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Pick A Short Story
Students select a short story and apply various literary elements they have used throughout the year. They deconstruct a short story according to plot, setting, characterization, and theme. Students create a PowerPoint.
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Finding the Item That is Different - Autumn Theme
For this comparison worksheet, students make an X over the picture in each of 5 rows that is different They examine autumn themed pictures such as apples, pumpkins, and scarecrows.
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Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonia
Included in this resource are a variety of activities to do while reading Willa Cather's My Antonia. The activities, which range from mapping out Nebraska to writing activities about pioneer living, are all designed with one guiding...
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Count of Monte Cristo: Questioning Strategy – Tossed Terms
Do you know the setting of The Count of Monte Cristo? What about the main characters? Explore the elements of Alexandre Dumas' novel with a reading comprehension activity. Kids toss boxes with literary elements written on each side, and...
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J. Alfred Hyperbolizes
Mermaids will sing to your class members as they engage in an activity related to T.S. Eliot's famous dramatic interior monologue. After engaging in a socratic seminar about literary devices in the poem, individuals choose one...
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Self and Interpersonal Relationships Theme Unit
A key goal of social-emotional learning is to help young people develop healthy attitudes towards themselves and others. A 173-page curriculum guide provides step-by-step lessons that are richly detailed, carefully scaffolded, and...
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Theme
Students investigate the concept of theme and how it is used in literary works. They read a variety of texts looking for the theme in each of them. Students also differentiate between the plot and theme by using a correct definition for...
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Literature Themes: Bullying
Students read and discuss books with bullying themes. They take a pledge against bullying and watch an animated movie on the subject. They inspect tips for dealing with bullies and consider how people become bullies.
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All My Sons: Themes (For the Most Part) Quiz
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on the themes of All My Sons. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Age of Iron Theme of Violence
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in Age of Iron. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Theme of Old Age
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of old age in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities...
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Theme of Family
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.
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Dream-Land Theme of Man and the Natural World
In this reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Dream-Land." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Dream-Land Theme of Isolation
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Dream-Land." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Harlem (Dream Deferred) Theme of Choices
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Harlem," by Langston Hughes. Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.
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"Ode to a Nightingale" Theme of Transience
In this "Ode to a Nightingale" worksheet, students explore the theme of the fleeting nature of youth and happiness. Students discuss the meaning of the symbols and the speaker's state of mind.
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"My Papa's Waltz" Theme of Power
In this "My Papa's Waltz" worksheet, students discover the theme of power in the poem. Students answer questions about the power of the father in the poem and the relationships in the family in the poem.
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Story Literary Elements Worksheet
In this literary elements worksheet, students read selected short stories and then respond to 5 short answer questions based on the stories.
Maine Content Literacy Project
Process of Reading
Assist your pupils with literary analysis by discussing and exploring theme. This plan, the twelfth in a series of fourteen, builds in some time to explore theme as a class. Learners also blog about the main event in their stories and...
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My Antonia: Story Grammar
Pupils can write down all of the major plot elements of My Antonia by Willa Cather on this straightforward worksheet. Learners note down themes, characters, the chain of events, and more.
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Try A Pizza Theme Week
Students explore all the things they could do with a pizza. They become aware of food groups and nutritional needs, make decorated cardboard pizzas, interact with pizza slices and fractions, create stories to go along with their...
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Handprint Apples
If you're using an apple theme in your pre-school or kindergarten class, then this project is perfect. Little ones make hand print apples in order to create art while exploring a tactile sensation.
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Sorting
A lesson on classification and sorting is here for you. Elementary schoolers participate in an interactive computer game in which they sort books by theme. They take a trip to the library to observe and discuss how books are sorted, and...
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Musical Vocabulary
A large Christmas tree covered in words from around the world adorns this lesson plan. Pupils hunt through the list of Christmas words from around the world and circle the musical vocabulary words hidden among them. A fun activity that...