Shooting an Elephant {Digital & PDF}
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This resource provides the materials to form literature circles for students to work together, understand and enjoy the essays “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell and "The Night the Bed Fell" by James Thurber. Students will think about what they read, write responses to these essays in their disPrice $10.00Original Price $12.00Save $2.00
This bundle of Core Knowledge 7th Grade ELA curriculum covers many of the of the key components of the Core Knowledge 7th Grade English sequence, pages 175-179.I. Writing, Grammar and Usage (p. 175) B. Speaking and Listening Better Communication Skills Teaching Listening Skills TeachingPrice $45.27Original Price $50.30Save $5.03
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This resource provides the materials to form literature circles for students to work together, understand and enjoy the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. Students will think about what they read, write responses to this essay in their discussion logs, and will discuss their ideas in small groups with other students. Along with teacher directions for five to seven fifty-five minute lessons, it includes the following:
- Timeline of George Orwell’s Life
- "Shooting an Elephant” Word Account
- Student Examples from a Word Account
- Discussion Log Directions
- Evaluation of Discussion Log (editable)
- Guidelines for Literature Circle Discussion
- Prompts to Help Your LC Move Along
- Basic Structure of Your Literature Circle Discussion
- Evaluation of Discussion (editable)
- Literature Circle Calendar (editable)
- Teacher Guiding Questions “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell
- Student Examples from a Word Account
- "Shooting an Elephant” Test
- Answer Key
Along with PDF copies, you will also be given access to links that will allow you to open the unit handouts, rubrics, and test in Google Slides. You can edit these as you like and share the files with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for students who prefer to answer the questions by hand. You can also view and print a student’s completed version of the slides.
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