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Teach upper-elementary/middle-school students to identify and analyze characterization in literature using graphic organizers, as one chapter/skill section of a larger published 'Literary Devices' workbook.
A card-sort worksheet that has students match key thematic terms from An Inspector Calls to their dictionary definitions.
Teach upper-elementary/middle-school students to identify and analyze point of view in literature using graphic organizers, as one chapter/skill section of a larger published 'Literary Devices' workbook.
A literary-terms vocabulary lesson package teaching 18 terms related to Eras of Literature through a slide presentation, guided notes, a creative-writing application task, and multiple assessment options.
Teach upper-elementary/middle-school students to identify and analyze setting in literature using graphic organizers, as one chapter/skill section of a larger published 'Literary Devices' workbook.
A short GCSE worksheet guiding students to interpret the ambiguous ending and the identity/role of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls, and to plan an essay on the theme of responsibility.
A role-play preparation worksheet for An Inspector Calls, framing Eva Smith's death as a coroner's inquest that each Birling-family character (or Gerald) might be questioned at.
A multi-lesson literature unit built around the novel "Habibi" (chapters confirmed include "Kiss," "Jet Set," "Clover Chain," "Blip," and "Estate Sale"), breaking the book into sections with comprehension worksheets, vocabulary study, and essay writing as students read.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Edgar Allan Poe and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
A Grade 3 Common Core language arts practice worksheet covering reading comprehension of literature and informational text, vocabulary, grammar, and writing.
A literature worksheet that has students analyze Shakespeare's well-known life-stages monologue from As You Like It.
A short, ready-to-print formative check for the Common Core grade-2 reading-literature standard RL 2.2, used to assess whether students can identify a story's problem/conflict with supporting details, its resolution, the lesson learned with textual support, and the central message with justification.
A Grade 2 Common Core language arts practice worksheet covering reading literature comprehension, plus vocabulary and grammar/mechanics exercises.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Emily Dickinson and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
A short-story analysis worksheet packet and two-lesson teaching plan for D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner,' building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and symbolism analysis skills for high school/AP Literature and ESL/ELL students.
A 4-station introductory lesson activity to Edgar Allan Poe's life and writing style, used before reading his works, for middle/high-school English/Literature classes.
A high school Bible/literature lesson comparing the story of the spies as told in Numbers and Deuteronomy, illustrating a broader point about the book of Deuteronomy's theme of communal remembrance and confession.
A book-companion / interactive read-aloud packet built around the picture book 'A Storm Called Katrina' by Myron Uhlberg, covering reading comprehension, story elements, character analysis, plot structure, and text-to-text connections.
Build ESL/literature students' understanding of J.B. Priestley's play 'An Inspector Calls' -- its characters, themes of social responsibility, and 1912 Edwardian British context -- through a video-based, discussion-driven 90-minute lesson.
Mini history lesson/ebook on the start of the American Revolution ('The Shot Heard Round the World'), pairing a narrative historical summary of Lexington and Concord with two classic poems (Paul Revere's Ride, Concord Hymn) for compare-and-contrast study of historical accuracy in literature.
A discussion guide with nine teacher-answered questions opens this 'Bark, George!' book study, followed by project and craft ideas (a cardboard 'feed George' game, a story crown, a jigsaw puzzle), four linked YouTube videos, and a one-page nonfiction reading on veterinarians. Ten greeting signs teach 'hello' in different languages, tying into the story's ending. The bulk of the set is literacy practice: tracing, a maze, sight-word and phonics pages (words containing -RK), matching, sorting, fill-in-the-blank, and story-structure worksheets covering characters, setting, sequencing, and story elements, plus open-ended writing and drawing prompts and a design-your-own-cover activity.
Assign and structure four distinct roles (questioner, summarizer, connector, illustrator) for young students running a book club/literature circle group.
Assesses students' ability to compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes/topics across two pieces of literature, per the evidenced RL.4.9 answer key.
A no-prep picture book study companion for "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann, offering discussion, literacy, and craft activities for early elementary classrooms.