Created byStudents can recognize an eerie setting—but can they explain how a writer creates that feeling? This FREE Gothic literature mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 analyze how word choice, ordinary details, and uncertainty make a setting feel unsettling.Students begin by comparing two descriptions
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature
Free
Created byTeach Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with a complete novel unit built for 10th Grade English. Students get the support they need to understand what is happening before they are asked to decide what it means.The unit includes lesson slides, an 18-page student packet, an exact filled key
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies
$19.99
Created byVirginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” fits easily into part of a class period, but the shifting pronouns and two couples can make the first read confusing. I revised this activity after using the story with my own AP Lit students and seeing where they lost the thread. The first five questions help stud
10th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$3.00
Created byTeach Saki’s “The Open Window” in one class period without stopping the story to death. Students read the complete story straight through, briefly sort out the ending, and then go back to examine how Vera gets Framton to believe her. Includes the full public-domain text in a beautifully illustrated
8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$4.99
Created byRussian alphabet coloring bookmarks, a fun way to help kids memorize the Cyrillic letters and a quick way to reference back to the bookmarks while learning Russian. 4 bookmarks on one page, measuring about 8.25" by 2.5".Similar items you might like:Russian Reading Program 246 Flashcards Letter Blend
Not Grade Specific Close Reading, World Languages, Russian
$1.00
Created byLow-prep space theme activity: keepsake bookmarks. Space astronauts and spaceships with reading encouragement puns coloring bookmarks could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft activity, used as party favors and DIY gifts.For best results pri
Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
$2.35
Created bySet of blank book-based bookmarks to be filled out and personalized by students, also Includes a page of large size and a page with a single large bookmark that are fillable PDF, you can type in them. (FILLED OUT EXAMPLES ARE NOT INCLUDED)Fill out a bookmark for each book you read, and decorate/illu
Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies
$2.70
Created byThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz black and white antique book illustrations cards for storyline sequencing games and activities, 24 cards total. Cards could be colored and played as a "find the match" game.For best results print them on thick cardstock paper.The cards were made with photocopies from the a
Not Grade Specific Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Wonderful Wizard of Oz Coloring Bundle of Mini Cards and Bookmarks Activities
$3.98
Created byThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz bundle of mini cards for sequencing games and coloring bookmarks with quotes. Low prep crafts and activities. SIMILAR COLORING ITEMS YOU MIGHT LIKEPlease follow my store to receive notifications of new items postedFor personal use by one teacher only, please do not resell,
Not Grade Specific English Language Arts, Close Reading, Literature
$6.33
$4.36
Created byA bundle of editable text coloring bookmarks, Canva templates.Personalized low-prep crafts, keepsake student gifts/rewards with doodle pattern. Fun and customizable coloring bookmarks! Easily personalize each bookmark with a name/text using a free Canva account. Perfect for classroom gifts, party fa
Not Grade Specific Close Reading, Library Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Editable Name Coloring Bookmark Template Gift Reward Back to School Activity
Editable Name Template Bookmarks to Color Book Markers DIY Students Gift Reward
Kawaii Editable Name Coloring Bookmark Template Desk Name Plates Custom Tag Gift
Editable Text Custom Quote Template Bookmarks to Color Bookmarkers DIY Gift
Editable Text Custom Quote Template Bookmarks to Color Personalized DIY Gift
$16.25
$10.95
Created byExplore character development and transformation in literature with this Grades 3–5 ELA Focus Unit. Students investigate internal and external changes, dynamic and static characters, and how characters evolve through picture book read-alouds, discussion, and evidence-based writing. Includes multi-day lesson plans, vocabulary posters, differentiated response pages, comparison activities, matching cards, summative assessment, and answer key.
3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading
$5.00
Created byDuring phonics practice, students often need repeated opportunities to decode and spell words with targeted patterns in meaningful contexts. This set of phonics worksheets provides focused practice with air, ear, are and aw patterns, along with additional vowel patterns, blends, digraphs and trigrap
1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading
$2.20
Created byThis consonant blends worksheet bundle includes initial and final digraph and trigraph blends. Students will read and write spelling words with beginning consonant blends and blends ending in two and three letters. This resource provides 45 blends and digraphs/trigraphs worksheets for students in 2n
1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading
Also included in: Phonics Skill Assessment 2nd 3rd Grade Spelling Sound Blends Word Review Packet
$5.00
Created byIn this educational grammar SCOOT game, students move through 20 different task cards to identify 9 different types of figurative language: alliteration, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, adage, idiom, and imagery. Ideal for elementary and middle school ELA teachers.
4th - 7th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading
Also included in: Figurative Language Bundle: Notes Booklet, Scoot Task Cards, Printable Card Game
Google Drive
$5.00
Created byTeaching “The Fall of the House of Usher” is difficult for one simple reason: students cannot analyze what they cannot follow. Poe’s prose is dense, the plot is strange, and the story’s best ideas only land when students know what is actually happening.This 8–9 day guided-reading unit gives students
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher
$7.50
Created byBring 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
$5.99
Created byLet 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
$4.50
Created byNeed 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
Free
Created byKeKeep “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
$5.99
Created byTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Earthquakes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- How earthquakes work- The dangers of eart
6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science
NGSS MS-ESS3-2
Also included in: Emergency Science Sub Plans | 6th, 7th, 8th | Reading Comprehension Questions
Free
Created byTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Concussions. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties. The reading looks at:What is a concussion?Signs and symptomsTre
5th - 7th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Article & Question Mega Bundle | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
$2.97
Created byTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about The Common Cold. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:What is the common cold?What causes the
6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science
Also included in: Emergency Science Sub Plans | 6th, 7th, 8th | Reading Comprehension Questions
Free
Created byTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Invasive Species. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is an invasive species?- How do
6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science
Also included in: South Carolina State Standards-Science: Gr 7 SC.7-4. Ecology: Biotic and Abiotic
$2.97
Created byTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Hurricanes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is a hurricane?- Hurricane wind- How
6th - 8th Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Science
NGSS MS-ESS3-2
Also included in: Natural Disasters & Weather Reading Comprehension & Questions 6th, 7th, 8th
$2.97
