High school literature cultural activities for Microsoft Word

Literature, Reading, Spanish

Cajas de cartón: Comprehension and Analysis Questions and Additional Resources

Created by

Contaremos Doce

This packet is designed for heritage Spanish speakers or advanced Spanish students. I used this novel with my first-year Spanish language arts students. They were mixed grades 9 and 10 but none had ever had a Spanish class before. My classes had significant variation in reading and writing proficiency, though all students were fluent listeners and speakers of Spanish. For some, this novel was a breeze while for others, it was quite challenging.I introduced this novel toward the end of the fi

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Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Drama, Literature, Spanish

Spanish Reader's Theater-Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (The Three Bears)

Created by

Senora Dominguez

Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students

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Grades:

K - 12th, Adult Education

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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparison

Created by

BookFanatic

This side-by-side chart is great for comparing Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story. Viewing West Side Story allows students to understand the themes of Shakespeare's play with a more understandable interpretation.

Subjects:

Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Washington Irving: "The Devil and Tom Walker" Assessment with Answer Key

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From Electric English... This is a three-part assessment. The first is simply true and false questions; the second is multiple choice; while, as a rule, I try to avoid this type of simplified question and answer, it is still good to give the students practice.... After all, they will see these types of questions on standardized tests. The third section asks students to make inferences from their reading, from Irving's life experiences, and from their class discussions, then to apply that knowled

Subjects:

Assessment, Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

CCSS:

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Latin American Literature Curriculum Map ( Full High School Year)

Created by

CCLS ELA Lessons

Curriculum map created for a Latin American literature course. Course description: The goal of this course is to introduce students to major literary topics and themes within a variety of Latin American nations and cultures. Students discuss and analyze the cultural, social, political, historical and economic contexts of a variety of contemporary Latin American literary works. Topics to be examined include Latino identity, language, immigration, civil rights and gender roles. Each cycle or m

Subjects:

Syllabi, Elective Course Proposals, Cultural Activities

Grades:

9th - 12th

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"The New Colossus" Poem Breakdown and Analysis - American Dream Unit

Created by

The Lit Lounge

Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" is perfect to start the American Dream unit with the promise of the dream. Here is a graphic organizer that helps students focus on individual aspects and literary devices with the poem. It also contains a place to examine the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet and discuss WHY Lazarus chose that highly structured poetic form. I partnered students based on pretest data, and they completed as much of the document as they could in 90 minutes. The followi

Subjects:

Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1

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SPANISH Interpretive Listening Activity. Sandra Cisneros La casa en Mango Street

Created by

Spanish and Film Studies Store

Audio Activity and great way to introduce Sandra Cisneros to your class! Comprensión Auditiva: Sandra Cisneros, una autora de Chicago galardonada.Producto incluye: Video link and MP4 (video sin internet) en español con 10 preguntas de compresión opción múltiple (en espanol y en ingles) y 2 preguntas de inferencia y comparación cultural. Incluye clave de respuestas.TAMBIÉN: También incluí una versión en inglés de las preguntas e instrucciones para los cursos de español de nivel bajo.Acerca del vi

Subjects:

ESL / ELL / EFL, Literature, Spanish

Grades:

2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Assessment, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: La casa en Mango Street Bundle: Questions for chapters & other activities

Cómo se come una guayaba, Esmeralda Santiago | La identidad boricua y la comida

Created by

Spanish and Film Studies Store

Lectura titulada "Como se come una guayaba " por Esmeralda Santiago. En este capítulo, la autora habla sobre la identidad boricua a través de la fruta y la memoria. A través de la guayaba, nos cuenta cómo fue su ninez, su proceso de inmigración a los Estados Unidos de Puerto Rico y cómo su identidad fue cambiando en Estados Unidos cambiando las guayabas por peras y manzanas, símbolos de la dieta estadounidense.Pregunta esencial: ¿Qué nos dice la comida sobre nuestra identidad latina, nuestros or

Subjects:

ESL / ELL / EFL, Literature, Spanish

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Assessment, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson - "A Lesson Before Dying"

Created by

Ideas for English

This analysis worksheet is to be used in partnership with the article from ESPN.com titled "Louis was ‘what his own community needed him to be’ " There are also links to several YouTube clips from the movie "42" in which the students can further see some of the segregation that these sports icons faced during the Civil Rights Era. I made this lesson to use while reading "A Lesson Before Dying" after reading Chapter 12.

Subjects:

Literature, Reading

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Cultural Activities

Spanish Reader's Theater--La Gallinita Roja (The Little Red Hen)

Created by

Senora Dominguez

Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes. The Little Red Hen is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students who are lear

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Spanish

Grades:

K - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Washington Irving: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Critical Analysis Questions

Created by

From Electric English... This is an assignment that provides higher level thinking questions to accompany the short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". There are twenty questions that touch on Characterization, Conflict, Gender Roles, Setting, Tone, Mood, Comparison/Contrast, and most importantly, those elements of the story that draw from characteristics of American Romanticism. NOTE: For some reason, the thumbnail would not generate for this assignment, so I selected an image. I may go back

Subjects:

Assessment, Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

10th - 11th

Types:

CCSS:

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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" Assessment with Answer Key

Created by

From Electric English... This is the reading assessment for the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher". This is a two part assessment. The first part is simply true and false questions; the second is multiple choice; while, as a rule, I try to avoid this type of simplified question and answer, it is still good to give the students practice.... After all, they will see these types of questions on all standardized tests. NOTE: The answer key is included here and is the last page of the doc

Subjects:

Assessment, Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

CCSS:

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Iambic Pentameter Practice FUN!

Created by

Crystal Vandiver

Your students will be asked to practice their iambic pentameter skills in a fun way! This handout acts as if a record company, "Iambic Records," is hiring them to rewrite a popular song so that it can be enjoyed by a more educated audience. Students will supply their own song choice to rewrite in iambic pentameter and then scan the syllables. They will love the example I have provided in which the Macklemore "Thrift Shop" song has been turned into iambic pentameter. "These tags I’ll pop, and b

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" Romanticism Chart

Created by

Informational Text, Literature, Reading

From Electric English... This is an activity that accompanies Wadsworth's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls". It asks the students to find an example for each of the nine American Romantic elements. This has always been a successful exercise for me because, not only does it give the students a close reading of the poem, but it also allows them to consider those elements of the poem that typify the time period.

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Grades:

10th - 11th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl'/The Holocaust (Workbook and Homework Units)

Created by

T Lee's Resources

The purpose of this resource is to not only explain the historical context of the Holocaust, but also show the social significance it had on a personal level for the Jewish nation. The source uses the context of 'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl' to explain this in depth. The source has: An introduction to Jewish Persecution An Introduction to 1933 Nazi Germany An introduction of the novel and it's characters 12 homework units based on each chapter of the book

Subjects:

Literature, Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Homework, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers, Cultural Activities

Viking Runes Worksheet

Created by

Mikal Staley

This is a one page (double sided) work sheet that shows students what type of alphabet Vikings used. The "futhark" alphabet it shown with the corresponding english sound below it. There is a riddle to solve, a few Viking words to translate, and then has students answer a few questions about themselves in runes as well. I've used this in World History talking about the Norse people, Mythology, in a unit on Beowulf, and I'm sure it can be used for many other subjects as well. In case you do

Subjects:

British History, Literature, World History

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

Lectura: Identidades personales y públicas: La identidad por Elena Poniatowska

Created by

Spanish and Film Studies Store

Great for Distance learning!Product includes:Authentic literature reading with pictures to help scaffold.Authentic short biography so that students learn about Elena Poniatowska, her legacy such as being born a princess of Poland, and why she writes and tells the stories of Mexico's poorest classes. She also starred as Mamá Coco in Pixas's Coco!Reading Comprehension multiple choice questions written in Ap Spanish Language and Culture format.Reading Comprehension open ended questions to establish

Subjects:

ESL / ELL / EFL, Literature, Spanish

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

Magical Realism - Español - Axolotl por Julio Cortazar

Created by

La Tiendita de Alyx

This is a reading guide (in Spanish) for the magical realism short story "Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar. This guide asks students to reflect about important ideas in each paragraph as well as answer reading comprehension questions for each paragraph. Great for a Spanish literacy or bilingual literacy class.

Subjects:

Hispanic Heritage Month, Literature, Spanish

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Magical Realism - Español - Bundle

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston, Final Test, Novel Assessment

Created by

Christie Olstad

This is a final test for Zora Neal Hurtston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, including multiple choice, true false, quote matching, and short answer essay questions with an ANSWER KEY included. Possible answer examples for each short answer essay prompts are also included. I use the essay prompts for essay choice questions they can use for their expository essay at the end of the term as well.This assessment delves into the rich tapestry of themes, characters, and literary elements within the nov

Subjects:

Literature, Social Studies - History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

The Man In The Iron Mask ~ Movie Guide + Overhead + Word Search

Created by

Carol Nescio

"It is legal because I wish it." Louis XIVThe Sun King (French King ~ 1638 - 1715) Le roi soleil.The Sun King. But he also had a shadow side. And we see it in this film. This movie version of the storyline created by Alexandre Dumas stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the dual role of the king and the prisoner.You get: 1. A 3-page introductory overhead with some background information to set the scene2. A ciné-feuille ~ movie question sheet with 20 questions all on one page3. An answer key for the que

Subjects:

European History, French, Literature

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Homework, Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

Asian Literature Unit

Created by

English on Demand

This unit is the 2nd unit I use for my English II, World Literature, class. It is all CCSS aligned with detailed instructions, and appendix with all the handout, links that you will use, etc. This unit includes poetry, short stories, vocabulary, group projects, individual projects, and much more. A focusing part of this unit is cultural traditions with a deeper look into Confucianism and Taoism and how they can be seen in the literature of Asia. If you follow this entire unit, it could take abou

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

Transcendentalism: Civil Disobedience Activity

Created by

Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

From Electric English... This is an assignment that asks students to consider the ideas of civil disobedience or non-violent protest. The students research King and Gandhi then cite examples from their lives and speeches that exemplify aspects of the Transcendentalist philosophy. They are also asked to consider Thoreau and a modern figure of their choice from the same perspective. There are a few questions for them to answer as well :) It is an interesting activity because the students consider

Subjects:

Grades:

10th - 11th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

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Creation Myth Project / "The World on the Turtle's Back"

Created by

The Written Muse

After studying Native American creation myths, students collaborate to create their very own unique creation myth. The project includes detailed instructions and rubric for grading. Great collaborative project.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types: