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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a instructional activity about literary devices. As...
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Identify Narrative Perspective 3
In this point of view worksheet, students read passages and then write the narrator's point of view and how they know it is such. Students do this for 6 passages.
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Pronouns and Perspective
In this pronouns and perspectives learning exercise, students underline all pronouns in short passages and tell whether they are written in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person.
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Study Guide: The Open Window
In this study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the short story, "The Open Window". Students answer comprehension questions and examine third person point of view.
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Identify Narrative Perspective
In this narrative perspective worksheet, students read passages and determine point of view: first, second, third person objective/limited/omniscient.
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Identify Narrative Perspective
In this narrative perspective worksheet, students read short passages and underline, circle or highlight whenthe narrator tells that a character's thoughts or feelings, then determine point of view.
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Pronoun and Narrative Perspective Quiz
For this pronouns and perspectives worksheet, students the case and point of view of bolded pronouns in sentences.
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Pronoun Case and Perspective
In this pronoun case and perspective worksheet, 6th graders identify, by circling, the case and person for 9 pronouns in sentences; there is a chart included with definitions and examples.
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 1 Reading and Study Guide
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 1 of John Knowles's A Separate Peace.
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Study Guide for Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper"
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 9 vocabulary words, define 8 literary terms, and respond to 13 short answer questions pertaining to "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty.
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Study Guide: The Sniper
In this study guide instructional activity, students must define vocabulary and literary terms found in the short story "The Sniper". Students cite examples of literary terms usage and answer comprehension questions.