Livaudais-Baker English Classroom
Lord of The Flies Chapter Questions
Chapter-by-chapter worksheets ask readers to find specific examples of characterization, symbolism, setting, conflict, themes, and main ideas in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Also included in the packet is an assignment sheet that...
Louisiana Department of Education
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Compare and contrast popular works of fantasy literature with an in-depth reading comprehension unit. Language arts learners study the theme of good versus evil, fantastical characters and symbols, and the value of a visual...
Curated OER
The Old Man and the Sea: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
Can you find the themes from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea in other books? What about picture books? Compare the novel to a picture book with a lesson about making predictions and finding textual evidence.
Curated OER
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Themes Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension quiz activity, high schoolers respond to 5 multiple choice questions about themes from Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Students may check their answers on this timed...
Curated OER
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Themes (For the Most Part) Quiz
In this online interactive symbols quiz worksheet, high schoolers respond to 5 multiple choice questions about themes from Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students may check their answers on this timed quiz.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Youth
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Hopes, Plans, and Dreams
In this reading comprehension activity, high schoolers respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Manipulation
In this reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Animal Adventures: Challenge Activities (Theme 6)
Challenge learners who have mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal adventures with the activities and exercises suggested in this packet packed with ideas.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Off to Adventure!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)
This packet, the third in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units titled "Off to Adventure!" contains exercises and drills designed for learners who need extra support with the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Animal Adventures: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
This packet, the third in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal adventures, contains skill-building activities designed for learners who need extra support mastering the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Animal Adventures: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)
Provide extra support for language learners as they progress through the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal adventures. This 30-page packet includes scripted lessons designed for beginning, emergent,...
Curated OER
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Pass the Huck Quiz
In this online, interactive quiz, your test taker has one minute and twenty seconds to complete seven multiple choice questions surrounding reading comprehension. Note: the computer effects are very distracting (which interferes with the...
Fluence Learning
Writing About Literature: What Is Happiness?
Jack London's heart for adventure has come to define the spirit of America and its frontier. Selected passages from the foreword The Cruise of the Snark take eighth graders through London's construction and voyage of his ship before...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Third Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound
Light and sound are the themes of a unit focused on third-grade skills. Scholars practice spelling patterns, grammar—adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, writing sentences with conjunctions, and listening and responding to read-aloud. Over...
Curated OER
Reading and Activity Suggestions for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Middle schoolers learn about characterization techniques in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this Adventures of Tom Sawyerlesson, students write a description of one character through the eyes of another character and identify...
Curated OER
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Teachers who are about to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with their class may want to check out this PowerPoint. It goes through all of the literary elements present in the book: Characters, Setting, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax,...
Curated OER
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Theme of Contrasting Regions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading...
Curated OER
My Antonia: Concept Analysis
Use this analysis of My Antonia to help inform your instruction and prepare your pupils for the project and enrichment ideas listed at the end of the resource. The analysis covers big questions related to the text, themes, plot elements,...
Novelinks
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Writing Assignment
Ask learners to focus on one scene in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in order to write an analytical essay about Twain's ideas surrounding childhood. The final assignment in a unit, this writing prompt requires learners...
PBS
Reading Adventure Pack: Oceans
Flotsam by David Wiesner and The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen, begin a reading adventure pack focusing on oceans. With story listening and thoughtful discussion, scholars complete several...
PBS
Reading Adventure Pack: Bees
A Reading Adventure pack explores the busy life of bees. After reading a fiction and nonfiction text, scholars complete three hands-on activities. Participants invent a robot that can do the work of bees, cheers to hardworking bees with...
PBS
Reading Adventure Pack: Farms
A Reading Adventure Pack features a fiction and nonfiction text—The Oxcart Man by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and Farming by Gail Gibbons. Following the readings, scholars make a collage showcasing foods farmed from...
PBS
Reading Adventure Pack: Weather
A reading adventure pack, featuring a fiction and nonfiction book focuses on the weather. Scholars read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Seymour Simon and then complete three creative activities. Participants craft...