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This product bundles Speed Dating/ Small Group Discussion questions for 4 different dramas. For each play you'll get 12 discussion questions, a reflection, and a rubric. In my class, we read these in small lit circle groups. Buy them as a bundle to save $! Please check out each product individually.

"Speed Dating" is a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion. Students have a set amount of time to discuss a question with their partner, then quickly move onto the next partner and question. This product includes directions and 12 "big idea" discussion questions for Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire" There are questions about plot, characters, conflict, theme, setting, and marginalization in the text. I have also included a reflection question as a ticket out the door for

"Speed Dating" is a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion. Students have a set amount of time to discuss a question with their partner, then quickly move onto the next partner and question. This product includes directions and 12 "big idea" discussion questions for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. There are questions about plot, characters, conflict, theme, and marginalization in the text. I have also included a reflection question as a ticket out the door for after the activit

"Speed Dating" is a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion. Students have a set amount of time to discuss a question with their partner, then quickly move onto the next partner and question. This product includes directions and 12 "big idea" discussion questions for The Glass Menagerie by August Wilson. There are questions about plot, conflict, symbolism, characters, and marginalization in the text. I have also included a reflection question as a ticket out the door for after the ac

"Speed Dating" is a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion. Students have a set amount of time to discuss a question with their partner, then quickly move onto the next partner and question. This product includes directions and 12 "big idea" discussion questions for Fences by August Wilson. There are questions about plot, conflict, symbolism, characters, and marginalization in the text. I have also included a reflection question as a ticket out the door for after the activity. Final

Are you looking for a different way to encourage your students to analyze the characters in The Great Gatsby? Sociograms are visual representations of the relationships among characters in a literary text. Students can make use of pictures, symbols, shapes, colors, and line styles to illustrate these relationships. In order to prepare this activity for your students, you simply have to provide each student with a large piece of paper and assign them one of the 5 main characters in the text (Dai

This resource bundles all 5 of my store's activities and Assessments for The Great Gatsby! Please check out each resource individually at the links below. Rubrics are provided for each assignment. Please help my little business grow!Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My Purchases" under "My Account" at TpT. Thank you!

Thank you so much for your interest in this small group Morality Scales Classwork Analysis Activity!  I recommend completing this activity after students have read chapters 1-5 or 6 of the text, although you could incorporate it wherever you deem appropriate.  In order to prepare, you simply have to arrange your students in groups of 3-4 and provide them with a copy of the Morality Scale.  You can copy OR project the directions.  Give them time to discuss and make their initial assessments of t

Thank you so much for your interest in this Poetry Pairings assignment for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby!      There are 3 parts to this assignment that will be implemented over multiple class periods.  First, students will receive a poetry packet for one of the main characters: Nick, Jordan, Tom, or Daisy.  They will read and annotate 4 poems for poetic elements and a connection to the character.        Next they’ll choose one of the 4 poems to explore further and write about in

Who is Jay Gatsby? Students will work together to answer this question by creating a CSI- style detective board! This resource includes directions, guiding questions to help students decide what to include on their board, a reflection, and a rubric for the whole activity! My students had a blast working together to complete this task. I recommend doing this activity early on in the text; we did it right after chapter 4. Thanks for looking! Please help my little business grow!Did you know tha

This product bundles ALL of my shop's Holocaust- related resources together. Please check out each product individually using the links below. Thank you! Please help my little business grow!Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My Purchases" under "My Account" at TpT. Thank you!

This product includes 10 text-based analysis questions for chapters 7-12 of James McBride's The Color of Water. I put my students in groups of 4 and place the stack of questions in the center of the table. Students take turns answering the questions and responding to each other's comments. I've included a rubric for teacher use or student self-assessment. Interested in other resources for The Color of Water? Check out this Bundle! The Color of Water Bundle of ResourcesPlease help my littl

This bundle packages 5 products that will help your students read, understand, and analyze James McBride's The Color of Water. Please check out each product individually at the links below! Please help my little business grow!Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My Purchases" under "My Account" at TpT. Thank you!

This product will help your students read and analyze Ruth McBride Jordan's obituary after reading James McBride's The Color of Water. The text is chunked into 11 different sections and each part has a corresponding question. The questions require students to examine the rhetorical choices of the writer as well as make connections to The Color of Water. For me, it's a lovely way to pay tribute to Ruth and her legacy as a way of giving this unit closure. It's in a Google Doc, so you can either

This Write the Room analysis activity will push your students to deeply analyze chapters 13-18 of James McBride's The Color of Water. Paste the questions onto larger chart or construction paper and place/ hang them around your classroom. Have your students rotate and write their answers on the poster! Please help my little business grow!Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My

This Google Doc helps students analyze the Epilogue and Afterword to James McBride's The Color of Water. Print out the 8 question document or post it to your Google Classroom! A suggested answer key is included. Please help my little business grow!Did you know that you can receive $ credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing this product? Please leave a review at the product page or through "My Purchases" under "My Account" at TpT. Thank you!

This Google doc helps students analyze Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron". You can print the doc or have students complete it digitally. I've included the full text of the piece on the left side of the doc and chunked it to correspond to 20 analysis questions on the right. Students will answer questions on symbolism, imagery, figurative language, characterization, tone, foreshadowing, syntax, word choice, and theme. An answer key is included for your convenience. I use this as part

This Lyrics as Literature mini unit addresses the Essential Question: Is it possible to separate art from a problematic artist? First students will read and analyze an NPR article published immediately after the concept film's release in 2010. They'll analyze it for tone, context, and point of view. I've included annotation directions and the full article. Next they'll watch the clean, edited version of the short film on YouTube with profanity edited out. They'll analyze the film though a

This resource includes multiple activities for the inspiring Holocaust movie The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, produced by The Hallmark Hall of Fame. The movie is a World War II drama about Catholic Christian social worker Irena Sendler who saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish babies and young children in the Warsaw ghetto. Using fake identification to pass herself off as a nurse, Irena was able to enter and exit the ghetto at will, which allowed her to develop an operation for smuggling the c

On January 28th, 1985, dozens of the time period’s most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity song for African famine relief. Setting stylistic differences and egos aside, they collaborated on a song that would make history. This documentary, which debuted at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, examines how the song came to be, who was involved, and the implications of the recording. This Doc (printable OR digital) asks students 9 thought-provoking questions for during and