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Middle school literature independent work packets under $5
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Reading Response Graphic Organizers for Beginning Middle & End Story Elements +
These reading response worksheets are the perfect, ready-to-use way to keep your students accountable for what they are reading. Just what you need if you use an independent reading program such as Reader's Workshop or have multiple small reading groups.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:26 No-Prep Worksheets & Graphic Organizers1 For Before Reading19 For After Reading a Chapter6 For After Reading the Whole BookGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resour
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3rd - 6th
Figurative Language Quiz : Print and Self-Grading Google Form
Use this figurative language quiz for a quick check of your students. They will read and identify examples of metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and onomatopoeia. Located on Google forms, this product is 100% digital and self-grading! A printable PDF is also included in your purchase.This Download Contains:Self-grading Google forms version of quizPrintable PDF version of fill-in-the-blank quizAnswer KeyYou Might Also Like:Differentiated ELA Activities: Color by NumberText Struc
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4th - 8th
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Novel Study: Independent Reading Teacher Guide Assignment
Tired of book reports and literary essays?SO ARE YOUR STUDENTS!What they need is more freedom and control over their learning, and there's no better way to give it to them than to make them the teachers! In this independent novel study, students are able to pick any novel they like, and then create a guide/textbook to teach the text. It's a great resource for group reading circles and other differentiated / personalized / Problem Based Learning style lessons. Designed for diverse learning enviro
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7th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Achilles
Practice deep reading comprehension with this fun Greek myth based on Achilles. Students will read a one page story about Achilles, the brave Greek warrior with a hidden weakness. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, figurative language, cause and effect, theme, and character traits. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one pa
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity
Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word
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6th - 9th
Reading Response Sheets & Printable Graphic Organizers for Any Book Set 3
This third set of reading response printables includes 20 pages that can be used with any fictional chapter book. The pages are designed to be used at the end of a chapter or at the end of the entire book. They are jam-packed with higher-level thinking and will help your students to explore settings, characters, plot, theme, connections and more! These are great when you don't have a literature guide or comprehension questions, or to supplement materials you do have. Perfect for differentiating
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3rd - 6th
Poetry Packet — 5 Poems (Middle School Poetry Unit: 7th, 8th or 9th Grade Level)
This Poetry Packet includes 5 Poems your students will read and analyze. The poems included are suggested for a Middle School Poetry Unit: 7th, 8th or 9th Grade ELA.This packet is a wonderful tool because you can have students complete the analyses of the poems in a variety of ways: whole-class, independently and/or collaboratively.The poems included in this packet are:"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth"We Wear The Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunb
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7th - 9th
We Ate The Children Last Short Story Analysis
This resource is a complete literary analysis for "We Ate The Children Last" by Yann Martel.If you are looking to teach dystopian literature or read a dystopian short story—look no further. If you've never read We Ate The Children Last, I highly recommend it! It's a quick read, only a little more than 1,000 words.... with every line more disturbing than the next. Included in this Dystopian Literature Analysis We Ate The Children Last:activating strategy: word sort vocabularyreading comprehension
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
The Giver Novel Study Guide Chapter Comprehension & Analysis Questions
The Giver Novel Study comprehension, inference, synthesis, and analysis questions by chapter for THE GIVER by Lois Lowry. Includes over 100 questions! Both in printable and Google Forms Quiz version which allows students to type the answers to each question below the question. Versatile for any classroom setting! Includes Answer Key.Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.**********************Thanks for choosing Simply Novel! Be sure to FOLLOW
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Giver Novel Study Unit BUNDLE - 200+ Pages in Print & Digital
MARS PATEL PODCAST NOTES | GOOGLE SLIDES
This podcast is so engaging and fun to listen to! As we listened, I wanted to give my students some quick notes to hold them accountable for paying attention. There is one slide per episode, which strikes the perfect balance of allowing students to become immersed in the story, but also jot down their thoughts so that they can keep track of the plot. You can add culminating activities after they finish the podcast, but these notes will help keep you and your students on track! 10 chapters of lis
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5th - 8th
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
The Outsiders Novel/Movie Coloring-by-Number Activities
With this set of three The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton coloring sheets, you will have a creative way to review the plot, quotes, and figurative language of the novel or movie. These beautiful, challenging sheets are no prep for you, and answers are included. Student Experience: Students will first complete the exercises (identifying quotes, figurative language, and events along the plot chart). Then, they will use those answers to color the beautiful The Outsiders-themed images according to the co
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7th - 10th
The Lottery Short Story Analysis
This product contains a literary analysis of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Included in this lesson plan: Journal entry as a pre-reading, activating strategyBackground Bio and Vocabulary TermsVocabulary list and graphic organizer for studentsReading questions which focus on literary elements such as: mood, textual evidence, suspense, foreshadowing, text structure, character motivations, irony, gender roles, dialogue, and objective summaryAllegory and theme lesson and graphic o
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7th - 12th
Also included in: The Lottery Short Story Bundle
Literature Circles Book Club Forms, Roles Review and Reading Activities Template
Book Club Activities ⭐ Literature Circles for ANY Book + Bonus March Madness Book Bracket! Transform your classroom reading sessions with these engaging Book Club Activities and Literature Circles, adaptable for any book! Plus, enjoy a fun March Madness Book Bracket to harness your students' competitive spirit.Literature Circles:Roles and Structure:Groups of 4-5 students with rotating roles: Task Leader, Summarizer, Vocabulary Enricher, Questioner, and Connector.Students read assigned chapters,
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4th - 7th
Plot Review Pack with 4 Fairy Tales
Distance Learning Compatible! Review all Plot Elements from Exposition to Resolution with these familiar Fairy Tales! This 40-page Fairy Tale Plot review can be used in a variety of ways! Great for: Sub Plans Independent Packet work Group/Interactive Work Homeschool/Distance Learning (Can be differentiated for Elementary & Middle School students.) Includes: Teacher Directions 4 Fairy Tales: Hansel & Gretel Jack & the Beanstalk Sleeping Beauty Goldilocks & the
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3rd - 9th
Novel Study: Baseball in April
This is an eleven chapter book, however because each chapter can stand alone, I've created 4 worksheets per chapter which can also stand alone, one each for these activities: vocabulary, multiple choice question, written response, and literary elements. You can choose to read the entire book or just a few chapters. There is an answer key and a test attached to the end of the file. The first two worksheets for each chapter are designed for the average student and the last two worksheets will r
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5th - 8th
The Raven Poetry Analysis | Poem Close Reading
This resource includes a copy of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe and 26 close reading questions. The analysis includes an in-depth look at academic vocabulary, poetic devices, and literary elements in the poem. (An answer key is also provided.)Poetic and Literary Devices Covered in this Activity:allusionalliterationsymbolismrhyme schemerepetitionmoodtoneimagerygothic literaturethemeYou May Also Like!The Tell-Tale Heart Digital Escape RoomIntroduction to Gothic Literature
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8th - 12th
Reading Response Sheets Set 2 & Graphic Organizers for Any Book Print or Easel
Just like the first set of reading response printables, this set is jam-packed with ready-to-use, fun, and effective activities to keep your students accountable for their reading. They will love the character report card, dig deep into point of view, and explore figurative language, all using whatever books they are currently reading. Great for differentiating different levels or for independent reading programs such as Readers Workshop. Works with close reading selections too!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍
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3rd - 6th
Fables, Myths, Legends, Folktales - Graphic Organizer, Quiz and Easel Activity
Fables, Myths, Legends, and Folktales - Oral Tradition - Four Forms of Traditional Tales Handout. Help students understand myths, legends, fables and folktales by clearly defining them in a colorful graphic organizer, and then giving examples of each. A useful introduction to a unit on folktales, fairytales, or oral tradition stories. You may project on a screen and have students take notes. Includes a note-taking page and a short quiz with key. Great for homework, homeschool, digital learning,
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4th - 7th
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The Giver Novel Study Crossword Puzzle Reading Comprehension Questions Activity
You will download a reading comprehension crossword puzzle to supplement the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry. You will download both print and digital EASEL PDF formats for your convenience.Please click on the PREVIEW.This literature book is appropriate for teaching 5th, 6th and 7th grade (middle school) students. It works well for early finishers, as bell ringers, as morning work, homework or as an extra reading comprehension review for special education or ESL students. You will receive one cro
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6th - 8th
The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft — Gothic Short Story Reading Questions & Activity
"The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft is a Gothic Short Story perfect for any short story unit! It is a creepy, grotesque tale which encompasses an unreliable, lonely narrator; it pairs wonderfully with any of Edgar Allan Poe's infamous tales or Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein.In this product you will receive:-A before reading anticipation guide -Academic vocabulary with answers-Powerpoint presentation to teach vocabulary and brief author bio-Reading comprehension questions and answer keys. Questio
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Halloween Gothic Short Stories Volume II — Bonus Halloween Activity
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury — Short Story Analysis Reading Guide
This product includes a reading guide and short story analysis for "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.In this lesson:anticipation/activating strategyacademic vocabularyreading comprehension questions and answer keysfigurative language/quote analysis graphic organizerafter reading summarizing strategyLiterary focal points: setting, irony, mood, theme, personification, simile, metaphor, allusion, and inferences.File Types Included:Teacher Answer Keys (PDF)Vocabulary (Powerpoint Presentat
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Stories — Popular Short Stories
Langston Hughes Paired Text Analysis - "Dreams" & "Harlem" - PDF & Digital
Bring metaphors and similes to life with this set of Langston Hughes poetry analysis activities! These paired text worksheets will introduce students to two of Langston Hughes's most famous poems - "Dreams" and "Harlem" (also known as "Dream Deferred") with deep-thinking poem activities, walking students through an analysis of Hughes's rich similes and metaphors on the topic of dreams.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselling Langston Hughes Poem Activities Bun
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
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