Curated OER
"Shooting an Elephant"
Study selected vocabulary terms in George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." A chart includes five selections, and learners must record the connotative and denotative meaning for each. A great look at using the context to define vocabulary...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Did I Read?
Explicit and implicit information are reviewed in this lesson. Students will choose a part of the body and then read a short passage that explains what it does. Students will answer three questions over the passage and then determine...
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Ed Sitement! "Shooting an Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on His Life in Burma
This site shares a PDF worksheet for learners to organize connotative and denotative meanings. Students will read "Shooting an Elephant" and then complete the chart with explanations of the denotative and connotative meanings. L.11-12.5b...