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Higher education literature scaffolded notes
High School Poetry Unit | 4 Weeks | Poetry Bundle | Analyzing & Writing Poems
This resource is a FULL POETRY UNIT for High School English, Grades 9-12!You will get a collection of various lessons, activities, and projects, plus an awesome digital escape room, and final test! I've also included a schedule for teachers to follow day-by-day! This bundle is so diverse and your students will read at least 18 different poems within this unit!Included in this high school poetry unit bundle:Introduction Poetry Lesson & Guided NotesThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Poem Close Readi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller - Intro to Salem, Puritanism, Witchcraft-UPDATED
**Updated to improve viewing content and to add CLOZE notes for student engagement**
This power point presentation provides background information on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, focusing on Salem, Puritanism, and Witchcraft. PowerPoint does not cover parallels with the Red Scare and Communism.
A good starting point for reading the play. I often print the power point and give it as homework for them to read and annotate. When students come in, we discuss what they learned.
Are you
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Modern Translation- A Modest Proposal (Adapted Full Text)
This is a modern translation of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. It is nearly word for word with the exception of some parts which became too convoluted to translate (he loved those double negatives!). I used this in my co-teach class when working with students who just couldn't grasp the original. The length is the same as the original and can be used as an accommodation or substitution for any student!Want an even more simplified version? Check out my Modest Pamphlet here --> https://www
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
American Romanticism in Historical Context
Grab this collection of files and save yourself oodles of time! American Romanticism is my long-time favorite movement in American Literature; it's my pleasure to share these activities with you. Bring the ideals of classic authors such as Poe, Emerson, and Thoreau to life with contemporary connections to Star Wars, Mountain Men, and Snow White. This bundle includes four 40 minute lessons ready to go!Heavily based on the historical previews from Holt, Rinehart, & Winston’s Elements of Lit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Great Gatsby Background Information — 1920s Background Info & Author Bio
This resource includes guided notes for Background Information for the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby background info is essential for students to learn and be familiar with before reading the novel!The focus of this lesson entails a brief history of the 1920s to include the following topics: author background, setting of The Great Gatsby, 1920s culture, the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, the economic boom, gender roles, racism, prohibition, modernism, art deco,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: The Great Gatsby Unit Plan | Novel Study Bundle — 6 Full Weeks of Lessons
Homegoing Unit Slides
The slides walk through both the historical context as well as literary and rhetorical analysis of every chapter. Slides also contain unit long assignments, chapter journal prompts, deep reading questions/rhetorical analysis, and outside resources
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Black Mirror 'Nosedive' - STUDY GUIDE BOOKLET - Contemporary Possibilities
The 'Black Mirror' series depicts several dystopian futures where individuals grapple with the manipulative effects of cutting edge technology in their personal lives and behaviours.These resources are designed to guide students through Season 3, Episode 1 'Nosedive.' Although designed for the Prelim HSC Module A - Contemporary Possibilities, this guide will suit any unit of work focussing on dystopias or media.Contents of this resource includes:Study Guide Booklet (14 pages) - analysis notes, e
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Contemporary Possibilities - The Complete BUNDLE!
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates - Character Family Trees
Are your students struggling to differentiate between the two characters in the novel, "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore? Download a copy of this character tree (available via pdf) to help your students understand the family relationships in both Moore families.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Irony | Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Distance Learning | Google Slides
Use this Irony Anchor Chart | Irony Notes | One Pager | Google Slides to teach Irony or to review Irony with your students! This includes all three types of irony! This Irony Anchor Chart and Irony Notes is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Irony can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes the definition of irony, the definitions of the three different types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic), examples of the three different types of irony! Included
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Reading Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Virtual Learning GROWING BUNDLE
Fiction Literary Analysis Flipbook - Handbook or Teaching Guide
This flipbook is the foundation of how I teach literary elements of fiction and their conceptual interrelationships to students (from 8th grade to AP).General Instructions: This book is designed to be a student resource—scaffolding for a student in learning how to analyze literature. The book itself has 13 pages with both color and black & white versions. Also included are blank pages if you would like to create your own or have students take notes on these. Each concept has a definition of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Macbeth Interactive Study Guide and Analysis
My students thought Shakespeare was easy!Let's be honest-- Shakespeare is not the "meat and potatoes" of English class-- but it is a SPICE! This all-inclusive study guide directs students' attention to carefully consume, interpret, and analyze the Bard's bloodiest work! The guide can be used with any version-- print or film-- and includes information about Shakespeare's England and Macbeth's Scotland, saving you time with background research. Important speeches and soliloquies are included with
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Serial Podcast Season 1-Listening Notes Organizers (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Listening Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-13 of the Word document.This is a 13-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they listen to Serial Podcast Season 1: Adnan Syed Case. Each page (or slide) has shapes with labels instructing students what to wri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Epithet Practice Handout & Assignment
This is a simple handout to help students identify epithets in The Odyssey, find their own epithets from the text, and then create their own epithets about themselves. I've found my students really enjoy the assignment because most high schoolers LOVE talking about themselves! I usually introduce this assignment while we are reading Part 2 of The Odyssey (when Odysseus returns home).
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
American Literature in Historical Context
Peoples’ beliefs, values, and fears have an immeasurable impact on what they write. Explaining those beliefs, values, and fears helps unlock complex texts for students, which is just what these historical context lessons are made to do! Heavily based on the historical previews from Holt, Rinehart, & Winston’s Elements of Literature textbooks, these presentations introduce parts of history that influenced American Literature in a visual and interactive manner. Introduce (or recap) each lit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Y11 VCE English -The Thing Around your Neck Analysis (Cell Block 1)
A teacher's dream! A super easy and complete step-by-step to help students analyse the story Cell Block 1 by Chimamanda Adichie. Students can listen to Adichie's Ted talk on ' The Danger of a Single Story' and then answer important inquiry questions based on the talk.Then, there is a helpful guide on Adichie's writing style and personal background before students access the slide on how to successfully annotate the writing piece. There is also a bank for students to record any useful quotes and
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Beowulf Notes(for Burton Raffel translation)
This is a complete set of notes for the epic poem, Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel. The notes include plot details, explanations of figurative language, and overarching ideas within the epic. Teachers can use this as a reference prior to teaching the epic or it can be used as an accommodation for special education students. Great for home instruction as well.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Complete Notes on Characters from The General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales
This is a character chart filled in with the descriptions of Chaucer's characters from The General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales. The chart provides the character, his/her physical description, his/her clothing/items, his/her social status, and his/her life experience and life style. The characters include: The Knight, The Squire, The Yeoman, The Prioress, The Monk, The Friar, The Merchant, The Oxford Cleric, The Sergeant at Law, The Franklin, The Guild Fraternity, The Cook, The Skipper, The
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Crash Course Literature Worksheets | All seasons | Complete Series Bundle
Crash Course Literature by John Green is an amazing free series of YouTube videos you can use in your ELA classroom to introduce and review literature texts. But how do you keep your students engaged in these great videos? Easy, use our Crash Course Literature worksheets.Our no-prep, printable literature worksheets are designed to accompany the free Crash Course Literature videos. Our visual note-taking worksheets are an easy way to engage your students and keep them on-task while scaffolding
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Poetry Guided Notes - Structure, Types, Literary Devices
Created by Eric Triche. This is a great way to introduce poetry. It allows you to introduce the major concepts in poetry with a format that requires student attention (filling in the blanks for completion). The file also includes the teacher key. These notes introduce the following concepts: rhyme, meter, rhythm, stanza, narrative poetry, ballad, limerick, haiku, free verse, concrete poetry, onomatopoeia, consonance, alliteration, assonance, repetition, simile, metaphor, personification, hyp
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Essay Outline Organizer
This four-page essay outline accomplishes what single page outlines cannot do. It helps students organize their essays step-by-step, and guides them through the point-proof-explanation method. This is my most popular item with students of any age who are unsure about how to embark on the essay writing process. The outline organizer can be used with any type of essay: literary, argumentative, persuasive, or expository.
See also my companion PowerpPoints.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
The Alchemist Student Workbook
Student notebook and workbook for Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist.Includes fill-in-the-blank notes and information about:The authorMagical RealismAllegoryThe Hero's JourneyComprehension questionsIcarus and DaedalusEcho and NarcissusAs well as guided notes and analysis through:Story MapDialectical Journal entriesCharacterization Mandala projectJust add the novel (and graphic novel for extra fun and engagement!) and you're set! This resource works best with my Alchemist Google Slides, also list
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â The Alchemist BUNDLE
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2, Scene 3 Close Reading (Friar Lawrence Soliloquy)
8 Guided Questions that can help your students engage more deeply with the language of Friar Lawrence's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Questions allow students to think about themes and understand the character of the Friar more deeply as they slow down and engage more fully with the text.Suggestions for Answers / Answer Sheet Included Hope this helps you out!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Crash Course Literature To Kill a Mockingbird part 1 (season 2 episode 10)
This visual note-taking worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with the popular Crash Course Literature YouTube video about Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird part 1. The video covers major plot points of the text, the critical reception of the text, biographical information about the author, genre conventions the text uses, and themes such as what it means to be a woman.The printable worksheet encourages active listening and spurs students to think deeply about how to read, under
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Crash Course Literature Season 2 Visual Note-taking Worksheet Bundle
Reading Note Tracker, Annotation Trifold, Reading Foldable
An easy way to keep notes while you read. This works well for book studies in the secondary English classroom, as well as a way to keep notes for yourself while you read. The different panels allow you to keep track of details and dive deep into how a story develops. This is a double-sided trifold that is intended for keeping notes *while* you read. When folded up, it serves as a bookmark in whatever novel you are studying. There is also a panel where you can review the book, including coloring
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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