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Education Closet

West Side Shifts

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Combine math, language arts, music, and dance with an activity focused on "America" from West Side Story. After listening to the song, learners compare the film to Romeo and Juliet, analyze the song's meter, design choreography, plan...
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Southwest Career and Technical Academy

Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story - Compare and Contrast

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
West Side Story, the modern retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, won ten Academy Awards for its rousing depiction of the tale of star-crossed lovers. But how closely does the plot align to its source material? Compare and...
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Thalian Association Community Theatre

West Side Story: Teacher Resource Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
West Side Story is widely known as a modern-day Romeo & Juliet. Learners read a list of characters from the play and list their counterparts from Romeo & Juliet before completing a vocabulary enrichment activity and word jumble....
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Activity
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

West Side Story Suite and In The Night Fancy Free

For Teachers 8th - 12th
West Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo &...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Westing Game: Chapters 21-24

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this comprehension check worksheet, young scholars respond to 24 short answer questions covering chapters 21-24 of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
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Unit Plan
University of British Columbia

The Outsiders: Identity, the Individual, and the Group

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text in a unit that asks readers to reflect on their own identity, their place in their family, in groups with which they identify, and in school. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Universal Traditions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research personal bias towards the story Marriage is a Private Affair. In this tradition research lesson, students read the story and discuss the ending. Students free write about the topic and complete a Venn diagram to compare...
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Essay Questions

For Students 7th - 11th
Bring this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet to your unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Middle schoolers respond to nine essay questions based on the novel. They may also access an online quiz on the selection using...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Author's Purpose and Point of View Pretest

For Students 7th - 9th
In this author's purpose and point of view worksheet, learners answer 10 multiple choice questions. 

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