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Not grade specific literature simulations
The Lottery Roleplay Escape Room Activity
This ready-to-go resource has all you need to fill a class period with a roleplay exercise that will leave your students wanting more. Character identity cards will allow your students to immerse themselves in this year's annual ceremony. Watch one of your students become Joe Summers as the Official of the Lottery; the Hutchinson family is back after a terrible year without Tessie; even Old Man Warner is here to try to break the town record for most lotteries attended. Fans of the Play Adaptatio
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Engaging Fahrenheit 451 Activities for the beginning, middle, and end!
You get four solid products in this bundle: My intro activity to F451 (can be spread out over 1-3 days, a reading guide for pages 1-21 & another reading guide for pages 76-88) & the most engaging guided imagery and close read assessment where students close read Montag's first view of the fire and the last view of the fire. See details in each product.
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Gatsby Bundle: Highly engaging activities for chapters 5-7.
This bundle includes all of my most engaging and interactive activities for The Great Gatsby: Activities use music, art, acting, and close reading skills to help students better understand the complexities of this novel. Includes:The Great Gatsby Call in Radio Show: looking at chapter 6 through the characters' perspectives. The student directed version of the call in radio show for students who are absent the day of the show.Kill and Run--using music and art to better understand the complexities
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Trash Scenario Activity
In the beginning of the book Trash, by Andy Mulligan, two boys find something very valuable at a dumpsight. To replicate this scenario and engage students with novel, show them this slideshow that presents a similar situation in which they (the students) stumble upon an object of value. Put a description of the object in a sealed envelope and pass out to students. Then have students share out discussion style what they found and what they plan to do with their object. This is a fun intro activit
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The Great Gatsby Call-in Radio Show: Ch 6
If you don’t have time to read chapter 6 as a class but you need students to know the important revelations within this chapter before you get to the climax in chapter 7, then this activity is perfect. You’ll choose four students to take on the roles of Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Nick. Then, you’ll host a call-in radio show and invite these characters to be the guests. They’ll have had time to internalize their parts (already written and included in this purchase), so that they can answer the quest
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Also included in:Â Gatsby Bundle: Highly engaging activities for chapters 5-7.
Fahrenheit 451: Comparing the Fires Close Read Analysis with Guided Imagery
This includes an interactive guided reading activity where students immerse themselves into a scene similar to when Montag escapes the hound, floats down the river, and eventually finds the fire. Students LOVE this. But that's just the pre-writing activity to get their minds ready to close read two important passages from the text: The opening scene where Montag describes the fire and the scene where he approaches the fire in the woods. This activity includes both passages presented in a a stude
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Also included in:Â Engaging Fahrenheit 451 Activities for the beginning, middle, and end!
Lord of the Flies: Call in Radio Show: Interactive Assessment acting as the boys
You've finished Lord of the Flies. You can discuss each symbol lecture-style or you can do this interactive role-playing call-in radio show (or talk show or podcast) where every student uses either pre-written roles that are meant to dive deeper into the symbols and complexity of the characters' actions or pre-written questions for the characters on the stage. It's fun. It's funny. Students leave the classroom after this lesson with deeper understanding of the symbolism, the characters, and the
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Fahrenheit 451: Introducing novel: A World without Books: extended activity
This is an extended activity that introduces Fahrenheit 451. It's layered. You can use elements of it as quick activities or you can spread this out over several days. Includes a solid lesson that, when followed, successfully gets students excited about reading a book about a world that burns books. The core of the lesson requires students to critically think: What do books give us? And what does a world without books look like? After exploring these concepts through a combination of discussion,
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Also included in:Â Engaging Fahrenheit 451 Activities for the beginning, middle, and end!
Ancient Greek Mythology Adventure
Send your students to an island full of interactive objects and characters to learn more about ancient Greek gods and goddesses!This is a multiplayer, web based activity that allows students to explore an island full of information about the ancient Greek gods and goddesses along with their classmates! This activity includes over 66 interactive points of interest for students to discover together.For more information on getting started, check out the videos at www.xpdrop.com
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Create Your Own Utopia Student Activity (Digital Version)
This activity pairs well with our "Create Your Own Utopia Slideshow" and is included in our "Dystopian Fiction Introduction" bundle! Students are assigned this document (in groups or individually) and must use the questions to create their own utopian society with their choice of visual representation of that society (map or aesthetic board). You can have students share their pretend societies and/or use them with the activities included in the bundle for further context and reflection.
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Also included in:Â Dystopian Fiction Introduction
Create Your Own Utopia Slideshow
This slideshow offers a guided structure to the Create Your Own Utopia activity. You can use this to help your students go through the thinking process needed to understand dystopian fiction or to discuss societal elements in general. This is also included in the "Dystopian Fiction Introduction" bundle with more ready-made resources to make the experience easy for you to implement!
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Also included in:Â Dystopian Fiction Introduction
Jason's Quest for the Golden Fleece - Google Earth tour
The tour runs on its own, but it could be embellished with a fuller narrative than what is provided.
It may be used by students at individual computer stations, or may embellish a class-wide reading.
No questions or accessory materials are provided, except for
instructions for operating Google Earth are included.
Required: Google Earth + DSL or faster internet connection.
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Dystopian Fiction Introduction
This bundle includes 2-3 days' worth of introductory lessons that give students the chance to build background on the dystopian fiction genre. We use this bundle when we introduce our dystopian fiction literature circle unit each year! These activities paired together result in powerful conversations and enough context for students to thoroughly analyze books from this genre. Suggested use is found on the "Create Your Own Utopian Slideshow" slide 2.
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Create Your Own Utopia Student Activity (Physical Version)
This activity pairs well with our "Create Your Own Utopia Slideshow" and is included in our "Dystopian Fiction Introduction" bundle! Students are assigned this document (in groups or individually) and must use the questions to create their own utopian society with their choice of visual representation of that society (map or aesthetic board). You can have students share their pretend societies and/or use them with the activities included in the bundle for further context and reflection.
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Also included in:Â Dystopian Fiction Introduction
Create Your Own Utopia: Dystopian Conflicts Activity
This activity should be used with our "Create Your Own Utopian Slideshow" -- both are included in the "Dystopian Fiction Introduction" bundle--however, you could use the resource and adapt it to your own needs and structure on its own! Students assess how their own utopian society (created in the previously mentioned lesson) or society, in general, may be affected by various threats. They will decide how they would handle a situation and how that decision would trickle throughout their fictional
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Also included in:Â Dystopian Fiction Introduction
Interactive Booktalk Bingo
Get your kids up and moving with this fun, interactive booktalk! Students will circulate the room and have conversations with their peers about books they've read in this fun human bingo. The goal is to get bingo (5 in a row) by writing down the name of your peer AND the book the book title in the appropriate box. Students will LOVE the chance to be social and you'll love the conversations about great reads. Enjoy!
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For The Love Of Pets
Most people know exactly what kind of pet they want; however, pet maintenance can be a source of concern.Whatever the case, you may need to consider some key pet care points when deciding which pet is right for you.This ebook will assist you in selecting the right pet for you. Topics covered:Obtaining Your Pet Through An Animal Rescue OrganizationChoosing the Best Food for Your PetThe Benefits of Microchipping Your PetVaccinations for Pets Are ImportantTeaching Children and Pets to Get AlongKeep
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Character of Interest
This product is helpful for:Sub plan (1 day activity)Independent text studyFacilitating engaging classroom discussionAudition preparationCharacterizationTheaterLiteratureFormative assessment*Teacher Tip: for an engaging product launch, dress up like a detective or make the room look "disheveled" and send students to different investigation stations
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