
Includes:
One page Student Notes Handout on the Freytag Pyramid and the structure of five acts in a drama
Double Sided Graphic Organizer for ANY 5 Act Play.
Use with- Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othel
Conflict is essential to any literary text. We all love that "drama"! Help your students recognize how internal and external conflict function in that way with this conflict teaching pack that works with ANY literary text at many different levels.
Included in this pack:
- a lesson plan with common
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Movie vs. The Novel Common Core Activities
The Catching Fire movie is almost here! If you plan to take your students to see it OR wish to give them a homework or extra credit assignment, this download has numerous activities that are ready to go right now! My packe
These digital poetry analysis worksheets are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig deeper and closely read a poem. Get ready for National Poetry Month!! They are designed for use with Google Drive! They are interactive, bright, and engag
After you’ve finished reading Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar, help your students recall 15 different characters and understand the web of deceit being spun by the conspirators. By filling in the flow chart either in teams of two or as a solo activity, students will be forced
A reproducable format for evaluating short stories. Asks basic story questions on the first page (plot, characterization, theme, etc.), and then uses the back page for specific literary term identification within the story. Simply delect or have students "x"-out the terms not covered for that partic
APPLICABLE FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH CLASSES READY-TO-PRINT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER WORKSHEET ANSWER KEY WITH TEXTUAL REFERENCES INCLUDED Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay, "Letter From Birmingham Jail," is the perfect text to teach the Rogerian Argument model. This worksheet prompts students to condu
Divergent Flipbook: A Close Reading of the Faction Manifestos
This product includes a flipbook for students to create that will assist them in evaluating the different faction manifestos as they appear in Divergent. Students will enjoy this unique assessment while also practice citing textual evi
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Literary Conflict Unit Resources and Materials
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Literary Conflict PowerPoint
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This valuable ELA High Order Thinking Bundle Set contains 80+ Pages
As part of our school initiate, I've had the opportunity to both meet with literacy experts (reading clinicians, psychologists, resource teachers, experienced elementary teachers, and reading recovery teachers), and attend workshops facilitated by literacy gurus. Using the information I gather
#RipVanWinkle #WashintonIrving #AmericanRomanticism
When your students indulge in the story that put American Romanticism on the map, this Rip Van Winkle Mini-Unit can help with comprehension and real-world relations that grasp your students' attention!
Included in this lesson:
~City-Living vs.
The Knife of Never Letting Go (by Patrick Ness, book one of the Chaos Walking trilogy) Common Core Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit: This literature guide contains both student and teacher files with the following activities and assessments:• The Knife of Never Letting Go Common Core Chapter Dis
This one-page guide will have you ready to design your next lapbooking or notebooking unit! Select a topic, theme, or book title and begin brainstorming all the related subjects and activities. Note your resources and materials, and you're ready to springboard into a fun thematic unit!
Tackle Chapter 2 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's American classic The Great Gatsby with these activities that will challenge your students to go beyond comprehension and into critical thinking.
This 4-page PDF gets you two separate activities for Chapter 2:
-Valley of Ashes Analysis
-Daisy & Myrtle C
Grades 9-12-
Teach your students how to use close reading strategies to improve reading comprehension and written analysis. This gradual release method will encourage your students to completely rethink how they view themselves as a readers.
-Students will begin by completing and discussing their
Differentiated Main Idea Graphic Organizers - 4 total
Can be used for nonfiction and fiction text.
Can be reverted to Word to add text.
Great for learning stations, leveled groups, guided reading, and more!
Students get up and move around, working with a partner to choose a text from a set then learning about literary criticism and applying certain theories to their text. This activity introduces students to the idea of literary criticism and lets the teacher choose short texts (or use the ones include
Teaching Conflict Types in Literature
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Literary Conflict Unit Resources and PowerPoint Bundle 120+ Pages and Slides
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This English Language Arts Unit Resource comes with a Rigorous 11 Page Introductory
This is a graphic organizer I use to teach how an author develops a character throughout a piece of literature . It is an effective tool that helps students identify the motivating desire of a character and how the rising action shapes said desire in a text. I have had great success with this method
These graphic organizers are designed to be used inside the classroom or inside a computer lab.
Materials Needed:
Printer Access
Internet Acces
Note: If your school does not have access to printers or the internet, get creative and allow the kids to draw their own meme or use old magazines!
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This chart makes for an engaging activity that creatively meshes reading and writing standards together. Students have the opportunity to evaluate 18 pieces of evidence from the text in relation to a given claim about Ishmael Beah.
Selecting which pieces of evidence "support" the claim may come ea