Middle School Literature Resources

Figurative Language Anchor Chart Examples Review Tasks 5th 6th 7th Grade ELA

Have your students been engaged in learning figurative language techniques and devices? This review activity is a great way to supplement your explicit teaching in ELA lessons. There are anchor charts, examples, and review activities for similes, metaphors, alliteration, and personification.The revi

5th - 7th Literature, Poetry, Reading

Also included in: Figurative Language Unit Analysis Reading Poetry 5th 6th 7th Grade ELA Workbook

$2.30

Greek Roots Vocabulary Activity | Word Study Project & Gallery Walk

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Give Greek roots a purpose beyond memorizing a list. In this secondary ELA word-study activity, each student becomes the class expert on one Greek root, builds a word family, studies how the root contributes to meaning, and creates a clear Root Profile to teach classmates.Students then use a gallery

8th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary

$4.50

First Week ELA Diagnostic Without the Dread | Close Reading & Writing Sample

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Start the year with a real English lesson that gives you useful information about your students without making the first week feel like a test. In this low-pressure activity, students read an original short story, discuss possible interpretations, and write a brief evidence-based response.Student-fa

8th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Writing

$4.50

Edgar Allan Poe Biography & Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Themes & Work

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Introduce Edgar Allan Poe with a concise biography and background lesson that gives students the literary context they need before reading his stories and poems. Rather than turning Poe’s life into a list of sensational facts, this lesson connects his biography to the themes, techniques, and literar

8th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Reading

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

$5.00

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Close Reading Mini Unit, Analysis & Quizzes

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Help students understand what happens in “The Raven” before asking them to interpret its symbolism and psychological horror.This close reading mini-unit follows Poe’s poem chronologically, with a stanza-numbered reading text, vocabulary support, a student analysis packet, and coordinated lesson slid

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

$5.99

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

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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

$4.50

Gothic Literature FREE Activity | Poe Close Reading & Gothic Elements

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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

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

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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

$5.99