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11th grade literature resources for GATE
The Great Gatsby & Roaring 20s Activity - Print and Digital Escape Room
Introduce The Great Gatsby in a fun and engaging way with this Roaring Twenties themed escape room! Students will learn about the Roaring 20s era by studying how WWI impacted society, Prohibition, Women's Liberation figures, and also decode a Secret Quote they can analyze for theme! This bundle of Roaring Twenties activities has a Quality of Life reading and Vocabulary Match-Up, Icons & Influencers Biographies, a Prohibition-Era Song Close Reading activity, and a secret quote. You can prese
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9th - 12th
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Looking to freshen up your short story playlist? Student favorite, The Wife's Story is super fun story to do with all different levels of students. My student workbook mini units are an engaging way to teach short stories and leave students with a lasting impression. Included is everything you need to teach this short story, including:*Author Bio Page*Pre-reading Discussion Questions*Vocabulary with quiz*Vocab Activity*Short Story with Note Space*Reading Comprehension Questions*Creative Writing
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fun & Creative Summer School ELA Bundle for Middle & High NO PREP!
Macbeth - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare)
This version of Macbeth is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged Macbeth is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. This version o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Abridged Shakespeare - 8 Play Bundle - Shakespeare in 30 minutes
The Tempest - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare)
This version of The Tempest is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged The Tempest is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. The Te
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Abridged Shakespeare - 8 Play Bundle - Shakespeare in 30 minutes
A Separate Peace Mini Novel Study BUNDLE | A Separate Peace Activities Unit
This mini novel study includes everything you need to engage students in high-level thinking about A Separate Peace with very, very low prep. You'll get study questions for each chapter, quizzes over each chapter, discussion questions for groups/class/individuals, and even journal prompts for student reflection. Students will engage with the novel in every important way: thinking, feeling, reading, speaking, and writing.✅ In this mini novel study over A Separate Peace by John Knowles, you'll get
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9th - 12th
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Othello - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare)
This version of Othello is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged Othello is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. Othello has be
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9th - 12th
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Annotating Sonnets: COMPLETE Common Core Standards Unit for Middle & High School
Annotating Sonnets is a Common Core Standards Unit for all students grades 6-12, created to address close reading, annotating and then, WRITING ABOUT what one has found! This activity has long been practiced at the college level because it encourages nuanced and flexible thought, critical thinking and a holistic approach to tackling difficult text and hopefully all kinds of real-life issues once students move on after graduation. In preparation of this college practice, close reading and the pr
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6th - 12th
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Close Reading with Text Dependent Questions
This common core aligned unit is an introduction to the essential question: Why do we marginalize people? It is a reading and writing unit that asks students to do close reading by reading and responding to text dependent questions.
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This unit includes:
Teacher lessons
Text Dependent Questions
Student questions pages
Culminating writing task
Extended Activity tasks
Answer keys
2-3 week duration
18 pages
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10th - 12th
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Americanah: Complete Unit Bundle [Distance Learning]
Americanah is one of my favorite novels, both to read and to teach; however when I first started teaching it four years ago, there were not many resources available, so I had to make pretty much everything I needed from scratch, and the result is this bundle. This unit bundle will take you completely from the beginning to the end of of the novel. It includes: Introductory unit notesTopic discussion guide and resourcesIndividual chapter close readsIndividual chapter quizzesA comprehensive charact
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9th - 12th
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Epic of Gilgamesh Essay Topics, Discussion Questions, & Student Study Guide
Epic of Gilgamesh unit & student study guide created for senior honors students, but can be adapted to other levels. Unit includes chapter questions that promote critical thinking and are also excellent Socratic discussion questions. A timed writing prompt, writing process essay intructions & criteria, & rubrics are also included.
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11th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Literature Discussion Prompts
Are you tired of flimsy book talks and group discussions? Bring focus, energy, and insight to your students' literature discussions with these prompts. Use them with any fiction text to facilitate thinking about characters, plot, theme, writing style, and real-world connections.What's IncludedYou’ll find a separate page for each element of the Depth & Complexity framework, filled with questions that students can address in discussion and/or writing. Print these out on colored paper or card s
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8th - 12th
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That Was Then, This Is Now Thinking and Writing Prompts
That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
That Was Then, This Is Now Thinking and Writing Prompts
This 17-page resource for teaching S.E. Hinton's compelling companion story to The Outsiders is a series of thinking and writing prompts based on the HIGHER-LEVEL THINKING SKILLS of Bloom's Taxonomy.
The first thirteen pages cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and offer a variety of pick-and-choose options. The remaining four pages are filled with whole-book activities.
Download the fr
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7th - 11th
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Theme Posters for Literature (25 Themes)
This set of posters includes 25 different themes. Each poster includes the theme with a more detailed message. The posters are included in regular 8.5 by 11 as well as a smaller size of 2 posters per page. Use this as reference as you discuss theme in your class.
The following themes are included:
Acceptance
Courage
Perseverance
Cooperation
Compassion
Honesty
Kindness
Loyalty
Believe in Yourself
Be Happy with What you have
Friendship
Family
Curiosity
Creativity
Growing Up
Love
Identity
Integr
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3rd - 12th
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Make it Rigorous: Honors Romeo & Juliet Unit Test
Don't lower the bar--raise it! This editable Romeo & Juliet unit test will reveal the depth of your honors students' understanding of Shakespeare's great drama. This assessment is 75 higher-level multiple choice questions including reading passages, character analysis, and vocabulary in context. Use the free propaganda handout to accompany your instruction as you journey through the pages of the novel. The test includes optional short answer questions too.
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9th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness is a novel I taught to prepare my students for the AP Lit exam. The main element I focused on besides figurative language was setting. This is made up of very specific AP level types of questions. They are very comprehensive and in-depth. There are many questions dealing with specific types of figurative language. I included the answers directly underneath the question so they can easily be edited out by the teacher to make copies or upload electronically for students. I
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Christmas Stocking Coloring AP Lang & Honors English No Prep
Get ready to bring the holiday spirit into your classroom with this supercharged activity designed for 7th-12th graders studying AP Language and Composition or Honors English! This activity is all about character analysis, and it will have your students diving deep into the world of literature while also embracing the joy of Christmas. The heart of this activity lies within the customizable Google slides, which provide step-by-step directions for your students. With these slides, you can either
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Christmas Literary & Rhetorical Analysis, No Prep, Google, Holidays
LITERATURE CIRCLES Student Response Sheets
Literature circles run more smoothly with these seven response sheets, each naming and describing a different role in the circle.
Room for responses is on each page as well as suggestions for many of the jobs.
Each role/job is aligned with CCSS, as noted on the teacher directions I include: skills covered are Reading Lit. 1 thru 7; Speaking & Listening 1a,b,c,d
Teacher Logs are here too - one for tracking student progress, the other for keeping track of group members. Students stay on
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6th - 12th
Halloween Bundle: Literary Analysis and Creative Writing AP & Honors
Hi, Teacher Friends, I have bundled "The Addam's Family" theme song analysis, the creative writing activity "Taunting Tombstones," "Horror Movie Posters Rhetorical Analysis," "What's He Building," and "We Were the Mask" into one spooky resource. To see more about these, please go to their individual listings for specifics on each. Spooky season is a favorite in my classroom, and I hope your students will enjoy it, too!Blessings, Shannon
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mind the Gap Reading Classic Literature Bulletin Board Kit + Editable PowerPoint
Easily print elements from this classic literature reading bulletin board kit with the theme “Mind the Gap.” This phrase that originated with the London Underground to alert passengers to the gap between the train cars and the sidewalk is a clever and fun way to help students close the gap while reading. Choose your own favorite classic literature book covers to hang on the bulletin board by pasting them into the editable PowerPoint file. This resource is great for middle and high school teacher
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10th - 12th
AP Lit and Comp Tone Assignments
This is a complete unit I teach near the beginning of the semester with my AP Lit and Comp class. I think it is very important for students to be able to recognize tone before they move on to more difficult literary devices.This unit includes:Assignment 1: Group assignment on creating tone Assignment 2: Complementary tones (students will look at passages and poems to identify complementary tones)Answer key for assignment 2Assignment 3: Shifting/Contrasting tones (students will look at passages
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11th - 12th
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AP Lit and Comp Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
This is a complete unit on Much Ado about Nothing for the AP Lit and Comp class.I start the unit by introducing the literary terms we will be focusing on during the unit. There are instructions on how students will complete an annotated glossary for the literary terms and they will then be assessed on the literary terms after completing the unit. I have provided an example of the what the literary terms test format is (feel free to edit the terms to fit the class needs). I have also provided m
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11th - 12th
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The Metamorphosis Exam
Here's a fully editable and in-depth 50-question test with essay prompt on Franz Kafka's surrealistic classic "The Metamorphosis" and art styles connected to his era. The multiple choice questions focus primarily on symbolism, irony, surrealism, archetype and themes. A solid wrap-up to a most profound novella.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Lesson Plan & PPT Package Explaining Hero vs Villain Protagonist vs Antagonist
This is a two-part package -- a Power Point presentation and a lesson plan. The PPT is available separately by the same name.
This 14-slide Power Point presentation presents hero, villain, protagonist, and antagonist. It explains the shift from using the terms "hero" and "villain" to the more contemporary "protagonist" and "antagonist." The presentation also uses Greek and early English root words to explain how the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist" evolved.
The fourteen slides include 1
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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