Halloween close reading resources for Microsoft Word

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

CCSS:

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Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks

Created by

Julie Faulkner

This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 11th, Adult Education

Types:

Independent Work Packet, Lesson

CCSS:

Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1

Article of the Week | GROWING Article Library (Over 125 high-interest articles)

Created by

East Nash Teacher

This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to assign articles of the week in your class. Once you purchase this produce, you will have access to a Google folder with over 125 Articles of the Week AND all the reference materials needed to begin using the AOW assignment in your class.Each Article of the Week includes a graphic organizer with power vocabulary words, a central idea box, and response questions to guide students' written reflection. This folder will be frequently updated with new arti

Subjects:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

...

AP English Literature & Composition BUNDLE – Printable Materials for ENTIRE Year

Created by

Plans with Purpose

This resource bundle is comprised of an ENTIRE YEAR's worth of Unit Plans and activities with 132 pages of ALL printable materials for teaching a FULL AP English Literature & Composition course. This product is well-organized into The College Board's most updated 9-Unit format, and also includes a clear Table of Contents, making it very simple and easy to navigate all of the included materials for the year.Includes:Table of ContentsSummer Reading Project Options for entering AP Literature &a

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment

Halloween Short Research Project: Myths, Ghosts, & Legends Media Presentation

Created by

Julie Faulkner

With this standards-based short research task AND a digital media presentation project, your middle and high school students will be 100% engaged on Halloween. Student Experience: Students will be assigned a myth from their state or from a state in the US. They will research and create a media presentation to share their findings. This type of assignment is very flexible and is 100% editable. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, conclude a unit on Dark Romantic or Gothic lit

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Research, Projects, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+

Reading Comprehension Strategies: Definitions & Activities

Created by

The Lesson Shop

A guide to introduce READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES to your students. Designed to help identify things they should be doing as ACTIVE READERS!The importance of being able to read isn’t something that can be overstated; Reading strategies are a gateway for any and all students to truly understand and engage with a text. By integrating reading strategies into their lessons, teachers can help students develop the understanding and critical thinking skills they need.THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:- A Read

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE

Pride and Prejudice AP Lit Unit Plan

Created by

Katie Stewart

In this novel study unit, students read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at home, in six pre-designated sections. For nearly each reading section, students are required to write an informal analysis of one quote from the reading section. Each class period includes activities designed to move student thinking from plot level thinking to analysis of tone, characters, and theme. These include class discussion, close reading, read-aloud, timed writing experiences, and small group work. Focus in th

Subjects:

Close Reading, Literature, Reading

Grades:

11th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans

King Lear Complete Unit Plan

Created by

Aaron and Paula Byers

This extensive 277 page unit plan for King Lear is completely designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each scene and act of the play. Our King Lear unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Shakespeare’s craft and encourage them to w

Subjects:

Close Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

9th-Grade English ELA Curriculum | Coming-of-Age Literature | Full Year Editable

Created by

Rigorous Resources

UPDATED FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: Full-Year Curriculum! Diverse Authors! Discussion-Based! This MEGA-BUNDLE has everything you'll need to teach a year-long 9th-grade English course on Coming-of-Age Literature. The focus of this course is coming-of-age novels, plays, and poems written by diverse authors from around the globe. How have teenagers from different parts of the world grappled with ethical dilemmas? With complex social dynamics? With the struggle to achieve a sense of independence

Subjects:

Worksheets, Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula

Grades:

9th - 10th

Types:

AP English Language & Composition Lesson Plans & Printable Materials (FULL YEAR)

Created by

Plans with Purpose

This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of in-depth daily lesson plans and printable materials for teaching AP English Language & Composition. These lesson plans address all of the College Board standards in ways that promote critical thinking, creativity, inference, evidence gathering, and content-to-world connections grounded in character building and deeper life meaning.The following writing styles are covered in detail through essay writing tips, guides, models, and prompts: Rhetor

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Lesson

Also included in: AP Language & Composition Lessons, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL YEAR

Early Guided Reading Lesson Plan Template - Editable

Created by

Sara Whitener

This lesson plan (derived from Jan Richardson) is designed to be a fillable template for early guided reading groups (levels D - I). With this template, you are able to type the 2-day plan, introduction, preview, new vocabulary, sight words, and 3rd day guided writing prompt. Boxes for specific strategies can also be checked. This template will save you the hassle of handwriting your plans! The back page's purpose is to record anecdotal notes during your lesson. Boxes can be typed later (if de

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Classroom Forms, Lesson

Media Literacy: Logical Fallacies as Propaganda in Current Events

Created by

Shawneen Morrison

This engaging lesson takes a comical approach to examining the common use of logical fallacies as propagandistic techniques in product advertising, popular press news coverage, and political campaigns. Rest assured, your students will become much more savvy information consumers after they have purposefully used fallacies to mislead others in this active assignment. The lesson begins with a fictional news article that uses logical fallacies to prove that a visit to the doctor is deadly and to

Subjects:

Civics, Close Reading, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Bloom Ball Book Report, Full Size - Editable

Created by

Teddy I Love

Here is a full size Bloom Ball completely editable. You can delete and add questions that best fit the needs of your students. This activity can be done in class, as an individual project and or homework. I will be posting other Bloom Balls at a later date with questions you can chose at different levels to make it easier to differentiate according to your students' needs. * The template you are purchasing is for the large Bloom Ball. Don't forget to give feedback and come back soon. :-) Th

Subjects:

Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

Lab: Paper Plate Periodic Table and m&m Atoms - Energy Levels and Electrons

Created by

TheScienceGiant

Students study the structure of the atom with m&m's atoms on a paper plate periodic table! This lab investigation on edible "electrons" and elements explores the Essential Question: How are Elements Arranged in the Periodic Table? And, How Are Electrons Configured in an Atom?"Share with your students edible electrons; EX: m&m's, skittles, smarties, cereal, or mini-marshmallows. Ss will model atoms of elements using a paper plate and different sorts of sweets. At the end of the lab, when

Subjects:

Halloween, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

CCSS:

RST.6-8.3

, RST.6-8.6

, RST.6-8.9

NGSS:

HS-PS1-1

, HS-PS1-2

, MS-PS1-1

Also included in: StayGiant Candy Mix Bundle: Lab Investigations

Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 Quiz and Answer Key

Created by

Assess student learning on Act 3 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!This 20-question quiz includes 15 multiple choice questions and 5 True/False statements. Question topics cover character motives, Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths, Romeo's exile, literary devices in context, and Juliet's predicament.Answer Key Included!This product is the companion for my Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Powerpoint and Romeo and my Juliet Act 3 Guided Notes Handout.Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that cont

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Readers' Theater of the Plaza Hotel Scene

Created by

My Classroom to Yours

This is a 9 page document that turns the first half of chapter 7 into a readers' theater script. The script begins at the start of the chapter (Nick calling on Gatsby) and ends when Daisy and Gatsby leave the Plaza Hotel. I have adapted the language slightly to make the readers' theater script more accessible to students. Additionally, there are teacher notes throughout the script in order to help guide students' understanding.The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldChapter 7 (first half)

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

10th - 12th

Also included in: The Great Gatsby excerpts abridged and adapted for readers' theater

HIGH SCHOOL POETRY | 5 American Poets: Dickinson, Hughes, Frost, Bishop, Brooks!

Created by

Rigorous Resources

This high-school poetry bundle features 5 EDITABLE units on American poetry that can be used in sequence over two weeks. The 5 units feature a total of 50 poems by 5 American poets: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. By having students read the 10 best poems by each writer, you'll introduce them to the breadth of each poet's work while taking a deep dive into two or three poems in each class session.This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dy

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Lesson

Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 Close Reading Activity

Created by

Lindsay Jones

Students will perform a close reading of Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet (when Romeo eventually kills Tybalt) with alignment to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5. Students highlight lines of dialogue that create tension and then respond to questions, with varying levels of complexity, about how tension and other effects are created by Shakespeare's structural decisions. Students answer questions side-by-side to the text, promoting close reading and mimicking the format of CCSS standardized tests. Th

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 11th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1

, RL.9-10.5

The Crucible Test with Passage Analysis

Created by

Stephanie Doksa

This Crucible test is an editable word document that has 40 multiple choice questions and 4 possible essay prompts. it is designed for a CP American Literature class. The questions are in the following format: 1-5 character quote matching 6-10 character description matching 11-16 historical background information 17-30 text background 31-40 passage 1 and analysis questions 41-50 passage 2 and analysis questions Common core requires that any test has passages that ask for textual analysis and

Subjects:

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Fahrenheit 451- Test and Answer Key

Created by

50 question multiple choice summative assessment on Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451. Answer Key included!Exam includes 45 questions on characters, plot, and rhetoric in the novel, and 5 passage analysis questions.**This exam was written for AP Language and Composition students, so 10 of the questions ask students to identify rhetorical devices. The product is a word document, so you may edit and remove questions that are not applicable to your class.Want to bundle this test with powerpoints

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: Fahrenheit 451 Bundle- Powerpoints and Test

Romeo and Juliet- Act 2 Quiz and Answer Key

Created by

Assess student learning with this formative 15 question multiple choice quiz on Act 2 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.Answer Key included!Multiple choice questions cover the prologue and sonnet format, the balcony scene, literary devices in context, quote completion, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse's involvement, and Romeo and Juliet's union.This quiz is a summative assessment and can be used in conjunction with my Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Guided Notes Powerpoint and Romeo and Julie

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Romeo and Juliet- Act 1 Quiz and Answer Key

Created by

Assess student learning with this 20 question multiple choice quiz on Act 1 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Quiz questions cover the following topics: character identification, plot in all five scenes, literary devices in context, and behavioral traits.Answer Key included!Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that contains Powerpoints, Guided Notes Handouts, Quizzes/Answer Keys, and Test/Answer Key-- enough for a whole instructional unit!Individual Resources for teaching Romeo a

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types: