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Harry Potter and the Hero's Journey Lesson Plan

Harry Potter and the Hero's Journey

Lesson Planet
7th - 9th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewSure, Harry Potter was sorted into the Gryffindor house, but is he really a hero? Middle and high schoolers examine the plot and character development in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series before creating a presentation to argue whether...
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Setting in To Kill a Mockingbird Interactive

Setting in To Kill a Mockingbird

Lesson Planet
7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewCan you understand more about how a person acts by learning about how that person lives? An interactive resource explores the setting of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird with several slides discussing the location, social conditions,...
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The Continuing Fight for Tom Robinson and To Kill a Mockingbird Video

The Continuing Fight for Tom Robinson and To Kill a Mockingbird

Lesson Planet
4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewTo Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960, but its messages remain just as true today as they were in Harper Lee's novel. Learners watch a video that details the story of Anthony Ray Hinton, who was sent to prison for a crime he did...
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Family and Identity through To Kill a Mockingbird Video

Family and Identity through To Kill a Mockingbird

Lesson Planet
5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewHow does the Finch family structure set it apart from their community, even before Atticus begins defending Tom Robinson? Watch a video that discusses how Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird establishes a distinctly American world about...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 19 Lesson Plan

Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 19

EngageNY
10th
CCSS: Designed
Imperfect heroes, pity and fear, and a fatal flaw are all part of a tragic play. Scholars analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth as an example of the tragedy genre. Pupils demonstrate understanding by completing a Quick Write discussing how...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 15 Lesson Plan

Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 15

EngageNY
10th
CCSS: Designed
What goes around, comes around. Using the resource, pupils read Act 4.3 of  Macbeth, in which Macduff and Malcolm make plans to attack Macbeth. Scholars then hold a discussion and complete writing activities to analyze Shakespeare's...
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Making Evidence-Based Claims Literary Technique Unit: Ernest Hemingway Unit

Making Evidence-Based Claims Literary Technique Unit: Ernest Hemingway

EngageNY
9th
CCSS: Designed
It's time to go claim hunting! Scholars learn to form evidence-based claims as they read of hunting during an African safari in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. Educators guide pupils through a five-part unit beginning with...
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Making Evidence-Based Claims Literary Technique Unit: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost Unit

Making Evidence-Based Claims Literary Technique Unit: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost

EngageNY
10th
CCSS: Designed
Is there evidence to support that claim? Teachers use poetry to guide scholars from making claims all the way to writing essays, using evidence to support their ideas. Class members analyze a poem and work in pairs to develop claims...
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Figurative Language and Foreshadowing in The Outsiders Lesson Plan

Figurative Language and Foreshadowing in The Outsiders

Lesson Planet
7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is still relatable to teenagers today, even though it was written more than 50 years ago. Explore how the figurative language of the story works to establish characterization, and how foreshadowing lays out...
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Chosen Family and The Outsiders Video

Chosen Family and The Outsiders

Lesson Planet
2 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Can you choose your family after all? The greasers in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders are as close as family, even though only Pony Boy and his brothers are related. A short video features commentary by hip-hop artist Danny Boy O'Connor and...
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S. E. Hinton, Danny Boy O'Connor, and The Outsiders Video

S. E. Hinton, Danny Boy O'Connor, and The Outsiders

Lesson Planet
3 mins 7th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Could your 16-year-old students write a novel? S.E. Hinton did! An engaging video reviews the setting and themes of Hinton's breakout novel The Outsiders through the perspective of hip-hop artist Danny Boy O'Connor, as well as the author...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 8 Lesson Plan

Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 8

EngageNY
10th
CCSS: Designed
Shakespeare's Macbeth has something for everyone. Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment. They craft multi-paragraph essays to analyze how the author's structural choices create tension and suspense in the first two acts of the play. 
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 6 Lesson Plan

Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 2, Lesson 6

EngageNY
10th
CCSS: Designed
What decisions might an author make about the structure of a play? Pupils participate in an evidence-based discussion about the author's choices in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Next, scholars analyze the effect of Shakespeare's structural...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Video

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lesson Planet
4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Is the Queen of Hearts a misunderstood monarch or an unchecked tyrant? A video from a series on villainous characters examines how Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland paints the Queen of Hearts as the ultimate power-hungry...
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The "Final Solution" Unit

The "Final Solution"

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Nazi policies shifted from deportation and imprisonment to extermination of the Jewish people in death camps in the "Final Solution." Learners examine photos of artifacts, read poetry written by survivors, analyze testimony from...
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Les Miserables Classroom Activities Lesson Plan

Les Miserables Classroom Activities

Lesson Planet
8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Modern readers apply classic themes to Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables. After they discuss tricky vocabulary and plot elements from the novel, class members compare Hugo's written work to a stage or film adaptation of the musical.
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Survivors and Liberators Unit

Survivors and Liberators

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
The end was just the beginning. The period immediately after the end of World War II and the Holocaust is often called "The Return to Life" as survivors looked to reunite and recreate broken families and shattered lives. A two-lesson...
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Defining Experiences Activities & Project

Defining Experiences

Lesson Planet
9th
CCSS: Designed
Scholars read about the brightly colored flower in Eugenia Collier's short story, "Marigolds." They annotate the text and answer comprehension questions. As a concluding activity, pupils write about the author's use of diction, imagery,...
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The House on Mango Street Lesson Plan

The House on Mango Street

Lesson Planet
9th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
After reading Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street, class members craft an essay in which they use evidence from a variety of vignettes to demonstrate how Cisneros develops Esperanza's character.
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Reading Literature: 11-12th Grade ELA Common Core
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Reading Literature: 11-12th Grade ELA Common Core

Lesson Planet
11th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Looking for resources that model how to address specific Common Core Standards for reading literature in grades 11 and 12? Then check out this collection. Take a look at the attached notes for each resource to find the aligned Common Core Standards for 11th and 12th grade literature addressed by the resource.
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Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Worksheet

Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Discussion questions for Walt Whitman's "Son of Myself" ask class members to reflect on the beauty that can be found in labor, the sense of identity that transcends divisions, and on the many riddles in Whitman's poem. ...
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Walt Whitman Packet Worksheet

Walt Whitman Packet

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Walt Whitman's Song of Myself is the anchor text for a series of worksheets that model for young scholars how to become active readers. Questions require text-based as well as analytical responses.
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Walt Whitman: From Song of Myself Lesson Plan

Walt Whitman: From Song of Myself

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Looking for a resource that models how to read and analyze a poem? Check out this packet that uses sections of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" to demonstrate how to paraphrase, note literary elements, and identify the poet's inferences.
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Whitman and the American ‘Romantic’ Nature Worksheet

Whitman and the American ‘Romantic’ Nature

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Pupils read a short biography of Walt Whitman and a portion of Whitman's epic poem "Song of Myself." Readers then respond to a series of comprehension questions.
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