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Students will closely read the pivotal fight scene between Tybalt, Mercutio and Romeo. They will work together to shorten the scene into 15 lines or less without changing any of Shealespeare's words. Their job is to pick the most important lines from the scene. They will then act out the shortened fight scene in front of the class.

These various activities and worksheets give students the ability to analyze Tennessee Williams's critique of his societal expectations in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Students will examine expectations of family, wealth, race, and gender through close readings of the text with strong evidence to back up their conclusions. It also includes a vocabulary bundle with activities, homework and a final quote analysis test on the play. As a bonus, it includes a small final writing assignment in which studen

This is a 24 question multiple-choice reading quiz for the entire book. It includes general reading questions and significant quotes from the entire novel. This can be used to monitor students' close reading of the text. There is an answer key on the last page of the quiz/test. This has been used for high school students after reading the text independently over a summer, winter, or spring break.

This includes various quick 5 question reading checks for Antigone up to page 35. These have been used as 5 question 5 minute timed reading checks for student comprehension. Each page includes the same 5 questions to be cut up into three different handouts for the reading check. The questions can also be used for general guided reading questions too. These reading checks have been used with IB/MYP high school classes.

A graphic organizer for groups to gather evidence from Coates's Between the World and Me to draw conclusions as to what his message is through the repetition of the body. On the second page, there's a handout for another activity to share theme statements developed from the evidence and used for a gallery walk around the room.

Is Juliet an independent woman? Or is she easily controlled by men? Students will use the graphic organizer to include direct evidence from the play, a translation of the text into their own words and an explanation of their evidence as it supports their argument about Juliet. Students can either use this as an independent class assignment, and they can also use this as a preparation for a fully class debate.