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No additional boards will be added to the product. Brit Lit Bingo Bundle: Instructions, Game Boards, and Call Sheets **SEE thumbnails for PREVIEW** INCLUDES: Beowulf The Canterbury Tales Macbeth Hamlet Lord of the Flies This differentiated activity is intended to get students excited about literature in a creative way. PREPARE: Print out the BINGO cards sheets enough for each child plus one call sheet for the teacher. Cut out the bingo cards. You have a blank card to make your own. --the purpose of playing is to review. The students will find the answer on their bingo board. This will create competition, ensure that they are focusing, and provide an educational review. The students will then place a written “X” on the corresponding answers after each clue is given by the caller. I’ve seen teachers laminate cards and students use dry erase markers. This will allow you to re-use the cards (You can also make your own markers with pennies, cutout squares, etc.) Award extra credit points on an impending test (this is what I would do). Award a homework pass...or just for fun! BINGO CCSS RL.1 RL.2 RL.3a-b, d RL.10 RI.1 Come Together! Connect with Me! Study All Knight Blog Study All Knight Facebook Danielle Knight (Study All Knight) on Pinterest Study All Knight on Twitter Study All Knight on Instagram Created by Danielle Knight, © Study All Knight ™, The Knight Stuff, LLC
Full of fresh ideas, diverse pairings, and helpful resources, engage high school students with these fun activities for teaching Beowulf!
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We've been studying Macbeth in both my 9th/10th and 11th/12th grade English classes. The highlight of our unit was absolutely our trip to the Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta to see a production of Macbeth, which I detail here. We did a lot of reading—and acting out— scenes aloud, which I'll detail in a different post. But I love this activity I had my 9th and 10th graders do. Here's the assignment and a few of their amazing designs and/or poems below. (The "I Am" poem idea is not mine. I found it in multiple places on the internet, so I don't know whom to give credit to.) The Assignment: --> Your assignment is to design a book cover for Macbeth. There are two parts to this assignment. 1. Design a book cover. Your front cover should be amazing. You can depict a vivid scene from Macbeth or use a collage of images that best illustrate the play, or you can focus on an image or one character. This is really up to you: what best illustrates Macbeth to you? Think about colors, symbols from the play, significant words or phrases, etc. You can draw, paint, make a collage of pictures, etc. You should also include the title and author. You may NOT use a Macbeth cover that is directly taken from the internet. You may download a picture and incorporate it into your book cover, but you cannot use only that picture or cover. In other words, there is no shortage of Macbeth illustrations on the internet. You can model your book cover on one of those, or use that picture somehow on your cover; but don’t just use a picture only without some of your creative modifications. You can make your cover out of construction paper, regular computer paper, butcher paper, etc. This should be around 8 X 12. DO NOT merely scribble something in pencil on notebook paper. You will be graded on the effort that I perceive that you put into this. 2. On the back of your cover, create an “I Am” poem for one of the characters in Macbeth. Use quotes, words, and phrases from the play itself. See below for poem details. You should follow this pattern directly. You can write this directly on the back of your cover, or you can type it on paper and affix it to the back. (You do not need to depict the same character on both front and back. In my example, I used Macbeth on the cover and Lady Macbeth for the poem.) The Title is the Character’s Name (Lady Macbeth, for example) I AM (two special characteristics of this character) I WONDER (something this character is/could be curious about) I HEAR (a sound this character is hearing) I SEE (a sight the character is seeing) I WANT (something the character desires/would desire) I AM (repeat the first line of the poem) I PRETEND (something the character pretends or might pretend) I FEEL (what the character is feeling in the story) I TOUCH (could be symbolic or real) I WORRY (something that is bothering the character) I CRY (what is making the character cry inside/would make him or her cry) I AM (repeat the first line of the poem) I UNDERSTAND (something the character feels is true) I SAY (something the character could or did say) I DREAM (something the character did or would dream about) I TRY (something the character is making an effort about) I HOPE (something the character wants to happen) I AM (repeat the first line of the poem) And a few of the results! As always, I am astonished and delighted at what my students can do! If you use these ideas in your classroom, please leave me a link so I can check out your projects, too!
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Full of fresh ideas, diverse pairings, and helpful resources, engage high school students with these fun activities for teaching Beowulf!
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Beowulf is a challenging text: it's long, dense, and old. With these strategies, you can make this text relevant for all students!
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This study guide and infographic for Unknown's Beowulf offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.
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This set includes a rich collection of British Literature reading lists to address all the Common Core Reading Standards for Literature and Informational Texts including those hard to find works that meet anchor standards 5, 7 and 9. Organized by anchor standard, grade level and ELA course, each s...
Beowulf is a challenging text: it's long, dense, and old. With these strategies, you can make this text relevant for all students!
from Night by Elie Wiesel from HMH 9th Grade Textbook Collection 5 You will find: 5 learning activities 6+ videos and online activities and vocabulary practice activities I also made a word search, crossword, and vocabulary matching cards for each passage...Just print, cut, bag, and use. HAPPY TEACHING!!!
Over the years, I’ve come to realize just how much I love wonder tales. And, apparently, I’m not alone. Game of Thrones, Outlander, and Bridgerton are just a few of the many famous book series turned television series that are/were wildly popular. So, when it came time to teach a unit on Beowulf to my
Looking for teaching resources for Macbeth? In search of activities for the Shakespearean tragedy? These 12 resources make Macbeth easy.
Even before the powerful “Disrupt the Canon” movement started, I wanted to better diversify my traditional British Literature Curriculum. My mission has only increased with time, as I become more convicted about the importance of having a wide variety of representation in our English literature curriculum. Most will agree that it is easy to diversify American ... Read More about How to Diversify Your British Literature Class
The Screwtape Letters Study Guide takes participants through a study of C.S. Lewis's classic, The Screwtape Letters. This Bible study digs deep into each letter from Screwtape, an understudy in the lowerarchy of Hell, to his incompetent nephew Wormwood, a junior devil. Perfect for small group sessions this interactive workbook includes daily, individual study with a complete answer guide available online. Designed as a 12-week study, multiple week format options are also included.
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Passport to British Literature: Grades 7-12 Fun classroom project for cross curricular ELA, Social Studies, and College and Career Readiness This is a print-and-go passport based on the format of the pages. The passport is set up to look like a passport. Do not eliminate pages. All the pages are landscape. You must know how to print in booklet format. Includes: Beowulf and Anglo Saxon Poetry Canterbury Tales Macbeth Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Candide Frankenstein Jane Eyre Heart of Darkness 1984 Lord of the Flies Acrobat Reader lays out the pages two per sheet. When you collate, fold, and staple the double-sided sheets, the result is a single book with the correct page order. Not difficult if you take your time and plan your project. Requires 8.5 by 11 paper A map on each passport page. Some pages have two maps to align with the travel in the book. Book fill ins (author, genre, themes, time period) A personalized page for student’s picture and vital stats and a pot on each page for a "stamp" or teacher's initials (just like a real passport) **This can be a year long project or a final assessment given a the end of the year)** ALL copiers are different. The PDF pages are 8.5x11. It is up to you to create your booklet. –booklet printing will automatically resize your pages.** The passport project is interactive and practical. IF you have a unit of study that is not included please email me at [email protected] -I would consider adding units to the passport. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please download the PREVIEW to get a better idea what is included. Come Together! Connect with Me! Study All Knight Blog Study All Knight Facebook Danielle Knight (Study All Knight) on Pinterest Study All Knight on Twitter Study All Knight on Instagram Created by Danielle Knight, © Study All Knight ™, The Knight Stuff, LLC Recommended for college prep, skills level, and small group setting, as well as in a mainstream classroom. This pack can easily be implemented in an accelerated class by moving up due dates and independent readings. ************************************* Please leave me feedback...and visit me again! keywords: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Voltaire, Orwell, William Golding, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, English, epic, Gothic, high school English, European literature, printables, handouts, tragedy, 5 act drama, research, Victorian, Charles Dickens, knights, Arthur, medieval literature, middle ages, Old English, maps, geography, travel, world, Europe, Africa, South America
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer provides the perfect opportunity to teach storytelling for social change. Bring the Medieval Canterbury Tales into the modern age with these engaging and inclusive Canterbury Tales activities! You will get: ⭐Detailed teacher notes and pacing guide ⭐ The Canterbury Tales Prologue close reading activity ⭐ Character profile templates (great for differentiation!) ⭐Activity for The Pardoner's Tale ⭐Activity for The Wife of Bath's Tale ⭐Activity for a third story of your choice such as The Knight's Tale or the Nun's Priest's Tale ⭐ Storytelling for social change gallery walk ⭐Modern Canterbury Tales comparison ⭐ 4 Canterbury Tales writing prompts ⭐2 Canterbury Tales project choices ⭐ Hands-on language change lesson ⭐Podcast pairing with a podcast page ⭐ 40 question multiple choice Canterbury Tales test ✅These resources are editable to fit your needs! ✅These Canterbury Tales activities can be used digitally or in print ✅ This Canterbury Tales unit has been completely updated so the activities are current!
This set includes the resources needed to tackle the Common Core Reading Standards for Informational Texts in a high school British Literature course. Organized by standard, each section includes the following: * graphic organizers (over 20 total covering language analysis, scene comparison, centr...
After reading "The General Prologue" of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, students analyze character in a fun activity.
We’ve learned that Rhetoric is writing and speaking with an aim to persuade–AND–a matter of being skilled both in writing/oratory as well as a discerning listener! Yet how can we …
You don't need a spell to engage students with Macbeth, but a spark of inspiration can certainly work its magic! This complete and editable Macbeth unit plan will help you make Shakespeare's play relevant, rigorous, and FUN! Each act contains interactive notes and creative activities to help bring this drama bubbling to life! So with that... Double, double no toil or trouble Macbeth engagement is going to double! You will get: Macbeth Pre-Reading Activities: ⭐Introduction stations to hook students from the start ⭐A playbill template with character list and notes Macbeth Reading Activities: ⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 1 with prompts to summarize, quote, and explain ⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 2 with the prompts to annotate, contrast, and infer ⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 3 with prompts to analyze, annotate, and illustrate ⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 4 with prompts to characterize, create, and contrast ⭐Interactive notes for Macbeth Act 5 with prompts to explain, illustrate, and paraphrase Macbeth Drama Activities: ⭐Acting troupe group activities for each act that helps bring this play to life! ⭐Act it out activity ⭐Finger puppet play ⭐ Theme Tableau Macbeth Connection Activities: ⭐Informational text pairings ⭐Hand washing experiment ⭐Movie Guide Macbeth Post-reading Activities: ⭐ TED Talk pairing and discussion ⭐Unique essay prompts ⭐50 question editable test (self-grading if using the Google Forms option) ✅ This unit is editable to fit your needs! ✅ This resource can be printed or use digitally in Google classrooms or other LMS providers. ✅ This unit has answer keys!
Teaching The Canterbury Tales can be fun for both you and your students when you discover ways to bring the Medieval text into the modern age!
