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Adult education ELA test prep thematic unit plans
Classic Poems to Teach Specific Themes and the Paired-Texts to go with them
Have you searched and searched for poetry to match the theme you are teaching? Unit planned? Check out the lists of poems, quotes, short stories, songs, articles, novellas, novels, and excerpts that can be used to pair with the themes below. Check out the other lists available in the store as well. Cross-curricular and great for test prep. In person on online teaching. The lists included in this pack Back to School, New Beginnings, Perseverance, and How Sports Inspire Us. Check out some of the p
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with a using short stories/excerpts with surprise endings such as other poems by Poe as well as short stories like, "Harrison Bergeron", "The Cold Equations", "The Lottery", or "Button, Button". "Lat
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Quiz Chapter 8-10
This is a quiz for chapters 8-10 of the novel "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord about the historical sinking of the Titanic.The novel pairs well with theanalysis of other documents about the sinking of the "unsinkable" Titanic.Great for close reading virtual learning/distance learning where the student can take it to a higher level using the text. If you are looking for great test practice for virtual learners, check out the rest of Teach Well ELA's close reading activities.Check out other it
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Ham Radio Beginnings and Today Close Reading Analysis STEM
Common Core Test Practice for STEM, Math, and Science can be hard to find for areas taught that help ELA teachers able to integrate and correlate with teaching teams for PLC and theme-related teaching.The non-fiction document included is a common core-based story and set of questions for middle school to high school with higher-level thinking objectives that include word meaning, word choice, citing text evidence, and making connections.Check out the other STEM ELA texts that center around ham r
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
A Christmas Carol Excerpt End of Stave 4 Close Reading Analysis for students
This activity examines an excerpt from near the end of Stave 4 of the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Whether an assessment/analysis for the end of stave 4 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, summarization, word meaning, theme, author's purpose, citing text evidence, making predictions, plot analysis, suspense, inference, and drawing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Holiday Time Classics Paired Text Thematic Unit
The Ocean by Nathaniel Hawthorne Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Analysis of "The Ocean" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain an understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem covers figurative language, theme, poetry elements, compare/contrast, citing evidence, drawing conclusions, inference, word choice, word meaning, suspense and tension, author's purpose, summary, and tone.This poem
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Oh Could I Raise the Darken'd Veil by Hawthorne Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Oh Could I Raise the Darken'd Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is a great poem to start off the new semester in January. A New Year in the calendar, a fresh start in the school year, or not focusing on grim and focused on the positive, good ones are all part of the focus in the test prep oriented analysis on the poem. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Morse Code Today Close Reading Analysis STEM Science
Common Core Test Practice for STEM, Math, and Science can be hard to find for areas taught that help ELA teachers able to integrate and correlate with teaching teams for PLC and theme-related teaching.The non-fiction document included is a common core-based story and set of questions for middle school to high school with higher-level thinking objectives that include word meaning, word choice, author's claims, non-fiction writing, citing text evidence, and making connections.Check out the other S
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS4-3
The Road Not Taken Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry. This poem pairs well with using short stories and other poems from the same author or other authors with themes around choices.Other "Making Choices" Poetry:It feels a shame to be Alive by DickinsonThere Will Come Sof
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Willow and Ginkgo by Eve Merriam Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Analysis of "Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam. Check out other similar close reading poetry-themed activities and sets. Country vs. City Life Paired-Text SetStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost The Country vs. City Life set includes the poems "Preparation" by Francis, "Acquainted With the Night" by Frost, and "City Trees" by St. Vincent Millay.
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3rd - 10th, Adult Education
How happy is the little Stone-- by Emily Dickinson Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Great for Back to School, Author Study, or after a big test or just before state testing practice at beginning of the year. Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "How happy is the little Stone--" by Emily Dickinson. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with using poems from the same author that show contra
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
More Classic Poems to Teach Specific Themes and the Paired Texts to go with Them
Have you searched and searched for poetry to match the theme you are teaching? Unit planned? Check out the lists of poems, quotes, short stories, songs, articles, novellas, novels, and excerpts that can be used to pair with the themes below. Check out the other lists available in the store as well. Cross-curricular and great for test prep. In person on online teaching. The lists included in this pack Dystopian stories, Epidemics Across Time, and America's Past from different perspectives and cul
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know #1 (Vocabulary 1-10)
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know (Complete Words 1-10) INTRODUCTORY SHEET, QUIZ and KEY
I have used the "100 Words" titles in my classroom for several years with much success for so many reasons:
1. the actual book, available from Houghton Mifflin, is sold as both a paper copy and an electronic copy, each at well under $10, making it an ideal resource for students. The assignment is also completely accessible to students who don't purchase the book itself, since the words can
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ELA Process Booklet on the theme of RESPECT
This is a thematic process booklet on the theme of "RESPECT" for high school students. It allows students to read and respond to engaging texts on the theme of RESPECT and to create a written piece of their own as well, using the writing process.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
A Christmas Carol Excerpt End of Stave 1 Charles Dickens Close Reading Analysis
This activity examines an excerpt from near the end of Stave 1 of the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Whether an assessment/analysis for the end of stave 4 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, summarization, word meaning, theme, author's purpose, citing text evidence, making predictions, plot analysis, suspense, inference, and drawing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Holiday Time Classics Paired Text Thematic Unit
Mini-Unit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I taught this as part of a thematic unit on geography and society for summer school. It covered about three weeks of five one-hour long periods, but it might take you less depending on your student level. (My students are all ELLs and tend to be lower-level readers even in their native languages.)
The best part of this unit is that it takes a literary classic that you love and helps students approach the rich themes--without making them take a mini-course on 19th century American regional dia
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
To Be A Slave by Julius Lester
This is a lesson that can be used in History or English classes. I teach my students to UNRAVEL, so the first two questions on the handout is dealing with the UNRAVEL process. This lesson requires that they UNRAVEL the passage and then answer some multiple choice questions. The poem is written by Since my classroom comprises many students of different grade grade levels, I provided a reading response question with the topic sentence given to help the younger grades in writing. I am using thi
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Beg. of Ch. 20 Close Reading Analysis
This activity examines an excerpt from the beginning of Chapter 20 of the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Whether an assessment/analysis for chapter 20 or a stand alone analysis (You do not have to have read the book) for students, this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, theme, figurative language, word choice, author's purpose, citing text evidence, inference, and drawing conclusions.Check out the other excerpt from the same novel of the scene of Eliza
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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ELA Process Booklet for High School Students theme: Bullying
This is a thematic process booklet on the theme of "bullying" for high school students. It allows students to read and respond to engaging texts on the theme of bullying and to create a written piece of their own as well, using the writing process.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Lather and Nothing Else by Tellez Close Reading Short Story Analysis
This activity examines the short story "Lather and Nothing Else" by Hernando Tellez. Whether an assessment/analysis this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, author's purpose, character traits, summarization, conflict, figurative language, citing text evidence, inference, and drawing conclusions. This activity pairs well with teaching other short stories such as "Most Dangerous Game" by Connell or "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe,
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Yet More Classic Poems to teach specific themes and the paired texts to go with
Have you searched and searched for poetry to match the theme you are teaching? Unit planned? Check out the lists of poems, quotes, short stories, songs, articles, novellas, novels, and excerpts that can be used to pair with the themes below. Check out the other lists available in the store as well.Cross-curricular and great for test prep. In person on online teaching.The lists included in this pack Mother's Day, All About Animals, Seasons, Valentine Unit, and December Unit.Check out some of the
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Worksheets ESL English Language
Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Worksheets ESL English LanguageThis 60 page Word document includes 50 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions. This resource is in Word doc format, so you can edit and change anything you see fit.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topics include, but are not limited to, animals, food, sports, and science.Perfect to start o
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2nd - 3rd, Adult Education, Staff
Morse Code to the Rescue Close Reading Analysis STEM
Common Core Test Practice for STEM, Math, and Science can be hard to find for areas taught that help ELA teachers able to integrate and correlate with teaching teams for PLC and theme-related teaching.The fiction document included is a common core-based story and set of questions for middle school to high school with higher-level thinking objectives that include word meaning, word choice, figurative language, inference, citing text evidence, drawing conclusions, and making connections.Check out
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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K-2-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS4-3
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