11th Grade English Language Arts Resources

Literary Analysis Posters | Theme, Tone, Diction, Syntax & More | Secondary ELA

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Plotting Something

Give students a literary analysis reference they can actually use.This 10-poster collection goes beyond simple definitions. Each poster helps secondary ELA students notice important textual choices, distinguish commonly confused concepts, and move from identifying a technique to explaining how it sh

9th - 12th Literature, Writing

Also included in: Literary Posters Bundle | Literary Movements & Analysis | 20 Secondary ELA Poste

For Use with Strawberry Spring by Stephen King | AP Lit Halloween Case File

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Plotting Something

Bring a little fog into your AP Literature classroom. This two-day case-file lesson for Stephen King's “Strawberry Spring” asks students to investigate the evidence, commit to a theory, and reconsider what they thought they knew after the ending.The Halloween atmosphere gives students a reason to le

10th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Literary Posters Bundle | Literary Movements & Analysis | 20 Secondary ELA Poste

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Plotting Something

Build a cohesive literary reference wall with 20 secondary ELA posters covering both major literary movements and the analysis concepts students use to explain how texts create meaning.FULL DESCRIPTIONGive students the literary landscape AND the analytical tools to navigate it.This bundle combines t

9th - 12th Literature, Writing

Cursed Object Auction | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Creative Thinking Game

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Plotting Something

Turn Halloween into an atmospheric estate auction where students bid on mysterious objects—then discover exactly what they brought home.The Cursed Object Auction is a one-class-period Halloween ELA experience for grades 9–12. Students work in teams with $600 in fictional money, inspect six estate-ca

9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)

Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

Would You Survive Gothic Literature? | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Game

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Plotting Something

Turn Halloween into a Gothic survival game where every choice changes what students know - and how much the house has gotten inside their heads.Would You Survive Gothic Literature? is a one-class-period Halloween ELA activity for grades 9-12. Students work in teams as one fictional heir trapped insi

9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)

Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

Lord of the Flies Complete Novel Unit | Reading Guide, Quizzes, Test & Essay

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Plotting Something

Teach William Golding's Lord of the Flies with a complete, coherent novel unit that supports students from pre-reading through final assessment. Rather than relying on disconnected worksheets, this resource keeps one central line of thinking in view: what civilization restrains - and what happens wh

9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading

Partner Novel Study Project | Literature Circles, Journal, Discussions & Rubrics

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Plotting Something

Give students a structured way to read one approved novel with a partner, talk about it across six checkpoints, and keep a record of their developing ideas.Developed and refined through more than a decade of classroom use, this six-week project is designed for high school literature classes and work

9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Writing

Literary Séance | Halloween ELA Activity | Character Inference & Writing Game

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Plotting Something

Ten voices have arrived. None will tell your students its name.Literary Séance is a one-period Halloween ELA mystery that asks students to identify classic literary characters from a sequence of staged “manifestations” — then write one final message in character and challenge classmates to identify

9th - 12th Creative Writing, Literature

Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe | Drawing & Extended Metaphor Activity

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Plotting Something

Let students picture Poe's palace before they decide what it means. In this two-part lesson, students closely read and draw "The Haunted Palace," then return to the poem to trace its tonal shift, identify its human features, and discover how the palace becomes a picture of Roderick Usher's mind.FULL

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations

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Plotting Something

Want Halloween lessons that feel seasonal without turning the week into filler? This bundle gives you four complete, one-period ELA experiences for grades 9–12. Each resource uses a different setup - an auction, a Gothic survival game, an emergency broadcast mystery, and a literary-character inferen

9th - 12th Literature, Writing

Gothic and Dark Literature Literary Quote Posters | 10 Secondary ELA Posters

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Plotting Something

Create a moody, literary classroom display with 10 Gothic and dark-classic quote posters featuring public-domain quotes from authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.Bring classic literary

9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Other (ELA)

Gothic Literature FREE Activity | Poe Close Reading & Gothic Elements

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Plotting Something

Need a quick way to introduce Gothic literature without turning it into an elements checklist? This free Gothic literature activity pairs a student-friendly field guide with a continuous public-domain excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Students identify details that cre

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading

The Monkey's Paw Lesson | Gothic Suspense, Foreshadowing, Irony & Ambiguity

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Plotting Something

KeKeep “The Monkey’s Paw” tense instead of turning it into a worksheet marathon. This two-day secondary ELA lesson uses a few deliberate reading stops, then asks students to go back and examine how W. W. Jacobs builds suspense through warning, irony, pacing, Gothic atmosphere, and ambiguity.“The Mon

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Jeopardy-Like Review Game Template - Uniquely Different, Any Grade or Subject

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TWFScience

Fully linked and ready to use Jeopardy-Like Review Game Template. Download the Preview file to see how it works. I've included 2 working questions.Specifics:- space for 25 questions- all questions contain 10 second timers to use if you wish- all hyperlinks meaning that clicking on a price takes yo

1st - Adult Education English Language Arts, Math, Science

Albert Einstein - The Father Of Science - A Famous Scientist Reading

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TWFScience

Albert Einstein - The Father Of Science? - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Albert Einstein. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This r

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Niels Bohr - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Niels Bohr - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Bohr. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This resource is suitable for high school stude

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sir Isaac Newton - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Sir Isaac Newton - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Newton. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This resource is suitable for high scho

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Newton's Three Laws of Motion Worksheets & Activities Bundle | 1st, 2nd, 3rd Law

Neil deGrasse Tyson - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Neil deGrasse Tyson - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Tyson. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This resource is suitable for high sc

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Rosalind Franklin - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Rosalind Franklin - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Franklin. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This resource is suitable for high s

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Gregor Mendel - A Famous Scientist Reading | History and Laws of Inheritance

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TWFScience

Gregor Mendel - The Father of Genetics - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Mendel. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This no-prep reso

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: California 6th Grade Science Preferred Integrated Model Full Year BUNDLE | CAST

Nikola Tesla - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Nikola Tesla - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Tesla. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.This no-prep resource is suitable for high s

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

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TWFScience

Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle - 17 readings to improve scientific/disciplinary literacy, improve reading comprehension, introduce topics, use as an emergency substitute plan or challenge students via projects and activities. This no-prep resource is suitable for high school students

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Marie Curie - A Famous Scientist Reading - Google and Office Versions

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TWFScience

Marie Curie - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. This reading is a comprehensive look at the life, the troubles, and the triumphs of Curie. It also includes a set of Reading Comprehension and Extension questions along with the answer key.Buyer Comment: "This is a great sub day activ

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Stephen Hawking - A Famous Scientist Reading

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TWFScience

Stephen Hawking - A Famous Scientist Reading - Disciplinary Literacy. The Problem You FaceNot having the time to properly teach scientific literacy (disciplinary literacy) or improve your students reading comprehension and analysis skills.The SolutionThis fully editable, no prep reading comprehensio

8th - Adult Education Balanced Literacy, Informational Text, Science

Also included in: Famous Scientist Reading Comprehension Bundle | Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson