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Common Core RI.9-10.4 literature circles
The Book Thief Novel Study
The Book Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials with over 100+ resources for teaching The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. The Book Thief Novel Study Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:34 Literary Analysis Assignments34 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-
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8th - 11th
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RIOT! - The Small Group Reading Game
It's a reading game...It's a card game...It's a small group game!RIOT! is the perfect game to get students who never read in class to read out loud and love it! Your students will ask to play this game whenever it's time to read the class text. It can be even played with both fiction and non-fiction! It's also a great way to liven up literature circles.Game OverviewThe game is best played in groups of 4-5 with each group getting one of the provided printable RIOT! card decks. As students play th
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6th - 10th
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Long Way Down Novel Study
The Long Way Down Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this popular book. The Long Way Down Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 60+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this unit. The literary analysis r
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8th - 9th
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Of Mice and Men Novel Study
This amazing bundle is a COMPREHENSIVE 5-week set of instructional materials for teaching Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. With over 70+ Common Core aligned resources, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills through close-reading analyses, argumentative writing, background knowledge-building activities and pre-reading lessons, a project that connects the novel to an inquiry of the American Dream, vocabulary, assessments, text-based essays, and more. The sui
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7th - 12th
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Holocaust Research Unit Literature and Writing EDITABLE
This exhaustive unit contains EVERYTHING you need to teach the Holocaust while integrating reading, research, and writing! Reframe the way you teach the Holocaust in English and/or Social Studies while creating advanced readers, thinkers, speakers, and listeners! The design of the unit could be used in one subject or taught across the curriculum in both a reading or literature course and history or social studies. The materials and lesson plans are a fit for any level of students in grades 7-12.
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7th - 12th
High School Literature Activities Bundle | Literature Circles Teacher Resources
Teaching high school literature and meeting high school literature standards requires a diverse set of tools. Included in this literature bundle are activities specifically geared toward older students.In this literature bundle, you'll find activities that will work year after year and with a variety of students for literature circles, independent reading, whole class novels, and more. TEN different literature activities for high school are included. Specifically included in this high school lit
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9th - 12th
Autobiography, Biography, Memoir Literature Circles Book Club
Want your students to read new genres, but not sure how? This literature circle resource makes it so easy! Twenty mini lessons that will help you teach autobiography, biography, or memoir whether hybrid, in person, or distance learning. You'll be able to get your students reading books at their level -- and allow them the fun of book club discussions and activities!This unit is perfect for literature circles, book clubs or whole-class instruction. Divide the book into four sections, and go!
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Essential Question Inquiry Unit for ELA: Fear and Hope
Tailored for high school English teachers and their students, this dynamic unit intertwines literature, historical analysis, and critical thinking to explore the layers of narratives concealed beneath the surface of conventional history. We will analyze poetry, historical speeches, nonfiction articles, and more. This EQ pairs well with narratives that explore themes of fear or hope, fiction and/or non-fiction.LET'S TAKE A LOOK INSIDE: Unit OutlineThe Essential Question Adventure Pack: An Intr
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8th - 11th
MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figura
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
The Declaration of Independence Common Core Annotated Speech w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the Declaration of Independence. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos)
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6th - 12th
Essential Question Inquiry Unit for ELA: Historical Fiction Novel Choice
Tailored for high school English teachers and their students, this dynamic unit intertwines literature, historical analysis, and critical thinking to explore the layers of narratives concealed beneath the surface of conventional history. We will look at podcasts, historical reenactment, nonfiction articles, and more. This EQ pairs well with historical fiction books or a research unit.LET'S TAKE A LOOK INSIDE: Unit OutlineThe Essential Question Adventure Pack: An IntroductionWhat is an Essenti
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8th - 11th
Memoir Questions Lit Circle - Book Club - Independent Reading Questions
Are you teaching a memoir to high school students? Download FIFTY questions in a completely editable format to add to your memoir unit. No matter what memoir you are teaching, you can use these questions in a variety of ways. They are intended for older students and for reaching high school standards.Cover important topics of a memoir with these questions:→ theme (building, interacting)→ authorial choices→ setting→ motif→ language and effect→ pacing, formatting→ socio-economic critiques → point
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9th - 12th
High School Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Mystery Bundle
These high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages will capture your students' attention! Facts are presented about real crimes. Your students will read and analyze to form their own conclusions. Each lesson teaches a specific set of reading skills that will improve comprehension skills of informational text. Included in each Resource:• table of contents with CCSS• teaching suggestions• nonfiction passage• printables• answer keys
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8th - 10th
**BUNDLE** Critical Thinking Discussion Prompts (Socratic Smackdown)
BUNDLE & SAVE!In this bundle you will get over 300 discussion prompts for short stories, fiction, and nonfiction. These can be used as classroom discussions, essay topics, test questions, etc. The prompts pair well with the Socratic Smackdown discussion format (also available in my store); however, these can also fit any discussion format. The prompts include:SHORT STORIESgeneral short story questions that can work with any storythematic short story questions that can work with any storyprom
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7th - 12th
DIFFERENTIATED Article Set - Leap Day 2/29 - Secondary ELA
Designed so students can work on reading passages at their own comprehension level without making the difference in level obvious to others. Topic: leap year, space, astronomy, history, dates, timeThe set includes one article written at 3 levels of text complexity, and 4 levels of comprehension and personal response questions so you can fully differentiate your lesson to meet your middle and high school students’ needs. Each article contains the same key information and each question set includ
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6th - 9th
Long Way Down Nonfiction Connections Informational Texts & Activities
The Long Way Down thematic nonfiction activity sets will build students’ background knowledge about the topics and themes that influence and shape the characters and circumstances in the novel Long Way Down. Students will synthesize informational texts, conduct research, and analyze data alongside their reading of Long Way Down, which will improve their critical thinking skills and deepen their understanding of the novel. As they do, they will also practice essential skills aligned to the readin
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8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
Real Women Have Curves: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Play/Drama Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Play/Drama series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's IncludedL
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Girl: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis - Fiction Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts or English Literature teacher searching for a comprehensive and engaging tool to improve your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Fiction series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse genres around the world.What's Included Sectio
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Hate U Give: Literary Analysis Lesson Plan
Introducing the Literary Analysis Series: Empowering In-Depth Text Exploration!Are you an English Language Arts teacher in search of a comprehensive and engaging tool to enhance your students' literary analysis skills? Look no further! The Literary Analysis - Novel series is a meticulously crafted collection of educational materials that will guide your students through rigorous examinations of texts from diverse writers around the world.What's Included:Section 1 - The Facts: Who, What, When, Wh
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches - Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated texts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington and President Obama's speech given at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington given in 2013. The included zipped folder also includes an unmarked copy of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical componen
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6th - 12th
Dystopia Research Article Pairings Bundle
This resource includes excerpts from YA dystopian texts as well as nonfiction articles that pair with each. Each resource can be used by itself or with my other Dystopia Research Article Pairing resources, such as in a Literature Circle or Book Club set-up. Each text has three article pairs. These can be found for individual purchase on my TPT store as well.Whether the students read just the individual excerpts or the novels as a whole, they can use these research articles to make real-world con
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6th - 12th
DIFFERENTIATED Article Set - Ramadan - Secondary ELA
DIFFERENTIATED Article Set - Ramadan - Secondary ELA(Max around 75 characters)Designed so students can work on reading passages at their own comprehension level without making the difference in level obvious to others. Topic: religion, Islam, Muslim, cultures, diversityThe set includes one article written at 3 levels of text complexity, and 4 levels of comprehension and personal response questions so you can fully differentiate your lesson to meet your middle and high school students’ needs. Ea
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6th - 9th
Just Mercy (YA) Literature Circle Notebook
This literature circle notebook was designed to be paired with Just Mercy (YA Version) by Bryan Stevenson. If you do not have physical copies of the novel and your school has an Actively Learn subscription, you can find the novel there. The literature circle notebook provides students the opportunity to respond to assigned reading, as well as assisting in analyzing the novel as a whole. Each student can make a copy of the literature circle notebook to have their own, completely editable version.
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9th - 12th
“Night” by Elie Wiesel - Literature Circle
As a student, leading Literature Circles groups that have productive meetings when discussing a book like Night by Elie Wiesel is essential. It's fascinating to explore the various themes throughout the book, like the loss of identity, the power of hope, and the horrors of war. Working together in Literature Circles is an excellent way to collaborate and gain a deeper understanding of the text. Additionally, students need to share their reactions to the story and make connections to themselves,
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8th - 10th
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